The majority of the labor unions representing TAP Air Portugal workers are calling off a four-day general strike announced for December 27 through December 30. On Thursday, according to TAP Air Portugal “latest Information,” the strike had been called off “by most unions,” allowing the company to ensure its regular operations. “Passengers can now reinstate original bookings, should […]
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Travel Alert: TAP Air Portugal calling off impending strike – Update
Posted on 25 December 2014.
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Book: ‘The Orphans of Race Point’ – By Patry Francis – Editor’s Note
Posted on 21 December 2014.
Set on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, a suspenseful page-turning saga of love, murder, and the true meaning of faith from the author of the acclaimed The Liar’s Diary. Set in the close-knit Portuguese community of Provincetown, Massachusetts, The Orphans of Race Point traces the relationship between Hallie Costa and Gus Silva, who meet as children in the wake of […]
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Travel Alert: Executive order challenges TAP resolve to strike – Portugal
Posted on 19 December 2014.
The government of Portugal has issued a “civil request,” an executive order to prevent TAP Air Portugal from striking December 27 through December 30, the busiest days of the holiday season. Evoking “extraordinary measures” the government summoned a special “Labor Requisition” last imposed in the country in 1997. Under Portugal’s constitution, a range of measures […]
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2014: Holiday Reading Picks for Booklovers – by Millicent Accardi
Posted on 17 December 2014.
By Millicent Borges Accardi, Contributor (*) This holiday season as a contributor to the Portuguese American Journal (PAJ), it only seems appropriate that I should present my own selected Christmas Gift List, featuring poetry, fiction, non-fiction and other media by and about Luso writers mostly in English, but some bilingual and one book in Portuguese. […]
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News Alert: ETAN exposes East-Timor policies hostile to democracy and the rule of law
Posted on 16 December 2014.
In a prepared statement, dated December 15, 2014, the East Timor and Indonesia Action Network (ETAN), a human rights watch group based in the United States, alerts the international community to recent events in East-Timor (Timor-Leste) that are hostile to democracy and undermines the rule of law in the former Portuguese colony. Established in 1991, […]
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Update: A new shake-up in the Madeleine Mccann case? By Len Port
Posted on 15 December 2014.
By Len Port, Contributor(*) The Operation Grange investigation by the Metropolitan Police into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann is said to be “upbeat” and set to continue despite mounting costs, a top resignation and apparently still no breakthrough in sight. The latest episode in this extraordinary case, with Scotland Yard detectives questioning ten people in […]
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