Billion dollar viatical shock wave breaks
In last week’s The Resident, we reported that Fort Lauderdale-based Mutual Benefits Corp (MBC), a company selling viatical life insurance policies, had been suspended from trading. Federal and state agents
British airport special offer
British Airways is to cut fares from Faro to London Gatwick by 41 euros to 79 return, excluding taxes, fees and charges. The new fare, on sale now, is available
Cimaal sorts it out
For many years, consumer association CIMAAL (Centro de Informação, Mediação a Arbitragem de Conflitos de Consumo do Algarve) has helped customers with problems relating to their consumer rights. As The
Emergency
Growing concerns about proposed strike action by the immigration service during the Euro 2004 tournament have been heightened by a similar threat by fire-fighters. During the Third National Congress of
Euro 2004 brings mixed blessings
With just a few weeks to go before the Euro 2004 tournament, hotels are showing a 25 per cent increase in bookings for June. Almost all the hotels based near
It starts at the top…
I remember when Great Britain joined what was then called the Common Market. Edward Heath was Prime Minister and he spoke French with a typical public schoolboy accent. I voted
Now Cavaco Brothers plan Salgados development
As we reported recently in The Resident, work has begun on the Herdade dos Salgados complex, overlooking Galé on the Albufeira side of Lagos dos Salgados. Lisbon-based company Hersal, headed
PM announces record amount on fire prevention
A total of 113 million euros is to be spent in combating forest fires this summer, with two thirds of the government cash going towards prevention. This amount represents a
Portugal potential target says US
Prime Minister Durão Barroso has played down an ‘advisory’ issued by the US State Department last week, which warned US citizens of the potential for terrorist attacks and hooliganism if
Resident Interview
One of the biggest grossing dance music acts the world has seen are coming to Portugal for one night only as part of the country’s biggest ever electronic music events.