Tolls – fines and false accounting
Dear Editor, I read recently that the Portuguese authorities believe they have had great success by people running a huge amount in fines over unpaid tolls. How on earth can
GNR decline to attend afpop seminar
Dear Editor, I attended the home protection seminar organised by AFPOP at the Mestre Raposa showroom on the EN125 on 26th October and left very disappointed. What was advertised as
New tourism boss
Dear Editor, Thank you for informing us that the Algarve tourism sector is to be led by Desidério Silva (Albufeira Mayor). Let’s hope he makes a lot of noise about
Elvas cemetery
Father Bob Bates Have you heard about the British Cemetery in Elvas, way up in the Alentejo, near the Spanish border and close to the fortress town of Badajoz? Indeed,
British housewife raised by monkeys
The story of a Yorkshire housewife who spent five years in her childhood living with a colony of capuchin monkeys in Colombia is to be told for the first time
Chiropractic helps you stay positive
Sandra Genest-Boudreau | Christophe O. Alves Have you ever noticed that when you are feeling strong, filled with energy and healthy, it is easier to look at things in a
Interesting front page snippet
Dear Editor, Very interesting front page snippet: ‘2013 road rules get tougher on new drivers. New highway code rules will come into force in 2013 and include the lowering of
Narrow escape for imprudent balloonists!
Dear Editor, A normally quiet autumn morning in Arão on October 19, at 9.40am – following a night of welcome heavy rains – the stillness broken by a “whoosh whoosh”
CS Salgados is example not to follow
Dear Editor, I read with interest and dismay your article in the October 19 edition concerning the proposed development at Praia Grande, Salgados Lagoon. What you failed to mention was
New dad at 96
An OAP has become the world’s oldest dad for the second time – at the age of 96. Pensioner Ramjeet Raghav and his wife Shakuntala, who is half his age,