Today, Miguel Albuquerque chaired the commemorative session of the 112th anniversary of Ribeira Brava, After giving several speeches, the President of Madeira made special mention of a new auditorium, which is part of the government’s commitment to the municipality, and announced that the promenade from Ribeira Brava to Ponta do…
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At a time when oil prices continue to rise, Pedro Rodrigues ruled out, for now, any immediate impact on the price of electricity in Madeira. Speaking to journalists, the Regional Secretary for Equipment and Infrastructure, who oversees the Madeira Electricity Company, highlighted the strong regional investment in renewable energies, revealing…
The Regional Secretary for Equipment and Infrastructures, Pedro Rodrigues, has announced the pilot project to modernise the public lighting network, an investment of 2.1 million euros under the RRP, which will allow savings of around 40% in energy consumption on public roads. 8,750 high-efficiency LED luminaires were assembled by the…
Regional Road 110 (ER110) is closed to traffic on the section between Portela and Caminho do GambĂŁo, in the parish of Porto da Cruz, following a landslide. The Regional Secretariat for Equipment and Infrastructures, via the Regional Directorate for Roads, announced that there’s currently no estimate for when the road…
The CDS has presented a proposal for a resolution in the Legislative Assembly of Madeira, which aims to inventory and requalify vacant public properties, with a special focus on deactivated schools in more isolated areas of the Region. The proposal highlights that man of the abandoned schools in the region…
The Portuguese Society of Diabetology (SPD) today classified as an “unprecedented clinical setback” the decision of the National Medicines Authority (Infarmed) to allow the prescription of continuous glucose monitoring sensors to become generic. “The measure is considered an unprecedented clinical setback, with the potential to compromise the safety and quality…
The Regional Government has updated the rates of the Tax on Petroleum and Energy Products (ISP), as part of the process of “unfreezing” the mitigation measures applied to fuels. The diploma set new values for the tax on the 30th of April. Thus, the ISP rate on unleaded gasoline is…
Madeira is experiencing a mass of hot and humid air, transported by the circulation of a depression located to the west of the archipelago, which has already begun to affect the region. According to Ricardo Tavares, the IPMA delegate in Madeira, this situation caused the formation of low clouds, reduced…
A case of meningococcal meningitis was reported at Santana Elementary School, according to Antena 1 Madeira and confirmed by East Zone health delegate JoĂŁo Vieira Martins on public radio. The patient is a secondary school student who was diagnosed last week and has been receiving treatment since Thursday. The student’s…
A queue of tourists and residents waited with anticipation for the reopening of the Recommended Route 1 (PR1), which connects Pico do Areeiro to Pico Ruivo, crossing the central massif of Madeira. After recovery and renovation work in several areas, the trail is now accessible again in its entire length,…
A child was in a coma for three days at the Dr. NĂ©lio Mendonça Hospital, in Funchal, after consuming gummies that allegedly contained illicit substances. The case involved a minor ingesting products taken home by her mother, who works as a cleaner in a local accommodation (AL) property. According to…
The President of PS-Madeira met today with representatives of the Air France KLM group, one of the companies that is interested in acquiring a share in TAP – Air Portugal. The company has submitted a non-binding offer to buy a minority stake as part of the airline’s privatisation process. In…
The civic movement ‘It is possible to prevent the destruction of the seawall’, which defends the protection of the valley of Curral das Freiras and its ecosystems, as well as the preservation of the seawall geosite, is promoting a public debate on the “Environmental Compliance Report of the Execution Project…
The Minister of Infrastructure, Miguel Pinto Luz, said today that the Government of the Republic has suspended the changes planned by the Regional Government to the social mobility subsidy (SSM), pending the enactment of the changes approved in the Assembly of the Republic. “The Government suspended all the changes it…
The SIMplifica portal has no more spots available for the Pico do Areeiro to Pico Ruivo hike on the first two weekends of May. The first day that non-residents can obtain a walking slot is on the afternoon of the 15th, 16th, and 17th of May. Screenshot taken at 20:05…