Month: March 2018

Residents mobility allowance under threat

The Journal reports that after  summer this year, changes that are being prepared to the air mobility allowance which reimburses residents of the archipelago for

TAP cancellations cause concern

TAP problems: After an unusual number of cancellations were observed earlier this week by press agency Lusa, TAP said that it regretted the situation and was … Read more

Café do Teatro

FN report that the businessmen owning the Café do Teatro on Avenida Arriaga in the heart of  Funchal opposite the Municipal Gardens are exploring the possibility of … Read more

Charity Book Fair in aid of vulnerable local children

Pestana have requested that we publicise one of their  charity events to be held early next month – 7th April – … Read more

Guardian features Madeira “younger at heart”

The Journal boasts that once again the Guardian has given Madeira another favourable review, especially “for the emotions that it can arouse in its … Read more

The blog and GDPR Data Protection compliance

With all the recent publicity surrounding Facebook user data being “mined”, this is just a quick post to confirm that this website is … Read more

An easyJet co-pilot is filmed dancing while flying a plane full of ­passengers at 30,000ft.

The Sun carries an exclusive report that an easyJet co-pilot was filmed dancing by his … Read more

Students clean Praia dos Reis Magos, Caniço

The Diario reports that for the seventh consecutive year, the Basic School of the 2nd and 3rd cycle of Caniço, in coordination with … Read more

Norwegian boat assisted off Ponta São Lourenço

Yesterday morning a Norwegian flagged sailboat, which was to the south of Ponta São Lourenço, had to be assisted into Funchal by the … Read more

Praia Formosa restored

The Diario reports that in the aftermath of the storms two weeks ago, the Municipality of Funchal, through the company Frente MarFunchal, together with the Portuguese Army, … Read more

Portugal “happier”

This year Finland takes the top spot as the happiest country as measured by surveys undertaken by Gallup from 2015-2017. Rounding out the rest of the top ten … Read more

Spring 4 days early

Although the Spring Equinox of 2018 only officially occurs tomorrow in the Northern Hemisphere, on Tuesday March 20, in reality spring in Madeira technically occurred four … Read more

New Savoy latest photos.

Latest photos of the monstrosity that is the new Savoy can be found on Skyscrapercity.com dated last week. The latest inside information is that they hope … Read more

Latest photos from Porto Santo – the Golden Island

Following on from a Comment to the latest post, by coincidence the Diario has published recent photos from Porto Santo (attributed … Read more

The Journal reports that the total amount of storm damage caused to public infrastructures by the weather that hit the south coast of Madeira at the end of February and … Read more

Ferry deadline delayed another 40 days.

The vice-president of the Regional Government, Pedro Calado, quoted in the Journal, has said that he is confident that Madeira could have the return … Read more

Old photos of Porto Santo requested

The Diario reports that in the year celebrating the 600th anniversary of the discovery of Porto Santo Island, the City Council hopes to involve … Read more

Portuguese man o’ war spotted in Lido

The Journal reports that several Portuguese “caravels” (man o’ war) have been sighted on the south coast of Madeira. According to the Captain … Read more

Time lapse photography reveals logistics

Thanks to Peter for sending in a link to the 4K time-lapse video taken at Madeira airport, illustrating in detail the logistics involved from the … Read more

Giant waves  go viral

Just a few minutes ago (Sunday – 16.30) the Diario started to feature a sequence of photos of giant waves at Porto Moniz, on the north … Read more

Solutions to airport problems

Thanks to Maurice for suggesting the obvious solution to any problems at the airport in the “Comments” to the previous post – the re-introduction of the … Read more

Dolphins dead on Porto Santo

The Diario reports that three dolphins have been found dead on the beach in Porto Santo. The animals were found this morning on the beach … Read more

Condor doubly unlucky

Airport problems: By 9.30am Friday, according to the Diario, 9 flights have already been cancelled, 3 have been diverted, 3 have postponed, and another is currently in … Read more

More bad weather overnight

Bad weather: following up on previous posts, once again the predictions are accurate for the prevailing weather for tonight. Out at the airport there is … Read more