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Sócrates said this week by Lloyds of 40%
that his country will rein see
London
in its greenhouse gas page 22
off
emissions in accordance
with Kyoto Protocol
targets by 2012, adding
that Portugal already Portugal better to live in than Britain, Spain or Germany
produces nearly 40
percent of its electricity GOOD TO LIVE
from renewable energy
sources. (See Page 2)
“I did not resign”
ex-spokesman
Chief Inspector Olegário
Sousa has this week told
HERE
The Portugal News he
Portugal has been rated as one of the best places to live, according to a ranking
did not quit his post as
official police published earlier this week. Using a range of environmental and social indicators,
spokesman in anger. He partly extracted from the United Nations’ Human Development Index, the survey,
explained he had been published by Reader’s Digest, rated nations on how they care for the environment
taken off the job by his
and the quality of life their citizens enjoy and under which they can prosper.
superiors as his role had
become redundant. (See
Page 3)
Residents despair
as pylons gain
ground
Despite numerous
attempts to prevent high-
tension pylons being
erected by electricity
company REN in the
Algarve, rumours and the
discovery of a protected
Bonelli eagle’s nest has
left residents in a state of
panic. But they have
acted on their fears by
bombarding foreign
embassies with
complaints of the
Portuguese government.
(See Page 5)
Mother charged
with killing child
A 24-year-old mother
who is suspected of
beating her two-year-old
daughter to death is this
week facing murder
charges in the Monção
Court. Apparently, the
final straw for the mother
was when the baby girl
spilt some milk. (See
Page 4)
Weekend weather
Lisbon: Saturday:
Scattered Showers, high Lagoa Fire Brigade’s Sub Chief Fireman José António Ataide and Honorary Second Commander Gabriel Travassos show Kiana Goodchild how to use
of 24º Sunday: Scattered the fire hose at last weekend’s International Algarve Fair (Photo: The Portugal News). See story and more photos on pp. 14 - 19
Showers, high of 27º.
Faro: Saturday:
Portugal is the 18th best coun- The top ten is completed by At the bottom of the list is well as social factors, such as gross Frankfurt and Stuttgart (Ger-
Thunderstorms, high of
try in which to live out of a list of Austria, Switzerland, Ireland, Ethiopia, preceded by Niger, Si- domestic product, access to edu- many), Lyon (France), Dusseldorf
24º Sunday: Scattered
141 countries surveyed to estab- Australia, Uruguay and Denmark. erra Leone, Burkina Faso and cation, unemployment rate and life (Germany), Nantes (France) and
Thunderstorms, high of
lish the quality of living they pro- Portugal is placed after the Chad. expectancy. Copenhagen (Denmark).
24º.Oporto: Saturday:
vide to their respective Netherlands and France, but is The ranking combines environ- Separately, Swedish capital Cities were rated according to
Showers, high of 22º
populations. Topping the list is ahead of Germany (21st), the mental factors, such as air and wa- Stockholm is rated the best city to quality of public transport, parks,
Sunday: Showers, high Finland, followed by Iceland, United States (23rd), Britain (25th), ter quality, respect for biodiversity live in followed by Oslo (Norway), air and water quality, electricity
of 22º. Norway and Sweden. Belgium (26th) and Spain (29th). and greenhouse-gas emissions, as Munich (Germany), Paris (France), costs and waste recycling.
news
2 The News
Portugal • 29 Sep 2007
Portugal set to meet Kyoto Protocol
goals in 2012
Portuguese Prime Minister José Sócrates said this week that his
country will rein in its greenhouse gas emissions in accordance with
Kyoto Protocol targets by 2012, adding that Portugal already
produces nearly 40 percent of its electricity from renewable energy
sources.
Speaking after addressing a this area. agree goals for the reduction of
UN climate change summit in “American resistance to any emissions.”
New York in his capacity as ro- commitment on environmental Mr Sócrates gave the climate
tating leader of the EU, Mr targets has been greater. The US change summit a detailed account
Sócrates said Portugal has al- finds itself in evolution, pre- of the EU’s objectives in the area
ready adopted “more ambitious cisely because there is leadership of climate change, noting that the
(emission cutting) targets than from Europe in this sphere.” negative consequences of envi-
those defined by the EU.” The Washington government ronmental pollution “now de-
“Portugal is in Europe’s and many states in America are mand an unprecedented level of
frontline”, in relation to renew- “progressively interested in re- international cooperation.”
able energy use, “getting 39 per- sponding to the problems of glo- “International cooperation
cent of its electric power” from bal warming,” said Portugal’s should be based on a common
such sources. prime minister. principle, but with different de-
Hydroelectric and wind power “A global commitment to the grees of responsibility” in terms
form the cornerstone of Portu- greatest problem being faced by of goals to be fulfilled by each state.
gal’s energy production policy, mankind is not possible without Europe is “ready to reduce
said Mr Sócrates, and Lisbon’s the US. In the near future there carbon dioxide emissions by 30
objectives in the area of bio-fuels will certainly be great cooperation percent by 2020”, but this has to
“are more ambitions than those between the EU and many gov- be “in the context of a global agree-
of Brussels.” ernors of US states in this area.” ment in which other developed
“Our goals not only ensure Earlier, the Portuguese Prime countries make a comparable and
fulfilment of the objectives of the Minister had called for global greater effort in economic terms,”
Kyoto Protocol, as beyond 2012 agreement between developed said Portugal’s leader.
there is projected energy effi- countries on the creation of meas- Efforts to reduce pollutant
ciency and an economy based on urable targets for cutting green- gases should also take into ac-
sources of alternative energy”. house gas emissions to pave the count the impacts of deforesta-
Questioned over the possibil- way for a credible accord on cli- tion, commercial aviation and
ity of a future global accord on cli- mate change. shipping, Mr Sócrates said.
mate change being jeopardised if Addressing a high-level UN “The EU believes that the goal
the United States does not com- conference on climate change, Mr of reducing polluting gases can be
mit to such an agreement, Portu- Sócrates told representatives implemented with good cost
gal’s leader was optimistic over from over 140 countries: “The management, particularly Prime Minister José Sócrates addresses the 62nd General Debate of the United Nations General
Assembly at United Nations headquarters in New York on Wednesday.
Washington’s performance in most developed states have to through the global carbon market
(Photo: EPA/Jason Szenes)
and Clean Development Mecha-
nism (CDM).”
The process of creating a by climate change, Portugal’s
Represented in Portugal by: worldwide accord on climate prime minister said scientists and PM welcomes
ANGLOPRESS change must be led by the UN, economists have already spoken
Edições e said Mr Sócrates, adding that the on these issues.
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The Portugal News • 29 Sep 2007 3
“I did not resign” says ex police spokesman
Chief Inspector Olegário Sousa has this week told The Portugal
News he did not quit his post as official police spokesman in anger.
He explained he had been taken off the job by his superiors as his
role had become redundant.
Distraught Chief Inspector request to be removed as spokes- Gonçalo Amaral, who ques-
Olegário Sousa has hit back at man, reiterating that police hav- tioned Kate and Gerry McCann,
reports suggesting he left the case ing a permanent person on the job is facing charges relating to a com-
in retaliation at his own colleagues was no longer justified. plaint brought by Joana’s mother
for the manner in which they have Of the reports apparently ex- Leonor. She has officially ac-
conducted investigations, leaks plaining the reasons and cused detectives in Portimão of
to the press and for making Kate motivations behind his depar- beating her until she confessed to
and Gerry McCann official sus- ture, he said “None of it is true”, her daughter’s death.
pects in the case involving their adding that these reports have But police union chief Carlos
missing daughter. only served to “harm my image Anjos said the cases of
Admitting that he is “not do- and reputation.” Madeleine and Joana “have
ing too well”, Chief Inspector Meanwhile, Inspector Carlos nothing in common, except that
Sousa said he was also “tired” Anjos, who is also chairman of the both are girls”.
after the “huge efforts” the job of Union for Portuguese Detec- Mr Anjos argues that his col-
police spokesman demanded in tives, has told The Portugal league “has not been convicted of
recent months. Newsthat police are right to keep any wrong-doing”, and even if the
Regarding his removal from the detective on the case who has accusations levelled at Mr
the case, he said it was a natural been charged with offences relat- Amaral had been brought prior to
consequence of the investigation ing to the inquiry into the disap- Madeleine’s disappearance, he
being handed over to the public pearance of nine-year-old Joana says his colleague would still have
prosecutor’s office. Cipriano, little more than ten kilo- led investigations, along with re-
“I can’t really speak on what metres from where Madeleine gional police chief Guilhermino
is going on in my neighbour’s disappeared. Encarnação.
house now, can I?” reasoned Mr Despite never finding her The police union leader added
Sousa, as all comments on the body, a Portimão court found her that “Mrs Cipriano has since
case are now the responsibility mother and uncle guilty of her failed to positively identify the
of prosecutors. murder after Joana caught them police detectives” she said tor-
He stressed not once did he performing an incestuous act. tured her into a confession.
Portugal says investigating
CIA flights, secret prisons
Chief Inspector Olegário Sousa (Photo: The Portugal News)
national not EU prerogatives
A senior Portuguese official, speaking for the EU presidency, told the European
Parliament that it was up to each member state to investigate eventual national
complicity in the controversy surrounding the US CIA’s use of European territory
for the extraordinary rendition or imprisonment of terrorist suspects.
Manuel Lobo Antunes, places of detention”. to another.
Lisbon’s state secretary for He dismissed suggestions In June, the Council of Eu-
European affairs, said that from MEPs that under bloc rope added fuel to the contro-
the bloc’s “principle of treaty articles on fundamental versy, charging that Poland
subsidiarity” reserved such liberties and respect for human and Romania had allowed
issues for national govern- rights the EU presidency could the CIA to set up secret pris-
ments, rather than the EU’s intervene in such issues, not- ons for terrorist suspects on
Council of Ministers, which ing the limits on EU jurisdic- their territory.
is currently chaired by Por- tion over national “intelli- Lobo Antunes rejected
tugal. gence and security services”. charges from Portuguese
“The council does not have A recent report by a Euro- Socialist MEP Ana Gomes, a
the competency. You may pean parliament commission member of the inquiry com-
lament the fact, but such is of inquiry found that between mission, that Lisbon had
reality”, Lobo Antunes told Sept. 11, 2001 and the end of failed in fully cooperating
the lawmakers in Stras- 2005, the CIA carried out at with the investigation, say-
bourg during a debate over least 1,245 secret flights ing that no “illegality” had
the CIA controversy. through EU airspace and air- been committed in Portugal
However, he urged mem- ports, namely in Portugal, in and that Lisbon’s Socialist
ber states that have been fin- extraordinary rendition mis- government had fully col-
gered as hosting secret CIA sions, the extrajudicial trans- laborated with Strasbourg’s
prisons to “banish these fer of persons from one state inquiry.TPN/Lusa
Women still do most domestic chores
A recent study from the Institute of Social Sciences has shown that
more than half of all domestic tasks are still carried out exclusively by
women, without the help of spouses or partners, who alone
undertake a mere 17 per cent of home chores.
Doing the laundry, making home alone. and conformity within the
meals and washing and putting According to the survey, enti- scheme of gender inequality” for
away crockery are but a few of tled ‘Family life in the Masculine: being one of the biggest obstacles
the domestic duties that women new roles, new identities’, only in the male role, it stresses, “many
opt to do unaided, representing 14 per cent of all domestic jobs times women give up their equal-
more than 80 per cent of all cases. are carried out as a couple, whilst ity and individuality to become a
In the male realm, only 1.7 per tasks done as a family, including support for the male strategy as
cent of spouses or partners do children, do not amount to more well as for family life”.
dishes without help, 0.8 per cent than 1.5 per cent. Shopping is the task most cou-
make meals, and 0.5 clean the Blaming “feminine complicity ples do together.
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4 The Portugal News • 29 Sep 2007
Mother tried on
suspicion of
killing child
A 24-year-old mother who is suspected of
beating her two-year-old daughter to death
has this week started facing murder charges
in the Monção Court. Apparently, the final
straw for the mother was when the baby girl
spilt some milk.
The toddler died in December lings reportedly got ‘the odd
last year, allegedly due to negli- slap’.
gence and constant corporal pun- Two-year-old Sara died just
ishment exerted on her by her after opening Christmas
mother. Being held in custody, presents for the second and last
her mother is accused of having time on December 27th, in
“kicked her near the liver, caus- Mazedo, Monção. Her autopsy
ing heavy internal bleeding,” al- revealed extensive bruising of
legations which the prosecution various degrees, also thought to
claims to have evidence to sup- be related to her death.
port. The father had no idea of the
It is believed that the girl’s mother’s abuse, arriving home
death could have been prevented late every night after work.
The Mother of two-year-old Sara arriving in court for the start of the hearing of the case against her for the alleged mal treatment of if she had been taken to hospital, In 2005, Sara and her siblings
her daughter which led to her death in December 2006 (Photo: Lusa / Fernando Martins) which the mother failed to do. had been registered with the ‘Pro-
She is therefore also being ac- tection Committee for Children
cused of negligence, denying her and Youths at Risk’ (CPCJR)
LOOKING FOR AN child medical assistance after be- after a series of ‘family difficul-
ing severely beaten on various ties’, though there was no refer-
parts of her body. ral of physical abuse.
The investigation further Following Sara’s death, Social
proved the mother frequently Services took the remaining chil-
ENTERTAINER?
hit her daughter, without any dren from the parents and placed
particular reason. Her three sib- them in foster care.
NO EVENT TOO Cooperation accord inked
LARGE OR TOO
SMALL
Private parties, with New Zealand
corporate
events. We
supply stages,
lights, sound, Portuguese Foreign Minister Luís Amado signed an agreement on behalf of the EU
catering, and the with his New Zealand counterpart, Winston Peters, aimed to tighten relations
best between Wellington and the 27-state bloc over the coming five years.
entertainment.
Both Mr Amado and Mr New Zealand governs aspects withdrawal of the previous
Peters expressed satisfac- of political, economic, trade UN mission in Timor had
CALL US
tion after the inking of the and environmental ties. It has been “seriously premature”,
TODAY Joint Statement and Joint also been created to boost in- obliging international
We have a Declaration on Relations vestment between New Zea- peacekeeping troops and po-
diverse client and Cooperation between land and Europe. lice to remain in the new na-
base and will the EU and New Zealand. New Zealand’s top diplomat tion for some time to come.
give expert and “New Zealand and Europe also used his talks with Mr New Zealand extended the
are natural partners in a Amado and other senior EU of- mission of its peacekeepers
helpful advice for
globalised world, sharing a ficials to discuss the political last May following success-
all your needs deep commitment to the situation in East Timor, where ful presidential polls in
common values of democ- Wellington has 180 troops de- Timor, added Mr Peters,
ARE YOU ON racy, rule of law and respect ployed to the Australian-led pledging that his country’s
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599 933
PORTUGAL’S NEWEST TALENT AGENCY
Portugal’s Supreme Court has overruled a court ruling to extradite a doctor, detained in a
Portuguese jail since April, to Guinea-Bissau, officials and lawyers have said.
Luiz Nambuca, who a Portu- Czech nationality through mar- imprisonment. Lisbon judicial
guese court ordered on July 31 riage, was convicted in his ab- officials said the Supreme Court
should be sent back to Guinea, sence last year in a Bissau court ruling had been made primarily
was detained by Portuguese po- of responsibility for the death of over a lack of human rights safe-
lice in late April on an interna- a young woman during an abor- guards in Guinea, as well as “in-
tional arrest warrant and re- tion operation in a private clinic. human prison conditions” in the
mained in Beja prison in the Mr Nambuca renounced his impoverished African state.
Sole Agents for Group Elvis, Tribute Show Alentejo region until his release Guinea nationality in 2004. Before his arrest in April, Mr
Contractors for International Algarve Fair was ordered by Portugal’s top His lawyer, Sofia Baptista, Nambuca was working as an
court last Wednesday. told Lusa her client did not face anaesthetist at a hospital in Beja.
www.standingovationalgarve.com
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The Portugal News • 29 Sep 2007 5
Residents
despair as
pylons gain
ground
Despite numerous attempts to prevent high-
tension pylons being erected by electricity
Last weekend yet another protest was held in Silves, with around 170 demonstrators carrying out a ‘slow drive’ involving more
company REN in the Vale Fuzeiros area of than 60 vehicles.
the Algarve, unnerving rumours and the
discovery of a protected Bonelli eagle’s
nest has left residents in a state of panic. But
they have acted on their fears by
bombarding foreign embassies with
complaints of the Portuguese government.
Many people could make more
This coming Monday, Octo- a decision that REN has already
on their investments
ber 1st, the Environmental Min- made”, one of the campaigners
istry is to pronounce its final de- said ironically.
cision on which route the contro- “The southern stretch is Could you?
versial mega-voltage pylons cheaper and easier. And how can
should follow, sources have in- REN say it is concerned with the
dicated. environment? If they were, they
For months Vale Fuzeiros resi- wouldn’t follow this southern
dents have campaigned exhaus- route”.
tively for the pylons’ original Controversy has clouded the
southern trajectory, which project from the beginning, with
passes through the very heart of claims of financial “manipulation”
the perfect hamlet, to be shifted dictating the residents’ battle.
some kilometres north. There, A series of heated demonstra-
residents argue, the pylons tions involving hundreds of local
would be far from any form of residents, nationals and foreign-
civilisation and be placed on bar- ers, took place in Silves and Vale
ren land. Fuzeiros in the hope of enlisting
Initially, following a first Silves town hall’s support. And
phase of protests, both REN and whilst the Câmara did pledge its
the residents put forward alter- full cooperation and understand-
natives routes located further ing, protestors have fired criti-
north. However, residents have cism at the council for a series of
accused REN of not wanting to apparent documentation blun-
make this shift “as it would cost ders and ‘misplacements’, deem-
more money and mean more ing them contributors to their fail-
work”. ing fight.
Now, the surprise discovery of “We weren’t even informed
a Bonelli eagle’s nest on the that the pylons were going to be
northern course has cast yet an- built until they had been licensed
other worrying shadow, that is and work had started”, another
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6 The Portugal News • 29 Sep 2007
PM Gusmão asks GNR to help
train country’s police forces
Prime Minister Xanana Gusmão has
called on Portugal’s Republican National
Guard (GNR) to broaden its UN
peacekeeping operations in East Timor to
include the training of the country’s
fledgling police forces.
“It’s fundamental that the ence, which included Portuguese
GNR actively participate in the Ambassador João Ramos Pinto
process of training” of Timorese and the head of the GNR, Lieu-
police “in the manner that we tenant General Carlos Mourato
jointly decide is most appropri- Nunes.
ate”, President Gusmão said dur- On the sidelines of the cer-
ing a ceremony in Dili where he emony, Mourato Nunes, who is
decorated 77 GNR officers serv- on a visit to East Timor, said that,
ing with the UN peacekeeping given the improved security situ-
mission. ation in the country, the GNR
“We plan to sign bilateral co- was considering scaling back its
operation accords with countries 220-strong paramilitary force by
with whose police model we iden- about 80 officers.
tify”, Mr Gusmão told his audi- TPN/Lusa
Dutch ‘no referendum’
decision removes key
hurdle to treaty ratification
The Dutch government’s ruling out last Friday of an EU
Reform Treaty referendum removes a key obstacle to the
document’s ratification by member states, but continuing
uncertainty exists over the new treaty’s fate in the Czech
Republic and Britain.
A young East Timorese girl passes by graffiti in Dili on Tuesday. The Indonesia-East Timor Commission of Truth and Friendship (CTF)
set up by Indonesia and East Timor held its public hearing in an attempt to uncover the facts surrounding a bloody independence vote in
East Timor in 1999. The United Nations has strongly criticised the CTF and refused to send any of its officials to testify at several rounds The Netherlands, which re- dency spokesperson Manuel
of hearings, saying those guilty of rights violations should face justice. (Photo: EPA/António Dasiparu) jected the Reform Treaty’s pred- Carvalho.
ecessor in 2005 along with Caution in Lisbon is, perhaps,
France, had become one of the understandable as the EU does not
EU’s most eurosceptic coun- want to be seen taking pleasure in
For only 60 cents tries. But the rejection of a plebi- the sidelining of European citizens
scite by the Dutch cabinet this from the ratification process.
week is not cause for great rejoic- Ireland is the sole EU state
ing in Lisbon, currently holding where a referendum on EU treaty
the EU chair. changes is obligatory. Irish vot-
we’ll find your number “It’s up to each member state ers said “no” to the Nice Treaty
to take their decisions on the rati- in 2001, before approving it a year
fication process,” said EU presi- later.
Another major question mark
and we’ll find it Monthly ipse athteed UasKs,u rwanhceeres , fdroemsp iPter imree-
Minister Gordon Brown that the
within one minute! Healing EUCHARIST new treaty will not be ratified by
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from (last Sunday of each month) Brown himself has not ruled out
fixed phones, this possibility.
call boxes, mobiles directory Other EU states yet to decide
on whether to stage a treaty poll
and mobiles on
enquiries are the Czech Republic and Den-
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National & in English Earlier this month, Prague’s
International eurosceptic government ap-
Business & peared to be favouring ratifica-
Private tion in the national legislature. But
the Czech government has cau-
tioned that a final decision will
only be made when the new trea-
Monday to Friday ty’s text is finalized.
Denmark, which snubbed the
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6pm 1992, but approved it a year
ALL Sunday 30 Sept later, has also said it will await the
Convento de S. José final version of the Reform
LAGOA Treaty to see if it implies “sov-
For directions, call ereignty transfers” before com-
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popular vote to approve it.
A N G L I C A N C H U R C H Despite the Poles originally
being a major hurdle in the Portu-
PRIEST-IN-CHARGE: Rev’d Eric Britt guese EU presidency’s efforts to
Tel: [phone] reach accord on the reform
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The Portugal News • 29 Sep 2007 7
Cost of new Fátima church tops €80m
The cost of the new Igreja da Santíssima
Trindade in Fátima is estimated to be in the
region of 80 million euros, the Sanctuary
Rector Luciano Guerra revealed this week.
Speaking at a press confer- climbed to between 60 and 70
ence after a visit to the temple million euros, which exclude the
that will be inaugurated on Oc- ten million euros that the Sanc-
tober 12, Luciano Guerra ex- tuary will be paying for an adja-
plained the soaring building cent road tunnel.
costs are due to an update of The cost of the new temple
price, extra work and the pur- “has been entirely financed by the
chase of works of art. pilgrims”, said the Sanctuary
When the idea first emerged in Rector, adding the temple will be
Fátima to build a temple to house a dignified space and adequate
a large crowd in an enclosed envi- seating space for nine thousand
ronment, the Sanctuary said its worshippers.
cost would be in region of 40 mil- Should work go according to
lion euros. schedule, the inauguration is to
When tenders were first ac- take place on October 12 where
cepted, this cost had risen to 50 the Vatican will be represented
million euros, and Mr Guerra by the State-Secretary Cardinal
says currently, expenses have Tarcisio Bertone.
‘Global English is not
enough for global business’
English alone is not enough as a catalyst for business. This
is one of the main conclusions of a major conference
The mural behind the altar in the new Igreja da Santíssima Trindade in Fátima is being made with thousands of gold mosaics.
“Languages mean business” that was held recently in (Photo: Lusa / Paulo Cunha)
Brussels.
The conference brought to- unique gathering: we have busi- mal language strategies. the United Kingdom, the number lief, this is actually bad news for showed that UK companies ex-
gether over 250 representatives ness and employee interests; lan- The same study went on to of people worldwide who are monolingual English speakers. A port as much to Denmark, with a
of small and large enterprises, guage specialists and academics; show that even though English is learning English will peak at previous study, by the organisa- population of 5 million, as they
trade organisations, chambers of policy makers and interested in- in the top position as the “lingua around 2 billion in the next 10-15 tion CILT, into the impact of lan- do to Central and South America,
commerce, policy makers and dividuals. It is a much-needed op- franca” for international busi- years. Contrary to popular be- guage skills on the UK economy with a population of 390 million.
language professionals. Together portunity for all stakeholders to ness, there is also increasing de-
they explored the benefits that start a debate on languages and mand for other languages. While
language abilities and businesses which should trigger around one quarter of the compa-
intercultural skills, bring to busi- change in attitudes and bring real nies surveyed felt that they still
ness enterprises. Although Eng- results.” needed to improve their English,
lish will maintain its role as “lin- The conference was convened a similar proportion felt the need
gua franca” in the business world, following the results of research, to expand into German or French,
it is additional language skills, in published earlier this year, which with Spanish and Russian also
combination with the relevant shows that lack of language skills featuring prominently in the
intercultural skills that can pro- leads to loss of business. ranking. Many companies – par-
vide a competitive edge. Companies that have a strate- ticularly large ones - also stressed
In his welcome speech gic approach to multilingual their need for non-European lan-
Leonard Orban, the European communication were shown to be guages such as Chinese, Arabic
Commissioner for Multi- able to boost their export sales by and Urdu, as they seek to expand
lingualism, explained the signifi- more than 40 percent compared into non-European markets.
cance of the event: “This is a to their competitors without for- According to a recent study in
Quarter of a million want
complete Sunday shopping
More than 250,000 Portu- an exception being made in No- closure of all stores on Sundays.
guese consumers have signed a vember and December. The movement justified its
petition calling for larger stores But APED argues the legisla- position saying that “The time
to be allowed to remain open on tion “distorts the consumer’s has come for parliament and the
bank holidays and Sunday after- rights and reduces competition”. government to take measures,
noons. Under Portuguese law, a Portugal’s most influential con- with the aim of creating legisla-
petition requires four thousand sumer rights group DECO has tion that allows fair opportuni-
signatures to be tabled in parlia- come out in support of the APED ties to all those involved in trade
ment for discussion. move, saying that more Sunday and commerce”.
Launched by the Portuguese shopping hours allow consumers The group presented parlia-
Association of Distributing to purchase goods in a more con- ment with ten measures, includ-
Companies (APED), the peti- scious and calm manner. ing a recommendation to follow
tion was delivered to Parliament But APED’s attempts to keep the example in Spain.
on Tuesday and accepted by all shops open until 22h00 on Currently, stores across the
Speaker Jaime Gama. Sundays does not enjoy full sup- border are allowed to open their
Back in July, about a month port. doors to the public between
after APED announced it was In addition to the government’s eight and ten Sundays of the
preparing a petition, Economy reluctance to risk a stand-off with year, especially over the festive
Minister Manuel Pinho said the small shopkeepers, the Left Bloc season.
freeing up of operating hours “Is has also come out against addi- Jorge Pinto, a spokesman for
not on the agenda”. tional Sunday shopping. the Civic Movement further ar-
Current legislation, which has Going one step further is the gues that “around 400,000 peo-
been in force since 1996, prohib- group known as the Civic Move- ple work in trade and com-
its sizeable hypermarkets from ment, which last year delivered a merce”, implying that their right
remaining open after 1 pm on petition containing more than not to work on Sundays should
Sundays and bank holidays, with 14,000 signatures supporting the be reassessed.
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Improvement in
quality of EU spending
The latest financial data for and employment in all EU Mem- sion (2004) and grew by EUR 2.4
2006 confirms positive trends in ber States, while 35% went in billion to EUR 11.5 billion or
the EU’s budgetary develop- direct aid and market related ex- nearly 12% of total expenditure
ment. Specifically in 2006, fund- penditure. within the EU-25.
ing directly devoted to competi- As much as 91% of EU ex- In 2007, for the very first time,
tiveness increased by 19% as penditure, more than EUR 97.4 money available from structural
compared to 2005. “2006 was the billion was spent within the EU- funds but not spent by them
closing year of the previous fi- 25 Member States. The five big- might be automatically cancelled
nancial period, which saw an al- gest Member States got EUR 57.8 under the “n+2” rule.
most 70% increase in spending on billion or nearly 60% of total ex- Spain retained the biggest
Competitiveness for Growth and penditure within the EU-25. The share of funds for structural ac-
European Central Bank chief Jean-Claude Trichet attacked France on Monday for being Europe's Employment,” commented largest recipients were the most tions (EUR 5.8 billion or 17.8%
'number one spender'. Mr Trichet warned that in comparison to its GDP, the country was well on the Commissioner Dalia populous Member States: of EU total), followed by Italy
way to spending much more than its European neighbours during 2007. (Photo: EPA/Salome Kegler)
Grybauskaite, European Com- France (EUR 13.5 billion), ahead (14.0%), Germany (13.6%),
missioner for Financial Program- of Spain (EUR 12.9 billion), Ger- Greece (11.1%) and the United
Portugal applauds EC’s approval ming and Budget. It was con- many (EUR 12.2 billion), Italy Kingdom (9.3%).
firmed that Portugal had spent 82 (EUR 10.9 billion) and the United As in previous years France
percent of the structural funds it Kingdom (EUR 8.3 billion; apart was the largest recipient in agri-
received. from the UK correction which culture (EUR 10.1 billion or
of new energy law
Out of EUR 106.6 billion ex- was EUR 5.2 billion in 2006). 20.3% of EU total), ahead of
ecuted in 2006 more than 37% The share of new EU mem- Spain and Germany (13.4% and
was spent to promote Cohesion bers practically doubled as com- 13.2% respectively), Italy
Economy Minister Manuel for the sector a priority”, Minis- “inter-connections” should and Competitiveness for growth pared to the year of their acces- (11.0%) and the UK (8.7%).
Pinho, speaking for the Portu- ter Pinho told the Lusa News also be considered in future as
guese EU presidency, wel- Agency in Lisbon. “a great bet” for the establish- S -T L H M
comed the European Commis- The EU presidency, he added, ment of an internal market and HORT ERM ETS TO OLIDAY AKERS
sion’s approval of new energy viewed the legislative package for the “security and diversifi-
legislation, saying the creation approved by Brussels as “bal- cation” of energy sources for the by Dennis Swing Greene
of a European energy market anced and efficient”. EU, Mr Pinho said.
A 4 part series examining issues concerning short-term lets to holiday makers:
was a bloc priority for Lisbon. The minister’s comments “The definition of invest-
“At a moment when a re- came after the European Com- ment plans for inter-connec- 1) Misinterpreted Legislation • 2) When Renting becomes a Business
sponse to the grave problem mission approved the third part tions and the creation of an 3) Commercial vs Residential Lets • 4) Rental Agent vs Villa Manager
posed by the skyrocketing of a series of measures on energy Agency of Regulators with
price of fossil fuels and climate policy for the bloc, legislation that powers to supervise the plan Part 4: Rental Agent vs Villa Manager
change is unavoidable, the (Por- foresees the separation of pro- and to resolve cross-border is-
tuguese) presidency considers duction and transport of electric- sues are also solutions consid- The growth of self-catering ity Classification (CAE) would separately and be paid accord-
the creation of an internal en- ity and natural gas. ered effective by the presi- apartments and villas has better be described as Property ingly for services rendered.
ergy market and a European The resolution of cross-border dency”, he added. proven a boon to the activity of Managementrather than provid- This banking “outsourcing” ar-
strategy for a technological plan issues and the strengthening of TPN/Lusa Villa Management throughout ingFurnished Accommodations rangement can usually be set up
Portugal. Despite some ups for Tourists. without charge to either Villa
and downs in the past, a combi- b)Internet Advertising Manager or Owner.
Classifieds nation of ingredients makes this It is essential to be seen as a d) Villa Management
business highly promising in service provider, merely acting Compliance
the foreseeable future. In addi- as outsourcing Agent on behalf Not only do Owners have to
tion to the traditional factors of of the Owner. Any advertising be compliant with Fiscal Repre-
climate and political stability, should make explicitly clear that sentation requirements and fil-
that work new components such as ever the rentals are contracted di- ing of annual income tax returns,
increasing demographic mobil- rectly between Owner and Holi- Villa Managers have their own
ity within the EU and the ad- daymakers. compliance obligations to meet.
vent of low-cost air travel The Owner may outsource The initial business registration
throughout Europe promise to certain services such as market- mentioned in nº 1 above is only
Your classified in The make tourism a year-round phe- ing, administration, etc. Never- the first of a number of necessary
Portugal News will be nomena rather than a 10 week theless, the purpose and appli- steps when operating a business
seen all over Portugal (in season in the summer. cable legislation must be clearly in Portugal. If your business is
print) and all over the However, confusion gener- stated. In a set of agreed “Terms to be a true success, playing by
world (on line). ated around the holiday let li- and Conditions” for any lets, it the rules is essential in the long
censing issue has led a number is essential to be explicit regard- run.
An estimated 60,000 of agents to move their business ing which legislation should ap- If you act solely as Villa Man-
people will see what you operations outside of Portugal. ply. On Internet Listings, you ager or merely as an agent for the
have to offer and will Even so, the properties them- should have a Disclaimer in Por- Owner in administering holiday
react fast because if they selves cannot be moved and tuguese as well as in English to lets, being on solid, defensible
wait, it will be too late. potentially remain vulnerable clarify the intended statutory ground is all-important when
to attack if not prepared. purpose of the listings. facing a potential challenge from
You can place an ad for
Smaller operators often cannot c) Outsourcing Client inspectors. As is always the
as little as €1.50 per week afford to take refuge abroad. Accounts case, clarity, compliance and
(3 words) or take How can Villa Managers Many Villa Managers run in- common sense will provide an
advantage of our special protect themselves against ternalclient accounts where they excellent foundation for any on-
display ad (4 x 5 cm) @ the pitfalls of Decree Law nº collect money from the Owners going, successful business.
€25 p.w. for 10 weeks. 167/97? for expenses as well as credit in- This is the final article in the
In addition to the 3 C’s for the come from rentals. This in-house series.
individual property owner - arrangement can work when the Dennis Swing Greene is Sen-
Clarity, Compliance and Com- business is small but often be- ior Partner and an Interna-
mon Sense - there are additional comes stained as volumes grows tional Tax Consultant at
ways that Villa Managers can and eventually can easily spin euroFINESCOs.a. For analy-
better organise themselves to out of control. More impor- sis, recommendations and im-
defend against potential prob- tantly, the practice blurs the es- plementation of solutions re-
lems associated with tourist sential distinction between Villa garding your Holiday Let activ-
developments. Manager and Owner by mixing ity, consultations can be sched-
a) Separating Services accounts and moneys together. uled at our offices in Guia
It should be obvious that If, in the other hand, separate (Albufeira) and Lisbon
Place your classified on line and you Villa Management is one activ- bank accounts were to be used by (Chiado) or by phone or video
will save 10%. It’s so easy, just go to ity, being a rental agent, quite each Owner with the Villa Man- conference both in Portugal and
www.the-news.net and click on the another. The latter requires a ager intervening to make and re- Abroad.
“Place a classified” box. real estate operator’s licence ceive payments on behalf of the In the Algarve, call 289
or issued by IMOPPI. Although Owner, the line of demarcation 561333. In Lisbon, call 21 342
Fill in the form on P. 63 not incompatible, the two ac- would always be clear. An Own- 4210. Mobile [phone], by
Call Sónia on 707 500 677 tivities should best be kept er’s funds go directly in and out e-mail: info@eurofinesco.
Send by Fax: [phone] For Classifieds that really work separate. In initiating one’s of the Owner’s bank account; com, or www.euro
business, the Economic Activ- Villa Managers would reckon finesco.com.
news
The Portugal News • 29 Sep 2007 9
UN envoy Sampaio wants pandemics
high on Lisbon summit agenda
Former Portuguese President Jorge
Sampaio, the UN’s special envoy for the
fight against tuberculosis, has said that
the Europe-Africa summit planned for
Lisbon in December is “indispensable”.
“Europe cannot fall behind” in Civilisations, said he had pre-
its relations with Africa, Mr sented the EU development coun-
Sampaio said on the sidelines of cil a document on “global health
a two-day meeting of EU devel- issues in the African context”
opment ministers in Madeira, with a view to bolstering Eu-
adding that “everyone else holds rope’s participation in the fight
summits” with Africa. against TB, HIV/AIDS and ma-
His comments came in reac- laria - the continent’s major kill-
tion to mounting concern that ers.
Britain’s objection to the partici- “Public health in Africa must
pation of Zimbabwean President be at the top of the international
Robert Mugabe, at the December agenda”, he said.
8-9 apex meeting in the Portu- These issues, he added, should
guese capital, could abort Lis- figure high on the Lisbon summit
bon’s initiative for the second agenda and be reviewed early next
time since 2003. year by UN agencies and interna-
As a “contribution” to the tional donors, in order to assure the
summit, Mr Sampaio, who also achievement of the UN Millen-
serves as the UN’s high repre- nium Objectives to halve absolute
sentative for the Dialogue among poverty 2015. TPN/Lusa
‘EU centre of
’
political rationality
Former Portuguese President Jorge Sampaio, the UN’s special envoy for the fight against tuberculosis, accompanied by João
Gomes Cravinho, State Secretary for Foreign Affairs after a two-day meeting of EU development ministers in Madeira last weekend.
(Photo: Lusa / Homem de Gouveia)
Europe may play the most important role
of “political rationality” on the world
stage today, the UN High Commissioner Security,
for Refugees, António Guterres, has
said. development
Mr Guterres, in com- former Portuguese prime must interact
ments on the sidelines of a minister said.
meeting of EU development The high commissioner
with aid
ministers in Madeira, also also underlined “the abso-
said that it was “absolutely lutely essential” need to link
essential” to closely link de- development, the “terrible strategies,
velopment and environmen- dramas of poverty”, climate
tal concerns to security and and environmental changes
says MoD
conflict resolution. that will have “unforesee-
“In a phase of reform in able impacts” globally to the
which we are all engaged, resolution of ongoing con- Security and development
seeking to be more efficient, flicts, some of which pose
are “two sides of the same
I think that European coher- “serious risks to the collec-
ence, Europe’s capacity to tive security of humanity”. coin”, Portuguese Defence
act together and share the Mr Guterres was a guest Minister Nuno Severiano
same strategy, is a central speaker at last Friday’s open- Teixeira said before
issue, seeing that Europe is ing session of the two-day in- addressing an informal
possibly the most important formal council of EU develop-
council of EU development
factor of political rationality ment ministers in Funchal
that we can find in the hu- under the Portuguese presi- ministers.
man community today”, the dency. “Without security there’s no
development and without devel-
opment there’s no security”, Classes
Two navy frigates Minister Severiano Teixeira told
journalists on arriving at the de-
velopment meeting’s venue in MONDAY - Kick-boxing | Ninjutsu | Jiu-Jitsu
being sold to Uruguay Funchal, calling for the forging of (for women 12:00 - 13.30) (18:00 - 19:30) (20:00 - 21:30)
converging aid strategies in the TUESDAY - Jiu-Jitsu
two fields. (20:00 - 21:30)
Portugal will sell two frigates to Uruguay in a deal to be “It’s necessary that the sectors WEDNESDAY - Kick-boxing | Ninjutsu |Kick Boxing | Jiu-Jitsu
finalized later this year, officials were reported as saying by that deal with security and devel- (for women 12:00 - 13.30) (18:00 - 19:30) (19:30 - 21:00) (20:00 - 21:30)
the Lusa News Agency. opment seek dialogue, coopera- THURSDAY - Squash | Jiu-Jitsu
tion and common strategies”, he (20:00 - 21:30)
Portuguese Navy frigates Uruguayan President Tabare said. FRIDAY - Ninjutsu | Kick-boxing
“João Belo” and “Sacadura Vasquez. The informal meeting under (18:00 - 19:30) (19:30 - 21:00)
Cabral” are being bought by the The two vessels are part of a the Portuguese EU presidency Cardio-Fitness and Body Building open from 9.30am to 10pm
Uruguayan Navy and, after a collection of defence equipment, aims to prepare recommenda-
price is agreed, the two warships including fighter jets and helicop- tions for a new dynamic in devel-
will cross the Atlantic to their ters, being sold off by Portugal’s opment aid policies for presen- Vitaline - Gestão de Actividades Desportivas, Lda
new base, it was announced dur- Armed Forces to raise around 290 tation at a formal council meet- Quinta da Palmeira 8300-038 Silves
ing the official Lisbon visit of million euros. ing in November that will for the Closed Saturday and Sunday
first time bring the bloc’s devel-
t h e - n e w s . n e t opment and defence ministers Tel.: [phone]
together.TPN/Lusa
letters editor
to
10 The Portugal News • 29 Sep 2007
the
unsaid and understood in a fam- Granted it was under pressure, congratulations to whoever or- primitive societies were formed
The opinions expressed here are those of our readers and not nec- ily newspaper. that the then S.A. Prime Minis- ganised that part of the Fair. I and many rites and rituals includ-
essarily of the The Portugal News. The editor reserves the right to I said in the opening of my let- ter, Mr. De Klerk; did what he didn’t expect the same atmos- ing sacrificial procedures were
edit letters or refuse publication. Send your letters, which must in- ter last week, that by the time it could to put right an unacceptable phere on Sunday when I returned established to appease the
clude your name and full postal address (even if you wish to remain was published it would prob- situation, and thanks to him, and with my wife but it was the same, ‘Gods’ and appeal for their co-
anonymous on the page), and be of no more than 300 words to: The ably be overtaken by events, and especially thanks to Mr. and the food we had at one of the operation in the fertility of their
Portugal News, Apartado 13, 8401-901 Lagoa. Fax: [phone]. it was. I wrote it at a time when Mandela, people of all colours are stands was very good. lands and peoples.
E-mail address: [email protected] everybody was baying for the now proud to call themselves I have lived in the Algarve for With the later evolution of civi-
McCanns blood. Remember the South Africans. I am one of them. seven years, and I believe it is the lisations and cultures these prac-
McCann publicity Mitchell the right to reply to this boos from the crowd outside the Point 3. I agree that, at the best Trade Fair that I have visited tices became known as Pagan fes-
SIR, It is most unusual to con- letter. Thank goodness the Por- courthouse when the first intima- moment and for some years now, during those seven years, and I tivals to celebrate the seasons,
duct a personal public enquiry tuguese News is F.O.C. tions of charges were made? The it has been ‘politically conven- have been to all them all over the the best time for planting and
into a crime and a defence case, in ROBBIE ROBERTSON, police are now realising that they ient’ to widely publicise that S.A. years. harvesting and the fertility of the
the public media, as the McCanns Santa Bárbara de Nexe have no case, and the politicians is crime ridden and very danger- Congratulations again. land. Some of these festivals still
do, when it would be much bet- who wanted it cleared up and out ous to visit. I went to S.A. in 1999 RICHARD JAMES, By e- survive, but many were stamped
ter left to the police and the court. Mr. Fraser’s reply to mine of of the way because of the damage and never had a funny look, or an mail out during the 16th and 17th Cen-
I am not surprised that the police 22nd Sept. it was doing to their precious angry word directed at me. At the turies and replaced by a mecha-
say their investigation has been SIR, Really, Mr.Fraser, if you Algarve will have to wait. same time, I should be terribly Terra Madre nistic view of the universe and the
hindered. are going to use the old trick of the Finally I must say that the interested to hear if someone can SIR, Terra Madre is both a slo- earth as inanimate matter avail-
I feel extremely sorry for the orators ‘reductio ad absurdum’ dark mutterings about having tell me where it IS safe to go as far gan and an active division of the able for our use. This idea was
police, who have to investigate a you really have to be careful with your own theories but that they as either criminal or any other Slow Food movement founded in exploded by Darwin, in his
case obviously caused by paren- your facts. Putting aside the fact are best kept to yourself, is very dangerous elements are con- Italy by Carlo Petrini in 1986 to theory of creative evolution,
tal negligence in leaving small chil- that ‘Boys Own ‘ did not much helpful. cerned. Going to S.A. today is as promote and preserve traditional which showed that Nature is in a
dren alone, and then to have to put go in for child abduction stories MIKE HENTALL, By e-mail safe as going anywhere else, if not knowledge in the fields of gas- state of constant change.
up with all the public media prob- and Dick Barton was a BBC se- safer, and it is a beautiful coun- tronomy, sustainable agriculture, We now see that the earth, to-
lems. International ones at that. rial, nothing to do with ‘Boys Comments on the South try. bio-diversity, environmental in- gether with the forces of Nature
ROSAMUND GALE, Own’ (yes, I am old enough to African Ambassador Point 4. I agree S.A. has come tegrity and the survival of endan- form one self-contained, self-
Almadena remember them both), there are Interview a long way with very little blood- gered cultures. The members of regulating and self-sustaining liv-
more pertinent errors to be found SIR, I should like to comment shed. I think it can be very proud Terra Madre are concerned that ing organism, continuously
Response to Clarence in your acid little asides. on your article on page 2-entitled of that fact and can stand as an Western cultures have lost touch adapting to the realities around it
Mitchell’s letter Evidently according to the ‘S.A. Ambassador Thandwe example to many countries on with Mother Earth and there is a and that we play a vital role in it.
SIR, In response to Clarence police spokesman,Sr.Olegario Profit-McLean’ of 22nd Sep- this earth. However, I think it still lack of communication between We are a link in the system
Mitchell’s letter of approx 450 Sousa, who has now returned to tember. has a little way to go so that the producers and consumers of through which the earth replen-
words to your paper of 22nd duties in Lisbon, many of these Point I. While I agree with the slight reversal in certain areas of food products. Globalisation and ishes nutrients used by other
September, please allow me to little stories like the one about the Hon. Ambassador in her com- apartheid and a good deal of cor- intensive farming techniques growing species and we need to
respond in fewer words. ‘confession offer’ were leaked ments that the AU/EU Summit, ruption will disappear. South have squeezed out the small-scale understand the inter-dependence
As an ex Civil Servant of 30 out by police to the media, not has as its intention to get people Africa will then be a perfect coun- producer and in the process thou- of all living things and to recog-
years’s profession that Mitchell fabrications of the media. talking, I must agree with the Brit- try - what more can I say? sands of species of fruit and veg- nise the long term impact of the
claims to have been, if I had ex- No, Mr Fraser, the fact that ish P.M. being very hesitant ANITA PATMORE, Estoril etables have become extinct and decisions we make.
pressed my feelings and preju- there are experts available for about attending, since no amount replaced by a standard supermar- For the last two centuries man
diced a possible court hearing the kidnappings, was not an exten- of talking so far has had the least Congratulations ket product or a de-natured GM has systematically destroyed
way he is doing, my Home Sec- sion of my imagination.I have, in effect on changing Mugabe’s un- SIR, I am writing to congratu- alternative. and polluted the earth and it’s
retary would have demanded, as the past, been close enough to the erring path to ruining a perfectly late you on the recent Fatacil Fair It is well recorded that among atmosphere in the names or
in those days “Required to Re- murky side to have at least known stable and very economically vi- which your company organised. tribal peoples, irrespective of progress and business - politi-
sign” would have been put to me. how ‘certain arrangements’ able county. As the, probably, It is now two days since the geographical location, there were cally correct euphemisms for
Are we to presume that by giving could be made, and I believe with leading country in Africa, South Fair closed and wherever I have certain common beliefs about the plain avarice - and it is time to
up his day job he is giving his time good reason that the world is far Africa seems in its apparent ac- gone in the Algarve, people have earth and Nature. The earth was stop. Fortunately there are many
etc., F.O.C. or looking for the more lawless today. Do you ceptance of Mugabe’s actions, to been talking about it, and in my revered as Mother Earth, which organisations and some celebri-
new award of Fine Upstanding know how many kidnappings are “look the other way” and thereby hairdressers yesterday people created all living things and the ties nowadays concentrating on
Citizen, or does he think, as carried out virtually daily in Leba- condone his every action. I am were speaking very positively of names of Gods or Spirits were environmental issues and the cor-
many other Brit’s that if they non for example? I suppose they saying out loud what I think! it, and today one of the regular given to the sun, wind, rain, rective measures needed to save
shout loud enough they can are all done by amateurs! Point 2. I do not altogether stand-holders said “Wasn’t it storms and other phenomena of our planet, but individually we
frighten the Portugueuse legal Your naivety is showing fur- agree that S.A. sorted out its prob- wonderful, the best ever”. Nature. Tribal peoples had an are each accountable to each
system into not bringing a case ther, Mr. Fraser. Who said any- lems on its own. It received a lot I came both days, because on holistic relationship with the other for our care and concern in
against the McCanns. Well said thing about a FAMILY in N. of help from its ‘friends’ - mostly the Saturday the atmosphere felt earth and Nature and believed its preservation. Keep ‘Terra
M.E.P. Pereira, Casacais letter Africa wanting a blond child? Britain, who were the creators of like a carnaval and the music con- everything was controlled by the Madre’ in mind.
same day. Also I request Mr. There are some things best left apartheid in S.A. in the first place. tributed to that a great deal, so Spirits. As languages developed JOHN NUTTALL, Alvor
Tagus Golf Society
Portuguese for all
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Na lição de hoje vamos continuar a estudar a Voz Passiva. plays the Gerald
Até à próxima lição, Emília Rosendo.
Gibbon Cup
The Passive Voice 1. Ocasionalmente, os habitantes da pequena ilha
Look at these examples: sentem ligeiros tremores de terra durante o dia ou
On Friday 21st September awarded a prize for the best in-
(cid:84)(cid:84)(cid:84)(cid:84)(cid:84)(cid:3)(cid:3)(cid:3)(cid:3)(cid:3)Eu ouço/ oiço o depoimento. durante a noite. Tagus Golf Society played for dividual stableford score of the
(cid:84)(cid:84)(cid:84)(cid:84)(cid:84)(cid:3)(cid:3)(cid:3)(cid:3)(cid:3)Tu ouves a testemunha. Ligeiros tremores de terra _________________ . The Gerald Gibbon Cup at day, which went to Denys
(cid:84)(cid:84)(cid:84)(cid:84)(cid:84)(cid:3)(cid:3)(cid:3)(cid:3)(cid:3)Você ouve os acusados. 2.A polícia repete sistematicamente o aviso. Estoril Golf Club. The compe- Stormont who carded 39 points,
tition is played in teams of just beating Max Zimmerli on
(cid:84)(cid:84)(cid:84)(cid:84)(cid:84)(cid:3)(cid:3)(cid:3)(cid:3)(cid:3)Nós ouvimos as sentenças. O aviso _______________________________ . three, where only the best 2 the back nine, who also came in
3. As focas engolem pequenos peixes. stableford scores of the three with 39 points. Miranda Tho-
(cid:83)(cid:83)(cid:83)(cid:83)(cid:83)(cid:3)(cid:3)(cid:3)(cid:3)(cid:3)O depoimento é ouvido por mim. Pequenos peixes ________________________ . players, on each hole, count to- mas was ‘Nearest the Pin’;
(cid:83)(cid:83)(cid:83)(cid:83)(cid:83)(cid:3)(cid:3)(cid:3)(cid:3)(cid:3)A testemunha é ouvida por ti. 4. As empresas pedem aos seus trabalhadores wards the team’s total. Despite Graciete Gibbon hit the ‘Long-
a terrific storm the night before est Drive’ for the ladies, whilst
(cid:83)(cid:83)(cid:83)(cid:83)(cid:83)(cid:3)(cid:3)(cid:3)(cid:3)(cid:3)Os acusados são ouvidos por si. vários documentos pessoais. the competition, the weather on Fernando Oliveira out-drove the
(cid:83)(cid:83)(cid:83)(cid:83)(cid:83)(cid:3)(cid:3)(cid:3)(cid:3)(cid:3)As sentenças são ouvidas por nós. Vários documentos pessoais _______________ . the day couldn’t have been bet- men.
5. Os bancos pedem aos seus clientes algumas ter and allowed for some excel- Reflecting on last year’s
Note: (cid:138)(cid:138)(cid:138)(cid:138)(cid:138)OUVIR (cid:68)(cid:68)(cid:68)(cid:68)(cid:68)OUVIDO(S) / OUVIDA(S) informações sigilosas. lent golf. event, the organisers said that it
In third place were Klaudia is interesting to note the winning
(cid:138)(cid:138)(cid:138)(cid:138)(cid:138)por mim (by me) (cid:138)(cid:138)(cid:138)(cid:138)(cid:138)por ti (by you - Algumas informações sigilosas _____________ .
Wilck, Denys Stormont and Bill team of 2006 was Karin Dekker,
informal "tu") (cid:138)(cid:138)(cid:138)(cid:138)(cid:138)por ele/ela (by him/her) 6. Eu e os meus irmãos partimos sempre as Buxton with a team score of 76 Jessica Koreska & Max
(cid:138)(cid:138)(cid:138)(cid:138)(cid:138)por si (by you - formal "você")(cid:138)(cid:138)(cid:138)(cid:138)(cid:138)por nós amêndoas e as nozes. stableford points. Second place Zimmerli. Karin’s team was first
(by us) (cid:138)(cid:138)(cid:138)(cid:138)(cid:138)por vocês (by you - plural) (cid:138)(cid:138)(cid:138)(cid:138)(cid:138)por As amêndoas e as nozes __________________ . went to Jessica Koreska, this year; Jessica’s was second,
Graciete Gibbon and Axel and Max produced one of the
eles (by them - masculine plural) (cid:138)(cid:138)(cid:138)(cid:138)(cid:138)por 7. Os bombeiros assistem as pessoas que se Beselin who together produced best individual scores of the day.
elas (by them - feminine plural) encontram em situações perigosas. a stableford score of 77 points. They added that if you are lucky
As pessoas que se encontram em situações But it was the team of Karin enough to have one of them on
Dekker, Uwe Wilck and Henk your team next year, you might
EXERCISE: Read each sentence which follows and perigosas ______________________________ . Vaandrager, who achieved an just be in with a chance!
then write a new one with the same meaning. 8.Algumas escolas proíbem o uso de calculadoras. excellent score of 82 stableford The organisers thanks go to
Begin in the way shown each time. O uso de calculadoras ______________________ . points and won the Cup. the staff at Sagres Restaurant
Whilst the competition was who provided a delicious fish
Please send your completed exercises, with a STAMPED, SELF-ADDRESSED ENVELOPE, to me: Emília Rosendo at The a team event, the Captain dinner for members and friends.
Portugal News and I will send them back corrected. The Portugal News - Apartado 13, 8401-901 Lagoa. Tel: [phone].