MB WAY has issued a warning on social media about fraudulent phone calls from scammers posing as its customer support team to obtain users’ personal and banking details. According to the service, fraudsters may disguise the number they are calling from, making it appear legitimate. During these calls, scammers may…
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Prime Minister Luís Montenegro has said he is willing to consider changes to the 2027 State Budget to provide further support to people living in Madeira and the Azores. Speaking on Tuesday, the 27th of October, at the start of the budget debate, Montenegro was responding to JPP deputy Filipe…
The Portuguese Communist Party (PCP) will hold a car-horn protest against the rising cost of living in Madeira on Thursday, the 29th of October. The protest is scheduled for 18:00 at the western entrance to Funchal, near the exit for São Martinho. In a statement, the party warned of rising…
The Portuguese Labour Party (PTP) has called on the Regional Government to clarify whether it knew about the activities of two Funchal-based companies named in a Brazilian Federal Police investigation into Senator Flávio Bolsonaro’s possible undisclosed involvement in a betting business. The demand follows a report in DIÁRIO on the…
Miguel Albuquerque has dismissed Pedro Calado’s criticism of how Madeira’s growing wealth is reaching families, insisting that the Regional Government will maintain its current course. Responding to comments highlighted in DIÁRIO’s Sunday edition, the President of the Regional Government said Calado was entitled to express his views, but that the…
The deadline for companies to bid for the third phase of Madeira’s new Central and University Hospital has been extended to 13th of October, prompting the PS-Madeira to demand an explanation from the Regional Government. The third phase covers the hospital’s general infrastructure, finishes and technical installations. It is the…
Younous Omarjee has pledged to fight for Madeira to retain its European funding under the EU’s next financial framework, covering 2028 to 2034. Speaking at the end of a three-day visit by the European Parliament’s Committee on Regional Development on Wednesday, the 23rd of September, Omarjee said the Parliament would…
The Regional Government has called on the national government to resolve a series of problems affecting the Territorial Continuity Mechanism (MCT), including delayed payments, difficulties with Ryanair documents and a platform that still cannot accept students’ enrolment certificates for the new academic year. Beneficiaries who previously received payment within two…
The Regional Government has launched an international public tender with a maximum contract value of €4.32 million over three years for the provision of electronic payment management services across the Simplifica portal and other Regional Public Administration systems. The tender, issued by the Agency for Innovation and Modernisation of the…
A joint ordinance published in the Official Journal of the Autonomous Region of Madeira (JORAM) has authorised spending of €2,697,947.29 on festive lighting for the Christmas, New Year and Carnival celebrations over the next two years. The funding, shared between the Regional Secretariat for Tourism, Environment and Culture and the…
Companies operating in the Madeira Free Trade Zone (ZFM) cannot count the purchase of passenger cars as an eligible investment to access the regime’s reduced corporate tax rate, according to a binding ruling published by the Regional Tax and Customs Authority (AT-RAM). The decision, signed by the Regional Director of…
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…
Two proposals were submitted for the tender procedure launched in March this year for the procurement of advisory and technical consultancy services in hospital management, according to the Regional Secretary for Equipment and Infrastructures. This public tender, titled “Central and University Hospital of Madeira – Advisory and Technical Consultancy Services…
Every house on this island has a soul. The trouble is that the person selling it has usually forgotten what that soul looks like. Home owners have been living inside it for so long that they can no longer evaluate it from another perspective. This is not a criticism. It…
The President of the Regional Government of Madeira, Miguel Albuquerque, admitted today that the construction of the new Central and University Hospital of Madeira could face a significant cost increase due to rising prices for materials and labour in recent years. Speaking on the sidelines of the renewable gases conference…