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Yankees Insider: A man worth honoring
Inside their lockers in the Yankee Stadium clubhouse, Jorge Posada and LaTroy Hawkins have "Retire 21" stickers. They are part of a small but growing group that would like to see Roberto Clemente's No. 21 retired throughout Major League Baseball, as Jackie Robinson's No. 42 is. As much as Robinson did to change the game of baseball, many believe that Clemente had the same effect for Latinos.
"I don't think any of us would be here if he didn't go through what he went through, being a Puerto Rican and being a black Puerto Rican," Posada said.
To read more, go to
http://www.newsday.com/sports/baseball/ny-spyinside275743362jun27,0,817627.story
Friday, June 27, 2008
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Puerto Rican Sun is a Bronx Gem
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Puerto Rican Sun is on 156th Street and Fox Avenue in the Bronx. It is too bad that there is no sign with the name of this piece of public art or the artist who did it. That's a real shame because this is a piece of history in the Bronx. This steel sculpture of palm trees and the sun is by boricua artist Rafael Ferrer. Something should be done to better preserve this artwork that dates to 1979 and to better inform residents and visitors about its significance in the Bronx. Visitors just see this giant artwork, and there's no information posted. The Fox playground could be better kept too actually.
For more info. on the Puerto Rican sculpture, check out this link with some of the history
www.lehman.edu/vpadvance/artgallery/publicart/ferrer.htm
I, of course, love its name Puerto Rican Sun. After all, my blog is named Puerto Rico Sun as well as one of my favorite photo groups on flickr: Puerto Rico Sun at http://www.flickr.com/groups/prsun/. -- Clarisel Gonzalez
Puerto Rican Sun is on 156th Street and Fox Avenue in the Bronx. It is too bad that there is no sign with the name of this piece of public art or the artist who did it. That's a real shame because this is a piece of history in the Bronx. This steel sculpture of palm trees and the sun is by boricua artist Rafael Ferrer. Something should be done to better preserve this artwork that dates to 1979 and to better inform residents and visitors about its significance in the Bronx. Visitors just see this giant artwork, and there's no information posted. The Fox playground could be better kept too actually.
For more info. on the Puerto Rican sculpture, check out this link with some of the history
www.lehman.edu/vpadvance/artgallery/publicart/ferrer.htm
I, of course, love its name Puerto Rican Sun. After all, my blog is named Puerto Rico Sun as well as one of my favorite photo groups on flickr: Puerto Rico Sun at http://www.flickr.com/groups/prsun/. -- Clarisel Gonzalez
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
'Maldeamores' in the Bronx
Community Calendar
The Association of Hispanic Arts (AHA) in conjunction with SBX Industries LLC
is proud to present
Cinema el barrio film series
screening of
Maldeamores
Starring Luis Guzman and executive produced by Benicio Del Toro
Maldeamores, a 2007 Puerto Rican film, tells three separate stories dealing with the ironies of love, involving a middle class family, a hostage situation, and an elderly couple.
FREE
7 p.m., Wednesday, July 2nd
HOSTOS Community College auditorium
500 Grand Concourse
HOSTED by Cindy SugaRusH
For more information regarding this event and/or other Programs, please contact us at
212-876-1242
The Association of Hispanic Arts (AHA) in conjunction with SBX Industries LLC
is proud to present
Cinema el barrio film series
screening of
Maldeamores
Starring Luis Guzman and executive produced by Benicio Del Toro
Maldeamores, a 2007 Puerto Rican film, tells three separate stories dealing with the ironies of love, involving a middle class family, a hostage situation, and an elderly couple.
FREE
7 p.m., Wednesday, July 2nd
HOSTOS Community College auditorium
500 Grand Concourse
HOSTED by Cindy SugaRusH
For more information regarding this event and/or other Programs, please contact us at
212-876-1242
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Puerto Rico Govt. Pledges Commitment to Safeguard Air Access to Caribbean
Under 'One Caribbean' Banner, Governor of Puerto Rico Introduces Measures to Sustain Air Access to the Caribbean and a Multi-Million Dollar Investment Incentive Plan to Support Maritime Access to the Region
Anibal Acevedo Vila, Governor of Puerto Rico, addressed media and delegates at the first Annual Caribbean Tourism Summit (ACTS) in Washington, DC, today to present a plan that will preserve air access to Puerto Rico and other islands in the Caribbean. The governor also introduced a Cruise Incentives Law that will continue to provide incentives to the maritime service providers who safeguard existing routes and/or expand their operations to the region.
The governor provided an update on a call to action issued by Puerto Rico to Caribbean nations to form a united front that will work with the airline industry to increase access to the Caribbean through the island, a bold move given the specter of the industry. As a result of these efforts, airlines such as Jet Blue, Air Tran, Continental and Delta have added service to Puerto Rico from cities like New York, Boston, Newark, Orlando and Ft. Lauderdale, among others.
Rising fuel costs had forced some airlines to cancel flights to the region, a decision that stands to cripple the hotel and cruise industries operating in the Caribbean.
"The gravity of the economic crisis facing the airline industry, and business in general, is especially felt in the Caribbean, a region that has benefited immensely from tourism," said Terestella Gonzalez Denton, Executive Director, PRTC. "In conjunction with Governor Acevedo Vila and our partners in the Caribbean Trade Organization, we are working hard to preserve air access to the region which is the backbone to our region's hotel and cruise industries."
The governor also announced the passing of a Law to expand his administration's Cruise Incentive Program, which allocates a yearly $10 million fund for the development of Puerto Rico's maritime industry. Coupled with a $300 million effort to modernize the island's port infrastructure, the initiative resulted in an 8.4 percent increase in travel to Puerto Rico over the last two years.
"I am very happy to announce that we've just signed a Law that extends our Cruise Incentive Program throughout 2010-2011," said the governor. "Even more important, this decree determines that on the eventuality that we manage a 20% increase by June 30, 2011, these incentives will automatically be extended to June 30, 2014."
The governor's address ended with an exhortation to the delegates at ACTS to work together on issues of air and sea access in the region.
"I've instructed the Puerto Rico Tourism Company to work together with the Caribbean Tourism Organization in the next few weeks, to face the connectivity issues resulting from the opening of new flights to the Island and what this means to passengers looking to have a multi-destination experience. Furthermore, we invite CTO to have a proactive discussion on how we can raise interest in our region to develop new maritime access alternatives and create new maritime routes to the Caribbean, using our Incentive Program as the basis for deploying innovative tactics."
source: PR Newswire press release
For more info. on tourism to Puerto Rico, visit www.gotopuertorico.com
Anibal Acevedo Vila, Governor of Puerto Rico, addressed media and delegates at the first Annual Caribbean Tourism Summit (ACTS) in Washington, DC, today to present a plan that will preserve air access to Puerto Rico and other islands in the Caribbean. The governor also introduced a Cruise Incentives Law that will continue to provide incentives to the maritime service providers who safeguard existing routes and/or expand their operations to the region.
The governor provided an update on a call to action issued by Puerto Rico to Caribbean nations to form a united front that will work with the airline industry to increase access to the Caribbean through the island, a bold move given the specter of the industry. As a result of these efforts, airlines such as Jet Blue, Air Tran, Continental and Delta have added service to Puerto Rico from cities like New York, Boston, Newark, Orlando and Ft. Lauderdale, among others.
Rising fuel costs had forced some airlines to cancel flights to the region, a decision that stands to cripple the hotel and cruise industries operating in the Caribbean.
"The gravity of the economic crisis facing the airline industry, and business in general, is especially felt in the Caribbean, a region that has benefited immensely from tourism," said Terestella Gonzalez Denton, Executive Director, PRTC. "In conjunction with Governor Acevedo Vila and our partners in the Caribbean Trade Organization, we are working hard to preserve air access to the region which is the backbone to our region's hotel and cruise industries."
The governor also announced the passing of a Law to expand his administration's Cruise Incentive Program, which allocates a yearly $10 million fund for the development of Puerto Rico's maritime industry. Coupled with a $300 million effort to modernize the island's port infrastructure, the initiative resulted in an 8.4 percent increase in travel to Puerto Rico over the last two years.
"I am very happy to announce that we've just signed a Law that extends our Cruise Incentive Program throughout 2010-2011," said the governor. "Even more important, this decree determines that on the eventuality that we manage a 20% increase by June 30, 2011, these incentives will automatically be extended to June 30, 2014."
The governor's address ended with an exhortation to the delegates at ACTS to work together on issues of air and sea access in the region.
"I've instructed the Puerto Rico Tourism Company to work together with the Caribbean Tourism Organization in the next few weeks, to face the connectivity issues resulting from the opening of new flights to the Island and what this means to passengers looking to have a multi-destination experience. Furthermore, we invite CTO to have a proactive discussion on how we can raise interest in our region to develop new maritime access alternatives and create new maritime routes to the Caribbean, using our Incentive Program as the basis for deploying innovative tactics."
source: PR Newswire press release
For more info. on tourism to Puerto Rico, visit www.gotopuertorico.com
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