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…
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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 –…
This morning, the President of the Government Regional, Miguel Albuquerque, visited the new Lombo do Salão Irrigation Water Reservoir in Calheta. This new infrastructure represents an investment of 1.8 million euros, co-financed under the Rural Development Programme of the Autonomous Region of Madeira – PRODEU 2020. This irrigation tank, built…
More than 14 tonnes of marine litter have been collected since 2021 in Madeiran waters. This is the result of 83 ocean clean-up programmes involving approximately 3,500 people. Plastics account for 81% of the total waste collected and 34 thousand cigarette butts were counted alone. Samantha Gannon info at madeira-weekly.com
The cause behind the blackout that left the Iberian Peninsula without electricity for several hours, considered an exceptional event, is still unknown. Although there are several investigations underway, it has opened the debate on the resilience of the electricity system. The European Network of Electricity Transmission System Managers (ENTSO-E) announced…
The Institute of Wine, Embroidery and Handicrafts of Madeira (IVBAM) will carry out “a series of six educational courses aimed at the region’s grape growers. The courses aim to strengthen farmers’ technical knowledge and promote good practices in Madeiran viticulture.” The sessions will be taught by technicians from the Division…
The North American market is the 2nd largest market in terms of guests and overnight stays in Portugal. Therefore, Turismo de Portugal welcomes the new air routes connecting to the USA, which include the connection between New York and Funchal, which begins on the 7th of June. The route between…