24 June 2021
In an alternative present-day Lisbon, a small percentage of the population have been diagnosed as Gifted – having telepathic or telekinetic powers. Along with the power comes a stigma and suspicion that Gifted Inspector Isabel Reis with the Lisbon Police Force knows only too well. When Isabel is called to investigate a mysterious and violent […]
Posted in Arts&Culture, Books, Featured, People, Portugal
24 June 2021
Violeta is driving along a lonely stretch of late-night motorway, in the midst of a fearsome storm. When her tired eyes close for just a second, her car veers off the road, rolls down a muddy embankment, over and over, and comes to rest on an empty stretch of sodden ground. And as she lies […]
Posted in Arts&Culture, Awards, Books, Featured, Heritage, People, Portugal, World
18 June 2021
SATA Azores Airlines has announced it will cancel 10 flights between Toronto, Canada, and the islands of São Miguel and Terceira, in the Azores, in June and July, due to reduced demand. In a press release, the Azorean air carrier has stated that although the majority of flights planned between the Azores and Canada will […]
Posted in Azores, Community, Featured, Organizations, Travel, World
18 June 2021
The UN General Assembly unanimously elected António Guterres, by acclamation, as the ninth secretary-general of the United Nations, to a second five-year term, ending in 2026. He will begin his second term on January 1, 2022. The sworn ceremony, which took place on June 18, was attended by Portugal’s President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa. António […]
Posted in Featured, Heritage, Organizations, People, Portugal, World
12 June 2021
Prime Minister of Portugal, António Costa, will be the keynote speaker at the 37th Annual Heritage Day of Portugal to be celebrated on June 25th, sponsored by the Massachusetts Portuguese American Legislative Caucus (PALC). According to the announcement by Senator Marc R. Pacheco (D-Taunton) and State Representative Antonio F. D. Cabral (D-New Bedford), co-chairmen of the Massachusetts […]
Posted in Azores, Brazil, Community, Featured, Heritage, Madeira, Organizations, People, Portugal
11 June 2021
The introduction and the prologue detail quite explicitly what my novel is about. My book is based on a true story and lead characters, several of whom I knew personally in the late 1960s and early 1970s before they passed away. I never did meet Ian Fleming, the creator of the James Bond novels, as […]
