Month: November 2018
“Airport winds have never caused accidents”
Experienced pilot claims winds never caused accidents at Madeira airport.
The Diario headline today refers to the correlation between winds and accidents at Madeira International Airport. The winds never caused accidents in this airport, and the majority of the accidents that have occurred in more than half a century of civil aviation ............
Government guarantees solution to Christmas lights impasse.
Christmas lights guaranteed – Government say they will be in place.
Christmas lights guaranteed: A representative of the Regional Government has told the Journal newspaper tonight that there will be a timely solution to the impasse over the Christmas lights. “Madeira may be rested that this year’s Christmas lighting ............
Ribeira de Santa Luzia to be improved.
Ribeira de Santa Luzia to be renovated.
The Regional Government approved this afternoon a contract for the “reconstruction and regularisation” work of the stream/river (or much more when the floods ............
Yellow warning for heavy seas.
The North coast of Madeira and the island of Porto Santo will from midnight today until midnight tomorrow be under a yellow warning due to the heavy seas forecast, with waves of 4 to 5 metres high, according to IPMA, the Portuguese “Met Office”. Based ............
New Christmas decorations delayed in Funchal.
Legal proceedings delay Christmas lights
In what is unusually lengthy and detailed article on the Diario website last night, the newspaper reports that the new Christmas lights promised for Funchal, particularly in the streets of Dr. Fernão Ornelas, Aljube and Câmara Pestana, and in the areas around ............
Sweet potato crop degrading.
Investigation into genetics of the sweet potato.
The Diario reports that the Regional Government has reached an agreement with the Madeira Farmers’ Association to carry out a technical and scientific study to “recover the genesis” of the sweet ............
Another new hotel planned at Praia Formosa.
New hotel planned above Praia Formosa
The Diario reports that Madeiran businessman António Nóbrega has been authorised to build a hotel above Praia Formosa on the site of the old ILMA (Dairy Industry of Madeira) facilities. This will be named the”Four Views Formosa”, a four star unit with ............