A teacher, who has been held in detention since November last year, has been found guilty of sexually abusing pupils at a school in Beja.
The 48-year-old man has been convicted of abusing four children and mistreated another between 2015 and 2017 at the school in the village of Salvada, Beja.
Faro Council is to run a pilot project to help elderly residents by installing tele-assistance equipment in their homes.
In October, the free of charge service will start to be commissioned in a partnership between the Council and Helpphone, a Porto-based company.
A wildfire this afternoon near Rogil, Aljezur, is being dealt with by over 200 fire service personnel as strong winds push the fames across forested countryside.
The alert was given at 1:20 pm. the fire had started on land the between Feiteira Industrial Zone and Rogil. Firefighters from several stations soon were dealing with a blaze that had spread to pine trees and scrub near Carrascalinho, Rogil.
The Portuguese Communist Party (PCP) remains frustrated at the government’s inaction in resolving the Ria Formosa islands’ demolition programme, despite claims that everything will be settled and the island conflict is over.
In a communiqué sent to the press, the PCP said it has lodged a draft resolution, "recommending that the government puts an end to house demolitions on the islands of the Ria Formosa," in particular, those announced for the beginning of November 2018 in areas of Farol and Hangars on the island of Culatra.
Subsequent to last week’s arrest of a man in Portimão on charges of possessing and distributing child pornography, the Police have caught a second man, this time in Olhão, a city better known for its drugs and prostitution.
The Police said that, "in the course of the investigation and during a home search, a number of files of pornographic content involved children under the age of 14 were found in the computer systems used by the suspect."
The UK government has been accused of forgetting about the million-plus British citizens living on the continent as it emerged that neither Theresa May, David Davis nor Dominic Raab have once met with their representatives since the Brexit process began, writes Jon Stone in the Independent.
On the EU side, Barnier and Brexit co-ordinator Verhofstadt have given British in Europe – the umbrella group representing UK citizens living in the EU – multiple audiences, up-dating them on the status of negotiations.
Miguel Barreto, the former Director General of Energy - and a suspect in the current EDP price fixing and bungs inquiry - has been under investigation in Switzerland for almost a year, suspected of money laundering.
The Swiss authorities are convinced that money transferred to Barreto’s bank account in Geneva was a financial reward for corrupt activities in Portugal.
Dutch pilots’ union VNV has announced it will join pilots and crew from Spain, Italy, Portugal and Belgium in a 24/hour strike on Friday 28 September.
Pilots hope to win a pay deal which “guarantees fundamental workers’ rights,” the VNV union said in a statement. “The Dutch demands are modest: Dutch law should be applied; no more bogus self-employment; and sufficient sick pay and pension.”
