The President of the Regional Government said today that the PCR tests will cost Madeira in the region of 500 and 600 thousand euros per month. Miguel Albuquerque further stated that everything is planned so that if someone tests positive, they will be relocated to one of the islands isolation hotels. Samantha…
Madeira Weekly
Yesterday, the Madeiran Volunteer Firefighters (BVM) were called out to assist a 47-year-old man in Cabeço de Ferro, in Santa Maria Maior, who had leg injuries after being bitten by a dog.
Currently, eight habeas corpus requests have been submitted to the Criminal Investigation Court of Funchal.
Today, the 8th of June is World Oceans Day, and to celebrate the dedicated Cabo Girão Protected Area Facebook page shared several photographs taken during a dive last month, on and around the artificial reef formed around the sunken Corvette, Afonso Cerqueira.
There have been Criminal Criminal Investigation requests submitted so far to the Criminal Criminal Investigation Court of Funchal against mandatory confinement.
A 'Black Lives Matter' solidarity March will take place in Funchal on the is scheduled for the 13th of June, following the death of George Floyd in the United States of America.
According to a survey commissioned by Económico Madeira/Jornal Económico from Aximage, 89% of Madeirans surveyed said they were 'satisfied by the Regional Governments (RG) Performance' in handling the Covid-19 pandemic.
At the regional parliament, representatives of two Madeira Taxi Driver Associations met with the islands President, Miguel Albuquerque, the Regional Secretary for Economy, Rui Barreto, and the Regional Secretary for Social Inclusion and Citizenship, Augusta Aguiar, to argue against new digital platforms for passenger transportation, in unmarked vehicles (Individual and Remunerated Passenger Transport TVDE), whose model is being adapted to the region, on the basis that they constitute 'negative and unfair competition' in the sector.
As part of the International Year of Sound, the Portuguese Society for the Study of Birds (SPEA) has launched its 'LIFE4BEST Seabird Macaronesian Sound Project' where researchers will use the cries produced by seabirds to determine how many there are and where they are.
The suspect in the Garajau murder, a 23-year-old man from Camacha, has already attended a pre-trial hearing, accused of murdering a 61-year-old man at his home in Rua da Olaria, in Garajau, on the 7th of May 2020, following an argument with the alleged suspect.
The mandatory quarantine for passengers arriving in the Region has been reduced to one week, and hotel tests began today, stated the Regional Secretary for Health, Pedro Ramos.
The Funchal City Council (CMF), is holding its '8th Environmental Awareness Campaign on World Ocean Day' Monday the 8th of June at 3 pm, next to the Hotel Pestana CR7 Funchal.
Yesterday a new habeas corpus case was filed at the Court of Funchal.
Madeira is currently under an orange warning due to periods of heavy rain or showers accompanied by occasional thunderstorms.