The Regional Secretariat for Economy (SRE), taxi driver representatives, tour operators, and cruise agents met again this Monday to try to resolve the dispute in the port of Funchal, which led TáxisRAM to denounce situations of “unfair competition.” The meeting resulted in a commitment to wait for the conclusions of…
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The Legislative Assembly of the Autonomous Region of Madeira has passed a resolution proposing to the Assembly of the Republic a change to the new model of the Social Mobility Allowance (SSM), which was approved in parliament last week and has already been published in the Diário da RepĂşblica. During…
The PS’s proposal to guarantee free access for Madeirans to the classified trails in the Region will be debated in the Legislative Assembly of Madeira next Wednesday. This initiative makes the second amendment to the Legal Regime of Pedestrian Routes, requiring residents to register in advance to be able to…
Starting today, January, the 22nd, the SIGA network, which includes public transport operators CAM, Horários do Funchal, and SIGA Rodoeste, is offering new pre-purchased tickets designed especially for tourists. With this new offer, the Daily, Regional Tourist, and Aerobus tickets are now available, reinforcing, according to TIIM, the commitment to…
Rafael Nunes, deputy of Juntos Pelo Povo (JPP) in the Madeiran parliament, strongly criticised the Government, accusing it of creating an “administrative blockade” that limits Madeirans’ access to the region’s trails and levadas by imposing an online registration and booking system. In his speech, before the agenda was presented, the…
Last year, the daily average number of cars on the via rápida rose to 39.6 thousand, while main roads saw an average of 7.9 thousand vehicles. These figures mark increases of 5.2% and 7.4%, respectively. Light vehicle traffic grew by 5.2% on the via rápida and 7.3% on normal roads.…
The rates of the Tax on Petroleum Products and Energy Consumption (ISP) in the Autonomous Region of Madeira will increase from Monday, January 19th, by decision of the Regional Government, through the Regional Secretariats of Economy and Finance. At issue is the publication of Ordinance No. 10/2026, of 15th of…
On Tuesday, the Regional Secretary for the Economy asked the Porto Santo Line to increase the number of flights between Porto Santo and Madeira, within the aircraft’s maximum capacity, given that the Porto Santo Ferry is currently undergoing maintenance. JosĂ© Manuel Rodrigues was told that, on several occasions, the connections…
Please note that Payshops can no longer top up existing GIRO cards, and they cannot load the new cards as the system is still not working. A letter has been sent to Horários do Funchal asking them to clarify the situation. Samantha Gannon info at madeira-weekly.com Views: 102
The Government has decided to suspend the requirement of a regularised contributory situation to access the social mobility allowance until the end of January and to evaluate the measure with the executives of the Azores and Madeira. In a joint statement, the Ministries of State and Finance and Infrastructure and…
Pedro Coelho, a Madeiran deputy in the Assembly of the Republic, has spoken out against the requirement that Madeira residents must have no outstanding debts to either the tax authorities or Social Security to qualify for the air mobility subsidy between Madeira, the mainland, and the Azores. Approximately 13,500 people…
In a statement, ACIF has expressed its concern about the current approach to tourism management in the Region and warns of “the risks associated with the intention, or temptation, of some municipalities to increase the value of the tourist tax,” this when new sectoral taxes proliferate, namely those applied to…
“No owner needs any registration, reservation, or use of a digital platform to access their own land. Access is free, as it has always been, and has never been in question. Any statement to the contrary corresponds to a constructed fantasy, without any legal or factual support.” The statement was…
On Monday the 5th of January 2026, the Government published in the Official Gazette Decree-Law No. 1-A/2026, which introduces the first amendment to the Social Mobility Allowance (SSM) regime, approved in March 2025, adjusting it to the entry into operation of the new electronic platform for the management of support…
The President of the Republic promulgated, yesterday, the diploma that amends Decree-Law No. 37-A/2025, of 24 March, which defines a new model for the attribution of a Social Mobility Allowance, within the scope of air services between the mainland and the Autonomous Regions. In a note on the official website…