Nine months after the implementation of the Municipal Tourist Tax charged by hotels when staying in hotel units and six months of charging this same fee to cruise tourism, the ADN – Madeira Party questions the Funchal City Council for the promised application of these funds in terms of investment…
Posts published in June 2025
The Portuguese Institute of Atmosphere and Sea (IPMA), issued at 17:07 a Signal Warning 6 (Bad Weather) for the Madeira Archipelago, according to the Captaincy of the Port of Funchal. The warning points to Wind force 7 (51 to 62 km per hour) from any direction. Taking into account this…
YouTube channel, Madeira Airport Live, has registered another impressive landing at Madeira-Cristiano Ronaldo International Airport, which is known for being one of the most challenging airports in the world. The video shows the intense moment when an Estonian Marabu Airbus A320, coming from Nuremberg (Germany), was caught in crosswinds and…
We met in the Gallery and saw this video: Angus Hervey: the good news you might have missed: The speaker, at TED for the second time, brings good news on the affairs of the world. His résumé: each person has to decide of he/she wants to listen to good news…
The Socialist Party candidate for the presidency of the Funchal City Council warns of the high risk of fire in the areas overlooking the city, reaffirming his support for grazing as a complementary measure of land use planning and fuel load reduction. Rui Caetano recalled the magnitude of the fires…
This year, GESBA has been providing a manual pollination service for cherimoya (Custard Apple/Anona), in conjunction with technicians from the Regional Directorate for Agriculture and Rural Development. This service has a unit cost of 3 euros per tree, to which VAT is added. According to the Regional Government, the measure…
The São Pedro festivities, in Ribeira Brava, ended badly for a 24-year-old Public Security Police (PSP) agent, who, like thousands of other people, was off duty and just wanted to enjoy a few moments of leisure. According to JM, the police officer was lured away from the main gathering and…
For the second consecutive year, the Banana Exhibition has been cancelled, under the reasons of ‘force majeure.’ Following this announcement, the JPP questions, “what is the Regional Government afraid of not fulfilling? What was promised in March this year has been blocked, and for a second year the Banana Show…
The ‘Pacific Scirocco,’ drilling vessel, sailing under the Liberian Flag, was seen by many waiting to dock at Funchal Port this afternoon. According to information from the VesselFinder website, the ship was initially scheduled to dock at 20:00 this evening, but arrived early and has aroused much curiosity from residents…
Madeira is under a yellow heat warning. The warning took effect at 10:00 this morning and will remain in place until 22:00 tomorrow (Sunday) night. The mountainous regions are reportedly the most affected by heat. Samantha Gannon info at madeira-weekly.com
Lino Nunes, aged 30 and a native of Caniçal, lives in “great fear” in Haifa, a port city in northern Israel, which has been repeatedly bombed in recent days by Iran. After sharing photos with JM, he says that he lives in perpetual torment as he and his family have…
According to the National Statistics Institute (INE) data released this morning, deaths attributed to contaminated water sources and lack of hygiene have been increasing in Portugal, with 518 deaths recorded in 2023. Boosting the mortality rate to 4.9 deaths per 100 thousand inhabitants, the highest value since 2010, when it…
Miguel Albuquerque responded to harsh criticism from Manuel Oliveira, from the National Union of Drivers (SNMOT), categorically stating that the Regional Government “does not work with blackmailers and much less does it work with this type of threats.” The response comes from the SNMOT’s threat that bus drivers would strike…
The 48-hour strike of bus drivers in Madeira gained new momentum yesterday, with the National Union of Drivers (SNMOT) announcing that workers have mandated the Union to call a new strike for the day of the traditional Festa do Chão da Lagoa. The objective is clear: “to demonstrate to Miguel…
An operation coordinated by Interpol in 90 countries, including Portugal, resulted in the seizure of 50.4 million illicit pharmaceutical products, worth US$65 million, on an “alarming scale” of global trade in unauthorised and falsified medicines. Information published today on the Interpol website states that “Operation Pangea XVII,” which has been…