Algarve

A new course at the Hotel Garbe in Armação de Pêra is designed to help people develop their camera skills and techniques to help capture the real mood and atmosphere

The Rotary-sponsored Day Centre at São Marcos da Serra is in desperate need of funds. Due to last year’s heavy rains the roof over the main hall requires immediate attention

A NEW public internet café will be opened tomorrow (Saturday) afternoon in Monte Gordo at number nine Avenida Infante D. Henrique. It is the second to open in the borough

THE PUBLIC response to Portugal Blue Pages, a website born out of demand for The Resident Service Directory to be available online, has exceeded expectations. The concept to bring out

A MAJOR police operation in Loulé last week saw the GNR charge 57 individuals with possession of drugs. The crackdown netted 53 Portuguese, one Briton, one Romanian, one Mozambican and

FOLLOWING THE Resident’s report in the December 1 edition about the Canil São Francisco de Assis animal shelter in Loulé, the AAAA animal charity which runs the centre has been

CARRIAGE DRIVING, a sport that has recently enjoyed a great revival in popularity, is now available in the Algarve. The New Forest Lodge Carriage Driving and Equestrian Centre, based at

WAITING LISTS for appointments in Faro hospital are up to three years, the highest in the country. Cardiology and urology referrals from medical centres to the hospital can sometimes mean

A WOODEN house at the new Isaac Bitton Museum Synagogue in Faro has been built, but donations for the installation of facilities, electricity and a sound system are still needed.

THE AMOUNT of money that the Associação de Turismo do Algarve (ATA), the tourism association for the Algarve, has to spend on promotion this year has been cut by 25