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October 07, 2008:

“¡Yo Soy Boricua! Pa’ Que Tú Lo Sepas!”.

Boricua, Borincano, Borinqueño, Puertorro, Puertorriqueño... By blood or born place, they all mean the same: a love for Puerto Rico like there's no other place in Earth!

Boricua Network is created for the Puerto Ricans professionals disseminated around the world who would like to be reconnected with old friends and family in a website that will help her/him to develop a career or business in a friendly and effective way.

The Boricua Network is an on-line, worldwide community of people brought together by a common bond — a shared love for Puerto Rico “La Isla del Encanto”. Whether you were born in the Island, your parents or your friends are Puerto Ricans, the Boricua Network is for you!

Create a Blog, have your own webpage, post comments in the forum, send video postcards, up-load pictures of your job promotion and introduce to your fellow Boricuas that fabulous project that you have been working for all to know and review. All that and more is Boricua Network!

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The site is FREE to everyone who comes here. You still have to join (register as a FREE Limited member) to be able to view the Blogs, post comments, add calendar events, watch videos and hear audios posted here. However, to take advantage of the BEST features that the site offers, a small monthly fee of $10 is required to be a FULL member.

Finally, as everything in life, to enjoy this Site, you need to follow certain rules. So before you enter in this "casa" be sure to know, as our mom used to call it, "La cartilla".

P.S: We are working behind the scenes to get this site in shape so please be patient during all of the updates and ongoing editing :-)

So, what are you waiting? Check it out!

"¡Bienvenido a casa, Boricua!"

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contains video content President Bill Clinton speech @ the DNC (BoricuaMaster)
posted Thu August 28th @ 1:07 AM

28 August 2008 BILL CLINTON: "Clearly, the job of the next President is to rebuild the American Dream and restore America's standing in the world. Everything I learned in my eight years as President and in the work I've done since, in America and across the globe, has convinced me that Barack Obama is the man for this job." More »

contains video content Daddy Yankee endorses McCain for president (BoricuaMaster)
posted Mon August 25th @ 7:32 PM

McCain en fuego with 'Gasolina' star Source: NECN http://www.necn.com/category/32/16323 (Phoenix, Arizona) - Senator John McCain spoke at Central High School in Phoenix, Arizona this morning, but he was not the main attraction for most of the students. More »

Featured Articles / Podcasts

J-Lo: Performer, New Mom and now Triathlon Athlete (BoricuaMaster)
posted Tue September 16th @ 12:23 AM

Jennifer López completes triathlon in Malibu, then celebrates in New York
DAILY NEWS, BY DAVE GOLDINER
September 15th 2008, 4:00 AM
(Photo: Merritt/FilmMagic.com)
You go, J.Lo! New mom Jennifer López breezed through a whirlwind day that started with a triathlon in California and ended with a star-studded birthday party for hubby Marc Anthony in New York . Read More »

Que En Paz Descanse: Edgardo Vega Yunque (BoricuaMaster)
posted Sun September 14th @ 9:27 PM

Murió el escritor Edgardo Vega Yunque
El Diario/La Prensa NY
Por: Cándida Portugués / Candida.portugues@eldiariony.com
2008-09-09 (Foto: ImpreMedia)
Nueva York — El pasado 25 de agosto falleció en el Lutheran Hospital de Brooklyn el escritor Edgardo Vega Yunque a los 72 años, según informó ayer su agente Tom Colchie. Read More »

"Mi Gente": Bilingual Short Stories written by a PRican Professor (BoricuaMaster)
posted Sun September 14th @ 7:09 PM

The book written by Rafael Falcón, an Aibonito native who works as a Spanish Professor at Indiana's Goshen College, is a collection of stories with a Puerto Rican perspective. A reading by the author and a book signing will be held at Goshen College on Tuesday, Sept. 23 at 6 p.m. in Newcomer Center Room 19.
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BallPlayer Orlando Cepeda Honored with a Statue in San Francisco (BoricuaMaster)
posted Sat September 6th @ 6:32 PM

Cepeda gets his statue
He joins Mays, Marichal and McCovey
Source: The San Francisco Chronicle
by: John Shea jshea@sfchronicle.com
September 6, 2008
Photo: Michael Macor/The San Francisco Chronicle (Archive/Cooperstown/1999)

-- The first three Hall of Famers to have statues erected in their honor at China Basin did most, if not all, of their best work as Giants. Orlando Cepeda is different. He won an MVP award and World Series in St. Louis. To read the full article, go to our "Rincón Deportivo" sport's forum. Read More »

Boricua Named Most Valuable Player in Minor League Team (BoricuaMaster)
posted Fri August 29th @ 5:50 PM

Lou Montañez of Bowie Baysox Named Eastern League 2008 Most Valuable Player
Friday, August 29, 2008 at 08:41AM
Source: MLN - THE RAW FEED
(Photo: Will Bentzel/MLB.com)
By: Bob Matuszak
MLN Newswire - Portland, ME — The Eastern League of Professional Baseball is pleased to announce that Bowie Baysox outfielder Lou Montañez has been selected as the 2008 Eastern League Most Valuable Player. To read the full article, go to our "Rincón Deportivo" sport's forum. Read More »

Delegada m�s Joven de la Convenci�n Dem�crata es Boricua (BoricuaMaster)
posted Thu August 28th @ 10:50 AM

Delegada más joven en Denver es puertorriqueña
Pierina Ortiz, de 17 años, hace un llamado a los jóvenes para que voten
El Diario/La Prensa
Por: Humberto García/Enviado Especial
2008-08-27
DENVER, Colorado.— Pierina Ortiz es una muchacha alegre y bastante madura para sus escasos 17 años. Aunque habla calmadamente, no puede esconder la emoción de presenciar la Convención Demócrata en vivo y directo. Y no es para menos, ya que tiene la distinción de ser la delegada más joven de todo el evento. Read More »

Haciendo Patria: PR�o dirigir� Comunicaciones Latinas de Obama (BoricuaMaster)
posted Mon August 25th @ 7:07 PM

Portavoz hispano de Obama
El puertorriqueño Federico de Jesús será el director de Comunicaciones para Medios Hispanos del comité del candidato demócrata.
El Nuevo Dia, Por José A. Delgado jdelgado@elnuevodía.com
La voz oficial hispana de Barack Obama tendrá acento puertorriqueño. Read More »

Boricua Network Presents: The Virtual Movie Theater for Independent Films (BoricuaMaster)
posted Fri August 22nd @ 1:40 PM

The movie-going experience has arrive to Boricua Network!
Thanks to partnership with the company SnagFilms we can now offer you some of the best independent films and documentaries produced around the world. By doing this we help those movie creators who - unlike producers of documentaries like "An inconvenient Truth" - don't have enough resorces to distribute their films and their small movie end up in a forgotten dusty shelf. So bring your bags of popcorn and relax... Boricua Network will take care of the rest. ¡Que disfruten! (Enter Here) Read More »

Ricky Martin: Cambiar pa�ales es ahora parte de su 'Vida Loca' (BoricuaMaster)
posted Wed August 20th @ 10:41 PM

¡Ricky es papá de gemelos!
(FOTO:ImpreMedia)
Agencia EFE
2008-Ago-20
San Juan, 20 de Agosto (EFE).- El cantante puertorriqueño Ricky Martin ha sido padre de gemelos, que nacieron “en las últimas semanas" gracias a un vientre de alquiler o lo que se conoce en medicina como método de “subrogación”, dijeron hoy sus representantes. Read More »

Boricua Publica Portal Latino en NJ (BoricuaMaster)
posted Tue August 5th @ 2:02 PM

Puertorriqueña promueve la unidad y el poder con información
(Foto: EFE)El Diario/La Prensa, by Yasmín Rincón (2008-08-01)
Perth Amboy/N.J.(EFE) — Ivette Méndez es la fundadora del portal electrónico www.latinosnj.com creado en octubre de 2007 con la idea de poner en un solo lugar todas las noticias, eventos, comentarios y temas de interés para los hispanos de Nueva Jersey. Read More »

Boricua Network Poll Question #1

�Cu�l debe ser el Status pol�tico de PR? Which should be the political status of PR? » read more / view comments


Estado de E.U. (Statehood)	33% [ 2 votes ]
E.L.A. (Commonwealth)	50% [ 3 votes ]
Independecia (Independence)	16% [ 1 votes ]

cast your vote » 6 total votes

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Boricua Network Calendar - Upcoming Events Local Time: Tue Oct 7 16:20:56 2008
Oct 12, 2008	D�a del Descubrimiento de Am�rica
Oct 31, 2008	Halloween/ D�a de las Brujas
Nov 1, 2008	D�a de los Muertos/ All Saints Day
Nov 4, 2008	Elections Day USA/ Elecciones Generales
Nov 11, 2008	D�a del Veterano/ Veteran's Day
Nov 13, 2008	5TH Annual Salsa Rueda Congress 2008
Nov 14, 2008	5TH Annual Salsa Rueda Congress 2008
Nov 15, 2008	5TH Annual Salsa Rueda Congress 2008
Nov 16, 2008	5TH Annual Salsa Rueda Congress 2008
Nov 19, 2008	D�a del Descubrimiento de PR
Nov 27, 2008	D�a de Acci�n de Gracias/ Thanks Giving Day

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ESPN, MLB Network Split World Baseball Classic Rights
(Tue, 07 Oct 2008 19:46:32 GMT)

... has exclusive rights, as well as at the Rogers Centre in Toronto Canada and at Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan Puerto Rico, to which the networks will split coverage. Financial terms of the deals were not announced.

MLB Network, ESPN to televise '09 Classic
(Tue, 07 Oct 2008 19:26:26 GMT)

... games. No first-round games will be played in the U.S. this time around. Toronto, Mexico City and San Juan, Puerto Rico, will be the other first-round hosts. The MLB Network plans blanket coverage of the event, which will be staged again in 2013, ...

Tanber: Chi Chi much more than a matador
(Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:47:31 GMT)

... "I knew I was done when I was pulling out my sword for bogies," he added. Rodriguez returned to his native Puerto Rico. In the morning, he walked the beach in Dorado. Later, at home, he'd sit all afternoon tracking his investments on TV. One day he ...

FEMA Community Relations Teams Going Door-to-Door
(Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:40:49 GMT)

Community Relations specialists from the Federal Emergency Management Agency are working with the Puerto Rico Emergency Management Agency and local municipalities to reach out to people affected by recent ...

Politics in the Rican Realm : Musica and Fashion
(Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:05:16 GMT)

... right from his head down to his toes. A few nights ago, my living room was filled wit poets, and one poet from Puerto Rico, mentioned that Daddy Yankee would completely erase all semblance of the separation between politics and show, by moderating a ...

World Baseball Classic, Inc. names ESPN and MLB Network official...
(Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:59:00 GMT)

... MLB regular season home to the Toronto Blue Jays; and Pool D (Dominican Republic, Netherlands, Panama and Puerto Rico) at Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan, Puerto Rico. In the opening round, ESPN will televise the entire Tokyo Pool, three games ...

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