“The Madeira Liberal Initiative is against investing millions of euros that the Regional Government insists on making, through Sociedade Ponta Oeste, in a golf course in Ponta do Pargo, when government focus should be on investing in health, education or essential infrastructure for Madeirans.” Gonçalo Camelo, coordinator of IL Madeira,…
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The Câmara de Lobos Nursing Home is without nursing care between 21:30 and 08:00. While the home’s administration disagrees with the reduction of nurses, they say that they comply with Social Security standards. However, families of the patients are concerned, especially with possible nighttime emergencies. When questioned about the situation,…
The deadline for taxpayers to submit income declarations, that are not subject to withholding tax, such as domestic workers, has been extended until the end of February. At issue is the so-called Model 10, whose deadline for delivery is usually the 10th of February, but an order recently published by…
During the second-day visit of members from the Assembly of the Republic, meetings were held with the Madeiran Farmers Association and Coopescamadeira – Fishing Cooperative of the Madeira Archipelago. JoĂŁo Ferreira, President of the Association of Farmers, wanted further clarification on the Land Law, which although is not in force…
Two tourists were filmed today jumping one of the access gates to the Botanical Garden, in Funchal. According to a witness, the two women climbed the reserved gate by the exit to avoid paying the garden admission. Then after jumping the gate they nonchalantly enjoyed the garden that other people…
As part of the transition to the new integrated ticketing system of the Autonomous Region of Madeira, which began on the 1st of July 2024, and considering the guidelines of the Regional Authority – Institute for Mobility and Transport, Horários do Funchal (HF) will resume it’s pre-paid service for all…
The Madeiran Volunteer Firefighters and the Public Security Police (PSP) rescued a man last night who was standing on the Pináculo viewpoint precipice. The emergency services received the distress call at 22:30 from a passer-by, who spotted a man in his 40s standing on the balcony. By the time the…
The Hotel Union is on strike tomorrow over wage increases. Due to the negotiating impasse for the workers of the sector, the demonstration is scheduled for 15:45 pm, leaving the union, at Rua da Alegria n.Âş 31, followed by a descent along Plaza Madeira, to Rua dos Aranhas, in front…
An adults creative weaving workshop will take place at the Ethnographic Museum of Madeira on Saturday the 1st of February from 11:00 – 12:30 and 13:30 – 16:00. The workshop which is part of a wider project ‘Where Wool Lives,’ will be taught by textile designer Jenita SpĂnola, who only…
Chega has presented to the Assembly of the Republic a project that recommends to the Government of the Republic the provision of detailed data on the nationality, place of birth, ethnicity, and situation of permanence in national territory of suspects and those convicted of committing crimes. The party’s objective is…
The Regional Directorate of Health (DRS) advises that vaccination is the most effective form of prevention against influenza, as it reduces the risk of serious illness, hospitalisation, and death. In a press statement, the DR note: “The flu vaccine is made up of inactivated influenza virus, which means that the…
In view of Juntos Pelo Povo’s (JPP) statements classifying the end of the pre-purchased on-board ticket at Horários do Funchal as a “brutal camouflaged increase in bus fares,” the Regional Secretariats for Equipment and Infrastructures has clarified the situation. The statement begins by mentioning that the integrated ticketing system in…
The number of people looking for a property to rent through the Idealista website fell by 20% in December 2024, compared to the same month in 2023 (23 to 18). This current situation reverses the trend of the previous, more recent quarters, which remained at 23 contacts for each property…
While visiting the Lar Bela Vista home, the CDU has denounced what it believes to be another lie of the Regional Government in Continuing Care and Residential Structures response to the Elderly.” In the course of the initiative, the leader of the CDU, Ricardo Lume said that the Regional Government…
The price of fuel will increase from midnight tonight (26/01/25). According to the joint order of the Regional Government published today, a litre of 95 octane petrol will cost 1,614 euros and diesel will rise to 1,388 euros. Samantha Gannon info at madeira-weekly.com