The public tender for a new water supply and sewage network for Clareanes, Malhada Velha and Carvalhal, all in the parish of S. Clemente, on the outskirts of the city of Loulé, has been approved.
The €2.5 million spend will improve the lives of 250 inhabitants.
The Ria Formosa island of Culatra has been terrorised by a mentally unstable man who is suspected of at least 17 assaults and thefts. (Please read UPDATE below).
Several victims have complained to the Maritime Police about random attacks by Valter Macário who has a record for sexual crimes.
Novo Banco is selling off €1.75 billion of bad debt, or ‘non-performing loans’ in bank speak.
The ailing bank, now controlled by US vulture fund, Lone Star, has begun a process to enable interested parties to place October bids for two tranches of securities (sic) that represent the biggest ever sale of dud assets in Portugal’s history.
Complaints about MEO topped the register last year with the National Communications Authority receiving 101,100 complaints about telecoms suppliers and Portugal’s postal services.
According to the latest report from ANACOM, 57,000 complaints were registered in complaints books with a further 17,000 registered using the new online complaints service. A further 27,000 complaints were made directly to ANACOM.
Silves Police officers are investigating the violent death of a local man, found dead near to his hut by the Arade river.
Jose Martins Nunes, 57, known locally as 'Zé Prego', was found with five deep head wounds.
The air service between Portimão and Bragança in the north of Portugal has announced its best occupancy figures since the subsidised service was launched in December 2015.
So far this year, 12,006 passengers have used the service, or parts of it as the route included stops in Vila Real, Viseu and Cascais.
Loulé GNR has arrested a 43-year-old man implicated in the theft of items from a local property.
"The GNR carried out immediate investigations to identify and locate the suspect who was in his home. He was arrested and all of the stolen objects were found, as well as others items from other thefts."
The EN125 road renovation work, western section, has never really been completed so Lagoa Council, keen to see two of its city centre roundabouts tidied up, decided to complete the work itself.
The national roads company, Infrastruturas de Portugal, has left all manner of smaller jobs to be completed by its chosen contractors despite the government claim that the EN125 western section road upgrade is "to all intents and purposes, complete," while admitting that some smaller jobs remain to be done.
