Poll results – October 5, 2007 – World Travel Awards 2007
The question that was asked: Do you believe that Algarve’s candidacy in 12 categories of the World Travel Awards 2007 could cement the region’s reputation as a top holiday destination
New Tourism in Portugal and the Silver Coast
By: CHRIS GRAEME chris@portugalresident.com IN THE 1970s and 1980s, tourism in Portugal was cheap, cheerful and aimed at the masses – the package tour crowd. And for a while, packing
The image of God
By: MARGARET BROWN TO WORSHIP the invisible Christ, to believe in he who can neither be seen nor heard, and then to deposit our troubles at his feet must surely
Poll results – September 28, 2007 – Portimão riverside
The question that was asked: Do you believe the ambitious 90 million euro project to transform Portimão riverside into a modern and interactive area including museums and an aquarium will
EU news. EU post
EU TRANSPORT ministers have backed a plan to open up the postal services to full competition in 2011, two years later than originally planned due to opposition mainly from France
Bamboo animal centre
CHARITIES from across the Algarve were invited to submit applications to become The Resident’s Charity of the Year to help celebrate our 18th birthday on November 9. A panel of
Welcome aboard!
By: INÊS LOPES ines@portugalresident.com Where better to hold a business networking event than on board a luxury yacht, sipping white wine and admiring the stunning Algarve coast from offshore? Eight
Mercy
Jodi Picoult needs no introduction and her latest paperback, priced at 11 euros, is called Mercy. Cameron “Cam” MacDonald has spent his life guided by duty. As the police chief
Beginning to pray
By: MARGARET BROWN margaret@portugalresident.com Anthony Bloom, in his book Beginning to Pray, categorises three broad approaches to God: spontaneous prayer straight from the heart, regular prayers of faith and lastly,
God’s goodness and light
By: FATHER HAYNES HUBBARD MY SON Caspian is a slitherer. Which is to say, when we put him on the floor, and if the floor is the least bit slippery,