A group of businesspeople, professionals and families of Puerto Rican and Dominican descent have come together to collaborate with the Ferries del Caribe Foundation to build 199 cement homes for underprivileged families living in subhuman conditions on the Haiti-Dominican Republic border, the company announced Monday.
A delegation of representatives from five of the island’s biggest trade groups is headed to the Dominican Republic in November looking to boost exports through agreements with their counterparts in the neighboring island nation, the Dominican-Puerto Rican and Caribbean Entrepreneurial Alliance announced Tuesday.
Three months after reinstating the maritime connection between Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic, America Cruise Ferries is ramping up its weekly schedule with an additional trip from San Juan, company officials said Friday.