Helping the needy this winter
The St. Patrick’s Society of the Algarve has made a donation of 50 blankets to the Silves-based charity Castelo de Sonhos. The Society’s chairman, Jim Brownlow and committee member, Julie
Intermezzo update
HIGHLY REGARDED French lawyer Gilbert Collard has announced that he will be working with the defence team of Corinne Caspar, the woman at the centre of the controversial Intermezzo case.
The Algarve goes on red alert for World Aids Day
World Aids Day today (Friday, December 1), is an opportunity for people to unite in the fight against HIV and Aids. The National Aids Trust is encouraging people worldwide to
I Believe I can fly
WITH THE general theme of ‘You Can Be a Winner’ the Jack Petchey Foundation award ceremony held on Wednesday, November 15, at the Montechorro Hotel in Albufeira began after a
International golf travel market may return
EIGHT YEARS after it was first hosted in Vilamoura, one of the most important events in the golfing sector, the International Golf Travel Market, may return to the Algarve. An
Looking back and looking forward
A GROUP of golfers who have raised 350,000 euros for local charities since first getting together on Vilamoura courses in 1998 are now looking forward to their 2007 event. Every
Shoebox appeal 2006
THE INTERNATIONAL School of the Algarve is helping underprivileged children all over the world by, once again, taking part in the Shoebox Appeal. Organised by registered charity, Samaritan’s Purse, founded
They had the time of their life
Following their second and final performance of Alan Ayckbourn’s play Time of my Life, which played to a full house at the Municipal Auditório in Lagoa on Sunday, November 19,
Home stretch for Faro Atrium
JUST TWO weeks before the Faro Atrium in Rua de Santo António in Faro is due to open, the identity of the tenants of the 32 stores remains unknown. A
Major home fair in Faro
ALGARDECOR, THE Algarve’s answer to the Ideal Home Exhibition, is now on at EXPOFARO, located alongside the municipal swimming pool complex in Faro. The exhibition space totals 3,000sqm and visitors

