The Diario reports that Continente stores in the Region donated, until September this year, €473,600 in food surpluses to 67 institutions in the … Read more
Following on from yesterday’s post about the EU considering the national flag-carrier TAP as viable, JM puts a local angle on the same proposed bail-out of … Read more
The blog has been asked to publish an urgent alert from the Gabinete do Diretor Regional do Turismo in Madeira advising visitors to … Read more
Econews.pt reports that the European Commission yesterday said it saw long-term viability for the Portuguese airline TAP and promised a decision this week on the proposed restructuring … Read more
The Telegraph reports today that EU vaccine passports will expire nine months after a person’s last jab under EU rules to encourage regular boosters.
The … Read more
The Diario reports online that Madeira may have more than one diagnosed case of the new Omicron variant of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus.
The newspaper’s … Read more
Thanks to PeterA for a link to a story in the Diario dos Acores reporting on the regional whaling heritage in our neighboring … Read more
The Diario website reports that the recent bad weather has prevented three ships that normally dock at Caniçal from following their normal routines. … Read more
The Diario reports that throughout the day, the islands of Madeira and Porto Santo had a narrow miss … Read more
Irresponsibility: Looking in more depth into the transcripts of the press conference held by the Regional Secretary of Health and Civil Protection, Pedro Ramos yesterday, with … Read more
Following up on a couple of comments about testing figures recently, Regional Secretary of Health and Civil Protection, Pedro Ramos by chance … Read more
Both local newspapers report that with the 40 new covid-19 infections attributed to the island yesterday, Porto Santo now accounts for 69 active … Read more
Madeira yesterday recorded 246 new cases of COVID-19 in the previous 24 hours, a new record high. This total has just seven cases classed as … Read more
Anti-vaxxers should not be allowed to fly, according to Ryanair chief Michael O’Leary, interviewed in today’s Telegraph as he launched a blistering … Read more
The bad weather forecast first reported here has been developed by various sources. Firstly JM report that the archipelago is … Read more
Jaime was in touchas early as Wednesday to forecast possible bad weather for the Madeira archipelago over the coming weekend, with the jet stream map below … Read more
JM, among others, report that the Regional Government announced yesterday afternoon that it has decided to increase the levels of prevention for COVID-19. … Read more
Regional Secretary of Health and Civil Protection Pedro Ramos confirmed this morning that a UK national is the first suspected case of the new … Read more
JM leads with the story that not even the recent aggravation of positive cases has mitigated the enormous demand for the Region at the … Read more
Late last night Madeira was again announced as the best island destination in the world by the ‘World Travel Awards’. It is the seventh … Read more
JM reports that canceling Christmas festivities was a decision that was always on the cards in view of the growing pandemic situation of COVID19 on Porto … Read more
The Diario reports that this dawn, the Lugar de Baixo/Ponta do Sol weather station registered very significant extreme values of precipitation, to the point of reaching … Read more
