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This blog started fourteen years ago as one of the very earliest “home grown” websites and developed quickly to become the biggest on this remarkable small island, a dominant position … Read more

JM leads today with the headline that the Municipality of Santana has guaranteed that it will continue to value the Biosphere Reserve award, awarded by UNESCO in 2011. But, at … Read more

The first “pyromusical” show of the Atlantic Festival took place yesterday. Starting at 10:30 pm, Italy was the first to light up the skies of Funchal and inaugurate the event … Read more

Various sources report that the “Right” won yesterday’s elections in Madeira but they don’t understand each other. The Left was defeated but admitted its willingness to govern. The PSD won … Read more

This is the news that makes today’s headline in the JM, on a front page that highlights telephone booths on the verge of ending. There are fewer and fewer public … Read more

The nightlife in Funchal city centre was once again spoiled by scenes of fighting according to JM, some of which were filmed, highlighting the complete dismay of … Read more

Celso Bettencourt, president of the Câmara de Lobos Parish Council, reveals today to JM that he defends a new ring road to Câmara de Lobos bay to alleviate road traffic.… Read more

The Association of Municipalities of Madeira has just launched a competition worth €146,000 for the sterilization and vaccination of dogs and cats. The investment, which benefits the 11 Councils, includes … Read more

The Madeira Food Bank and its president, Fátima Aveiro, has issued a call for volunteers. It is in this sense that FN publishes the image, alluding to volunteering in the … Read more

JM leads with a report that the work begun on the plan in December 2022 to halt the spread of synthetic drugs in Madeira is just days away. After a … Read more

The risk of poverty in Portugal rose to 17% in 2023, which put an additional 60,000 people at risk of becoming poor, a reality that mainly affected women, reveals the … Read more

A 55-year-old foreign woman fell this Wednesday while walking on the Ponta de São Lourenço path, close to the house in Cais do Sardinha.
The tourist has a suspected fracture … Read more

The Daily Mail reports with photos on the shocking moment police detain a ‘drunken’ passenger to cheers after the plane was forced to make an emergency landing.
Portuguese police entered … Read more

JM leads with a report that almost 95,000 households live in Madeira. An increase of almost 30% compared to the beginning of the century. On International Families Day, the Regional … Read more

Madeira Underwater Open Photography & Video 2024 Championship: The Diario reportsthst for the Open, and in photography, four photography categories and two video categories will be analyzed by the jury. … Read more

Funchal City Council, as part of its environmental awareness program, has been promoting the 1st edition of the interpretative route ‘Trees in our streets’ since April.
It is a pedestrian … Read more

Paulo Cafôfo reaffirmed, today, the Socialist Party’s commitment to the ‘ferry’ connection between Madeira and the Continent, during a visit carried out this afternoon to a metallurgy company, in the … Read more

In the first quarter, 4,251 operations were carried out in the public health service. Those carried out in outpatient clinics boosted the increase recorded between January and March, 54% more … Read more

The ‘Madeira Flower Classic Auto Parade’ takes place tomorrow, between 4:30 pm and 5:30 pm, as part of the Flower Festival program,
The president of the … Read more

The airport authorities are reporting that four planes are currently (9:00am) circling, waiting for an opportunity to land at Madeira airport.
Of these, one is a Transavia aircraft, coming from … Read more

Empty houses account for 72% of housing shortages according to the Diario this morning. A study by the National Statistics Institute … Read more

During a visit to the Cabo Girão Marine Park, the board of directors of the Institute of Forestry and Nature Conservation (IFCN) declared that the sinking of the Corvette Afonso … Read more

Following on from the story reported here yesterday, JM this morning reports that the impact of the operation on cases of fraud and money laundering on mobility subsidies is different … Read more