A widespread IT outage is severely disrupting the operation of Primary Healthcare Centres and several hospitals across Portugal’s National Health Service (SNS) today, Friday 12 June, according to the Independent Doctors’ Union (SIM), which has reported what it describes as a "generalised systems failure".
Six juvenile loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) have been released back into the wild by Zoomarine Algarve’s Porto d’Abrigo rehabilitation centre after undergoing several months of treatment and recovery.
The Algarve’s Public Security Police (PSP) have recovered three stolen vehicles and seized more than 1,000 litres of fuel intended for the maritime transport of drugs in Tavira and Olhão, during an operation carried out on 9 June.
A beachgoer has claimed to have been warned by a lifeguard that the Maritime Police could be called to fine them for placing parasols in front of concession-operated beach areas, in a move which would’ve gone against recent clarifications made by the Government.
More than 140 firefighters, supported by five aircraft, are battling a wildfire in the municipality of Odemira, in the Beja district, on Wednesday afternoon, with several homes reported to be under threat, according to fire service and civil protection officials.
President António José Seguro concluded his address at the official Portugal Day ceremony in Angra do Heroísmo, on Terceira Island in the Azores, with an appeal for hope, which he described as “one of the words of the middle ground” capable of countering growing polarisation among the Portuguese people.
Several vehicles have been targeted in a series of daylight break-ins in recent weeks in the Açoteias neighbourhood of Albufeira, with local business owners expressing growing concerns over security in the popular tourist destination.
The Algarve’s Judicial Police (PJ) have carried out the arrest of a 39-year-old man on suspicion of aggravated murder and possession of a prohibited firearm, following a fatal shooting near a building site in central Silves which occurred on 25 May.
