Year: 2023

… for New Year’s fireworks display

JM has kindly detailed the launch stations where the fireworks will be despatched from tonight. They are:

FUNCHAL AMPHITHEATRE

Fortim do Lido (lower level)… Read more

British ships favoured!

Jaime observes from his privileged position that of those ships due in port today, the “ British “ contingent seems to have been favoured by the port … Read more

… “dodging” waiting fans

Cristiano Ronaldo is already in Madeira, where he arrived early in the morning according to the Diario, to celebrate his mother’s birthday and New Year’s Eve … Read more

Could be a wet and cloudy evening!

I was hoping to report an improvement to the weather forecast this morning after the last one posted on Friday, but the … Read more

… in Madeira and Porto Santo

Tomorrow, December 31st, the Air Force will cover the skies from North to South of the country, including the archipelagos, … Read more

Manchester flights reduced

Evidence is beginning to emerge that Ryanair is carrying out its threat to cut back on the number of flights scheduled for Madeira – and the action … Read more

Ronaldo on his way home to Madeira

During the last six months, there were more accidents, injuries and deaths on Madeira’s roads -the topic makes headlines in today’s Diario, explaining … Read more

343 flights in four days

There are around 17,000 Madeirans enrolled in gyms. The practice of sports indoors has increased but is still far from meeting the desired level of … Read more

… with a “floating population” of around 90,000 people

The island is expected to see a hotel occupancy rate of 100% on New Year’s Eve, according to Tourism Secretary Eduardo … Read more

English language phone call

The Portugal Nerws reports that following an increase in reports of Portuguese people receiving phone scams, or telephone calls that result in fraud, the Public Security … Read more

Possibility of rain for the fireworks

Weather expert Jaime has been in touch with the latest New Yera’s Eve forecasts, not quite as the harbinger of bad news but sounding … Read more

Minimum wage moves forward

By coincidence, the front page of JM features the very building that I have just returned from this morning – thus the late post!

A word … Read more

Horários swamped by demand

Due to the large influx of customers yesterday at the three service counters, to top up the Social Pass +65 bus pass, which is now free, … Read more

Volta à Cidade

Unusually, both local papers share the same headline this morning, as the Diario confirms that house sales are slowing down in Madeira. This is the conclusion we … Read more

House sales declining

IRS declarations for 2021 show that more than 78,000 workers in Madeira earn a gross annual income below €10,000. Among this large share were those who received … Read more

… after “unjustified and excessive” fee increases confirmed

Ryanair has announced that it will cut even more capacity in Faro and Porto, as the Portuguese Civil Aviation Authority, ANAC… Read more

… but his luggage arrived

Various sources report that a six-year-old unaccompanied minor boarded the wrong flight in the States last week, making a holiday trip look more like a … Read more

Good weather for New Year’s Eve

“Tax evasion on the rise” makes the headlines in today’s Diario. The GNR detected, between January and November, 79% more infringements on goods in … Read more

Child therapy highlighted

Both local paper report on animals featuring at theAldeia Natal (Christmas Village), in Praça do Município in the centre of Funchal, yesterday.

The animals were brought brought … Read more

135 drivers arrested over weekend

An earthquake measuring 2.5 on the Richter scale was recorded in the early hours of this Tuesday, at 02:11:52, in the area designated as ‘Madeira-Tore’, … Read more

… as they spend Christmas on standby

This December 25th, the Portuguese Air Force praises the dedication of those who spend Christmas away from their family to do a greater … Read more

Cafe burgled on Christmas Day

The Port of Funchal was yesterday the ‘home’ chosen for the cruise ship AIDAcosma to spend this Christmas reports the Diario. There were more than … Read more

Portuguese tradition still observed

By a strange coincidence following the post earlier today about the Madeiran diaspora, the Mirror reports online about how the well-trodden British Christmas traditions tend … Read more

“Heavy Cloudiness” forecast

This Monday, Christmas Day, the Portuguese Institute of the Sea and the Atmosphere (IPMA)predicts skies for Madeira with periods of heavy cloudiness and showers, most … Read more