25 December 2014
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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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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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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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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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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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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