The management of Horários do Funchal (HF) announced this morning that it had reached an agreement with the Union of Road Workers and Metallurgical Activities of the Autonomous Region of Madeira (STRAMM), "concerning the protection of the Single Agent subsidy, as well as the payment of the allowance that replaced the Single Agent subsidy to drivers who did not work during the pandemic."
Madeira Weekly
A study presented and published by the World Health Organisation (WHO), has concluded that less than 10% of the worlds population has developed antibodies against Covid-19, and that “most of humanity is still susceptible to the disease.”
The former president of the Regional Government of Madeira, Alberto João Jardim did not spare his criticism from politicians to children when recently talking to reporters and said that there was a dire need for discipline and human respect in these troubled times.
The Madeira Whale Museum is offering free admission to its exhibits on Sunday the 27th of September, as part of the World Tourism Day celebrations.
The Calheta Parish Council, through its official Facebook page, has reported incidents of 'salespeople offering door to door Covid-19 testing, at a cost!'
Several drug raids took place in the early hours of this morning (23.09) throughout Funchal, as several teams of Public Security Police and Criminal Investigation Officers raided homes and business premises as part of a coordinated operation between local police forces throughout the island.
This morning at 05.59, the Portuguese Institute for Atmosphere and Sea recorded an earthquake registering 1.8 on the Richter Scale off the south coast of Ribeira Brava.
Today, the 22nd of September, is the first day of Autumn and the sudden change in the weather has quickly reminded us of how fickle the Mother Nature can be.
During his presentation of the 'Madeira Safe to Discover' certificates to two of the Porto Bay Group Hotels - Cliff Bay and Les Suites at the Cliff Bay, Eduardo Jesus, the Regional Secretary for Tourism and Culture, believes that the pandemic may be the opportunity for the sector to build “a different future” and that Madeira has essentially pioneered the creation of this seal of confidence.
According to a Japanese news agency, a Japanese company, Kyodo, has developed an ultraviolet radiation lamp that inactivates the new coronavirus using wavelengths that are known to be harmless to humans.
Portuguese and Spanish paleontologists are currently excavating a (late Cretaceous) 68 million-year-old deposit of dinosaur eggs near the Pyrenees in Spain where they hope to find the first dinosaur embryos in the country.
The Portuguese Red Cross (CVP) were called out to a hotel in Funchal over the weekend, after a 41-year-old male UK citizen, slashed his wrists while waiting for his Covid test results. The injuries were so severe, that he bled into several towels as he attempted to stop the bleeding, as the unknown weapon used sliced into the radial artery.
Last Saturday's small animal 'Vac and Chip' campaign, which includes deworming, rabies vaccination and ID chip and registration of cats and dogs was a success, says a spokesperson for the Ribeira Brava Town Hall.
Binter's new winter promotion applies to tickets purchased for flights between Madeira and the Canaries before the 30th of September, for those wishing to travel between the 1st of November and the 15th of December.