Illegal hunting on the rise
HUNTERS IN the Algarve are being given carte blanche to practise their sport anywhere they please, it seems, due to an alarming lack of forest rangers (Guardas Florestais) and unsatisfactory
It was all right on the night!
FEARS among the cast mounted during the final rehearsal for the Pêra Passion Play. All had begun brilliantly… the Last Supper and washing of the feet, though a bit wetter
Portimão schools receive Modelo computers
AN INITIATIVE launched by the Modelo supermarket chain has made it possible for a total of 500 schools in Portugal to receive free computers, including 11 schools within the borough
Concerts for babies
ANOTHER series of music concerts for babies, entitled ‘Música de Pais para Filhos’, is being held at the Cineteatro Louletano in Loulé. The mini concerts are free and take place
Donkey Dinner Dance
IF APRIL Fool’s Day has taken its toll, then why not go along to the Donkey Dinner Dance on April 2, for a night of music and dancing to banish
Music to your ears
LAGOS Cultural Centre was buzzing with barely contained excitement as the Music Academy of Lagoa and the Portimão Music Conservatory presented recently, for the first time, their Suzuki violin students,
101.2 and 95.8 …Algarve’s Kiss fm
FOLLOWING authorisation from ANACOM, the Portuguese radio authority, 101.2 Algarve’s Kiss fm is now test broadcasting from Albufeira on the approved additional frequency of 95.8 fm stereo with RDS to
Sanipina is top of the crop!
HONDA Portugal chose Sanipina in Lagoa as its model dealer of their power tools recently, requesting the Algarve firm to host an important visit of executives from Honda Sweden. Sanipina,
New SEF office opening in Tavira
IT HAS been announced that a new branch of Serviço de Estrangeiros e Fronteiras (SEF), the institution that controls immigration, residency documentation, visas and work permits, is to open in
Drought prompts revision of hydrological plan
CONTINUING drought conditions could bring a revision of the hydrological accord between Portugal and Spain and may see Madrid taking recourse to exceptional circumstances set down in the agreement, whereby

