No taboo
CANADIAN AIR travellers who use the word bomb or gun will only be arrested if it is deemed that they are making a serious threat. Staff got tired of investigating
Real estate agency identifies off-plan niche
BUYING A home before construction has even started may sound like a risky business but more and more people are queuing up to invest in this way, due mainly to
Real people make the best stories
By: JENNY GRAINER istjustme@portugalresident.com ONE OF my favourite pastimes is studying people. It’s a perfectly normal pastime for writers because people provide most of the inspiration they need to write.
Sensible money
By: RAOUL RUIZ MARTINEZ financial@portugalresident.com Investment Advisor Finesco financial Services, Ltd WITH THE increase of the Bank of England base rate to 5.75 per cent, there is now a genuine
Social Security lost 2.4 million euros in receipts in 2006
PORTUGUESE COMPANIES failed to declare 6.9 million euros in contracted salaries in 2006, according to the latest data released from the Ministry of Employment and Social Security. This amount represents
Stock market fraud squad
THE PORTUGUESE stock and financial market commission (Comissão do Mercado de Valores Mobiliários) is to create a dedicated team to fight market crimes and fraud. The announcement was made last
Study says Ota site viable from weather point of view
THERE IS nothing stopping Portugal’s new international airport being sited at Ota from a meteorological point of view, claims a survey carried out in 1999 by water company Aguas de
The true voice of God
By: MARGARET BROWN pointofview@portugalresident.com JESUS SAID to him “I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one comes to the Father except through me”. John 14:6 For
A Step in the Dark
A Step in the Dark by Judith Lennox in paperback at 11 euros. An epic novel featuring great, old-fashioned storytelling, A Step in the Dark begins in Simla, India in
Airport capacity
LISBON AIRPORT’S second terminal, which is due to open on August 1, has the capacity to serve more than two million passengers per year, according to Airport Director Francisco Severino.