Postal black hole
Dear Editor, Last month, on my way to the UK, I read in one of the letters section about parcels missing or as the writer stated, not being delivered and
Thank you
Dear Editor, Having ceased my functions as Faro District Commander, I would like to express my sincere thanks for the way that this newspaper has worked with this institution during
Arsonist squirrels
Squirrels have been blamed for causing a fire at the house of the former Attorney General, Lord Mayhew, in Kent, UK. It is believed that the squirrels gnawed their way
Too fat to fly
An Indian airline has sacked 10 air hostesses for being too overweight to carry out their duties. Jitendra Bhargava, a spokesman for Air India, said that the air hostesses were
New format
Dear Editor, Nice surprise with new format. It’s just fine for ‘09. J.C.Baxter, MD, Providence, RI (and Quarteira now and then)
January 16, 2009 – POLL RESULTS
Almost two thirds of online voters said that they believed it is now time for the UK to adopt the Euro. A total of 62 per cent of voters agreed
Fake granny
A Chilean man was foiled in his plan to steal 80,000 dollars from his 82-year-old grandmother by making his 21-year-old girlfriend disguise herself as the elderly woman and withdrawing money
Child romance
Three German children were caught by police at a train station near Hanover, Germany while trying to run away to Africa for a wedding in the sun on New Year’s
Algarve burglaries
Dear Editor We were burgled whilst we slept in our apartment in Vilamoura in October – extremely distressing. Twenty robberies that we know of have taken place on our condominium
Energy certificates
Dear Editor, Colin Reid is to be applauded for his revelations on the latest bureaucratic nightmare to afflict home owners in Portugal with the obvious knock-on effect on the struggling Algarve