HispanicTips » Baltimore http://www.hispanictips.com Essential Hispanic & Latino News :: Relevant, Trusted, Comprehensive and Useful Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:29:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Hispanic pride in Sotomayor but TVs set to soap opera – Upper Fells Point customers take a pass on Senate hearings – Maryland http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/07/16/hispanic-pride-in-sotomayor-but-tvs-set-to-soap-opera-upper-fells-point-customers-take-a-pass-on-senate-hearings-maryland/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/07/16/hispanic-pride-in-sotomayor-but-tvs-set-to-soap-opera-upper-fells-point-customers-take-a-pass-on-senate-hearings-maryland/#comments Fri, 17 Jul 2009 01:15:57 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/?p=56728 HispanicTips :: Hispanic & Latino News & Information]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/www.hispanictips.com/p=56728 0 LatinoFest stirs some ‘moolah’ into Baltimore’s ’salsa’ http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/06/25/latinofest-stirs-some-moolah-into-baltimores-salsa/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/06/25/latinofest-stirs-some-moolah-into-baltimores-salsa/#comments Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:04:27 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/06/25/latinofest-stirs-some-moolah-into-baltimores-salsa/ HispanicTips :: Hispanic & Latino News & Information]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/www.hispanictips.com/p=55582 0 ‘Recession in our community is business as usual’, says Baltimore Hispanic Chamber of Commerce President Charles Ramos http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/06/22/recession-in-our-community-is-business-as-usual-says-baltimore-hispanic-chamber-of-commerce-president-charles-ramos/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/06/22/recession-in-our-community-is-business-as-usual-says-baltimore-hispanic-chamber-of-commerce-president-charles-ramos/#comments Mon, 22 Jun 2009 13:00:33 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/?p=54979 HispanicTips :: Hispanic & Latino News & Information]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/www.hispanictips.com/p=54979 0 Hispanic Businesses in Baltimore – A Fact Sheet http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/06/16/hispanic-businesses-in-baltimore-a-fact-sheet/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/06/16/hispanic-businesses-in-baltimore-a-fact-sheet/#comments Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:33:40 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/?p=54459 HispanicTips :: Hispanic & Latino News & Information]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/www.hispanictips.com/p=54459 0 New Baltimore DTV Center helps Hispanics ride the transition to digital http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/06/11/new-baltimore-dtv-center-helps-hispanics-ride-the-transition-to-digital/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/06/11/new-baltimore-dtv-center-helps-hispanics-ride-the-transition-to-digital/#comments Thu, 11 Jun 2009 19:08:38 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/?p=54201 HispanicTips is Essential Hispanic & Latino News & Information
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"These events are a great opportunity to reach out to the Hispanic community," said Marta Brito Perez, who used to be the director of human relations for Montgomery County but now works for a Delaware-based drug company. "There is great economic potential, so understanding how to reach the community is a must."" HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/www.hispanictips.com/p=38811 0 Japanese steakhouse to pay $80K over harassment of Hispanic women – Maryland http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/14/japanese-steakhouse-to-pay-80k-over-harassment-of-hispanic-women-maryland/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/14/japanese-steakhouse-to-pay-80k-over-harassment-of-hispanic-women-maryland/#comments Wed, 14 May 2008 13:54:15 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/14/japanese-steakhouse-to-pay-80k-over-harassment-of-hispanic-women-maryland/ "A White Marsh Japanese restaurant and sushi bar will pay $80,000 to settle a discrimination lawsuit claiming Hispanic women were harassed there.

Kobe Steak House agreed to pay the women after the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a lawsuit accusing workers of making unwelcome sexual advances toward several women, the federal agency said Tuesday." HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/www.hispanictips.com/p=38637 0 ‘Incredible’ influx changes church – An influx of Hispanic worshipers transforms a traditionally Italian church, neighborhood – Baltimore http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/04/15/incredible-influx-changes-church-an-influx-of-hispanic-worshipers-transforms-a-traditionally-italian-church-neighborhood-baltimore/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/04/15/incredible-influx-changes-church-an-influx-of-hispanic-worshipers-transforms-a-traditionally-italian-church-neighborhood-baltimore/#comments Wed, 16 Apr 2008 02:15:36 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/04/15/incredible-influx-changes-church-an-influx-of-hispanic-worshipers-transforms-a-traditionally-italian-church-neighborhood-baltimore/ "The future rolled into Our Lady of Pompei Church a few weeks ago. Her name was Yoselin Garcia, and she sat quietly in her stroller, a bit player in the vast demographic shift reshaping the Roman Catholic Church in America.

The Garcias - mom, dad and three little girls - had stopped in at the Highlandtown church to drop off a baptism form for the youngest, 1-year-old Yoselin. The Rev. Luigi Cremis, wearing a smile so wide he squinted, cooed at the dark-haired girl and chatted with her sisters, Yasmin, 2, and Estefania, 6." HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/www.hispanictips.com/p=37418 0 Partnership to offer health coverage for immigrants – Baltimore http://www.hispanictips.com/2007/12/04/partnership-offer-health-coverage-immigrants-baltimore/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2007/12/04/partnership-offer-health-coverage-immigrants-baltimore/#comments Tue, 04 Dec 2007 22:03:03 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2007/12/04/partnership-offer-health-coverage-immigrants-baltimore/ "Catholic Charities is to sign an agreement with three Baltimore medical centers today to develop a new health care center for Hispanics and other immigrants who lack health care coverage.

The center could open early next year in the second floor of the Catholic Charities' Hispanic Apostolate at 430 S. Broadway in Fells Point, according to the aid group." HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/www.hispanictips.com/p=32757 0 Catholic Charities expands Hispanic health program in Baltimore http://www.hispanictips.com/2007/12/04/catholic-charities-expands-hispanic-health-program-baltimore/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2007/12/04/catholic-charities-expands-hispanic-health-program-baltimore/#comments Tue, 04 Dec 2007 21:36:40 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2007/12/04/catholic-charities-expands-hispanic-health-program-baltimore/ "Catholic Charities signed an agreement Tuesday with three medical centers to provide health care for uninsured Hispanics and other immigrants, a program organizers hope will provide needed services for a vulnerable population as well as help ease pressure on crowded emergency rooms.

The agreement with St. Joseph Medical Center, Johns Hopkins Medicine, and St. Agnes HealthCare expands upon a mobile clinic that has been treating about 2,000 people a year - a number organizers hope to double in the first year. Volunteer doctors, nurses and others will see patients at a new health center in a heavily Latino neighborhood a few blocks south of Johns Hopkins Hospital." HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/www.hispanictips.com/p=32744 0 Orioles shore up Latino presence – Baltimore http://www.hispanictips.com/2007/11/28/orioles-shore-latino-presence-baltimore/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2007/11/28/orioles-shore-latino-presence-baltimore/#comments Wed, 28 Nov 2007 16:45:40 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2007/11/28/orioles-shore-latino-presence-baltimore/ "In an attempt to improve an international scouting system widely considered among the worst in Major League Baseball, the Orioles have agreed to an extended lease on a new baseball academy in the Dominican Republic, just east of the island's capital city of Santo Domingo.

The facility, which is more than half-completed, will be in Boca Chica, between Santo Domingo and San Pedro de Macoris, where the Orioles currently run a Spartan operation that basically consists of two barracks and a field for 50 players.

Expected to be up and running by April 1, the new Orioles facility will have two full fields, will house 75 players and includes full lodging, classrooms and a kitchen. It is part of a complex being rented by five other teams." HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/www.hispanictips.com/p=32495 0 Forum to address needs, contributions of Latinos – Baltimore http://www.hispanictips.com/2007/10/11/forum-address-needs-contributions-latinos-baltimore/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2007/10/11/forum-address-needs-contributions-latinos-baltimore/#comments Thu, 11 Oct 2007 20:48:56 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2007/10/11/forum-address-needs-contributions-latinos-baltimore/ "An unprecedented number of Latinos have flocked to Baltimore County in the past few years, making the county's Latino population the third-largest in the state, according to recent census data.

The growing population -- and its unique needs and contributions to the community -- will be the subject of a county Police Department-sponsored forum tonight at the Community College of Baltimore County's Essex campus.

"The county was not always aware how many people from the Hispanic community are part of their population," said Eduardo D. Hayden, the Hispanic-Latino liaison to the county's Ethnic Diversity Advisory Council. "I think now its becoming an issue that we don't have all the resources we need.""
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]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/www.hispanictips.com/p=29023 0 Nonprofit teaches Hispanic students, parents about the road to college – Maryland http://www.hispanictips.com/2007/08/28/nonprofit-teaches-hispanic-students-parents-about-road-college-maryland/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2007/08/28/nonprofit-teaches-hispanic-students-parents-about-road-college-maryland/#comments Tue, 28 Aug 2007 14:12:52 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2007/08/28/nonprofit-teaches-hispanic-students-parents-about-road-college-maryland/ "Yinauras Martinez, 16, left her native Dominican Republic two years ago for the United States with the hopes of becoming a nurse or a doctor but felt intimidated by the complicated world of financial aid, college applications and scholarships. Today, the junior at Northwestern Senior High School in Baltimore’s Park Heights neighborhood exudes confidence about her future. She attended a recent conference a local nonprofit periodically offers to fill a gap in Maryland’s public schools by showing Hispanic children ”” and their parents ”” that college is not only a possible dream, but a preferable one."

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]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/www.hispanictips.com/p=28424 0 Baltimore Orioles third baseman Melvin Mora to bat for Citgo in Latino marketing campaign http://www.hispanictips.com/2007/07/12/baltimore-orioles-third-baseman-melvin-mora-citgo-latino-marketing-campaign/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2007/07/12/baltimore-orioles-third-baseman-melvin-mora-citgo-latino-marketing-campaign/#comments Thu, 12 Jul 2007 17:47:11 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2007/07/12/baltimore-orioles-third-baseman-melvin-mora-citgo-latino-marketing-campaign/ "Baltimore Orioles third baseman Melvin Mora will become the local face of Citgo Petroleum Corp.s new baseball-themed Energia Latina marketing campaign. Mora, a native of Venezuela, will be featured in advertisements and will serve as a spokesman at both national and local events tied to the campaign"

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]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/www.hispanictips.com/p=26786 0 Brochures tell Hispanic parishioners legal rights – Baltimore http://www.hispanictips.com/2007/06/28/brochures-tell-hispanic-parishioners-legal-rights-baltimore/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2007/06/28/brochures-tell-hispanic-parishioners-legal-rights-baltimore/#comments Thu, 28 Jun 2007 17:50:09 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2007/06/28/brochures-tell-hispanic-parishioners-legal-rights-baltimore/ "When parishioners of the Catholic Community of St. Michael/St. Patrick, Fells Point, opened their May church bulletins, inside they found a brochure informing immigrants how to legally protect themselves if they are detained."

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]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/www.hispanictips.com/p=26436 0 Hispanic Yellow Pages Network To Distribute 1st Baltimore Edition for the Maryland Area http://www.hispanictips.com/2007/06/18/hispanic-yellow-pages-network-distribute-baltimore-edition-maryland-area/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2007/06/18/hispanic-yellow-pages-network-distribute-baltimore-edition-maryland-area/#comments Mon, 18 Jun 2007 22:53:39 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2007/06/18/hispanic-yellow-pages-network-distribute-baltimore-edition-maryland-area/ "This month HYP Network's VEGA Directorio en Espanol will finish the distribution of its first Baltimore edition for the Maryland area. The directory's cover features a reproduction of the winning entry of the "Arte de America Hispana Contest" by the Argentinean artist Ma. Cecilia Alberti. This contest is held every year and promotes and celebrates the rich and diverse Hispanic culture that is an important part of the community in the Maryland area."

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]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/www.hispanictips.com/p=26118 0 23 from Puerto Rico graduate as city police – Baltimore http://www.hispanictips.com/2007/06/04/from-puerto-rico-graduate-city-police-baltimore/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2007/06/04/from-puerto-rico-graduate-city-police-baltimore/#comments Mon, 04 Jun 2007 17:17:23 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2007/06/04/from-puerto-rico-graduate-city-police-baltimore/ "They left behind their homes near the beach. Their young children. The ease of speaking in the language of their homeland. Twenty-three men and women left behind their lives in Puerto Rico for the chance to work as police officers in a city many had never heard of - Baltimore. Yesterday, a class of graduates of the citys police academy - the first with a large group of Puerto Ricans since the department led a recruitment effort on the island last year - received their diplomas in a ceremony that not only acknowledged their service, but celebrated their diversity."

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]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/www.hispanictips.com/p=25793 0 Religious Leaders Lead Baltimore Immigration Rally http://www.hispanictips.com/2007/05/10/religious-leaders-lead-baltimore-immigration-rally/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2007/05/10/religious-leaders-lead-baltimore-immigration-rally/#comments Thu, 10 May 2007 15:07:09 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2007/05/10/religious-leaders-lead-baltimore-immigration-rally/ "Baltimore residents and faith-based leaders joined Wednesday night in support of immigration reform. As Dennis Edwards reports, the group gathered to support legalized paths for immigrants to gain U.S. citizenship. A few hundred primarily Hispanic East Baltimore residents gathered at Our Lady of Pompei Catholic Church Wednesday to sign a petition."

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]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/www.hispanictips.com/p=25129 0 Addressing health needs of Hispanics – Maryland http://www.hispanictips.com/2007/03/14/addressing-health-needs-hispanics-maryland/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2007/03/14/addressing-health-needs-hispanics-maryland/#comments Wed, 14 Mar 2007 17:51:07 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2007/03/14/addressing-health-needs-hispanics-maryland/ "The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention notes that heart disease, cancer, stroke and diabetes are some of the leading causes of death among Hispanics. However, according to the 2005 National Health Interview Survey, Hispanic adults have the highest rate of being without a "usual place of health care," at 26 percent, compared with a national average of 15 percent. Four organizations -- Howard County General Hospital, St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, the Howard County Health Department and Alianza de la Comunidad -- joined forces Saturday in hopes of educating Howard Countys Hispanic community on these facts and making a difference in a welcoming, relaxed setting."

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