As part of its citizenship programme, the Association for the Study and Conservation of the Oceans has been cleaning up Culatra with the help of Scouts from Belgium.
The clear-up started in June and will carry on until the end of July with Scouts from various parts of Belgium participating in rubbish collection duties and awareness-raising.
A British resident in the Algarve spends three hours each morning, picking up rubbish at the side of the EN125.
Ian West says he is hates a rubbish-strewn roadside and does his bit to make the Tavira council area a little but tidier every day.
Five, stand-up paddle boarders who set off from Meia Praia beach near Lagos, found themselves in trouble when a brisk wind and strong tide pushed them out to sea, leaving them unable to get back to shore under their own muscle power.
The region’s emergency services, as ever, are on full alert to help those in trouble and a message was received by the Maritime Police in Lagos and the Sagres rescue station that help was needed.
The Loulé Hospital Group has set up a Telemedicine Station on Culatra Island so locals can talk to a Doctor without waiting for a ferry.
The new Telemedicine Station is linked to an emergency service at the International Clinic of Olhão based at Ria Shopping.
More than 50,000 passengers booked on summer holiday Ryanair flights have been told their trips have been cancelled.
Ryanair has cancelled “up to 300” flights in response to coordinated 48-hour strikes by cabin crew in Belgium, Portugal and Spain on Wednesday 25 and Thursday 26 July.
The Algarve’s hoteliers’ association has involved its members in a call for some social engineering by demanding that regional Councils implement, "active housing policies at controlled costs, with a view to motivating and attracting workers from other regions of the country and also immigrants from third countries."
The association considers the local shortage of labour, "in quantity and quality, as one of the biggest structural problems in the Algarve today."
TAP’s driving force, picked up an award in the Finance category of the Airline Strategy Awards, a ceremony held in London that recognises excellence in management.
"By awarding this to TAP, the panel of world aviation business experts who make up the Airline Business Awards jury, highlights the importance of the €348 million investment made by Atlantic Gateway in TAP and the way it has contributed to that the company in reversing the negative results. TAP is experiencing a strong increase in the number of passengers transported, is going for growth in new markets and is modernising its fleet," read a TAP statement.
The National Republican Guard (GNR) has issued warnings and guidelines in advance of the 37th International Motorcycle Meeting in Faro, stating that personnel will be carrying out a high-profile safety operation aimed at motorcyclists, motorists and the public visiting the event.
During this year’s festival, from the 19th to the 22nd of July, the GNR will be posted to Faro’s main A2, A22, EN125 and EN2 access routes, on roads near the airport and on Faro Island, “to ensure the safety and flow of traffic.”
