Reflecting on the meaning of Easter
By: Margaret Brown margaret@portugalresident.com WRITING AFTER Sunday April 8, I look back upon Easter, surprised at how little I knew of the importance of Maundy Thursday in the Christian calendar.
Dream lover
By: Natasha Smith natasha@portugalresident.com DAVID BROWN, a 24-year-old British man, woke up one morning with a number in his head that he remembered from a dream. He threw caution to
Fuel guzzler
By: Natasha Smith natasha@portugalresident.com OVER A six month period, a thief stole 11 vehicles in the city of Yangon, Myanmar, before police finally caught him last week. It turned out
Train trauma
By: Natasha Smith natasha@portugalresident.com AFTER FALLING asleep on a train platform in Cologne, in Germany, an inebriated youth suddenly woke up and tumbled on to the track. A locomotive came
Mower madness
By: Natasha Smith natasha@portugalresident.com A MAN in the US was arrested after police suspected he was under the influence of alcohol while driving his vehicle – a lawnmower! He was
Croc treat
By: Natasha Smith natasha@portugalresident.com WHILE ATTEMPTING to give a crocodile at a zoo an anaesthetic injection, a veterinarian in Taiwan had his arm bitten off. In a state of shock,
God can help us to get through the day
By: Margaret Brown margaret@portugalresident.com WITHOUT PRAYER, how do those who have no faith get through a day when everything goes wrong? Perhaps a child is missing or sons and daughters
Friday the 13th
By: Skip Bandele skip.bandele@portugalresident.com EXACTLY 44 years ago, I opened my big, blue eyes for the very first time in a maternity ward in Lagos. Hold on, before you start
News update
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Plane curse
By: Natasha Smith natasha@portugalresident.com NORTHWEST AIRLINES, in the US, cancelled a flight after the pilot cursed at a passenger. The pilot was confronted after he had been swearing loudly in