Football: Sporting de Portugal is trying to hire Cabo Verdean international Gilson Tavares

Praia, Feb 19 (Inforpress) – Sporting de Portugal is negotiating the hiring of Cabo Verdean international Gil Tavares, who play in Estoril, the Portuguese sports newspaper Abola reports on Thursday. “After signing with Estoril the contract of Matheus Nunes and Rafael Moreira, Sporting is also preparing to guarantee Gilson Benchimol Tavares, a 19-year-old Cabo Verdean […]
São Nicolau: “Saniclau Trails” is now a member of the largest network of professional trails in the world

Tarrafal, Feb 19 (Inforpress) – The “Saniclau Trails” walking network now belongs to the World Trails Network, the largest professional trail network in the world. “Saniclau Trails” is a network of trails and walking trails, suitable for the practice of hiking, trail running and mountain biking on the island of São Nicolau. It has about […]
Minister of Culture urges politicians to introduce the matter of official Creole language on their agenda

Praia, Feb 19 (Inforpress) – The Minister of Culture and Creative Industries urged political actors, candidates for the next legislative election, to introduce the matter of the officialization of the Cabo Verdean language on their agenda. Abraão Vicente was speaking on Thursday at the conference opening on “Learning the Cabo Verdean language and standardization of […]
Taxi drivers receive a diploma and request more training to improve service

Praia, Feb 19 (Inforpress) – Representatives of Taxi owners and the Taxi Drivers Association in the municipality of Praia expressed their satisfaction on Thursday with the completion of the training and request more training so that taxi drivers can improve public service. Speaking to the press, the president of the Taxi Owners Association, João Vaz, […]
São Vicente / Municipal Assembly: Session suspended due to “emotional speech” of deceased city employee husband

Mindelo, Feb 19 (Inforpress) – The session of the São Vicente Municipal Assembly, which kicked off Thursday, was interrupted this afternoon due to “emotional speech”of deceased city employee husband, who died recently due to a road accident . The young man by the name of Emiliano Tavares took the spotlight for the session for about […]
More than three thousand customers have already subscribed to the social tariff, debt relief and electricity reconnection – Responsible

Praia, Feb 19 (Inforpress) – More than 3.000 customers have already subscribed to the social tariff, debt relief and electricity reconnection, said the head of the Accountancy and Billing Management Department at Electricity and Water Company, SA. (ELECTRA). Speaking to the press on Thursday, on the sidelines of the Minister of Family and Social Inclusion […]
Colmeia wants appropriate responses for people suffering from autism spectrum disorder

Praia, Feb 19 (Inforpress) – The president of the Association of Parents and Friends of Children with Special Needs (Colmeia), Isabel Moniz, demanded from the public authorities more commitments and responses for people who suffer from the autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Isabel Moniz made this consideration in statements to Inforpress Thursday regarding the International Day […]
Platforms for Local Development Program extended to the Sal Island and Tarrafal de Santiago

Praia, Feb 19 (Inforpress) – The Chargé d’Affaires of the Luxembourg Embassy in Cabo Verde announced the 2030 Platforms for Local Development and Goals Program will be extended to the Sal Island and Tarrafal de Santiago. The revelation made by Thomas Barbancey, during his speech on Thursday, at the opening ceremony of the 5th meeting […]
Handball: Women’s team qualified for CAN’2021 in Cameroon

Praia, Feb 18 (Inforpress) – The Cabo Verdean senior women’s handball team has already qualified for the final round of the 24th African Nations Championship, CAN’2021, which will take place from June 10 to 21 in Yaoundé (Cameroon). According to the president of the Cabo Verdean Handball Federation, Nelson Martins, the national women’s team won […]
Fogo: Farmers await withdrawal of VAT and RTC tax on water bills

São Filipe, Feb 18 (Inforpress) – Farmers in Fogo Island are awaiting the withdrawal of the Value Added Tax (VAT) and the Cabo Verdean public television service (RTC) fee for water consumption bills for irrigation. This is one of the concerns expressed by farmers to the president of the Cabo Verdean and Democratic Union (UCID), […]
Literature: Mário Loff presents his first book “O Rapto da Primeira-Dama” in Praia

Praia, Feb 18 (Inforpress) – The writer from Tarrafal Mário Loff presents this Friday, the 19th, his first book “O Rapto da Primeira-Dama”, under the seal of the Pedro Cardoso Bookshop, at the National Library, in the City of Praia. The work, given to the print in 2020, will be presented by the writer Augusta […]