30 March 2011
The unemployment rate in the City of Fall River, MA, jumped to 17.3 percent last month – one of the highest among 22 Massachusetts cities – and the numbers could get worse. Among Massachusetts cities, only Lawrence has a higher unemployment rate at 18.0 percent. The last time Fall River’s rate was more than 17 percent […]
30 March 2011
The National Organization of Portuguese-Americans (NOPA), will hold its first annual Portuguese American Young Leaders Summit (YPALS). The event, sponsored by the Portuguese Embassy, will take place in Washington, DC, in June, 2011. The main goal is to educate the Portuguese-American youth regarding the many advantages and opportunities offered to them by Portugal. The summit will […]
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30 March 2011
A team of Portuguese researchers discovered a “broad spectrum” cancer suppressor – called LRP1B – which acts by removing proteins crucial for cancer development from the tumor environment. LRP1B is a protein/receptor on the cell membrane with the function to carry molecules from outside to the inside of the cell. The team includes researcher Hugo […]
30 March 2011
The 4th Portuguese Senior Mens’s International Championship golf tournament will take place at Golf Estoril, Portugal, from April 25th to May 1st, 2011. Participants will be competing for the “Taça José de Sousa e Mello”. Tournament is limited to 93 players by order of handicap. Limited to 8,3 handicap. Both tournaments are played Gross and have […]
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29 March 2011
The 2010 North-South Prize winners -Louise Arbour (Canada) and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (Brazil) – were awarded today, March 29, in Lisbon, at the Portuguese Parliament, at a ceremony presided by President Anibal Cavaco Silva among many other personalities. Louise Arbour was born on 10 February 1947 in Montreal, Quebec. She began her academic career […]
29 March 2011
Portugal is the first country to meet the goals set fuel-efficiency for cars in the European Union which goals are to decrease car emissions down to 130 grams of CO2 by km by 2015. Average car emissions in Portugal’s new car market were 127.4 grams in 2010, followed by France, Denmark and Italy, which were […]
