Deckchairs comes to Almancil school
AFTER ITS outstanding success in Lisbon, Deckchairs, three short plays from the series by Jean McConnell, will be performed at the Escola Internacional São Lourenço tonight (April 15) at 7pm.
Dedicated ambulance service for Almancil
ALMANCIL now has its own ambulance service. The new vehicle was recently unveiled at the Bombeiros Municipais de Loulé – Almancil branch building. During the inauguration ceremony, Loulé Câmara President,
Education high on the agenda
PRIME MINISTER, José Sócrates, stated that education would be high on the agenda of his Socialist Party (PS) and, living up to his promises, he officially opened a new library
End of an era, focus now on papal election
POPE John Paul II was buried in a crypt under St. Peter’s last Friday, after one of the biggest funerals in history, and remembered in special mourning services around Rome
Eurosport 2 new from Cabovisão
THE RECENT Portuguese Golf Open was the perfect setting for Cabovisão to launch Eurosport 2, a new sports channel aimed at the younger viewer. With a weekly programme of sports,
Expo site could be chosen for new cathedral
LISBON CÂMARA is considering building a new cathedral for the city at the Parque das Nações site. Câmara officials met recently with representatives of Lisbon’s Catholic Patriarchy, executives from gas
First Hilton in Portugal for Vilamoura
THE VERY first Hilton hotel in Portugal is being built in Vilamoura and is due to open at the beginning of 2007. Real estate organisation, Imocom Group, formalised a 20-year
Harleys return to Monte Gordo
ONCE AGAIN, Monte Gordo will vibrate with the purr of large motorcycle engines as thousands of Harley Davidson fans descend on the tourist village for the “Harley Fun ‘n’ Sun”
High-speed train to Spain “priority”
A HIGH-SPEED train link between Algarve and Andalusia is a priority and even more important than the recently launched Algarve-Lisbon high-speed link, according to Arménio Martins, President of the Association
Investment news
Fund managers favour equities A March survey by Merrill Lynch found that global fund managers are more bullish on equities than at any time in the past six years. The