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Month: May 2012

“A Small Gesture for a Great Cause”. Public opinion on AJJ and the regions accounts

Wednesday, May 30, 2012Wednesday, May 30, 2012

For those who picked up a charity carrier bag at Pingo or Modelo over the weekend and bought items for charity and left them with the volunteers on the way out, the news is that more than 57 tonnes of food were collected for good causes:

The Caritas of Funchal said that “following the campaign ............  ...read more

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UK prepares plan to control immigration in case of collapse of the Euro

Saturday, May 26, 2012Saturday, May 26, 2012

 

Peter has alerted me (once again – thank you Peter) to the following article in the Diario today – also featured on Sky this morning. Interesting figures on Portuguese moving to the UK at the end of the article.

The UK Government is preparing contingency plans to control any significant ............  ...read more

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Amazon rainforest – decision day. Bad news for Fado!

Saturday, May 26, 2012Friday, May 25, 2012

The news from the Diario is pretty uninspiring at the moment, with a Portuguese man being sentenced to life imprisonment for strangling his girlfriend in the UK, and the body of a Portuguese youngster being discovered in Budapest. Very little news from the island, and yet more “bad news” – Portugal ............  ...read more

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Air Traffic Control strikes latest. Jardim: “Madeira may leave the EU” !!

Tuesday, May 22, 2012Monday, May 21, 2012

For the air traffic control latest please see the comments section on the previous post below. It looks as is something will happen but not exactly what at this point in time   – now there’s a change for you!

Thanks to Peter for alerting me to the following article on the Diario ............  ...read more

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Airport strike latest & lower fuel prices

Friday, May 18, 2012Friday, May 18, 2012

The Diario reports that as a result of the strike of workers and employees of NAV SITAVA the only flight movements to be made at Madeira Airport during the day will be those safeguarded as “minimum services”, specifically

Departures

– TP1604 to Lisbon: 10.20

– S41694 to Porto Santo: ............  ...read more

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Another mention for Casa Parsons!!!!

Wednesday, May 16, 2012Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Don’t know how Jon & Debs get away with this when others pay for less exposure, but they have fully deserved it by contributing articulate opinion to the blog – they genuinely care about tourism (and tourists) on the island, and the island itself – not just their own guests !! The photo ............  ...read more

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Tourist information accuracy – update

Friday, May 11, 2012Friday, May 11, 2012

Following up on the previous post, I was very disappointed to get a message back earlier today from Santo da Serra Golf Club regarding our reader who had booked to come to see the golf next weekend when in fact it is taking place  as we speak (day 3 out of 4 tomorrow). Bear in mind this is not ............  ...read more

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Madeira Islands Open Golf Championship returns to Santo da Serra

Wednesday, May 9, 2012Wednesday, May 9, 2012

The Madeira Islands Open – Portugal returns to Santo da Serra Golf this season for the first time since 2008 tomorrow (10 May 2012 to 13 May 2012)

In the intervening three years, Porto Santo Golfe on the neighbouring island of Porto Santo hosted the tournament, which was won last year by Northern ............  ...read more

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