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Death row prisoner found pregnant A FEMALE inmate, who was being held in solitary confinement was found to be 11 weeks pregnant last week. The father is believed to be
Winners galore at BLiP 2006
Competition winners PDM Travel: Mr. Nuttall from Carvoeiro and Mr. Ladbrook from Faro each won a return flight to either the UK or Germany. PDM would like to thank all
34,000 Lisbon old folk live in solitude
A TOTAL of around 34,000 old people are living alone in Lisbon, a little known situation which seems to be most common in the parishes of Santa Maria dos Olivais
A point of view – The history of harvest
By MARGARET BROWN IN ANCIENT times, the Harvest Festival was celebrated at the beginning of harvest, when farmers’ wives baked loaves from freshly ground new grain. This bread was used
Bikers rev up in Albufeira
Hundreds of motorbike enthusiasts are expected to descend on Albufeira on, Saturday October 14, to take part in the sixth National Harley Davidson Meeting. The event is being organised by
Brazil supplying Portugal’s prostitution industry
BRAZILIAN WOMEN make up the majority of prostitutes in Portugal, claims Fernando Flores, an inspector from the Serviço de Estrangeiros e Fronteiras (SEF), a security service under the Ministry of
Breast cancer is Portugal’s biggest killer of women
By CAROLINE CUNHA caroline@portugalresident.com BREAST CANCER is the main cause of death in women in Portugal, with 1,500 dying from the disease every year. Around 4,500 new cases are identified
Britain win the Chatham Trophy
After a four year interval, five British and Dutch golf pairings teed off in Estoril to battle it out for the Chatham Trophy, based on the naval battle of Chatham
C&A opening date confirmed
By CAROLINE CUNHA caroline@portugalresident.com CUSTOMERS VISITING the first C&A store in the Algarve, at Forum Algarve shopping centre in Faro, on its opening day on Wednesday, October 25, will receive
Christmas cake
By Sheena Rawcliffe WITH A little over two months to Christmas, you should now be thinking of making your Christmas cake. I have used the following recipe for the last