Portimão hospital
Dear Editor, I have lived in the Algarve for two years and don’t speak Portuguese. Therefore, when I found out that I was pregnant I was really worried about having
Property tourist licences
Dear Editor With regards to fully licensed tourist property, the general attitude is that the law will not be imposed. We have been in the process of obtaining these for
Faro airport
Dear Editor, With regard to your story about Faro airport extensions (Algarve Resident, February 20), the main complaint from home owners like me is the dreadful time it takes to
Noise pollution!
Dear Editor, We would like to defend the new Algarve Motor Park. It is a fantastic sporting venue and will benefit the Algarve by bringing a lot of tourism to the
A big thank you
Dear Editor, May I through your letters column say a very big public ‘thank you’. A year ago I was diagnosed with cataracts by an optometrist in England and was
Cheap solar heater
Dear Editor, I have a house in the Algarve. Years ago I was quoted a figure equivalent to £2,000 for a solar heater with a capacity of 42 litres of
Winter Fuel allowance
Dear Editor, Since you published my letter last week seeking signatures for my on-line petition to Gordon Brown (to pay the allowance to pensioners who left UK before 1998 as
Letter to Jenny Grainer
Re: article ‘What’s in a name?’ (Algarve Resident, January 23) “Wonderfully innocent political incorrectness”? Are you totally insensitive? Were Hitler and Stalin, Idi Amin and Pinochet along with dozens of
Noisy countryside
Dear Editor, I understand that prior to the construction of the new racetrack near Pereira there was some concern about noise pollution after completion. I can now understand why. I

