The Original Madeira Island News Blog
Curfew continues to April 12: not unexpectedly both local newspapers report online this afternoon that the Regional Government has today formalized in the Government Council, the extension of the pandemic measures including curfew to remain in force until 23:59 on April 12, 2021.
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Restock Gallery, in Funchal Old Town, has asked that the blog gives a little publicity to their latest exhibition, which opened last week and runs until May 22.
À PROCURA DA NUVEM PERFEITA [IN SEARCH OF THE PERFECT CLOUD]– Introspective Iconography
by Pascalqb
In search of the perfect cloud, serves ............
The Diario reports that this Tuesday, March 30, Madeira has 24 new cases of SARS-CoV-2 infection’ and a promising total of 76 recovered. The data revealed by the Institute of Health Administration IASAÚDE show that only two new infections are imported (from ............
Website FN reported today on an interesting bit of background to the World Travel Awards, which regularly features Madeira in the very top positions as an island destination, both in Europe and worldwide. They reported that the ............
Some of the latest figures to emerge from the weekend deluge make interesting reading, paricularly the astonishing amount of rainfall:
Over the course of six hours, 136 litres of rain fell per square metre, according to Pedro Calado. The incredible figure is more than 20 litres per square metre greater ............
The Diario comments that the matter of weather forecasting in Madeira seems to have, at least temporarily, been taken out of the hands of the Portuguese Weather Institute, IPMA, and become the preserve of aspiring local politicians.
This was after Regional vice-president, Pedro Calado, told the press ............
JM leads with the story that TUI FLY announced yesterday that the operation scheduled for May 2 from Germany is void. The decision, which surprises operators and hoteliers, cancels dozens of Tui flights to Madeira and leads hundreds of tourists to cancel reservations.
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The water supply company ARM – Águas e Residuos da Madeira – announced yesterday that, following the weather that hit the Region this weekend, which caused successive power cuts, there were some technical difficulties in the infrastructure of the water supply system.
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