Ota helpline to open in Alenquer
A SPECIAL Office, staffed by a team of technical experts, is to be opened to allay reservations and fears about Ota as Portugal’s new international airport. Based in Alenquer, it
Parque raises €55,000 for Algarve charities
OWNERS, GUESTS and Vigia employees joined Parque da Floresta’s Charity Committee last weekend to help raise funds for local Algarve charities. The second of the annual charity events was sponsored
Portugal on the right path
By: Chris Graeme chris@portugalresident.com THE TOURISM industry generates employment, creates economic prosperity and accounts for 10 per cent of the world’s business turnover. Portugal alone saw tourism industry profits increase
Portuguese purchasing power at lowest point since 1984
By: Chris Graeme chris@portugalresident.com INCREASED TAXATION, salary freezes, unemployment, lack of competitiveness and private household indebtedness are squeezing the Portuguese employee to the limit. According to the latest bi-annual economics
Prehistoric Alcalar
TOMORROW MAY 19, Alcalar will be recreating the past as it was 5,000 years ago to celebrate International Museum Day.
Premiere – May 24 – Indigínes
Directed by: Rachid Bouchareb Starring: Jamel Debbouze, Samy Naceri, Roschdy Zem, Sami Bouajila Genre: Crime/Thriller During WWII, four North African men enlist in the French army to liberate that country
Put your best foot forward for Delhi’s children
ENGLISH TEACHER Karen Whitten from Lagos is organising a 12km sponsored walk near Lagos to raise money for the Bright Sparks School project, which provides learning resources for children living
Record crowds
FÁTIMA ATTRACTED half a million people from all over the world on Sunday, May 13, to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the apparition of the Virgin Mary. It was the
Reporters arrived before the PJ
By Cecília Pires cecilia@portugalresident.com DESMOND TAYLOR, the man responsible for the design and building contracts for Casa Liliana, Jennifer and Robert Murat’s house at Praia da Luz, has told The
Sailors lend a helping hand in Lisbon
SAILORS FROM the US aircraft carrier USS Eisenhower dropped into Lisbon last week to lend a helping hand to local charities. The 70 sailors gave up one of their free