More than 1,000 players from 21 countries will converge in San Juan participate in the 12th World Championship Domino tournament, from July 26 to Aug. 2, municipal and competition authorities announced.
The Puerto Rico Community Foundation will split $152,492 in U.S. Department of Agriculture funding among three local nonprofits — the Centro de La Mujer y la Nueva Familia in Barranquitas, Corporación para el Desarrollo Económico de Ceiba, and Micro Empresarios de Vieques — to enable them to create jobs and economic opportunities in rural communities.
Payco Foods, Puerto Rico’s main ice cream and frozen foods distributor, recently officially inaugurated its 29,000 square-foot new distribution center and headquarters in Bayamón.
The government’s proposed budget for Fiscal 2015 is an “emergency budget” that should not be confused with the fiscal framework Puerto Rico should have to ensure the economy works the way it wants it to in the future.
The Economic Development Bank on Thursday announced a partnership with the Puerto Rico Community Pharmacies Association to launch a new product to help promote the sector’s growth through financing new and existing operations.
Fitch Ratings downgraded Wednesday the rating on $8.7 billion of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority’s power revenue bonds to “BB” from “BB+,” putting them at junk level. In addition, Fitch also placed the “BB” classification on rating watch negative.
Gov. Alejandro García-Padilla on Wednesday signed Law 545, known as the “Microenterprise, Small and Mid-Sized Business Support Act,” to support that sector of the Puerto Rican economy.
Top tourism officials for the Caribbean island of Nevis were in Puerto Rico Wednesday to share details of what their island has to offer to travelers during this summer vacation season.
After a successful pilot program, FirstBank recently became the first Puerto Rican bank to offer an EMV chip credit card product for its Beyond Ultimate World Elite MasterCard.
Microsoft Corp. announced Wednesday details for in-store events and experiences in the more than 90 Microsoft retail stores in the U.S. mainland, Canada and Puerto Rico, to celebrate the launch of the tablet they say “can replace your laptop,” the Surface Pro 3.
Looking to reinforce its commitment to the community, Coca-Cola Puerto Rico Bottlers will be hosting the 7th edition of the Coca-Cola Classic Golf Tournament on June 19 at the Palmas Athletic Club in Humacao.
A group of 182,442 customers of the defunct Centennial de Puerto Rico will be splitting about $1 million after winning a class-action suit against the carrier that is now part of AT&T Puerto Rico over improperly collected municipal tax fees from July 2009 to December 2009.
Puerto Rican supermarket chain Econo received the best marks in a study conducted by the Consumer Affairs Department, known as DACO, which evaluated the performance of the island’s best-known grocers.
The Puerto Rico Manufacturers Association announced Tuesday that it will host Quest 2014, a competition, a world-class continuous improvement competition on this Friday at the Polytechnic University in Hato Rey.
Puerto Rico Treasury Secretary Melba Acosta-Febo said today that preliminary General Fund revenue collections for May totaled $753 million, exceeding collections for the same month of last year by $141 million, or 23 percent, and beating estimates by $29 million.
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