All posts tagged "Puerto Rico Economy"
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Puerto Rico Air Cargo Industry Could Take Off
Exemption to cabotage rules would allow island to take advantage of ideal location
- Posted June 17, 2017
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Pension crisis forces Puerto Rico retirees to rethink future
SAN JUAN – Juan Camacho thought he would visit Spain, take a university literature course and get to sleep in more when he retired after nearly four decades as a teacher. Instead, the 70-year-old is working as...
- Posted February 9, 2017
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Villafañe: Government will Enable Industrial Sector
SAN JUAN – Secretary-General William Villafañe emphasized Thursday that the government will be an enabler for the industrial sector, which is why the administration will continue to approve bills that produce a new business environment. Villafañe summarized...
- Posted February 9, 2017
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Rosselló: ‘Ni hao,’ Puerto Rico is open for business
SAN JUAN – With a “ni hao,” Gov. Ricardo Rosselló began the announcement of what will be the first China-Puerto Rico Investment Forum, an event in which his administration aims to attract part of the more than $100 billion the Asian...
- Posted February 7, 2017
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Vargas Vidot proposes cutting rum subsidies to help finance nonprofits
SAN JUAN – Independent Sen. José Vargas Vidot has introduced legislation that would reduce the percentage of the Rum Excise Tax Cover-Over Program that is given to the liquor’s producers in Puerto Rico to help finance the...
- Posted February 6, 2017
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‘Human rights cannot be sidelined,’ UN expert warns amid Puerto Rican Debt Crisis
SAN JUAN – The United Nations independent expert on foreign debt and human rights has called for “fair solutions” to the debt crisis in Puerto Rico, warning that increasing austerity measures will threaten residents’ human rights...
- Posted January 9, 2017
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García Padilla touts Puerto Rico while in Spain
MADRID – Gov. Alejandro García Padilla participated Tuesday of the “Puerto Rico, Global Destination” forum organized by the Spanish newspaper El País and Puerto Rico’s Prisa Group. “My administration has established strengthening Puerto Rico’s ties with other...
- Posted November 22, 2016
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Yingke Caribbean China Center opens in Puerto Rico
Yingke Law Firm is the largest and most important in China
- Posted November 19, 2016
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Lamb agribusiness opens in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico Agro-Cordero displays successful projections because of lamb meat’s popularity on the island
- Posted November 19, 2016