The President of the Regional Government, Miguel Albuquerque, reaffirmed on Friday during a visit to the Palheiro Golf course, that the expansion and the Regional Government’s adherence to creating a ‘golfing island’ is part of Madeira’s positioning strategy as an international Golf destination. With regard to the Ponta do Pargo…
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The PSD/M Parliamentary Group was today in the parish of Ponta do Pargo, in the municipality of Calheta, to monitor the progress of the golf project, underlining the importance of this investment for local, municipal, and regional development, while criticising the “misinformation” and “demagogy” that have marked the public debate.…
The representative of the Republic for the Autonomous Region of Madeira (RAM), Ireneu Barreto, signed today and ordered the publication of the regional regulatory decree that ‘Establishes the preventive measures for an area to be allocated to the construction work of the “Golf Course, in the parish of Faial, in…
The Regional Nucleus of Quercus da Madeira has expressed its concern about the expansion and construction of new golf courses in the Region. In a note to the newsroom, the Madeira Regional Nucleus of Quercus remarked that choosing to invest public funds in golf shows a “misery in the head”…
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The leader of Juntos pelo Povo (JPP), Élvio Sousa, today publicly criticised the Regional Government of Madeira, accusing the PSD and CDS of prioritising investments in golf courses while “ignoring the real problems” faced by Madeiran families. On his Facebook page, Élvio Sousa states that “if the PSD and the…
The Parliamentary Group of Juntos Pelo Povo (JPP) will summon the Regional Secretary for Equipment and Infrastructure, Pedro Rodrigues, to the Regional Legislative Assembly for a hearing. The party wants to find out what studies the Executive, led by Miguel Albuquerque, is relying on for the construction of new golf…
The island of Porto Santo, in Madeira, will have a second golf course, according to an announcement published yesterday in the Diário da RepĂşblica (DR), which indicates that the procedure for the first phase of the work has been launched. The public tender for this first phase, launched by Sociedade…
The Funchal City Council confirms that due to an athletics event, there will be restrictions and interruptions to road traffic in the city centre on Thursday, the 16th of October, between 19:30 and 21:30. Affected roads include: Avenida Dr. Sá Carneiro, Avenida do Mar, Avenida Arriaga, Rua 31 de Janeiro,…
The ADN – Madeira considers it a lack of respect for the people of Madeira and Porto Santo that the President of the Regional Government even considers the construction of additional golf courses in the Autonomous Region of Madeira to be a priority, to the detriment of greater investment in…
The President of the Regional Government, Miguel Albuquerque, revealed this Tuesday, on the sidelines of the inauguration of the sculpture of Ricardo Velosa at the Santo da Serra Golf Course, that the strategy is to increase the offer of the sport in the archipelago, with the creation of a fifth…
From July the 8th (tomorrow) until the 11th, the Funchal City Council (CMF) will host its ‘Sport in the Square’ initiative at Praça do MunicĂpio. The square will be used to host a series of free activities designed for all ages and to promote sports, health, and inter-generational socialisation. Participants…
The ‘multiplier effect’ of the work on the Ponta do Pargo Golf Course was one of the aspects that Miguel Albuquerque highlighted in his speech at the ceremony of the Day of the Municipality of Calheta. The President of the Regional Government provided assurances that by the end of the…
The Madeira Force Coalition, composed of the PTP (Portuguese Labour Party), MPT (Earth Party Movement), and RIR (Resuse, Include, Recycle Party), requests that the Regional Government suspend all work on the Ponta do Pargo golf course. Raquel Coelho argues that “there are more urgent needs such as health and housing,…
“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,…