My Portuguese Water Dog, my medic alert dog
Cleo is now eight years old. Many of you will remember the day when I first collected Cleo and brought her to my home. She had not had the best
How does the flu vaccine work?
DECO informs… In this new column, Portuguese consumer watchdog DECO will be informing readers of various interesting issues and laws affecting consumer decisions. The vaccine is made up of inactive
The horror of another senseless slaughter of innocent children
As an American in the Algarve I am sensitive to the profound difference between: murder by gunshot in America and murder by gunshot at almost any other place on Earth
Man attempts to rob a police station
Keithan Manuel is learning the hard way that a sense of humor is very subjective, but that’s what happens when you attempt to rob a police station. Manuel walked into
Mourners shocked as waiter wakes up at his own funeral
Mourners at the funeral of a ‘dead’ Egyptian waiter were stunned when he woke up moments before the burial. Hamdi Hafez al-Nubi, 28, from Naga al-Simmanm, near Luxor was declared
Largest exhibition of sand sculptures in the world opens
WIN a free entry to FIESA 2012 on May 25 with the Algarve Resident! FIESA 2012, considered the largest sand sculpture festival in the world, is opening to the public
Mother makes children slaves
A mother made slaves of her two children and forced them to work for gipsies rather than go to school after a fortune teller told her it was the right
Real-life mermaid
Underwater swimmer Hannah Fraser has been fascinated with mermaids since she was three years old. The 36 year-old Australian, who now lives in LA, made her first mermaid tail at
Changes to the electricity market
For the last decades, the Portuguese electricity market was under a pure monopoly – EDP – and it was subject to the direct control of the Portuguese authorities, namely regarding
Call me Tyrannosaurus Rex
Businessman Tyler Gold believes the dinosaur name is “cooler” than his and filed to have it legally changed. It may be a little prehistoric, but a 23-year-old American man’s new