Car insurance validity
I think what has happened to me may be of interest and serve as a warning to all who have car insurance. On Saturday, December 11 a motorbike ran into
Con man operating in the Algarve
On December 5 2004, my wife was by her stall at Fuseta market and, standing in front of our advertising board for horse safaris, was a short bald man wearing
Gone fishing
I would like to say that to read an article on fishing in your newspaper was very refreshing and stirred-up my interests again for this wonderful sport. I have since
The generation game
My Christmas did not go quite the way it was planned. It should have been very quiet and peaceful, real chill out stuff, with time to sort through mountains of
Comment – Mianne Bagger
Mianne Bagger was born in Copenhagen in 1966 as a man. He spent five years living in England before settling in Australia, where he had prolonged hormone treatment before undergoing
Hurricane Ivan bears down on Cuba
Just as Hurricane Frances finally left the Florida region, Hurricane Ivan was looming on the horizon earlier this week. Ivan had already hit the Caribbean and strengthened as it headed
Dear Editor – A Tribute to Faro Hospital
One night, our little daughter complained about some undefined pain in her stomach and we went to the little hospital in Tavira for a check. The doctor could not give
Dear Editor – Calling all parents!
Calling all parents! I have a five-year-old son and am a single working mum. I have lived in Portugal since 1996. As my son has needed the company of other
Dear Editor – Huey’s Tail
When I stopped in at the house of my Portuguese neighbours recently, I saw the abandoned dog that they had been feeding for some months. I knew the dog because
More heatwaves to come
Portugal could suffer two months of heatwaves every year, according to a new report on world climate change from the European Environmental Agency. The report predicts that temperatures of 35