The Portugal News supporting alternative therapists By Paula Martins, in Music · 23-07-2021 01:00:00 · 0 Comments
Are you an alternative therapist?
This is for you!
2020 and 2021 – Two years in which our health was frequently compromised by the pandemic. Feeling strong physically and psychologically has never been so important in order to face these unusual times.
Despite creating serious problems and damages for therapists, during the pandemic people raised their level of awareness of the importance of their well-being, whether physically or psychologically, in different areas.
The Portugal News understands how difficult it has been for many therapists who, many times, have had to reinvent themselves and adapt to new technological means, resorting to “Zoom”, “WhatsApp” and “Teams” to continue fo
Supporting live music By Cristina da Costa Brookes, in Music · 23-07-2021 01:00:00 · 0 Comments
Calling all musicians! Whether you are a solo musician, a band, a singer, an instrumentalist or a DJ, we would really like to help to promote you with a free advert in our newspaper.
The Portugal News is dedicated to supporting live music, locally in the Algarve but also throughout the rest of Portugal.
We understand how difficult the pandemic has been for the cultural sector due to constraints from the pandemic: with the enforcement of social distancing and with many shows cancelled or postponed, limits on numbers attending shows and further restrictions at venues, it has meant that sadly usual concerts have not been able to take place, which has negatively impacted so many musicians in regards to their income.
Madeleine McCann case, police granted a further 350,000 pounds funding By TPN, in Algarve · 23-07-2021 01:00:00 · 0 Comments
According to press reports the UK Home Office has approved a Metropolitan Police request for 350,000 Pounds of extra funding to try to convict a prime suspect in Madeleine McCann s disappearance from Luz Bay in 2007
This case, Operation Grange, has already cost the UK tax payer £12.5 million since it was launched in 2011. Convicted paedophile and rapist Christian B was named by German police last year as the prime suspect for her abduction and murder. But a source close to the case told The Portugal News ‘I’m not sure they have the right man, nor obviously are they’ (the Met). However, Christian B is yet to be quizzed over Madeleine s disappearance and says that he is innocent. It is
Where did you read that print is dead? By Paul Luckman, in Books, Lifestyle · 23-07-2021 01:00:00 · 0 Comments
Latest research has shown that print is far from dead, in fact its one of the best ways to assimilate information.
What we read in print is much more likely to remain with you, unlike what we read on a screen. There is a fundamental difference in the two alternative ways to gain information, and to retain it.
When I first read some of the research I was not convinced, yet when I thought it out it made a lot of sense. Electronic or screen readers are ‘skimmers’. Ziming Liu at San Jose State University found that when participants in his studies looked at material on screens, they skim read – that is, they sampled the first line of text, then looked for key words instead of reading line by line.
Foreign resident voting registration confusion By Paula Martins, in News, Politics · 23-07-2021 01:00:00 · 6 Comments
The registration deadline for the 2021 municipal elections ends on 27 July however, while many foreign residents are eligible to vote, difficulties in registering have been reported.
Every four years, citizens choose their municipal leaders but while nationals are automatically registered, foreigners have to go to their Junta de Freguesia (Parish Council) to make their registration in order to be able to vote in the next elections, on 26 September.
The deadline for registration ends 60 days before election day, specifically on 27 July. This means that expats only have few days left to guarantee that they have their say in Portuguese politics.