On the 25th of March French sailboat, Kraken, part of the French NGO ‘Wings of the Ocean’ will arrive in Madeira to carry out an environmental campaign with several local groups including ‘Ocean Devotion Madeira’. The aim of the visit to develop actions and create a better understanding of the…
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Neli Azevedo, of the Groundforce Workers Commission, has confirmed that the wages owing to Groundforce staff were paid this morning.
Two tourists, aged between 30 and 50, were rescued yesterday afternoon from the sea in São Vicente.
The Government of Madeira has confirmed in the Official Journal of the Region (JORAM), that the current curfew restrictions, including home deliveries times and working conditions will remain in place until the 29th of March. The curfew is from 7.00 during the week and 6 pm at weekends.
English tourists will be able to return to Portugal in May, announced the Secretary of State for Tourism, Rita Marques.
When the President of Madeira was asked by journalists if it would be possible for Madeirans to holiday in Porto Santo this summer without having to take a PCR test, the President snapped back "I'm not a futurologist!"
After receiving an urgent communication from MEP Franciso Guerreiro on the 17th of February, UNESCO has rejected the Regional Governments plan to pave Caminho das Ginjas.
According to the Observer, the UK Government will remove Portugal from its red list as of 4 am on Friday the 19th of March.
Figures published by SESARAM over the weekend, show that 139 Madeirans have contracted Covid-19 after being vaccinated. In the wake of this, SESARAM, has stressed that despite the number of incidences of infection, the vaccine is the best treatment against the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
Yet again, the PSP were in Garajau inspecting vehicles and talking to citizens.
Groundforce workers are currently demonstrating outside Madeira's airport due the non-payment of February's salaries.
The President of the Regional Government said today that the containment measures currently in force in Madeira are "adequate" for the Easter period.
A petition created by Phillipa Rose O'Keefe to remove Portugal from the red list has been launched in the United Kingdom. The petition aims to maintain 'the two countries relationship with regards to tourism and business.'
The Portuguese Communist Party (PCP) deputy Ricardo Lume has presented a draft resolution to be discussed and voted on this week at the Plenary of the Legislative Assembly of the Autonomous Region of Madeira, which advocates the undertaking of a technical-scientific study to identify the factors and situations that amplified the destructive force of the storm which battered the north of the island on the 24th and 25th of December.
While celebrating the 108th anniversary of the Forestry Police Corps at Quinta Vigia, the President of Madeira took the opportunity to say that there is a possibility that the restrictions in place in Porto Santo may be eased before Easter.