We could be forgiven for asking 'Does Madeira, ever get a break?' As strong winds have meant that an early TAP flight from Madeira to Lisbon was cancelled, and an EasyJet flight from Porto had to return back as it was unable to land.
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MEP Sara Cerdas has questioned the European Commission about what mechanisms are being developed to enable preparation by European Union Member States for a possible second wave of the coronavirus.
A headline in one of the papers today confirmed that the absence of contact between family members and those in care homes has created 'terrible psychological consequences.' What is worse, many health care experts, especially psychologist Lúcia Ferreira, claim that many of those who are in care homes will not die from Covid-19, but will die little by little from isolation and loneliness.
During a presidential visit to Lamaceiros, Porto Moniz, where Miguel Albuquerque visited a three-hectare vineyard owned by Manuel Ramos Lucas and dedicated to the growing of Verdelho grapes, the President assured farmers that the government will continue to support agriculture and entrepreneurs within the sector.
MadeiraShopping, who are managed by Sonae Sierra, and through its partnership with SGS (a world leader in inspection, verification, testing and certification, whose head office is in Geneva), has implemented a series of health and hygiene procedures, guaranteeing the continued safety and well-being of its visitors, tenants, suppliers and employees.
The initial monitoring results of the GIRO Project - Project to Enhance the Protected Area of Cabo Girão - collected by the Insular Association of Geography (AIG) in partnership with the Forest and Nature Conservation Institute, IP-RAM and Câmara, are now available.
The commander of the Madeira Maritime Police, Guerreiro Cardoso, has confirmed that he will investigate a video showing Cristiano Ronaldo's 10-year-old son riding a jet ski alone and unsupervised, while on holiday in Madeira.
The Funchal City Council (CMF) has announced that they are to install a new radio communications system at the Parque Ecológico do Funchal.
ANA - Aeroportos de Portugal has announced that they are seeking voluntary redundancies' as part of a major post Covid-19 re-structuring scheme.
Several commercial establishments in the La Vie Shopping Centre area, particularly those located in Rua Serpa Pinto have been the target of several robberies and acts of vandalism.
The Navy, in conjunction with the Funchal Maritime Search and Rescue coordination sub-centre, the captain of the Port of Funchal and the Regional Civil Protection Service, this morning rescued a crew member from a fishing vessel located 8 nautical miles south of Câmara de Lobos. According to the Navy the victim, a 57-year-old man, had deep cuts to his face made by a hook.
A Loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta Caretta) caught up in fishing tackle was rescued yesterday, (10th July) at 8:30 pm at Paul do Mar.
To mark 'Ocean Day' and despite being in lock down, local Caniço Primary school and the Junta de Freguesia challenged youngsters during May and June to create posters to raise awareness among the population about the risks to public health, nature and marine life that discarded disposable personal protective equipment, such as masks, gloves and wipes, has on the environment. In addition the children wanted to highlight the use of reusable masks, in order to produce less waste.