It’s going swimmingly for Loulé!
Some of the most famous names in international swimming have been confirmed for the fourth International Swimming Meeting to be held in Loulé. The two-day event will commence on June
Life is a cabaret
HE’S LITTLE, he’s green, he wished he could fly, and now he is here in the Algarve! Yes, Orville has arrived, thanks to the new business partnership of Keith Harris
Pet Park hosts fun day for children
ANIMAL CHARITY, the Associação de Protecção Animal do Algarve (APAA), were present at the Children’s Fun Day held at Pet Park in Mexilhoeira Grande last weekend, raising money for the
Portuguese prisons among the worst in EU
PORTUGUESE PRISONS are overcrowded, unsanitary breeding grounds for HIV and hepatitis, according to Amnesty International. Seventeen per cent of prisoners still have to use a bucket and ‘slop out’, rather
Putting together the perfect package
PDM TRAVEL, based in Lagos, is on hand to offer an extensive range of specialist travel services. The welcoming office, opened in March 2004, is run by Alison Ribeiro and
RUGBY ROUND-UP – Glory days
MUNSTER WON their first Heineken Cup final, at the third attempt, by beating Biarritz 23-19 at Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium last Saturday. The Basque side took an early lead through a
And the winners are …
CONGRATULATIONS GO to Rosemary Gatehouse, Jacki Balko and David Davies for being the lucky winners of the three pairs of tickets to the Sheraton Hotel’s Dinner Dance on Saturday, May
São Brás Health Centre thanks friends
THE FRIENDS of São Brás have presented a new nebuliser to the São Brás Health Centre after one of the centre’s own nebulisers had broken down. The device, valued at
Cambodia’s friends for life
IN THE Resident’s edition of October 28, 2005, we published a piece about a fundraiser, The Art of Dining, with Geraldine Willcox, president of Friends of Cambodia. Having recently returned
TENNIS – Hamburg climb-down
THE GERMAN Open was robbed of much of its significance by the last minute withdrawal of its top two seeds, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. The pair declared themselves too