28 November 2011
Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.), 71, a member of the Congressional Portuguese American Caucus, announced Monday he will not seek re-election in 2012 for a 17th term in Congress. The liberal Democrat, representing Massachusetts’ Fourth District, will retire because, according to a source close to the Representative, he would have to run in a newly drawn […]
28 November 2011
Mathematician Irene Fonseca, 55, was elected president of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) the world’s largest and most prestigious scientific society dedicated to applied mathematics. Fonseca is the first Portuguese national to head SIAM funded in 1952, serving over 13 thousand members and 500 institutions worldwide. She is the second woman to serve […]
Posted in Education, Organizations, People
27 November 2011
Fado, Lisbon’s mournful song and the Portuguese most traditional music genre, was added Sunday to UNESCO’s list of World’s Intangible Cultural Heritage. According to UNESCO, intangible heritage includes traditions and skills passed on within cultures. The UNESCO’s committee of experts, meeting on Bali island of Indonesia, unanimously praised Fado as an “example of good practices” […]
Posted in Awards, Featured, Heritage, Music, Organizations
26 November 2011
The President of the Government of the Azores, Carlos César, and Alfred Pilon, from the Youth Office of the Government of Quebec, signed in Ponta Delgada an agreement of cooperation establishing a student exchange program under the youth mobility Eurodyssey initiative. According to the agreement, starting in 2012, students from the Azores will be able apply […]
Posted in Azores, Canada, Education, Organizations, Scholarships
26 November 2011
The Bermuda Professional Photography Association presented photojournalist Tony Cordeiro, 73, with the lifetime achievement AFL Prisma Award for a 40 year a career in photography and digital media. Born in Rabo de Peixe, São Miguel, Azores, Cordeiro was a photojournalist at Bermuda Press Holdings for the majority of his career. Cordeiro immigrated to Bermuda as […]
Posted in Awards, Azores, People, Photography
25 November 2011
China’s domestic rating agency, Dagong Global Credit, downgraded Portugal’s sovereign rating Thursday from BBB+ to BB+ with a negative outlook “due to the country’s deteriorating economic and fiscal situation,” the agency said in a statement. Dagong said Portugal’s economic and fiscal situation has undergone further deterioration since it downgraded the country’s rating from A- to […]
