Snake benefits
By: Natasha Smith natasha@portugalresident.com A SOUTH Korean Court has awarded an ex-soldier the right to claim benefits, after he developed a parasitic infection from eating raw snakes during survival training
At home and abroad
By: Skip Bandele skip@portugalresident.com LAST MONTH, I tried to highlight the positive aspects of the annual interaction, between holidaymakers and the residents of the corresponding host country, but it won’t
Coffee bar phenomenon
By: Paul McKay mckay@portugalresident.com Teacher, Paul McKay, left London to live a self-sufficient existence in the Monchique hills with his partner Martyn. He keeps an assortment of animals and grows
Dead of night
By: Natasha Smith natasha@portugalresident.com A MAN in Croatia boarded a night tram just after midnight and died in his seat. His corpse rode around the town for six hours before
The battle between good and evil
By: Margaret Brown margaret@portugalresident.com The Old Testament deals throughout with concepts of good and evil, as spoken by the Prophets through the word of God. Having been forbidden to eat
Metal head
By: Natasha Smith natasha@portugalresident.com AFTER ENDURING 64 years of chronic headaches, a 77-year-old Chinese woman finally went to see a doctor, who x-rayed her and found a bullet lodged in
Motel safety
By: Natasha Smith natasha@portugalresident.com IN AN effort to protect guests, the owner of a motel in Mexico has installed steel doors on the rooms. Kidnappings and shootings have escalated in
Anything but straightforward
By: Margaret Brown margaret@portugalresident.com Apart from tarumatic happenings in and around Praia da Luz during the month of May, things have been anything but straightforward in the Brown household. Years
Spy camera
By: Natasha Smith natasha@portugalresident.com USHERS IN Malaysian cinemas are using night-vision goggles to spot people filming the movie with mobile phones and hand-held cameras. In the last two months, 17
Naked ramble
By: Natasha Smith natasha@portugalresident.com AN AMERICAN tourist in Germany shocked people on the streets, when he went for a stroll around Nuremberg completely naked. Police stopped him after receiving reports