Kevin Moseley, the creator and Managing Director of SwimFin has been selected for the Member of the British Empire award for services to International trade and his 40+ years in the aquatic industry, including his charity work.
The Municipality of Lagoa have reinforced their testing facility with a new Testing Centre at the Fatacil opening today, in addition to a 6 month extension of the free tests available at pharmacies, and reinforcement of the Red Cross teams testing in the school community.
During the early hours of this morning, the Ferragudo Lifeguard Station team rescued a crew member of a fishing vessel that accidentally fell while onboard, hitting his head, while navigating about four miles (approximately seven kilometres) to south of Portimão.
Environmental waste management organisation Algar is implementing a pilot project called called Recicla+ in the municipalities of Loulé (Santa Catarina and Goncinha), Lagos (Montinhos da Luz) and Faro (Quinta do Eucalipto and Gambelas), for door-to-door collection of recyclable waste, estimating the distribution of around 4,450 recyclable waste bins.
Yesterday, specialists explained to government officials and the country what is currently happening with Omicron, and what the near future holds.
The General Directorate of Health has today updated the rules for the isolation period for asymptomatic people and those with 'mild symptoms' of Covid-19, reducing the previously necessary 10 day isolation period to only 7 days.
Launching in the second half of this year, the Portuguese tax office will allocate a Property Identification Number (NIP) for each property in Portugal, a similar idea to the Portguese citizen's card in that a property database will hold all information regarding the property under a unique ID number.
Last nights' 18:35 Ryanair flight FR4052 from Manchester to Faro, was forced to make an emergency landing in France, following a fire that reportedly broke out in the aircraft.
