As part of its program to support Puerto Rican industry, Walmart Puerto Rico announced Monday an agreement with local company Antenas del Caribe to purchase HDTV antennas manufactured in the island to sell at its chain.
Engineer Edgar I. Rodríguez-Pérez was reelected as president of the College of Engineers and Surveyors of Puerto Rico, during the trade group’s recently concluded annual convention.
TAIPEI — Both are relatively tiny islands that have complicated relationships with the giant superpowers that claim them. Both use tax incentives to lure U.S. factories to their shores — despite the absence of full-fledged embassies in Washington — and the political status of both islands is a never-ending source of debate among local voters.
Philanthropy and the private sector are two concepts that pretty much go hand-in-hand, as companies constantly seek to align themselves with the communities they serve.
Puerto Rico House of Representatives Speaker Jaime R. Perello-Borrás, met with Small Business Administration Chief Maria Contreras-Sweet, to present the profile of the island’s small and mid-sized businesses and find better alternatives for the development and retention of this sector that is key to strengthening the island’s economy.
The Puerto Rico Treasury Department reported Thursday preliminary revenue for July 2014, the first month of the current fiscal year, reached $624 million, up $129 million, or 26 percent, from the total on record for the same month last year.
Ford announced Thursday the 13th edition of the Conservation and Environmental Grants, the annual program through which the automaker supports individuals and nonprofit organizations in projects that promote environmental conservation in Puerto Rico.
The Port of San Juan ranked 11th among U.S. ports in containerized cargo in 2013, but the same organization that compiled that listing also shows San Juan as suffering one of the sharpest drops in traffic from the year before.
The extension of Chapter 9 provisions governing the adjustment of municipal debt in Puerto Rico would be a positive and important development for Puerto Rico and holders of debt of its public utilities and public instrumentalities, Fitch Ratings said Wednesday.
Nearly two decades after first inserting itself into Puerto Rico’s pharmacy education setting through partnerships with local colleges, Nova Southeastern University will open the doors this month to its own stand-alone campus to further its mission of preparing professionals.
Puerto Rico farmers and ranchers still have time to apply for low interest 2014 loans available through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency’s direct farm ownership program.
High-ranking García-Padilla administration officials this week backed the proposed extension of Law 508 to stretch the life of the Roosevelt Roads Local Redevelopment Authority for an additional 30 years.
As part of an initiative to promote the development of small businesses among low-income families, the Economic Development Bank for Puerto Rico and the Family Department's Socio-Economic Development Administration, known as ADSEF, have joined forces help those participating in the islandwide Economic and Social Rehabilitation program.
Given the large volume of people driving around cars that have surpassed their useful life in the market, a Puerto Rican auto dealership has come up with an incentive to help consumers upgrade to a newer unit.
Sacred Heart University in Santurce has a new president, Gilberto Marxuach-Torrós, named by the institution’s trustees to succeed José Jaime Rivera, who announced his resignation in February after heading the Catholic college for more than two decades.
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