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Speaker 1 (00:00):
What you're thinking about this new section as well. The
Bondi Daily twenty minutes or there about.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
We're in Portugal, it's not going to exactly be twenty
twenty exact minutes. It's going to be twenty minutes or
thereabouts of news, whether culture, language and well being and
a coach turner update this morning, and they're going a
little bit further.
Speaker 1 (00:20):
I think that's the.
Speaker 2 (00:23):
Least attended to part of the Bondio Daily, is the
well being section. But I've got some plans and we've
got a lovely team of people, of course in the community,
the gumpa community who are all about holistic health, and
they will be showing themselves more and sharing their messages
more as part of this Bondia Daily section.
Speaker 1 (00:41):
So let's get on with it then.
Speaker 2 (00:42):
And the news item has attracted my attention, I'll bring
onto the screen now it's Lisbon residents calling for more CCTV.
It would appear now you might ask yourself what's wrong
with the Portugal's traditional CCTV system. This is the article
in the Portugal Resident, penned by Michael Brusier on this occasion,
(01:07):
and it came out yesterday.
Speaker 1 (01:09):
There is Lisbon residents and tourists as well.
Speaker 2 (01:11):
Call for downtown CCTV surveillance, and yeah, what's wrong with
traditional forms of CCTV here in Portugal such as Donna
Maria looking out of the window and keeping an eye
on what's going on, calling the GNR if necessary. Her
just looking at the window is probably enough without calling
the GNR. And there we see the systems that the
(01:33):
UK and the USA, for example, are familiar with, and
the team, the community neighborhood watch team in the lower
panel there, So let's see what they're saying, shall we
in Lisbon? Or what the Lisboetas are asking for this morning?
Speaker 1 (01:50):
How are you? Missus? M was asking me this morning?
When's it going to get warmer again?
Speaker 2 (01:54):
It's currently eight degrees and we'll have a deeper look
at the weather in just a moment.
Speaker 1 (01:58):
How is it where you are? And enough? Right? Enough
of the cold weather already.
Speaker 2 (02:03):
Lisbon residents then and tourists call for downtown CCTV surveillance.
Surging crime sadly in historic downtown area requires actions as
a petition.
Speaker 1 (02:14):
Be interesting to see.
Speaker 2 (02:14):
How many names are on this. A surge in crime
in Lisbon's historic downtown. Baija Bomballina district has led to
growing calls for more effective security measures, including increased CCTV
video surveillance. What's wrong with more bobbies on the beat?
The Association for the because does CTTV really work?
Speaker 1 (02:38):
I wonder?
Speaker 2 (02:39):
And how does it relate to Portugal's privacy laws?
Speaker 1 (02:42):
As well?
Speaker 2 (02:42):
You're not allowed to have a camera on your dashboard,
are you? Unless it was built in as new new
tails us. The Association for the Promotion of Lisbon's Downtown
the ADBP, has presented a petition sign by over oh
one hundred residents, traders and visitors urging action to address
rising concerns theft and insecurity.
Speaker 1 (03:01):
Now.
Speaker 2 (03:02):
I don't mean to play down their sense of insecurity
or anxiety.
Speaker 1 (03:07):
That's a serious thing.
Speaker 2 (03:09):
The Baija Pombellina District is Lisbon's popular downtown area, named
after the mar the Pombal, who led the country at
the time of the seventeen fifty five earthquake in Lisbon.
Speaker 1 (03:20):
What would he He was a bit of a tough guy,
wasn't he the old Marcus of Pombal.
Speaker 2 (03:25):
I think he would have had a pretty low tolerance
of such behavior, bad behavior, and of course he would
have seen CCTV as a completely fantastical science fiction stuff.
You could do what the subsequent You can record everything
and have none of it useful as evidence and the
subsequent record, I mean, what is the psychology of CCTV.
(03:47):
Is it that if people feel like they're being watched
they don't behave as bad?
Speaker 1 (03:50):
Is that how it works?
Speaker 2 (03:52):
Or is it really good in terms of crime reduction
and prosecution? I want, I don't know, and rebuilding of
the neighborhood. That's what he did. That's why he's so famous.
That's why he has a great big statue. Right, And
then we can't ever talk about the news without doing
a little bit of language and culture as well. Despite
us this bustling nature. Who doesn't like a bustling nature
first thing in the morning.
Speaker 1 (04:12):
The area has.
Speaker 2 (04:13):
Recently seen an increase in insecurity petitioners. That's not emotional necessarily,
or it could also be petitioners state due to constant
robberies and thefts. They're painting a pretty grim picture. This
is why they believe language is so important, isn't it.
If you reported to markets to Pombal that there were
constant robberies and thefts, you might imagine it just never stops.
(04:36):
Is they have to sleep sometimes. This is what unless
they work in shifts. This is why they believe the
installation of surveillance cameras monitored by the police, as well
as the intensification of regular patrols by the authorities, is
urgently needed. Ah, there are some people awake and tuned
in this this morning, but the aglia to you, Gabby,
(04:59):
nice to see you.
Speaker 1 (05:00):
When's on next?
Speaker 2 (05:01):
San Martino di Porter expat executive lunch happenings a bit
slow to get back into some of the habits, aren't
we of the year of the of the calendar and
talking of which giving it this the sixteenth of January,
we're fast moving towards the Valentine's weekend, hear San Martino
di Porter where we'll be having a bit of a
(05:22):
karaoke disco and fun night at the Casa de lem
cocktail bar as well on the fifteenth. Bondies is Dan.
This is one of the names we're seeing more of.
Nice to see it, Dan. I was the first to
give a.
Speaker 1 (05:36):
Thumbs up today.
Speaker 2 (05:37):
Yes, Dan Thompson, were rapturous applause for you, my friend
as well know here now. But it's still aboard the
Portugo up there in the north of Portra.
Speaker 1 (05:50):
I'm glad to hear of your results yesterday.
Speaker 2 (05:52):
Which pushing us off in the right direction, right John Bondie,
everyone from Mike and Karen in Moranda de Corpo as
well Coach Turner in earlier on and Pete and we'll
come back to their toing and throwing in the.
Speaker 1 (06:03):
Chat as well.
Speaker 2 (06:04):
Some nice London museum shout outs there anyway, they think
the CCTV is urgently needed in this part of Lisbon.
We will be going beyond Lisbon. That's another important bit
of news. A Catilina celebrated blog birthday yesterday.
Speaker 1 (06:19):
Will come back to that. Vash Goldmelo. Isn't it nice
to be called Mello? Vice President? Maybe it is? Maybe
it isn't.
Speaker 2 (06:27):
Vice president of the ADBB aforementioned defended the petition's goals
at the eighth Standing Committee of the Lisbon City Council
with a specialism on Mobility, transport and security. While the
petition only covers the area of Porta to sant Anton,
the vice president of the association believes the coverage area
should be extended to Lagord, San Domingos and Lagodor regdor
(06:53):
areas where tourists are frequently targeted. Video surveillance in Lisbon
has been a contentious.
Speaker 1 (06:59):
Issue for two decades. Why is that there.
Speaker 2 (07:01):
Often stalled by data protection concerns? And that's I would
I personally, I would prefer to err on the side
of that where some cities have Just isn't London the
most surveiled city in the world and perhaps not the
safest as a result, or would it be much worse
if it wasn't. However, advocates argue that cameras would not
(07:23):
only deter crime, so it's it's the act of being watched.
It puts crime in other places where their art cameras
may be, but also a police in identifying offenders they
go without, but they could do that with their own
eyes as well, could they not if they were on
the beat as it were. I don't know if that's
an expression that's used here in Portugal Without video surveillance,
(07:43):
Melo argued, police patrols alone may not suffice to put
a damper on crime given the shortage of police resources. Okay,
well why not up the police resources and number of
police officers. The head of the Santa Maria Mayord Council
Miguel Coelo echoed these sentiments, pointing to the show sortage
of police personnel, there's your problem, and the potential of
video surveillance to bolster public safety.
Speaker 1 (08:05):
This isn't just for.
Speaker 2 (08:05):
Tourists, he said, adding that it's about ensuring safety, security,
sorry for residents as well, so they go. Currently, the
city operates thirty four surveillance cameras, primarily in Viralto and
the Mirrodora de Santa Catarina. The council plans to install
an additional ninety nine cameras. Nice work if you can
get it for the security companies by August twenty twenty five.
(08:27):
That's a lot of new cameras, isn't it. And so
many other people have got cameras as well. Shops have
got cameras, have they not? People have got phones, I
mean not. There's no shortage of devices, is there. Campo
des abolish the onion field, isn't that lovely?
Speaker 1 (08:45):
Resta Radors and Rivera Donch.
Speaker 2 (08:49):
Longer term plans include a second phase more cameras one
hundred and seventeen across eleven locations, including Plus de Comracio,
Rural Augusta and Santa Apoloni. It's like a little tour
around Lisbon. That's the upside of this article. By the
end of the current mandate, are you thinking's yourself, Oh,
I haven't been there for ages. I'd love to go
and have a look apart from all that crime there.
But don't be put off by that. We've got all
(09:10):
that for evil to triumph. All that's necessary is for
good men to do nothing. Come on, good men and women,
get into Lisbon and have a great time. By the
end of the current mandate, Lisbon aims to have two
hundred and forty nine surveillance cameras citywide, a significant increase
from the original target of two hundred.
Speaker 1 (09:26):
And forty two.
Speaker 2 (09:27):
What seven more, several towns in the Algarov region have
also installed CCTV in an attempt to prevent crime and
identify culprits when it happens.
Speaker 1 (09:35):
From Furrow to Portimo.
Speaker 2 (09:37):
So thanks to Loser as well for that coverage. I
wonder we want to know what the impact is and
we're still are we not favoring the old fashioned methods
of Portuguese CCTV seven It's Donna Maddie are looking out
of a window and air pals here in the neighborhood
as well.
Speaker 1 (09:55):
Oh did you see that? Did you see that? Right?
Speaker 2 (09:58):
You're watching the Bondia Daily, the first first part of
the Good Morning Portugal show each morning between Monday and Friday.
Occasional specials social on Tuesday evening as well. And tonight
I'll be working overt Expats Portugal with the ep gang
EPHQ and it's a review of visas for twenty twenty five,
which I'm looking forward to at seven point thirty, and
(10:20):
then the town hall, the rebrand of the Dream Team
session between nine and ten. I'll do a little news
roundup on that. Might talk a bit more about CCTV
tonight over there, which might come as some comfort to
people moving to the country. So you're there, and also, yeah,
I've just negotiated a ten percent discount if you're toying
with the idea of rejoining Experats Portugal.
Speaker 1 (10:41):
So and a few of you came that route.
Speaker 2 (10:44):
I've got a ten percent discount for you off their memberships.
Talk more about that a little bit later on then
I was going to say a little bit later in
the week.
Speaker 1 (10:53):
I've got much of it to go. Have we Friday tomorrow.
Speaker 2 (10:57):
Feel good well, being Friday tomorrow and today, of course
we're talking to Veronica.
Speaker 1 (11:01):
Veronica.
Speaker 2 (11:02):
I was gonna say she's back, She's not. She's in
Morocco this morning. Looking forward to talking to her in Morocco.
Mel's here JMC as well. And the VNA is it
free now? The price is right too. It will come
back to the VNA because that's where I used to go.
I used to bunk off school in my school uniform
and just go and hang out in the Natural History Museum.
VNA was my favorite, and I was lucky enough to
(11:24):
work in the Geological Museum as my first job. Just
over the road from the VNA, the boiler House exhibition.
It's a fabulous really is a great, great museum over there.
Let's bring onto the screen as well. It was the
twelfth birthday of Katilima's Beyond Lisbon blog yesterday, twelve years
ago today. This was yesterday I started Beyond Lisbon. All
(11:48):
in all, the blog has always been a creative outlet
for me.
Speaker 1 (11:51):
Oh. On the one hand, that is one.
Speaker 2 (11:54):
Of the main reasons why the whole influencer thing has
never been interesting to me and why I never tried
to reach a certain number of like shares, et cetera.
Speaker 1 (12:00):
Well done, Katia.
Speaker 2 (12:01):
I probably lost a few things because of that decision, Yes,
but your your integrity, your authenticity is intact, which can't
always be said, can in this business of influencing. But
I certainly kept my peace of mind. On the other hand,
the blog opened up a professional pathway for me with
ghost writing and content writing, for which I'm forever grateful.
(12:21):
A big thank you to everyone who subscribed and reads
the blog, and to all those who have ever made
a donation. Of course, a big thank you to the haters.
I can't believe she would have any haters. And let's
have a look then tell you a bit more about
it and give you the link to the blog as
well in the chat, and yeah, bring it onto the screen.
(12:42):
We can see if we can find out what her
latest blog is all about. She's the one I suggested
to her that, having written about B days B days,
she might do a course on how to use them
as well. Not to be too indelicate on this matter,
but there it is. And I'll pop the link to
(13:03):
the Katilma's blog in the chat as well. Let's pop
that in there beyond Lisbon dot Worpress dot com is
where you need to go. And yeah, Portugal is small
in size but big in history. Here's some culture for you,
but a little bit about the country. As Katia sees it,
we have a rich culture and landscape way beyond sun,
(13:23):
sea and sand. This diversity has amazed me since I
was a kid going on vacation with my parents. Perhaps
Portugal is part of your travel plans, or maybe you
find yourself daydreaming, daydreaming of making the move to this
corner of Europe. Either way, there's a world of information
to explore, which includes Portuguese language and all the little,
big cultural quirks that can be expected when visiting or
(13:45):
living in the country. Should we explore them together? She says,
I'm sure it would make her day, having celebrated twelve
years doing this. If you bought a coffee, there is
a link for doing that. Should I copy that and
pop it into the.
Speaker 1 (13:57):
Chat as well?
Speaker 2 (13:58):
She describes her as a go strit and meme collector extraordinaire.
Now is there a tag for b days alone? What
should I click on here and have a look at Sintra?
I think she lives over that way, for example, rooted
in tradition, discovering the unique wines of Portugal's oldest cooperative winery,
because we're living in a material world. The legend of
(14:21):
the Pinnina, the sanctuary of Pinina hidden in plain sight,
the wickedest man in the world, and the poet with
multiple personalities. So they go, lots of wonderful things. Oh,
apple beach, that's a favorite of mine. Love Brad de Massa,
over that way, marvelous monsterrat. Really, what a fantastic blog.
(14:42):
This is fountain of the Little birds. So they go,
that's the beyond a Lisbon blog of Katilima, and they go,
I'm popping. If you want to buy her coffee, why
not do that now? Be a nice surprise for her
and reward her for her work, not selling out talking
of Portugal the way she sees it. Keep up the
good work, keep doing what you're doing, Katie Lima excellent
(15:03):
as well. You had a neurologist consult yesterday and received
some encouraging information. Remember John told us last week about
his oh, trigeminal neuralgia. I believe was the condition, wasn't it?
You suspected John MRIs scheduled for Saturday, mostly to rule
out other issues.
Speaker 1 (15:22):
So that's great. On der Gump was from Jackie as well.
Thank you Jackie.
Speaker 2 (15:26):
I was looking at my stats on YouTube and you're
one of our most most regular I was gonna.
Speaker 1 (15:31):
Say most common.
Speaker 2 (15:32):
That wouldn't be very nice with it, but you most
commonly visit and regularly visit the YouTube channel and leave comments.
And Steve Merwin shout out to you as well. Steve
another regular contributor. Thank you very much. It all goes
I don't think it goes unnoticed. I really appreciate the
community dynamics here. If I don't always say so, this
would be nothing without the Gumper community here.
Speaker 1 (15:54):
A good morning Portugal, have.
Speaker 2 (15:56):
Veronica to join us soon and Carl High of course
as well at a brown half past. Love the chemistry
a bit like with Raquel and Nuna on the screen yesterday.
It's great to have them both on the screen. The
Yin and the Yang of Lisbon and the algav You
choose which is which coach Turner as well or play
a little VT from him in just a moment bond
yea I thought fleda off to that up to that
(16:18):
London today, up west to visit the VNA. Apparently I'm
going to enjoy learning about fashion. The fashion rooms are amazing,
they really are, Coach. Then dinner tonight with friends in
King's Cross, lovely. That was a proper old diaveon it
King's Cross back in the day. Vna saysp is a
great museum, Coach, but if you have any spare time,
go to the John Soones Museum in Hoburn, a little
(16:41):
known one.
Speaker 1 (16:42):
But in my opinion, the best. He would know.
Speaker 2 (16:43):
He loves his history and a teacher of course in London.
Around London, Pete knows his onions when it comes to history.
Pardon me for mixing me metaphors. You could probably get
one hundred signatures to change the law so people wear
their underwear outside. Oh well, Peter, it's breakfast time, do
you mind, naughty boy? Good morning it's a cold one,
(17:06):
says you. Yeah, come back and do a little bit
of the weather in a moment. Oh well, thank you
calv for noticing.
Speaker 1 (17:11):
I love the channel.
Speaker 2 (17:11):
It really does teach me a lot to bring a
lot of laughs and ooze is love. Oh I'm trying
to get that a cream for that anyway. Let's see
what the coach has got to tell us this week
over to you coach.
Speaker 3 (17:24):
All our gumpers, and welcome to episode two of twenty
twenty five's Tips. And there's this old management saying that
if you don't measure it, you can't manage it. It's,
of course, like all of these things, a bit of
a misquote. However, I think it has value for managing
(17:51):
your own health. And you know, lots of us wear
these smart watches, and that helps you just measure what
exercise you've done and what your heart rate is, all
of those good things. But I wanted just to briefly
talk about managing your weight only from my own experience.
(18:18):
And I weigh myself generally every morning first thing, and
it helps me work out what the impact of eating
and drinking hurt too much is. From the day before.
(18:38):
I can see the changes that happen to my weight
every day. I don't get uptight about it. If I've
had a really good meal and I really enjoyed it, brilliant,
but I know it'll probably add half a kilo or
a pound in US terms. But it means that when
(19:02):
I drop a little bit of weight, I know what
I've eaten the day before, roughly, so I know what works.
So maybe that's something you can think about. Try and
work out the impact that a big meal has on you,
(19:22):
and alternatively a meal that perhaps involves more vegetables and
the starch le's carbohydrates we're thinking about. Anyway, let me
know if you have any thoughts about that. If you've
tried it, just drop a line to Carl and he'll
(19:43):
get the message to me. Take care, cheers, bye.
Speaker 2 (19:51):
Thanks, Ian, have a great day up west at the
VNA and the King's Cross this evening. And thank you
for doing that. And yeah, we'll pick it up and
talk about it some more. Two more to my Moorrow
more tomorrow, So thank you very much.
Speaker 1 (20:02):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (20:02):
And that is probably the sign of a good metabolism,
isn't it is that you can see those the changes
that quickly. Is that the same for everybody. I've never
done that. In many ways, I'm quite the opposite of
the coach there. It was only when I was doing
that fitness stuff last year that I weighed myself, I think,
probably the first time in my life, certainly for decades
and decades, and.
Speaker 1 (20:23):
Don't do it every morning.
Speaker 2 (20:25):
And I think the key there was great what you
said not to get up tight about it. But just yeah,
if you manage, if you measure something, you can manage something.
So that's very interesting, John, a little bit more on
your situation. Is definitely confirm the trigeminal on your al diagnosis.
But she was more hopeful and optimistic than much of
what you find online. Well that's yeah, that the truth
(20:46):
generally speaking.
Speaker 1 (20:47):
Morning to you as well. Oh, go in Europe. You
can see the weather on the screen.
Speaker 2 (20:50):
That and you can get a free copy of Moving
Money to Portugal. That's the Spartan Effect's guide if you
go to Spartan effect dot co dot uk forwards last GMP.
Speaker 1 (21:02):
I think that's a very way of getting a very
good way of getting that.
Speaker 2 (21:05):
Bondiagumpus from James fulishkintom or Volda and Bondia from Jackie
as well, Obi and ap buddy. Hello, lovely to see
you here on a Bondia from Iceland. Bondi allagia from Iceland.
Long time since hipopped in. How are you doing, buddy?
And we have no right I'm sure to complain about
(21:26):
it being cool here you're in Iceland. What's your temperature?
What's your weather like today? Lovely to see Thank you
for popping in and saying Hi Pips. Also in Botswana,
Bondia gumpas as well. What lovely international crew we have
gang this morning.
Speaker 1 (21:44):
Wonderful.
Speaker 2 (21:45):
Any public purchase must go under an auction. That's why
things take so long. Sometimes the best offers don't win
the auctions. Instead they get deferred to the worst ones
better politic. Oh, JMC, what we're talking about there? Did
we talk about things being logged off in that way?
Speaker 1 (22:03):
I wasn't. I don't remember seeing that this morning. Tell
me more JMC, if you will by Randy, also in
this morning, and I drop a little weight each.
Speaker 2 (22:14):
JOm Peter, what are you two like? By Randy? Yeah,
best weight loss ever and so easy to hopefully, but
the amata from by Randy. Let's ever look at that weather?
Shall we codst you? Gentlemen? I use the term loosely,
which I hope doesn't describe the conditions you're just you're
speaking of the Lisbon ten degrees clear sky at the moment.
Speaker 1 (22:36):
Look at this, the sun is here. It's going to
be a lovely day.
Speaker 2 (22:38):
Look at this sixteen degrees to high in Lisbon and
sunny today.
Speaker 1 (22:43):
My tally actually.
Speaker 2 (22:45):
On the months and the Portuguese Facebook group where I'm
where I am monitoring such things, is that we've had
eight days of sun and seven of I think I did.
I did cut and paste it for you. I wonder
if I've got that somewhere here this morning. But yeah,
it's currently Yeah, there you go.
Speaker 1 (23:05):
It is.
Speaker 2 (23:07):
It's sun eight days and no sun seven days, which
is pretty awful. That's not what I came here for.
But at last, and finally, there's some sunny weather today.
It looks like across the country and the sunny days
outweighing the no sundays, so that we can see if
we reached that my scientific measurement here James, of that
we do have three hundred days of sunshine, and I
(23:30):
will make it so with the power of positive affirmation.
Speaker 1 (23:34):
Right back to the weather
What you're thinking about this new section as well. The
Bondi Daily twenty minutes or there about.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
We're in Portugal, it's not going to exactly be twenty
twenty exact minutes. It's going to be twenty minutes or
thereabouts of news, whether culture, language and well being and
a coach turner update this morning, and they're going a
little bit further.
Speaker 1 (00:20):
I think that's the.
Speaker 2 (00:23):
Least attended to part of the Bondio Daily, is the
well being section. But I've got some plans and we've
got a lovely team of people, of course in the community,
the gumpa community who are all about holistic health, and
they will be showing themselves more and sharing their messages
more as part of this Bondia Daily section.
Speaker 1 (00:41):
So let's get on with it then.
Speaker 2 (00:42):
And the news item has attracted my attention, I'll bring
onto the screen now it's Lisbon residents calling for more CCTV.
It would appear now you might ask yourself what's wrong
with the Portugal's traditional CCTV system. This is the article
in the Portugal Resident, penned by Michael Brusier on this occasion,
(01:07):
and it came out yesterday.
Speaker 1 (01:09):
There is Lisbon residents and tourists as well.
Speaker 2 (01:11):
Call for downtown CCTV surveillance, and yeah, what's wrong with
traditional forms of CCTV here in Portugal such as Donna
Maria looking out of the window and keeping an eye
on what's going on, calling the GNR if necessary. Her
just looking at the window is probably enough without calling
the GNR. And there we see the systems that the
(01:33):
UK and the USA, for example, are familiar with, and
the team, the community neighborhood watch team in the lower
panel there, So let's see what they're saying, shall we
in Lisbon? Or what the Lisboetas are asking for this morning?
Speaker 1 (01:50):
How are you? Missus? M was asking me this morning?
When's it going to get warmer again?
Speaker 2 (01:54):
It's currently eight degrees and we'll have a deeper look
at the weather in just a moment.
Speaker 1 (01:58):
How is it where you are? And enough? Right? Enough
of the cold weather already.
Speaker 2 (02:03):
Lisbon residents then and tourists call for downtown CCTV surveillance.
Surging crime sadly in historic downtown area requires actions as
a petition.
Speaker 1 (02:14):
Be interesting to see.
Speaker 2 (02:14):
How many names are on this. A surge in crime
in Lisbon's historic downtown. Baija Bomballina district has led to
growing calls for more effective security measures, including increased CCTV
video surveillance. What's wrong with more bobbies on the beat?
The Association for the because does CTTV really work?
Speaker 1 (02:38):
I wonder?
Speaker 2 (02:39):
And how does it relate to Portugal's privacy laws?
Speaker 1 (02:42):
As well?
Speaker 2 (02:42):
You're not allowed to have a camera on your dashboard,
are you? Unless it was built in as new new
tails us. The Association for the Promotion of Lisbon's Downtown
the ADBP, has presented a petition sign by over oh
one hundred residents, traders and visitors urging action to address
rising concerns theft and insecurity.
Speaker 1 (03:01):
Now.
Speaker 2 (03:02):
I don't mean to play down their sense of insecurity
or anxiety.
Speaker 1 (03:07):
That's a serious thing.
Speaker 2 (03:09):
The Baija Pombellina District is Lisbon's popular downtown area, named
after the mar the Pombal, who led the country at
the time of the seventeen fifty five earthquake in Lisbon.
Speaker 1 (03:20):
What would he He was a bit of a tough guy,
wasn't he the old Marcus of Pombal.
Speaker 2 (03:25):
I think he would have had a pretty low tolerance
of such behavior, bad behavior, and of course he would
have seen CCTV as a completely fantastical science fiction stuff.
You could do what the subsequent You can record everything
and have none of it useful as evidence and the
subsequent record, I mean, what is the psychology of CCTV.
(03:47):
Is it that if people feel like they're being watched
they don't behave as bad?
Speaker 1 (03:50):
Is that how it works?
Speaker 2 (03:52):
Or is it really good in terms of crime reduction
and prosecution? I want, I don't know, and rebuilding of
the neighborhood. That's what he did. That's why he's so famous.
That's why he has a great big statue. Right, And
then we can't ever talk about the news without doing
a little bit of language and culture as well. Despite
us this bustling nature. Who doesn't like a bustling nature
first thing in the morning.
Speaker 1 (04:12):
The area has.
Speaker 2 (04:13):
Recently seen an increase in insecurity petitioners. That's not emotional necessarily,
or it could also be petitioners state due to constant
robberies and thefts. They're painting a pretty grim picture. This
is why they believe language is so important, isn't it.
If you reported to markets to Pombal that there were
constant robberies and thefts, you might imagine it just never stops.
(04:36):
Is they have to sleep sometimes. This is what unless
they work in shifts. This is why they believe the
installation of surveillance cameras monitored by the police, as well
as the intensification of regular patrols by the authorities, is
urgently needed. Ah, there are some people awake and tuned
in this this morning, but the aglia to you, Gabby,
(04:59):
nice to see you.
Speaker 1 (05:00):
When's on next?
Speaker 2 (05:01):
San Martino di Porter expat executive lunch happenings a bit
slow to get back into some of the habits, aren't
we of the year of the of the calendar and
talking of which giving it this the sixteenth of January,
we're fast moving towards the Valentine's weekend, hear San Martino
di Porter where we'll be having a bit of a
(05:22):
karaoke disco and fun night at the Casa de lem
cocktail bar as well on the fifteenth. Bondies is Dan.
This is one of the names we're seeing more of.
Nice to see it, Dan. I was the first to
give a.
Speaker 1 (05:36):
Thumbs up today.
Speaker 2 (05:37):
Yes, Dan Thompson, were rapturous applause for you, my friend
as well know here now. But it's still aboard the
Portugo up there in the north of Portra.
Speaker 1 (05:50):
I'm glad to hear of your results yesterday.
Speaker 2 (05:52):
Which pushing us off in the right direction, right John Bondie,
everyone from Mike and Karen in Moranda de Corpo as
well Coach Turner in earlier on and Pete and we'll
come back to their toing and throwing in the.
Speaker 1 (06:03):
Chat as well.
Speaker 2 (06:04):
Some nice London museum shout outs there anyway, they think
the CCTV is urgently needed in this part of Lisbon.
We will be going beyond Lisbon. That's another important bit
of news. A Catilina celebrated blog birthday yesterday.
Speaker 1 (06:19):
Will come back to that. Vash Goldmelo. Isn't it nice
to be called Mello? Vice President? Maybe it is? Maybe
it isn't.
Speaker 2 (06:27):
Vice president of the ADBB aforementioned defended the petition's goals
at the eighth Standing Committee of the Lisbon City Council
with a specialism on Mobility, transport and security. While the
petition only covers the area of Porta to sant Anton,
the vice president of the association believes the coverage area
should be extended to Lagord, San Domingos and Lagodor regdor
(06:53):
areas where tourists are frequently targeted. Video surveillance in Lisbon
has been a contentious.
Speaker 1 (06:59):
Issue for two decades. Why is that there.
Speaker 2 (07:01):
Often stalled by data protection concerns? And that's I would
I personally, I would prefer to err on the side
of that where some cities have Just isn't London the
most surveiled city in the world and perhaps not the
safest as a result, or would it be much worse
if it wasn't. However, advocates argue that cameras would not
(07:23):
only deter crime, so it's it's the act of being watched.
It puts crime in other places where their art cameras
may be, but also a police in identifying offenders they
go without, but they could do that with their own
eyes as well, could they not if they were on
the beat as it were. I don't know if that's
an expression that's used here in Portugal Without video surveillance,
(07:43):
Melo argued, police patrols alone may not suffice to put
a damper on crime given the shortage of police resources. Okay,
well why not up the police resources and number of
police officers. The head of the Santa Maria Mayord Council
Miguel Coelo echoed these sentiments, pointing to the show sortage
of police personnel, there's your problem, and the potential of
video surveillance to bolster public safety.
Speaker 1 (08:05):
This isn't just for.
Speaker 2 (08:05):
Tourists, he said, adding that it's about ensuring safety, security,
sorry for residents as well, so they go. Currently, the
city operates thirty four surveillance cameras, primarily in Viralto and
the Mirrodora de Santa Catarina. The council plans to install
an additional ninety nine cameras. Nice work if you can
get it for the security companies by August twenty twenty five.
(08:27):
That's a lot of new cameras, isn't it. And so
many other people have got cameras as well. Shops have
got cameras, have they not? People have got phones, I
mean not. There's no shortage of devices, is there. Campo
des abolish the onion field, isn't that lovely?
Speaker 1 (08:45):
Resta Radors and Rivera Donch.
Speaker 2 (08:49):
Longer term plans include a second phase more cameras one
hundred and seventeen across eleven locations, including Plus de Comracio,
Rural Augusta and Santa Apoloni. It's like a little tour
around Lisbon. That's the upside of this article. By the
end of the current mandate, are you thinking's yourself, Oh,
I haven't been there for ages. I'd love to go
and have a look apart from all that crime there.
But don't be put off by that. We've got all
(09:10):
that for evil to triumph. All that's necessary is for
good men to do nothing. Come on, good men and women,
get into Lisbon and have a great time. By the
end of the current mandate, Lisbon aims to have two
hundred and forty nine surveillance cameras citywide, a significant increase
from the original target of two hundred.
Speaker 1 (09:26):
And forty two.
Speaker 2 (09:27):
What seven more, several towns in the Algarov region have
also installed CCTV in an attempt to prevent crime and
identify culprits when it happens.
Speaker 1 (09:35):
From Furrow to Portimo.
Speaker 2 (09:37):
So thanks to Loser as well for that coverage. I
wonder we want to know what the impact is and
we're still are we not favoring the old fashioned methods
of Portuguese CCTV seven It's Donna Maddie are looking out
of a window and air pals here in the neighborhood
as well.
Speaker 1 (09:55):
Oh did you see that? Did you see that? Right?
Speaker 2 (09:58):
You're watching the Bondia Daily, the first first part of
the Good Morning Portugal show each morning between Monday and Friday.
Occasional specials social on Tuesday evening as well. And tonight
I'll be working overt Expats Portugal with the ep gang
EPHQ and it's a review of visas for twenty twenty five,
which I'm looking forward to at seven point thirty, and
(10:20):
then the town hall, the rebrand of the Dream Team
session between nine and ten. I'll do a little news
roundup on that. Might talk a bit more about CCTV
tonight over there, which might come as some comfort to
people moving to the country. So you're there, and also, yeah,
I've just negotiated a ten percent discount if you're toying
with the idea of rejoining Experats Portugal.
Speaker 1 (10:41):
So and a few of you came that route.
Speaker 2 (10:44):
I've got a ten percent discount for you off their memberships.
Talk more about that a little bit later on then
I was going to say a little bit later in
the week.
Speaker 1 (10:53):
I've got much of it to go. Have we Friday tomorrow.
Speaker 2 (10:57):
Feel good well, being Friday tomorrow and today, of course
we're talking to Veronica.
Speaker 1 (11:01):
Veronica.
Speaker 2 (11:02):
I was gonna say she's back, She's not. She's in
Morocco this morning. Looking forward to talking to her in Morocco.
Mel's here JMC as well. And the VNA is it
free now? The price is right too. It will come
back to the VNA because that's where I used to go.
I used to bunk off school in my school uniform
and just go and hang out in the Natural History Museum.
VNA was my favorite, and I was lucky enough to
(11:24):
work in the Geological Museum as my first job. Just
over the road from the VNA, the boiler House exhibition.
It's a fabulous really is a great, great museum over there.
Let's bring onto the screen as well. It was the
twelfth birthday of Katilima's Beyond Lisbon blog yesterday, twelve years
ago today. This was yesterday I started Beyond Lisbon. All
(11:48):
in all, the blog has always been a creative outlet
for me.
Speaker 1 (11:51):
Oh. On the one hand, that is one.
Speaker 2 (11:54):
Of the main reasons why the whole influencer thing has
never been interesting to me and why I never tried
to reach a certain number of like shares, et cetera.
Speaker 1 (12:00):
Well done, Katia.
Speaker 2 (12:01):
I probably lost a few things because of that decision, Yes,
but your your integrity, your authenticity is intact, which can't
always be said, can in this business of influencing. But
I certainly kept my peace of mind. On the other hand,
the blog opened up a professional pathway for me with
ghost writing and content writing, for which I'm forever grateful.
(12:21):
A big thank you to everyone who subscribed and reads
the blog, and to all those who have ever made
a donation. Of course, a big thank you to the haters.
I can't believe she would have any haters. And let's
have a look then tell you a bit more about
it and give you the link to the blog as
well in the chat, and yeah, bring it onto the screen.
(12:42):
We can see if we can find out what her
latest blog is all about. She's the one I suggested
to her that, having written about B days B days,
she might do a course on how to use them
as well. Not to be too indelicate on this matter,
but there it is. And I'll pop the link to
(13:03):
the Katilma's blog in the chat as well. Let's pop
that in there beyond Lisbon dot Worpress dot com is
where you need to go. And yeah, Portugal is small
in size but big in history. Here's some culture for you,
but a little bit about the country. As Katia sees it,
we have a rich culture and landscape way beyond sun,
(13:23):
sea and sand. This diversity has amazed me since I
was a kid going on vacation with my parents. Perhaps
Portugal is part of your travel plans, or maybe you
find yourself daydreaming, daydreaming of making the move to this
corner of Europe. Either way, there's a world of information
to explore, which includes Portuguese language and all the little,
big cultural quirks that can be expected when visiting or
(13:45):
living in the country. Should we explore them together? She says,
I'm sure it would make her day, having celebrated twelve
years doing this. If you bought a coffee, there is
a link for doing that. Should I copy that and
pop it into the.
Speaker 1 (13:57):
Chat as well?
Speaker 2 (13:58):
She describes her as a go strit and meme collector extraordinaire.
Now is there a tag for b days alone? What
should I click on here and have a look at Sintra?
I think she lives over that way, for example, rooted
in tradition, discovering the unique wines of Portugal's oldest cooperative winery,
because we're living in a material world. The legend of
(14:21):
the Pinnina, the sanctuary of Pinina hidden in plain sight,
the wickedest man in the world, and the poet with
multiple personalities. So they go, lots of wonderful things. Oh,
apple beach, that's a favorite of mine. Love Brad de Massa,
over that way, marvelous monsterrat. Really, what a fantastic blog.
(14:42):
This is fountain of the Little birds. So they go,
that's the beyond a Lisbon blog of Katilima, and they go,
I'm popping. If you want to buy her coffee, why
not do that now? Be a nice surprise for her
and reward her for her work, not selling out talking
of Portugal the way she sees it. Keep up the
good work, keep doing what you're doing, Katie Lima excellent
(15:03):
as well. You had a neurologist consult yesterday and received
some encouraging information. Remember John told us last week about
his oh, trigeminal neuralgia. I believe was the condition, wasn't it?
You suspected John MRIs scheduled for Saturday, mostly to rule
out other issues.
Speaker 1 (15:22):
So that's great. On der Gump was from Jackie as well.
Thank you Jackie.
Speaker 2 (15:26):
I was looking at my stats on YouTube and you're
one of our most most regular I was gonna.
Speaker 1 (15:31):
Say most common.
Speaker 2 (15:32):
That wouldn't be very nice with it, but you most
commonly visit and regularly visit the YouTube channel and leave comments.
And Steve Merwin shout out to you as well. Steve
another regular contributor. Thank you very much. It all goes
I don't think it goes unnoticed. I really appreciate the
community dynamics here. If I don't always say so, this
would be nothing without the Gumper community here.
Speaker 1 (15:54):
A good morning Portugal, have.
Speaker 2 (15:56):
Veronica to join us soon and Carl High of course
as well at a brown half past. Love the chemistry
a bit like with Raquel and Nuna on the screen yesterday.
It's great to have them both on the screen. The
Yin and the Yang of Lisbon and the algav You
choose which is which coach Turner as well or play
a little VT from him in just a moment bond
yea I thought fleda off to that up to that
(16:18):
London today, up west to visit the VNA. Apparently I'm
going to enjoy learning about fashion. The fashion rooms are amazing,
they really are, Coach. Then dinner tonight with friends in
King's Cross, lovely. That was a proper old diaveon it
King's Cross back in the day. Vna saysp is a
great museum, Coach, but if you have any spare time,
go to the John Soones Museum in Hoburn, a little
(16:41):
known one.
Speaker 1 (16:42):
But in my opinion, the best. He would know.
Speaker 2 (16:43):
He loves his history and a teacher of course in London.
Around London, Pete knows his onions when it comes to history.
Pardon me for mixing me metaphors. You could probably get
one hundred signatures to change the law so people wear
their underwear outside. Oh well, Peter, it's breakfast time, do
you mind, naughty boy? Good morning it's a cold one,
(17:06):
says you. Yeah, come back and do a little bit
of the weather in a moment. Oh well, thank you
calv for noticing.
Speaker 1 (17:11):
I love the channel.
Speaker 2 (17:11):
It really does teach me a lot to bring a
lot of laughs and ooze is love. Oh I'm trying
to get that a cream for that anyway. Let's see
what the coach has got to tell us this week
over to you coach.
Speaker 3 (17:24):
All our gumpers, and welcome to episode two of twenty
twenty five's Tips. And there's this old management saying that
if you don't measure it, you can't manage it. It's,
of course, like all of these things, a bit of
a misquote. However, I think it has value for managing
(17:51):
your own health. And you know, lots of us wear
these smart watches, and that helps you just measure what
exercise you've done and what your heart rate is, all
of those good things. But I wanted just to briefly
talk about managing your weight only from my own experience.
(18:18):
And I weigh myself generally every morning first thing, and
it helps me work out what the impact of eating
and drinking hurt too much is. From the day before.
(18:38):
I can see the changes that happen to my weight
every day. I don't get uptight about it. If I've
had a really good meal and I really enjoyed it, brilliant,
but I know it'll probably add half a kilo or
a pound in US terms. But it means that when
(19:02):
I drop a little bit of weight, I know what
I've eaten the day before, roughly, so I know what works.
So maybe that's something you can think about. Try and
work out the impact that a big meal has on you,
(19:22):
and alternatively a meal that perhaps involves more vegetables and
the starch le's carbohydrates we're thinking about. Anyway, let me
know if you have any thoughts about that. If you've
tried it, just drop a line to Carl and he'll
(19:43):
get the message to me. Take care, cheers, bye.
Speaker 2 (19:51):
Thanks, Ian, have a great day up west at the
VNA and the King's Cross this evening. And thank you
for doing that. And yeah, we'll pick it up and
talk about it some more. Two more to my Moorrow
more tomorrow, So thank you very much.
Speaker 1 (20:02):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (20:02):
And that is probably the sign of a good metabolism,
isn't it is that you can see those the changes
that quickly. Is that the same for everybody. I've never
done that. In many ways, I'm quite the opposite of
the coach there. It was only when I was doing
that fitness stuff last year that I weighed myself, I think,
probably the first time in my life, certainly for decades
and decades, and.
Speaker 1 (20:23):
Don't do it every morning.
Speaker 2 (20:25):
And I think the key there was great what you
said not to get up tight about it. But just yeah,
if you manage, if you measure something, you can manage something.
So that's very interesting, John, a little bit more on
your situation. Is definitely confirm the trigeminal on your al diagnosis.
But she was more hopeful and optimistic than much of
what you find online. Well that's yeah, that the truth
(20:46):
generally speaking.
Speaker 1 (20:47):
Morning to you as well. Oh, go in Europe. You
can see the weather on the screen.
Speaker 2 (20:50):
That and you can get a free copy of Moving
Money to Portugal. That's the Spartan Effect's guide if you
go to Spartan effect dot co dot uk forwards last GMP.
Speaker 1 (21:02):
I think that's a very way of getting a very
good way of getting that.
Speaker 2 (21:05):
Bondiagumpus from James fulishkintom or Volda and Bondia from Jackie
as well, Obi and ap buddy. Hello, lovely to see
you here on a Bondia from Iceland. Bondi allagia from Iceland.
Long time since hipopped in. How are you doing, buddy?
And we have no right I'm sure to complain about
(21:26):
it being cool here you're in Iceland. What's your temperature?
What's your weather like today? Lovely to see Thank you
for popping in and saying Hi Pips. Also in Botswana,
Bondia gumpas as well. What lovely international crew we have
gang this morning.
Speaker 1 (21:44):
Wonderful.
Speaker 2 (21:45):
Any public purchase must go under an auction. That's why
things take so long. Sometimes the best offers don't win
the auctions. Instead they get deferred to the worst ones
better politic. Oh, JMC, what we're talking about there? Did
we talk about things being logged off in that way?
Speaker 1 (22:03):
I wasn't. I don't remember seeing that this morning. Tell
me more JMC, if you will by Randy, also in
this morning, and I drop a little weight each.
Speaker 2 (22:14):
JOm Peter, what are you two like? By Randy? Yeah,
best weight loss ever and so easy to hopefully, but
the amata from by Randy. Let's ever look at that weather?
Shall we codst you? Gentlemen? I use the term loosely,
which I hope doesn't describe the conditions you're just you're
speaking of the Lisbon ten degrees clear sky at the moment.
Speaker 1 (22:36):
Look at this, the sun is here. It's going to
be a lovely day.
Speaker 2 (22:38):
Look at this sixteen degrees to high in Lisbon and
sunny today.
Speaker 1 (22:43):
My tally actually.
Speaker 2 (22:45):
On the months and the Portuguese Facebook group where I'm
where I am monitoring such things, is that we've had
eight days of sun and seven of I think I did.
I did cut and paste it for you. I wonder
if I've got that somewhere here this morning. But yeah,
it's currently Yeah, there you go.
Speaker 1 (23:05):
It is.
Speaker 2 (23:07):
It's sun eight days and no sun seven days, which
is pretty awful. That's not what I came here for.
But at last, and finally, there's some sunny weather today.
It looks like across the country and the sunny days
outweighing the no sundays, so that we can see if
we reached that my scientific measurement here James, of that
we do have three hundred days of sunshine, and I
(23:30):
will make it so with the power of positive affirmation.
Speaker 1 (23:34):
Right back to the weather
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