The Original Madeira Island News Blog
Remarkably the weather forecast reproduced here last Thursday has proved entirely accurate. Various contributors queried the point of publishing forecasts so far in advance for this island, pointing out that warnings are regularly issued and then cancelled and that the ............
The blog took a bit of stick for being the first to pick up last week on the adverse weather forecast for this week, but yesterday was pretty poor by any standards, and whilst the weather today has been quite pleasant, the next few days look anything but, according to wind guru…
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As the forecast bad weather begins to arrive, Paulo da Silva Ribeiro, Captain of the Port of Funchal yesterday afternoon issued a warning of bad visibility for the seas ............
This coming weekend of 24 and 25 of February sees the Custard Apple Festival at Casa do Povo in Faial on the north coast. This is a annual exhibition organised and the Farmers’ Commission in partnership ............
The Juan Sebastián de Elcano has been in Funchal for a few days now. The vessel is a Royal Spanish Navy training ship and is the third largest “Tall Ship” in the world ............
The vice-president of Madeira’s regional government, Pedro Calado, announced this week that the international call for bids to re-establish a ferry link between the island and mainland Portugal has been extended for 45 days. He explained that the extension to the ............
