18 March 2011
Research indicates that speaking more than one language is good for the brain. According to a team of researchers from the University College London (UCL) learning a second language “boosts” brain-power, altering grey matter – the area of the brain which processes information – in the same way that physical exercise builds muscles. Many studies […]
18 March 2011
The Portuguese Football Federation voted with 81 percent to support new statutes that comply with International Federation of Association Footbal (FIFA) regulations to avoid a ban from the 2012 international soccer season. FIFA had threatened to ban Portugal from all competitions unless the Portuguese Football Federation revised their statutes which demanded an amendment to the rules of representation of different […]
17 March 2011
National hero, civil rights activist, stated politician and community leader, the Honorable George Silva Lima died March 15, at the age of 93. He served as the State Representative for Portuguese-speaking District 83 in East Providence, Rhode Island, for two terms. He graduated from Brown University and attended North Carolina A & T College where he […]
Posted in Cape Verde, Community, Heritage, People
17 March 2011
According to Zeferino Martins, Minister of Education of Mozambique, the implementation of the new reforms of the Portuguese orthography will cost $100 million dollars to the country. The costs include new textbooks, teacher training, journalists and government officials training, and expenses with activities to implement and disseminate the recent orthographic changes. The changes resulted from […]
Posted in Education, Mozambique, World
16 March 2011
Global ratings agency Moody’s has downgraded Portugal’s sovereign debt rating today, citing the country’s need to cut debt and its poor growth prospects while Portugal’s main opposition party announced it will oppose the government’s austerity plans. Prime Minister José Socrates has warned the country could face a bail-out. “The consequence of a political crisis would […]
16 March 2011
Denis Kehoe, an Irish writer based in Dublin, is the author of Walking On Dry Land (2011) a cross-cultural novel about a young Portuguese woman, Ana de Castro, searching for her biological mother. The narrative deals with the unvailing of family secrets, missing parents, secret children and betrayals. The narrative moves between Ana’s quest for her […]
Posted in Angola, Arts&Culture, Books, World
