Poll results – May 18, 2007 – Recovery Centre
The question that was asked:- Are you in support of the opening of a recovery centre for people with addictive disorders in the Algarve? The results:- 74% voted Yes 20%
Poll results – May 25, 2007 – Mourinho in the dog house
The question that was asked:- José Mourinho came under fire after it was alleged he flouted quarantine and vaccine regulations when bringing his pet dog into Britain. Do you think
Posters for Murat
POSTERS PROTESTING the innocence of Robert Murat have been put around the English village where he used to live. Friend Carla Cunha, 35, made the posters and distributed them along
Storm across the pond
AN AMERICAN journalist caused a storm last week when he wrote a comment article in Philadelphian newspaper, The Bulletin, criticising Madeleine McCann’s parents for leaving their children alone. In his
The McCanns pray for a miracle
Gerry and Kate McCann were in the holy town of Fátima on Wednesday, May 23, to pray for the safe return of their daughter, Madeleine. Locals rushed up to the
‘Praia da Luz is safe’
By RUTH SHARPE ruth@portugalresident.com PRAIA DA Luz is not a place that often hits the Portuguese headlines. In the past 12 months, the biggest news to come from the small
Suspect on tenterhoooks
The only suspect in the case of missing Madeleine McCann remains on tenterhooks as the investigation continues. Despite three weeks of intensive investigation Robert Murat remains the only official suspect
Amber system should be adopted in Europe
By Cecília Pires cecilia@portugalresident.com AMBER ALERT was created in 1996 as a powerful legacy to a nine-year-old American girl who was kidnapped while riding her bicycle in Arlington, Texas, US.
Missing children remembered
By SHEENA RAWCLIFFE sheena@portugalresident.com International Missing Children’s Day (25 May) was recognised in the Algarve with a lunch, organised by The Resident, held at the A Paleta restaurant in Lagoa. In
A place of open doors and warm welcome
By NATASHA SMITH natasha@portugalresident.com WHILE IN the Algarve to officially license the new Anglican Chaplain at St Vincent’s Church, Bishop of Gibraltar in Europe, Geoffrey Rowell, spoke candidly to The