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The Diario reports that at the JS-Madeira (Juventude Socialista Madeira) political congress, the Mayor of Funchal, Paulo Cafôfo, has called for the ferry connection between Madeira and the mainland ............
Funchal City Council last Friday joined the “Clean Up the World” campaign, which is part of a United Nations Environment Program. Funchal actively participates in these annual campaigns, with its own program ‘Clean Funchal do Mar à Serra’, ............
JM reports that a landslide occurred at 1.30 yesterday afternoon in the centre of Ponta do Sol, next to the pavilhão do município. The road – the ER226 – is clearly closed and impassable. A car, which was parked at the place where the rock fall happened looks to be in danger ............
The Diario reports that an earthquake measuring 3.3 on the Richter scale was recorded last night north of Porto Santo, according to the Portuguese Institute for the Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA).According to IPMA, the shock occurred at 8:16 pm, but, apparently, it was ............
The Journal reports that from the end of October, SATA Azores Airlines will strengthen the connections between the two autonomous regions. SATA will provide a connection between the island of Terceira and ............
The Alto Lido Hotel officially reopens this Friday, September 28, at 5:00 p.m. The hotel has undergone a substantial refurbishment over recent months, as its “sister” hotel, the Baía Azul, which is nearby, did immediately before. Both are owned by ............
Both the main newspapers report that figures now show that 6,000 Portuguese and Portuguese descendants have now arrived in Madeira since crisis worsened in Venezuela in 2016. “The last survey, in July, (shows) six thousand people in a situation of great precariousness ............
Following up from a previous post the Journal reports that Paulo Araújo Batista conducted his first trip as Commander of the Porto Santo Ferry, the Lobo Marinho this morning. The ............