08 March 2011
TAP Air Portugal reported a profit of US$86 million for 2010, an increase of 8.7 over the previous year, the best result ever in the history of the company. Most of the growth came from routes to Brazil and Angola, said a TAP source. In 2010 TAP carried 9.09 million passengers, or 7.7 percent more than […]
Posted in Travel
08 March 2011
To celebrate Fat Tuesday March 8, once again a group of Portuguese-American women from the Hawaii Council on Portuguese Heritage, Honolulu, brought back the great Portuguese food tradition from the Azores and Madeira islands, the making of malassadas. According to the local press, the event was a success. People came in to feast and more […]
Posted in Azores, Community, Food & Wine, Heritage, Organizations
08 March 2011
The newest edition of the European-Portuguese language dictionary “Grande Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa,” published by Porto Editora, includes 410 new words such as “twittar”, “googlar”, “politólogo”, “audiolivro” and “ebook”. This new edition, with a total of 1,792 pages, added to the Portuguese lexicon more than six thousand words from Brazilian-Portuguese, Afro-Portuguese and Asian-Portuguese origin such as “gamação” […]
Posted in Portugal
08 March 2011
The February 2011 issue of News Photographer magazine features Portuguese-American New York Times contracted photojournalist, João Silva , as he continues to recover from injuries suffered when he stepped on a land mine in Afghanistan covering American troops, and at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, in Washington, where he is recovering. Recently the Frontline Club honored João Silva and […]
Posted in Community, People, Photography
07 March 2011
Renato Seabra, the 21-year-old Portuguese model from Cantanhede, Portugal, is considering a psychiatric defense against the charges that he castrated, tortured, and killed his gay companion, Carlos Castro, in a New York hotel room, January 7. His attorney, David Touger, believes that records from the psychiatric hospital will support a psychiatric defense. New York law […]
Posted in People
07 March 2011
Portuguese conductor Joana Carneiro, a 34 year old Lisboan, is on her second season (2010-2011) at the Berkeley Symphony Orchestra where she is conductor and music director. This season’s schedule includes a re-engagement with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra with Dawn Upshaw as soloist, a debut with Indianapolis Symphony, and a return to Sao Paulo where […]
Posted in Arts&Culture, Entertainment, Music, People
