Year: 2014

Fireworks coverage

If you are not able to attend the fireworks tonight, RTP Madeira and RTP International are covering the last day of the year with a special broadcast from … Read more

“It’s time to promote merit, eliminate abuse and purge privileges”

Miguel Albuquerque is the new PSD (Social Democrat) leader in Madeira after being elected yesterday with a convincing 64% of … Read more

TAP strike latest

Following up on the story tagged onto the last blog; after the announcement that the strike planned by TAP staff for four days from 27th December has … Read more

The blog would like to pass on the usual seasonal greetings to all of its readers. Have a great time.

“Night of the Market”

Tonight is the “Noite do … Read more

CR7 Museum move a step closer

The Diario reports that the much rumoured move of the CR7 museum has taken another step forward. According to a source close to the … Read more

Festive flights fiasco

Thousands of passengers are having to rethink their travel plans over the festive period with unions representing all of TAP Portugal’s twelve different departments  deciding on Wednesday … Read more

Blog issues

Apologies to those who may have experienced slow access to the blog recently – the servers back in the UK suffered another “denial of service” attack from an … Read more

“There is still much to do, I would say almost more to do than what is is done,” said Conceição Estudante, the regional secretary for Culture, Tourism and Transport, when … Read more

“Mau tempo” continues

Porto Santo Line have announced that today’s (Saturday) scheduled sailing of the ‘Lobo Marinho’ is cancelled – I am not sure when the ferry last made the … Read more

“Madeira – Diamond Light” display details

The designers at Macedos Pyrotechnics are using a different approach for the New Year 2014/15 display in Funchal, based on massive use of smaller … Read more

Cargo plane links lost

The Diario reveals today that Madeira has recently lost five cargo plane links. On top of the loss of the ferry link to the mainland some … Read more

I was reading an article recently that claims that the way that silt accumulates in the port could fundamentally change due to the newly re-arranged outlets into the port of … Read more

170% increase in New Year fireworks

Macedos Pyrotechnics has been awarded the contract for the fireworks next New Year’s Eve in Funchal, with a proposal that nearly triples the amount … Read more

Praça do Povo finally opens

The Praça do Povo, or “People’s Square”, built along the Funchal seafront, will open tomorrow (Friday), announced the President of the Government last weekend, during … Read more

Chinese controversy

The Diario reports that the highly charged subject of Chinese investment in Portugal was brought into the open again last week, after the former president of Jerónimo Martins, … Read more

Porto Santo protest

Last Friday the civic movement “Somos Porto Santo” organised a protest against the “conditions of isolation” imposed on the island of Porto Santo. The loss of the … Read more

Fudging the figures

The Diario today reports that the Regional Government of Madeira under Alberto João Jardim continues to “spend now, pay later” – effectively leaving debts unpaid for the … Read more

Weather/airport update Monday 20.10.14

Quick update on the situation at the airport today after the high winds overnight and throughout today – the weather couldn’t have chosen a worse day … Read more

New Calheta hotel progresses

A recent visit to Calheta provided surprising evidence of the scale of the new Saccharum hotel being built at the eastern end of the seafront. I … Read more

Growing environmental awareness

The Office of the Natural Park of Madeira (SPNM) has reported an increasing number of participants and growing awareness of environmental matters over the academic year 2013/2014. … Read more

Madeira landing denied

Spanish television Antena 3 reported yesterday that both Portugal and Morocco had denied permission to land on their territory to a small plane carrying a Norwegian infected … Read more

At the official opening of the first phase of the seafront improvements yesterday, the Regional President quite rightly remebered the tragic reason for the reconstruction. “After the floods that sadly … Read more

Work of Alberto Alberto João Jardim “done”

The Diario is reporting that there was much talk at the weekend of AJJ’s “work” being nearly complete as President of the Regional … Read more

As previously reported in the blog, the leadership candidate of the PSD-M party has increased the likelihood of the re-introduction of the ARMAS ferry should he be voted into power. … Read more