Month: January 2008

After 9 days of blog chaos, we are finally back on line. All the temporary blogletts have been transferred over (some with some noticable presentation problems), but nether-the-less ’tis now done.… Read more

Blog for Wednesday 30th January, 2008

Source : Diário de Notícias 30/1/2008

Some sad stories in todays news, starting off with some distressing news and photographs of sea creatures in … Read more

Blog for Tuesday 29th January, 2008

Source : Diário de Notícias 29/1/2008

Leading story in the ‘Madeira’ section, is about a female police officer who had been assigned to traffic … Read more

Blog for Monday 28th January, 2008 

Source : Diário de Notícias 28/1/2008

To the delight of some for sure, it seems that from next month all the rural taxis … Read more

Blog for Sunday 27th January, 2008

Source : Diário de Notícias 27/1/2008

The Hiper Sã supermarket chain is looking for new land to build yet another superstore. This time they … Read more

Blog for Saturday 26th January, 2008

Source : Diário de Notícias 26/1/2008

The government has earmarked the grand sum of €1.6 million to tackle the problem of a rat infestation … Read more

Blog of Friday 25th January, 2008

Source : Diário de Notícias 25/1/2008

The smoking issue just won’t go away. After the president of Madeira was caught earlier this week smoking … Read more

Blog for Thursday 24th January, 2008

TODAYS PHOTO : So that’s what those cute white striped areas in the middle of the road are for!

The Porto Santo Ferry should … Read more

Blog for WEDNESDAY 23rd JANUARY 2008

Lots of news stories yesterday, so here are a couple more:

Source : Diário de Notícias 22/1/2008

The relevant authorities were yesterday called to … Read more

TODAYS PHOTO : A sight for sore eyes. The Xmas decorations coming down yesterday at long last!

Don’t you just love it when there is a power cut. You can … Read more

Great weekend here with temperatures upto 25ºC on both days, a bit blowy though!

Not much of interest in today’s paper.

The new Hiper Sá supermarket in Santana is worrying … Read more

Source : Diário de Notícias 19/1/2008

Shouldn’t laugh, but last Sunday morning in an accident in Caniço, a car left the road and landed on the roof of someones house … Read more

Source : Diário de Notícias 18/1/2008

TAP (The Portuguese Airline) have published some figures about their air traffic during 2007. It seem that their scheduled flights between Lisbon and Madeira … Read more

Source : Diário de Notícias 17/1/2008

Nearly 7 years after the initial proposal from Madeira, its seems that today a new agreement is to be signed between Portugal and Spain, … Read more

Source : Diário de Notícias 17/1/2008

Did you know that it is prohibited to walk through some of the many tunnels that drill through Madeira mountainous terrain, even though you … Read more

Wow, a few chilly nights this week, lower than I have come to expect. If the temperature gets any lower I will have to resort to long sleeve shirts! Thankfully … Read more

I suppose that most visitors to Madeira whilst on their travels see the coloured eco-point recycling bins, and some posters as well, and assume that Madeira is  a recycling island, … Read more

Source : Diário de Notícias 14/1/2008

There is little of great interest to report in todays paper, so just a short news blog today.

There are 4 crime stories, including … Read more

Nice sunny day here today, with the temperature in the low twenties. More problems at the airport yesterday morning with poor visability, with 4 planes forced to put down on … Read more

I have a backlog of news stories at the moment, so this is a bit more of yesterdays news:

Source : Diário de Notícias 11/1/2008

In 2008 you will see a … Read more

Source : Diário de Notícias 10/1/2008

In an article yesterday, the standard of driving on Madeira is critised, especially in terms of speeding, doing manouvers without signalling, driving on the … Read more

Sort of a surreal day here in Ribeira Brava yesterday, hot and sunny with my shaded thermometer showing 26ºC (whilst the maximum forecast for Funchal was a miserly 21ºC). The … Read more

Source : Diário de Notícias 9/1/2008

The birthrate on Madeira is in pretty rapid decline, with 250 less babies being born last year than in 2006. The pattern has been … Read more

Funny old island this, with the airport around 45 kilometres away suffering flight cancellations and 6 diversions to Porto Santo yesterday pm due to fog, we had just a sprinkling … Read more