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The Empty Bed - Update by Don Jíbaro

f a glass is empty and you fill it half-way up, the glass is "half-full", but if the glass is full and you drink half of it, then the glass is "half-empty". That's easy logic! So, one that spots flukes in logic, are unfairly labeled pessimists... READ STORY

Puerto Rican Birth Certificates
 It's OFFICAL - in a NUTSHELL
1. Fill and sign form. Send photocopy of unexpired ID Drivers' License or Passport ONLY (subject to approval.
2. Send $5.00 Money Order (ONLY) payable to "Secretario de Hacienda de Puerto Rico" Additional certs are $4
3. Send including a 'self addressed - stamped" envelope to  "Registro Demográfico P.O. Box 11854 San Juan Puerto Rico 00910." To send via Fed Ex, Priority Mail, etc... the address is "Registro Demográfico" calle Quisqueya #171 Hato Rey Puerto Rico 00917." MORE INFO: CALL Post Office  (787) 767-9120 exts. 2402, 2406 y 2415.
SPANISH Oprima aqui para solicitud
ENGLISH Birth Certificate Application

IF ALL this sounds fishy but go to their website and dig a bit deeper. It's all there OFFICIAL WEBSITE (Spanish Only)

"Puerto Ricans will need new birth certificates"
(UPI) Starting July 1, 2010, Puerto Ricans born on the island will need to apply for new birth certificates for any official transactions requiring that document, such as requesting drivers licenses or getting new passports.

The birth certificates of Puerto Ricans are desirable to many from elsewhere in Latin America who seek to pass themselves off as Spanish-speaking U.S. citizens.
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"My 4-hr visit to Port-Au-Prince was a life-defining experience. The smell of death permeates everything but hope brightened the eyes of most Haitians, in the hope that the world will respond."  READ STATEMENT

This Don Jibaro's Corteja

She's ugly but she makes a mean Mondongo!!!

A Sense of Belonging
by Don Jíbaro Barbagris
It's been stated that the human personna craves for validation, affirmation and a profound sense of belonging.... YES... yes (don't throw it in my face later) YOU ME, HIM all of US, have an innate sense of desire for fulfillment of the "self". WE want to belong.... yes, belong here and there; belong to our spouses and parents and this club and that other club, and people who validate us.

Enter the LATEST phenomeom in social interaction... the ubiquitous FACEBOOK. I joined because I heard that ALL people who are important and influential, belong there, too.  Celebrities of all caliber NOW do the FB thing. So I go join in... and start looking for "friends", friends who are important and might make me feel good about myself.
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Is That Your Final Answer?
We always want to think that we're pretty much an enlightened people, educated and refined... but at times you stumble when someone ask you something you don't know? Like the... What's speed of light? So... in what appears to be a very long page on the Web, Don Jibaro has compiled a "maj larga que'l cará" collection of useful information, and that once you start reading it's hard to stop...

WELL.... DID YOU KNOW THAT:
Of the six men who made up the Three Stooges, three were real brothers... or that
Don Jibaro once was a baby?
Puerto Rico is the third country of the world with more physicians in proportion to its population READ MORE

In a French 14th-century manuscript, Saint Valentine, bishop of Terni, oversees the construction of his basilica at Terni; but there is no indication that he was a patron saint for lovers, There is, however...
That Crazy Thing They Call Love...
  CLICK for the crazy thing HERE

US government awards top culture prizes to two Boricuas
by William Cumpiano
In May 2009 we received the news that the master cuatrista Edwin Colón Zayas received the most prestigious prize given to traditional artists in by the National Foundation for the Arts in Washington DC. The prize, called the NEA National Heritage Fellowships honors individual traditional artists once... READ MORE

The Puerto Rican Jesus
by Don Jíbaro Barbablanca
Is Jesus Christ really part of the Puerto Rican Culture
or is He just an Icon at Easter and Christmas?

 The place of birth only makes you a citizen of that place, nothing more and nothing less. I'm proud of Jesus... whether He had been born in Puerto Rico or the North Pole, but God wanted Him in Israel. READ MORE

REAL PHOTO! A crocodile at a zoo in the southern Taiwan city of Kaohsiung holds the forearm of a zoo veterinarian in between its teeth. The crocodile bit off the arm of the zoo veterinarian treating it, an official reported.   read amazing story & see more pics

 
About Don Jíbaro's latest medical update.  
  Puerto Ricans in the USA. U GOTTA see this!

The slogan on New Hampshire license plates is 'Live Free or Die'. These license plates are manufactured by prisoners in the state prison in Concord.

LP Flag
Mini Conga...
Compact at 11" high...
Buy it NOW!

Latino 4 CD set

Breeding 
Boricuanism
into USAricanism
By Mrs. Don Jíbaro

n our house, everyone knows that there is a Puerto Rican father living here. The neighbors know it. The congregation of our church knows that there is a Puerto Rican among them. My relatives know that I am married to a Puerto Rican. Even the people at my job know it! What does that tell you?
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The All Powerful Mother

by Don Jibaro
How hard...it is to find a capable mother! She is worth far more than jewels! Her husband puts his confidence in her, and he will never be poor. As long as she lives, she does him good and never harm. She keeps herself busy making wool and linen cloth. ► READ MOTHER

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The Puerto Rican Diáspora
Essay by
 Don Jibaro
Boricuas throughout the World. The term diaspora (in Greek, διασπορά – "a scattering") refers to the movement of any population sharing common ethnic identity
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Colonialism in Puerto Rico
By Don Jíbaro Barbanegra
Most of the people that go for vacation outside of their own country have a predilection for tropical sites. The imagery of white sand beaches and clear blue skies with real cotton-like plump white clouds suggests through artistry and imagination a vivid impression of a tropical paradise! Ah! Away from it all! Read More

Don Jibaro's Health Report
This last summer I was hauled away in an ambulance with bright lights, noisy sirens and driving on the wrong side of the street.  "The ambulance ride was terrible... it felt it didn't have  any shock absorbers. Picture a Marx's brothers ride." READ STORY HERE

The Amazing Dave Valentín!
DON JIBARO's NOTE:
"As a professional musician for over 45 years, I don't get impressed easily... until I hear Dave. His remarkable talent and mastery of the instrument just blew me away! Period!"  READ MORE

Domestic Violence PR
by Don Jibaro
1954... I was six years old... My father and my mother were fighting... Mami grabbed me by one arm. Papi grabbed me by the other one and it was a tug-of-war. My father let go of my arm and my mother ran dragging me along. My father pulled a barber's razor blade from his pocket. Yes, the ones that open like a jackknife and barbers hone it with a leather belt.
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