This morning, Ponta de SĂŁo Jorge, in Santana, recorded the highest wind speeds in the region as a result of Storm Joseph. Gusts of 104 km/h were recorded early at 03:40, and just before lunchtime, wind speeds were still reaching 82 km/h. In Caniçal, at 9:40, gusts of 100 km/h…
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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,…
The Legislative Assembly of the Autonomous Region of Madeira has passed a resolution proposing to the Assembly of the Republic a change to the new model of the Social Mobility Allowance (SSM), which was approved in parliament last week and has already been published in the Diário da RepĂşblica. During…
The Secretary-General of Juntos Pelo Povo (JPP), Élvio Sousa, established this Monday a relationship between the “permanent refusal” of the PSD/CDS Government to comply with the law on access to administrative documents of government management and the “pompous way” in which the same executive recently presented an Autonomous Office of…
The PS’s proposal to guarantee free access for Madeirans to the classified trails in the Region will be debated in the Legislative Assembly of Madeira next Wednesday. This initiative makes the second amendment to the Legal Regime of Pedestrian Routes, requiring residents to register in advance to be able to…
From Tuesday the 27th, Madeira will be affected by periods of rain, strong winds, and significant sea agitation, confrmed the the Portuguese Institute of Atmosphere and Sea. In a press release, the National Weather Service highlighted the ongoing impact of Depression Joseph, currently in the North Atlantic and part of…
An official complaint was filed on Saturday, the 24th of January, with the Attorney General’s Office and the Central Department of Investigation and Criminal Action (DCIAP), requesting the urgent intervention of the Public Prosecutor’s Office to prevent the sale of the Dr. NĂ©lio Mendonça Hospital. The complaint, based on the…
The Regional Civil Protection Service (SRPC), together with the 11 Municipal Civil Protection Services of the Autonomous Region of Madeira, is hosting sessions on the use of the European emergency number 112 and explaining how the Manchester Triage works in handling medical emergencies. The initiatives will be held across several…
Last Friday, the President of the Regional Government, Miguel Albuquerque, firmly announced that the Dr. NĂ©lio Mendonça Hospital building will be sold. Plans to convert it into a residential home have been abandoned due to rising costs. When questioned by reporters, he said: “It’s already decided, and the conversion of…
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…
Rafael Nunes, deputy of Juntos Pelo Povo (JPP) in the Madeiran parliament, strongly criticised the Government, accusing it of creating an “administrative blockade” that limits Madeirans’ access to the region’s trails and levadas by imposing an online registration and booking system. In his speech, before the agenda was presented, the…
The first round of the 2026 presidential elections left a hole in several campaign budgets delivered by candidates to the Entity for Accounts and Political Financing (ECFP). Five candidates had expected to receive much more public subsidy money than they will actually receive because of the low poll results. Marques…
The creation of the D. Carlos Marine Nature Reserve, which will be the largest marine protected area in Portugal as it covers the Madeira-Tore and Gorringe Bank seamounts, entered public consultation today. The future D. Carlos Marine Nature Reserve has an area of 173,000 square kilometres and “will lead Portugal…
The Madeira District Court opened proceedings today against a network accused of forging air travel documents and unlawfully collecting the Social Mobility Allowance at CTT offices, with some of the 42 defendants already admitting to the charges. The trial, which was attended by 30 defendants, two of whom were in…
A large whale, in an advanced state of decomposition, was detected this afternoon in the bay of Câmara de Lobos, mobilising resources from the Captaincy of the Port of Funchal to the area. According to what was possible to ascertain, elements of the Captaincy went to the coastal area to…