Covid-19 round-up: Portimão registers two further cases as Council of Ministers suspends decision on schools till later tonight
Thursday March 12: Decision delayed over whether or not to close Portugal’s schools as Portimão registers two further cases The Council of Ministers has been suspended until 8pm this evening,
Jail threatened for anyone breaking Covid-19 quarantines
With the country waiting on this morning’s decisions by the Council of Ministers, national media has been stressing that anyone placed in quarantine by the health authorities risks up to
BPN ‘bankster’ dies, aged 84, having never served 15-year jail term
José de Oliveira e Costa – the former president of BPN bank that collapsed as a result of endemic corruption within it – has died, aged 84, having never served
Coimbra neurosurgeon investigated over ‘suspicious deaths’
A Coimbra neurosurgeon has been boycotted by anaesthetists at his hospital for years due to the suspicious deaths of various patients – but only now have allegations led to a
Danish couple ‘flees coronavirus quarantine’ in Copenhagen for trip to Madeira – but health authorities catch them out
A Danish couple which decided to break quarantine to travel to Madeira didn’t bargain for the joined-up thinking of European health authorities. No sooner had the Danish side realised the
Municipal vets trash ‘no kill kennels, saying: “things have to change”
With public shelters overflowing with cats and dogs, the association of municipal vets has admitted the ‘no kill’ law implemented two years ago ‘cannot work’. It’s hoping for a ‘reevaluation’
More than 60% of Algarve hotels suffer holiday booking cancellations
More than 60% of Algarve hotels report that they have received cancellations as a result of the Covid 19 outbreak for bookings over the next 3 months. Around 40% of
PSP police who ‘accidentally killed’ Brazilian cleaner in hail of bullets officially off-the-hook
The Public Ministry has finally archived the case of a Brazilian woman killed accidentally in a hail of bullets fired by six agents of Lisbon’s PSP. This outcome was hinted
Madeira ‘seriously rattled’ by 5.3 level quake
Madeiran residents rushed into the streets in panic last night after a quake measuring 5.3 on the Richter Scale sent everything ‘shaking’ a few minutes before 9pm. Said one: “I
“Animals aren’t in fact all equal”: MPs fail to agree on law change
“Animals aren’t in fact all equal”. This was the opinion of Socialist MP Pedro Delgado Alves in yesterday’s debate on various proposed ‘tweaks’ to Portugal’s relatively recent animal protection legislation