In light of the recent sexual abuse of minors allegations within the Catholic church, some of which occurred in Madeira, a group of Madeiran Catholics are joining a national initiative, and taking part in a prayer vigil on Wednesday, the 22nd, from 21:00 pm to 22:00 pm, in front of the College Church in Funchal.
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The municipal group of Bloco de Esquerda Madeira (BE-M), in the Municipal Assembly of Funchal, were on the warpath this morning as they stood together in Praia Formosa to express their anger at the new proposed housing project.
The Regional Government has confirmed that the Loja do Cidadão will be closed on Tuesday the 21st - Carnival Tuesday.
Again, as has been the case over the last week, strong winds affected the operationality of the Madeira International Airport Saturday morning.
Yesterday afternoon the emergency services were called out to rescue a tourist who had fallen 15 metres on the Levada dos Tornos in the area of Ribeiro Serrão, Camacha.
An earthquake registering 2.8 on the Richter Scale was recorded last week off the southwest coast of Ribeira Brava.
An announcement from the Palace of Bethlehem states that the President of Portugal, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, will decorate his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky, with the Grand Cross of the Order of Freedom.
As part of the Forest Fire Prevention Campaign, the Institute of Forests and Nature Conservation (IFCN) has launched a new initiative aimed at schoolchildren, asking them to create a small 30-second video campaign that promotes 'Forest Fire Prevention.'
Madeira is the third region of the country with the highest Sars-CoV-2 transmissibility index (Rt).
Madeira is currently under three yellow weather warnings. These are for coastal agitation, wind, and snow and ice.
The Regional Secretary of Tourism and Culture, Eduardo Jesus, is in the Madeiran parliament defending the proposal for a regional legislative decree that authorises the extension of the current concession of the casino, in what is referred to as Funchal's Gambling Zone," which is currently under the responsibility of the Pestana Group.
Earlier today, the President of the Institute of Forests and Nature Conservation (IFCN), Manuel Filipe, informed local media outlets that three roads had been closed due to snowfall.
The Porto Santo Line (PSL) has confirmed that they have cancelled their scheduled sailing for tomorrow due to bad weather, making it impossible for the ship to dock in Porto Santo.
The Archipelago of Madeira will be under a yellow weather warning for strong wind from noon tomorrow, Wednesday the 15th, until 03:00 Thursday.
Late this evening, airport authorities confirmed that strong winds are affecting the operationality of Madeira International Airport.