Happy Birthday Iris
At the beginning of this month, 10 ladies from the Algarve celebrated Iris Osborne’s 90th birthday at Don Giovanni’s restaurant. Iris was born in Chile and came to Portugal on
Happy shoppers hit Seville
The recent Resident and KISS FM trip to Seville was a resounding success, with a coach load of eager shoppers finding plenty of bargains in the Spanish retail park and
Horseracing – No Vic Bonus
Saturday’s 150,000 euros Bonusprint.com Gold Cup at Cheltenham saw the seasonal return of the previously injured Martin Pipe stable star, Our Vic. The six-year-old is still a novice having had
IRAQ – 19 killed in Baghdad car bombs
At least 19 people were killed and 15 injured in two suicide bomb attacks on a military check-point in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad earlier this week, on the first
Loulé property tax controversy
Tax on the purchase of property in Portugal, formerly called SISA but now known as Imposto Municipal Imóveis (IMI), is to remain the same as last year in Loulé’s urban
Monchique bombeiros kitted out
At the end of October, the Monchique bombeiros received much needed firefighting equipment from the German company, Reineke & Coll, after company director, Raymund Reineke, organised for the equipment to
Multi-million euro plans for resort
Castro Marim Golf and Country Club, the premier resort at the eastern end of the Algarve, is entering into a phase of rapid growth, with the construction of a further
New Year shopping in Lisbon
Pick up some New Year bargains on the Resident and KISS FM shopping and sightseeing trip to Lisbon on Saturday, January 8. Our first stop will be at the Freeport
ODD BALLS
The managerial carousel has swung around again. Walter Smith has taken on the Scotland job vacated by the spectacularly unsuccessful, Berti Vogts. Harry Redknapp, who walked out on Portsmouth two
Orphanage shining bright
Continuing what has now become a tradition, the 2,500 lights on the Christmas tree at the Refúgio Aboim Ascensão orphanage in Faro were officially switched on in a special ceremony