If like me, you've heard emergency service sirens all day, then rest assured that it is all part of an emergency and defensive driving course which will run until the 28th of May.
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Although information is scarce, the owners of a cat called Julieta (July) who went missing in Funchal on the 27th of April, have issued a plea asking everyone to try and find her. Julieta's owners can be contacted on 916 624 732.
In what is becoming a more regular occurrence, two people were found dead in their homes last week.
According to the Directorate-General for Health (DGS), Funchal is the only Portuguese municipality still classed as at 'extreme risk. Over the last 14 days the cumulative incidence of new cases has reached 960 cases of infection per 100 thousand inhabitants.
The Regional Government, through the Regional Directorate of Heritage, is looking for 35 residential properties to rent in Funchal, Câmara de Lobos and Caniço.
A young man was the victim of a robbery and assault last night (8th if January).
A 50-year-old man was seriously injured yesterday afternoon (03.01) after being attacked by a young man Rua Fernão Ornelas, Funchal. The beating resulted in a fractured nose and lacerations to the face. According to a hospital source, the man was assisted by a Portuguese Red Cross team and admitted to the…
Many will have noticed that the lights around Funchal are already undergoing their testing phase. One of this year's new innovative attractions is a 80 metre video screen, that has been set up on the pier in Funchal. The screen, shaped in the form of a tunnel, contains more than a million pixels which light up as people pass through.
This week is the 80th anniversary of Mercado dos Lavradores, and to celebrate this historic event the Municipality of Funchal (CMF) has created a three day entertainment programme.
It has been in the making for some time; finally, the German Embassy I n Lisbon has appointed a new Honorary Consul, Sérgio Sousa. Mr. Sousa is Portuguese but grew up in Germany, so his German and the understanding of the respective mindset (these people, always so punctual!!) is perfect.…
Last weekend between 11:30 am and 1:30 pm, 'Madeira Street Arts' took to the streets of Fernão de Ornelas, Avenida Arriaga and Praça do Povo.
About three dozen people representing farming communities gathered this morning (15th October) outside the Presidents Official Residence at Quinta Vigia, Funchal, demanding their 'right to water.'
A source revealed to newspaper Correio da Manhã today, that no one knows when the Pestana CR7 hotel located on Avenida Sá Carneiro, Funchal, which has been closed since the beginning of the pandemic, will re-open.
Sixty-one-year old, José Arlindo Jesus Andrade from Camacha, has been missing since this morning, after he fled from the Dr. Nélio Mendonça Hospital hours before undergoing emergency surgery.