NEW CUBA RELATIONS COULD BENEFIT PR
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| Cuban President Raul Castro |
From The San Juan Daily Star:
Except for the tourism sector,the resumption of relations
between the United States and Cuba could benefit Puerto Rico
economically.
The Puerto Rico Manufacturers Association (PRMA) said
Washington’s actions should be seen as an opportunity for Puerto
Rico. PRMA President Waleska Rivera said the reopening is
important for economic and humanitarian reasons. She said her
group has studied the topic. “Among our strengths are that we
are bilingual and know the business environment in the United
States,” she said. “We have to strengthen our production capacity
to serve the labor market and our export culture.” During an island
Senate probe of the subject of Cuba in 2007, several economists
said Puerto Rico could benefit from the reopening of Cuba
because it could represent a $600 million market for exports from
Puerto Rico that could go up to $1 billion in 10 years.
PR PAYS FIRST VIDEO GAME TAX CREDITS
From Gameindustry.biz:
This week marked a milestone in the Puerto Rican game development
scene. On Monday, the Puerto Rico Film Commission issued its first
disbursement of production incentives to a game developer.
The first game to receive the incentives is Breach TD, a free-to-
play mix of tower defense, MOBA, and real-time strategy elements
from San Juan-based Space Rhino Games. To date, Breach TD is
also the first project to apply for the incentives, which offer
developers a 40 percent tax credit on salaries and production
costs (but can only be claimed for projects that cost more than
$100,000).
AUTHORITIES SEIZE EXOTIC ANIMALS
From Yahoo News:
Authorities in Puerto Rico have seized some 250 exotic animals
they say were bound to be sold illegally on the island. The
animals seized include a pink tarantula, an albino python,
several red-eye frogs and 242 aquatic turtles.
PR TEAM TO RECOVER BODY OF TOURIST IN USVI
From Fox News Latino:
The Puerto Rico Emergency Management Agency, known as PREMA,
said Thursday that it dispatched a humanitarian mission to St. Thomas
to recover the body of a Canadian tourist who died after falling
into the sea in a rocky area.
Ten divers, a doctor and three specialists in search and recovery
travelled to the U.S. Virgin Island territory to help local authorities,
PREMA said in a statement.
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