New vets in Almancil
NORWEGIAN BORN Dr. Camilla Amundsen and Canadian born Dr. Attila Stewart have taken over Canham Veterinary Clinic from Dr. Steve Wright. They are fully licensed veterinary surgeons, qualified to practise
olympics
Thrills and spills AT THE end of the first week of the world’s greatest winter sport spectacle, Great Britain landed a medal from an unexpected source. Unknown Shelley Rudman hurtled
Police arrest couple selling heroin in Lagos
LAGOS POLICE recently arrested a couple, caught dealing heroin. The couple, residents of Lagos, would buy the drug and prepare it for direct sale to drug addicts in the city
Police catch petrol station hold-up suspects
TWO YOUTHS, a Portuguese aged 18 and a German aged 20 were detained in the borough of Silves last week, suspected of carrying out an armed robbery at a petrol
Portugal’s economic situation calls for investment
Portugal’s economic situation calls for investment in education, quality and overseas markets SEASONED PORTUGUESE economist Dr. José Silva Lopes, currently on the board of directors at Montepio Geral bank, is
Shakira to perform at Rock in Rio Lisboa
SHAKIRA IS the latest name to be confirmed for this year’s Rock in Rio Lisboa, the five-day music spectacular set to take place at Lisbon’s Parque da Bela Vista on
The latest paperbacks deserving your attention
WE KNOW there are many fans of serial-killer thrillers out there, so here we recommend you keep an eye out for The Rosary Girls by Richard Montanari. Coming out in
Thousands celebrate life of Sister Lúcia
THE MORTAL remains of Sister Lúcia, who saw apparitions of the Virgin Mary in 1917, were moved from the Carmelite convent Carmelo de Santa Teresa of Coimbra, where she died,
Travel news in brief
New York winter wonderland Tourists in New York got more than they bargained for when the city was recently blasted by a raging ‘nor’easter’ storm, which broke the snowfall record
Voices of the ancestors
LEARN HOW you can release and heal the spirits of the departed on a two-day course presented by The Resident’s contributor and therapist Mark Wentworth, to take place in Lisbon