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[00:00:00] are more tourists try now to see if I'm going to who
[00:00:03] buy, but the Mandarin also likes to appreciate
[00:00:06] the work, of course it's the tourist
[00:00:09] who usually buys more, but a Madeiran also appreciates the
[00:00:13] Madeiran also appreciates a lot now personalized portraits and
[00:00:17] watercolors more
[00:00:18] ah uh
[00:00:21] abstract,
[00:00:24] linked to the insensitivity of the sea, Catarina looks at the future with hope, a
[00:00:28] blue horizon, with creatures of the sea that continue to inspire
[00:00:31] her art.
[00:00:52] The proceedings also resulted in
[00:01:03] The parish council of Santa Cruz da Graciosa inaugurated an interpretative center of
[00:01:07] the vineyard.
[00:01:10] Parents of students at Ribeira Grande secondary school ask for more support for
[00:01:13] students with
[00:01:33] good afternoon and welcome to the Atlântico news: Graciosa Island already
[00:01:37] has an interpretative center for the Vineyard. The project of the
[00:01:42] compete in the Madeira Legends at the end of Santa Cruz Parish Council allowed the recovery of the old Bom Jesus school building,
[00:01:44] which was abandoned. It was
[00:01:48] a desire that Bom Jesus had been waiting for for several decades. In the middle of the vineyards and
[00:01:52] facing the sea, the old Primary School building has been recovered and has
[00:01:56] a new mission. You will be able to see practically all the pieces that
[00:01:59] it was. Many of them are still used in the art of
[00:02:03] working the vineyard and wine, as well as the audio resource
[00:02:06] with testimonies and images of the vineyard in Bom
[00:02:10] Jesus. In the coming months, we want to include
[00:02:13] in this space a mill and an ox cart, two essential
[00:02:17] pieces of equipment for the harvest. This
[00:02:20] space aims to disseminate the art of winemaking, which we are so
[00:02:23] proud of. It is also a tribute to all those who work and
[00:02:27] produce wine in Graciosa. Jesus
[00:02:30] operated between 1955 and 1990, it was also
[00:02:33] used as a community center, but then it was vandalized and
[00:02:37] concede the least, the minimum of abandoned. At this stage, it will open on Friday to all those who
[00:02:40] never let this dream die, all those
[00:02:44] who believed that the building deserved a new opportunity. It
[00:02:47] is for you that today we open these doors and that this may be a space of memory,
[00:02:51] of culture, of encounter of the future. The architect
[00:02:54] from Casioz Gabriel Mesquita Gabriel was designed by previous
[00:02:58] local authorities, after a long bureaucratic process, the works carried out in the last
[00:03:02] year cost 115, of which
[00:03:04] 83,000 came from the national
[00:03:06] culture, traditions and government. The executive's representative at the inauguration highlighted the advantages of the new
[00:03:09] collaboration regime with the local power. Under the previous cooperation regime
[00:03:13] and it was not from 2020,
[00:03:15] the same regime in force from 21 to
[00:03:18] 24, Graciosa Island benefited from
[00:03:21] about 71,100 euros. And in which the Santa Cruz parish council
[00:03:25] received only 3,260 euros.
[00:03:27] It was an old limiting regime, to buy furniture, to make
[00:03:31] small purchases and to compare some computers and little else.
[00:03:35] With the new regime implemented by the current government, applications have already been approved
[00:03:38] in Graciosa Island worth
[00:03:42] 1 million euros. All
[00:03:45] parish councils are covered without exception. For the regional director of
[00:03:49] cooperation with local power, this project is an example of impartiality, with
[00:03:52] the executive of the Santa Cruz parish council, being socialist, also added
[00:03:56] that the applications submitted in 2026 by the four councils of...
[00:04:00] I take responsibility if May represent another 1.3 million euros in
[00:04:03] support,
[00:04:05] more students diagnosed with autism demand more
[00:04:09] occupational scholarship holders at Ribeira
[00:04:12] Grande secondary school, they say that without a permanent and
[00:04:15] individualized response, the safety of young people is
[00:04:18] compromised. The Executive Council shows solidarity with the
[00:04:21] parents of students.
[00:04:24] Parents, guardians and school community united
[00:04:28] to react, through their voice.
[00:04:31] They demand adequate supervision for children with autism diagnosis,
[00:04:35] both with 80%
[00:04:38] disability. My son needs
[00:04:41] help with feeding, with years, until when
[00:04:44] he has a crisis, he needs someone to help, the
[00:04:48] teachers are overloaded, the few assistants
[00:04:52] are also overloaded, the parents consider that the conditions of
[00:04:56] around 600 employees on dignity, safety and access to school activities are compromised. Secondary
[00:05:12] of Ribeira Grande, my son has to be accompanied by
[00:05:16] a scholarship holder, for the safety of his son here at school, for the safety
[00:05:20] of my son, bleeding stopped and maybe I can't focus because
[00:05:23] safety is a right of my son that every child who has
[00:05:26] 80% disability has the right to a scholarship holder
[00:05:30] I am very afraid to send my son to school I invite
[00:05:34] people who are in power, people who
[00:05:38] deny these scholarships, our requests for them to spend a few
[00:05:41] days. in schools with these children, because only then will they
[00:05:45] understand the reality, they will feel in their skin how
[00:05:49] difficult it is, there must be respect for
[00:05:53] our children and for us, we feel that we are being
[00:05:56] abandoned,
[00:05:59] we are being abandoned, our children are well, the executive council of
[00:06:03] Ribeira Grande secondary school says that the request for two new
[00:06:07] scholarship holders was made in good time, we are in solidarity with
[00:06:10] this situation, the direction... The court therefore refused
[00:06:14] this support and we therefore already
[00:06:17] had the opportunity to make a counterclaim
[00:06:21] but they maintain the position, we have
[00:06:24] operational assistants therefore it is insufficient in number
[00:06:28] and we cannot affect operational assistants
[00:06:32] to situations of this nature, parents are worried and we are and
[00:06:35] when school hours end, the answers
[00:06:39] are few, it's talking
[00:06:42] about a place for young people to go during
[00:06:46] school hours, during the holidays my son spent three months at home because there are no
[00:06:49] spaces, there are no associations, the
[00:06:53] associations that exist are full, they are
[00:06:55] overloaded, there are many children, there are many schools, each
[00:06:59] time more appear and the solutions are minimal,
[00:07:03] very minimal. In the school year 2025-2026, 107 requests for
[00:07:07] occupational scholarships were approved in Azorean schools,
[00:07:10] 73 were
[00:07:13] rejected.
[00:07:15] The regional secretary for Education guarantees that all requests for occupational
[00:07:19] scholarships are evaluated, taking into account the multidisciplinary
[00:07:23] teams of each school. Sofia Ribeiro says that it is not possible
[00:07:27] nor advisable to have an occupational assistant for each
[00:07:30] student. Coadjuvants are requested for
[00:07:34] the accompaniment of students with disabilities, an analysis is
[00:07:37] carried out based on various criteria.
[00:07:41] First of all, the level of disability of the children themselves
[00:07:45] and then in addition to that, the school's response capacity is also analyzed
[00:07:48] regarding the work it develops with these students. In addition to
[00:07:52] the coadjuvants, there are other resources at the level of multidisciplinary
[00:07:56] teams that provide
[00:07:58] specialized support to working with these students in the Ribeira Grande
[00:08:01] secondary school itself, a competition is underway to place
[00:08:05] a psychomotricist
[00:08:07] here with the duplication of staff, of technical
[00:08:11] staff anywhere in the world, we have a professional permanently
[00:08:14] with each child and that is not even desirable because then there is also a whole component
[00:08:18] of group dynamics, these children also have and that needs
[00:08:22] to be appreciated, now these children cannot be left alone, that is another issue
[00:08:26] and, therefore, the school, according to the typology
[00:08:29] of these children, then manages
[00:08:33] not only the steps in the classroom, but also the breaks so that they
[00:08:36] can have the necessary support, as always happens also
[00:08:40] in relation to the students, we are seeing with... the school, the typology of
[00:08:44] the response with the other human resources, the school has other human resources
[00:08:47] and, therefore, we are checking what is happening in
[00:08:50] terms of responses that can be given, there are also other
[00:08:54] more specialized responses beyond the simple care of
[00:08:58] children.
[00:09:00] The president of the teachers' union of the region challenges the regional government
[00:09:03] to disclose the number of professionals who are benefiting from
[00:09:07] the measures to support the retention of teachers. Fernando
[00:09:10] Vicente considers that the executive's responses have been
[00:09:13] insufficient. After consulting the
[00:09:17] executive councils and meeting with the delegates, it was
[00:09:21] time to call journalists to draw up the diagnosis of the start of the
[00:09:25] school year. Starting with the lack of teachers, the union
[00:09:29] gives a negative mark to the incentives for retention and asks for
[00:09:32] results. We challenge the Secretary of Education and
[00:09:36] the Regional Government itself, to disclose how many teachers
[00:09:39] are effectively benefiting from these measures. Which were so
[00:09:43] widely announced and presented as being structural for
[00:09:46] the attraction and retention of teachers and educators in the
[00:09:50] region. To fill the vacancies in a year
[00:09:54] with 238 timetables for competition, the SPA says it is time
[00:09:58] to give conditions to teachers with their own qualification. In
[00:10:01] the region, we continue to have, we have today, dozens
[00:10:05] of teachers with their own qualification and five or more years of
[00:10:09] service who still do not have access to professionalization. "The regional
[00:10:13] government must find a solution, it cannot condone this
[00:10:16] discrimination, namely, for example, through
[00:10:19] the University of the Azores, guaranteeing a vision. The
[00:10:23] state of the school park is..." another concern, after
[00:10:27] announced works at Anteroquental school, at EBI dos
[00:10:31] Biscoitos and at EBS das Flores, planning
[00:10:34] is requested for the maintenance of schools, it is not just intervening
[00:10:37] in schools when they are already degraded, intervening in
[00:10:40] schools, we know, it was news, new schools that
[00:10:44] were recently built and that are almost operational in their
[00:10:47] learning space, namely due to the heat
[00:10:50] they have, because they are authentic greenhouses and then there is no money to use
[00:10:54] condition. The school year began with failures in digital
[00:10:58] supported teaching, Fernando Vicente says that the problem
[00:11:01] reaches hundreds of students. Now what we, what we, what
[00:11:05] we question is 4 years after the
[00:11:08] announcement that we are going to digitize the entire
[00:11:11] learning process, still having, still
[00:11:15] having errors of this nature right at the beginning of the year. The
[00:11:18] lack of operational assistants and the scarcity of
[00:11:21] resources for inclusive education are other
[00:11:25] problems pointed out by the teachers' union, points of
[00:11:29] an agenda that enter the
[00:11:31] list of demands.
[00:11:35] Brigadier General José Pimenta is the new commander of the Azores military
[00:11:39] zone. The inauguration ceremony took place at São
[00:11:42] Brás in Ponta
[00:11:43] Delgada.
[00:11:50] Parade Ground of São Brás Fort in Ponta Delgada.
[00:11:53] Inauguration ceremony. of the new commander of the Azores military
[00:11:57] zone, I solemnly affirm that I will fulfill the
[00:12:00] duties entrusted to me with respect for the duties that
[00:12:04] arise from the constitution of the law. The act is
[00:12:08] symbolic, full of meaning. To witness
[00:12:11] a change of command is, perhaps, one of the most
[00:12:15] striking moments in the life of the army, of a soldier
[00:12:18] who serves in it, more than a simple transfer
[00:12:22] of authority, it represents an act of...
[00:12:25] trust, of renewal of continuity in the
[00:12:28] commitment to the institution. Brigadier
[00:12:31] General Peralta Pimenta, 56 years old, assumes
[00:12:34] his duties with a spirit of total motivation. RTP
[00:12:37] said it has two objectives defined for this two-year
[00:12:41] mission. The first is to comply with the determinations of the Army Commander regarding
[00:12:44] the preparation of forces, the use of our
[00:12:48] capabilities in exercises and within the scope of national
[00:12:51] deployed forces. The other is to honor the historical commitment. They exercise
[00:12:55] with everyone, with the entire autonomous region of the Azores, always alongside the Azoreans.
[00:12:59] The new commander of the Azores military zone hopes to count on the commitment of
[00:13:03] all operational personnel, he admits to knowing well the fiber of Azorean
[00:13:07] soldiers. I remember about 20 years ago, in Kosovo,
[00:13:11] when I was on a mission in Kosovo, I received a platoon from the Azores and I can guarantee you
[00:13:15] that many of the most difficult missions were carried out by them, because with their
[00:13:18] rusticity, their desire to fulfill their
[00:13:21] missions always with great serenity, the
[00:13:25] good civil and military entities were present at this
[00:13:28] ceremony, Brigadier General Peralta Pimenta replaced
[00:13:32] Major General Jorge da Silva
[00:13:35] Ferreira, who ceased his duties in
[00:13:37] August.
[00:13:39] José Manuel Bolieiro highlights the importance of private investment in job creation
[00:13:43] and economic diversification. The president of the
[00:13:46] government attended the inauguration of a commercial area in
[00:13:50] Angra do Heroísmo.
[00:13:52] As a result of the partnership with the Gerónimo group. With the opening
[00:13:56] of this store, the Finançor group created 86 jobs,
[00:13:59] with special attention to regional products, the new
[00:14:03] King 12 store has more than 100 partnerships,
[00:14:07] Azorean suppliers, 19 of which are from Terceira
[00:14:10] Island. To this land, its people and its traditions that we come
[00:14:14] to pay tribute today with the mission of being here at your service every day
[00:14:18] of the year. We believe deeply in the potential of
[00:14:21] Terceira to grow in economic activity, in quality of life and in
[00:14:24] population. And it is with this commitment that we are here today, from the group I have the honor
[00:14:28] of leading, we are very committed to investing and growing to
[00:14:32] develop the Azores. This is the 14th Pingo Doce store in
[00:14:35] the Azores, the second built from scratch. It has
[00:14:38] 1,500 m2 of sales area and was designed with
[00:14:42] energy efficiency criteria, in a noble
[00:14:45] space that for years was
[00:14:47] abandoned. The old Ciloter building, in a privileged
[00:14:51] location on Avenida Infante de Dom Henrique, and in the heart of the City.
[00:14:57] It is therefore also an investment that contributes to recovering
[00:15:00] urban space and restoring life and utility
[00:15:04] to the sea of our city with
[00:15:07] investments provided for the remodeling and transformation of the
[00:15:10] Guarita supermarket, which will become Pingo Doce and
[00:15:14] in 2027 the Finançor group
[00:15:17] expects to reach
[00:15:21] Terceira Island, the entrepreneurship of the impulse.
[00:15:25] private that knows that risks, but
[00:15:28] seeks to serve in the name of collective
[00:15:32] prosperity, helps public policy
[00:15:36] to have... a practical consequence in
[00:15:39] the lives of all those who contribute to
[00:15:43] Azorean society and economy. The
[00:15:46] Pingo Doce store in Angra dedicated to grocery products, fresh
[00:15:50] food and ready meals. The new space aroused the curiosity
[00:15:54] of customers. In the first hours, it includes a restaurant,
[00:15:58] cafeteria and pastry shop, it has a dining
[00:16:01] area with 107 seats and
[00:16:04] 95 parking spaces.
[00:16:08] The PSP arrested nine people in São Miguel, eight men and one woman,
[00:16:12] aged between 27 and 63, on suspicion
[00:16:16] of aggravated drug trafficking. The operation
[00:16:20] in the municipalities of Ponta Delgada, Ribeira Grande and
[00:16:23] Povoação, where domiciliary and non-domiciliary searches
[00:16:26] were carried out.
[00:16:30] the seizure of 56 g of synthetic
[00:16:33] stupefying substance, two vehicles and about three.
[00:16:37] 800 euros in cash. Two dogs with signs of ill-treatment
[00:16:40] were also collected and handed over
[00:16:44] to the municipal kennel of Ribeira Grande. Of the
[00:16:47] nine defendants, eight are in pre-trial detention. The other
[00:16:51] was subjected to bi-weekly presentations to
[00:16:54] the authorities. This operation continued the one started
[00:16:58] in October 2024. The
[00:17:00] process now has 22 detainees, of whom
[00:17:04] 15 remain in pre-trial detention.
[00:17:09] Graciosa was classified as a biosphere reserve 19
[00:17:13] years ago, to mark the anniversary, a traditional
[00:17:16] corn campaign was organized in the parish of
[00:17:19] Guadalupe.
[00:17:22] The older students of the Guadalupe Basic School were invited to
[00:17:26] participate in a traditional corn husking, going back several
[00:17:29] decades in time, they accompanied the ox carts on the cobbled path,
[00:17:33] where they helped in harvesting the corn cobs. This initiative was part of the commemorations. Normally
[00:17:45] the new generations are not very linked to the rural world or to
[00:17:49] our experiences and this activity is to reinforce and to
[00:17:52] show young people what Graciosa was like. Lunch was almost always
[00:17:56] in the field, taking advantage of the ox cart that served the folk
[00:17:59] ranch of Guadalupe, which helped to make this symbolic
[00:18:03] demonstration even more real. My father harvested, we sowed
[00:18:08] later, after harvesting the corn, we picked the corn cobs and
[00:18:11] helped to cut the corn stalks, we came home with the corn in the
[00:18:14] baskets and at night the neighbors
[00:18:18] and friends gathered to husk the corn, these were times of hard
[00:18:21] work but also of conviviality, the evenings were pleasant,
[00:18:24] we had a snack when we finished husking the corn there at
[00:18:28] 10:30, 11 o'clock, we had
[00:18:31] roasted corn in the wood-fired ovens, already with a glass of
[00:18:34] new wine in our land, wine was always praised. The UNESCO Biosphere Reserve
[00:18:38] award, given in 2007, recognizes
[00:18:43] the relationship between man and environmental values, our islands
[00:18:46] here are small laboratories where all this happens, it was
[00:18:50] recognized, because it must be remembered that for decades there
[00:18:54] was only in Portugal the Quirobo Pole, which was the only biosphere reserve and it was the Azores that
[00:18:57] at the time launched that small seed which was to start looking at that award
[00:19:01] that was somewhat forgotten in Portugal and launched the two candidacies for Graciosa and Corvo
[00:19:05] Island Biosphere. 19 years later, biosphere
[00:19:09] reserves already represent 5% of the earth's surface, Portugal
[00:19:12] has 14 and four are in the Azores, this biosphere
[00:19:15] has been undervalued for some time, but it is also being
[00:19:19] highly valued, I will give the example of dairy products, dairy products
[00:19:23] will start exporting cheese produced in
[00:19:27] Graciosa to Brazil because it is a biosphere reserve, the market
[00:19:30] consumers, eh Brazilian
[00:19:33] citizens, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo value products
[00:19:37] produced in biosphere reserves. The corn harvest ended with
[00:19:40] husking, the elders passed on to the students the small gestures and knowledge
[00:19:43] they inherited from the past year, the corn cobs tied in small bunches
[00:19:47] which in Graciosa are called cambos, were hung on the
[00:19:51] corn stack and were used to feed the animals and to
[00:19:54] transform into bread,
[00:19:57] the brotherhoods of the Azores are meeting on Terceira Island to discuss the best
[00:20:01] way to preserve the gastronomic and wine
[00:20:05] heritage of the region, the meeting is organized
[00:20:08] by the Brotherhood of Veja dos Azores in conjunction with the brotherhoods of Alcatra da
[00:20:12] Terceira and Verdelho wine of Biscoitos,
[00:20:16] because united they are stronger and the moments of sharing always bring
[00:20:20] something new. This weekend most of the brotherhoods of
[00:20:23] Gião gather on Terceira Island, in a meeting
[00:20:26] organized by the Brotherhood of Veja dos Azores, in
[00:20:30] conjunction with the Brotherhood of Alcatra da Terceira and the Brotherhood of Verdelho
[00:20:34] Wine of Biscoitos. The way we can unite
[00:20:38] and be stronger, how we can
[00:20:41] also spread our activities
[00:20:44] beyond borders and I speak nationally
[00:20:47] and internationally in the Portuguese diaspora. Eh, and these
[00:20:51] are all things that end up being important for all brotherhoods, it has
[00:20:55] to do with the functioning of the brotherhoods themselves, it has to do with
[00:20:58] what are the good ways of acting to
[00:21:02] reach the public group as well, so to speak, eh
[00:21:06] eventually another situation that some other brotherhood
[00:21:09] puts forward and that is also enriching,
[00:21:12] because the logic is that, it is about sharing
[00:21:16] what experience there already is and the perspective of what we can
[00:21:19] eventually. continue to do together, a first meeting that began
[00:21:22] in Praia da Vitória and that has as one of its highlights, a joint enthronement ceremony
[00:21:26] of the three brotherhoods of Terceira, in the Azores
[00:21:29] there are 17, most will discuss together the
[00:21:33] difficulties and projects for the future, we having here
[00:21:36] spaces for sharing, spaces, spaces of union among the brotherhoods of the
[00:21:40] Azores, naturally we can also have these synergies
[00:21:43] adequate to what is our specific regional reality
[00:21:47] and, therefore... sense eh with good
[00:21:50] openness from the brotherhoods I think it's a plus. The
[00:21:53] program also includes moments of conviviality always with gastronomy
[00:21:57] and winemaking in highlight. On Sunday
[00:22:00] the debate will revolve around the challenges. It is difficult, it is
[00:22:04] difficult, not only to preserve, but also
[00:22:07] to recover sometimes
[00:22:10] certain traditions, recipes and
[00:22:13] habits that,
[00:22:15] in a way, were rooted and that,
[00:22:19] for one reason or another, ceased to be
[00:22:22] practiced and that is also a
[00:22:26] task that we seek to develop, all in
[00:22:30] the name of defending the traditions of the culture of a gastronomic
[00:22:33] and wine heritage that, according to the confrades, is worth
[00:25:03] Pediatrics, in partnership with the Hospital, promoted another
[00:25:06] edition of the Doll Hospital. The main
[00:25:09] objective is to reduce anxiety and fear of the
[00:25:12] hospital environment. This year, about
[00:25:15] 450 children took their dolls to the
[00:25:18] emergency room.
[00:25:21] A complicated day for the health professionals
[00:25:24] in this improvised hospital, the occurrences
[00:25:28] were in the hundreds, throughout the morning,
[00:25:31] the dolls from home needed
[00:25:35] urgent care, mine broke its leg and
[00:25:39] the ladies fixed your doll's leg, how was that operation? it was
[00:25:42] good, what did they
[00:25:46] do? they put a
[00:25:48] bandage, your doll, eh, they start at the
[00:25:52] admission, at the triage of the emergency service, just like
[00:25:56] when a child goes to the emergency room, here all the services
[00:25:59] that are found in a
[00:26:02] real hospital were installed, the patients
[00:26:05] varied in size and format,
[00:26:08] surgeries were performed, real
[00:26:11] X-rays were taken and there were many
[00:26:15] dressings, but they already knew that the
[00:26:18] cure for any ailment is a
[00:26:21] good dose of affection, initiatives like the doll
[00:26:24] hospital, whose objective, which has been
[00:26:27] achieved over time, and this year, it certainly was,
[00:26:30] judging by the expressions and... smiles of the children, to diminish their fear
[00:26:34] a little about healthcare, health professionals and the hospital itself,
[00:26:38] they left the classrooms
[00:26:41] of the primary school, they came to the
[00:26:45] doll hospital, it is an initiative of the
[00:26:48] friends of pediatrics of Terceira Island, which held its
[00:26:52] seventh edition, the balance has been positive, this
[00:26:55] year we have not yet done the counting, but already at least
[00:26:58] 450 children, the number has annually been
[00:27:01] increasing. The objectives are also pedagogical
[00:27:05] in the doll hospital, inside, to cure the
[00:27:09] dolls, outside to learn about
[00:27:12] firefighters, ambulances and about the
[00:27:15] work of the
[00:27:16] police.
[00:27:19] That was the Atlantic news from the Azores, thank you for your
[00:27:23] preference, have a great weekend.
[00:27:25] semana.
[00:28:05] The feast of pity took place at sea, as tradition dictates, with hundreds
[00:28:09] of people at the maritime procession.
[00:28:22] Welcome to Atlantic
[00:31:24] the maritime procession in honor of Our Lady of Piety. The moment was
[00:31:28] accompanied by hundreds of people at
[00:31:30] Caniçal.
[00:31:33] It's a unique tradition in Madeira, rare in Portugal. The maritime
[00:31:36] procession in honor of Our Lady of Piety once again gathered hundreds
[00:31:40] of faithful at the Caniçal Fishing Port. From there, more than
[00:31:44] 40 vessels set sail towards Lorde with the
[00:31:47] mission of retrieving the image of Our Lady of Piety from the chapel on
[00:31:51] Mount Gordo. I am, and it's the first time I'm going on the boat, I'm still going to the
[00:31:55] Our Lady's boat, I'm going to
[00:31:59] like it, if I like it I'll come back another time, but what does this
[00:32:03] celebration mean to you? Ah, it's another for me, another
[00:32:06] that is Catholic, is Catholic and it's a
[00:32:10] beautiful thing, it's a tradition and to fulfill the promise to Our Lady of
[00:32:13] Piety who... It's one more year so we can continue
[00:32:17] our journey, our faith, and that we can also
[00:32:20] continue to come to this festival. Are you going on the boat or are you watching from land? No,
[00:32:24] we're going on the boat. It has to be, it's tradition. I've
[00:32:28] been going on the boat since I was a child. My father used to do it, and since I was a
[00:32:32] child I've been coming to Our Lady of Piety. Secondly, in addition to
[00:32:35] several distressed fishermen at sea, they promised to see a chapel of
[00:32:39] Our Lady of Piety if they were saved. The promise was
[00:32:42] fulfilled today. The feast of Piety is already... a centuries-old
[00:32:45] tradition. This is a very special tradition when
[00:32:49] I'm abroad and I come especially for the festival. Today you're here with a candle.
[00:32:52] Are you going to fulfill any promise? It's a promise that I've been making for 10 years, since 10 years
[00:32:56] ago. Will you be on a boat or will you follow from land? I'm going in the
[00:33:00] procession, I'm going in the procession. As I'm here, I'm leaving
[00:33:03] here, I'm going to be in the procession. It's a very beautiful tradition, it's very
[00:33:07] beautiful here, this festival of Our Lady of Piety. Do you usually participate? Yes, yes, yes,
[00:33:10] every year. And do you usually go on the
[00:33:14] boat? Yes, I usually go. This is the first year I'm here, but I usually
[00:33:18] go on other boats. I think it's an old tradition, very
[00:33:21] beautiful, from my grandparents' time, my father's
[00:33:24] time, and yes, it's from Caniçal,
[00:33:27] yes. Since you can remember, you participated in the procession. When I
[00:33:31] was younger, I really liked to go in the procession on the
[00:33:35] boats, but now I'm very scared, I don't go. Now I watch from
[00:33:38] land, from land. This year, luck dictated that the
[00:33:41] boat with pain would carry the image of Our Lady... of
[00:33:45] Piety. This is the first year I'm carrying it, I don't know, I don't know if he will sufficiently
[00:33:49] convert, but well, this is a tradition, I was very happy to be here, it is
[00:33:52] truly holy and look, I'm going to see now what it will be, this is a tradition that has been going on,
[00:33:56] we already started this rhythm and the candle is already coming and now well, I have to
[00:34:00] thank the team that infected a great team that was here infecting the boat, the journey
[00:34:04] from the port of Caniçal to Quinta do Lorde took no more than 40
[00:34:07] minutes, the image of Our Lady of Piety will spend the night in the
[00:34:11] main church of Caniçal, on Sunday it will return again by sea
[00:34:15] to the Chapel of Our Lady of Piety.
[00:34:18] The Aedes aegypti mosquito is more active this year than last
[00:34:22] year. High temperatures and humidity are conducive to mosquito
[00:34:25] reproduction. The fight and calls for the elimination of
[00:34:29] breeding grounds and the prevention of bites are also intensifying
[00:34:33] at this time.
[00:34:35] So far, there is no report from the health authority about new
[00:34:39] cases of disease transmitted by the Aedes aegypti
[00:34:42] mosquito. But it is at this time when there is... greater activity
[00:34:46] also a greater response, whenever
[00:34:49] we have new positive cases, teams on the ground go to
[00:34:52] the locations, prospect to identify breeding grounds
[00:34:56] and try to eliminate these breeding grounds, this is a work done in partnership not only with
[00:35:00] the municipalities, but also with the community which has a very important role,
[00:35:04] the mosquito is a mosquito that seeks
[00:35:07] familiar environments or domestic
[00:35:10] environments. At this stage, says Bruna Gouveia, it is necessary to be
[00:35:13] attentive, find breeding grounds and eliminate
[00:35:16] them in order to reduce activity, we have a
[00:35:20] historical record of data that is very consistent since
[00:35:23] 2012, today we are experiencing
[00:35:27] mosquito activity, it has a higher mosquito activity than the average of
[00:35:30] recent years, but lower than the maximums we have
[00:35:34] already had, we had maximums, for example, in
[00:35:37] 2023, a year of great
[00:35:39] activity and we are clearly below the activity we had in
[00:35:43] 2023, but this means that we must
[00:35:46] continue to combat and reduce mosquito
[00:35:50] activity, the region is reducing the risk of disease
[00:35:53] transmission, the public health official also leaves a
[00:35:57] warning for the prevention of bites, it is
[00:36:00] important that when traveling to a place where there are outbreaks, where
[00:36:04] there are diseases that are transmitted by this type of
[00:36:07] mosquito, that bites are prevented after returning and
[00:36:11] in case of any disease symptom, seek health services to...
[00:36:15] clarify the situation stating that they have traveled,
[00:36:19] health authorities reinforce the fight against the Aedes
[00:36:21] aegypti mosquito and ask for everyone's
[00:36:25] involvement in eliminating breeding grounds.
[00:36:29] The first meeting of women municipal councilors from parishes in Madeira took
[00:36:33] place today in Porto Moniz. In the region, there are eight parish councils
[00:36:37] chaired by women.
[00:36:40] Of the 54 parish councils in Madeira, only eight are
[00:36:44] led by women. My mother passed away and I was invited
[00:36:47] to take her place on the lists of the
[00:36:51] parish. I continued, I always continued in the Parish
[00:36:55] Assemblies in a position before. One day I accepted the
[00:36:58] invitation of the current president of the council, Emmanuel
[00:37:02] Câmara, to be number one, to be a candidate for the
[00:37:05] PS for the Parish Council of Ribeira de Janela. It was the first time I ran
[00:37:09] in elections and here I am, I'm still here. Every time
[00:37:12] we went to elections, I won. In the
[00:37:16] country, there are about 600 women, out of a total of
[00:37:20] 3,258
[00:37:22] parishes. Since I was little, I have been part of several
[00:37:26] associations. So the history
[00:37:29] of my parish is also my history. I arrived by
[00:37:32] invitation at the time of the political commission in
[00:37:36] 2021, it was one that I initially tried
[00:37:40] to resist a little in the sense
[00:37:42] of manifesting that I was available to help, and whoever wants
[00:37:46] to help helps, they don't need to be in first place on the list, eh, but
[00:37:49] then I effectively accepted that
[00:37:53] invitation positively. I am now in my second
[00:37:56] term, of course... "the parity law imposes a
[00:37:59] quota here, but we understand that the path should not
[00:38:02] be through obligation, this balance between men
[00:38:06] and women in politics should be a path that society should take not out of
[00:38:09] obligation, but out of recognition of the competence of
[00:38:12] both, both men and women in active life serving their
[00:38:16] populations. It was the ANAF delegation from Madeira that
[00:38:19] organized the first meeting of women municipal councilors from
[00:38:23] the region. We managed to honor 15
[00:38:26] former presidents of..." council. it's a way
[00:38:30] of valuing these people who, in fact, as is common
[00:38:33] knowledge, the council, those who are closest to our populations
[00:38:37] are, in fact, those who know all the people of the
[00:38:41] usually all the people of the parishes. In October,
[00:38:44] the National Association of Parishes will hold
[00:38:47] in Aveiro the third meeting of women municipal councilors from
[00:38:51] the country.
[00:38:54] Vigário beach in Câmara de Lobos is closed for bathing. Water
[00:38:58] tests detected microbiological contamination, entering the
[00:39:01] sea has been prohibited since Thursday, a new sample will only
[00:39:04] be collected for analysis next Tuesday.
[00:39:07] terça-feira.
[00:39:09] It is not the first time this bathing season that Vigário beach is closed
[00:39:13] to bathing due to poor water quality. The
[00:39:16] problem is well identified. I even believe in the
[00:39:20] analyses, because it's the
[00:39:22] Camarões? Uh, if they come here to
[00:39:26] do the tests, the text. next to the river, if they come here every
[00:39:30] day of the year, every day of the year, the water will be
[00:39:32] contaminated. Four days ago it was
[00:39:35] contaminated, the water was dirty, I don't know if it was contaminated, but it was
[00:39:39] dirty. Since two days ago it's
[00:39:42] completely clean. I don't
[00:39:45] believe in the analyses, no, no, no, the water smelled
[00:39:49] bad and the water was open to everyone,
[00:39:53] now two days later it's closed, but the
[00:39:56] water is shallow. "I was a little surprised when I
[00:40:00] arrived here, I sat down and that's when I saw the signs warning some
[00:40:04] people that they couldn't swim because the water was
[00:40:07] contaminated. Will you respect
[00:40:10] it? Yes, I'll have to go to the shower. Even
[00:40:14] with the red flag hoisted, there were some who didn't
[00:40:17] give up a dip in the sea. I go into the sea with
[00:40:21] complete confidence, really. Aren't you afraid
[00:40:24] of it? I'm not afraid and
[00:40:27] something happens to me. You don't really believe that the
[00:40:31] water is contaminated, do you? No, no, you're not
[00:40:34] going into the sea. I'm going. I went without fear, without
[00:40:38] fear. I was afraid the other day it was
[00:40:42] already. Now if I had the information
[00:40:46] because I don't want to break the law or anything like that, but if I had the information, no,
[00:40:49] no. And the analyses are repeated now next
[00:40:53] Tuesday. I'll stop seeing this beach, I'll stop seeing this beach. I'll
[00:40:56] go to another one until I know the result of the water
[00:41:00] analyses. Two lifeguards ensure the
[00:41:03] surveillance of the beach. The order to hoist the red
[00:41:06] flag arrived yesterday afternoon. We have warned
[00:41:10] people, even so, there were people who disregarded it.
[00:41:13] In that case, we can't do anything. They have already been
[00:41:16] warned. Now our work is done. The authority is
[00:41:20] the one who has to deal with the rest. But today it's calm,
[00:41:24] today it is, but I believe that the next analysis will already
[00:41:27] make the beach available for bathers, so it's
[00:41:31] a matter of waiting. The lifeguard can
[00:41:34] warn, but only the maritime police can act. The fine varies
[00:41:38] between 50 and 500.
[00:41:41] The information is that the collection will be made on Tuesday, until then
[00:41:45] bathing is prohibited,
[00:41:48] why are the analyses
[00:41:51] done on the spot?
[00:41:54] So it's easier to do a blood test on the
[00:41:58] spot than water, to analyze the
[00:42:02] water, an hour more
[00:42:03] is
[00:42:06] impossible for this to happen, but in any case it is the...
[00:42:10] Vigário Beach in Câmara de Lobos once again has contaminated
[00:42:14] bathing waters. Remember that in the past it was a beach with a
[00:42:18] blue flag.
[00:42:20] Agras once again opened its doors to the public. During a stop in
[00:42:24] Funchal, visitors took the opportunity to go aboard and
[00:42:27] get to know one of the symbols of the Portuguese
[00:42:30] Navy up close.
[00:42:32] It is one of the most famous Portuguese ships, both at home and
[00:42:36] abroad. When passing through Funchal, the school ship Sagres once again
[00:42:40] opened its doors, an opportunity to go aboard
[00:42:43] and discover our stories. It's not the first time, but with
[00:42:47] company
[00:42:49] without a escort, it's the first time with a good explanation of what can be given inside this ship.
[00:42:53] But it's the second time. Why repeat the experience?
[00:42:56] Because my daughter was very small and now she's already a certain age,
[00:43:00] I have three children and so it was a time for us
[00:43:03] to get to know each other. This time we came more here for João to have
[00:43:06] a possibility, a new experience for him.
[00:43:10] Did you find differences between this visit 4 years
[00:43:13] ago and this one today? Honestly, I don't think so.
[00:43:16] The history of the ship? I know, I know the history of the
[00:43:20] ship, it's a long history, in fact, a twin brother of the ship
[00:43:23] was here some time ago, this is always a good
[00:43:26] experience of an extracurricular activity for the kids, which is something they
[00:43:30] really like, but opening the ship to the public is
[00:43:33] more than allowing a simple visit for the Portuguese
[00:43:36] Navy, it is also a way of bringing the population closer. Biosagres
[00:43:40] presenting the history and missions it
[00:43:43] continues to carry out, and the connection to Funchal is not
[00:43:47] new. Madeira Island is the port most visited by
[00:43:51] the Sagres school ship, this is the 47th time and
[00:43:54] one of the reasons why we come is because this is a floating embassy, as
[00:43:58] we usually say, and especially abroad we realize
[00:44:02] even from the people who visit us and the Portuguese sometimes haven't been to
[00:44:05] Portugal for a long time, here they find a little bit of home, that is, we have here the customs, the...
[00:44:10] the traditions, the ways of speaking, between the deck, the masts
[00:44:13] and the ropes of Sagres, there is much to discover, for those who enter for the
[00:44:17] first time, the feeling is very
[00:44:20] pleasant, I think it's a memorable
[00:44:23] visit, the ship is in a wonderful state of
[00:44:27] conservation, no work is seen
[00:44:30] eh, it is very well preserved, this also gives us some
[00:44:34] satisfaction and pride to see that in fact it is almost a museum
[00:44:37] piece, for a few hours a... Sagres thus ceased to be
[00:44:41] merely a presence in the port of Funchal, it opened its doors and
[00:44:44] allowed people to get to know from the inside one of the symbols of the Portuguese
[00:44:47] Navy. The European Commission wants to ban social
[00:44:51] media for minors under 13 years old, and also intends to restrict
[00:44:55] access up to 15. According to the proposed law
[00:44:58] presented, platforms must prove that they are
[00:45:02] safe.
[00:45:05] The harms of social media
[00:45:09] have been diagnosed.
[00:46:11] now we are reversing the burden of proof, now they
[00:46:14] have to prove to us that they are
[00:46:17] safe, and therefore for person under
[00:46:21] 18, the platforms must follow the principle of safety by
[00:46:25] design, no toxic or addictive features, no traps,
[00:46:28] etc. social media platforms, video sharing
[00:46:31] platforms, AI companions and AI chatbots and also
[00:46:35] online video games, all must meet safety
[00:46:38] obligations, European for the protection of
[00:46:41] children online was prepared after
[00:46:44] consulting more than 60 specialists,
[00:46:48] it will now be analyzed by MEPs and by
[00:46:51] member states, it intends to strengthen the
[00:46:55] protection of minors on the
[00:49:34] the subject of a book by João Lemos Batista. The former
[00:49:37] deputy says that students have little knowledge about the house of
[00:49:41] autonomy. The book tells the story of the
[00:49:45] regional parliament in these 50 years of
[00:49:48] autonomy. There are 23 chapters that reveal
[00:49:51] it.
[00:50:22] chapter makes reference to the
[00:50:26] importance that the legislative power had in the development of the region, I could not
[00:50:29] forget, immediately after I selected
[00:50:33] the diplomas that were most important for the affirmation
[00:50:37] of autonomy, former deputy João Lemos justifies the
[00:50:40] making of the work, it has to do with one of the gaps that
[00:50:43] I notice at the level of scientific research on
[00:50:47] regional policy and because unfortunately most
[00:50:50] of our students, young and
[00:50:53] not so young, and also society in general, eh have little
[00:50:57] knowledge about this house
[00:51:00] of autonomy, about the regional parliament. The book contains a
[00:51:03] reflection on the competencies acquired and what still
[00:51:06] can be done. Our wish was that we really
[00:51:10] had an updated regional finance law that was
[00:51:13] compatible with the changes that Madeira has undergone in
[00:51:17] recent years and that we also had
[00:51:20] greater financial collaboration at a level. At the level of health and education
[00:51:24] itself, and even at the level of security, as you know, the regional government is the one that bears many
[00:51:27] of these expenses and it is logical
[00:51:30] that eh we could have advanced but it
[00:51:34] doesn't depend only on us, that's why I I finish
[00:51:38] my intervention by alerting to the need
[00:51:41] for us to continue to demand until we achieve a
[00:51:45] full autonomy one in which
[00:51:47] we could elaborate our own laws and be more
[00:51:51] dependent.
[00:51:53] of the mainland as happens. Rubina Aleal reinforces
[00:51:56] the need for Parliament to be given greater
[00:52:00] competencies. The memory is not
[00:52:03] enough. We are currently. eh in a key time, in a
[00:52:06] crucial time that we are going to start a
[00:52:10] new session now and that we effectively
[00:52:14] have to put into practice and being at a time when
[00:52:18] eh we can say stability, stability is eh
[00:52:20] compatible with reforms
[00:52:24] and we have to put into practice and work towards
[00:52:28] deepening, strengthening our powers and
[00:52:32] the competencies of the autonomous region, named... very much through the constitutional
[00:52:35] review which, despite being already taken
[00:52:39] for granted, but we have to move forward and we are at the right time, at the right moment, with
[00:52:43] the right stability to be reformist and advance that so desired
[00:52:46] constitutional review. João Lemos
[00:52:50] dedicated three years of research to write about the
[00:52:53] 50 years of the Madeira parliament. I want
[00:52:57] it to be in the regions, in the rest of the country or around the world, you already know
[00:53:01] that you can watch the news from the Azores and Madeira every day.
[00:53:05] Here on IRTP, see you tomorrow.