With the pandemic under control, the President of Madeira is not taking any unnecessary risks and has announced that to protect the health of the Madeirans and Porto-Santenses there will be no market nights in any of the regions municipalities.
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Pictures released show that snow has already fallen on Pico Ruivo and Pico do Areerio this afternoon.
During the inauguration of a new exhibition called 'Blue Light' by Silvestre Pestana at the Teatro Municipal Baltazar Dias, The Mayor of Funchal, Miguel Silva Gouveia, confirmed that the exhibition is the first event promoted and organised by the Funchal municipality as part of the Municipality's candidacy for European Capital of Culture in 2027. The exhibition is open to the public form today until the 20th of February 2021 and is the creation of the Funchal City Council and ArtWorks.
The two defendants in the Monte Tree Tragedy case, Idalina Perestrelo responsible for Urban Environment, Green and Public Spaces, and the head of the Gardens and Green Spaces Division, Francisco Andrade, will find out today whether they are to stand trial and if so, what crimes will be levied against them. Both were accused by the Public Ministry of 13 crimes of negligent homicide and 49 offences of involuntary or negligent physical integrity.
In a press release, LuxStar who are in charge of putting up this year's Christmas lights, have said that work is progressing well, and that they have already started their pre-Christmas testing in certain areas.
Until the 25th of December, all profits from the sale of the Moritz Quartet's track "Dança da Toutinegra" (Dance of the Warbler) will be donated to the Society for the Study of Birds (SPEA), which forms part of Madeira's environmental education programme, which every year offers free lectures, workshops and field trips to the regions schools.
During a Madeira Days Conference, held in São Vincente, criticisms were raised about the state of public gardens and the islands escarpments.
The Regional Secretary for Environment, Natural Resources and Climate Change, Susana Prada, was at Montado da Esperança, parish of São Roque, today, the 11th of November, as the first of the 88,500 plants, shrubs and trees were planted as part of the reforestation of an area covering 45 hectares. These include leafy and indigenous species.
Last weekend between 11:30 am and 1:30 pm, 'Madeira Street Arts' took to the streets of Fernão de Ornelas, Avenida Arriaga and Praça do Povo.
Victor Prior, the director of the Madeira Delegation of the Portuguese Institute of the Sea and the Atmosphere (IPMA), expects Madeira to be hit by tropical storm Theta from Friday afternoon onwards.
Ten new CCTV cameras are to be installed in Funchal.
On Thursday, the 5th of November, the residents of Porto Santo will be taking part in a 'Terra a Tremer,' earthquake training exercise, which aims to train the population on how to act during and after an earthquake, in order to create resilience and disaster awareness among the people of Porto Santo.
The Institute of Atmosphere and Sea (IPMA) has confirmed that during a three hour period this morning (8.00 am to 11.00 am), 63.9 litres of water fell per square metre in Chão do Areerio. The heavy rains led to to the IPMA weather stations issuing 13 yellow alerts, 4 orange alerts and 1 red alert for rain.
The council land clearing initiative near Quinta do Leme is nearing completion and once finished the land will be partitioned to provide allotments to those who are interested and wish to produce their own fruit and vegetables.
Porto Santo is now a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve.