Portimão pipe still awaiting repair
A month after a main water pipe supplying the Barlavento region burst under the newly inaugurated Portimão to A22/Via do Infante access route, there was still no date set for
Service ready for Euro 2004
According to the president of the National Fire and Civil Protection Service (SNBPC), Major-General Paiva Monteiro, his force is fully prepared for this June’s European football championship. Speaking at a
Loulé live music
Rui Veloso, one of the most important names in Portuguese music, is set to take the stage on January 31 to celebrate Loulé’s 16 years as a city. At the
A host of celebs
Jimmy Tarbuck’s Golf Classic charity tournament has come round again and, as always, boasts an impressive list of sports and television personalities. The event will be held from February 7
New park revamps Lagos
Lagos Câmara has approved a project aimed at revamping the zone around the city walls and constructing a new green area. Part of the POLIS development plan, O Parque da
Rescued horses update
In the December 12 2003 edition of The Resident, we reported how, in an unusual move, Christa Stocker-Seiler from Quinta da Palmeira Riding School had been granted temporary custody of
Safe hands kennels
Across the region, the demand for kennels is ever increasing, so dog owners will be delighted to here that Sara Savage has opened a new boarding facility in the Penina
Streetlights crisis
Politicians from Alcantarilha, Pêra and Armação de Pêra have expressed their dissatisfaction with the lack of response from EDP after they repeatedly requested the replacement of broken streetlights and the
Thieves head south
According to a police spokesman, a group of Lisbon-based mobile phone thieves robbed a shop belonging to Portugal Telecom in Albufeira recently and then crashed the stolen car they were
Man killed in Lagoa
A man was killed as he stood in the middle of the EN125 road in Lagoa at around 4.30am recently. According to the driver, when he saw a man sitting