Parents may sue hospital over child’s appendicitis death
Heartbroken parents of an eight-year-old boy who died from septic shock after an alleged case of misdiagnosis by Portimão Hospital are reported to be considering legal action. As a full
Portimão market information online
A new website about the various markets held in Portimão has been launched this month. The online portal (www.mercadosdeportimão.pt) contains information about the markets at Avenida São João de Deus,
Natural gas due in Portimão
Natural gas will be available in Portimão and Alvor before next summer, according to Medigás, the distributors for the Algarve region. The promise was made during a public presentation of
Stop the pong in Portimão
Portimão Câmara and Águas do Algarve (AdA) are hoping they have found the solution to put an end to the bad smell that emanates from the River Arade in Portimão.
Portimão demands better policing
President of Portimão Câmara, Manuel da Luz, is demanding a larger number of policemen to patrol the streets of Portimão. “There is a feeling of insecurity as there seems to
Lighting up for Christmas
Portimão Câmara and the city’s Commercial Association (the ACP) turned on the city’s Christmas lights recently. The ACP invited the José Buísel school choir to entertain the crowd at a
Autumn theatre
For the seventh year running, Portimão is staging an Outono do Teatro (Autumn Theatre) festival between October 22 and November 14. Throughout the festival, the city will play host to
Murder victim may have been fed to pigs
Scientists from the government laboratory in Lisbon (LPC) have searched the area of Figueira, in Portimão, for clues as to the whereabouts of missing eight-year-old Joana’s body. It has been
Still no sign – Service honours child victim
More than three hundred people recently took part in a tribute to Joana, the eight-year-old girl who disappeared in the village of Figueira in Portimão one month ago. Police are
Mother arrested for murder
Locals in Portimão have been shocked by the apparent murder of an eight-year-old girl who disappeared from her home in Figueira, near Portimão, on September 12. Police believe that Joana