“Sugarcane producers are outraged by the lack of communication from the Regional Government, who have still not paid the promised 10 cents/kilo increase. Three months after the end of this year’s harvest, Miguel Albuquerque and Rafaela Fernandes seem to have forgotten the promise made in the middle of the electoral…
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A team from the Institute of Wine, Embroidery and Handicrafts of Madeira (IVBAM) is in Porto Santo monitoring the 2024 harvest campaign and, according to data 12 tonnes of grapes have been harvested, mostly from the caracol and striprão varieties. Tiago Freitas, President of IVBAM, notes, the good phytosanitary status…
It is an alert from the Institute of Wine, Embroidery and Handicrafts of Madeira, replicated today by the Municipality of Machico, directed to the parish of Porto da Cruz, within the scope of the “Scaphoideus titanus, Ball. (St) 0 phytoplasma Grapevineflavescence dor&MLO, commonly referred to as Golden Flavescence (FD), a…
PAN-Madeira says that messages have reached the party, in addition to what has already come out in the media, about the current state of Lar da Bela Vista and asks for those who manage the care home to come forward and answer questions about the safety and adequacy of the…
The Commercial and Industrial Association of Funchal (ACIF) today suggested the implementation of access control and flow management systems, on the most popular routes such as Rabaçal, Queimadas, Pico do Areeiro – Pico Ruivo, through the development of an app. The application should “provide information to tourists, companies, and residents about…
“Madeirans are showing more and more interest in Madeira Embroidery.” This is the finding of Marisa Santos, a member of the board of directors of the Institute of Wine, Embroidery and Handicrafts of Madeira (IVBAM). “The findings and the interest shown in Madeiran Embroidery during World Embroidery Day, and last…
Electricity production increased by 2.1%, estimated from electricity emission data provided by the Madeira Electricity Company (EEM), during the 1st half of 2024, compared to the same period of the previous year. “Analysing the production mix of electricity emitted in the 1st half of 2024 – whose total was around…
Francisco Gomes, deputy of Chega in the Assembly of the Republic, is concerned about the persistence of “high levels of poverty in Madeiran society” and believes that they prove that the economic sector is generating and deepening social inequalities. The observations were made in actions of contact with the population,…
Banif’s injured parties will propose to the Government a compensation claim of 169.6 million euros, to respond to 1,900 credit claimants, in a solution similar to that found for the injured parties of BES’s Commercial Paper. According to a source linked to the process, Banif’s injured parties estimate total losses…
The Government will approve new withholding tax tables that will reflect the reduction of IRS rates, after the promulgation of the diploma by the President of the Republic. This will come into force retrospectively in September. “Following the promulgation of AR Decree No. 7/XVI, by the President of the Republic,…
Pedro Lima, President of the Association of Cider Producers Madeira, in an interview with Radio JM-FM, reports that cider production could drop by more than 50% due to the high temperatures affecting the pears’ maturation. “We have a production much lower than last year, with very little fruit,” stated the…
The Judiciary Police, through the National Unit for Combating Cybercrime and Technological Crime, participated in the third phase of the transnational operation Jackal, coordinated by Interpol, against organised crime networks in West Africa, which are dedicated to the development of online financial fraud. The police operation took place between the…
Only 19% of Portuguese respondents in a Eurobarometer released today, below the 30% of the European Union (EU) average, say they are well aware of their rights in air transport. A situation that is said to worry the European Commission.
To mark Funchal City Day (20th of August), the city's Mayor, Cristina Pedra, has prepared a show
Continuing the implementation of measures to support the dynamisation of municipal markets,
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