- Mié, 08/06/2008 - 00:00

Massachusetts smokers can call 1-800-879-8678 (Try-to-Quit) for Spanish/English help and free nicotine patches. The state ranks #4 in the country for lowest rate of smokers, reports NEWz.
- Lun, 08/04/2008 - 00:00

Cape Verde's development boom is luring expatriate entrepreneurs and others in Massachusetts to invest in the West African archipelago country, reports the Bay State Banner.
- Lun, 08/04/2008 - 00:00
Some in Boston's Vietnamese community want nonprofit agency Viet-AID to be accountable following the termination of its executive director, says the Dorchester Reporter.
- Lun, 08/04/2008 - 00:00

South Asian restaurateurs are getting hit by rising costs of food and fuel. Some are advising others not to get into the restaurant business, reports INDIA New England.
- Lun, 08/04/2008 - 00:00

Irish Fest by the Sea comes to Dover, NH, on Aug. 9, 2008, for a full day of Celtic music, dance, and Irish history and culture, reports the Irish Emigrant.
- Lun, 08/04/2008 - 00:00

Feetin2Worlds.org reports on the developing story of ICE's new "self-deport" program, which encourages undocumented immigrants to voluntarily turn themselves in.
- Lun, 08/04/2008 - 00:00

Hairenik's summer interns include five teens, an Azerbajian-born immigrant and a UMass-Boston English major (who wrote this article), reports the Armenian Weekly.
- Lun, 08/04/2008 - 00:00

Susan Jacobs of the Jewish Journal, a NEWz partner, received a journalism award from the American Jewish Press Association, plus a certificate of recognition from her congressman.
- Lun, 08/04/2008 - 00:00

Brazilians in Massachusetts paid a shipping company to send their parcels to Brazil. Allegedly the company never shipped the boxes or refunded the customers, according to Bate Papo.
- Sáb, 08/02/2008 - 00:00

AIDS programs that serve African Americans in Hartford, Conn., face financial instability. The number of AIDS cases for Hartford's African Americans is five times higher than for the city's whites.
- Sáb, 08/02/2008 - 00:00

African American women who consume two sodas or sweetened drinks daily could be increasing their risk of getting type 2 diabetes by 25 to 30%, according to a new study.
- Vie, 08/01/2008 - 00:00

Lyme disease contracted from a tick bite has delayed an immigrant's return back home. The disease can cause pain and harm the knees or other joints of the body, reports NEWz.
- Jue, 07/31/2008 - 00:00

ICE wants undocumented immigrants to voluntarily "self-deport," as part of a new ICE program mentioned only to Univision, reports Feetin2Worlds.org.
- Mié, 07/30/2008 - 00:00

Brazilians and other immigrants are reacting with apprehension over the fatal shooting of Andre Martins, 25, father of two, by a police officer following a high-speed chase, reports NEWz.
- Lun, 07/28/2008 - 00:00

A Brazilian wall painter was shot fatally by a Yarmouth, Mass., police officer after speeding and driving into a police car, reports NEWz. *** EM PORTUGUÊS ***






