From today, the 22nd of February, the Region will return to its pre-carnival curfew. This is 7 pm on weekdays, and 6 pm at weekends, with commercial, industrial and service industries having to close at 18:00 during the week.
Madeira Weekly
Alzheimer sufferer, Agostinho Santos, aged 69 from Rosário, in São Vicente, has been missing since the 10th of February.
The Regional Health Secretary has released this week's calendar vaccination schedule. At the moment only those over the age of eighty, or those aged seventy-five to seventy-nine with health issues are being vaccinated.
The PS - Madeira reiterated their concern that the Regional Government has postponed the Porto Santo Ferry Connection between Madeira and Porto Santo until the 1st of March. According to PS deputy Miguel Brito, this is a situation that has made local populations unhappy, and affects local entrepreneurs who are suffering financially due to the pandemic situation.
Marking the eleventh year anniversary of the 2010 floods, the Regional Government issued a statement on their social network pages, saying: "Today, 11 years after February 20, 2010, we have plenty of reasons to be proud.
Depression Karim, ahs not only delivered a lot of rain this weekend, it is also expected to snow this evening/early tomorrow morning on the islands mountain peaks.
MEP João Ferreira has put to the European Commission the need for clarification on possible compensatory support to farmers for the damage caused by Wood Pigeons (Trocaz Pigeon), a protected endemic species.
The Funchal City Council (CMF) has released a statement to the effect that since 2016, the replacement and modernisation of the public lighting network of several streets, paths, alleys, and social districts managed by the Municipality, including Bairro do Hospital, Bairro da Quinta Josefina and Bairro da Nazaré, which has resulted in the replacement of more than a 1,000 lights with new LED lighting systems, has reduced the municipality's energy bill by €200,000.
The Mayor of Funchal, Miguel Silva Gouveia, and the councillor for Public Works, Rúben Abreu, recently visited the restoration works that are taking place to the support structures of the Ribeiro Seco Aqueduct, in São Martinho.
INature is a new project, created by five young people from Madeira, under the Erasmus + Youth in Action programme through the European Solidarity Corps, which aims to encourage people to enjoy and protect nature through the creation of a non-formal teaching methodology on the island of Madeira, using a holistic outdoor education programme, where children, youths and adults have a direct contact with nature and learn about the unique makeup of gardens, forests and woods.
The green corridor at Madeira International Airport is now open to tourists who have been either vaccinated or recovered from Covid-19, and who present a 90-day proof of validity.
Three cases of Covid-19 were identified at the Dr. Nélio Mendonça Hospital yesterday, forcing the closure of one of the buildings floors.
The Judiciary Police, in conjunction with the Criminal Investigation Department of Madeira, have arrested a 23-year-old man for child pornography.