The Public Security Police (PSP) has issued a warning over a new variation of the “fake accident” scam, which has already resulted in more than 50 reported incidents and losses exceeding €200,000 in the Lisbon area during the past month alone. According to the PSP, the fraudsters are primarily targeting…
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A man has been arrested on suspicion of deliberately starting the bush fire that broke out this afternoon on Rua Cônego Doutor Jorge de Freitas, beside the slope of the New Cemetery in Caniço. The arrest was confirmed to DIÁRIO by Paulo Renato Baptista, coordinator of the Municipal Civil Protection…
CTT – Correios de Portugal is reinforcing postal deliveries across the Autonomous Region of Madeira in a bid to restore normal service following weeks of disruption. In a written response to DIÁRIO, the company said it is implementing a recovery plan that will increase distribution capacity by 25% through additional…
The President of the Legislative Assembly of Madeira, Rubina Leal, met on Wednesday with the President of the Portuguese Competition Authority, Nuno Cunha Rodrigues, to discuss issues affecting the mobility of residents in Madeira and Porto Santo, with particular emphasis on air travel and the territorial continuity scheme. During the…
Homeowners in Madeira will be able to access significantly higher levels of financial support to restore degraded properties following changes to the Regional Government’s Property Recovery Programme (PRID), published today in the Official Journal of the Autonomous Region of Madeira (JORAM). The amended regulations increase the maximum grant available for…
An earthquake registering 2.9 on the Richter scale was recorded northwest of the island of Porto Santo. According to data provided by the Portuguese Institute of Atmosphere and Sea (IPMA), the quake occurred at a depth of 10 km at 05:24 this morning. Given its distance, depth and intensity, it…
The Legislative Assembly of Madeira’s 5th Commission for Health and Civil Protection, chaired by Joana Silva (PSD), has continued its examination of the regional ordinance governing the prescription of physiotherapy and rehabilitation treatments. The proposed changes would restrict the prescription of certain Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation treatments to specialists in…
The Regional Secretary for the Economy, José Manuel Rodrigues, has announced the creation of a new incentive scheme aimed specifically at micro-enterprises, offering support for investments of between €25,000 and €300,000, with grants covering up to 60% of eligible costs. The new financial instrument, which is currently being drafted, was…
The Madeira Citizen’s Shop will now include a Directorate-General for Natural Resources, Security and Maritime Services (DGRM) service desk, following a cooperation protocol signed by the Regional Secretariat for Finance, through the Agency for Innovation and Modernisation of the Autonomous Region of Madeira, and the DGRM. The agreement establishes the…
The PSD-Madeira parliamentary group is calling for legislative changes to ensure that residents of Madeira can purchase goods and services online under conditions comparable to those enjoyed by consumers on mainland Portugal. The proposal follows a meeting between PSD deputy Bruno Melim and the President of the Portuguese Competition Authority,…
The Portuguese Institute for the Sea and the Atmosphere (IPMA) recorded three earthquakes on Monday, the 20th of July, two in the Madeira-Tore region to the south-west of the archipelago and one near Porto Moniz. The first earthquake occurred at 17.51 and measured 1.5 on the Richter scale. Its epicentre…
A group of users, family members and concerned citizens from the Autonomous Region of Madeira has issued an open letter describing what it calls a situation of “extreme seriousness and humanitarian urgency” within the Non-Urgent Patient Transport Service operated by the Regional Health Service of Madeira (SESARAM, EPE). The signatories…
The Court of Auditors has identified irregularities in the procedure that led to the expansion of the Air Resources Centre (CMA) at Cancela Heliport, a project that equipped the Regional Civil Protection Service with the capacity, among other improvements, to accommodate two aircraft. The contract was valued at €199,500. Similar…
The European Commissioner for Fisheries and Oceans, Costas Kadis, will be in the Region tomorrow (Tuesday, the 21st of July), where he will have the opportunity to understand the challenges facing the Region’s fisheries sector. According to information provided by the Regional Secretariat for Agriculture and Fisheries, Costas Kadis will…
Porto Santo is set to become an important part of Portugal’s growing space programme with the installation of two new facilities designed to support satellite communications and space surveillance. The announcement was made by Colonel Pedro Costa, head of the Portuguese Air Force’s Space Operations Centre, during the “Flight Plan…