A major road collapse occurred on Tuesday evening on the road connecting Estreito da Calheta and Jardim do Mar.
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Eduardo Jesus, the Regional Secretary for Tourism and Culture, said today that digital nomads have become an an international trend, and that the pandemic has created a different culture, that is, people want stay and work in countries where they feel safe.
Madeira's emblematic, Belmond Reid's Palace Hotel, which survived the First World War and the Spanish Flu, has unfortunately not survived the pandemic, and officially closes on the 1st of February.
Today a rumpus was caused during a plenary debate in the Madeira Assembly concerning a proposal made by the PSD to transform an old abandoned school in São Jorge into a senior citizen home or a long term integrated inpatient unit which was deemed as not feasible and impractical.
Loja do Cidadão has announced that from tomorrow, Wednesday the 13th of January new opening hours will come into force, ensuring that the offices comply with the new health measures. As such, their services will operate from Monday to Friday between 08:30 - 17:30, and Saturday from 08:30 - 13:30.
The Santander branch in Santo António was broken in to last Saturday night. The assailants destroyed windows and security doors into the bank, but it is unclear if the thieves took anything of material value.
Due to the increasing number of deaths and positive covid-19 cases, the President of the Regional Government, Miguel Albuquerque has introduced a new set of restrictions. These will remain in place until the 31st of January. The new restrictions are:-
This afternoon, the Regional Secretary for Equipment and Infrastructure, Pedro Fino, travelled to Machico, in order to personally see the damage caused by the storm, most of which is in the Ribeira Grande area.
As a result of today's bad weather and storm damage affecting the parish of Machico, the President of the Regional Government, Miguel Albuquerque has offered government aid to help with the cleanup operation.
Machico is suffering significant storm damage, as barriers have collapsed due to the sheer weight of debris, mud and water, leaving some roads impassable.
Depression Filomena is expected to affect the Madeiran archipelago from this afternoon until Friday.
The Regional Government has passed a resolution regarding the restriction of movement. The resolution states that “as of 00:00 on the 5th of January 2021, while the state of emergency is in force or there are municipalities at high risk, travelling on public roads is prohibited in the Autonomous Region of Madeira between 11 pm and 5 am, with the following exceptions:”
Residents living close to Levada dos Tornos, have expressed their concern as the levada water is rising rapidly, and it is believed that the floodgates that regulate the water flow are blocked with debris causing a grave risk of flooding.
The Vice-President of the Regional Government said that a survey on the amount of damage caused by the Christmas Day storm, which affected the parishes of Ponta Delgada and Boaventura, in São Vicente is still being determined, and is not expected to be completed until mid January 2021.
In a statement, the President of the Regional Government, Miguel Albuquerque has confirmed that the Christmas Day storm has damaged at least two properties 'beyond repair' in Ponta Delgada and Boaventura.