In the last five years, the Regional Civil Protection Service (SRPC), has undertaken on average, 160 search and rescue missions in the mountainous regions of Madeira and Porto Santo.
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Continente Supermarket has confirmed that they have bought 750 tonnes of local produce from 20 Madeiran farmers during 2021.
A driver who forgot to put his handbrake on sufficiently, witnessed his car rolling over the edge of a mountain and down into a ravine 140 metres from the road.
On the 4th of May, the Union of Workers in Public Functions of the South and Autonomous Regions (STPFSSRA) and Social Services of the South and Autonomous Regions and the Socio-Professional Association of the Maritime Police (ASPPM), expressed themselves in a joint communiqué, against the proposed increased warden stay at the Savage Islands from 15 to 21 days as part of a National Maritime Authority (AMN), naval cost cutting exercise.
As part of the World Environment Day celebrations, PAN-Madeira has presented some of its proposals for an effective preservation of nature and endangered species.
It's been another chaotic day in Pico do Areeiro.
As of 00:00 Monday the 6th of June, petrol prices are set to increase again.
A search and rescue mission has been launched to find a lost walker. The tourist, is lost in an area very close to Achadas do Teixeira, the starting point for Pico Ruivo.
The Institute of Forests and Nature Conservation (IFCN), has issued a statement, saying that for safety reasons, the PR1 Vereda do Areeiro pedestrian path is temporarily closed, due to a landslide.
After carrying out yet another survey on Calhau da Lapa to reanalyse the eastern rock face, the Ribeira Brava City Council, yet again, have stated that the area is unstable and dangerous, and therefore closed to bathers for the foreseeable future.
Miguel Albuquerque, addressed this morning, the issue of the new access plan rules which will be imposed in the most sought after tourism spots in the region; stating that it is important to listen to ACIF's hospitality department who are responsible for the sector.
Binter airline has launched a new promotion that allows its customers to purchase tickets at lower prices to fly between Porto Santo, Madeira and the Canary Islands.
The National Tourism Association, through the interpreter guide Mara Cardoso, suggests that the Regional Government should restrict the access of vehicles to the regions most popular tourism sites.
After carrying out a new inspection of Calhau da Lapa to re-analyse the stability of the eastern slope and determine the state of the escarpment, the Ribeira Brava City Council has decided to close, for an indefinite period, the entire area of Calhau da Lapa, after a massive fractured and decompressed area was recently identified.
The Directorate-General for Health (DGS), confirmed earlier this afternoon that four more Monkeypox cases have been confirmed in Portugal, bringing the total number of cases so far, to 100.