DOWN TO EARTH DRINKING
Claret is the liquor for boys, port is for men, but heroes aspire to drink cognac HAPPY NEW Year everybody! Now that liquors have been banished to the sideboard for
Eighth man caught in connection with torturing prostitutes
A RUSSIAN citizen has been arrested in the Portimão area in connection with the widely publicised case involving a gang of immigrants torturing prostitutes in the Algarve using electric shocks
End Christmas with a cracker
TONIGHT (JANUARY 6) at 9.30pm, the Jarkov Ballet Company from the Ukraine will be performing the spectacular The Nutcracker at Portimão’s municipal auditorium. This is a fantastic opportunity for families
Fear at Algarve’s petrol stations
THE RECENT series of attacks on petrol stations in the Algarve has left owners and staff scared of working evening shifts. António Saleiro, president of the Associação Nacional de Revendedores
Film Review – REVOLVER
Too arty-farty by far BACK IN 1997, Guy Ritchie smashed his way onto the silver screen with one of the most energetic British movies in years. His Lock, Stock And
Golfers support Algarve’s orphans
BOAVISTA GOLF Resort’s autumn charity was a success and all credit goes to the members of the golf club. The final sum achieved for the one-day golfing event was a
How to increase your after tax income…are bonds the answer
MANY RETIRED people like to supplement their pension with some other form of income. Many simply choose to leave capital on deposit, using the interest it earns as a form
Invitation to lure internal market
THE ALGARVE Tourism Board (RTA) has urged entrepreneurs to meet the challenge and participate in the upcoming tourism fair ‘Algarve Convida’ (Algarve Invitation), designed to attract more Portuguese holidaymakers to
lower divisions
In what amounts to Portugal’s second division, Louletano stormed to the head of the II Divisão, Série D by Christmas. Away draws at rivals Moscavide and Pinhalnovense were followed by
Mourners mark tsunami’s first anniversary
CEREMONIES TOOK place recently to mark the first anniversary of the devastating Indian Ocean tsunami. More than 200,000 people in 13 different countries were killed when an earthquake beneath the