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JM on the mainland reports that Portugal will receive today about 20 more Afghan refugees who will join the 66 Afghan citizens who are already in national territory, said the Minister of the Presidency, Mariana Vieira da Silva.
“We have received 66 Afghan refugees so far and today a group of around ............
Yesterday afternoon an 18-year-old girl in a bikini was seen swimming in the sea at the mouth of Ribeira de João Gomes, in central Funchal, making her way up the stream to the vicinity of the Mercado dos Lavradores.
The reason, according to local reports, was two baby ducks that the girl wanted to ............
Today’s photographic highlight on the JM front page focuses on tuk-tuks. “Summer recovers ‘tuk-tuk’ in Funchal”. The newspaper reports that despite the tuk-tuk business relying heavily on cruises, businessmen in the sector regained optimism this summer.
The police ............
Madeira is in no hurry to relax rules and do away with the curfew or the mask. Other countries have already done so and have had to go back. The Region does not intend to go back and wants to make informed decisions as the archipelago emerges from the pandemic.
The idea was transmitted yesterday ............
The Mail Online is asking the question “Is it time to stop obsessing over Covid figures? Their statistics reveal that coronavirus is NOT the biggest killer – with heart disease, dementia, and cancer each claiming four times as many lives in an average week last month.
The Covid dashboard ............
JM reports that local politicians are calling for the rehabilitation of Pico do Facho, in Machico, proposing the “construction of a small bar and two rooms, a room more connected to traditional products and an exhibition room about events and the tradition of Fachos, allowing to improve the access, ............
The Madeira News website, with its automated news feed incorporating Google translate, has picked up a report that another 35,100 vaccines from Pfizer arrived in the Region yesterday.
The doses will be stored at the SESARAM Pharmacy Service.
The arrival of vaccines thus allows the continuation of the ............
Açoriano Oriental Government of the Azores satisfied with inclusion in the “green list” of the United Kingdom
The Government of the Azores welcomed the inclusion of the archipelago in the “green list” for international travel from the United Kingdom, considering it to be the “recognition ............