The Pedro Jorge Casimiro Cardoso Lifeboat Station and the Portimão Maritime Police Local Command were mobilized yesterday after they received a call at 2:56 pm to rescue 10 passengers and two crew from a sea-going tourist vessel that had become stranded inside the spookily named “Crocodile Cave” in the municipality of Lagoa due to a malfunction in their boat’s propulsion engine.
A woman, revealed to be a dancer by profession, was arrested after trying to kill her husband by stabbing him in the chest at their home in Portimão, according to an announcement made today by the Judicial Police (PJ).
Portugal’s governing Socialist Party has won the country’s general election, on Sunday the 6th of October. However, they fell short of securing an absolute majority.
More than half of Algarvians did not vote for their political party of choice this Sunday, 6th of October. The abstention rate was 54.17%, rising from the 2015 elections and setting a new regional record. Across the country, only in Bragança were the numbers higher (55.1%).
The 33-year-old woman was pronounced dead after surfers brought her ashore along with a 34-year-old British man who rushed into the sea to save her but also lost his life in the process.
Lagoa Council have announced that they will be improving conditions at Praia da Marinha, which is regarded as one of the most famous and popular Algarve beaches in the region.
Portugal is often described as somewhat of a success story in the Eurozone after embarking on deep austerity measures. The country’s economy grew 2.8% in 2017 and 2.1% in 2018.
The Algarve is well-known for its history of salt production. Salt was once Portugal’s white gold and essential to many economic treaties. However in modern times salt-making is not as lucrative as it once was, and the vast majority of us use salt from “salt mines” or “non-solar evaporation vats”. Consequently many of Portugal’s salterns have fallen into decline and some have even been re-opened to the Atlantic. However you can still find commercially active salterns in the Algarve – in Olhão, Castro Marim and Tavira.
