Civil governor at Network event
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
TV crew descends on villa in Santa Bárbara de Nexe
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
The miracle cure
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
The end of the Algarve fishing industry as we know it
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
Fishermen’s despair
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
Trip of a lifetime
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
Time to put an end to animal cruelty
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
You could be the next lucky winner!
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
Barracuda or bust
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
Jasmine returns to her place in the sun
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