The Minister of Internal Affairs, Eduardo Cabrita, has scrapped the helicopter contract with Everjets and is to contract three Kamovs directly as the current ones are inoperable.
The work to repair the crumbling harbour wall in far has been completed, according to Docapesca, ending a saga of complaints, missed schedules, claims of ‘no funds’ and a general disinclination to take responsibility for the area’s upkeep.
Docapesca said the contract for the repair of the wall of the harbour cost €92,814 which concludes the second phase of the work.
The unwelcome presence of pigeon lice, or 'mites,' in the coronary unit of Faro Hospital caused its temporary closure on Saturday, while a specialist team went in to deal with the infestation of the 1mm beasties.
The regional hospital management said that it "recognised the existence of mites" and had moved patients to another area of the hospital so they could continue to be cared for.
The Municipal Assembly of Albufeira council has approved the creation of a special commission to prepare a wide-ranging animal welfare programme for the Council to adopt and implement.
The initiative came from the People-Animals-Nature political party whose local representative, Vera Belchior, has been pushing for changes to better the lot of animals in the council area.
David Thomas, the president of Safe Communities Portugal, has signed an important protocol with the Home Affairs Ministry that will increase the security of foreigners living in and visiting the Algarve.
An investment worthy of a millionaire footballer, captain of industry or investment fund, two luxury apartments in the Chiado area of Lisbon were purchased in 2011 at record-breaking price in the depths of Portugal economic recession.
The buyer was an employee of Portugal Telecom - it’s Chief Executive no less – who used part of €18 million made available to him from the Grupo Espírito Santo slush fund, administered by Ricardo Salgado and used to reward the cherished few for, ‘services rendered.’
The French controlled operator of Portugal’s airports has come up with a solution to the two-hour queues to get through passport control at Lisbon’s Humberto Delgado airport ANA.
What's another million between friends? The former Minister of the Economy, Manuel Pinho, received not €1 million, but €2 million from the Grupo Espírito Santo slush fund with payments starting in 2002.
