Porto makes 35,000 vinyl records available for public listening

Helena Teixeira da Silva Today at 15:56— Fonoteca Municipal de Vinil opens in September, with a regular program and guided listening. Everything that cannot be found on Spotify will be available, starting in September, at the Fonoteca Municipal de Vinil, in Porto. Announced two years ago, and now completed, this publicly accessible musical project includes … Read more

Dogs even found strange good conditions of the new Animal Collection Center of Porto

Alfredo Teixeira Yesterday at 3:59 pm– Porto Animal Collection Center, in Campanhã, started operating. Responsible adoption is one of the objectives of the strategy defined by the Chamber. The differences are so many – for the better – that some animals that are being transferred from the old municipal kennel to the new Animal Collection … Read more

16 employees of Casa de Saúde da Boavista infected

JN / Agencies Today at 20:45– The Casa de Saúde da Boavista, in Porto, is forcing workers to pay half the cost of Covid-19 screening tests and has 16 infected employees, the Hospitality Industry Workers Union reported this Tuesday. “There are at least 16 infected workers,” the union said in a statement, also stating that … Read more

Metro cleaning workers refuse to work due to lack of protection

JN / Agencies Today at 10:55– About 100 cleaning workers from the private company that provides services at Metro do Porto refused to work this Sunday “for lack of protective material” from Covid-19, such as gloves and disinfectant. “Gloves and disinfectant are lacking. Until there are gloves and disinfectant, the approximately 100 workers refuse to … Read more

Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto suspends classes

JN / Agencies Today at 02:22– Classes at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto (FMUP) are suspended, announced that educational institution, which will seek to “mitigate” the impact of this decision on its students. The statement from the University of Porto was released a few hours after the Centro Hospitalar Universitário de … Read more

Women tourists were robbed in Baixa do Porto and Cais de Gaia

Four men, aged between 18 and 21, were arrested by the PSP on suspicion of the crime of theft in Porto and Vila Nova de Gaia, leaving two in pre-trial detention awaiting an electronic bracelet, this Saturday was announced. The PSP statement added that the arrests on Thursday took place as part of an “ongoing … Read more

Mother evicted from Porto city house sleeps with children in hotel

Alfredo Teixeira Today at 21:13– The mother and two children who were younger than Friday morning were evicted from the social house where they lived, in a “coercive eviction” from the Chamber of Porto, are staying overnight, until Monday, in a hotel in downtown Lisbon, in a solution found by the Parish Union of the … Read more

Tourist groups cancel hotel reservations in Porto for prevention

JN / Agencies Today at 18:34– Several hotels in Porto are receiving cancellations from tourist groups in China, Thailand, USA, Italy and Greece, but the hotel association says cancellations due to the Covid-19 coronavirus epidemic are still residual. “We have had some requests for cancellations by groups of 20 to 40 people from Thailand and … Read more

Muddy colored Douro river because of the clays

Adriana Castro Today at 18:11— The muddy color of the Douro River, which has been causing curiosity to the population, is due to clays that, with heavy rains, dripped from the slopes. A natural and “great” phenomenon for the ecosystem, he explained to JN Adriano Bordalo e Sá, researcher and hydrobiologist at the Abel Salazar … Read more

30-year-old man dies by train over Ermesinde station

A 30-year-old man died after being hit by a convoy Wednesday morning near Ermesinde (Valongo) station, PSP and fire sources said. None of the sources anticipated the circumstances, but the Ermesinde Fire Department said a first assessment points to an accident. “Only the autopsy can then determine the causes,” said a police source. The accident … Read more