Month: August 2009
95% Of Fruit & Veg Imported ; Gripe A Victim Refused Flight ; Funchal Port Needs Expansion
(31st August). Today’s main news headline : ‘Regional Produce Hardly Used In The Hotels – The appeals for the preference of fruit and vegetables from Madeira only amounts to 5% of the consumption of tourists’. ‘Qualifrutas, which supplies the hotels and ............
Chit-Chat & Today’s Photo … O Sol Sunset
TODAY’S PHOTO : Thanks to Elaine (O Sol) … sunset at Ponta do Sol seafront a week or so ago.
These panoramic images are fantastic, not only do you have a 360% land view, but you can even go up into the sky. How do they do that? MADEIRA PANORAMIC
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Island Travel Costs More ; Ponta Delgada In Focus ; Azores Want More ; Political Debates
(30th August). Today’s main news story : ‘Inter-Island Voyages More Expensive In The Region – To travel by plane between the islands of Madeira costs triple that in the Azores and the Canaries. Airport taxes also penalise the connection between Madeira and Porto Santo’. ............
Promotion Well Received ; Ryanair To Madeira?

(29th August). ‘Game Of Nacional Was A Success In All Ways – The newspaper promotion is St. Petersburg was well accepted amongst the travel agents’. Not was it only a sporting success, said Bernardo Trindade (Secretary of State for Tourism), but also promotional. ............
Madalena Targeted ; 6,000 Masks For Kids ; Porto Santo Dry Dock ; São Vicente Festa Disrupted
(29th August). Today’s main news story : ‘Robberies In Madalena – The police admit that there is a new wave of break-ins on the Avenida da Madalena. Garages and cars are the targets’. The area itself is quite calm, but the break-ins just don’t stop. Even ............