Heroin factory sniffed out
Portimão PSP officers have seized 1,000 doses of heroin from inside an old fish factory in Mexilhoeira da Carregação in Lagoa. A police spokesman revealed that officers had suspected that
Introduction to golf
Oliver Lott of the Golf Academy (Algarve Golf Events) will be giving a talk on golf in the Algarve, the various types of courses, the psychology of golf and how
Investing in the future
Prime Minister Durão Barroso has announced that he is going to invest 855 million euros in regional programmes over the next three years. “The Council of Ministers has taken the
Jackpot in Porto
The two highest ever Totoloto Jackpot prizes have been won by a consortium of 17 caretakers and nurses from the Transplant Unit at the Oncology Institute in Porto and an
New archive for Loulé
Due to the overwhelming mass of documents accumulated over the years in the city’s current archive building, Loulé Câmara President, Seruca Emídio, has approved plans for a new archive to
Euro 2004 football championship numbers rise
The Euro 2004 football championship is now expected to attract 1.5 million fans to Portugal – three times the number originally estimated by the tournament organisers. “When people said more
Police reinforcements for region
More than 100 officers from the Corpo de Intervenção (CI – Intervention Corps) arrived in the Algarve last week to reinforce the region’s PSP force. The squadron, whose arrival was
Project controversy
Locals are reporting that the lagoon is half drained and the bird identification signs have quietly been taken down; work has started on the controversial Vila das Lagoas, the new
Road works in Quarteira
Loulé Câmara President, Seruca Emídio, has announced that work on the Francisco Sá Carneiro and Carlos Mota Pinto avenues in Quarteira will start as soon as possible. The project, which
Testing summer preparations
A total of 18 men, six vehicles and two ambulances from Loulé and Albufeira bombeiros, Albufeira and Vilamoura GNR, as well as the Maritime Police, were called to the Praia