Hairdresser to Portugal’s ‘famous’ condemned to seven years jail for tax fraud
Inês Pereira’s entire family face same conviction Inês Pereira, the well-known hairdresser of ‘various public figures’, was condemned to seven years jail yesterday for fiscal fraud and money laundering. At
PSP reports mother to child protection services for marching on Women’s Day with baby
The Rede 8 de Março has made a formal complaint after Faro PSP police reported a mother, on last week’s Women’s Day commemoration march in the city, to the Commission
Shock in Águeda as IC2 ‘collapses’
A section of the IC2 near Macinhata do Vouga, Serém, in the municipality of Águeda, literally collapsed (affecting both sides of the highway) late on Tuesday night. The incident mercifully
Oncologist applauds INFARMED’s approval of four new medications using cannabis
Oncologist Jorge Espírito Santo has applauded the recent approval by INFARMED (Portugal’s medicines authority) of four new medical products using cannabis to relieve suffering of cancer patients, epileptics and people
Algarve rugby club to face international opposition
Rugby club continues to welcome new players The Algarve University Rugby Club (CRUAL) will play two matches against international teams at the Browns Sport Resort in Vilamoura very soon. The
Electric ferry ‘suspended’ because jetty sinks
Aveiro’s electric ferry service had to be suspended yesterday because the jetty it uses had sunk. According to reports, “the problem was detected on Tuesday evening, and was caused by
Police raise money to help octogenarian they fined
Guimarães municipal police felt very bad about a €174 fine their service meted out to after towing away the car of an octogenarian driver who had parked it badly. The
Long-term leader of doctors’ union steps down
Jorge Roque da Cunha, the secretary-general for the last 12 years of SIM – the Independent Syndicate of Doctors – is to step down at the union’s congress later this
Animal mistreatment cases ‘thrown out’ on appeal now face penalties
Constitutional court ruling means around 50 cases should now be prosecuted The decision by the Constitutional Court not to declare a law ‘outlawing mistreatment of pet animals’ unconstitutional means that
Convicted rapist arrested in Loulé after 10 years on the run
Man escaped house arrest and evaded authorities for nearly one decade PJ police have announced the arrest in Loulé of a 46-year-old man convicted of rape who had been on