The Puerto Rico Tourism Co. unveiled Thursday its “Five Star Vacations” campaign, aimed at encouraging local tourism on the island to help stimulate economic activity.
Telecommunications carrier Claro de Puerto Rico announced Thursday a gamut of new plans exclusive to clients who bring their own devices when they sign up for service.
Five financially disadvantaged families along the island’s southwestern region benefited having their homes rehabilitated under the “Un Toque de Cariño” program, sponsored by Habitat for Humanity Puerto Rico and FirstBank, which donates $50,000 to the initiative.
New research released Wednesday by Connect Puerto Rico shows that broadband availability at speeds of at least 50 Mbps download/1.5 Mbps upload available in Puerto Rico has more than tripled from 24.3 percent in October 2013 to 76.9 percent in April 2014, excluding mobile wireless services.
With a projected investment of more than $5 million, Plaza Las Américas will embark on a remodeling plan this summer of its popular food court, known as “La Terraza,” mall operators announced Wednesday.
The mess that the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority is submerged has gotten out of control, and so has the and public discourse that tends to further confuse people complicating an issue that has some clear immediate remedies.
Liberty Puerto Rico added Puerto Rico TV HD and TeleIsla HD to its high definition video lineup. Liberty is the first provider to offer TeleIsla HD in Puerto Rico.
Online travel company Orbitz Worldwide has partnered with the Puerto Rico Tourism Co. to launch "Orbitz Originals: Secrets of Puerto Rico," a 10-part online video series that is hosted by travel expert Richard Bangs and is available for viewing at Orbitz.com/PuertoRico.
Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority Executive Director Alberto Lázaro announced today the start of “Zum,” a project through which the agency will use its infrastructure to deploy fiber-optic technology to make interconnecting the island to high-speed broadband a reality.
Critical Hub Networks announced Tuesday the launch of Optico Fiber, Puerto Rico’s first Gigabit Fiber-to-the-Home Internet service.
Puerto Rico needs to find its “true north,” by aligning all of its efforts and resources toward achieving economic growth and job creation, or risk experiencing an outcome “much worse than has so far been imagined,” said economist firm H. Calero Consulting Group in its most recent edition of “Compass,” an internal publication.
A wave of new developments is sweeping across Loíza Street, injecting renewed vibrancy into this well-known sector of San Juan and highlighting once again the area's resilience in the face of Puerto Rico's endless recession.
Las Vegas, Nevada-based GrowBLOX Sciences Inc., a biotechnology and research company, announced Tuesday it has opened a local subsidiary, GB Sciences Puerto Rico Inc. in anticipation of what it believes will be the legalization of medical marihuana on the island.
Doral Financial Corp. announced Monday it has entered into an agreement to sell $242.1 million in loans to FirstBank Puerto Rico through a transaction that closed May 30.
The U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Puerto Rico received more than 1,000 petitions in May, when filings were up 0.7 percent in comparison to the same month in 2013, according to information provided Monday by local research firm Boletín de Puerto Rico.
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