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Algarve Daily News8 Sept

Olhão PSP officers deny beating handcuffed Moroccan man to death, telling judge they are innocent - doctor gives expert testimony

Two PSP (Public Security Police) officers from Olhão accused of abducting and killing a Moroccan man in March 2024 went on trial at Faro Court today, 8th September, denying responsibility for the victim’s death.

Algarve Daily News24 Aug

Two Olhão police officers on trial after taking handcuffed Moroccan man to remote location, before then beating him to death

The trial of two officers from the Olhão division of Portugal’s Public Security Police (PSP), accused of kidnapping and killing a Moroccan man in March 2024, is due to begin on 8 September at Faro Court.

Algarve Daily News17 Aug

17-hour A&E wait: Algarve health chief says hospital website’s online figures were wrong

The president of the Algarve’s regional health board, the Local Health Unit (ULS), has disputed emergency department waiting times published on the SNS Portal for Faro and Portimão hospitals, blaming the figures on errors in the computer system.

Algarve Daily News9 Jul

Faro Hospital: 75-year-old Bonnie Tyler dies in Portugal, weeks after emergency surgery and coma

Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler has died at the age of 75 at Faro Hospital in Portugal, where she had been receiving treatment, her family announced on Wednesday, 9 July.

Algarve Daily News8 Jul

GNR catch violent Algarve criminal gang which committed targeted robberies against elderly residents: Six suspects arrested

Six people have been arrested by the GNR on suspicion of working together in a criminal gang that targeted elderly and other vulnerable residents in violent robberies across the municipalities of Olhão and Faro, in the Algarve. Two of the suspects have been remanded in custody.