Coloured tapestry to savannah gold
By JOHN OLIVER & JEANETTE ELLIOT features@algarveresident.com
Online dating
By SUZY TURNER features@algarveresident.com Suzy Turner has lived in Portugal for 23 years and works as a freelance writer. As well as putting pen to paper for the Algarve Resident’s
DIY doctor performs cranial surgery
A small-town Australian doctor used a household drill to release a blood clot from the brain of a 13-year-old boy in what was hailed as an act of extreme bravery
May 22 2009 – Poll Results
An overwhelming majority of online voters said that Portugal’s public service staff are incompetent when dealing with foreign residents. A total of 79 per cent of online voters said that
Cross dress cop
Police officers across the Bangladeshi capital are wearing women’s clothes in a bid to catch criminals targeting females on the city’s streets. According to officials, Dhaka male officers have been
Pylon protest
Dear Editor, Once again I write to you about the ongoing problems with REN . We have been trying to arrange a meeting with them, without success. They have two
Spider cat
A daredevil cat in the UK named Charlie has earned the nickname Spider-cat for his fearless gravity defying antics. Charlie is regularly seen scaling a two-storey 13ft wall of a
Twin village
Doctors are trying to unravel the mystery of a remote Indian village that boasts more than 220 sets of twins born to just 2,000 families. The phenomenon that has seen
May 15 2009 – Poll Results
The overwhelming majority of online voters said that they make sure they protect themselves from the harmful effects of the sun. A total of 76 per cent of online voters
Here come the pet set
An airline catering exclusively to animal passengers takes to the skies in July with a promise to make air travel “everything the domestic pet could want”. The first Pet Airways