The latest rains had an almost zero impact on the water levels of dams in the Algarve and the available volume guarantees a year of public supply, according to a source from the Ministry of Environment and Climate Action (MAAC).
On Sunday morning, in a small area of Silves, the water from the taps started to come out red. The council has said has the problem is due to the presence of an agent that has not yet been possible to identify, and turned off the supply as a precautionar measure, while it investigates.
The first phase of a video surveillance system in Portimão has already started operating in the areas, with 36 cameras now up and running at the entrances to Portimão and Praia da Rocha.
Yesterday, Ikea Portugal announced that it will give a bonus equivalent to a month and a half salary to all workers, in December.
The Portimão PSP have arrested 11 men and 2 women, between 21 and 66 years of age for drug trafficking and possession of a prohibited weapon, in a mega anti drug trafficking operation.
José Gusmão and Marisa Matias, MEPs from the Left Bloc, have again questioned the European Commission about the destruction of Alagoas Brancas, in Lagoa.
The GNR of Paderne, along with Albufeira Criminal Investigation Center (NIC), have arrested a man and a woman aged 58 and 71, respectively, for drug trafficking after discovering Cannabis greenhouses just outside Paderne.
Following the recent confusion regarding the appointment system for the Withdrawal Agreement residence document, meaning only appointments in Lisbon were available to some Algarve residents, SEF have clarified the situation.
