Parts of the EN125 are a "complete aberration" says regional tourism boss

aradeThe president of the Algarve’s regional tourist authority, Desidério Silva, has criticised the EN125 project, now that most of the road works on the western section of the road have been completed.

In an interview published on Algarve Económico, Silva said the work, at certain points on the EN125 was "a complete aberration."

Four-year-old dies in Tavira rooftop fall

INEM125A four-year-old being looked after by his grandmother, fell from a terrace in Tavira and later died in hospital.

Tomás Revez was showing signs of life when he was rushed to Faro hospital late on Tuesday morning, August 1st, but had suffered serious injuries and died early the next day.

Sardine supply back on tap as 'bonus' quota is announced

sardinesBunchIn a move to ensure the Socialist Party hauls in fishing sectors votes in the October 1st round of local elections, a bumper 4,760 tonne sardine quota has been announced.

The Minister of the Sea, Ana Paula Vitorino, has dismissed as "unthinkable" the 2018 'sardine fishing ban' proposal from the EU’s scientific advisors and has announced the 'bonus catch allowance' to cover the industry to the year-end

Higher taxes for 211,000 property owners in Portugal

villa3A change to Portugal's property tax laws will see higher 'Imposto Municipal sobre Imóveis' (IMI) demands landing on owners’ door mats this month. The new tax is to be levied on individuals who own multiple properties whose total tax value (valor patrimonial tributário) exceeds €600,000.

The tax office has reported that 211,690 taxpayers will be stumping up more. This number includes both companies and individuals, inherited properties that have yet to be divided up and over 100,000 cases in which the property’s definition is incomplete or out-of-date.

Light aircraft lands on Almada beach, killing a man and an 8-year-old girl

aircraftAlmadaBeachA Cessna-152 light aircraft made an emergency landing on S. João da Caparica beach, Almada, just to the south of Lisbon, killing two people, one of them was an 8-year-old girl. The captain of the port of Lisbon confirmed the other death was of a 56-year-old man

The two occupants of the aircraft needed no medical care and have been detained for questioning by the Maritime Police, according to Paulo Isabel, the port captain.

The Judicial Police service is standing by but will only intervene if the Public Prosecutor's Office asks it to.

School pupils' waste collection efforts keep sick children laughing

rednosePupils at the Algarve’s schools have collected more than ten tons of electrical waste which will make sick children happier.

The 9th such content by schools participating in the 9th edition of the 'European Recycling Platform - Portugal’s' collection programme involved collecting fridges, TV and old batteries.

Loulé's Cimpor cement plant applies to burn landfill waste and sewage farm sludge

cimporThe Cimpor cement plant in Loulé, now that laid-off workers have returned and production is back to normal, is going as green as it can by using various eco-fuels in its kilns.

Landfill waste and the delicious sludge produced by sewage treatment plants both are to be introduced, to the conditional approval of environmental association, Almargem.

Portugal's south will be hotter still on Thursday and Friday

sunnyHigher predicted temperatures have triggered a yellow warning for the southern part of Portugal with the Évora, Beja and Faro districts to expect Thursday and Friday to be even hotter.

The Portuguese weather service (IPMA), says the temperatures from 09:00 on Thursday and 21:00 on Friday will be blistering, rising in the Algarve to 35°C on Thursday and 36°C on Friday.