The body found floating this afternoon near the Maiata Beach, in Porto da Cruz was that of a 44-year-old Irish man. Bruno Teles, Commander of the Maritime Zone of Madeira, explained that the man swam out to help a 14-year-old girl. However, the teenager was rescued as bystanders threw her…
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The Autonomous Region of Madeira “is in a good position to obtain a new helicopter to reinforce firefighting resources,” said MEP Bogdan Rzońca, Chairman of the European Parliament’s Committee on Petitions (PETI), at the end of a three-day visit to the Region. The deputy also stressed that “housing has become…
The PETI delegation – Committee on Petitions of the European Parliament visited this Tuesday the housing block of Pico da Torre, in Câmara de Lobos, financed by the Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR). Leonel Silva, President of Investimentos Habitacionais da Madeira (IHM), presented 19 housing projects in the amphitheatre of…
A man, whose nationality and age could not be confirmed, was rescued this morning from an escarpment of one of the streams in Funchal, specifically in Fundoa (Ribeira de Santa Luzia). The individual was physically well and was guided to safety by a Mountain Rescue team from the Madeiran Volunteer…
The rescue of a woman who fell and became entangled in a tree, on a precipice of more than 100 metres, in Levada do Caldeirão Verde, started this afternoon. As far as JM was able to ascertain, only the tree prevented the woman from falling to her death. Thirteen operatives…
It was chaos on Madeira’s roads this evening from Cancela to Porto Novo as a 40-foot container broke free of its restraints and shot across the highway, demolished a barrier, and ended up on the other side of the via rapida, breaking a further safety barrier. What was amazing was…
Two defendants have been identified as causing the August 2024 fire that destroyed more than 5,100 hectares in Madeira, including Laurissilva areas, and which lasted for 13 days. The confirmation was given to JM by the PJ coordinator in the Region, José Matos, who stressed that these defendants are already…
Workers of the municipal company Carris, in Lisbon, presented “successive complaints” regarding the need for better tram maintenance, including the one in Glória that derailed today, said Manuel Leal, union leader of Fectrans and STRUP. “Fundamentally, there should be a rigorous investigation into the accident and its causes, especially as…
The Glória tram, in Lisbon, derailed yesterday evening (Wednesday the 3rd), at 18:04, on Calçada da Glória. The Glória tram is managed by Carris, connecting Restauradores to the São Pedro de Alcântara Garden, in Bairro Alto. The 256 metre route is very popular with tourists and is the operator’s busiest…
The bather rescued yesterday afternoon at Praia Formosa, Funchal, ended up dying, confirmed a hospital source, despite all resuscitation efforts by firefighters and the A&E department of the Dr Nélio Mendonça Hospital. The rescue operation involved lifeguards and military personnel from the Maritime Authority involved in the ‘Sea Watch’ project,…
The National Union of Nurses (SNE) once again denounced the lack of response from the Health Service of the Autonomous Region of Madeira (SESARAM) to the questions posed about the recruitment process of nurse managers, considering that the situation confirms “the inadequacy of the Nursing Direction.” In a press release,…
Madeira intends to use drones to drop plant seeds in hard-to-reach areas affected by the fire that raged across the island between the 14th and 26th of August 2024, confirms a spokesperson for the Institute of Forests and Nature Conservation (IFCN). “To overcome the physical access restrictions to the areas,…
At 5 pm this evening, the Maritime police were called out to rescue the occupants of a boat that was on fire off the coast of Madalena do Mar, Ponta do Sol, carrying a couple and their teenage boys from the Netherlands. On speaking to journalists from DIÁRIO, the Captain…
According to the Captain of the Port of Funchal, Bruno Ferreira Teles, at 05:00 this morning, the authorities were alerted to the presence of a 50-year-old man floating in the sea next to a boat, ‘Falcão do Mar,’ anchored approximately 500 metres from Câmara de Lobos. Immediately, a crew from…
The Madeira Rally 2025, which starts tomorrow and attracts thousands of spectators, coincides with a period of high risk of fire, which motivated the Regional Civil Protection Service (SRPC) to warn of the importance of reinforcing care and adopting preventive behaviours. According to the note issued by the entity, depending…