Snippets From Today’s News
Loads of stuff in today’s news, so here is a bit of a clear out …
(17th June). Tuesday’s heavy rain caused many collisions, accidents, and breakdowns on the major roads, resulting in traffic congestion all along the via rápida. One accident at night involved 3 vehicles colliding, with a woman taken to hospital, but released in the morning.
A number of complaints have been made about the state of the pond in the Municipal Gardens in Funchal. Aside from being dirty, there is insufficient oxygen in the water, and the fish are dying.
Registrations are open for the Summer Course "We speak and write Portuguese", a free intensive course for an elementary level of Portuguese as a Foreign Language. Classes begin on 2 July and finish on the 31st. The main objective of this elementary level course is learning the Portuguese language and improving the language skills of students, and it is open to foreigners. The course is organised by the Departamento de Estudos Romanísticos, but I have no more information nor have any idea where this is, but if somebody is interested and finds out and lets me know I will post the information here.
Around 11,000 laptop computers are due to be delivered to Madeira by the 15th July, to be distributed to junior school children. Many children will receive them free, whilst better off families will have to pay some contribution.
The traditional craft of embroidery on Madeira is under threat, because of new rules on Social Security contributions. Company contributions will increase from 10 to 20.3%, and individuals will pay 9% instead of 2.3%. Many companies in this sector have already closed in recent years.
‘Madeira Beats Record – A new European record has been established in coarse fishing’. A 30kg Spearfish was caught a mile off the coast of Ponta da Cruz. The previous record had stood for 22 years. Nice photo of the dead fish, who got the hook caught in its eye causing serious injury, and had to be killed rather than released. I bet that fact will be omitted from the record books.
Really do not see what pleasure people get from big game fishing and catching, maiming and killing such beautiful living things as marlins, spearfish etc.
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