Ara Oliveira, the Regional Director for the Environment and Sea, today confirmed that Madeira’s annual rainfall has fallen by 30% since 1990. A figure that will only increase and have grave consequences. Citing international projections, Ara Oliveira said that by the year 2100, Madeira will experience up to 50% less…
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A man in a motorised wheelchair was intercepted by the authorities today while ‘driving’ along the highway towards Santa Cruz, generating concern among other motorists. According to several drivers, the individual was driving along the right-hand side of the expressway on the hard shoulder, while circulating motorists tried to alert…
Information is still scarce, but local newspaper JM believes that an alleged homicide took place this afternoon in Machico, in the Água de Pena area. Attending the incident where Municipal Firefighters of Machico (BMM), supported by several Public Security Police (PSP) officers, were called to open the door of a…
Public transport tickets in Madeira will increase by 50 cents, while individual tickets will cost 5 cents more. Regional public transport routes will now comprise three digits, in a measure to unify the bus numbering system and avoid different operators using the same numbers, confirms a statement by TIIM –…
On her Facebook page, singer Márcia recounts the experience of trying to reach Madeira when the airport was closed due to bad weather. With two images captured from the Ryanair plane, the artist writes that it was “the closest we got to Madeira, yesterday, it was in this place somewhere…
Depression Therese Depression will continue to influence the weather in the Autonomous Region of Madeira, creating atmospheric instability over the next couple of days, warned the Regional Civil Protection Service, IP-RAM. In a warning to the population issued this afternoon, the institution warns that “the weather will continue to be…
The Judiciary Police (PJ) confirmed, in a statement, that searches were carried out in several public entities in the Autonomous Region of Madeira, as part of investigations into suspected economic crimes and abuse of power, following the steps already reported yesterday by DIÁRIO. According to the PJ, through the Criminal…
Regarding the presence of cancer in Madeira, Head of the Madeiran delegation, Ricardo Sousa, said that, on average, between 1,000 and 1,100 new cases arise per year. The panorama is of an increase in cases, similar to the national and international realities, but this is also due, in his perspective,…
A sudden storm, marked by heavy rain and strong gusts of wind, hit several areas of Porto Santo early last night, causing material damage and moments of great apprehension among residents. Rúben Drumond, the owner of the Girassol bar, shared images from his Tesla that captured the wind’s destructive power,…
The Public Prosecutor’s Office (MP) told local media outlet JM on Thursday that searches took place on Tuesday and Wednesday in Madeira, specifically at the Institute for Mobility and Transport (IMT) and the Santa Cruz Municipality (CMSC). The MP clarified that these were part of two separate ongoing inquiries at…
A Croatian citizen who has been missing since Wednesday afternoon in the Ribeiro Frio area has been found dead. The tourist was part of a group of 45 Croatian citizens and was accompanied by his wife. The group arrived at Ribeiro Frio even before lunchtime, intending to walk along some of…
The agricultural market of Santo António da Serra, in Santa Cruz, remains closed, almost nine months after work began on the ageing structure. As yet, no reopening dates have been confirmed. The complaint comes from the councilors elected by the Mais Santa Cruz Coalition, who allege that “the increasing delay…
The Government of Madeira has decided to extend for another year the preventive measures for the areas of the municipality of Câmara de Lobos affected by the construction of the Curral das Freiras cable car system, as published today in the Official Gazette. According to the publication in the Official…
Yesterday, Judiciary Police (PJ)Inspectors carried out a series of searches at the premises of the Regional Secretariat for Equipment and Infrastructures and the Institute of Mobility and Transport. Today, the PJ searched the offices of the Municipality of Santa Cruz. The Regional Secretariat for Equipment and Infrastructures told reporters that…
The Portuguese Labour Party (PTP) today criticised the disparity in expropriation values for the Faial golf course project, calling it “incomprehensible and unacceptable.” According to a press release from the Regional Government, the Regional Government paid about 26 million euros in expropriation payments for about 17.2 hectares in one of…