Algarve tourism
BRITISH TOURISTS topped the list of the most people visiting the Algarve in June. They represented a market share of 44.8 per cent and this was followed by Portuguese and
AMARA – someone there, someone to care
By CHRIS GRAEME chris@portugalresident.com IMAGINE being told you’ve got six months to live. Or imagine what it must be like to die. Impossible to do, since no one who ever
Assaults in the west
Two men suffered head injuries after being attacked in Portimão and Lagos last week. These are the latest in a number of incidents, believed to involve local youngsters, next to
Beach tragedy
A 19-YEAR-OLD man was found dead in the sand on Forte Novo beach in Quarteira on Monday. Jorge Luciano da Silva Guimarães died after falling into a hole he was
Bombeiros injured
THREE TAVIRA bombeiros have been seriously injured after their ambulance crashed on the Via do Infante. According to the Captain of the Tavira Bombeiros, two of the firemen had to
Bombeiros adopt ECE for emergencies
ALBUFEIRA BOMBEIROS have adopted a system run in other countries that helps tourists who have mobile phones in cases of emergencies. Tourists can programme the person who should be contacted
British man attacked by taxi drivers
By: ELOISE WALTON eloise@portugalresident.com AN ENGLISH man who has legally set up a tourist transport and airport transfer business in the Algarve claims he and three passengers were brutally attacked
British man recovering
A 72-year-old British man, who was hospitalised following an altercation over a parking matter, is slowly recovering in Faro’s Santa Maria hospital. It is alleged that the expatriate double-parked his
British man’s body found in marina
PORTUGUESE authorities have repatriated the body of a British man who was found dead on his yacht last Wednesday morning (July 11) at Lagos Marina. It has been established that
Cascais hospital
THE CONSTRUCTION of a new hospital at Cascais is due to commence towards the end of this year and should be operating in 2009, according to the Ministry of Health.