The Regional Government of Madeira, European Mar and WISTA Portugal will present tomorrow (31st of May) their new campaign “ Maritime Education – Growing with the Sea on the Horizon, ” in a ceremony which will take place at 5:00 pm, at the Gare Maritime do Porto do Funchal, which will be attended by the President of the Regional Government, Miguel Albuquerque.
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As Friday the 10th of June is a holiday, the Porto Santo line has advised that they will be operating an additional service on Sunday the 12th of June, so that people can take advantage of the long weekend.
Reports this morning confirm that 21 bodies of the 22 onboard have been recovered, and that a desperate search is underway to find the missing person, whose chances of survival, say authorities, are slim.
The Captaincy of the Port of Funchal has issued a strong wind warning which will affect the island until 18:00 tomorrow evening.
Two aircraft have disappeared in the last 24 hours.
Mayors, the Forestry Institute and tourism agencies are now blaming tourists who rent vehicles responsible for traffic constraints and overcrowding in the main tourist sites on the island. A problem, they admit, which is occurring on a regular basis, and something that needs to be addressed.
The Funchal City Council (CMF), has announced that within the scope of its reprofiling contract for Estrada Monumental (section between Travessa do Valente and Ribeiro Seco), that it will be necessary to implement traffic restrictions in the direction Câmara de Lobos – Funchal, between the traffic lights next to the Miramar Restaurant and the Ribeiro Seco Bridge.
With the confusion that is surrounding Madeira's possible cryptocurrency 'OSEAN,' the President of Madeira has confirmed that “there is a lot of confusion. One thing is cryptocurrency, another thing is the study that we ordered, which is basically for an electronic means of payment, but whose currency will still be in euros.”
Today the Ribeira Brava City Council announced that all bathing at Calhau da Lapa, located in Campanário, is prohibited due to the instability of the east cliff face.
A TAP passenger was tied up after he allegedly assaulted a flight attendant during a flight from Porto and Rio de Janeiro.
According to JM, opening hours in Funchal's Old Town are going to be amended.
The Santa Cruz Boutique Hotel, located on the town's waterfront is now up for sale.
At a time when the importance of cryptocurrencies is increasingly being analysed, Madeira may soon have its own digital currency (OSEAN).
The Region, it is said, continues to make great strides in taking advantage of new technologies and digitisation. As such, 5G coverage will be fully installed by NOS Madeira by the end of June.
Portugal is the first country to sequence the genome of the Monkeypox virus, a relative of the virus that causes smallpox. The recent outbreak has affected seven countries, including Portugal. Information released today in a statement by the Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge (INSA), where a team of…