It hasn’t been the best day for the President of Madeira; the landslide victory didn’t turn out to be as overwhelming as he had hoped. Chega is already threatening to seize documents and investigate potential wrongdoings, and comments made during a visit to Ribeira Brava have certainly backfired. The councilor…
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The São Vicente PSD suffered a possible unexpected defeat on Sunday to Chega. The people wanted change and simply voted for someone else. So when the Presiden of Madeira was asked if he was going to the Chega Mayors inauguration he replied, “I’m not sure. But what I tell you…
There were cheers and tears last night as the election results were counted. Not surprisingly, the PSD won six of the eleven Municipal Councils of Madeira, and a majority in the Parish Councils. The map below shows the social-democratic influence in all municipalities. The colors of the parties allow us…
Two earthquakes at the end of yesterday afternoon and another one this Monday morning were recorded by IPMA seismographs. The first of these earthquakes occurred at 17:48 and had a magnitude of 1.9 on the Richter scale off the south coast of Madeira. This was a very shallow quake at…
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…
In January, during a visit to Madeira, Pedro Portugal Gaspar, the President of the Agency for Integration, Migration and Asylum (AIMA), announced plans to process 700 renewal applications by June. In September, reporters from the local newspaper JM reached out to check the current status of resident card renewals in…
Fado singer Cuca Roseta will join the Madeira Classical Orchestra (OCM) on the 18th of October, at 21:30, in the bay of Câmara de Lobos, with Francisco Loreto as guest conductor. The show celebrates the 50th anniversary of the region’s autonomy.. This celebration of autonomy is an initiative of the…
Chega’s candidacy for the Municipality of Santa Cruz recently visited the Nogueira neighborhood in the parish of Camacha, where alarming situations of degradation, insecurity, and abandonment were identified, requiring an urgent response from local and regional authorities. During the trip, litter was found strewn along the public roads as a…
Opinion poll Intercampus, commissioned by JM and Radio JM FM, points to a clear victory for the PSD/CDS coalition. The PS remains the second force in the municipality, while the JPP and Chega guarantee, for the first time in the city, one mandate each. Elections take place on the 12th…
Miguel Albuquerque, President of the Regional Government, while attending the XII International Conference on Marine Bioinvasions, stated that the Region remains attentive to the presence of Sargassum in its waters. “Like most countries on the European coast, we see that, at the moment, Sargassum comes from the Sargasso Sea and,…
The candidate of Juntos pelo Povo (JPP) for the presidency of the Municipality of Câmara de Lobos, Miguel Ganança, has expressed his concern about the isolation of the population of Curral das Freiras, especially during periods of bad weather, when road traffic is often conditioned or interrupted. The statements follow…
During the XII International Conference on Marine Bioinvasions (ICMB XII), Scientific Coordinator, João Canning Clode, stated: “We have about 70 invasive or non-indigenous species documented in the region. The problem is not the number, but whether any of them have an impact. In most cases, we do not have species…
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…
The mainland Government has announced that it will support the most needy families in the payment of veterinary services and pet food, totaling one million euros. One of several strategy measures to improve the well-being of families and their pets. The measure is part of a package of 14.5 million…
Miguel Albuquerque: I Didn’t Mean to Offend
Miguel Albuquerque says he has the greatest respect for the social workers and clarified that the statement “the decision-making centres are not for social workers” was a figure of speech that he used in the context of his political discourse. The President of the Regional Government was questioned by DIÁRIO…