Sintra celebrates World Children’s Day
SINTRA IS celebrating World Children’s Day (June 1) by hosting a whole week of activities for local children continuing up to and including June 8, in the Sintranima Forum, Quinta
Special thanks
RELATIVES OF Grenville Martin John Beckett, well known Algarve resident who sadly passed away on Sunday May 22 (read obituary by Len Port in last week’s edition of The Resident),
St Dominic’s Graduation Ceremony
THERE WERE tearful eyes at the Hotel Palácio in Estoril last Sunday as 36 International Baccalaureate students of the Graduating Class of 2005 probably severed their last ties with the
St Julian’s Class of 2005 graduates
MAY 25 will be remembered by students and parents alike as the student backbone of St Julian’s School in Carcavelos graduated. Many of the students of Class of 2005 will
Taxi price hikes expected
THE LISBON Taxi Association has confirmed that its members will have to increase fare prices because of the rise in IVA (value added tax) to 21 per cent and higher
The Hope Fund party
IT’S PARTY time at the beach on Saturday, June 25, at 12.30pm for 1pm. The place is Bar Linda on Meia Praia in Lagos. The Pink Cadillacs will be rocking
The month of extremes
WELCOME TO the June night sky. This is the month of extremes, when the days are the longest and the nights are the shortest of the year. The Summer Solstice
The past comes alive in vivid colour at Corte Real
TALENTED LOCAL artist Jessica Dunn’s latest collection, entitled Summer Seaside Stories, was inspired by two antique photo albums from the 1930s, unearthed in a Paris flea market by Algarve art
The water and you
Newborn babies are taught skills that stay with them all their lives. Children taught early are safer, too, because they learn to respect and enjoy the water, not fear it.
Work to begin on Sintra line tunnel
THE CONSORTIUM that will undertake restructuring work on Rossio tunnel will finally be chosen from five candidates next week. The tunnel has been closed since October 2004, when it had