Eight Madeira wine companies have already received and processed 515 tonnes of grapes from 268 winegrowers since this year’s harvest began on the 24th of August, according to the Regional Secretariat for Agriculture and Fisheries. “The harvest is currently progressing as expected, and the Institute of Wine, Embroidery and Handicrafts…
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The Institute of Forests and Nature Conservation (IFCN) will celebrate International Bat Night on Saturday, the 29th of August, with an activity designed to bring the public closer to Madeira’s biodiversity. The event will begin at 21:00 at the Cristo Rei Viewpoint in Garajau and will include an opportunity to…
The Central Civil Court of Funchal, based in the Edifício 2000, has dismissed a legal action brought by the Atalaia Living Care Association against Medialivre, owner of Correio da Manhã, journalist Egídio Carreira and three former managers of the institution: Pedro Cipriano, Cristina Pontes and Joaquim Sousa Lino. All five…
The second helicopter promised to strengthen Madeira’s firefighting capacity will not arrive this summer. Miguel Albuquerque confirmed this morning that the process is still awaiting the signature of the Minister of National Defence before the Portuguese Air Force can proceed with the tender. “We signed the protocols in July. At…
Visits to patients in the Emergency Department at Dr Nélio Mendonça Hospital have been temporarily suspended due to the high number of people currently using the service, SESARAM confirmed to DIÁRIO. The situation was brought to the newspaper’s attention yesterday by relatives of patients receiving treatment in the department. One…
The Vice-President of Santa Cruz Municipal Council, João Aragão, accompanied by the Municipal Civil Protection Coordinator, Renato Baptista, visited work being undertaken to clear vegetation and reduce combustible material from watercourses within urban areas on Tuesday. The €81,946.58 project covers 5,677 metres across 11 watercourses in five parishes. It aims…
Mayor José Carlos Gonçalves announced during a formal ceremony marking the 282nd anniversary of the Municipality of São Vicente that the new administration of NaturNorte is working towards reopening the São Vicente Caves. In a speech reviewing the first ten months of his administration and outlining plans for the coming…
The Regional Government has welcomed an agreement reached during a strike by REN Atlântico workers, which allowed six liquefied natural gas tanker containers destined for Madeira to be loaded at the Sines terminal. The agreement, confirmed over the weekend, was reached with the Union of Workers in the Manufacturing Industries,…
An earthquake registering 1.7 on the Richter Scale was recorded at 01:44 this morning, 10 km off the southwest coast of Câmara de Lobos. The occurrence was detected by IPMA’s seismic monitoring network. Samantha Gannon info at madeira-weekly.com Views: 15
The shortage of workers continues to be one of the main challenges facing Madeira’s grape producers. In Estreito de Câmara de Lobos, 57-year-old João Figueira is preparing to harvest around 20,000 kilograms of grapes, but admits that finding people willing and available to do the work is becoming increasingly difficult.…
The Funchal Marine Biology Station will hold another Open Night on Friday, the 28th of August. The event, the second Open Night to be held this year, will include a lecture beginning at 21:30 entitled Five Million Years of History in 60 Minutes – A Look at the Origins of…
A team from the Regional Civil Engineering Laboratory (LREC) travelled to Madeira’s north coast on Monday, the 24th of August, to inspect the site of the rockfall near the Ladeira da Vinha tunnel. The incident partially obstructed the expressway towards São Vicente. The team is continuing the work of identifying…
An economic and financial study into a regular maritime connection between Madeira and mainland Portugal has concluded that none of the six scenarios examined would be financially or economically viable without public funding. The document was released today by the JPP. Under every scenario, projected revenue would be insufficient to…
The Portuguese Air Force’s Manoeuvre Aerodrome No. 3 (AM3) will hold a charity walk in Porto Santo on Saturday, the 5th of September, in support of the island’s Casa do Voluntário. The walk will depart from Largo da Câmara Municipal and is open to everyone. Participants are asked to register…
A foreign national may be lost in the Fanal area, and a search operation is underway to try to locate him. According to DIÁRIO, the alert was raised by the man’s mother at 15:30. The young man’s phone apparently triggered the SOS system, and a message was sent to his…