The deadline for the submission of proposals for the public tender launched by the Regional Government, through the Regional Secretariat for Equipment and Infrastructures, for the second phase of the contract for the Local Health Unit, ended on Monday. Two proposals were submitted to the tender procedure, while three other…
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At the Funchal City Council Meeting this Thursday, Jorge Carvalho highlighted the support for associativism and local accommodation “We approved a set of support for different unprotected institutions in the municipality and discussed Local Accommodation (AL).” The Mayor explained that the original six-month suspension period ends in March, and it…
When asked this morning about the status of the Curral das Freiras cable car project, the Regional Secretary for Tourism, Environment, and Culture, Eduardo Jesus, stated that the public licensing has been resolved, but the initial construction dates are yet known. “Licensing takes place in the Câmara de Lobos City…
The PS has submitted a protest vote in the Legislative Assembly of Madeira against the Regional Government’s announced decision to sell the Dr. NĂ©lio Mendonça Hospital. The socialists consider that this is a “wrong, hasty and harmful option to the public interest, jeopardising decades of public investment and the future…
Juntos Pelo Povo (JPP) has submitted a request to access the internal studies that, according to the PSD/CDS Regional Government, support the decision to proceed with the sale of the Dr. NĂ©lio Mendonça Hospital. In a statement, the JPP recalls that last Monday, it had already requested the public disclosure…
The Representative of the Republic for the Autonomous Region of Madeira (RAM) has signed and sent for publication the regional legislative decree that approves the minimum monthly wage value guaranteed in the Region. The diploma was approved in a plenary session of the Legislative Assembly on the 21st of January…
The President of the Regional Government said today that the sale of the NĂ©lio Mendonça Hospital property is not an “effective” decision and that it will only be decided in the future. He further reiterated that a more financially viable solution is to utilise the area to build controlled cost…
According to a government source, the Dr. NĂ©lio Mendonça Hospital building won’t be sold until 2030, and the site will be turned into controlled rent housing. The same source stresses that the sale of the unit is not the result of a recent or unilateral decision by the Regional Government,…
Workers who reside in one country and carry out their professional activity in another maintain tax links with both States. The situation can lead to the so-called international double taxation, in which the same income is subject to tax in two different countries. What is international double taxation? According to…
In a statement, a spokesperson for the Social Security has confirmed that a new model called ‘Simplification of the Contributory Cycle’ (SCC) will come into force this year. In practice, this means less bureaucracy for companies and a faster and simpler process for reporting salaries and calculating contributions. The main…
The rates of the Tax on Petroleum Products and Energy Consumption (ISP) in the Autonomous Region of Madeira will increase from Monday, January 19th, by decision of the Regional Government, through the Regional Secretariats of Economy and Finance. At issue is the publication of Ordinance No. 10/2026, of 15th of…
The President of the Regional Government has commented again on the electoral campaign for the Presidency of the Republic, underlining his support for LuĂs Marques Mendes, who he believes was more direct in relation to the issues of the autonomous regions. “At the end of a video, Miguel Albquerque touched…
On Tuesday, the 13th of January, the General Confederation of Portuguese Workers delivered a petition to the Prime Minister’s official residence opposing the government’s proposed changes to labour laws. This action was part of the National Day of Struggle against the draft amendments and included over 100,000 signatures, more than…
In a statement, ACIF has expressed its concern about the current approach to tourism management in the Region and warns of “the risks associated with the intention, or temptation, of some municipalities to increase the value of the tourist tax,” this when new sectoral taxes proliferate, namely those applied to…
The Funchal City Council (CMF) Socialist Party councilor questioned the PSD/CDS executive at last week’s city council meeting about the promised revision of the municipal regulation on Local Accommodation (AL). According to a statement, Rui Caetano warned of the provisional suspension of new AL registrations, with a maximum duration of…