The Madeira Wine, Embroidery and Handicraft Institute (IVBAM) is promoting, together with regional rum manufacturers, a series of promotional Madeira Rum videos to coincide with the annual sugar cane harvest.
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Horários do Funchal - Transporte Públicos, SA has issued a statement confirming that due to a Workers' Plenary, scheduled by the National Drivers Union for tomorrow, the 6th of May, there will be an interruption to their regular bus service between 10:45 am and 2:15 pm.
On the 2nd of May, it was announced that Czech Airline, Smartwings, who currently operate a weekly Friday flight from the Czech Republic to Madeira, will increase the number of flights per week to three from June until October.
At 5 pm this evening, the vice-president of the Regional Government, Pedro Calado, met with representatives from the Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) - the largest commercial cruise association in the world - who are visiting the Region to observe that all the necessary adjustments have been made to ensure that the ports and marinas of Madeira are safe.
At the Madeiran Plenary this morning, the 4th of May, lawyer Adolfo Brazão reminded all those present that it is essential that the Border and Frontier Services (SEF) is restructured to put an end to the inadequate service that it is providing.
The Regional Secretary for Tourism and Culture, Eduardo Jesus, says that tourism in the region is looking optimistic due to the number of air connections that are being re-established to the island.
The President of the Regional Government, Miguel Albuquerque, will visit the Botanical Garden tomorrow, at 11 am, to commemorate it's 61st anniversary. Created on the 30th of April 1960, the garden averages about 400,000 visitors per year.
The Carreiros do Monte (Monte Toboggans) returned to the streets again this morning, and with plenty of tourists about, the company was glad to be back in business.
The UBER transport platform will stop operating in the Autonomous Region of Madeira as of Thursday, the 6th of May, due to the Regional Government limiting the number of TVDE vehicles allowed to operate in the region to 40.
Madeira has been showcased on Russian TV presenter, Zhanna Badoeva's travel programme, 'The Lives of Others.' The programme was released today, Sunday the 2nd of May, on Youtube and Channel One Russia.
A private lunch brought together the President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa and the President of the Regional Government of Madeira at Quinta Vigia today.
The Regional Secretary for Tourism and Culture (SRTC), Eduardo Jesus, has confirmed that the Flower Festival will be held in October, alongside the Madeira Wine Festival, in what has been described as a month of activities. This years theme is 'Madeira, Jardim da Esperança.'
Miguel Albuquerque said today that he not only approves the Republic's decision to decree a 'State of Calaity,' but that it allows for the curfew to continue. He confirmed this by saying:
Public Security Police (PSP) officers have been accused of hiding as they operate speed camera's along Madeira's main arterial roads. Apparently, they have been detected standing on overpasses, behind pillars and even in bushes, waiting to catch unwary and speeding drivers on camera.