Surprise inspections at Algarve villa rental agencies
VILLA RENTAL agencies in the Algarve have come under attack over the past two months with surprise visits from government watchdog, Inspecção-Geral das Actividades Económicas (IGAE), the general inspectorate for
Basketball team for the disabled needs members
QUARTEIRA BASED basketball team, Os Tubarões (The Sharks), is working together with the Associação de Promoção do Desporto Adaptado (ParaSport), an association promoting adapted sporting activities, to create a basketball
Taste the best pork dishes in the Alentejo!
IF YOU like pork, then the forthcoming Semana Gastronómico do Porco, a week long festival featuring the best traditional pork dishes, being held in the Alentejo from February 21 to
Big brother’s watching you
DIMINISHING CRIME in the Algarve is the objective of Faro’s Civil Governor António Pina, who has recently announced a project that aims to introduce, from May of this year, video
Tavira fireman rescues child from well
FOR THE first time in his 18 year career as a fireman in Tavira, Carlos Botelho was called upon to save a little girl who had fallen down a well,
Counterfeit camera con in the Algarve
IT HAS recently been reported that a scam, involving counterfeit top of the range cameras and watches, is being operated in the Algarve. At first, it appears to be a
Tennis – Australian outlook
TIM HENMAN’S Australian Open challenge was ended at the first hurdle by his Wimbledon conqueror Dmitry Tursunov, crumbling to a 7-5, 3-6, 4-6, 5-7 defeat. British compatriot, Andy Murray didn’t
Darts – Different Klass!
THE BDO Lakeside World Championships saw the emergence of a gilt edged new talent in 21-year-old Dutch star Jelle Klaasen. While the likes of Andy Fordham dropped away tamely, “the
To touch and feel
AN EXHIBITION at Galeria Municipal Trem in Faro, presented in conjunction with the Associação de Cegos e Amblíopes de Portugal (ACAPO), the Portuguese association for the blind, will be running
Drugs arrest in Monchique
A 49-YEAR-old German man was arrested in Marmelete, Monchique, after being found with 15 doses of cocaine and 30 grammes of hashish. The man, who was caught by the criminal