Crime survey
Dear Editor, We recently completed the Algarve Resident Crime Survey and returned it to you. However, there is one thing that we were very unhappy about, and this is the
Battle of the sexes
Results from a five-month online contest conducted in nine languages between men and women have shown women to be cleverer than men. More than 15 million questions were answered during
Motorhomers Letter # 1
Dear Editor, My wife and I live in a nice house – we are not motorhomers. But we are residents here in Portugal and we care about the place, the
Angry winner eats scratch card
Low-cost airline Ryanair appealed last week for members of the public to vote on which charity should receive a 10,000 euro cash prize, after a passenger ate his winning on-board
Motorhomers Letter # 2
Dear Editor, In response to two letters (Richard James and Yvonne Mauger in last week’s Algarve Resident), I would like to put a couple of points straight: A motorcaravan under
Dare to be scared
Could you sit and watch a scary movie in a cinema, alone until the closing credits? Bollywood filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma is offering a 10,000 US dollar reward for anyone
Move away from crime hubs
Dear Editor, I found very interesting what one of your readers had to say how he’s been living here basically crime free from 1978 to 2005. I think that as
Not exactly cool!
By BARRIE MAHONEY features@algarveresident.com Barrie Mahoney was a teacher, headteacher and school inspector in the UK, as well as a reporter in Spain, before moving to the Canary Islands as
Febuary 26 2010 Poll Results
Last week, following news of the severe weather conditions, which claimed the lives and homes of many people on the Island of Madeira, we asked readers whether they were concerned
In response to Valerie Fulford’s letter Letter #1
Dear Editor, I wonder if Valerie Fulford, writing from the UK, is misinformed about the McCann case, one far too complex to discuss properly here. Sadly, most missing children’s cases