Opinion

Dear Editor, When earthquakes hit the Algarve it seems I’m always driving, or sleeping, or doing something that doesn’t allow me to feel them. Well, I sure felt last week’s

Dear Editor, I know that Portimão council is basically bankrupt, but couldn’t it find some way of improving the roads in the town so that we don’t have to watch

Dear Editor, You recently ran a competition for the Vale de Lobo concert. Regretfully the winner (hope he/she wasn’t ill) could not go, so, as second, we went! As always,

Dear Editor, Despite the best efforts of your newspaper and other local publications, it seems the whole “oil business” is going somewhat under the radar. Aren’t people worried about the

Dear Editor, I’m sure I’m among the many people who are at their wit’s end with the roadworks that have been taking place on the EN125 road near Portimão. Not

Dear Editor, I’m not a specialist in these matters, but after causing such backlash, couldn’t Vila do Bispo’s council just admit it messed up and try to fix what it

Dear Editor, Even though we were all expecting it, abstention levels in Portugal reached record-breaking levels once again in last weekend’s legislative elections. At such a delicate time in the

Dear Editor, Your story on the German doctor who had to flee the Algarve has to be one of the most worrying I can remember. It seems there are two

Dear Editor, I’m glad someone finally spoke up against the “couvert” robbery at Portuguese restaurants. In my experience in the Algarve, the majority of restaurants are guilty of bringing unordered