The Original Madeira Island News Blog
The President of the Regional Government will officially take delivery today of a new fire-fighting vehicle at Madeira International Airport.
The Striker 3000, the first of its kind to operate in European airports, brings together a powerful system for fire fighting, providing solutions for water ............
The Diario reports that tomorrow (Thursday) will see LivEx , “the exercise to test the functionality and responsiveness of the Municipal Emergency Plan of Funchal, which must be approved by the end of this year”.
Nelson Bettencourt, commander of the Fire Department of Funchal, explained that ............
Apologies for the recent lack of postings – due to a family bereavement and consequent return to the UK for a short period. Possibly nobody noticed the “silence” but I really appreciate people like Peter who have kept me in touch with developing news items in my absence. Anyway – normal service ............
A few people have commented on the spectacular moon over the last few nights. As usual the resident David Bailley at Casa Parsons has come up trumps! The one above shows the Porto Santo Ferry inbound under the nearly full moon a couple of nights ago, whilst the one below is fantastic – literally ............
New charity car boot sale details above – self explanatory
The main picture shows Carole Middleton arriving at Buckingham Palace after her daughter’s wedding, in shoes made in Portugal. Just had a get a Royal connection in this weekend! Unfortunately, just to lower the tone completely, ............
