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the
Puerto Rico Store Offers Domino Tables with 17 Designs from
Puerto Rico, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Mexico and Panama
PUERTO RICAN ACHIEVERS
SPEAKERS SERIES
BUSINESS LUNCHEON
DATE: Friday, May 16, 2008
Time: 11:30 pm through 1:30pm
Location: LATAM at Centro, Restaurant
1913 Nebraska Avenue
Tampa, Florida 33602
(Corner of Nebraska & Palm Avenues. In Historic Ybor City, Tampa)
Cost: $25 pp in advance; $35 after due date( May 05, 2008) and at
the door. A hot Latin food lunch & unlimited soft drinks.
Keynote Speaker
Gilbert Colón
Deputy District Director
U.S. Small Business Administration (Since 1997)
Mr. Colón was born in Naguabo, Puerto Rico
*
Early Payment
of $25.00 dateline is Monday May 5, 2008.
Mail check to: Puerto Rico Chamber of Commerce of the Gulf Coast
6018 Wilshire Drive
Tampa, Florida 33615
The Puerto Rico Chamber of Commerce Gulf Coast of Florida is a member
of the Puerto Rico Chamber of Commerce of the United States, a coalition
of Chambers representing Central Florida, Fort Myers, Jacksonville,
Melbourne, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, Polk County, San
Juan, Sarasota, Tampa & the Treasure Coast.
*Sponsor
this event for $250.00
*Or participate
in the Business Community Bag $20.00 (you supply the materials)
*Or donate a Door Prize*
This is a great way to promote your business and services to the
community of the Gulf Coast.
Desfile
Nacional Puertorriqueño Anuncia Preparativos para el Quincuagésimo
Desfile a llevarse a cabo el domingo, 8 de junio del 2008 a lo largo
de la Quinta Avenida en la Ciudad de Nueva York.
the National
Puerto Rican Day Parade in New York City will be celebrating the
50th Anniverary of the Parade on Sunday, June 8, 2008 along 5th
Avenue.
Boricua.com
Photo Gallery of the 50th Anniversary Puerto Rican Day Parade is
now On Line.
Last
month, an admired and beloved friend came from Puerto Rico
to visit me with his wife Gloria. They stayed with me and
Carmen for a couple of days breaking bread together and reminiscing
about the Miami of the 1980s. Guillermo Colom was one
of three men, in my experience, whose presence in a room inspired
good will and love. He worked as an agent of U.S. Customs
all of his life. He was a father, husband, and a loyal friend.
When we first met I was a Metro-Dade street cop. His positive
optimism for the human condition never failed to motivate
me to be better than I really was.
Although Guillermo
Colom was tranferred from Miami, we maintained and nurtured
our friendship through these many years and every time I visited
Puerto Rico I would go and see him in Aguadilla. He was a
church going man who put his family before all things. He
never strayed from the path, as I ashamedly did long ago.
He was a quiet hero, who persevered through his journey with
dignity and love for all. No wimp, an expert marksman with
revolver and pistol. We spent a lot of time together at the
firing ranges polishing our firearms skills.
Guillermo Colom
called me very early on the morning of April 28th to see how
I was. Im irreversibly ill, according to the learned
MDs. Sometime later that day, Guillermo Colom died.
So here are a few lines from Walt Whitman, just for you -
dear Guillermo Colom, trusted and beloved loyal friend!
O Captain! my Captain!
our fearful trip is done;
O Captain! my Captain! rise up and hear the bells;
Rise up-for you the flag is flung-for you the bugle trills;
For you bouquets and ribbond wreaths-
My Captain does
not answer. O Captain! My Captain!
You will always
be my hero, Guillermo Colom
Hector Varela
Puerto Rico Chambers
of Commerce of Florida Upcoming Events:
Puerto Rico Chamber of
Commerce of the Gulf Coast, Inc. (Tampa) - Puerto Rican Achievers
Speakers Series, Friday February 22, 2008. LaTam Restaurant, Ybor
City, Florida
Puerto Rican Chamber
of Commerce of Palm Beach County
Join us for a Networking Mixer, HOSTED BY:Citibank
Thursday, Feb. 28th,
2008, 6:00 P.M. through 8:00 P.M.
10410 Forest Hill Blvd., Wellington, FL 33414
The Puerto Rican Chamber
of Commerce will hold its first Quarterly Business Luncheon on Wednesday,
March 5, 2008. As in the past, this Luncheon will be held at corporate
member Doubletree Grand Hotel, 1717 N. Bayshore Drive , 2nd Floor,
in downtown Miami .
the Puerto Rican Chamber
of Polk County Invites you to be a part of the First Business 2
Business International Expo - a Multi Cultural Event
PRCCPC , Inc Business 2 Business International Expo 2008
LAKELAND,
FL. Polk Community College and The Puerto Rican Chamber
of Commerce of Polk County are pleased to present the first
multicultural business event in Polk County this coming May
31, 2008. All under one roof, members of the business and
non business community will be able to showcase/exhibit their
businesses and/or services. Not only to each other as a source
of networking and getting to know each other on a closer and
personal level, but to also present their selfs to the
general public.
Grupo
Isla Del Encanto has a total of 36 kids that range in ages from
7 to 18. We have been together for 3 years. We specialize in
Plena & Bomba dancing but We do not limit our selfs to Plena
& Bomba We dance Reggaeton, Bachata and Tango as well.
EVENT INFORMATION
Date: Saturday, December 15, 2007
1941 E SR 60 Valrico,
FL 33594 813.643.8700
Time: 7:00pm 12:00a.m
Featured
Performances: El Cuatrista Alvin Medina,
El Trovador Feliz Nieves Cotto, and a Guest Appearance by
Trio Los Platinos - Photo
Gallery of this Event
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En Arroz y Habichuelas:
Diccionario del Habla Popular Boricua,
que acaba de salir de imprenta, representa una importante aportación
al cultivo de nuestras raíces y de nuestra propia forma de
ser como pueblo. Con más de mil palabras y frases de uso cotidiano,
todo lector podrá, además que reírse con su contenido,
comprenderse mejor. Se incluyen las palabras que utilizan los boricuas
nacidos o radicados en los EEUU como un reconocimiento, según
señala la autora, Ixa López Paláu, de que "somos
un mismo pueblo". Sin duda este es un excelente regalo para esta
navidad. Puede obtenerse en Borders. Para más información
escriba a ilp@prtc.net
"En
Arroz Y Habichuelas" (In Rice and Kidney Beans: Dictionary
of the Boricua Spoken Language,)
is hot off the press. This is an important contribution to the Puerto
Rican culture. It portrays our roots and our idiosyncrasies. With
more than a thousand words and phrases of daily use, the reader
will be able to laugh at itself and at the same time feel included
and understood as part of a rich culture. The boricuas on the Island
and in the U.S.A. use these words as a way of reaffirming our people's
identity, according to the author, Ixa Lopez Paláu. Without
a doubt this it is an excellent gift for this Christmas. For more
Information write to ilp@prtc.net
Taino
TV Launched
UCTP Taino News
- In collaboration with Presencia Taina TV, and Indigenous Peoples
Literature, the United Confederation of Taino people has announced
the launching of the TAINO TV Network. This historic project, which
uses new media outreach mechanisms such as You Tube will assist
the UCTP in its focus on using communications technology to increase
the visibility of the Taino and other Caribbean Indigenous Peoples
internationally.
"From the
new Taino TV site as well as other media launch points already developed
such as Presencia Taina TV, we will be providing visual services
never before available to our community and others who are interested
in cultural heritage of the Caribbean region" stated Roger
Atihuibancex Hernandez, founder of the Presencia Taina TV project.
Viewers can now long into Taino TV at can view and subscribe to
Taino TV at http://www.youtube.com/Tainotv
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