Black weekend on Algarve’s roads
CARVOEIRO: Motorcyclist kills pedestrian on zebra crossing A MOTORCYCLIST, travelling at high speed through the village of Carvoeiro last Saturday night, failed to stop at a zebra crossing on Estrada
Silves medical students collect food for underprivileged
MORE THAN 10 tons of food has been collected for distribution to the underprivileged, following recent campaigns at supermarkets across the Algarve, organised by the students association of the Piaget
Blood donors wanted in Albufeira
ANYONE INTERESTED in donating blood is invited to attend a blood drive taking place at the Hotel Paraíso in Albufeira on April 22, between 9.30am and 1pm. The initiative is
St. Andrew’s Church welcomes new Reverend
AFTER MORE than four years of services conducted by visiting locums, the congregation of St. Andrew’s Church in Lisbon is looking forward to the arrival of a permanent minister, the
Bowling club ends season with hotly contested matches
THE INTER-club bowls competition finals were held at the Clube de Bowling at Parque da Floresta recently, which brought to a conclusion a well-contested and friendly session of matches held
Success of U Constitution depends on collective co-operation
THE EU’s Constitutional Treaty must involve the co-operation of all and not just a few key members, the Prime Minister said recently. José Sócrates was speaking at the launch of
British man found dead in Vilamoura Marina
JOHN OLD, 53, from Gosport in the UK, was found dead in the water at Vilamoura Marina last Sunday morning at 9am, close to his boat that was moored on
The sounds of Easter
PORTIMÃO’S IGREJA Matriz is the setting for a special musical celebration this Eastertime, with the Orquestra do Norte performing Mozart’s Requiem Mass tonight (Good Friday, April 14) at 9.30pm. The
Chamber welcomes British Consul
BILL HENDERSON, recently appointed to the post of British Consul for the Algarve, received a warm welcome at a cocktail reception held in the Sheraton Algarve last month. The event
There were no fools on April 1
IF YOU joined the more than 100 people for the seventh Annual Fundraising Dinner-Dance for Lagoa Voluntary Bombeiros, at the Fatacil grounds in Lagoa, on April 1, you were certainly