BOLIVIA: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE (Photo) Cerro Rico, Potosi, Bolívia Ken Gibson NYC 2020 New York City is not just a nerve plexus for the US, but for the entire world. A lot of what happens here affects everyone, including the Latin world. Spanish Harlem, where Puerto Rican immigrants started to arrive after WWI, has seen …
Our Thoughts and Prayers are with Beirut (photo) Beirut, Lebanon The Mohammad al-Amin mosque in Beirut as is reflected in a puddle in the street, after the explosion Ken Gibson NYC 2020 Today the world is reeling from an explosion that took place in Beirut. Just after it happened, President Trump offered sympathy and assistance to …
RECYCLING: HOW WE CAN CLEAN UP, GREEN UP AND MAKE MONEY (Photo) Daby B.Carreras Ken Gibson NYC 2020 New York City every day makes tons of garbage. Over the years, various recycling methods have been implemented, and so we separate paper from plastics and metals and put the rest in what we call garbage. All …
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WELCOME TO THE DABY CARRERAS CAMPAIGN Hi and welcome to the most interesting political website you have ever seen. Not that most are that entertaining, in fact, what could be more boring than a political campaign? Do you want to hear candidates talking about crime and taxes, pollution accusing each other of being the …
EDUCATION IS A KEY ISSUE WITH DABY CARRERAS (Photo) Daby B.Carreras, East Harlem NY – the importance of literacy Ken Gibson NYC July 2020 A major issue for all New Yorkers is education. One does not have to be a student or a parent of one to be affected by this. The quality of education is …
STAMPS ARE FUN AND EDUCATIONAL AS WELL (photo) Daby B. Carreras’s stamp collection Ken Gibson NYC 2020 Stamps were very popular in the days when I grew up in Alphabet City. There were three children in my building – 199 East 7th Street – and we all collected stamps. Willy, the super’s son, from Chile, …
DABY CARRERAS PUT HIS MONEY WHERE HIS MOUTH IS AND SUPPORTS HISPANIC WORKERS (photo) Daby B. Carreras Ken Gibson NYC 2020 Last week I heard a strange conversation on 1280AM, which is a Spanish language radio station in NY. It was about boycotting Goya, a company that is almost 100 years old and serves …
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Red-Tailed Hawks in El Barrio and Central Park area (photo) A Red-tailed Hawk swooping over rush-hour traffic is no longer an uncommon sight in New York City. ken Gibson Have you ever look up in the sky and seen a large bird, or a pair of large birds, just soaring in the sky? If so, you …
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ROOFTOP GARDENING IN THE BIG APPLE PART 1: THE TOMATO (photo) Daby B. Carreras ROOFTOP GARDENING IN THE BIG APPLE PART 1: THE TOMATO Ken Gibson In these days of worldwide pandemic, there is concern about food scarcity. Migrant workers have been especially hard hit with the disease, resulting in higher prices and scarcity …
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DOMINICAN INDEPENDENCE DAY (photo) The Dominican tambora (from the Spanish word tambor, meaning “drum”) is a two headed drum played in merengue music. Ken Gibson NYC 2020 Today is the day on which the Dominican Day Parade was planned to take place. Since 1982, there has been one in Manhattan. And since well before that …