An earthquake registering 2.0 magnitude on the Richter scale was recorded Thursday evening (02/07) at 16:49. This is the fourth earthquake to have been recorded in the region this week.
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"Madeira is doing everything possible to make the recovery of tourism a reality, under the conditions of safety for all." This is the finding of a meeting held today between the Parliamentary Group of PSD-Madeira and the Madeira Promotion Association.
Santander customers can now make payments using their Fitbits, through the devices Fitbit Pay payment app.
Due to the ongoing pandemic, the Porto Santo Development Society has decided to take advantage of this situation to improve and adapt The Porto Santo Campsite for the benefit of future users.
In order to meet the needs of the island, in terms of fighting forest fires, the Madeiran Army Regiment No. 3 (RG3) has undergone a series of cross training activities under the Operational Plan for Combating Forest Fires (POCIF 2020).
The 'Dom Pedro Madeira- Ocean Beach Hotel' re-opens on the 16th of July.
The Public Security Police (PSP) announced today, the 1st of July, where their speed radars will be located this month.
The President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, stressed today that regional autonomy is “one of the happiest and most fruitful achievements of democratic Portugal, and that it is an element of national cohesion that heals conflicts instead of fostering them.
A total of 425 passengers, on flights from Lisbon, Porto and the Azores, disembarked this Wednesday at Madeira Airport, on the day that the new Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) testing controls were introduced to screen and test those who have arrived without a PCR test certificate. Of the 425 passengers, 243 were screened at the airports new testing facilities.
Testing has begun in earnest as the third flight this morning, a TAP flight transported 100 passengers from Lisbon, with 63 people undergoing Covid-19 testing when they arrived here.
The Public Security Police had to subdue a mentally disturbed woman wielding a knife in Caniço yesterday (29/06) by taser.
The epidemiological bulletin issued by IASaúde maintains that there are currently only two active cases of Covid-19 in Madeira, contrary to what has been reported in the DGS Epidemiological bulletin today.
Juan Manuel Ballestero was in Porto Santo when Argentina banned all flights in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Determined to see his 90-year-old father, who lives in Argentina, he set sail from Porto Santo and sailed the 6,129 miles to Argentina in a 9 metre boat in what has been deemed a story of both love and courage, but which left friends worried for his life.
The Regional Secretary for the Environment, Natural Resources and Climate Change (SRAAC) Susana Prada, has launched a competition for the creation of a “Levadas da Madeira” logo in support of a UNESCO World Heritage competition.
Data published today by the Regional Directorate of Statistics and compiled by the Foreigners and Borders Service (SEF), revealed that the foreign population permanently residing in the Autonomous Region of Madeira, as of the 31st of December 2019, totalled 8,586 people, representing an increase of 13.3% compared to 2018.