The PS Parliamentary Group will present, at the Legislative Assembly, a proposal for the creation of an agricultural reserve in Madeira. The intention was advanced today by deputy SĂlvia Silva, following a visit to the Madeira Wine Company,’ in the Madeira Free Trade Zone, at which time the parliamentarian explained…
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The Regional Government has launched a new Forest fire prevention campaign. The project starts today, the 2nd of June, and ends on the 30th of September. Protecting human lives, safeguarding the region’s environmental heritage, and ensuring sustainability is the name of the game, states Eduardo Jesus, Regional Secretary for Tourism,…
The Madeira Senior Dance Association, formally designated Associação Exemplos Wises, will hold its International Festival on the 5th of June, from 10:30, at the Praça do Povos, Funchal. This annual event is a moment of celebration and sharing, bringing together elderly people from all over the island of Madeira who…
AJEMed- Youth Association of Medicine of Madeira will hold its 9th ‘Hospital dos Pequeninos’ between the 18th and 23rd of August, at the Madeira Press Museum, in Câmara de Lobos. The initiative, started in 2017, is aimed at children from 3 to 10 years old and aims to “help children…
The Regional Civil Protection Service, as of today, has intensified its rural fire surveillance. “As of today, an agent of the CR PSP Madeira or a soldier of the GNR – Territorial Command of Madeira will be stationed permanently at the Regional Command of Relief Operations (#CROS), who ensure the…
BBC Radio 4 and Diario de Noticias have joined forces to highlight the ‘Bloom’ epidemic in Madeira. Between 2017 and 2024, the amount of new psychoactive substances (NPS) seized by the Public Security Police in Madeira (PSP) increased exponentially, from 170 grams to 16 kilos, in seven years. The data…
Renovation work on the Market Bridge has already begun. The work is scheduled to finish on the 12th of December this year. Starting at the beginning of this week, traffic in and around the Farmers Market will be affected by the work. This will affect the bus stop in Rua…
An all-terrain tourist vehicle crash resulted in seven injuries at the Pedregal site, in Ponta do Pargo, this afternoon. According to what was possible to assess at the time from the president of the Regional Civil Protection Service, Richard Marques, five people have minor injuries, and two are seriously hurt.…
The SIGA transport network has issued 81,514 passes since June last year, a growth that helps explain the overcrowding on some routes. As a result, the Regional Government has announced the licensing of 15 additional buses. While 2026 will see the acquisition of a further 10 electric vehicles. Samantha Gannon…
We heard from the “Horarios do Funchal”/SIGA hotline that the „old“ Giro cards will now be valid until the end of June. They can be bought and recharged in the Payshops (but not in the “Horarios“ kiosks) until the end of the month. By then, we’ll inquire if the new…
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The PSP announced today that it will reinforce security at the airports of Lisbon, Porto, Azores, and Madeira in July with more police officers. In Faro, the need for more security agents was already anticipated. A source from the Public Security Police told Lusa that in July the training course…
IPMA seismographs detected a 1.7 magnitude earthquake last night at 21:50 off the south of Câmara de Lobos. There are no reports that the quake was felt on land. Samantha Gannon info at madeira-weekly.com
Reports indicate that the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus is increasing in certain regions of the world, with the positivity rate of Covid-19 tests reaching July 2024 levels, stated the World Health Organization (WHO) today. “In a global context, this increase is observed mainly in countries in the Eastern Mediterranean, Southeast Asia, and…
The Public Security Police will continue to position speed cameras on Madeira’s roads during June as part of their ‘Who warns you…’ initiative. Closing the month of May, speed cameras will be in action on Friday, the 30th, between 09:00 and 13:00 on VR1 – km 37,7 – Piquinho –…