Month: October 2020

Latest lockdown scuppers overeseas travel

Lockdown involves a travel ban: The Independent reports tonight that if you are in the UK and have an overseas holiday booked with departure prior … Read more

Firemen conduct exercises at Barreirinha

Sea rescue drills: The Diario features a video of the Madeira Volunteer Firefighter conducting exercises recovering a casualty from the sea at the “old” lido … Read more

Increase in local transmissions cause alarm

JM leads with a headline reporting that the Region lived another intense day yesterday due to the pandemic. Details have already been reported here … Read more

Huge spike in activity

Once again the blog has been the target of a malicious attack over the last two days. This has seen a huge spike in both the … Read more

Travel allowed when “part of a longer journey”

The Independent reports that although the introduction of a three-tiered system in England, placing regions into “medium”, “high” and “very high” risk, with … Read more

Two unexplained local outbreaks on the island

The Diario has just reported online that the recent warnings of the possible outbreak of a pandemic in Madeira have been serious. Health … Read more

Porto Santo used to launch 25 new biospheres

UNESCO used an image of the golden island in a publication made on its website on Wednesday when it announced the 25 … Read more

Alcohol sales to be banned at Christmas

JM reports that “If the pandemic continues to evolve in this way, we will have to introduce major restrictions”, said Miguel Albuquerque, at … Read more

New connection starting in December

Following up on a post just a few days ago about the success of Wizz Air, the low-cost airline announced today that it will … Read more

Reintroduction of cruise ships delayed

Thanks to Jaime for a link to a report that Aida Cruises ships will remain inactive in November. In a statement sent yesterday, Wednesday, to … Read more

Tourists excluded from mainland travel ban this weekend

Thanks to Peter for a link to the espresso website, reporting that Portugal has counted 278 deaths from COVID-19 in the past … Read more

Canary Islands connections reinforced

The Mayor of Funchal, Miguel Silva Gouveia, yesterday afternoon received, in the Paços do Concelho, the Spanish ambassador in Portugal, Marta Betanzos Roig, who is … Read more

Official annoncement confirms status

The regional secretary for the Environment, Natural Resources and Climate Change, Susana Prada, unveiled the sign referring to the official announcement of the island of Porto … Read more

easyJet suspending Manchester/Madeira flights until March 2021?

easyJet Manchester route: This blog has never really been into reporting speculative rumours, but a very reliable source tells me that they have … Read more

Government investigates positive tests paying their own hotel costs

The Diario expands on a story that first appeared here yesterday, with the Regional Government admitting that not only is … Read more

Alarming growth rates summarized

The national edition of JM has a comprehensive, and rather alarming, summary of the state of play across Europe as the second wave of the COVID-19 … Read more

Government seeks to expand capacity for positive tests

JM report that the Regional Government is meeting with hotel groups to try and find another unit that could join the current … Read more

PSP inspects more than two thousand people in isolation every day

On the mainland, Diário de Notícias reports that the increase in the number of cases of COVID-19 and the … Read more

All-time high recorded on Monday

The Region has now recorded a total of more than 400 cases of COVID-19, with there currently being 144 active cases in the archipelago.

The … Read more

and more, better, chestnuts this year

JM headlines today that, in the space of a decade, recycling in Funchal has increased by nearly five thousand tons. According to data provided by … Read more

Cruise ship-breaking booms in Turkey after pandemic scuttles sector

Thanks to the blog’s resident nautical expert Jaime, for a link to a report that Aliaga, Turkey seems the favoured resting … Read more

Two local footballers test positive upon return to Madeira

JM report from an informed source that two of the growing number of arrivals who were announced to have tested positive … Read more

…. but only 4 passengers disembark and await test results

The SeaDream 1 docked in Funchal this morning, but, according to the Diario, 27 transit passengers remained on board … Read more

… but it won’t happen for much longer

Wired Magazine reports that plans to abolish clock changes across the European Union in 2021 have been … Read more