The Cristiano Ronaldo International Airport, was yet again affected by strong winds today, as three flights were forced to divert due to strong winds.
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A 20-year-old tourist was rescued on Avenida do Infante, at four am this morning.
gua Atlântida, from Empresa de Cervejas da Madeira, was awarded a Gold Medal for quality by Monde Selection, the oldest and most prestigious independent organisation in the field of Quality selection
The JPP travelled to Caniçal today, to address the topic of production costs and the escalating cost of living which is now squeezing every last cent out of families and companies.
The Volunteer Firefighters of Calheta, together with municipal teams and a construction company, were called in to remove the body of a cow that had fallen into the Lombo do Doutor river, in Calheta.
Yet again, both Madeira and the Azores are being discriminated against, and this time its by the Jerónimo Martins Group (Pingo Doce) and BP.
A former Madeiran CTT Madeira employee today said that they regretted embezzling 37,000 euros, and confirmed that they have returned all the monies taken.
The Omicron peak has passed and our numbers are going down rapidly, so the Government decided not to publish daily numbers anymore. They will now let us have a monthly statistic at the end of each month. As reported, testing is not required for incoming travelers anymore, but the MadeiraSafe system…
Hello everyone. Just to say that Ursula is on holiday, and me being the technophobe I am, cannot work the live ticker. So here is a temporary version.
17.01.2022– 20:45 – We have 2071 new cases (+616) ↑ , 17 imports and 2054 locals”. 1681 persons were declared healthy (+651)↑. The tally is at 14.006 (+389)↑. 1 more patient died with Covid. 72 patients are in the Covid Wing, 1 of them in intensive care.
The Regional Government approved an increase of the minimum salary for the Region to 723 € as of January 2022. Around 11% will be deducted as the employee’s share for Social Security. Around 70% of Portuguese workers receive such a minimum salary. In many companies, it is not usus to…
The president of the Island Government, Miguel Albuquerque, confirmed the cancellation of the carnival festivities for 2022 because it would start already on February 26, and there would be no safe conditions, given the type of crowds that the parades attract. The risk of contagion would be too great. Although…
As usual, the ferry to Porto Santo goes into annual maintenance from Jan 6 for six weeks. This time, the work is being done in our port of Caniçal. As in recent years, trips to and from Porto Santo will be offered via “Binter” on regular flights, with 50…
The end-of-the-year fireworks show lasted eight minutes, but the post-show logistics don’t end in the first few minutes of January 1st. It was this dismantling work that the regional secretary of Tourism and Culture, Eduardo Jesus, accompanied today, in the installations of the Support Unit of the Madeira Military Zone,…
Almost 3000 cruise passengers from Germany had to spend New Year’s Eve in Lisbon because of Covid. A routine check found 57 cases of infection among the crew. The planned trip to view the spectacular New Year’s Eve fireworks in Funchal was canceled, which, according to reports on social networks,…