January blues
IF YOU are suffering from the January blues, don’t expect any sympathy from me. I am currently sitting in a tawdry damp internet café in East London, desperately trying to
Journalist creates Algarve TV channel
RESPECTED PORTUGUESE journalist, Paulo Lavadinho, has set up Tele 7, a TV production company with offices in Gambelas, Faro, with the aim of creating a dedicated regional television channel for
Kenya
Rescuers hunt for survivors RESCUERS ARE cutting through layers of concrete hoping to find survivors from a building that collapsed in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, earlier this week. At least
Let’s go on with the show!
WE ALL know there’s no business like show business. And if you are looking for some inspiration and entertainment in 2006, why not head back to the UK for a
Mayor against more shipping containers
LISBON MAYOR Carmona Rodrigues stated last week that he was against the extension of the city’s Alcântara docks in order to take more shipping containers. At the same time, cargo
Mental health patients in Portugal lack support
A MAJOR European study into mental health diseases revealed that there is a lack of support and understanding for patients suffering from schizophrenia in Portugal. In Portugal, victims of this
Off The Wall – a tribute to Pink Floyd
WHEN THE warring factions of the real Floyd kissed and made up for Live8, rumours were abound about more live performances by Waters, Gilmour, Mason and Wright. However, this was
One child abused every two days
ACCORDING TO the latest report from the Inspecção-Geral de Saúde (IGS), the health general inspectorate, confirmed by paediatrician José Gonçalves Oliveira, director of paediatrics at the S. João de Deus
Policeman dies saving man on railway line
A POLICEMAN died in Lisbon last Sunday while saving the life of a 23-year-old man who fell on the Cascais-Lisbon railway line. The man, allegedly drunk following an evening out
Portugal 20 years behind the rest of Europe in innovation
PORTUGAL’S DEVELOPMENT, in terms of technological innovation, is “extremely weak” and “worrying”, claims a European Union Commission. At the present rate, Portugal needs 20 years in order to reach even