Spreading the news
BY: Skip Bandele Email: skip.bandele@portugalresident.com HAPPY CHRISTMAS! Yes, we have done it again, reached that time of year, scoffed at decorations going up for sale in shops and supermarkets at
Your best ever New Year’s resolution
By: Sarah Howe Email: travel.pdm@portugalresident.com PDM would like to begin 2007 by wishing all its customers a very happy and healthy New Year, and reminding those of you who haven’t
Silent night … holy night ….
BY: Drª Maria-Alice of Luzdoc Medical Centre, Praia da Luz Email: dra.maria-alice@portugalresident.com DECEMBER IS here again and with it all the joys of Christmas. There is a lot of confusion
Ring out the old for the new year
By: Dr Graham Dexter and Dr Janice Russell Email: dexter.russell@portugalresident.com AS THE year draws to its end, towards what the South Africans call ‘Old Year’s Night’, we might pause and
Passenger overflow on seats
By: Sarah Howe Email: travel.pdm@portugalresident.com PASSENGERS ARE getting too wide-bodied to fit comfortably into some aircraft seats. Two thirds of men are too broad shouldered for their neighbours’ liking in
The Kaiser Cure – Christmas
BY: Dr. Thomas Kaiser, MD, DRCOG of the Vale do Lobo Medical Centre Email: dr.kaiser@portugalresident.com Dear Reader, I hope you have enjoyed my suggestions for a happy and healthy lifestyle
Time to get your peas in!
BY: Paul McKay Email: paul.mckay@portugalresident.com Everyone enjoys a good pea. The variety of garden peas available is immense, from the small sweet Petit pois to the huge Marrowfat peas, which
Christmas has come full circle
By MARGARET BROWN THERE IS a saying that ‘what goes around comes around’ and, judging by the mores of western society today, this could be applied to the festival of
Problem of the month
Dr Graham Dexter and Dr Janice Russell On November 1, I advised the Ordem dos Medicos that I had just been abused by a doctor. As yet, I have not received any
Christmas travel
Have a happy, hassle free festive flight AH, CHRISTMAS – ‘tis the season to travel far and wide and catch up with family and friends across the globe. Unlike Santa