Caribbean Update

One of Madrid's most-renowned culinary traditions and most-visited tourist attractions, Restaurant Botin--the oldest in the world according...

JetBlue on July 24 said it will launch daily, year-round nonstop service between Ft Lauderdale, Fla. and...

New York-based Holedigger Studios, an independent film company, is eyeing the Puerto Rico market to establish local...

Fundacion Dr. Manuel De La Pila Iglesias Inc., which operates a 170-bed hospital here, has filed for...

Choice Hotels Intl said it recently executed agreements in Puerto Rico with a series of former independent...

Doubletree Hotels on July 31 said it entered into a franchise agreement to introduce its first Caribbean...

Puerto Rico Supplies Co. (PRSC), a tobacco and consumer products distributor, has acquired F. Pont Flores and...

US federal agents arrested dozens of doctors accused of obtaining medical licenses through fraud or bribery, reports...

Every week, the Puerto Rico Aqueducts and Sewers Authority (PRASA) cuts off service for clean water to...

Citigroup Inc. is selling its Puerto Rico branches to Popular Inc. for US$120 million, reports Bloomberg (Aug....

Holland Group Investment took the reins of the Mayaguez Port after finalizing the transition with the Port...

Engineer Robert Arthur, president of Quantum Metrocenter Corp., has received the go ahead from regulatory agencies to...

Nearly 70,000 citizens 65 years or older need long-term care in Puerto Rico. By the year 2020,...

Three shoe manufacturers were awarded one-year contracts from the US Dept of Defense (DOD) worth over US$42...

Doral Financial Corp., the bank-holding company facing bankruptcy, said shareholders approved a US$610 million buyout offer from...

Antonio J. Colorado, Exec. Dir. of the Portal del Futuro Authority, a division of the Dept of...

Copa Airlines said July 27 it took delivery of its eighth EMBRAER-190, bringing its fleet total to...

The U.S. Commerce Dept. has prepared a study: "Market Research on Panama's Hotel & Restaurant Equipment Market--2007."...

A loan from the Inter-American Development Bank is for an Educational Development Project (PRODE) (No. 1013/OC-PN). Part...

A US$5.4 million World Bank loan is for additional financing to continue original project objectives: (i) improving...