The President of the Portuguese Association of Security and Civil Protection Technicians (Asprocivil) considered today, in parliament, “a strategic mistake by the Regional Government” of Madeira for not being part of the rural fire national combat plan. “Integration at the national level was fundamental, and this is a strategic mistake…
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António Costa's chief of staff, Vítor Escária, as well as consultant Diogo Lacerda Machado and Nuno Mascarenhas, Mayor of Sines, have been detained as part of the searches carried out this morning at the ministries of Environment and Infrastructure.
A video published today by SIC has gone viral where the Prime Minister of Portugal, António Costa is in need of reassurance.
The governments of Miguel Albuquerque and António Costa have again challenged the European Commission's decision that Portugal illegally granted aid at the level of IRC reductions to the Madeira Free Trade Zone.
The Autonomous Regions are ignored, claimed Pedro Fino, the Regional Secretary for Equipment and Infrastructure, at the opening session of the Insular Days of Engineering - Transport and Accessibility, which took place throughout the day at the Porto Santo Cultural and Congress Centre.
The sale of tobacco from vending machines will be banned in 2025, and according to a new proposed law that will come into effect later this year, smoking will be banned in all outdoor spaces near public buildings such as schools, colleges, and hospitals.
"To intimidate or prevent freedom of speech is to subvert the basic principles of democracy in which we live, and we believe that Portugal should adopt laws that will finally put an end to censure and intimidation," stated Sérgio Marques today, speaking about the European Commission directive that aims to protect citizens and entities "from unfounded and abusive lawsuits."
A letter of unknown authorship was pinned to some of the city's trees today, demanding that the Portuguese Government release release large sums of money, as well as stating that Luso-Venezuelans are being subjected to discriminatory treatment in Portugal.
On the 4th of May, the Union of Workers in Public Functions of the South and Autonomous Regions (STPFSSRA) and Social Services of the South and Autonomous Regions and the Socio-Professional Association of the Maritime Police (ASPPM), expressed themselves in a joint communiqué, against the proposed increased warden stay at the Savage Islands from 15 to 21 days as part of a National Maritime Authority (AMN), naval cost cutting exercise.
It was announced today by NAV– Navegação Aérea de Portugal, that the international tender for the acquisition of two new radars for Madeira Airport will be launched by the end of the semester.
Madeira is safer, as we have remained vigilant and continue to test those who have not been vaccinated, or those whose vaccinations are not recognised by the EU."
According to the Lusa News Agency, a source from the PS (mainland Government) has confirmed that the government of António Costa does not propose to renew outdoor mandatory mask wearing in parliament this week.
The Deputy Secretary of State and Health, António Lacerda Sales, said today that serological tests will be carried out on teachers, so that schools can open safely at the beginning of the new school year. Serological tests identify the existence of specific antibodies created by the body in response to an infection.
The mainland government came under further criticism from the President of Madeira, Miguel Albuquerque, this week for their failure to control the continued outbreaks of Covid-19 in some of the poorest regions of Lisbon, saying that he considers the recent increase in cases in Portugal is due to the lack of control by health units and “right decisions” by the national government.