19 November 2011
Several unions representing aviation workers announced Friday they will join the general strike scheduled for November 24 in Portugal. Baggage handlers union, cabin staff union and air traffic controllers unions have said they are supporting the protest against the government’s austerity measures. Portuguese airport operator ANA said passengers expecting to fly after 10:00pm on November […]
19 November 2011
Moody’s Investors Services downgraded Friday the debt rating of the Azores from B3 to B1, four notches below investment-grade status to a negative outlook, leaving the door open for another possible cut. The rating agency considered that there are “significant risks” in financing the Autonomous Region which has very high levels of direct and indirect […]
18 November 2011
The Azores Surfers and Bodyboarders Union (USBA), in partnership with the Terceira Surf Association and the Portuguese Surf Federation, is hosting the Azores Islands Bodyboarding Festival 2011 to be held November 18-20 at Santa Catarina, Praia da Vitoria, Terceira island. Santa Catarina is known as the “European Hawaii”. Sponsored by the Government of the Azores, […]
18 November 2011
Every year the population of the Azores participates in the “SOS Cagarro” initiative a program aimed to preserve the Cory’s Shearwaters species which nests in the Azores. “Cagarro” is the Portuguese name for the Cory’s Shearwaters (Calonectris diomedea) a bird of the albatross family named after the American ornithologist Charles B. Cory. About 60% of the […]
18 November 2011
The Portuguese American Citizens Committee of Rhode Island (PACC of RI) is alerting the Portuguese American community for the MassMutual’s LifeBridge Free Insurance Program which has over $500 million dollars of free life insurance to give away to persons meeting the program qualifying criteria. According to a PACC press release, the policies are 10 year […]
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17 November 2011
The bailout “troika” said in Lisbon Wednesday it was “very satisfied” with its second quarterly review of Portugal’s performance under the 78 billion-euro financial rescue program agreed last May with Brussels and the IMF, Lusa news reported. “We’re very satisfied with this second review, in particular with the government’s commitment in implementing the program” and […]
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