TODAY’S PHOTO : Thanks to Jim … Câmara de Lobos (just to the west of the harbour)
The national TV station SIC brings it’s Summer entertainment roadshow to Madeira today. … Read more
TODAY’S PHOTO : Thanks to Jim … Câmara de Lobos (just to the west of the harbour)
The national TV station SIC brings it’s Summer entertainment roadshow to Madeira today. … Read more
On a scale of one to 10, this mystery picture has a difficulty rating of six. It shows an attractive (but not heavily-used) passeio de maritimo or promenade. Do you … Read more
(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% … Read more
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 … Read more
(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 … Read more
TODAY’S PHOTO : Thanks to Jim … Fishmarket Are we going through a phase of scary creatures at present?
Weekend Football : Marítimo play away at Leiria on Sunday at … Read more
(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 … Read more
(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 … Read more
TODAY’S PHOTO : Thanks to Tobi … "A stranded jellyfish, we caught it in a cap then threw it back in the sea". Hmmm, I think I would left it … Read more
(28th August). Today’s main news story and photo, with about two thirds of the front page : ‘In The Elite Of Europe – With a deceive draw yesterday in St. … Read more
TODAY’S PHOTO : Thanks to Jim … "Ponta de São Lourenço – don’t know who the lovers are!!"
This may be a private blog, I am not sure, but there … Read more
(27th August). ‘Passenger That Travel On 28th And 29th Need To Check Before Going To The Airports – ANA-Airports of Portugal appeals to passengers to contact the airlines and travel … Read more
(27th August). Today’s main news story : ‘Forensic Medicine Deals With Two Thousand Examinations A Year – Of the 10 experts in 2005, only 4 continue in functions in the … Read more
TODAY’S PHOTO : Thanks to Vic … Paraglider at the Funchal 501 celebrations on Friday. "2 of these collided over the Harbour, the guys jumped from a long way … Read more
(26th August). Today’s main news story : ‘Operators Abandon – Of the various agents, just the Italian is able to continue operating on Porto Santo. The situation with the hotels … Read more
Right old boring front page today, with the Diário team really scraping the barrel to get a newspaper together.
(26th August). ‘Vindimas (grape harvest) – Festival of Wine of Madeira, … Read more
TODAY’S PHOTO : Thanks to Elaine (O Sol) … the rock pools at Porto Moniz.
I enjoyed this video : "Have some madeira, m’dear. You really have nothing to fear. … Read more
(25th August). Today’s main news story : ‘Euro Support At Risk – Madeira is the second worst region in Portugal for the use of European funds. Below, only the Algarve’… Read more
TODAY’S PHOTO : Thanks to Vic … Air display at Funchal 501 celebrations on Friday by the ‘Wings’ of Portugal
Isn’t email great! Or is it? I used to think … Read more
This weeks teaser is from Jim, a bit more rustic and a bit less permanent, but can you place them? Thanks Jim.
(24th August). From the Jornal da Madeira : ‘Sea Front With More People In The Bathing Complexes – The expectations for this beach season were not the greatest. However, the … Read more
3 of the 5 headlines today are in Politics, so I will deal with those later.
(24th August). ‘Hospital ‘Seals’ Paediatrics – After the affair with the baby in the … Read more
TODAY’S PHOTO : Thanks to Jon … A butterfly in his garden … great snap!
Don’t forget that news / articles will be posted at various times during the day … Read more
(23rd August). Today’s main news story : ‘Forensic Medicine Troubles The Hospital Of Funchal – The specialists are half of those necessary, they are close to retirement and at the … Read more