The Prime Minister, LuĂs Montenegro, will be present at the PSD/Madeira party on the 20th of July, the President of the Regional Government said today, predicting that the mainland Prime Minister will announce a set of decisions on pending issues currently affecting the region. The President of the Madeiran executive,…
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A hydrocarbon slick detected in the water mirror next to Pier 6, in the Port of Funchal, led this Wednesday to the mobilisation of the maritime authorities, culminating in the identification of the owner of a vessel suspected of being at the origin of the contamination. The alert was initially…
The parliamentary group of Juntos Pelo Povo (JPP) has announced that it will present tomorrow, in the Regional Legislative Assembly (ALRAM), a protest vote against “the deeply anti-autonomist statements made by the Presidential candidate Admiral Gouveia e Melo.” At issue are the statements the Admiral denying access to a ferry…
Henrique Gouveia e Melo, candidate for the presidency of the Republic, believes that a maritime passenger connection between Madeira and the mainland is not justified. “I don’t think a ferry is a necessity,” said the admiral in statements to Antena 1 journalist David Sousa, during a visit to the Sousa…
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…
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…
The first day of the official bathing season didn’t start too well for those choosing to swim at Praia Formosa. Beyond the main access, the areas to the far west were red-flagged due to spring tides. The same happened on the neighbouring beach, at Doca do Cavacas, where A yellow…
An earthquake registering 1.6 on the Richter Scale was recorded by the seismographs of the Portuguese Institute of Atmosphere and Sea (IPMA) at 6:41 p.m. yesterday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 17 kilometers, off the south coast of Funchal. Samantha Gannon info at madeira-weekly.com Views: 0
The seismographs of the Portuguese Institute of Atmosphere and Sea (IPMA) recently recorded two earthquakes.  The first ‘quake’ occurred at 19:34 yesterday, off the south coast of Funchal. Registering 1.7 on the Richter scale, it had a depth of 3 km. At 01:22 this morning (16th of June), a second…
A microearthquake, registering 1.0 on the Richter Scale, was recorded by IPMA seismographs at 02:38 this morning off the east coast of Machico. Samantha Ganno info at madeira-weekly.com Views: 0
More than 14 tonnes of marine litter have been collected since 2021 in Madeiran waters. This is the result of 83 ocean clean-up programmes involving approximately 3,500 people. Plastics account for 81% of the total waste collected and 34 thousand cigarette butts were counted alone. Samantha Gannon info at madeira-weekly.com…
At 01:30 this morning, seismographs at the Portuguese Institute of Atmosphere and Sea detected a 2.1 magnitude earthquake off the northeast coast of the Desertas Islands. The quake had a depth of 23 km. Samantha Gannon info at madeira-weekly.com Views: 1
The Regional Secretary for Agriculture and Fisheries has defended the necessity to increase funds at the level of POSEI and an oceanic vision for the Outermost Regions. Nuno Maciel was speaking at the POSEI Forum – Outermost Regions, where he called for positive discrimination concerning the outermost regions, taking into…
The International Shipping Register of the Autonomous Region of Madeira is the 3rd largest in Europe and the 11th in the world, claimed the President of the Regional Government, Miguel Albuquerque, at the opening of the II Madeira Maritime Week. During the event that brings together dozens of international experts…
Between four and five thousand people visit the Desertas Islands every year. This data was revealed by Eduardo Jesus, Regional Secretary for Tourism, Environment and Culture, who visited Deserta Grande today to mark the 35th anniversary of the Desertas Islands Nature Reserve. Visits that are only authorised upon prior registration…