Esther Semidey blew out the candles at a very special celebration in Harlem (NYC) as she turned 104 this month. Born in Puerto Rico on February 1, 1920Semidey currently lives in a nursing home in New York, a city that has been his home for more than seven decades. “There are people who at 70, … Read more
What you should know The National Puerto Rican Parade (NPRDP) is now accepting applications for its 2023 National Scholarship Program until Friday March 15. The program offers exceptional students of Puerto Rican roots a total of 100 scholarships of $2,000 each, for a total of $200,000. For more information about the scholarship and the Puerto … Read more
Tyrone Padilla, a 61-year-old man who had just returned from a vacation in Puerto Rico, was fatally stabbed in the neck in his residential building in the Bronx (NYC) yesterday morning. After being injured, his elderly mother Violeta Castro, 84, was able to hug himthe family told Daily News. “She was massaging his chest and … Read more
At 57 years old, young grandfather Carlos Toro has just celebrated Christmas with a new heart with his family in Brooklyn (NYC). Toro suffered a heart attack a year ago. After working more than 70 hours a week as a supermarket manager for three decades, he developed hypertension. His blood type is O negative, meaning … Read more
Paul Archuleta/Getty Images Kamar Of The Kings The star of One Life to Live, Kamar de los Reyes, died Sunday in Los Angeles shortly after being diagnosed with cancer. A representative of his family was the one who confirmed it to People. Kamar was known for playing the villain Antonio Vega on the ABC soap … Read more
The Puerto Rican artist Bad Bunny delivered this Saturday for the fourth time, together with his Good Bunny Foundation, music, sports and painting items and instruments to thousands of children and young people in Puerto Rico, as part of the Christmas festivities. The Puerto Rico Convention Center in San Juan was the site of the … Read more
Raymond García was executed after being shot 38 times in 30 seconds inside the lobby of an apartment building in The Bronx (NYC). The violent crime occurred on the night of December 10 at 1096 West Farms Road in Longwood and no arrests have yet been made. In an update on the case, NYPD believes … Read more
If you walk through Penn Station in Manhattan, one of the busiest train stations, not only in New York, but in the world, you will come across a little bit of San Juan, capital of Puerto Ricoin one of its corners. The figure of a piña colada, a popular drink on the island, will invite … Read more
During her visit this weekend to Puerto Rico, the governor of New York, Kathy Hochul, and her counterpart on the island, Pedro Pierluisi, announced the Economic Opportunity Advisory Council of NY and Puerto Rico with the purpose of strengthen economic ties between the state and the territory. According to a statement released Friday by Hochul’s … Read more
Dr. Iris Cardona, chief medical officer of the Department of Health, invites citizens to vaccination events, which will begin on November 4, given the rise in influenza cases sustained over the past eleven weeks. The events are scheduled at the Plaza las Américas shopping centers (November 4, 24, 25 and 26), San Patricio Plaza and … Read more