Carmonagate worsens
Mismanagement, inflated estimates, overpayments and other financial irregularities have been laid at the door of Lisbon Câmara over its management of Gebalis. Gebalis, a câmara-run and managed company, is responsible
Câmara reshuffle underway
PRESIDENT OF Lisbon Câmara, Carmona Rodrigues, is to take on the leadership of the city’s accounts formerly carried out by deputy president Fontão de Carvalho. Carvalho was forced to suspend
Driver assaults traffic warden
AN EMEL traffic warden was punched by a motorist whose car had been clamped under Lisbon’s new get tough parking rules. Lisbon Câmara’s parking enforcement company Empresa Municipal de Estacionamento
New art hotspot
CASCAIS HAS been named as a new hotspot for art buyers and gallery hoppers by a leading American newspaper, increasing the already high-profile nature of the cosmopolitan Lisbon suburb. The
New year, new faces
By: Philip Bushill-Matthews philip.bushill-matthews@portugalresident.com Philip Bushill-Matthews MEP and Conservative Spokesman for Employment and Social Affairs. THE FIRST full meeting of 2007, for European Parliament, has seen a number of changes.
Sócrates announces anti-discrimination plan
PRIME MINISTER José Sócrates unveiled the National Action Plan against Discrimination on February 23. The initiative forms part of the European Year for Equal Opportunities for All initiative within the
Take to the waves on a cruise
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An unknown hero
By: Ruth Sharpe ruth@portugalresident.com DR. JOHN Piper was at the Hotel Garbe in Armação de Pêra on February 21 to sign copies of his new book, The Mother Killers. The
Audio books available
AUDIO BOOKS from UK-based Calibre Audio Library are now available for free to visually impaired people living in the Algarve. Calibre Audio Library has over 7,000 fiction and non-fiction titles,
Calling all stray cats
A sterilisation programme for stray cats is currently underway in the Aljezur area. Organised by the Aljezur canine and cat trust (ACCT), cats will be brought to the vets in