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ALBUQUERQUE WILL TRY TO ENSURE THAT THE NEW TOBACCO LAW IS NOT APPLIED IN THE REGION
Miguel Albuquerque does not want the recent changes to the Tobacco Law to be applied in the Region and guaranteed that the Regional Government will fight for this not to happen.

“We are going to try that the law is not applied in Madeira”, he began by referring, adding that, in his view, “the law has to be changed”, since people should only have restrictions on smoking “when they harm non-smokers and when they jeopardize the public health of third parties”. Otherwise, “it’s nonsense”.

The Madeiran chief executive even says that the changes that recently came out of the Council of Ministers will end up being changed, “because there is a set of fanaticisms and fundamentalisms that make no sense”. “What makes sense is to continue the law that is in force, which is not to smoke indoors, not to smoke near schools and other public areas.Now smoking outside, in the garden or on a beach, or to stop selling tobacco at petrol stations, snack bars, and bars, I don’t see what the problem is. They are restrictions without any sense”, he concluded on the sidelines of a conference on Digital Transition in Schools, which took place at the Madeira Congress Centre.

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MADEIRA HAS WON 17 OUT OF 26 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP TITLES

Madeira has won 17 out of 26 national championship titles. This is the final balance of the two days of competition for the National Speed ​​Skating Championship that took place at the Prazeres track and whose organization fell to the Clube Desportivo e Recreativo dos Prazeres under the seal of the Portuguese Federation of the modality.
In the men’s seniors, Marco Lira (CDR Prazeres) achieved three titles of National Champion in the 200 meters, 1km and points event. António Freitas (CDR Santanense) was twice National champion in the 500 and Eliminate events.In the female juniors, Jessica Rodrigues (CDR Prazeres) did not give her opponents a chance, achieving four national champion titles in distances (200/ 500 / 1km and points).

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190 HOUSES WILL GAIN COLOUR

Among two hundred owners, no one is against it. This is the most relevant data for the chromatic project that the President of the Regional Government proposed in February for the parish of Paul do Mar, and that DIÁRIO announced firsthand.

The working group is made up of the vice-president of the City Council, the president of the Board and also by elements of the regional secretariat for Equipment and Infrastructures, it is two days away from closing the consultation with the population, however it is already guaranteed that all the residents joined the project.A “very satisfactory” expression that, according to the mayor of Calheta, “speaks well of the acceptance of the owners” who applaud this initiative.“We are talking about 190 houses that will receive an intervention on their respective facades, in order to proceed with their rehabilitation in a heritage enhancement project but which I am also sure will become a point of tourist attraction due to the way in which the cluster of houses he’s willing”, adds the mayor who still doesn’t know how to specify when the painting work begins between the port area and the cemetery.

`“Once the survey is over, we take another step, which is the opening of the tender procedure, in partnership with the Regional Government, for which we will establish a counter-program for this purpose”, explains the steps that will be taken in the next few days.

Carlos Teles recalls that the shades vary between white, yellow, green and orange, but it is the owners themselves who define the choice, with the criteria so that there are no neighboring houses with identical colours.`

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MAN DIES WHILE WALKING ALONG VEREDA DA PONTA DE SÃO LOURENÇO

A citizen, allegedly a foreigner, died this afternoon after suffering a sudden illness while walking along the Vereda da Ponta de São Lourenço, in Caniçal. The victim reportedly suffered a cardiac arrest while walking along the pedestrian route and despite the resuscitation efforts made by firefighters and EMIR, also committed to the rescue, he did not resist. The PSP was called to take care of the occurrence.

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FUNCHAL PACKED TO SEE THE PROCESSION OF THE MADEIRA FLOWER FESTIVAL

Thousands of people fill downtown Funchal this Sunday to watch the allegorical procession of the 44th Madeira Flower Festival, which promises to transform Avenida do Mar into an authentic garden, filled with flowers of various species and colors.Under a scorching sun, the various places available on the stands are already well composed, with many more people scattered along the entire waterfront, who within a few minutes will focus their attention on the 13 groups participating in this parade that celebrates the arrival da Primavera, and which shows visitors one of our greatest beauties, making it one of the biggest tourist attractions in the Region.

Under the theme ‘Madeira, Island in Flower’, the 1,700 participants from the 13 groups will follow the same route as in other years, starting at 4.30 pm from Praça da Autonomia, passing along the southern strip of Avenida do Mar and Comunidades Madeirenses, until end at Avenida Francisco Sá Carneiro.

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HALO AROUND THE SUN TODAY

Solar halo is an optical phenomenon around the Sun caused by refractions and reflections of light in small ice crystals suspended in troposphere clouds. It occurs in the same way as the rainbow, in which the light, when passing through the ice particles, breaks down into the colors we know. However, in the case of the solar halo, it has a circular shape because of the geometry of these ice crystals.

The lunar halo, in turn, occurs based on the same principle as the solar halo, the only difference is that the circle formed takes place around the Moon.

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ESPADA PRICE INCREASED BY MORE THAN 40%

On the front page of the Jornal Madeira today, they highlight the increasing price of some of Madeira’s local fish and seafood.

In just one year, the price of black scabbardfish increased by 43.13%. Merchants at Mercado dos Lavradores acknowledge to the JM that the increase punishes the final consumer, while the Regional Government understands that the increase translates into high demand and a reduction in the quantity caught.The rise in prices is also seen in other products, such as limpets, which already cost 15 euros or more per kilo, and fresh Tuna is also suffering high increases.
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MADEIRA WILL HOST THE WORLD COCKTAIL CONTEST IN 2024

Although the representation of Madeira Barmen, elected to the 2023 National Cocktails Contest, which took place yesterday in Estoril, did not reach the objective of electing the Barmen who will represent Portugal in the 2023 World Championship, there is a ‘prize’ that comes to Madeira.

`The Madeira Barmen Association (ABM) announces that it has achieved “the great achievement of guaranteeing the holding of the World Cocktail Contest on the island of Madeira in 2024”, an invitation addressed by the IBA (World Barmen’s Association) to the Region.“

A dream come true!”, stresses a short note from ABM.`

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SPANISH WARSHIP MOORED IN FUNCHAL

The Spanish warship P44 is moored in the port of Funchal. Apparently, it should be a technical scale for refueling.

The ship ‘Hebridean Sky’ can also be found in this Madeiran port, which arrived at around 6 am. The ‘Santa Maria Manuella’ came from Porto Santo, entering Funchal around 8 am. Finally, just now, ‘Le Lyrial’ arrived from Santa Cruz de Tenerife, leaving only tomorrow for Cadiz.

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FORUM MADEIRA IS NOW MANAGED AND MARKETED BY CBRE PORTUGAL

Forum Madeira is now managed and marketed by the CBRE Portugal team, just as the DIÁRIO had already advanced in its print edition of the 2nd of February.

“We are obviously pleased with this new mandate and thank the owner for all the trust placed in him, which demonstrates that we have been implementing a successful strategy and that it delivers results. Our vision in the management of retail assets is fully integrated and we privilege the symbiosis between operations and marketing, placing the implementation of ESG processes and the focus on sustainability and the well-being of the people who visit the site at the top of our priorities. Also to those who work there and the entire community in its area of ​​influence”, says Luís Arrais, Retail Property Management Director Iberia at CBRE, through a press release.With more than 20,000 m2 of space, a strong commercial mix with anchor stores such as Zara, Lefties, NOS Lusomundo and Pingo Doce, a very complete food court, a terrace with capacity for 450 people and 800 parking spaces, this new asset represents the arrival of CBRE and its management team to the most dynamic island destination in Portugal”, adds the same note. Forum Madeira, which is located on Estrada Monumental, is spread over three floors and has a large part of its area uncovered.

The note concludes that “with the integration of this shopping center in its portfolio of assets under management for third parties, CBRE’s Iberian platform thus exceeds 2.2 million m2 under retail management, totaling 43 shopping centers and 14 Retail Parks, reinforcing its unavoidable leadership position in property management in Portugal and Spain”.

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