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Govt pitches new tax on insurance policies
Issued: April 30, 2013
The administration of Gov. Alejandro García Padilla is pitching a new tax on insurance policies to raise revenues to cover part of its proposed $9.83...
House takes up $9.8B budget proposal
Issued: April 30, 2013
Legislative hearings on Gov. Alejandro García Padilla’s proposed $9.83 billion general fund budget are set to get underway Tuesday in Puerto Rico’s...
Hugo Neu complex clears legal hurdle
Issued: April 30, 2013
The Hugo Neu Americas recycling complex is closer to completing its permitting process as the island Appellate Court denied Schnitzer Puerto Rico,...
Shakeup in top leadership at UPR
Issued: April 29, 2013
University of Puerto Rico President Miguel Muñoz tendered his resignation late Monday after repeated calls by Gov. Alejandro García Padilla for his...
NPP crafting status bill for Congress
Issued: April 29, 2013
The leadership of Puerto Rico’s New Progressive Party voted unanimously on Monday to submit legislation to Congress aimed at making the island the...
PR bankruptcies down through 1Q
Issued: April 29, 2013
Bankruptcies were down across the board in the first quarter of 2013, according to the Puerto Rico Boletín, a local bankruptcy data-gathering service....
Letter: Vatican asked archbishop to quit
Issued: April 29, 2013
San Juan Archbishop Roberto González Nieves declined to comment deeply Monday on reports that the Vatican requested his resignation from the top...
Google’s virtual assistant invades Siri’s turf
Issued: April 29, 2013
SAN FRANCISCO — Google is trying to upstage Siri, the sometimes droll assistant that answers questions and helps people manage their lives on Apple’s...
Venture aims to tap PR solar market
Issued: April 29, 2013
Alterra Power Corp. and Greenbriar Capital Corp. have entered a partnership that aims to develop 100 MW of solar generation capacity in Puerto Rico. ...
Earnings reports show good profits, bad revenues
Issued: April 29, 2013
NEW YORK — Procter & Gamble had been on a tear. ...
US tries drones in Caribbean drug fight
Issued: April 29, 2013
ABOARD THE HIGH SPEED VESSEL SWIFT — Drug smugglers who race across the Caribbean in speedboats will typically jettison their cargo when spotted by...
Forum on doing business with govt
Issued: April 29, 2013
The U.S. Small Business Administration, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and the Puerto Rico Small Business...
PR sweeps NASA’s Moonbuggy Race
Issued: April 28, 2013
Puerto Rico made a clean sweep at NASA’s Great Moonbuggy Race, taking top honors in both the high school and college divisions in an annual contest...
PR back to bond market with $335M sold
Issued: April 27, 2013
The Puerto Rico government has returned to the municipal bond market for the first time since all three credit ratings agencies cut its debt to just...
Governor revokes Tito Kayak Law
Issued: April 27, 2013
Gov. Alejandro García Padilla has reportedly signed legislation to revoke the so-called Tito Kayak Law, which criminalizes protests that obstruct or...
HIMA San Pablo cuts insurer contracts
Issued: April 27, 2013
Grupo HIMA San Pablo has canceled is ambulatory services contracts with MMM/PMC, according to a letter sent by the healthcare group to its medical...
Fortaleza details public sector pay hikes
Issued: April 26, 2013
La Fortaleza detailed Friday which government workers will get pay raises announced by Gov. Alejandro García Padilla during his budget and State of...
Feds search UPR in NSF funding probe
Issued: April 26, 2013
Federal authorities executed search warrants Friday at the University of Puerto Rico’s flagship Río Piedras campus, where the use of National Science...
OFG posts $17.7M net income for 1Q
Issued: April 26, 2013
OFG Bancorp posted $17.7 million in net income for the first quarter, nearly double the $9.5 million it reported for the same three-month period in...
Feds: PR woman spied for Cuba
Issued: April 26, 2013
WASHINGTON — A Puerto Rican woman who is an alleged accomplice in a major spy case involving Cuba helped recruit a friend and colleague to spy for the...
Don Omar is top winner at Billboards
Issued: April 26, 2013
CORAL GABLES, Fla. — Puerto Rican reggaeton star Don Omar was the top winner of the Billboard Latin Music Awards, though the bigger star of the show...
PR labor participation falls again
Issued: April 26, 2013
Puerto Rico’s job scene remains murky despite falling unemployment as the labor participation rate continues to seesaw lower. ...
Einstein’s gravity theory passes tough test
Issued: April 26, 2013
Scientists at the Arecibo Observatory have played a key role in observing a strange stellar pair nearly 7,000 light-years from Earth that has provided...
Tourists survive sinking off St. Lucia
Issued: April 26, 2013
The fishing trip off the rugged north coast of St. Lucia was supposed to last all day, but about four hours into the journey, the boat's electric...
Governor unveils $9.83B budget; will cut IVU, raise pay
Issued: April 25, 2013
Puerto Rico Gov. Alejandro García Padilla unveiled a $9.83 billion operating budget Thursday night during a state of the commonwealth address in which...


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