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THE PUBLIC response to Portugal Blue Pages, a website born out of demand for The Resident Service Directory to be available online, has exceeded expectations. The concept to bring out

KNOWING THE benefit of good networking, both in your business and personal lives, The Resident is introducing a series of lunches – TGIF (Thank Goodness it is Friday!) which will

THE ALGARVE Tourism Board will be present at Bolsa de Turismo de Lisboa (BTL), the country’s largest international tourism fair, running from this week at FIL, Parque das Nações, in

WAITING LISTS for appointments in Faro hospital are up to three years, the highest in the country. Cardiology and urology referrals from medical centres to the hospital can sometimes mean

THE INTERNATIONAL dance competition, Dançarte, is being hosted in the Algarve for the fourth time. It will be staged at the Teatro das Figuras in Faro from March 23 to

A new course at the Hotel Garbe in Armação de Pêra is designed to help people develop their camera skills and techniques to help capture the real mood and atmosphere

The Rotary-sponsored Day Centre at São Marcos da Serra is in desperate need of funds. Due to last year’s heavy rains the roof over the main hall requires immediate attention

A WOODEN house at the new Isaac Bitton Museum Synagogue in Faro has been built, but donations for the installation of facilities, electricity and a sound system are still needed.

A RAFFLE was held over the Christmas period, by Food Fayre in Messines, offering a Christmas hamper as first prize and a box of Borleys Pies, donated by Derek Barry.

A MAJOR police operation in Loulé last week saw the GNR charge 57 individuals with possession of drugs. The crackdown netted 53 Portuguese, one Briton, one Romanian, one Mozambican and