The Regional Secretariat for Equipment and Infrastructure (SREI) refuted BE’s statements about the alleged gaps in the project of the new Central and University Hospital of Madeira. At issue are statements made by the BE last Sunday, 2nd of March, during a campaign action, where it was pointed out that…
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Five years after the first cases of contagion of Covid-19 were confirmed in Portugal, Public Health specialist Francisco George warns of new “threats on the horizon” such as the H5N1 flu virus. “We have to be prepared now, more than ever, for a new phenomenon. There are threats on the…
Meteorologists from the IPMA have issued another yellow weather warning for wind and rain on Monday from 15:00 to midnight. There will be periods of rain, which may be sometimes heavy, accompanied by thunderstorms. The IPMA further states that the yellow warning could be raised to orange. Wind gusts are…
Juntos pelo Povo (JPP), has expressed its “deep discontent” with the predictable outcome of the investment in the so-called ‘Fábrica das Algas’, a project of the Madeira Electricity Company (EEM) that involved more than 50 million euros and aimed to transform algae into biofuel to ensure the energy independence of…
The Government will move forward with tenders for the production of sustainable fuel (SAF) and has already received expressions of interest from “several companies,” announced the Minister of Environment and Energy, Maria da Graça Carvalho. “What we want is for Portugal to be a European and even world producer of…
In a video conference that started at 10:00 this morning, the Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry on the “Determination of political responsibilities in the fight against the fires that occurred between the 14th and 26th of August,” was today heard by Duarte Caldeira, Researcher for the Centre for Studies and Intervention…
At 05:39 this morning a 3.1 magnitude earthquake was recorded off the southwest coast of Madeira. The quake had a depth of 10 km. Samantha Gannon info at madeira-weekly.com
An earthquake registering 2.7 on the Richter scale was recorded late this morning, at 10:41 am with a 10 km epicentre. According to information collected by the Portuguese Institute of Atmosphere and Sea, (IPMA), this quake occurred on the continental shelf that connects the island of Madeira to the Tore…
We met in the Gallery with a small group and saw: Why do we make war by Hector Garcia (https://www.ted.com/speakers/hector_garcia) The speaker, a psychologist, says that the urge to make war, is based on the male urge to have as much sex as possible to hand their genes on to…
The Institute of Forests and Nature Conservation (IFCN) has an ongoing project for "Early Detection and Rapid Elimination of Invasive Alien Plants
A Madeiran farmer has created a new species of papaya that has adapted well to the Madeiran climate through Microlab Madeira.
Funchal and Braga stand out as the cities with the most housing with garages, ideal for the installation of charging points for electric vehicles,
"In Search of the Critically Endangered European Eel on Oceanic Islands: A Pioneering Study in the Freshwater Systems of Madeira, Macaronesia" is the name of the scientific research paper now published on what is the only native freshwater fish in the Macaronesia Region, the European eel (Anguilla anguilla). It is also known in the region as eiró or iró.
February 2024 is expected to be the hottest February ever in the region since records began.
A multinational company has been defrauded of nearly $26 million in a scam based on "deepfake" technology, which creates videos using artificial intelligence, Hong Kong police announced today.