Madeira now classed as “moderate risk”
2 cases now in intensive care
JM, among other sources, reports that the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) has moved Madeira to its “moderate risk” level. The … Read more
Month: November 2021
Simulated cable car rescue
Full scale exercise planned for today
The Diario reports that the Regional Civil Protection Service, in partnership with the cable car operator Teleféricos da Madeira, will carry out a … Read more
Bulk carrier Amis Unicorn visits
Fuel efficient bulk carrier off Funchal
The bulk carrier Amis Unicorn could hardly be missed off the Lido area of Funchal this morning. The 200-metre vessel has a hold capacity … Read more
Two more debuts in Funchal
Port “sold out” today.
JM reports that yesterday, the Port of Funchal had two debuts, one of which has been long-awaited, that of the AIDAmar, which today leaves … Read more
Blog updated!
Updated links and webcams
For the last couple of weeks, regular contributor Maurice Reed has been beavering away behind the scenes on updated “Useful Links” and “Webcams” blog pages at … Read more
Port entrance overhaul planned
and Portuguese PM misses COP26
JM reports that Madeirans, cruise travellers and tourists will soon have access to an “iconic”, pleasant and distinguished area, which is being designed by the… Read more
Homeless in Funchal
Call for action
The excellent Funchal Notícias website has previously drawn attention to the homeless people surviving in Funchal and they featured their plight again yesterday.
They start the report … Read more
The Ronaldo Effect!
Positive impact on tourism
The Portugal News reports that a new study has linked Cristiano Ronaldo’s notoriety with a positive impact on tourism of his home island.
The study, prepared … Read more
Canaries promotion
Cheap flights to the Canaries from Binter
All the local press announce that Binter has launched a new promotion that allows its customers to purchase tickets at lower prices to … Read more
51 Covid cases – highest for a long time!
Concentration in Santa Cruz
As already covered here in earlier posts, the Covid infection rates both in mainland Portugal and locally in Madeira are showing an alarming acceleration recently as … Read more
Storm Wanda to visit?
Subtropical storm threatens Azores
Thanks as usual to Jaime for alerting me to the presence nearby of Storm Wanda as he says, a ‘timely’ footnote to … Read more
Madeira winning new markets
and a quiet All Saints’ Day
JM reports that this month, the movement of cruises in the port of Funchal reaches pre-pandemic numbers in an evolving market, and Porto Santo … Read more
Portugal: Coronavirus rates escalate
Incidence rate and the transmissibility index climb
The mainland edition of the Diario reports incidence rate of infections with Coronavirus in the last 14 days at … Read more
COVID-19: upward trend continues slowly
32 cases yesterday
The Regional Directorate of Health (DRS) reported today 32 new cases of COVID-19 infection in Madeira.These are 5 imported cases (2 from … Read more