GRAND AUCTION TSUNAMI APPEAL
The Resident is co-ordinating special fund-raising events, including a Grand Auction evening, which will follow a Curry Buffet, at the Hotel Garbe in Armação de Pêra on Friday, January 21
Morocco and Silves in joint venture
KING OF MOROCCO, Muhammed VI, has made an agreement with Silves Cãmara for a series of joint exhibitions to be staged in Silves, showing a collection of North African artistry.
Dynamic Sotavento
VILA REAL DE SANTO ANTÓNIO Câmara is supporting a promotional tourism plan for 2005, developed by the Algarve Sotavento Association (ASA), by contributing 28,000 euros. The association’s strategy will focus
Supermarket giants flock to Lagoa
RESIDENTS of Lagoa will soon be spoilt for choice when it comes to doing their weekly grocery shopping, thanks to the forthcoming opening of no less than four hypermarkets. If
New Algarve hospital in political battle
BUILDING the new Hospital Central do Algarve at Parque das Cidades is “not a priority”, according to Correia de Campos, former Minister for Health who is currently involved in the
Showtime for Stage School
Pupils of Stage School, under the direction of Leanne Poundall and Beverley Rogers, performed an end-of-term Christmas show to a packed audience in the Ondamar hotel in Albufeira. To add
Auditorium setbacks
LAGOA Municipal Auditorium has cost an extra half a million euros to build than the 3.2 million euros that was predicted. Furthermore, the building should have opened to the public
January sales in the Capital
On a recent trip organised by KISS FM radio, in conjunction with The Resident, around 50 Algarve residents enjoyed a day’s shopping and sightseeing in Lisbon. The group’s first stop
Information centre for foreigners
A DEDICATED information and support centre for foreigners living in the Algarve has recently opened in Faro. The Centro Local de Apoio ao Imigrante (CLAI) is located at Praça José
Oh no it isn’t,
PANTO season has started. Yes, it’s time for the kids to warm up their vocal chords and the adults to pretend they’re only going along to supervise them! The Algarveans’

