Friday, August 15, 2008
Thursday, August 14, 2008
El Gran Combo, La India & Rakim y Ken-Y Perform Tonight at Coney Island
The 30th Annual Seaside Summer Concert Series performances are held Thursday nights
7:30 p.m.
Asser Levy/Seaside Park
at West 5th Street and Surf Avenue, Coney Island/Brighton Beach,
across the street from the New York Aquarium, Brooklyn.
FREE
For more information, (718) 222-0600 or visit http://www.brooklynconcerts.com/seaside.html
Thanks to PRCulture Meetup for the information.
Featured story
Recession drives educated Puerto Ricans to South Florida
CAGUAS -- As a salesman for a health club in a suburb outside Puerto Rico's capital, Frank Oquendo saw up close how his earnings and the gym's membership base tanked along with Puerto Rico's economy.
Earlier this year, Oquendo's bosses cut his pay by 25 percent as a third of the Caguas club's members canceled their contracts because they were leaving Puerto Rico. After two years of soaring inflation and desperation, Oquendo finally packed up and joined his former clients, moving his family to Miami in July.
He joined thousands of middle-class professionals who have fled Puerto Rico in the past two years, becoming what some people are calling "FloRicans.'' For the full report, go to
http://www.miamiherald.com/457/story/639679.html
Editor's Note: I hope these Puerto Ricans who are giving up the island are doing their research before packing and up and moving to Florida in search of their American dream. I have heard stories from boricuas in Florida who are regretting the move from Puerto Rico. It is very sad to see the brain drain that is going on in the island. I really don't believe all the Florida hype.
Recession drives educated Puerto Ricans to South Florida
CAGUAS -- As a salesman for a health club in a suburb outside Puerto Rico's capital, Frank Oquendo saw up close how his earnings and the gym's membership base tanked along with Puerto Rico's economy.
Earlier this year, Oquendo's bosses cut his pay by 25 percent as a third of the Caguas club's members canceled their contracts because they were leaving Puerto Rico. After two years of soaring inflation and desperation, Oquendo finally packed up and joined his former clients, moving his family to Miami in July.
He joined thousands of middle-class professionals who have fled Puerto Rico in the past two years, becoming what some people are calling "FloRicans.'' For the full report, go to
http://www.miamiherald.com/457/story/639679.html
Editor's Note: I hope these Puerto Ricans who are giving up the island are doing their research before packing and up and moving to Florida in search of their American dream. I have heard stories from boricuas in Florida who are regretting the move from Puerto Rico. It is very sad to see the brain drain that is going on in the island. I really don't believe all the Florida hype.
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Featured story
Puerto Rican statehood party seeks English ballots
SAN JUAN -- A political party that favors making Puerto Rico the 51st U.S. state said Tuesday it will demand an English translation of a November ballot.
A Spanish-only ballot discriminates against 14 percent of 4 million islanders whose first language is English, said Edwin Mundo, an official with the New Progressive Party.
For the AP report, go to
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jUPrXKkMvwJSguOFl4axm8d9b1kQD92H0IK80
Puerto Rican statehood party seeks English ballots
SAN JUAN -- A political party that favors making Puerto Rico the 51st U.S. state said Tuesday it will demand an English translation of a November ballot.
A Spanish-only ballot discriminates against 14 percent of 4 million islanders whose first language is English, said Edwin Mundo, an official with the New Progressive Party.
For the AP report, go to
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jUPrXKkMvwJSguOFl4axm8d9b1kQD92H0IK80
'Borinquen' in the Bronx
A scene from a free performance of the bilingual play "Borinquen Vive en el Barrio/Borinquen Lives in the Barrio" at St. Mary's Park, the Bronx.
You still have an opportunity to see "Borinquen" at St. Mary's for free. There will be two more free performances at 8 p.m. this Thursday and Sunday.
For anyone interested in boricua culture and the relationship of Puerto Ricans on the island and Puerto Ricans in New York, this is a play worth seeing.
For more photos of last night's performance at St. Mary's, visit my site at www.flickr.com/photos/clarisel. For more information about the play, see the July 18 entry in this blog and/or visit
www.teatrostagefest.org.
(photo by Clarisel Gonzalez)
You still have an opportunity to see "Borinquen" at St. Mary's for free. There will be two more free performances at 8 p.m. this Thursday and Sunday.
For anyone interested in boricua culture and the relationship of Puerto Ricans on the island and Puerto Ricans in New York, this is a play worth seeing.
For more photos of last night's performance at St. Mary's, visit my site at www.flickr.com/photos/clarisel. For more information about the play, see the July 18 entry in this blog and/or visit
www.teatrostagefest.org.
(photo by Clarisel Gonzalez)
Health
Quarter of Latinos Get No Health Information from Medical Professionals, New Survey Finds
WASHINGTON - More than one in four Hispanic adults in the United States lack a usual health care provider and a similar proportion report obtaining no health care information from medical professionals in the past year, according to a report released today by the Pew Hispanic Center and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
At the same time, the report finds that more than eight in 10 receive health information from alternative sources, such as television and radio. This includes most of those who get no information from doctors or other medical professionals.
"Nearly as many Hispanics get health information from television as from doctors and medical professionals," said Susan Minushkin, Pew Hispanic Center deputy director and one of the report's authors. "What's more, Hispanics who don't have a usual health care provider are more likely to get health information from television than they are from medical professionals."
The report is based on a nationally representative bilingual survey of 4,013 Hispanic adults. It is unique in the breadth and depth at which it questions Hispanics on health care access and information issues. It also examines Hispanics' knowledge of diabetes - a serious chronic disease that is more prevalent among Hispanics than non-Hispanic whites.
Unlike previous research, this survey examines how different sub-groups within the U.S. Hispanic population access health services and information.
"When it comes to meeting the health needs of Hispanics in America, one size does not fit all," said Debra Joy Perez, senior program officer at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. "National and community health experts need to factor in differences between sub-groups, such as language spoken, assimilation and country of origin, and develop innovative solutions that meet the diverse needs of the Latino community."
Among its key findings:
As with the general population, Hispanics who are male, young, less educated and without health insurance are least likely to have a usual health care provider.
Foreign-born and less-assimilated Latinos - those who mainly speak Spanish, lack U.S. citizenship, or have been in the United States for a short time - are less likely than other Latinos to report that they have a usual place to go for medical treatment or advice.
But a significant share of Hispanics with no usual place to go for medical care are high school graduates (50 percent), were born in the United States (30 percent) and have health insurance (45 percent).
When asked about why they lack a usual provider, a plurality of respondents (41 percent) say the principal reason is that they are seldom sick.
The report is available at the Pew Hispanic Center's website, www.pewhispanic.org, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's website, www.rwjf.org.
source: Pew Hispanic Center press release
Quarter of Latinos Get No Health Information from Medical Professionals, New Survey Finds
WASHINGTON - More than one in four Hispanic adults in the United States lack a usual health care provider and a similar proportion report obtaining no health care information from medical professionals in the past year, according to a report released today by the Pew Hispanic Center and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
At the same time, the report finds that more than eight in 10 receive health information from alternative sources, such as television and radio. This includes most of those who get no information from doctors or other medical professionals.
"Nearly as many Hispanics get health information from television as from doctors and medical professionals," said Susan Minushkin, Pew Hispanic Center deputy director and one of the report's authors. "What's more, Hispanics who don't have a usual health care provider are more likely to get health information from television than they are from medical professionals."
The report is based on a nationally representative bilingual survey of 4,013 Hispanic adults. It is unique in the breadth and depth at which it questions Hispanics on health care access and information issues. It also examines Hispanics' knowledge of diabetes - a serious chronic disease that is more prevalent among Hispanics than non-Hispanic whites.
Unlike previous research, this survey examines how different sub-groups within the U.S. Hispanic population access health services and information.
"When it comes to meeting the health needs of Hispanics in America, one size does not fit all," said Debra Joy Perez, senior program officer at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. "National and community health experts need to factor in differences between sub-groups, such as language spoken, assimilation and country of origin, and develop innovative solutions that meet the diverse needs of the Latino community."
Among its key findings:
As with the general population, Hispanics who are male, young, less educated and without health insurance are least likely to have a usual health care provider.
Foreign-born and less-assimilated Latinos - those who mainly speak Spanish, lack U.S. citizenship, or have been in the United States for a short time - are less likely than other Latinos to report that they have a usual place to go for medical treatment or advice.
But a significant share of Hispanics with no usual place to go for medical care are high school graduates (50 percent), were born in the United States (30 percent) and have health insurance (45 percent).
When asked about why they lack a usual provider, a plurality of respondents (41 percent) say the principal reason is that they are seldom sick.
The report is available at the Pew Hispanic Center's website, www.pewhispanic.org, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's website, www.rwjf.org.
source: Pew Hispanic Center press release
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Vieques, PR, 2008
Today's featured shot from the Puerto Rico Sun photo group is by Lora Owens. Beautiful portrait of this Vieques horse.
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Monday, August 11, 2008
Featured story
Puerto Rico Will Create Task Force to Improve Wetlands
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Puerto Rico Land Authority have reached a settlement that requires the creation of a task force to identify, monitor and protect wetlands in Puerto Rico in order to resolve a 2007 EPA complaint over Clean Water Act violations.
According to the settlement, the Puerto Rico Land Authority will pay a $25,000 penalty and set up a $100,000 interest-bearing account, which will be used to establish a wetlands management program.
For the complete report, go to
http://www.stormwaterauthority.org/library/view_article.aspx?id=1205
Puerto Rico Will Create Task Force to Improve Wetlands
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Puerto Rico Land Authority have reached a settlement that requires the creation of a task force to identify, monitor and protect wetlands in Puerto Rico in order to resolve a 2007 EPA complaint over Clean Water Act violations.
According to the settlement, the Puerto Rico Land Authority will pay a $25,000 penalty and set up a $100,000 interest-bearing account, which will be used to establish a wetlands management program.
For the complete report, go to
http://www.stormwaterauthority.org/library/view_article.aspx?id=1205
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