The Original Madeira Island News Blog
The Journal reports that the hydrographic ship, Almirante Gago Coutinho, has now completed its mission in Madeira, where it has been working in collaboration with the Madeira ............
The Diario carries a warning to tourists and locals alike; the Rapida will be closed today between Ribeira Brava and Campanário between 9:30am and 17:00pm. In a press release sent to the newspaper, Vialitoral, who manage the island’s main East – West motorway, ............
Last night the authorities recovered the body of a young male foreign national who had fallen to the sea in Funchal while watching the lunar eclipse. A diver entered the sea by the pebble beach, in front of the Almirante Reis Park, to remove the body whilst a Sanas ............
The Diario reports that the colourful shirts sported by Nelson Mandela have proved the inspiration for a new work created by students which was inaugurated in Funchal yesterday. The commemorative sculpture was officially unveiled in Praça do Povo at the eastern ............
The Independent is running a story – rather alarming for some readers – that MPs have been told it will be illegal to pay pensions to many retired British expats if the UK crashes out of the EU without a deal.
The Association of British Insurers ............
Listening to the news last week it doesn’t seem like a good time for air travel! Heathrow control ............
The Diario reports that the Portuguese Minister for the Sea, Ana Paula Vitorino, was in Portimão yesterday for a reception ceremony for the Volcan de Tijarafe ferry, which recently started the weekly ............
Red Jacaranda seem to be making a vivid impression around Funchal this year, flowering much later than the more traditional purple Jacaranda (Jacaranda mimosifolia). Actually the red version is not a Jacaranda at all, but Poinciana ............
A Bola has the first photo of Cristiano Ronaldo toasting his move to from Real Madrid to Italian Club Juventus. The move was announced yesterday, with the 33 year-old Madeiran on holiday in Greece where he is pictured with club’s president, Andrea Agnelli, at ............
