Our Economy
Puerto Rico bank to cut US branches, jobs
Popular Inc, the parent of Banco Popular, said on Wednesday it plans to eliminate more than one-fourth of its 139 US branches and cut its US workforce by 600 to cope with the nation's economic downturn.
Puerto Rico's largest bank also posted a third-quarter loss of $668.5 million, or $2.42 per share.
For the complete Reuters report, go to
http://www.caribbeannetnews.com/news-11647--21-21--.html
Thursday, October 23, 2008
'Latino Settlement in the New Century'
Hispanics Account for Half of U.S. Population Growth Since 2000, New Report Finds
WASHINGTON - Hispanics accounted for just over half of the overall population growth in the United States since 2000 - a significant new demographic milestone for the nation's largest minority group, a new Pew Hispanic Center report released today finds.
The report, "Latino Settlement in the New Century," includes a series of web-based interactive maps that illustrate the size and spread of Hispanic population growth since 1980, including easy access to detailed state and county-level data. It also presents a list of the counties with the largest Hispanic populations, as well as a list of those counties with the fastest-growing Hispanic populations.
In the 1990s the Hispanic population also expanded rapidly, but its growth accounted for less than 40% of the nation's total population increase in that decade. From 2000 to 2007, Latinos accounted for 50.5% of the total U.S. population growth, even though, as of mid-2007, they made up just 15.1% of the total population.
In another change from the 1990s, Latino population growth in this new century has been more a product of the natural increase (births minus deaths) of the existing population than it has been of new international migration, according to Pew Hispanic Center analysis.
The report identifies 676 fast-growing Hispanic counties among the nation's total of 3,141 counties. These counties all share two characteristics: a 2007 Latino population of at least 1,000; and an above-average Hispanic growth of at least 41% from 2000 to 2007. The list includes 148 counties that did not experience rapid growth in the 1990s.
There are both continuities and differences in the Hispanic settlement patterns of this decade, compared with the patterns of the 1990s. The dispersion of Latinos in the current decade has tilted more to counties in the West and the Northeast than it had in the 1990s. Despite the new tilt, however, the South still accounted for a greater share of overall Latino population growth than any other region did from 2000 to 2007.
Much of the Latino population growth in this decade has taken place in small and mid-sized cities and in suburbs - many of which had relatively few Latino residents until the past decade or two. A handful of big cities have also played a sizable role in Latino population growth in this decade. For example, the Latino population grew by more than 400,000 from 2000 to 2007 in just three counties: Los Angeles, Maricopa (Phoenix) and Harris (Houston). But because these counties already had a large base of Hispanic residents at the start of the decade, the growth of their Latino population since then has been less dramatic in percentage terms.
Percentage growth in the Hispanic population from 2000 to 2007 exceeded 300% in three counties - Frederick and Culpeper counties in Virginia and Paulding County in Georgia. These two states are home to eight of the 10 counties with the greatest percentage growth in the Hispanic population since 2000. The other two counties are Kendall County in Illinois and Luzerne County in Pennsylvania.
Other major findings include:
Hispanic population growth since 2000 has been widespread. The Hispanic population has grown in almost 3,000 of the nation's 3,141 counties.
At the same time, Hispanic population growth in the new century has been fairly concentrated. Hispanic population growth in just 178 counties accounts for 79% of the nation's entire 10.2 million Hispanic population increase.
In spite of dispersal to new settlements, the Hispanic population continues to be geographically concentrated. In 2007, the 100 largest Hispanic counties were home to 73% of the Latino population.
By this measure, Hispanics are more geographically concentrated than the nation's black population. Nearly six-in-ten (59%) of the non-Hispanic black population live in the nation's 100 largest non-Hispanic black counties.
The report "Latino Settlement in the New Century," is available on the center's website, www.pewhispanic.org.
source: Pew Hispanic Center press release
WASHINGTON - Hispanics accounted for just over half of the overall population growth in the United States since 2000 - a significant new demographic milestone for the nation's largest minority group, a new Pew Hispanic Center report released today finds.
The report, "Latino Settlement in the New Century," includes a series of web-based interactive maps that illustrate the size and spread of Hispanic population growth since 1980, including easy access to detailed state and county-level data. It also presents a list of the counties with the largest Hispanic populations, as well as a list of those counties with the fastest-growing Hispanic populations.
In the 1990s the Hispanic population also expanded rapidly, but its growth accounted for less than 40% of the nation's total population increase in that decade. From 2000 to 2007, Latinos accounted for 50.5% of the total U.S. population growth, even though, as of mid-2007, they made up just 15.1% of the total population.
In another change from the 1990s, Latino population growth in this new century has been more a product of the natural increase (births minus deaths) of the existing population than it has been of new international migration, according to Pew Hispanic Center analysis.
The report identifies 676 fast-growing Hispanic counties among the nation's total of 3,141 counties. These counties all share two characteristics: a 2007 Latino population of at least 1,000; and an above-average Hispanic growth of at least 41% from 2000 to 2007. The list includes 148 counties that did not experience rapid growth in the 1990s.
There are both continuities and differences in the Hispanic settlement patterns of this decade, compared with the patterns of the 1990s. The dispersion of Latinos in the current decade has tilted more to counties in the West and the Northeast than it had in the 1990s. Despite the new tilt, however, the South still accounted for a greater share of overall Latino population growth than any other region did from 2000 to 2007.
Much of the Latino population growth in this decade has taken place in small and mid-sized cities and in suburbs - many of which had relatively few Latino residents until the past decade or two. A handful of big cities have also played a sizable role in Latino population growth in this decade. For example, the Latino population grew by more than 400,000 from 2000 to 2007 in just three counties: Los Angeles, Maricopa (Phoenix) and Harris (Houston). But because these counties already had a large base of Hispanic residents at the start of the decade, the growth of their Latino population since then has been less dramatic in percentage terms.
Percentage growth in the Hispanic population from 2000 to 2007 exceeded 300% in three counties - Frederick and Culpeper counties in Virginia and Paulding County in Georgia. These two states are home to eight of the 10 counties with the greatest percentage growth in the Hispanic population since 2000. The other two counties are Kendall County in Illinois and Luzerne County in Pennsylvania.
Other major findings include:
Hispanic population growth since 2000 has been widespread. The Hispanic population has grown in almost 3,000 of the nation's 3,141 counties.
At the same time, Hispanic population growth in the new century has been fairly concentrated. Hispanic population growth in just 178 counties accounts for 79% of the nation's entire 10.2 million Hispanic population increase.
In spite of dispersal to new settlements, the Hispanic population continues to be geographically concentrated. In 2007, the 100 largest Hispanic counties were home to 73% of the Latino population.
By this measure, Hispanics are more geographically concentrated than the nation's black population. Nearly six-in-ten (59%) of the non-Hispanic black population live in the nation's 100 largest non-Hispanic black counties.
The report "Latino Settlement in the New Century," is available on the center's website, www.pewhispanic.org.
source: Pew Hispanic Center press release
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
NEW: PRSUN'S aStore highlights boricuas
PRSUN's aStore @ Amazon showcases Puerto Rican talent in music, books, film and more.
This store will focus primarily on Puerto Rican artists and writers.
Here's the link:
http://astore.amazon.com/puericsun-20
This is another way of supporting the Puerto Rico Sun community media project.
Thanks.
This store will focus primarily on Puerto Rican artists and writers.
Here's the link:
http://astore.amazon.com/puericsun-20
This is another way of supporting the Puerto Rico Sun community media project.
Thanks.
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Puerto Rican food and rum tasting tour in Old San Juan
Tourism
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - For the first time in the tourism industry of Puerto Rico , it is now possible to experience Puerto Rican food and rum tasting during a narrative and entertaining tour.
Legends of Puerto Rico, Inc.’s, a San Juan based supplier of guided tours, latest offerings is
SAN JUAN NIGHTS - http://www.legendsofpr.com/San_Juan_Night.htm
Puerto Rico is the Rum Capital of the World. In addition to casual conversation among the tour participants, your tour guide will provide narration about Puerto Rico 's historical and cultural background. As the evening progresses, your guide will lead you through a rum-tasting, and explain how to taste and differentiate between 12 types of rum produced on the island. The food is served "family” style with rum cocktails. Enjoy your evening under the Caribbean stars at colonial patios inside the restaurants visited by the locals. A free shot of Puerto Rico ’s national drink and souvenir included.
Reservations are accepted by phone and through the www.legendsofpr.com web site. Customers may also contact Legends of Puerto Rico, Inc. by telephone at +787-605-9060 or by e-mail at info@legendsofpr.com.
source: Legends of PR release
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - For the first time in the tourism industry of Puerto Rico , it is now possible to experience Puerto Rican food and rum tasting during a narrative and entertaining tour.
Legends of Puerto Rico, Inc.’s, a San Juan based supplier of guided tours, latest offerings is
SAN JUAN NIGHTS - http://www.legendsofpr.com/San_Juan_Night.htm
Puerto Rico is the Rum Capital of the World. In addition to casual conversation among the tour participants, your tour guide will provide narration about Puerto Rico 's historical and cultural background. As the evening progresses, your guide will lead you through a rum-tasting, and explain how to taste and differentiate between 12 types of rum produced on the island. The food is served "family” style with rum cocktails. Enjoy your evening under the Caribbean stars at colonial patios inside the restaurants visited by the locals. A free shot of Puerto Rico ’s national drink and souvenir included.
Reservations are accepted by phone and through the www.legendsofpr.com web site. Customers may also contact Legends of Puerto Rico, Inc. by telephone at +787-605-9060 or by e-mail at info@legendsofpr.com.
source: Legends of PR release
On the Reading Corner
IN OUR LINGO: Luce López-Baralt and Antonio Martorell on Angel Collado Schwarz
6:30 -8:30 p.m. tonight
El Museo del Barrio, 1230 Fifth Avenue & 104th Street, Manhattan
Celebrating the publication of the third volume of Voces de la Cultura by Angel Collado Schwarz (Fundacion La Voz del Centro, 2007), the distinguished Puerto Rican author will speak with Luce López-Baralt, Professor of Spanish and Comparative Literature, Universidad de Puerto Rico and artist Antonio Martorell. The conversation will highlight historical events presented in the book.
Free. For advance registration e-mail public_programs@elmuseo.org. The discussion will be held in El Museo's Teatro Heckscher.
Images from top to bottom:
Book Cover: Voces de la Cultura by author Angel Collado Schwarz
IN OUR LINGO: Luce López-Baralt and Antonio Martorell on Angel Collado Schwarz
6:30 -8:30 p.m. tonight
El Museo del Barrio, 1230 Fifth Avenue & 104th Street, Manhattan
Celebrating the publication of the third volume of Voces de la Cultura by Angel Collado Schwarz (Fundacion La Voz del Centro, 2007), the distinguished Puerto Rican author will speak with Luce López-Baralt, Professor of Spanish and Comparative Literature, Universidad de Puerto Rico and artist Antonio Martorell. The conversation will highlight historical events presented in the book.
Free. For advance registration e-mail public_programs@elmuseo.org. The discussion will be held in El Museo's Teatro Heckscher.
Images from top to bottom:
Book Cover: Voces de la Cultura by author Angel Collado Schwarz
Monday, October 20, 2008
Puerto Rico to launch new English-language daily
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Former employees of the now defunct The San Juan Star have formed a cooperative to publish a new English-language daily.
Director Rafael Matos says the Puerto Rico Daily Sun will be available starting Wednesday by subscription and at newsstands across the island.
For more, go to
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27270164/
Editor's Note: I notice they are planning to use a name very similar to our Puerto Rico Sun. I'm not crazy about that. We had our name first. Our Puerto Rico Sun has been in existence since 2002. It is nice to learn that there is a movement to have a general English newspaper on the island again even though I wonder how successful it will be in today's market. Generally, newspapers are going downhill. Let's see y suerte.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Former employees of the now defunct The San Juan Star have formed a cooperative to publish a new English-language daily.
Director Rafael Matos says the Puerto Rico Daily Sun will be available starting Wednesday by subscription and at newsstands across the island.
For more, go to
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27270164/
Editor's Note: I notice they are planning to use a name very similar to our Puerto Rico Sun. I'm not crazy about that. We had our name first. Our Puerto Rico Sun has been in existence since 2002. It is nice to learn that there is a movement to have a general English newspaper on the island again even though I wonder how successful it will be in today's market. Generally, newspapers are going downhill. Let's see y suerte.
Community calendar
Foundations of Puerto Rican New York: Conversations with
Louis Nunez, past president, the National Puerto Rican Coalition
Yolanda Sanchez, former director, PRACA
Sonia Palacio-Grottola, past president, National Association of Hispanic and Puerto Rican Social Workers
5-7 p.m., Thursday, November 6
Centro Library and Archives Legacy Series
Centro Library and Archives
3rd Floor East, Wexler Library
Hunter College, CUNY
695 Park Avenue, Manhattan
For more information, (212) 772-4197
source: Centro
Foundations of Puerto Rican New York: Conversations with
Louis Nunez, past president, the National Puerto Rican Coalition
Yolanda Sanchez, former director, PRACA
Sonia Palacio-Grottola, past president, National Association of Hispanic and Puerto Rican Social Workers
5-7 p.m., Thursday, November 6
Centro Library and Archives Legacy Series
Centro Library and Archives
3rd Floor East, Wexler Library
Hunter College, CUNY
695 Park Avenue, Manhattan
For more information, (212) 772-4197
source: Centro
Sunday, October 19, 2008
Opportunity
Danza Fiesta holds auditions for new dancers
4-7 p.m., Saturday, November 8
Reyes Karate School
1175 Gerard Avenue, Bronx
Danza Fiesta
Baile y Teatro Puertorriqueño
Under the direction of renowned dancer/choreographer Gilda Rivera Pantojas, Danza Fiesta – Baile y Teatro Puertorriqueño has entranced audiences with its rich array of Puerto Rican traditional dances, and intriguing contemporary dances. Its repertoire ranges from Puerto Rican Bomba, Plena, and Seis music, to other Latin American traditional dances. The company currently is composed by 20 dancers who are accompanied by a 10 member band, and three singers.
MALE/FEMALE AUDITION INFORMATION:
Auditions will be held by Danza Fiesta’s seasoned dancer/choreographer Cristal Reyes with over 10 years experience with the company. All dancers should wear comfortable clothing, and if available females should bring a wide skirt. Headshots and Resumes not necessary but bring if available. No experience is necessary but all dancers should have a great sense of musicality and timing. Callbacks will be held the following week on Saturday, November 15th, 2008. There is currently no pay for rehearsals but there may be performance stipends available, depending on the venue. This is a great opportunity to be part of an innovative and unique dance and theater company.
http://www.DanzaFiesta.org
For more information, e-mail info@DanzaFiesta.org
(photo of Danza Fiesta performing at La Fiesta Folkorica Puertorriqueña in Central Park by Clarisel Gonzalez)
source: Danza Fiesta
Danza Fiesta holds auditions for new dancers
4-7 p.m., Saturday, November 8
Reyes Karate School
1175 Gerard Avenue, Bronx
Danza Fiesta
Baile y Teatro Puertorriqueño
Under the direction of renowned dancer/choreographer Gilda Rivera Pantojas, Danza Fiesta – Baile y Teatro Puertorriqueño has entranced audiences with its rich array of Puerto Rican traditional dances, and intriguing contemporary dances. Its repertoire ranges from Puerto Rican Bomba, Plena, and Seis music, to other Latin American traditional dances. The company currently is composed by 20 dancers who are accompanied by a 10 member band, and three singers.
MALE/FEMALE AUDITION INFORMATION:
Auditions will be held by Danza Fiesta’s seasoned dancer/choreographer Cristal Reyes with over 10 years experience with the company. All dancers should wear comfortable clothing, and if available females should bring a wide skirt. Headshots and Resumes not necessary but bring if available. No experience is necessary but all dancers should have a great sense of musicality and timing. Callbacks will be held the following week on Saturday, November 15th, 2008. There is currently no pay for rehearsals but there may be performance stipends available, depending on the venue. This is a great opportunity to be part of an innovative and unique dance and theater company.
http://www.DanzaFiesta.org
For more information, e-mail info@DanzaFiesta.org
(photo of Danza Fiesta performing at La Fiesta Folkorica Puertorriqueña in Central Park by Clarisel Gonzalez)
source: Danza Fiesta
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