As part of the Forest Fire Prevention Campaign, the Institute of Forests and Nature Conservation (IFCN) has launched a new initiative aimed at schoolchildren, asking them to create a small 30-second video campaign that promotes 'Forest Fire Prevention.'
Madeira Weekly
Madeira is the third region of the country with the highest Sars-CoV-2 transmissibility index (Rt).
Madeira is currently under three yellow weather warnings. These are for coastal agitation, wind, and snow and ice.
The Regional Secretary of Tourism and Culture, Eduardo Jesus, is in the Madeiran parliament defending the proposal for a regional legislative decree that authorises the extension of the current concession of the casino, in what is referred to as Funchal's Gambling Zone," which is currently under the responsibility of the Pestana Group.
Earlier today, the President of the Institute of Forests and Nature Conservation (IFCN), Manuel Filipe, informed local media outlets that three roads had been closed due to snowfall.
The Porto Santo Line (PSL) has confirmed that they have cancelled their scheduled sailing for tomorrow due to bad weather, making it impossible for the ship to dock in Porto Santo.
The Archipelago of Madeira will be under a yellow weather warning for strong wind from noon tomorrow, Wednesday the 15th, until 03:00 Thursday.
Late this evening, airport authorities confirmed that strong winds are affecting the operationality of Madeira International Airport.
Two roads were closed today due to bad weather.
As part of the activities promoted by the Casa do Povo da Calheta and its Employment Centre, registration for their new nautical course is now open.
Throughout January of this year, the average change recorded by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) in the Autonomous Region of Madeira (AMR), – Total General – was 7.4%, an increase of 0.4 percentage points (p.p.) than in the previous month (+7.0%). It is the highest value for this indicator since June 1993, according to the Regional Directorate of Nationality of Madeira (DREM).
A 69-year-old woman was rescued by the Madeira Volunteer Firefighters (BVM) this afternoon.
Successive cancellations and flight delays at Madeira Airport exhausted the patience of many passengers, many of whom had been waiting for hours for their return flight home.
The Portuguese Communist Party (PCP) began its campaign to highlight the need for museums to be open on Sundays and Public Holidays.
Paulo Cafôfo, the Secretary of State for the Communities, is said to have omitted to inform the Constitutional Court (TC) of the sale of a property in Madeira in April 2018, while he was Mayor of Funchal, state national newspaper Correio da Manhã.