CTT Postal Mail Service

Dear Editor, We have been experiencing this year a big drop in the quality of service provided by the CTT-Correios de Portugal. We run a business in property management and

October 27, 2016by shareit

Defamation jailing

Dear Editor I was horrified to read your story describing how 50-year-old Maria de Lurdes Rodrigues has been jailed for three years for calling various judges and officials corrupt. I

October 20, 2016by shareit

Ferragudo facelift

Dear Editor, Most Wednesdays I go to the square in Ferragudo to have coffee with my friend. I was very alarmed to hear this Wednesday that it is planned to

October 20, 2016by shareit

Proud of generous community

Dear Editor, On September 30, I held a coffee morning to raise money for Macmillan in the UK and also the Liga Portuguesa Contra O Cancro in Portugal. Kindly Restaurant

October 20, 2016by shareitIn

Apocalypse now?

“When today fails to offer the justification for hope, tomorrow becomes the only grail worth pursuing.” Death of a Salesman, Arthur Miller We live in turbulent times. Even in our

October 13, 2016by shareit

Holiday rentals tax hike

Dear Editor, I cannot be the only person who read your report on tax changes planned for the Alojamento Local ‘regime’ (love that expression!) with a sinking heart. How utterly

October 13, 2016by shareit

Lagos litter

Dear Editor, My wife and I purchased a second home in Lagos in 2013 and immediately fell in love with the city. But this season we have been very disappointed

October 13, 2016by shareit

Dedicated PSP police officers

Dear Editor, Whilst on a recent holiday in Tavira, I stupidly lost my wallet which contained money and travel cards etc. I returned to the bar where I thought it

October 6, 2016by shareitIn

Fairness and Transparency

Dear Editor Following regional stories through your paper, one cannot fail to detect the kind of lack of fairness and transparency in government that, anywhere else in Europe, could relatively

October 6, 2016by shareitIn

Surfer’s paralysis

Dear Editor I read with absolute shock your report about the little girl paralysed from the waist down by a kind of ‘surfer’s paralysis’ that can attack anyone who is

October 6, 2016by shareitIn