Boa Esperança sinking investment
Dear Editor, What a shame to read about the Boa Esperança Caravel … (last week’s edition) Not that I am surprised, really. In fact, as well as being a shame,
Please DON’T privatise the CTT!
Dear Editor, Our friendly, helpful postman will lose his job. Our local post office in Odeceixe will be shut and we’ll have to travel 20km to collect our mail. In
Two premieres and snowfall
By Richard Lamberth A couple of weeks ago, we found ourselves jetting out of Faro on the way to the long-awaited stage premiere of Great Expectations in the West End.
Loss of channels
Dear Editor, This is a belated response to a letter you published back in December (Letter ‘Bursting the expat bubble’ – December 20, 2012 edition). The sender (Jakob Lagerqvist) said
The golden visa
Dear Editor, The Government’s quest to attract foreign investment from non EU residents into Portugal through the concession of “Golden Residency Permits” raises a number of issues worthy of public
Praia Grande Nature Park
Dear Editor, Thank you for your very full and admirable two page report on the so-called “public session” of Silves Câmara on February 4 about the proposed Praia Grande development.
Extra property tax for luxury houses
Dear Editor, The extra tax policy was implemented to bring extra revenue for the State Budget. However, there is a direct and immediate trade-off. For every property to pay the
Good news for property market
Dear Editor, I was very pleased to read in last week’s edition that things finally appear to be picking up on the real estate market. I wonder if it is
Good riddance to Castello Lopes cinemas at Algarve Shopping
I wrote to this newspaper a few months ago telling of the appalling state of upkeep at the Castello Lopes cinemas in Algarve Shopping and I have to say that
Estate agents need to adjust to the times
Dear Editor What an interesting read in last week’s Algarve Resident ref. “Property on the Move”…it reminds that Real Estate agents tell us that we need to have our properties

