Expansion for hotel
Castro Marim Golf & Country Club is planning to expand from 127 hectares to 225 hectares, following a discussion with the Secretary of State for Tourism, Correia da Silva, during
Golf conference go-ahead
The Algarve Tourist Board (RTA) has announced that the first Golf Congress to debate the future of golf in Portugal and the Algarve will be held between September 29 and
Good time news
The Good Time Jazz Band is welcoming back two founder members – tuba player Ed Machado, from Canada, and leading Irish jazz cornet player Freddie Baker. Both will play with
Heroin factory sniffed out
Portimão PSP officers have seized 1,000 doses of heroin from inside an old fish factory in Mexilhoeira da Carregação in Lagoa. A police spokesman revealed that officers had suspected that
Introduction to golf
Oliver Lott of the Golf Academy (Algarve Golf Events) will be giving a talk on golf in the Algarve, the various types of courses, the psychology of golf and how
Investing in the future
Prime Minister Durão Barroso has announced that he is going to invest 855 million euros in regional programmes over the next three years. “The Council of Ministers has taken the
It makes sense!
I was very surprised to see a letter of mine headed ‘letter No. 6’ in the April 2 edition of your paper. Not only was it was not intended for
Jackpot in Porto
The two highest ever Totoloto Jackpot prizes have been won by a consortium of 17 caretakers and nurses from the Transplant Unit at the Oncology Institute in Porto and an
New archive for Loulé
Due to the overwhelming mass of documents accumulated over the years in the city’s current archive building, Loulé Câmara President, Seruca Emídio, has approved plans for a new archive to
Euro 2004 football championship numbers rise
The Euro 2004 football championship is now expected to attract 1.5 million fans to Portugal – three times the number originally estimated by the tournament organisers. “When people said more