Family support centre opens in Silves
By NATASHA SMITH natasha@portugalresident.com The Centro de Apoio Familiar e Aconselhamento Parental (CAFAP), family support and parental counselling centre, opened its doors in Silves last week. The free service is
Film Review – Happy Feet
By RUTH SHARPE Not just flightless birds at the bottom of the world LIKELY TO be affectionately dubbed March of the Penguins: The Musical, George Miller’s dive into full-blown computer
Get rid of the scams
I was interested in you article, Beware of firms offering free surveys, in the December 1 edition of The Resident. I would like to inform you that two or three
Girl locked up in house for 30 years
A 54-YEAR-old Loulé woman has been locked up in her parents’ house for 30 years. The woman has hardly left the house since the late 1970s when her engagement was
Harrison, the go-karting golden boy
By NATASHA SMITH natasha@portugalresident.com Blink and you could miss 10-year-old Harrison Scott as he whizzes past on his go-kart, on track to a successful career. Harrison, who spends the majority
HIV on the increase in Algarve
A TOTAL of 1,450 people in the Algarve are known to be HIV positive and, according to the regional authorities, the real number of sufferers could be two or even
Hospital could open in 2011
By NATASHA SMITH natasha@portugalresident.com A NEW central hospital could be open in the Algarve within five years, it was announced last week. Rui Lourenço, president of Administração Regional de Saúde
Irish rugby boys in town
THE IRISH International Rugby Union team arrives in the Algarve on Sunday for a week of training at Browns sports and leisure club in Vilamoura in preparation for the Six
It’s panto time
THE ALGARVEAN’S Experimental Theatre group is pleased to announce that rehearsals for the 2007 pantomime spectacular Scheherazade’s Greatest Hits are now under way. For the past 15 years The Algarvean’s
Learning about the finer points of Portuguese wine
The first Introduction to Portuguese Wine Course took place at the Hotel Garbe earlier this month. Peter Koberg and Claire Larson of WineMine, an established local wine company, guided the participants