As part of the ‘Pink Boxes’ initiative, resulting from a partnership between the Womaniza-Te association and CMF, councilor Helena Leal, who oversees Education and Citizenship, this week visited several schools where ‘Pink Boxes’ had been delivered. Specifically in the schools of Basic School of the 2nd and 3rd Bartolomeu Perestrelo,…
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As a way of “giving voice to the appeals of patients and families,” the Portuguese Labour Party – PTP, denounced that there are patients who have been stranded for days in the A & E department at the Dr. NĂ©lio Mendonça Hospital, due to the lack of available beds. In…
The Government will move forward with tenders for the production of sustainable fuel (SAF) and has already received expressions of interest from “several companies,” announced the Minister of Environment and Energy, Maria da Graça Carvalho. “What we want is for Portugal to be a European and even world producer of…
The CDU held a political initiative today at the Santo da Serra Market to highlight “the importance of highlighting the struggles the population have with social, political, economic and cultural rights in the Autonomous Region of Madeira.” Saying that “it was worth fighting, Edgar Silva, regional coordinator of the PCP,…
The PSP has detained at 36-year-old man in the Santo AntĂłnio area for illegally remaining in the country. Since he did not have documents, a police investigation was carried out that found he was an ‘illegal’ given that his initial request for a temporary residence permit had been rejected on…
“For almost 400 days the Regional Government has not paid taxi drivers who transport non-urgent patients on behalf of the Regional Health Service of the Region (SESARAM),” declared the JPP – Juntos Pelo Povo. It is believed that more than 2 million euros is owed to the region’s taxi drivers.…
Manuel AntĂłnio says that it will not be possible to be associated with any list headed, by Albuquerque. The former governor thus reacted to the latest statements by the President of the Regional Government and leader of the PSD-Madeira. Through a statement, he states that “the PSD-Madeira must offer the…
JĂșlio NĂłbrega guarantees that greater demand for health services has not yet led to the cancellation of surgeries due to lack of beds. The public hospitals in the Region have already exhausted their inpatient capacity. This was noted by the clinical director of the Regional Health Service (SESARAM) early this…
The President of the Republic convened the Council of State for the 17th of January, after hearing the parties represented in the Regional Legislative Assembly of Madeira, following the motion of censure on the Regional Government. A date that, from the outset, rules out the possibility of holding elections on…
Chaos persists in the Emergency Department of Hospital Dr. NĂ©lio Mendonça, in Funchal. There are countless stretchers with patients ‘parked’ along access corridors in the hospital building. “It’s unbelievable the amount of stretchers in the corridors. You almost can’t walk through.” said one witness to DIĂRIO morning. Stretchers with patients…
“No one is buried in a mass grave,” assures the Chamber Funchal Municipal Council (CMF). Their answer is in response to a request for clarification by DIĂRIO following a post published by Father JosĂ© LuĂs Rodrigues, under the title ‘People are not cattle,’ in which he expressed indignation at the…
Portuguese health authorities clarified today that metapneumovirus (hMPV) outbreak in northern China, is common in winter and that cases in Portugal are “quite rare.” “Cases have been quite rare, so far. It does not seem to be the virus predominantly associated with some respiratory infections that we are seeing,” stated…
Since last night, the rescue of a 28-year-old citizen, of German nationality, in Ponta do Pargo, who was forced to make an emergency landing when he was paragliding, in the pebble area has been underway. The rescue is being coordinated by the Maritime Authority and, according to Rui Teixeira, commander…
The President of the Regional Government once again assured reporters this morning, that a set of public contracts “will stop,” including work on the Central and University Hospital of Madeira. Miguel Albuquerque explained to journalists that the holdup is due to the failure to agree on the budget and the…
ADN-Madeira today defended the liberalisation of maritime transport between Madeira and Porto Santo. This at a time when the Lobo Marinho ferry, which connects the islands of the archipelago, will now undergo its yearly maintenance programme. The ferry will be out of action for 6 weeks as modifications are being…