The Madeira Wine, Embroidery and Handicraft Institute (IVBAM) is promoting, together with regional rum manufacturers, a series of promotional Madeira Rum videos to coincide with the annual sugar cane harvest.
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Horários do Funchal - Transporte Públicos, SA has issued a statement confirming that due to a Workers' Plenary, scheduled by the National Drivers Union for tomorrow, the 6th of May, there will be an interruption to their regular bus service between 10:45 am and 2:15 pm.
On the 2nd of May, it was announced that Czech Airline, Smartwings, who currently operate a weekly Friday flight from the Czech Republic to Madeira, will increase the number of flights per week to three from June until October.
At 5 pm this evening, the vice-president of the Regional Government, Pedro Calado, met with representatives from the Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) - the largest commercial cruise association in the world - who are visiting the Region to observe that all the necessary adjustments have been made to ensure that the ports and marinas of Madeira are safe.
At the Madeiran Plenary this morning, the 4th of May, lawyer Adolfo Brazão reminded all those present that it is essential that the Border and Frontier Services (SEF) is restructured to put an end to the inadequate service that it is providing.
The Regional Secretary for Tourism and Culture, Eduardo Jesus, says that tourism in the region is looking optimistic due to the number of air connections that are being re-established to the island.
The President of the Regional Government, Miguel Albuquerque, will visit the Botanical Garden tomorrow, at 11 am, to commemorate it's 61st anniversary. Created on the 30th of April 1960, the garden averages about 400,000 visitors per year.
From the 31st of December 2020, until the 2nd of May 2021, 91,293 vaccines have been administered in Madeira.
The Carreiros do Monte (Monte Toboggans) returned to the streets again this morning, and with plenty of tourists about, the company was glad to be back in business.
The UBER transport platform will stop operating in the Autonomous Region of Madeira as of Thursday, the 6th of May, due to the Regional Government limiting the number of TVDE vehicles allowed to operate in the region to 40.
SESARAM received a further 23,400 Pfizer vaccines this morning.
On Saturday the 1st of May, a sailboat was found adrift near Ilhéu Chão, Desertas islands, and towed back to Funchal as part of a joint rescue operation between the Maritime Police and SANAS.
According to information released on the Portuguese Institute of Atmosphere and Sea website, a 1.4 magnitude earthquake was recorded southeast of the Desertas at 01.39 this morning.
Although information is scarce, the owners of a cat called Julieta (July) who went missing in Funchal on the 27th of April, have issued a plea asking everyone to try and find her. Julieta's owners can be contacted on 916 624 732.
Madeira has been showcased on Russian TV presenter, Zhanna Badoeva's travel programme, 'The Lives of Others.' The programme was released today, Sunday the 2nd of May, on Youtube and Channel One Russia.