Algarve

Carvoeiro Tennis Club held their annual Club Champions tournament on December 10, in the presence of more than 50 spectators. Not only were spectators able to cheer on players of

THE BRITISH Consulate in Portimão is extending its opening hours to the public from January 2, 2007. From that date the new opening times to the public will be: Monday

OLHÂO’S IGREJA Matriz will be opening its doors for one of the borough’s most special evenings of the year today (December 22), at 9.30pm, when nationally acclaimed choir, Choral Phydellius,

By CAROLINE CUNHA caroline@portugalresident.com EARLIER THIS year, following comments by the Environment Minister, reported in the September 8 edition of The Resident, it looked likely that consumer water bills would

SEVERAL DOGS have been victim to poisoning in Guia and Algoz, suspected to have been put down by hunters. Two Dalmatians were killed on December 13, after coming into contact

By NATASHA SMITH natasha@portugalresident.com FARO CÂMARA’S New Year’s resolution will be to reclaim and develop the shoreline in the Bom João area, with a view to converting it into a

UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT fraud is being actively tackled by the government, thanks to new legislation. Speaking at the inaugural ceremony of the social security office in Monchique last week, the Minister

Bishop David Hamid from the Diocese of Gibraltar, of which St Vincents is a part, was at Luz Church on Sunday to licence Fiona Mayes as a lay reader and

THE LIONS Club de Loulé’s winter sale on December 3, in Almancil raised 800 euros for the Exister charity – helping disadvantaged people in the Loulé area. The club would

By NATASHA SMITH natasha@portugalresident.com The Centro de Apoio Familiar e Aconselhamento Parental (CAFAP), family support and parental counselling centre, opened its doors in Silves last week. The free service is