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Accretive Acquisition Solidifies Blue Cross Blue Shield Brand in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, May 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Triple-S Management Corporation (NYSE: GTS), today announced that Triple-S Salud, Inc., its managed care subsidiary, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire certain managed care assets of La Cruz Azul de Puerto Rico, Inc. Triple-S Salud will pay a purchase price of approximately $10.5 million in cash, based on 131,000...

A British woman said her vacation to Costa Rica involved a detour 1,300 miles from her destination when her travel agent mistakenly sent her to Puerto Rico. Samantha Lazzaris, 33, said she thought she was in San Jose, Costa Rica, when her plane landed but soon discovered that the Thomas Cook travel agency had gotten the airport codes for her tickets confused and she had ended up in San Juan, Puerto Rico, The Daily Mail reported Tuesday. I looked around the airport, saw posters of Puerto Rico...

JetBlue Airways has announced that it will launch double-daily service from Fort Lauderdale, US, to San Juan, Puerto Rico. One daily flight will begin on December 18, 2008, while a second daily flight will be added on January 6, 2009. The airline is offering fares beginning at $109 each-way between Fort Lauderdale and San Juan. With the addition of this new service to San Juan, JetBlue will offer as many as 46 flights per day from the Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport. Scott...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, Sept. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- On a day that was to mark the significant reduction of air access from the U.S. mainland to Puerto Rico, and other destinations in the Caribbean, the region is celebrating the addition of new flights and the preservation of routes that were slated for cancellation. Through a series of negotiations and the implementation of an airline incentive program by the Puerto Rico Tourism Company (PRTC), the airline industry is once again looking to the...

MIAMI, Sept. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- CaribeVision Television Networks officially announced at a press conference held at the Bankers Club in Hato Rey the arrival at the network of journalist Ruben Sanchez and the premiere of his new TV show, 'Ruben Sanchez Directo,' (Ruben Sanchez Live) which will be broadcast starting on Monday, September 8 in prime time at 7 p.m. on Channel 24 in Puerto Rico, at 11 p.m. on Channel 34 in New York, and at midnight on Channel 48 in Miami, Florida. (Photo:...

Delta Air Lines has announced that it will launch a non-stop service between the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta and San Juan, Puerto Rico, starting November 22, 2008. The new flight complements Delta's daily non-stop service between San Juan and Atlanta, and New York's John F Kennedy International Airport. It will be the fifth daily frequency service Delta offers between Atlanta and San Juan. Christophe Didier, vice president of sales and government affairs for...

NEW YORK, Aug. 7, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Customer-friendly JetBlue Airways (Nasdaq:JBLU) today announces plans to launch its first intra-Caribbean service with daily nonstop service between San Juan, Puerto Rico and Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic beginning December 18, 2008, subject to government approval. Fares on the route will range from US $89 - $275(a) each way. JetBlue will also offer increased service from the United States mainland to the Caribbean over the winter holiday season...

WAPA America today announced that it has entered into agreements with Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) and Bright House Networks to carry its programming. WAPA America recently launched on Bright House Network's Digital Cable tier (channel 63) in Orlando, Florida and will soon launch on Time Warner's New York City system and Bright House Network's Tampa system. The terms of the deals were not disclosed. WAPA America originates from Puerto Rico and contains the best programming of WAPA-TV,...

Text of report by Caribbean Media Corporation news agency website on 30 May San Juan, Puerto Rico: Two US-based carriers have announced a reduction in their services to the Caribbean as they grapple to deal with soaring oil prices on the world market. American Airlines said it would no longer serve Antigua, St Maarten and Santo Domingo with jet service out of San Juan, while American Eagle announced a reduction in its Caribbean schedule from 55 to 33 daily departures out of San Juan from...

By Enrique Martel SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (Reuters) - Puerto Rico inflicted a shock defeat on Cuba in the World Baseball Classic on Friday, while 18-year-old Shairon Martis of the Netherlands made his mark with the tournament's first no-hitter. Cuba's 19-game win streak came to a shuddering halt with the 12-2 loss, their first since going down 6-3 to Japan at the 2004 Athens Olympics. Cuba -- whose performance at San Juan's Hiram Bithorn Stadium has been dogged by talk about possible...