Going healthy through the summer
By: Dr. Thomas Kaiser dr.kaiser@portugalresident.com DEAR READER, In the past few weeks, the summer appears to have finally reached Portugal, so here are my tips for you how to enjoy
Snake benefits
By: Natasha Smith natasha@portugalresident.com A SOUTH Korean Court has awarded an ex-soldier the right to claim benefits, after he developed a parasitic infection from eating raw snakes during survival training
Tidying tantrum
By: Natasha Smith natasha@portugalresident.com A YOUNG girl in Germany was so upset that her mother had asked her to clean her room that she placed a sign in her bedroom
Anything but straightforward
By: Margaret Brown margaret@portugalresident.com Apart from tarumatic happenings in and around Praia da Luz during the month of May, things have been anything but straightforward in the Brown household. Years
Metal head
By: Natasha Smith natasha@portugalresident.com AFTER ENDURING 64 years of chronic headaches, a 77-year-old Chinese woman finally went to see a doctor, who x-rayed her and found a bullet lodged in
Naked ramble
By: Natasha Smith natasha@portugalresident.com AN AMERICAN tourist in Germany shocked people on the streets, when he went for a stroll around Nuremberg completely naked. Police stopped him after receiving reports
Spy camera
By: Natasha Smith natasha@portugalresident.com USHERS IN Malaysian cinemas are using night-vision goggles to spot people filming the movie with mobile phones and hand-held cameras. In the last two months, 17
Plane buzz
By: Natasha Smith natasha@portugalresident.com A FLIGHT from Bournemouth, southern England, was forced to return to the runway shortly after take-off because the plane flew into a huge swarm of bees.
The battle between good and evil
By: Margaret Brown margaret@portugalresident.com The Old Testament deals throughout with concepts of good and evil, as spoken by the Prophets through the word of God. Having been forbidden to eat
Motel safety
By: Natasha Smith natasha@portugalresident.com IN AN effort to protect guests, the owner of a motel in Mexico has installed steel doors on the rooms. Kidnappings and shootings have escalated in