Algarve

By: CECÍLIA PIRES cecilia@portugalresident.com PORTIMÃO’S PUBLIC Prosecutor has made the owner of Quinta da Rocha an arguido for violating environmental regulations after ignoring orders from the regional development authority to

A PANEL of business specialists will be providing answers to questions posed by you at the next Network meeting on Wednesday, January 16 at the Hotel Garbe in Armação de

By: ELOISE WALTON eloise@portugalresident.com A FOREIGN resident, believed to be Swiss, who died alone in his rented home near Aljezur is believed to have been partly eaten by his two

LOULÉ CÂMARA has recruited three night guards to patrol in Quarteira and Loulé, after the responsibility for security was transferred from the Civil Government to the Câmara in December. “At

A GERMAN man was found dead in the Ria de Alvor in Portimão after falling from his boat and apparently drowning in the river on December 30. The man, whose

CONGRATULATIONS TO our two competition winners Trish Gill from Quarteira and Penny Gale from Silves who will receive a Crystal Clear Eye Pen, worth 220 euros, a day’s pampering at

APROQUILA, THE association of property owners in Quinta do Lago, has opened an office in Almancil to provide a range of services to its members. The centre helps members of

ALL DRIVERS of passenger vehicles and motorcycles who are 50 in 2008 must renew their driving licence this year. The age limit for renewing driving licences was previously 65. The

By: NATASHA SMITH natasha@portugalresident.com LOCAL RESIDENTS Shirley Emílio and Amanda Mortimer are planning to run a total of 215km for charity, from the Spanish border to Sagres, along the Algarve’s

A JOINT general proposal made by Silves and six other councils in Portugal for the Polis XXI sustainable energy and construction project has won approval for government financing. The project,