Special Report

By: Natasha Smith natasha@portugalresident.com AROUND 80 people recently attended an open meeting organised by the women’s business association, Network, at Hotel Montechoro. Civil Governor Dr. António Pina and Jay Conboy

By: Caroline Cunha caroline@portugalresident.com CHANNEL 4’s Selling Houses Abroad programme sent a TV crew to the Algarve this week to film the makeover of a villa close to the village

By: Ruth Sharpe ruth@portugalresident.com THE BOWEN technique is a therapy that uses an innovative method to cure most sporting injuries or physical ailments that your body encounters. A holistic system

By: Ruth Sharpe ruth@portugalresident.com SPEAK TO any fisherman in the Algarve and he will make one thing clear – the fishing industry is in crisis. Last year was alarming for

MANY PORTS across the Algarve are poorly maintained and, in some cases, appear to have been abandoned, say fishermen. The ports at Olhão, Vila Real de Santo António and Portimão

By: Dr. Scott Miller – Veterinary surgeon dr.miller@portugalresident.com A WHIRLWIND of organisational wizardry meant, that with just three days notice, I jetted off on the trip of a lifetime to

By Ruth Sharpe ruth@portugalresident.com “WE WILL never visit your country again.” This is the shocking reaction that ANIMAL, Portugal’s premier animal rights organisation, regularly encounters after tourists see how animals

THE RESIDENT’S motto “we lead, others follow” took on a different meaning on Saturday, June 24, at Intermarché in Lagoa. This time, we followed … the winner, that is, of

MICK STIMSON, cousin Russ and life-long pal, John Whitaker, fancied cycling down to their local. That’s nothing special, I hear you cry. But what if I told you that their

IF YOU remember Jasmine Harman from her days at Barringtons in Vale do Lobo, or as one of the voices on Kiss FM, you may be forgiven for pointing at