Backlit against the setting sun, Mein Schiff 1 made quite a statement as she sailed slowly past Madeira, late this afternoon.
Madeira Weekly
Santana Volunteer Firefighters in conjunction with the National Republican Guard (GNR) and the Forest Police, had to rescue an Italian tourist today who was injured after falling while walking along the Pico Ruivo peak.
According to the Portuguese Institute of Atmosphere and Sea (IPMA), an earthquake measuring 2.3 on the Richter scale was recorded at 11.30 this morning off the northeast coast of Porto Santo.
From today, the 16th of January, the Regional Government is to assess the consequences caused by the end of year festivities, with regards to the escalating number of Covid cases in Madeira.
Madeira's emblematic, Belmond Reid's Palace Hotel, which survived the First World War and the Spanish Flu, has unfortunately not survived the pandemic, and officially closes on the 1st of February.
João Severino Pereira Marques, aged 53, disappeared this morning from his home in Quinta Grande, in the municipality of Câmara de Lobos.
Four more people died in Madeira today due to Covid-19. In the last 24 hours, two men aged 69 and 71 years old and a 38-year-old woman died at Dr. Nélio Mendonça Hospital, all of whom were admitted to the Covid-19 Multipurpose Unit. In addition a 73-year-old woman died at…
This morning, the Madeiran Voluntary Firefighters rescued a dog that was stranded and found lying on the riverbed of Ribeira da Lapa, Funchal.
According to the 4th of January's Resolution nº 1/2021, all passengers who disembark at Porto Santo airport must present a negative PCR test, which has been carried out within the last 72 hours to the airport authorities.
So with numbers of Covid cases increasing daily, mostly due to the Christmas and New Year rule relaxations, it is now thought that the most optimistic deadline for when Madeira's population will be vaccinated against the virus is the end of 2022. But this could be very optimistic, as the second vaccine package will only arrive in February.
Holy Trinity Church Funchal has for some time supported a local charity, 'The Association for the Protection of the Poor (APP) or Sopa Do Cardoso as it is also known by, by donating its Harvest Festival Collection every year together with the coins collected from various activities throughout the year.
This evening, the first day of the new restrictive measures, the Public Security Police (PSP) were out monitoring traffic and ensuring that the new timings are adhered to. And as motorists desperately tried to get home before 19:00, traffic became congested during the busy streets of Funchal.
The Prime Minister of Portugal, António Costa, has categorically stated that there will be no restrictions on flights from the mainland to either Madeira or the Azores.
The Regional Government has made an official announcement concerning the restrictions that will apply from tomorrow, the 13th of January until the 31st of January and are listed below.
Today a rumpus was caused during a plenary debate in the Madeira Assembly concerning a proposal made by the PSD to transform an old abandoned school in São Jorge into a senior citizen home or a long term integrated inpatient unit which was deemed as not feasible and impractical.