Well if all of the for sale signs wasn’t enough evidence for you, it looks like the whole credit mess is hitting Puerto Rico as well.  Banco Popular’s first quarter profit dropped 13 percent.  This made the stock go down to  $11.15.  The article goes on to say that the stock is a good value as Puerto Rico’s economy is expected to… Continue reading

I use Onelink Communications for my TV and internet needs. Today it seems their service has had some hiccups. At first I thought it was my wireless router. I have a crazy wireless setup with a wireless bridge that can some time cause some problems and I just have to reboot my network equipment which fixes everything. So I… Continue reading

Just an update…

I updated “Driving in Puerto Rico” which was an article that didn’t contain much content.  It was getting some hits from Google…  So it has now been updated with all the links on why driving is so terrible in PR… Continue reading

This past weekend I spent a day at Playa Escambron which is a very nice beach very close to Old San Juan.  Escambron in my opinion is one of the best beaches in San Juan metro area.

It has a back drop of some nice big waves hitting natural rock that surrounds a section of the beach in a big semi circle.  Within the… Continue reading

The US Treasury approved the stimulus plan for Puerto Rico yesterday.  It won’t be called stimulus payments; they are going to call the payments “Recovery Rebates”.

I didn’t really pay that much federal tax this year anyway as most Puerto Ricans don’t pay the IRS.  So when they say free money, they mean it!  I would be interested to hear from people… Continue reading

Aprils hurricane forecast was recently released a few days ago for the Atlantic.  They basically raised the number of storms they were previously expecting.  Of course this means a greater chance for Puerto Rico having a hurricane.  The question is..  What do you think?  Will have some storms this year or will everything go by like they did last year?… Continue reading