Elizabeth Santos of EAPN (European Anti-poverty network Portugal), said yesterday that a quarter of the Madeiran population lives on less than 551 euros per month.
Madeira Weekly
PS-Madeira leader, Sérgio Gonçalves, accompanied by Rui Caetano and Gonçalo Aguiar visited the Madeira Pavilion at the Lisbon Tourism Exchange (BTL).
Ilha das Aves, created by entrepreneur Carlos Macedo, comprises birds from several countries and is located in the parish of Campanário.
On the day that local newspaper, JM, announced in its print edition - that the A& E Department chaos at the Dr. Nélio Mendonça Hospital remains unresolved, the Regional Health Department issued a contrary statement, confirming that services were running normally and everything was under control.
The Regional Secretary of Environment and Climate Change, Susana Prada spoke at the Legislative Assembly of Madeira to propose a new Regional Legislative decree to combat and minimise the harmful effects of invasive species in the Region.
The Porto Santo Line experienced another mechanical failure today, the second so far in less than a month since it returned from its annual service.
Yesterday Luís Miguel de Sousa came under cross-examination about the Sousa's lack of performance with regard to the inter-island ferry (Tenerife-Madeira-Mainland), whose service was suspended after two years as the Sousa group deemed it unprofitable, and needed compensatory compensation to keep it running.
Groundforce workers will be on full strike on Friday (3rd) and Saturday (4th), and with Sunday also possibly being affected confirm unions STAMA and STTAMP.
The Court of Auditors (TdC) today recommended to the Regional Government and the Madeira Electricity Company (EEM) to take concrete and global actions to safeguard the investment made in EEM-Biotechnology, after detecting several irregularities and high annual losses in this venture.
From Monday the 6th of March, visitors to the Cabo Girão will be required to pay an entrance fee. However, access is free for Madeirans and Port-Santenses provided they register on the Platform SIMplifica, for their ‘residence card.’ “All current users of SIMplifica with an active residence certificate – necessary…
"There's only one reason there's no ferry: people don't want to walk." Retorted Luís Miguel de Sousa to PCP leader, Ricardo Lume at today's meeting. The 'boss' of the Sousa Group recalls that "the Regional Government invested three million euros for 12 trips and only 5,000 people booked tickets. "
Miguel Albuquerque believes that by the end of this year, Madeira will be able to offer direct flights to and from Toronto.
The President of PS-Madeira today lamented the difficulties in accessing affordable housing in the Region, criticising the Regional Government for not implementing measures capable of responding to this problem.
The Regional Centre of the Portuguese League Against Cancer - Madeira branch will hold on Wednesday, the 1st of March a presentation titled "Have you thought about your intestines today?" As part of colorectal cancer prevention month.
The Regional Civil Protection Service, IP-RAM, through the Training Division, is implementing a defensive ambulance driving course from today, the 27th of February to the 3rd of March.