Algarve Artists Society update
THE FIRST meeting of the Algarve Artists Society will take place on Monday, May 15, from 7.30pm to 9.30pm, at the Raj Restaurant in the Hotel Garbe, Armação de Pêra.
The State of Play
Premiership MANCHESTER UNITED’S failure to beat bottom club Sunderland at Old Trafford, combined with Chelsea’s 2-0 victory at Bolton, surely ended Sir Alex Ferguson’s hopes of denying José Mourinho a
Algarve Summer Festival line-up still not confirmed
THIS YEAR’S line-up for the Algarve Summer Festival, to take place at the Algarve Stadium, is still not confirmed, despite the Tourism Board’s promise that the artists’ names would be
Tourism Board’s weather webcam is massive hit
MORE THAN 26,000 people accessed the Algarve Tourism Board’s website, www.visitalgarve.pt to check its webcam and live weather station between January 16 and April 10 this year. According to the
BASKETBALL – Final reckoning
THE NBA’s American basketball season is approaching its climax, with only a handful of regular games remaining. The Eastern Conference has been dominated by the Detroit Pistons, who have accumulated
Zoomarine is home to only manatee in Iberian Peninsula
BRUNO, THE only manatee that can be found in the Iberian Peninsula, now lives permanently at the Zoomarine Park in Guia, near Albufeira. He was born in May 2001 in
Carvoeiro accident victim still in hosptial
A WOMAN who recently suffered serious facial injuries in an accident in Carvoeiro, that took place when a motorcylist failed to stop at a zebra crossing (see front page of
CRICKET – Over and out
THE ONE Day series, that closed England’s injury-plagued tour of India, is over. The boys returned home battered and bruised, hopefully having gained some valuable experience on foreign soil if
Flower torches attract thousands to São Brás
THE HALLELUJAH Procession, part of the Festival of the Flower Torches, one of Portugal’s oldest and most popular religious celebrations, took place in São Brás de Alportel on Easter Sunday.
Illegal immigration network dismantled
A NETWORK of people with links to Moldavia, thought to be facilitating illegal immigration by selling counterfeit work contracts in the Algarve, was dismantled this week by the Serviço de