The Institute of Health Administration, IP-RAM (IASAÚDE, IP-RAM) informs that beneficiaries of the Regional Health Service of Madeira (SRS-Madeira) can now renew their Special Reimbursement Card (CRE). The renewal must be carried out between June and December. Implemented by the Regional Government of Madeira, through IASAÚDE, IP-RAM, the CRE aims…
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The IFCN has confirmed that the Forest Police has identified an individual who used sound equipment to play and sing in the Park Florestal das Queimadas, located in the municipality of Santana. This is an area integrated within the Natural Park of Madeira, and is a protected area with specific…
A study of wastewater will take place in Madeira with a view to detecting drugs and new psychoactive substances. The Department of Criminal Investigation of Madeira will lead the study and will host the first meeting of the project with its partner entities on the 6th of June at 12:30.…
Bus drivers from Horários do Funchal will go on a 48-hour strike, scheduled for the 25th and 26th of June. The industrial action was confirmed by Manuel Oliveira, from the National Union of Drivers and Other Workers (SMNOT). He explained that the deadline for the Regional Government to accept the…
The ADN – National Democratic Alternative (ADN) party has warned of what it considers to be a “lack of control on the entry of motor vehicles into the Autonomous Region of Madeira.” In a press release, the ADN cites a source, who is a customs secretary at the Funchal Customs,…
Funchal Noticias had announced that the Chinese tenants of Bazar do Povo are moving to Rua do Aljube. The Chinese emporium will now be in the old Fidelidade insurance building, which was also once occupied by Levi. The current tenants, whose contract ends this year, decided not to renew the…
The Madeira Senior Dance Association, formally designated Associação Exemplos Wises, will hold its International Festival on the 5th of June, from 10:30, at the Praça do Povos, Funchal. This annual event is a moment of celebration and sharing, bringing together elderly people from all over the island of Madeira who…
AJEMed- Youth Association of Medicine of Madeira will hold its 9th ‘Hospital dos Pequeninos’ between the 18th and 23rd of August, at the Madeira Press Museum, in Câmara de Lobos. The initiative, started in 2017, is aimed at children from 3 to 10 years old and aims to “help children…
The Regional Civil Protection Service, as of today, has intensified its rural fire surveillance. “As of today, an agent of the CR PSP Madeira or a soldier of the GNR – Territorial Command of Madeira will be stationed permanently at the Regional Command of Relief Operations (#CROS), who ensure the…
BBC Radio 4 and Diario de Noticias have joined forces to highlight the ‘Bloom’ epidemic in Madeira. Between 2017 and 2024, the amount of new psychoactive substances (NPS) seized by the Public Security Police in Madeira (PSP) increased exponentially, from 170 grams to 16 kilos, in seven years. The data…
An all-terrain tourist vehicle crash resulted in seven injuries at the Pedregal site, in Ponta do Pargo, this afternoon. According to what was possible to assess at the time from the president of the Regional Civil Protection Service, Richard Marques, five people have minor injuries, and two are seriously hurt.…
The SIGA transport network has issued 81,514 passes since June last year, a growth that helps explain the overcrowding on some routes. As a result, the Regional Government has announced the licensing of 15 additional buses. While 2026 will see the acquisition of a further 10 electric vehicles. Samantha Gannon…
We heard from the “Horarios do Funchal”/SIGA hotline that the „old“ Giro cards will now be valid until the end of June. They can be bought and recharged in the Payshops (but not in the “Horarios“ kiosks) until the end of the month. By then, we’ll inquire if the new…
Reports indicate that the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus is increasing in certain regions of the world, with the positivity rate of Covid-19 tests reaching July 2024 levels, stated the World Health Organization (WHO) today. “In a global context, this increase is observed mainly in countries in the Eastern Mediterranean, Southeast Asia, and…
The Public Security Police will continue to position speed cameras on Madeira’s roads during June as part of their ‘Who warns you…’ initiative. Closing the month of May, speed cameras will be in action on Friday, the 30th, between 09:00 and 13:00 on VR1 – km 37,7 – Piquinho –…