Wireless carrier T-Mobile has spent the last few weeks turning the industry on its head by eliminating contracts and dropping the price on services, making its most recent move Monday with the elimination of overage charges levied on its customers, starting May 1.
The National Governors Association (NGA) recently chose Puerto Rico to participate in a pilot project to develop state-level capacity to support so-called Medicaid “super-utilizers,” along with six other states: Alaska, Colorado, Kentucky, Nuevo Mexico, West Virginia, and Wisconsin.
Local news outlets have highlighted three consecutive incidents in which cargo filled containers were stolen from warehouses and facilities, later to be found empty at a remote location on the island.
Puerto Rico is a hospitable place when it comes to protecting intellectual property (IP) rights, which coupled with incentives and favorable business conditions, make the island an attractive place to set up and expand high-tech firms, a study commissioned by Microsoft Corp. conducted by “The Economist” revealed Monday.
Some 28,699 Puerto Rico residents signed up for health coverage under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, during the six-month subscription period that ended Mar. 31, Insurance Commissioner Angela Weyne said Thursday.
Executives have been named to top positions in Puerto Rico government agencies and private-sector companies across a spectrum of industries.
The on-location production for Universal Cable Productions’ ““Royal Pains”” television series, currently in its sixth season on USA Network, wrapped this week in Puerto Rico, after four weeks of pre-production and eight days of shooting in several locations across the island.
In a bid to usher in Spring, Meet Puerto Rico has launched its new “Escape the Meeting Blah!” campaign, which rewards meeting and incentive industry planners for booking groups at member hotels and resorts in Puerto Rico between April 1 and May 30, 2014.
Popular Inc. announced Monday the launch of its news Twitter account, @BPOPComm and a revamped online newsroom to which media and the general public will have complete access to obtain information about the financial institution.
The similarities between Ireland and Puerto Rico are so numerous that Ireland's case is of interest for our island.
More U.S. and foreign filming producers are shooting in Puerto Rico as a result of the incentives package and other benefits provided by the Commonwealth, as in the case of Crackle, Sony’s multi-platform entertainment network, which last week finished the second season of its original series, “Cleaners,” according to Demetrio Fernández, executive director of the Puerto Rico Film Commission.
Spanish insurance group MAPFRE confirmed Wednesday that the North American market, which covers Canada, the United States mainland and Puerto Rico, now represents 10 percent of its premiums and revenue.
The Arecibo campus of the InterAmerican University of Puerto Rico recently opened its new, three-story, $4.5 million multi-purpose building to provide a place where students and faculty can gather to benefit from services and resources designed to help them further their academic and professional development, school officials said.
U.S. travelers seeking to get the most bang for their buck when traveling to the Caribbean over spring break should consider Puerto Rico first, as it has been ranked as the “least expensive destination” by TripAdvisor’s TripIndex Caribbean survey released Wednesday.
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