Portugal’s Judiciary Police (PJ) have issued an important warning about the risks of communicating with strangers online, particularly criminals who use intimate images or videos to blackmail and extort their victims. Under the campaign slogan “VOLTE-FACE online is fierce and real,” the PJ warned that an apparently harmless social media…
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The transportation of large wind turbine components to Paul da Serra may cause temporary traffic disruption until the end of September, according to ENEREEM, part of the Madeira Electricity Company (EEM) Group. The operation will carry turbine blades, tower sections and other equipment to the Loiral III and Paul wind…
Two Public Security Police (PSP) officers were injured after being attacked by a man with an iron bar in Funchal on Wednesday night. Police were called to Avenida do Infante on the 5th of August following reports of a man carrying an iron bar and causing a disturbance. According to…
A video shared on social media appears to show a group of motorcyclists travelling along Madeira’s VR1 expressway at speeds far above the legal limit. The footage, published on the 27th of July, shows the speedometer of one motorcycle approaching 240 km/h. The date on which the video was recorded…
Madeiran national Rui Viana, who was convicted of drug trafficking in Indonesia, continues to await the formal extradition process that would allow him to serve the remainder of his prison sentence in Portugal. The case, first reported by SIC Notícias, reveals that more than two years after the arrests and…
The New Right party has criticised the suspension of plenary sessions in the Legislative Assembly of Madeira during August and September, arguing that it leaves the Regional Government without effective parliamentary scrutiny for almost two months. In a statement issued on Saturday, the party said that, while a permanent committee…
Today, at the Ponta Gorda Bathing Complex, the ‘Smoke-Free Beach’ initiative was presented. The project brings together the Funchal Municipal Council (CMF), Frente MarFunchal and the Regional Health Directorate to promote healthier lifestyles and create safer, health-promoting environments. The initiative aims to prevent and discourage the use of tobacco and…
A man who left the São João de Deus Health Centre prompted a police response in Funchal on Tuesday, although the situation was resolved quickly, according to the Public Security Police (PSP). The Regional Command of the PSP said officers were called following reports of a disturbance near the Olimpo…
A 57-year-old man has been arrested in Funchal following a two-year investigation into the suspected possession of prohibited weapons. The arrest was carried out on Monday by officers from the Public Security Police (PSP) after detectives from the Funchal Police Division’s Criminal Investigation Squad executed a search warrant at the…
Companies operating in the Madeira Free Trade Zone (ZFM) cannot count the purchase of passenger cars as an eligible investment to access the regime’s reduced corporate tax rate, according to a binding ruling published by the Regional Tax and Customs Authority (AT-RAM). The decision, signed by the Regional Director of…
The Public Security Police (PSP) has issued a warning over a new variation of the “fake accident” scam, which has already resulted in more than 50 reported incidents and losses exceeding €200,000 in the Lisbon area during the past month alone. According to the PSP, the fraudsters are primarily targeting…
A man has been arrested on suspicion of deliberately starting the bush fire that broke out this afternoon on Rua Cônego Doutor Jorge de Freitas, beside the slope of the New Cemetery in Caniço. The arrest was confirmed to DIÁRIO by Paulo Renato Baptista, coordinator of the Municipal Civil Protection…
The PSD-Madeira parliamentary group is calling for legislative changes to ensure that residents of Madeira can purchase goods and services online under conditions comparable to those enjoyed by consumers on mainland Portugal. The proposal follows a meeting between PSD deputy Bruno Melim and the President of the Portuguese Competition Authority,…
The Court of Auditors has identified irregularities in the procedure that led to the expansion of the Air Resources Centre (CMA) at Cancela Heliport, a project that equipped the Regional Civil Protection Service with the capacity, among other improvements, to accommodate two aircraft. The contract was valued at €199,500. Similar…
The President of the Regional Government, Miguel Albuquerque, has defended the principle of the presumption of innocence, insisting that investigations and media reports should never be confused with proof of wrongdoing. Speaking to journalists on the sidelines of the Madeira Agricultural Fair, Albuquerque was asked whether, if he were Prime…