Madeira is again affected by dust from North Africa, an atmospheric phenomenon that should begin to dissipate on Wednesday, according to a forecast by Victor Prior, Madeira Delegate of the Portuguese Institute of Atmosphere and Sea (IPMA). Temperatures are set to rise tomorrow, but rain is forecast for Thursday.
Madeira Weekly
The Parish Council of Caniço, will 'open' its first artisan market on Saturday, the 15th of April, and Sunday, the 16th, at 10:00 am in Largo Padre Lomelino (near the library).
The services of the Caixa Geral de Depósitos (CGD) App service were severely affected throughout the day.
The President of the Commercial and Industrial Association of Funchal (ACIF), Jorge Veiga França, defended today the need for a new regime for the Madeira Free Trade Zone with "clear" rules for investors.
This morning, the occupants of a rent-a-car had a scare when their vehicle caught fire on the way down from Poiso to Ribeiro Frio.
Traders across Madeira have slammed the new Zero VAT regime, stating that it will lead to negligible savings and not help those who need it.
The south coast of Madeira will be under a yellow heat weather warning from Tuesday, the 11th of April, to Wednesday, the 12th, as maximum temperatures are expected to reach between 27º and 29º.
The Competition Authority (AdC) issued recommendations on the performance of food traders, including price fixing, suggesting a periodic review of commercial action to prevent "risky behaviours" along the price chain.
The Military Zone of Madeira (ZZM) participated in the multinational exercise 'STRONG IMPACT 2023', with NATO Forces, the European Union, and the Portuguese Air Force, which took place at the Santa Margarida Military Camp.
Fuel prices for next week are mixed.
The Madeira Botany Group (Faculty of Life Sciences of the University of Madeira), in collaboration with the National Tropical Botanical Garden Hawaii (USA), in a project funded by the Mohamed Bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund, carried out activities this week to locate rare species of flora of the Madeira archipelago.
Residents living near the Levada dos Tornos in Nogueira, Camacha, have reported that for a second day, the Levada has been close to overflowing and that they fear for their safety if the levada walls should fail.
The Parish Council of Gaula has alerted its local population of a door-to-door scam in the locality.
The Chief of Staff of the Navy, Henrique Gouveia e Melo, categorically stated today that the latest incident aboard the NRP Mondego, which had to abort the mission in the Selvagens Islands, originated "from a human error" that the Navy is investigating.
Operationality at Madeira International Airport has been severely conditioned today as nineteen flights - divided between arrivals and departures were either cancelled or diverted.
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