T-Mobile announced the opening of its new store in the La Virgencita sector, in the town of Toa Baja.
Private sector representatives got together Thursday to blast the Caguas municipal government for what they called an “excessive and discriminatory” tax increase that took effect July 1 and affects businesses making more than $3 million in revenue.
Faced with the challenge posed by the adoption of a new bill limiting the use of the cannabis flower for medicinal purposes, Puerto Rico Clínica Verde inaugurated Thursday a clinic at the Borinquen Towers on Roosevelt Ave. in Guaynabo.
International startup accelerator Parallel18 (P18), based in Santurce, announced the selection of 36 startups representing 13 countries for its fourth generation of mentoring program.
Spanish hotel giant Meliá Hotel & Resorts announced Thursday plans to rebrand its Gran Meliá Puerto Rico property in Río Grande as Meliá Coco Beach, as part of a comprehensive renovation planned for the resort, according to published reports.
Starbucks inaugurated its 23rd store Thursday, at the Los Colobos mall in Carolina, becoming the first location in that town to feature a drive-thru window, and the fifth opened since local company Baristas del Caribe acquired the strategic license to operate the international brand on the island in 2015.
Since 2015, the Puerto Rico Science, Technology and Research Trust has assisted more than 100 local researchers with its Research Grants Program, which has awarded close to $6 million in grants for projects in science and technology, institution officials said Wednesday.
Triple-S Management Corporation announced Wednesday its subsidiary, Triple-S Salud Inc., has agreed to extend its contract with the Puerto Rico Health Insurance Administration for the provision of health services in the Metro North and West regions of the government's health insurance program, to Sept. 30, 2017.
If Puerto Rico thinks bankruptcy is a better solution, they have a rude awakening coming. One should look no further than the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority’s (PREPA) pending bankruptcy.
The La Perla neighborhood Community Board announced Wednesday the culmination of the revitalization that included the renovation of 375 façades in just 40 days, at a cost of $80,000.
Some 54 students from the University of Puerto Rico system received the El Mesón Sandwiches Scholarship, awarded by the Puerto Rican food chain to support university students with limited financial resources and high academic achievement.
Funds advised by J.C. Flowers & Co. LLC and affiliates announced the closing of the acquisition of the personal loan and sale finance loan assets comprising the Island Finance business, which includes the employees and branches, from Santander Financial Services Inc.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has reached an agreement with Marina PDR Operations, LLC, resolving its alleged failure to apply for and obtain coverage under the 2008 National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Multi-Sector General Permit for its discharges of stormwater runoff from the Marina Puerto Del Rey into the Caribbean Sea.
The Puerto Rico State Insurance Fund will lease space in the Telecommunications Regulatory Board’s Santurce headquarters to move its technological equipment from another building for which it paid nearly $1 million to lease, agency officials said.
Evertec Inc. announced the completion of its acquisition of EFT Group S.A., commercially known as PayGroup.
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