Holy Trinity Church Funchal has for some time supported a local charity, 'The Association for the Protection of the Poor (APP) or Sopa Do Cardoso as it is also known by, by donating its Harvest Festival Collection every year together with the coins collected from various activities throughout the year.
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This evening, the first day of the new restrictive measures, the Public Security Police (PSP) were out monitoring traffic and ensuring that the new timings are adhered to. And as motorists desperately tried to get home before 19:00, traffic became congested during the busy streets of Funchal.
Since early yesterday morning, large numbers of people have been travelling to the island's mountains to enjoy the snow, however, due to the conditions the Institute of Forests and Nature Conservation has closed several roads leading to the island's highest peaks. As such, in addition to the closure of the road that connects Poiso to Pico do Areeiro, access to Paul da Serra, Achada do Teixeira and Fonte do Bispo have been blocked for precautionary reasons.
This morning, local newspaper JM-Madeira printed a series of photographs depicting the damage caused by storm Filomena.
The recent inauguration of the Quinta Falcão Housing Complex, signaled the beginning of a municipal community composting project which aims to promote the recovery and use of organic waste in housing estates.
As the bad weather continues and is set to get worse the Civil Protection Service (SRPC, IP-RAM) has issued a set of guidelines.
Depression Filomena is making her presence known, as the north of the island, in particular Seixal, Faial and S. Roque do Faial is under a red alert for rain and rough seas.
The Vice-President of the Regional Government said that a survey on the amount of damage caused by the Christmas Day storm, which affected the parishes of Ponta Delgada and Boaventura, in São Vicente is still being determined, and is not expected to be completed until mid January 2021.
According to Marco Costa, CEO of 'Henrique Costa & Filhos (Pyrotechnic Company), everything is ready for the year-end firework display in Madeira, although the 59 firework locations' (57 in Funchal and 2 in Porto Santo) will only be installed tomorrow.
In a statement, the President of the Regional Government, Miguel Albuquerque has confirmed that the Christmas Day storm has damaged at least two properties 'beyond repair' in Ponta Delgada and Boaventura.
The Portuguese Institute of Atmosphere and Sea (IPMA) has confirmed that they did not foresee such a heavy concentration of rain on Christmas Day, especially on the north of the island, where citizens were left at the mercy of the torrential rain.
The Regional Secretary for Environment, Natural Resources and Climate Change, Susana Prada, confirmed today that 1.3 million, of the nine million that has been reserved for the islands natural resources, will be reserved for the upkeep of walking routes.
In a statement, the São Vicente City Council has confirmed that the Christmas Market which is due to be held on the 19th and 20th of December, from 10 am to 8 pm will take place as scheduled.
Within the scope of the “Porto Santo Sem Lixo Marinho” project, a coastal cleaning campaign will take place during the 14th to the 19th of December. Depending on the number of people who volunteer, this clean-up may also extend to streams and other places where rubbish and marine litter frequently…