The Regional Director for Agriculture and Rural Development was present yesterday, representing the regional secretary for Agriculture and Rural Development. Fisheries, Nuno Maciel, at the official opening of the 27th edition of the Onion Festival, in Caniço. The leader took the opportunity to highlight that “the services of the Regional…
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The expansion of the GIRO card charging network is now completed and available throughout the Payshop network of the Autonomous Region of Madeira, including Porto Santo. After a pilot test phase started on the 27th of April with two Payshop agents in the municipality of Funchal, the functionality is now…
The Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride took place last Saturday in Funchal, bringing together dozens of motorcyclists to raise funds for prostate cancer research and men’s mental health. The event, so far, has raised 1,845 euros, double the amount raised last year. The meeting point was Quinta Magnolia, followed by a route…
This morning, as many passed the Leroy Merlin gardens, in SĂŁo Martinho, came across a new scene of illegal camping, this time “in a hidden corner” of the garden. Images sent to JM by a reader illustrate a tent set up in addition to a net supported between two trees,…
The Regional Secretariat for Equipment and Infrastructures, through the Regional Directorate of Energy, informed press agencies today that the Gas-Solidarity.RAM Programme has already been resumed, as established in Ordinance No. 179/2025, of the 13th of March. The support maintains the value of 20 euros per month per consumer, and may…
The workers of Horários do Funchal have scheduled, for tomorrow, Tuesday the 20th, a plenary session that will take place between 16:30 and 18:30. This, they say, will affect services during this time. The company regrets the constraints that may result from this disturbance, and will do everything to minimise…
From Monday, all ATM service payments must show the name of the final recipient. This change, imposed by Notice No. 4/2024 of the Bank of Portugal, aims to increase transparency and fight fraud by allowing the user to confirm the beneficiary before authorising the transaction, whether by home banking or…
The President of the Government of Madeira, Miguel Albuquerque, accused in a judicial investigation related to suspicions of corruption, refuses to consider leaving office even if he is accused. Talking to the Lusa agency, he said: “I will continue in office, I have no problem, because, in conscience, I know…
The Municipality of Funchal (CMF), in connection with municipal markets, has created a diverse range of initiatives and events. Therefore, the CMF is promoting Heart Week, from the 19th to the 23rd of May at the Municipal Markets of Lavradores and Penteada. With this initiative, it is intended to alert…
The PSP launched today the 2025 edition of the “I’m Here! Children” programme where 623,197 children’s wristbands are available to parents worried about temporarily losing their children. So far, 17,349 bracelets have already been distributed. Since the beginning of the programme in 2012, the PSP has been able to quickly…
A PSP officer has recently been praised for showing that wearing a uniform doesn’t mean you can’t have fun. While several people sang Bruno & Marrone’s ‘Dormi na Praça,’ in an attempt to provoke the police officer, he was not intimidated and joined in the fun. He strutted his stuff…
The Regional Secretariat for Tourism, Environment and Culture today sent letters to a wide range of public and private entities in order to respond to “a growing and worrying phenomenon: the illegal practice of camping, and other associated activities on roads and public spaces in the Autonomous Region of Madeira,…
The municipal deputy elected by the Earth Party (MPT) has expressed his support for the proposal presented by the Trust Coalition regarding the strengthening of the inspection of local accommodation establishments (AL) in the Municipality of Funchal. “As a political force of a humanist matrix, which places human dignity, social…
The Regional Directorate of Statistics of Madeira (DREM) has released for the Autonomous Region of Madeira (RAM), information on the causes of death in 2022, by municipality, age group, and sex. According to the data available, in 2022, there were 3,104 deaths of residents in the Autonomous Region of Madeira,…
Residents have denounced to local media outlets the outrageous behaviours of tourists who have taken to camping inside many of the mountains’ BBQ infrastructures, making it impossible for them to spend time with their families in local beauty spots. The complaint comes from regular visitors to these areas, who warn…