Loving ugly fruit!
Dear Editor, The ‘Nobody is Perfect’ campaign (last week’s edition) is a fantastic initiative. At long last! My parents always told me that sometimes the ugliest fruit is the best
Police treatment in Portugal
Dear Editor, Earlier this year a reader wrote in about witnessing the disproportionately harsh treatment by police of a family with a young boy who was fishing on a Wednesday
Toll payment in Norway
Dear Editor, I’m a resident of Portugal, living in the Algarve, and have followed some of the news about the toll road payment collection for the A22. In the summer
Troika returns amid protests
Dear Editor, The Troika is not looking at the fundamental real problems in Portugal, starting with an excessive number of politicians per capita and the real efficiency of the civil
All went silent
Dear Editor, No guns fired on this day, only silence prevailed; again we can hear the sounds of the wind in the trees and the songs of the birds. No,
Heartfelt thanks to local young man
Dear Editor, I would like to express my sincere thanks to a modern day “Good Samaritan” – his name Miguel Bianchi. On encountering a motor accident at Vale Centeanes’ notoriously
A word of appreciation
Dear Editor, I would like to leave a word of appreciation for all the nurses, doctors and workers of the Portimão Hospital who are facing an unsure future. I believe
Bank overcharge
Dear Editor, I want to share a rant with your newspaper about a certain event that troubled me a couple of days back. A cheque for just under €9 has
Traffic chaos
Dear Editor, The end of summer should mean less traffic on Algarve roads, right? Wrong! Getting to work now that kids are back at school is proving to be more
Animal cruelty is sign of a nation in crisis
Dear Editor, I read the article about the Rogil animals last week and am frankly shocked that nothing seems to have happened to the owner as he is still allowed