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Three backpacks belonging to foreign citizens have been found in the Boaventura forest area. The backpacks contained documents and unused airline tickets. On receiving the alert firefighters and the Forest Police were the first to arrive at the scene. The PSP took over the investigation and has said that they…
Ernesto Pestana, a man who in May 2023, shot his partner dead, in Meia Légua, located in the municipality of Ribeira Brava, has been sentenced to 19 years imprisonment. Ernesto Pestana’s daughter, still a minor, could not contain her tears, and had to be calmed down by friends and family.…
The decision to apply a fee of three euros on seven routes in the Madeiran forest as of January represents a significant source of revenue. In 2022, local newspaper JM reported that fifteen thousand people a week walked on three park routes. If this remains so, the fees could mean…
The argument of the Public Prosecutor’s Office in the ‘Ab Initio’ case, according to some national press reports, will involve three regional secretaries: Pedro Ramos (Health), Rogério Gouveia (Finance) and Pedro Fino (Equipment and Infrastructure). Precisely the same officials who oversee the two dozen bodies that were searched last Tuesday…
The Institute of Forests and Nature Conservation (IFCN), has updated the status of some of their walks, this includes routes that are now partially passable. According to a press release, in the case of PR 2 Vereda do Urzal, the route is passable from Lombo do Urzal to km 6.2; PR 17…
On leaving the Palace of Justice, lawyer João Nabais summed up what happened this morning at the Criminal Investigation Court of Funchal. For now, according to the representative of the mayor of Calheta, Carlos Teles, the defendants have been identified and have been listening to the reading of the indictment,…
The President of the Regional Government, Miguel Albuquerque, reacted this Wednesday to the mega-operation of the Judiciary Police in the Region. In a press statement, he reiterated: “As I said yesterday, the Government is fully available to collaborate, as it has always had, with all investigations. An investigation is not…
An ongoing Judicial Police operation in Madeira has led to the arrest of several high-ranking figures. Local newspaper, JM, reported firsthand that the operation is related to business carried out with the company Dupla DP, within the scope of public procurement, leading the Judicial Police and other entities to investigate…
Political party, People-Animals-Nature (PAN), has requested a parliamentary hearing at the Legislative Assembly of Madeira (ALRAM), regarding the case of the desert lynx that was seized by the GNR in early July. The lynx died with week after it was returned to its owners, with many believing that the animal…
Landlords can increase the value of rents by up to 2.16% in 2025, according to August inflation figures confirmed today by the National Statistics Institute (INE). According to INE data, which confirms the values advanced in the flash estimate released on the 30th of August. In the last 12 months…
The Judiciary Police is investigating the death of a 19-year-old man who died last Saturday afternoon. His death, states local newspapers has created a lot of apprehension among the local populous. The occurrence took place in the Santo António area of Funchal, where the teenager was found dead with serious…
on the 2nd of September, the Territorial Command of Madeira of the GNR, through the Information and Criminal Investigation Section and the Territorial Detachment of Funchal, seized more than 9,200 litres of illegally produced spirits in the municipality of Câmara de Lobos. “In the course of an investigation into the…
A statement issued by the Regional Secretariat for Economy, Tourism and Culture confirms that, through the Regional Authority for Economic Activities (ARAE) the ‘Apolo’ Restaurant in Funchal has been closed down. In response to local newspaper, JM’s questions, the communication office of the secretariat led by Eduardo Jesus revealed that…
The residents of Fajã das Galinhas understand the need to be permanently relocated for safety reasons, a decision taken after the fire in Madeira, but while some feel relieved, others regret leaving a life behind. José Paulo Rodrigues is one of the 40 people who are still housed at the…