The Regional Government of the Azores is proposing a new ruling which will make sex education mandatory in all public schools on the islands. The legislative initiative is requesting the implementation of sex education in all classes, at all levels of the primary, secondary and vocational in the public school system of education in the […]
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Mandatory sex education in all public schools – Azores
Posted on 16 October 2011.
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Alert: Heavy showers floods and landslides forecast – Azores
Posted on 16 October 2011.
The regional Institute of Meteorology in the Azores has forecast for Sunday severe rainstorms for most of the nine islands, placing the entire Region on “Orange Alert” for severe weather, the second highest on a scale of four. According to the forecast, the island of Santa Maria and São Miguel were placed under “Red Alert” […]
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SATA Air Azores: Bronze 2011/2012 Airline of the Year – Award
Posted on 16 October 2011.
The European Region Airline Association (ERA) awarded the bronze “2011/2012 Airline of the Year” distinction to SATA Air Azores. In a statement to the press, SATA Air Azores announced that the award was in recognition for its renewal of its ATP and Dornier fleet with a Bombardier fleet. “This is the ERA’s acknowledgement to the […]
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Occupy: Portuguese join the movement – Portugal
Posted on 15 October 2011.
The Portuguese joined the call for a global day of action Saturday with protests planed for Lisbon, Porto, Braga, Coimbra, Évora, and Faro on the mainland. Protests were also scheduled for Funchal (Madeira) and Angra do Heorismo (Azores). It was estimated that 50,000 people, of all ages, marched Saturday peacefully through the streets of Lisbon […]
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Portuguese children among best protected by the law – United Nations
Posted on 15 October 2011.
Portuguese children are among the “five percent” best protected children by the law in the word, said Marta Santos Pais, Special Representative of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for violence against children. Stating that Portugal is one of the few countries in the world where legislation forbids all forms of violence against children, she stressed that […]
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Biting the Bullet
Posted on 15 October 2011.
By John Howard Wolf — Some readers might not be familiar with the historic expression “Biting the Bullet” from the American Far West, nor with the concept or thought behind it. As a matter of fact, its origin is not known, but it is believed that a wounded cowboy would bite on a bullet to […]
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