Market night may have been a good night for the majority, but it wasn’t fun for everyone. By 4 am, when the event officially ended, the Regional Operational Command had received 12 calls for urgent medical assistance and transportation to hospital. Samantha Gannon info at madeira-weekly.com
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The Porto Santo based, Portuguese Air Force (FAP) squadron completed two air-sea rescue missions during the Christmas weekend (25th and 26th).
There were further calls for celebrations on Christmas Day, as four babies were born in Madeira at the Dr. Nélio Mendonça Hospital in Funchal.
This year the PortoBay Group 'Tour to the City of Funchal - Move for Hope' race, takes place on the 28th of December.
The Director of the Migration Observatory, Catarina Reis Oliveira, argues in a study presented this week, that without immigrants, some sectors of society would collapse.
The Regional Government Council met on Wednesday and authorised the amendment of the Concession Contract for the Public Service for the Regular Carriage of Passengers and Goods by Sea between Funchal and Porto Santo
The Cultural and Social Solidarity Association Raquel Lombardi recently coordinated a food collection for abandoned animals. This Christmas, the association sought to raise awareness among students and teachers about animal abandonment and ill-treatment. “It is essential that we educate everyone with regards to animal welfare so that we create a…
Two hundred and thirteen of the four hundred and thirty people who retired this year will receive a pension ranging from 270 to 430 euros a month, well below the minimum wage.
Horários do Funchal has confirmed that due to market night, there will be changes to their bus schedules. The changes will take place from 19:00 on the 23rd, and the company asks all those using public transport to check both its website and Facebook pages for additional information. The number…
After the success of the Christmas and New Year 2021/22 campaigns, which reached up to 42 million contacts/views.
Earlier on in the week, local firefighters attempted to rescue a small group of dogs trapped in the São João river in Funchal.
Yet more bad news for tourists as the mountain rescue team of the Madeiran Volunteer Firefighters (BVM), undertook a complicated mission this afternoon to rescue two tourists who were "trapped" on a difficult to access escarpment in the Fajã dos Rodrigues area in São Vincente.
After another night of extensive searches throughout Funchal, the family of 70-year-old Emanuel Martins Freitas, who disappeared from his home in Estrada Visconde Cacongo, in Santa Maria Maior on Wednesday, is still missing.
Following coverage of the incident by the BBC and UK regional newspapers, the tourist who went missing in Calheta this week has been identified as 52-year-old Cumbrian Fell Runner, Darren Kay.
The Regional Secretary of Health and Civil Protection, Pedro Ramos, presided over yesterday's opening session of SESARAM's, "Artificial Intelligence in Clinical Practice - Safety, precocity, and precision in clinical practice."