The President of the Regional Government believes that the region’s firefighting strategy has been a “success.” Speaking to JM, he considers that the opposition is “trying to find flaws” that do not exist, stressing that “fires cannot be put out on the internet.” Concluding, he said: “No one is dead…
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"The evil eye doesn't enter me," Miguel Albuquerque began by saying at the Sixteenth Century Market in Machico, the first official visit after his inauguration.
With the political kerfuffle nearing its end, Miguel Albuquerque has said that he is willing and available to head up the PSD government if elections are called.
The Government of Madeira (PSD/CDS-PP), which delivered today the programme for the 2023-2027 quadrennium, intends to create its own legal regime for the production of renewable electricity in the autonomous region.
Strengthening the fire detection system and studying the replacement of the current helicopter with another with a higher capacity or even the acquisition of a second aerial means are the possibilities put on the table by the President of the Regional Government.
The President of the Regional Government promised that the coalition agreement between the PSD/CDS-PP coalition and the People-Animals-Nature Party (PAN) will provide stability for the future.
Miguel Albuquerque wants to expand the area of formalised cattle grazing in Paul da Serra. Which according to earlier criticisms has a horse, stable door, and bolted feel to it.
Miguel Albuquerque said today that the authorities are already surveying the damage caused by the fires of the last few days, which hit Ribeira Brava, Calheta, Porto Moniz, and Câmara de Lobos.
SATA – Azores Airlines recently announced that due to its success, it will maintain its Madeira - New York route and that it will be adding two new direct flights from June to September 2024 (Madeira - Boston/ Madeira - Toronto).
The Ecologist Party (Green Party/ENP) considers it "scandalous that the Madeira Coastal Planning Programme (POCDAM), whose public discussion ended in March of this year, has been deliberately 'filed in the drawer' to allow the advancement of this project."
The Regional Government of Madeira has sent an offer of help to Morocco after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake rocked the region in the early hours of Friday morning, and which has so far caused the deaths of 820 people.
Elizabeth Santos of EAPN (European Anti-poverty network Portugal), said yesterday that a quarter of the Madeiran population lives on less than 551 euros per month.
The President of the Regional Government, Miguel Albuquerque, stated today that mandatory mask wearing, whilst outside, may end this month due tocurrent evolution of the pandemic.
Mandatory mask wearing; teleworking in the public service, a move which the Funchal Chamber of Commerce (ACIF), are firmly against; acceleration in the administration of the third dose of vaccine; more rigorous nightlife control; a 'push' for the unvaccinated to become vaccinated; limitations on home visits.