The Regional Director of Agriculture and Rural Development, Marco Caldeira, was today in Santa do Porto Moniz where he visited a farmer who produces, among other vegetables, about two tonnes of Madeira sweet potatoes.
Madeira Weekly
The Madeiran Volunteer Firefighters (BVM) were mobilized, this morning, to Pico do Areeiro to assist about two dozen drivers who were stranded as the formation of ice had created hazardous driving conditions in the mountainous region.
Several publications are circulating fake news of appalling accidents on the 'Madeira Occurrences' page.
According to media outlets, Portugal has two confirmed cases of Whooping Cough (Pertussis).
Councillor Helena Leal, who is responsible for social and education, among other areas, within Funchal City Council, recently presided over the opening of the 'Solidarity Button – Social Store,' in Rua das Pretas, a space that has been completely remodeled.
The JPP recently visited local grape farmers in Estreito de Câmara de Lobos, more specifically a 'Tinta Negra' farm, where they were told that the production of the 'Tinta Negra' grape is decreasing, "despite the increasing demand" from the region's Wine Houses.
Véronique and Laurent Blond, who were on holiday in Madeira, disappeared without a trace and the news of their disappearance is already been given attention in the French media.
As expected, Madeira will go to the ballot on the 26th of May.
The Madeiran man arrested in Jakarta with 2,500 grams of cocaine was carrying the drug in bottles of shampoo and shower gel and told Indonesian authorities that he was offered 6,000 euros to take it to Bali, Indonesian media reported today.
As low temperatures befell Pico do Areerio today
VidaMar Hotels & Resorts - Madeira, a unit of the PBH Group, will host its recruitment Open Days on the 5th and 6th of April, and is looking to recruit 25 new employees.
Águas e Resíduos da Madeira (ARM) has announced their Easter Refuse Collection schedule for Câmara de Lobos, Machico, Porto Santo, Ribeira Brava, and Santana, as well as in the waste reception and customer service services.
As per previous statements, the Loja do Cidadão do Funchal will be closed for Easter
At the end of the 4th quarter of 2023, the Regional Public Administration (PRA) debt decreased by around €167.4 million (-3.2%) compared to the end of the previous quarter.
Rui Viana, the Madeiran who is in Indonesia for drug trafficking, faces a "minimum sentence of 5 years and a maximum of 20 years in prison,