Over the last 24 years, I’ve seen the car hire scene change from 3 to 181. With the demography of visitors changing this was inevitable as are the hidden hire car charges that people are falling foul of. This is nothing new, years ago my brother had to threaten one…
Madeira Weekly
The Portuguese Institute of Atmosphere and Sea (IPMA), has placed the mountainous regions and the south coast of Madeira under an orange warning from 00:00 on Friday until 18:00 on Saturday, due to the hot weather. Previously, these regions had already been placed under yellow warning due to the “persistence…
The Socialist Party PS-M, has criticized the measure announced by the Regional Government to charge for parking on Pico do Areeiro, and argued that there should be an exemption regime for Madeirans. “It is essential to create an exception regime for Madeirans, in parking and access to pedestrian routes, otherwise…
“Sugarcane producers are outraged by the lack of communication from the Regional Government, who have still not paid the promised 10 cents/kilo increase. Three months after the end of this year’s harvest, Miguel Albuquerque and Rafaela Fernandes seem to have forgotten the promise made in the middle of the electoral…
There are already solutions and procedures aimed at public procurement already underway to control the excess of cars looking for Pico do Areeiro. The Government’s intention is to have the new measures in place at the beginning of next year. The Regional Secretary for Agriculture, Fisheries, and Environment announced that…
‘Funchal Folk – Arraial do Mundo’ is back and is a cultural event included in the festivities of the Day of the City of Funchal and the Parish Council of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. This year the theme chosen was ‘O Arraial do Monte,’ which aims to portray the…
Vipa.pt has announced the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the govgo product, which results from the partnership within the scope of the project applied in Data Science developed by four ISCTE-IUL students, Afonso Peças, Bernardo Arcão, Francisco Gomes, and Guilherme Soças under the coordination of Professor João Carlos Ferreira.…
A car has been parked in the middle of the road for more than a week, in Caniço de Baixo. The place is frequented by many tourists and residents, all of whom have complained about a car parked in the middle of the road, leaving residents frustrated and annoyed at…
News accounts issued by the National Republican Guard give greater clarity on the number of animals that are smuggled into Madeira. The vast majority are birds, but there are also records of monkeys and recently, two ferrets. All cases are referred to the Institute of Forests and Nature Conservation, while the…
A team from the Institute of Wine, Embroidery and Handicrafts of Madeira (IVBAM) is in Porto Santo monitoring the 2024 harvest campaign and, according to data 12 tonnes of grapes have been harvested, mostly from the caracol and striprão varieties. Tiago Freitas, President of IVBAM, notes, the good phytosanitary status…
It is an alert from the Institute of Wine, Embroidery and Handicrafts of Madeira, replicated today by the Municipality of Machico, directed to the parish of Porto da Cruz, within the scope of the “Scaphoideus titanus, Ball. (St) 0 phytoplasma Grapevineflavescence dor&MLO, commonly referred to as Golden Flavescence (FD), a…
The Madeira Regional Command of the Public Security Police (PSP) has confirmed, that, over the weekend, they detained a foreign national for resistance and coercion, following a public order infraction in the municipality of Ribeira Brava. In their statement, the PSP announced that they were alerted to a fight taking…
Owners of houses handed over to public entities such as Investimentos Habitacionais da Madeira or SocioHabitaFunchal want to cancel their contracts. At issue are the low amounts paid for monthly rents in the face of high demand for reasonably priced rental properties. Samantha Gannon info at madeira-weekly.com
A report from the Portuguese Institute of Atmosphere and Sea (IPMA), confirms that a 2.4 magnitude earthquake was recorded off the southeast coast of the Desertas at 04:35 this morning. The quake is believed to have a depth of 10 km. Samantha Gannon info at madeira-weekly.com
The People-Animals-Nature Party (PAN) has issued a statement stating that it “deeply regrets the death of the lynx ‘Bores’, an animal, whose life was marked by several mistakes that culminated in a tragic outcome.” “From the illegal domestication of a wild animal to the measures that were adopted for its…