Postal black hole

Dear Editor, Last month, on my way to the UK, I read in one of the letters section about parcels missing or as the writer stated, not being delivered and

January 17, 2009by shareitIn

New format

Dear Editor, Nice surprise with new format.  It’s just fine for ‘09. J.C.Baxter, MD, Providence, RI (and Quarteira now and then)

January 15, 2009by shareitIn

Algarve burglaries

Dear Editor We were burgled whilst we slept in our apartment in Vilamoura in October – extremely distressing. Twenty robberies that we know of have taken place on our condominium

January 12, 2009by shareitIn

Energy certificates

Dear Editor, Colin Reid is to be applauded for his revelations on the latest bureaucratic nightmare to afflict home owners in Portugal with the obvious knock-on effect on the struggling Algarve

January 12, 2009by shareitIn

Circus saga

Dear Editor, I wanted to say that, for many years, I worked as a Vet Nurse locally, and whenever the circus came to town, I can tell you that, at

October 30, 2008by shareitIn

Correction

It has come to our attention that The Resident inadvertently printed the wrong photograph of an elephant with the caption ‘Inga the elephant’ in the edition of October 24. This

October 30, 2008by shareitIn

Ode to easyJet

Once again in the sky to my country of birth, where the air is so stale and the seats have no girth. The easyJet method of rush and let’s go,

October 30, 2008by shareitIn

Fado evening

Dear Editor, As one of the winners of your Fado evening competition, I am writing to thank you for arranging the opportunity to win tickets to that event. We had

October 30, 2008by shareitIn

Scruffts clarification

Dear Reader, We would like to inform you that the 2008 Scruffts dog of the year show was NOT cancelled. In fact, the relevant Camâra did not respond to our

October 30, 2008by shareitIn

Victor Hugo Cardinali replies

Dear Editor,  Thank you very much for contacting us about our animals. I am sure your readers, particularly those concerned with animal welfare, will be more than pleased to know that

October 15, 2008by shareitIn