Opening of children’s emergency unit hit by delays
By: Caroline Cunha caroline@portugalresident.com CONSTRUCTION OF a new children’s emergency unit, which was scheduled to open at Faro Hospital at the end of June, has been severely delayed, The Resident
Silva promises funds
PRESIDENT, CAVACO Silva was at Quinta do Lago Golf Club on January 27, to show his support for the Taça Portugal Solidário, a golf competition that this year raised money
A hole in one for charities
THE ANNUAL golf tournament, gala dinner and show held at the Victoria Golf Course and Casino in Vilamoura on January 20, raised 53,000 euros for three charities: Existir – an
A partnership is born
The Resident is pleased to announce a new partnership with the Vale do Lobo resort. Competitions will be run throughout the year, where readers of The Resident can win tickets
A22 claims another life
A TRUCK driver has become the first person to be killed on the Via do Infante (A22) in 2007. The victim, 44-year-old Mario Ferreira Gomes, was killed on impact in
An evening with a swing
ALGARVE-BASED animal charity, the Associação de Protecção Animal do Algarve (APAA) held a 50s, 60s and 70s dance on Saturday, January 27, at the O Casero restaurant in Arão. Organised
And to start – an Aperitivo
Aperitivo is the name of the new multinational performance group that has emerged at the Museum in São Brás. The art committee wants to make their bi-monthly art exhibitions as
Animal adoption success
A total of 61 dogs and one cat were adopted in 2006 from the Canil-Gatil Intermunicipal, a cat and dog kennel in Vila Real de Santo António.
Architecture on display
AN EXHIBITION tracing the history of the Prémio Valmor Prize for Architecture will run in Lisbon until March 2. The exhibition, at the Centro de Informação Urbana de Lisboa, Lisbon’s
Birgit sings Brecht
Birgit Wegemann will be performing songs written by Berthold Brecht in the Museu do Trajo in São Bras, tomorrow (Saturday, February 3), at 8.30pm. Birgit will be accompanied on piano