18 October 2011
According to opinion poll survey results released Monday, the majority of Portuguese citizens (96%) perceive the economic situation in their country to be “bad” against the European Union average of 67% for the 27 member states. The opinion poll was carried out by Eurobarometer, between June 4 and 19, after the EU/IMF bailout package took […]
17 October 2011
The President of Portugal, Aníbal Cavaco Silva, will visit Washington on November 12, where he will be a guest at the Portuguese American Leadership Council (PALCUS), to participate in the 15th PALCUS Annual Gala and the 20th anniversary celebration of the organization. Prior to the Gala, President Cavaco Silva will attend a meeting of Portuguese-American elected […]
Posted in Awards, Azores, Community, Organizations, People
17 October 2011
The two largest Portuguese union federations have agreed Monday to call for a general strike for a date to be announced “very soon,” their leaders said. The announcement was made by CGTP leader Carvalho da Silva at the end of a meeting with João Proença the leader of UGT. They didn’t advance a concrete date […]
Posted in Politics
16 October 2011
The New Bedford chapter of the Prince Henry Society will honor Manuel Calado as its 2011 Person of the Year, at an event to be held Saturday, October 22, at 6pm, at the Century House in Acushnet, MA. Manuel Calado, 88, is a veteran community journalist, based in New Bedford, where he has been a radio […]
Posted in Awards, Community, Heritage, Organizations, People, Scholarships
16 October 2011
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 […]
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” […]
Posted in Azores, Faial, Flores, Graciosa, Pico, Santa Maria, São Jorge, São Miguel, Terceira
