Faro tornado - Mayor says gypsies will have to return to shanty town

rogerioBacalhauThe gypsy community, rendered homeless after Sunday’s tornado damaged their collection of shacks, temporarily has been housed in a pavilion in Faro.
 
Faro Mayor, Rogério Bacalhau, admitted today the municipality had no provision for housing for the 100 or so newly homeless residents, "As soon as conditions permit, they will have to return to the places where they have been for many years,"  admitting that that "there is no permanent housing available for these people."

Golden Visa scheme "poses major corruption risks"

SEF"I have no doubt that this is an absolutely corrupt scheme in which members of government, real estate agents, lawyers, and others are involved,” insisted  Member of the European Parliament, Ana Gomes - the anti-corruption organisation, Transparency International, has come to much the same conclusion as it today claimed that Golden Visa programmes in Europe pose "major corruption risks."

Tornado hits the Algarve

tornadovilamouraA tornado swept across Faro and Olhão council areas on Sunday afternoon,  leaving a trail of destroyed trees, cars and walls.
 
A gypsy community of around 100 people, living in an area known as Cerro do Bruxo at one of the entrances to Faro, had their makeshift housing torn apart and destroyed by the wind which raged for an hour from 4pm.

Portimão to re-use waste water from new treatment plant in Companheira

water2Treated effluent from the new Wastewater Treatment Plants at Companheira, near Portimão and from the one being built between Faro and Olhão, will be reused for irrigation.
 
This guarantee was given by Carlos Martins, Secretary of State for the Environment, at the ‘Water Challenges’ meeting in Albufeira.

Aljezur mayor loses final appeal against 'loss of mandate' ruling

aljezuroilThe mayor of Aljezur, José Amarelinho, may not be mayor much longer as his final appeal to the Constitutional Court has been rejected.
 
The case against the Mayor of Aljezur goes back to 2012 when the socialist mayor was condemned by Lagos Court which ordered he be relieved of his mayoral position, also to serve three years and two months in prison unless he paid €5,000 to the League for the Protection of Nature.

Álvaro Sobrinho siphoned off €499 million from BES-Angola, alleges Der Spiegel

BESalgolabossThe German publication, Der Spiegel, and the weekly Portuguese paper, Expresso, have shared details of how  Álvaro Sobrinho, the former boss of Banco Espírito Santo - Angola (BES-A), managed to divert funds, including €227 million in customers’ cash deposits.
 
Álvaro Sobrinho, is suspected of receiving $433 via three Angolan companies and another $182 million from two offshore companies. The total he is alleged to have siphoned off is the equivalent of €499 million, money that was advanced as ‘loans’ to companies which then was diverted for his control and use.

EDP board receives 9% pay increase with CEO earning €2.2 million

edpPylonAntónio Mexia, the president of EDP, earned €2.2 million in 2017, a figure 52 times more than the average salary of EDP's 12,000 employees.
 
Mexia received a basic salary of €984,000 (4.8% more than in 2016), and a bonus of €584,000 for his performance in the previous year - 47% more than the bonus he received in 2016.

Portugal's fiddled unemployment figures exposed

unemployedAt last, researchers have come up with accurate unemployment figures, not the sanitised ones used by government.
 
According to researchers from Lisbon University, at the depth of the economic crisis in the first quarter of 2013, actual unemployment reached 28.1%, well above the 17.5% supplied to media and government by the National Institute of Statistics.
 
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