Late payments in the SNS reach the highest value in the last seven years and now exceed 600 million euros, writes the Public this Thursday, October 16th. The newspaper explains that this increase occurs despite the financial reinforcement that the Government made in July (of 200 million) to settle payments in arrears for more than 90 days relating to the acquisition of medicines and devices.
This same newspaper also reveals data from a survey according to which the increase in the cost of living and, specifically, food, is causing changes in the way the Portuguese buy their food, how they prepare it, where they eat it and who they share it with. Therefore, they eat more at home, invite fewer friends and look for white brands.
O News Journal states that the sale of more powerful electric scooters capable of exceeding 25 km/h is on the rise. However, these two-wheeled vehicles are in a “legal void”: they cannot circulate on public roads (although they do) and the PSP may seize them in an inspection action.
Still regarding local councils, JN says that there have never been so many women in the presidency of Chambers: they went from 29 to 48 in four years. Despite this, they are still a minority.
This newspaper also highlights that the number of homicides to date already exceeds that of the entirety of last year. In 2024, 89 deaths were recorded and, since January, the number has reached 94. On Wednesday, there were two more murders, he recalls.
It is precisely one of these homicides that is highlighted on the front page of the Morning Mail: a North American tourist was killed in front of his fiancé in Cascais. The newspaper refers to the wave of crime that hit the Lisbon area in the early hours of Wednesday: an Irish man was found dead and with signs of aggression in the area of the former Casal Ventoso; a young man was shot in Cova da Moura and two others were shot in Amadora.
In Diário de Notícias, we highlight that the Government misses the target for border control at the airport and we remember the case of Odair Moniz: a knife perhaps planted by no one knows who and a news report in several hands.