CBM is pleased to announce the return of professor Paulo Borges to Madeira on December 7th to lead a workshop on meditation. This event constitutes an introductory step to meditative practice, accessible to anyone. Professor Borges is professor of Medicine and Meditation at the Faculty of Medicine of the University…
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We met in the Gallery and saw a Guardian video about “Honeydew“ communal living in Italy: https://www.theguardian.com/news/video/2024/sep/11/better-together-is-communal-living-the-answer-to-modern-malaise-video A difficult topic for some of us because it is a bit woo-woo. The community has great plans for a harmonious living community. But someone had to fund the project and without good…
We visited the Viveiro in Matur. This tree/plant nursery is one of five the Government has on the island; of course, they are a bit remote (Casa Velha in Santo da Serra, Santa in Porto Moniz, Matur, Pico das Pedras in Santana). Porto Santo has one in Salôes. The website…
We visited the Instituto Oftalmologico Muñoz Trindade IOMT (https://www.facebook.com/iomt.pt/) clinic in Funchal, situated at the back of the LaVie/Plaza. Drs. Nuno Silva (from the Azores) and Fabio Trindade (Madeira) showed us the installations and the equipment they have. With altogether four doctors working there, they now pay off a (probably…
Real estate company REMAX revealed today, that in the first two months of the year, it carried out a total of 242 transactions in Madeira and the Azores;
According to the Portuguese Association of Travel and Tourism Agencies, mainland Portuguese citizens are concentrating on Madeira as a domestic holiday spot and the Cape Verden islands as their Easter holiday destinations.
The Azores Islands have become the new member of the Macaronesian Islands International Ports Association, which operates under the Cruise Atlantic Islands (CAI) brand, and which until now was made up of the Canary Islands, Cape Verde, and Madeira.
The group Cidadania Ativa (consisting of two members, Tina and Ursula, at the moment) met with Dra. Livia, the City Hall manager of “Mobilidade and Transito” on Sept 4. Our first issue: We’d like the City to keep sportive events* out of Downtown Funchal (Av do Mar and Av Arriaga),…
We (www.madeiraconsorcio.com) visited the Civil Protection Centre in Cancela (SRPC) (https://www.procivmadeira.pt/pt/) Control 24/7 The SRPC has a survey system for hot spots, combined with meteorological data so that they can evaluate the risk conditions in any part of the island at any time. They can see at any time where…
We (www.madeiraconsorcio.com) visited the Civil Protection Centre in Cancela (SRPC) (https://www.procivmadeira.pt/pt/) Fire prevention in the city Private homeowners know what to do in order to prevent a fire in and around their house – they are information sheets and articles around – but the Portuguese mentality does not lend itself…
We (www.madeiraconsorcio.com) visited the Civil Protection Centre in Cancela (SRPC) (https://www.procivmadeira.pt/pt/) The presentations Dr. Quintino gave us a basic presentation, and his colleague André showed us the functionalities in the Crisis Centre Room. Then the pilots and crew presented themselves next to the helicopter for us (we don’t need Tom…
The Regional Secretary for the Economy of Madeira, Rui Barreto, admitted that the region’s cereal reserve period is to be extended following Russia’s suspension of the agreement to export cereals through the Black Sea from Ukrainian ports. The Regional Government of Madeira last year established a contract with the company…
The group met in the Gallery as usual. The topic was “AI” (artificial intelligence), more concretely ChatGPT and similar programs, The video is here: The speaker pointed out that vast amounts of information are placed in AI on a massive scale but this does not mean that AI is intelligent…
The Consorcio group (www.madeiraconsorcio.com) visited with a small group in Porto Novo at the Recycling and Triage station Estação de Transferência da Zona Leste e de Triagem da Madeira (ETZL/ET) (https://arm.pt/residuos/tratamento/). The recycling service on the island (including P Santo) consists of three plants: recycling/triage in Este: Meia Legua/Ribeira Brava,…
This week Wizz Air announced its new Madeira - Rome connection.