Watersports safety tips
WATERSPORTS OPERATORS in popular holiday destinations could be putting holidaymakers in danger with unsafe equipment and poor operating procedures, warns the Holiday Which? magazine. In all, 11 out of 18
Taking up fiscal residency in Portugal – Part two
Contributed by DENNIS SWING GREENE International fiscal consultant, EuroFINESCO S.A. The exit: becoming non-resident JUST BECAUSE you leave your home country, you will still have to take overt steps in
Freedom of dissent is essential
By GABRIEL HERSHMAN THERE IS a dangerous double standard pervading Europe at the moment. Those who championed the rights of the Danish press to express their “freedom” through satirical cartoons
Internet hate under scrutiny
By GABRIEL HERSHMAN NOBODY surfing the net could fail to notice the proliferation of extremist websites. The internet is the weapon of the future for political radicals, conspiracy theorists, cultists
Middle East conflict triggers commentator’s war
By GABRIEL HERSHMAN Israel was contemplating a possible ground offensive last week, as its army continued firing rockets against targets in Lebanon. The raids were in retaliation for the kidnapping
Food and diabetes – Rules for a healthy diet – Part two
FOLLOWING ON from the last article (see August 18 edition of The Resident), here we are, once more, talking about healthy eating for diabetics, but also for everybody else as
When I’m 64
Skip Bandele reflects on life and his world – as he sees it. LAST MONTH, the oldest person in the world died at the age of 116. Maria Esther de
NICARAGUA
Tainted brew kills 22 Police have been conducting raids on bars and stores in search of tainted alcohol that has killed 22 people and left more than 100 seriously ill
SUDAN
Ugandan rebels assemble AT LEAST 400 soldiers from the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), including the LRA deputy leader, Vincent Otti, have arrived at assembly points in southern Sudan, as part
Cercis to Cydonia – Part two
By STUART MERELIE OTHER THAN being stuck in the office writing this article on a bank holiday, I think I am one of the luckier people living in the Algarve