Mosquitoes! – By Dr. Maria Alice
THERE IS no doubt about it: mosquitoes are annoying. What is worse, their bites sometimes transmit serious diseases. Mosquitoes are vectors of many relevant human diseases like Malaria, as well
Short breaks
HERE AT PDM, we know that not everyone has time to take the traditional two-week holiday, but the good news is that a well-planned short break can recharge your batteries
Summer loving and the art of hangover management
Skip Bandele reflects on life and his world – as he sees it: WHY DO some girls insist on going out in the evening wearing off-the-shoulder tops, only to spend
A Tibetan retreat in the hills of Loulé
IT IS unlikely that many people in the Algarve have ever heard of, or visited, Humkara Dzong, a Tibetan Buddhist centre in Moinho do Malhão, one of the highest points
Algarve Shorts
On the rocks PRAIA DA Rocha will see two major sports spectacles on its golden sands during the coming month. From August 15 to 20, the beach football ‘Mundialito’(Mini-World Cup)
August showers – By Clive Jackson
WELCOME TO the August night sky. This is the month when much of Europe is on holiday and people have more time to spend outside during the warm summer nights.
BALI
Bombers appeal death sentence The three terrorists responsible for the 2002 Bali bombing, which killed 202 people, are appealing their sentence, delivered by a Balinese court in 2003, according to
Carriage rides in the park
SINTRA’S Pena Park gardens will be offering carriage rides to visitors from August onwards. The idea, which has proved successful in the historic town centre for years, is to provide
Comment – By Skip Bandele
Supermen or Chemical Brothers? IF THE drug-related exclusion of several top riders including pre-Tour de France favourites, Jan Ullrich and Ivan Basso, and the persistent shadow hanging over the now
Corruption
The Italian job – Conclusion IN THE end, Italy’s law-makers did not stick to their guns, failing to uphold the greater part of the exemplary punishments meted out to the