Five-minute breaks, classes starting earlier and ending later, students helping to disinfect rooms, and canteens with take-way services only are some of the changes planned by schools across Portugal for the next school year.
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In a statement by the Minister of Health, Marta Temido this week, she confirmed that the Government of Portugal is not currently considering banning smoking in open public spaces as in the case of Spain, but there are “many issues that require further monitoring and analysis before a decision can be made.”
The Vice-President (VP) of the Municipality of Funchal, Idalina Perestrelo, stated that seventeen streams are to be cleaned as part of the CMF's flood prevention initiative. This work is currently underway and should be completed in September at a cost of about €63,000.
The Ombudsman's Office has received five complaints about the mandatory use of masks in public spaces in Madeira.
In an interview with Público, the president of the Regional Government of Madeira and the PSD-M, Miguel Albuquerque, maintained his reputation as one of the protagonists of the national political arena for the future of Portugal, as he once again defended his actions in approaching the nationalist right wing party leader André Ventura (Chega).
Despite the rain, the President of Portugal ended his stay on Porto Santo with a swim in the sea.
On this arrival to Porto Santo, and while waiting for a taxi, the President of Portugal, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, told journalists that all he wanted to do was enjoy the 'beach and lambecas' (icecream), and hoped that his visit would help promote the island as a 'vacation paradise.'
Adherence to the new mandatory mask wearing ruling seems a bit hit and miss at the moment judging from observations in my local town, where it would appear that the majority of women are obeying the new ruling while men, of a certain age, seem to believe they are exempt.
According to a recent report by Jornal de Notícias,' Banco Espírito Santo's (BES) debt has practically tripled since 2014, while the “bad bank” assets can only cover 2.8% of its creditor liabilities.
934 passengers disembarked from the Lobo Marinho in Porto Santo this morning, coinciding with the President of Portugal, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa's 'mini-break' on the island.
The President of Madeira, Miguel Albuquerque, again justified the use of masks by saying that the exponential increase in positive cases of Covid-19 in Madeira does not surprise the Regional Government, which, for this very reason, they enforced the use of masks outdoors.
The Director-General of Health (DGS), Graça Freitas, warned today that disposable masks should be disposed of as household waste.
A woman has been arrested at Madeira's International Airport trying to smuggle in 10 kg of heroin, in what has been the biggest drug seizure of heroin on the island.