WASHINGTON — First, the good news: if you’re a U.S. citizen who’s already licensed to travel to Cuba, you may now come back to the United States with $400 worth of Cuban goods, including $100 in duty-free rum and cigars.
TransCita, a non-emergency health services transportation company in Puerto Rico, recently announced the launch of its new gift card, available in denominations of $10, ranging from $40 to $150.
WASHINGTON — Sen. John McCain (R-Arizona) lashed out at the Jones Act during a panel at the Heritage Foundation, saying the 94-year-old maritime law is an anachronism that hurts U.S. farmers and manufacturers at the expense of foreign rivals.
Nine local trade organizations representing contractors, mechanics, architects and engineers, among others, raised a collective red flag of concern over the looming possibility of a shutdown of the Puerto Rico Highway and Transportation Authority, saying it would be “chaos” and would leave hundreds of workers on the street during the holiday season.
Fifty-six years after it began offering cargo services between Puerto Rico and the U.S. mainland, Horizon Lines Inc. announced Tuesday that it would cease providing liner service by the end of 2014, citing “continuing losses without the prospect of future profitability.”
Two government agencies, the Department of Transportation and Public Works and the Puerto Rico Telecommunications Regulatory Board, signed a collaborative agreement Tuesday to develop new broadband infrastructure that will initially be deployed in San Juan’s Santurce sector.
Puerto Rican helicopter sales, service and repair company, Ecolift Corp., presented Wednesday at its hangar at the Isla Grande airport its new twin-engine Bell 429 WLG model, produced by BELL Helicopter Textron.
Looking to uphold its commitment to the environment and the community, Toyota de Puerto Rico announced its participation in the Department of Transportation and Public Works’ “Adopt a Highway” program, taking over the responsibility for cleaning and beautifying a stretch of Muñoz Rivera Avenue in Río Piedras, where its headquarters are located.
Gov. Alejandro García-Padilla and U.S. Secretary of Transportation, Anthony Foxx jointly announced over the weekend the beginning of construction for the “Sciences Boulevard,” a $16 million project that will become the main artery in the Science City district.
The “El Pon de Plaza” service offered at shopping center Plaza Las Américas carted its 25,000th passenger Tuesday, six months after the free transportation began in September 2013.
The free transportation service that Plaza Las Américas launched late last year as a pilot program will officially restart today, with new stops linking the mall with the Hato Rey sector.
Ferry service between Puerto Rico and its island municipalities of Vieques and Culebra could be be significantly cut back starting in January, because the government has apparently decided not to renew its contract with private operator Puerto Rico Fast Ferries, this media outlet learned Wednesday.
The Department of Transportation and Public Works is expected to make an announcement in coming weeks about its plans to kick off a service to connect people from areas lacking bus service with Urban Train stations, this media outlet learned.
A transportation service to ferry people from the heart of Hato Rey to Plaza Las Américas weekdays during peek hours will debut Sept. 24, courtesy of the mall management. The service is free.
Interest in the Novotrén commuter train connecting Caguas to San Juan is apparently strong enough that more than half a dozen firms are waiting in the wings to participate in the bidding process for the project whose cost is estimated at $400 million.
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