Month: October 2019

New sale from easyJet

Short post this – easyJet have released their latest sale today.

The monthly chart of fares from LGW to FNC is below – very useful – shows where they make their money!

Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa undergoes cardiac catheterisation

The Portugal News reports that Portugal’s president, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, had a cardiac catheterisation operation yesterday that revealed important coronary obstructions which were successfully treated during the same procedure, the Lisbon Hospital Centre said on Wednesday.

According ............  ...read more

Discussion on plastic pollution in marine ecosystems

The Journal reports that the 4th Encontro GelAvista 2019 Meeting, will be held with the collaboration of the Funchal Marine Biology Station, in Funchal City Hall, on November 23rd and 24th, a conference that aims to promote a discussion on plastic pollution in marine ecosystems.

On the first day, ............  ...read more

35 year old Italian suffers chest pains

The Navy, through the Funchal Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Sub-Center (MRSC Funchal), “accompanied this afternoon an evacuation operation of the ‘Magic Dolphin‘ catamaran passenger sailing about 5 nautical miles south of the ............  ...read more

Two serious, nine minor injuries

The Journal’s latest report confirms online that in the coming hours the health services on the island will issue a statement on the status of the two victims of the collapse who remain in the Dr. Nélio Mendonça Hospital.

The landslide that occurred in the early afternoon today, Wednesday, ............  ...read more

A French tourist is reported to have had arm amputated

The Journal reported at 5:30 pm today that there was a French tourist who came out of the Caldeirão Verde with an amputated arm, and that all casualties are on their way to the hospital. The number involved is reported as either six or seven depending on the source. It appears that two were ............  ...read more

Two buried after landslide

The Journal is reporting on a story early this afternoon that two people were buried after a landslide at Levada do Caldeirão Verde, in Santana. A second report shortly after said that they had survived and had been found alive.

Apparently, the walkers had started the route in Queimadas and were ............  ...read more

70 volunteers in “Circular Seas” program

The Journal reports that the ‘Mares Circulares’ program soon arrives this year in Porto Santo Beach. On Wednesday, November 13, between 10:00 and 12:00, the Porto Santo beach will be cleaned by seventy volunteer students from Prof. Doctor Francisco Freitas Branco and with the ............  ...read more

Apple asks users of old devices to update software

Apple is warning older model users to update the software so that some functionality is not affected, SIC News reports.

The models affected are the iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPad 2 and the 4th generation iPad.

If the iOS operating system of these devices is not updated by 00:00 on Sunday, they ............  ...read more

Madeira hosts motocross regions final for the first time

The “Motocross Regions Final” (a rather uninspiring name for a national title!) will be held on the island of Madeira on 1 and 2 November in  Ponta do Pargo. It will be organised by the Portuguese Motorcycle Federation and is being held in Madeira for the first time.

A special circuit ............  ...read more

… to capture whale breathing data

A new study by the Whale Museum, based in Caniçal, will use a technique already tested in other parts of the world using a drone to capture the characteristic breath of whales, the scientific coordinator explained today.

At stake is the META project – “Marine Mammals and Ecosystems: ............  ...read more

Autumn temperatures to match summer

The Diario reports that the “summer of São Martinho”, normally associated with November, has arrived early, with the thermometers reaching 28ºC today. Machico will be the hottest place. Funchal is expected to reach 26ºC. 

Throughout the archipelago, ............  ...read more

UK to destroy commemorative 50p coins

Bloomberg reports that thousands of 50p coins minted to commemorate Brexit on October 31st will be melted down after Boris Johnson accepted an extension from the EU – the website cites” two people familiar with the matter”.

Chancellor Sajid Javid had announced plans for millions ............  ...read more

… but the sector is still growing

The Diario today reports on the President of the Portuguese Aeronautics, Space and Defence Cluster (AED), José Neves, saying that the aeronautics sector is still growing despite the “Greta Thunberg phenomenon” turning ............  ...read more

Festa da Castanha next weekend

The 36th edition of the Chestnut Festival takes place this coming weekend, October 31st and November 1st, in Curral das Freiras.

This is an initiative of the People’s House of Curral das Freiras, where the highlight is the allegorical procession allusive to the fruit of the time, to be held ............  ...read more

Hotels exposed to tour operators bankruptcy

The Journal reports that just over a month after the end of the Thomas Cook operation, it is noticeable that its bankruptcy has become a stumbling block for the Portuguese hotel industry, especially in Madeira and the Algarve.

According to DN Lisboa, the accounting losses already exceed ............  ...read more

More companies incorporated in the archipelago

Regional Vice-President Pedro Calado visited Entrepreneur City yesterday, at the Madeira Tecnopolo, where he commented on what he considers to be a marked growth of the Madeiran economy, as attested by the positive balance ............  ...read more

Emergency call could not be cancelled

The Santana Volunteer Firefighters were fired at 1:00 pm on Sunday because of the need to rescue a tourist who had been injured whilst walking the course of Caldeirão do Inferno/Hell’s Cauldron.

In total, 10 operatives made their way to the scene, but as they walked along this trail, ............  ...read more

… as the last Sunday fair takes place

The Diario website reports this morning that a PSP unit remains at a discreet distance from the fair area this Sunday morning in Santo da Serra. As well as this unit, there are believed to be some undercover agents among the crowd.

The newspaper reports that the atmosphere is calm at this time, ............  ...read more

The 1968 law ended the discrimination of voting in Portugal

Thanks to Peter for a link to the website jn.pt reporting that it was 50 years ago yesterday that women voted for the first time, without any restriction, in Portugal. The 1968 law ended the discrimination of voting in ............  ...read more

Afavias operation illegal

The headline in today’s print edition of the Diario continues to feature environmental issues. They reveal that Afavias is transporting, in dozens of trucks, sand and stone from Tabua ............  ...read more

Tariffs threaten Azore’s iconic cheese

PSD/Azores MPs António Almeida and António Pedroso questioned their Regional Government about the impact on the marketing of São Jorge Cheese with the creation of new customs duties in the United States of America.

“As a result of the World Trade Organization’s decisions to authorize ............  ...read more

First diversion due to approaching bad weather

The Diario reports this afternoon that a Lufthansa airline flight to Madeira International Airport diverted to Porto Santo Airport early this afternoon due to strong winds in Santa Cruz. The plane landed on the golden island at 2:08 pm, as the wind strength did not allow landing on the ............  ...read more