Captain’s Day a success
Ralph Griffin’s Captain’s Day took place at Floresta Parque Golf Club recently and over 100 competitors took to the course for an individual Stableford competition. Ralph commented: “There was an
Olhão library gets go-ahead
A new library is set to open, within a year, on the site of Olhão’s former hospital. The President of Olhão Câmara, Francisco Leal, said the works, budgeted at 600,000
Câmara checks playgrounds
The Portuguese Institute of Sport (IDP) has organised an inspection of all children’s public recreational areas in the jurisdiction of Lisbon Câmara with an eye to safeguarding the wellbeing of
Open up your heart 2004
By Bob Hughes The team at Holmes Place health club organised a fitness event on the green in front of the Belém Tower recently. It proved to be an excellent
Dying by the day in the ‘golden triangle’
In the last week, at least seven dogs have been fatally poisoned in the area to the south of Almancil, in what locals to the area are calling ‘indisputable murder’.
PM calls for war on poverty and despair
Addressing the UN General Assembly for the first time as Portugal’s Prime Minister, Pedro Santana Lopes has saluted the organisation’s role in the fight against global terror, but he also
Fantasia Cascais
Cascais Câmara recently announced that one of the world’s best theme parks will open in the area in 2007. Fantasia Park will cost around 125 million euros and occupy an
Raiders target golf clubs
Thieves made a pre-dawn raid on a sports store recently and took off with golf equipment estimated to be worth between 5,000 and 10,000 euros. Robbers targeted new and second-hand
Four countries create elite unit
The Defence Ministries of Portugal, Spain, Italy and Holland have agreed to create a paramilitary force to respond to crisis situations. Portugal’s Defence Minister, Paulo Portas, signed the declaration in
Real stuck
As a man who is not enamoured with all the hype generated by today’s football stratosphere, Arsene Wenger, who has done more and shown more loyalty at Arsenal in the