A team from the Portuguese Institute of Atmosphere and Sea (IPMA), the Regional Laboratory of Veterinary and Food Safety of Madeira (LRVSA), the Maritime Police, the Institute of Forests and Nature Conservation (IFCN-IP-RAM), and LIDH Foundation (Go Deeper-EmPowered by Yamaha Programme) are currently stationed at Selvagem Grande conducting a sampling campaign for the collection of fish potentially contaminated with ciguatoxins (CTX).
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After a survey by the Institute of Forests and Nature Conservation (IFCN) on the walking routes in both Madeira and Porto Santo, they have announced that five routes are closed due to degradation.
An analysis by sustainable transport group Transport & Environment reveals that Carnival Corporation, the world’s largest luxury cruise operator, emitted nearly 10 times more sulfur oxides (SOX) in European seas than all 260 million European cars in 2017.
Refugee children and asylum seekers in Portugal face several challenges to their integration, such as language barrier, discrimination, lack of educational and professional opportunities, risk of poverty, and social exclusion, UNICEF Portugal has warned.
During the raising of the blue flag at the Ponta Gorda bathing complex, the Mayor of Funchal, Pedro Calado, announced that the beach will have, from tomorrow, Monday the 19th, a second surveillance post, located next to the new promenade to strengthen beach security.
Drug addicts are doping dogs and murdering them.'
The Judicial Police, through the Department of Criminal Investigation of Madeira, reported today that they have detained and charged a 30-year-old man for attempted murder, after dousing a 34-year-old man in petrol and setting him alight after an argument.
The 13 sailors who refused to board the NRP Mondego ship in March, citing security reasons, will know on Thursday, at 10:00 am, the charges arising from the Navy disciplinary proceedings, confirmed one of the defence lawyers.
APRAM - The Port Administration for the Ports of the Autonomous Region of Madeira, were out this morning with cleaning teams at the Funchal Port Recreational Pier.
Despite the warnings and no entry signs at the access points of some of the closed pedestrian routes, tourists are choosing to ignore them and access the trails.
Maria da Conceição Gomes, 70, understands the concern of the Funchal City Council when they evacuated all 41 residents from the block of flats where she lived, because of bad weather, on Wednesday, but today says that it was not necessary for them to be so pressurised into leaving.
Nine hiking trails remain closed due to Storm Oscar.
Madeira has recorded a new national historical maximum value of precipitation, during the passage of Storm Oscar through the region, announced the Portuguese Institute of Atmosphere and Sea (IPMA).
A 30-year-old tourist risked his life this afternoon by walking along the rock wall of the pier of Câmara de Lobos, while the sea still raged from the effects of Storm Oscar. In front of the incredulous gaze of onlookers, the man traversed the knife-edge rocks only to be engulfed…
Storm Oscar brought unprecedented levels of rain, with Areeiro recording levels of 604 millimetres per m2.