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The former Tabua Regedor died

Tobi Hughes28th October 2019

António Rodrigues, the former Governor and president of Tabua Parish Council passed away today. The 'Regua da Tabua', as he was best known, was 99 years old,...

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Work to start on Regional Road Ribeira Brava – Tabua

Tobi Hughes28th August 2019

CMRB (Câmara Municipal Ribeira Brava) is hereby reporting on the beginning of the works of the Engenheiro Ribeiro Pereira Avenue Requalification contract. In...

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Forest Path of Levada do Barqueiro

Tobi Hughes22nd February 2019

Work has already begun on the forest path of Levada do Barqueiro, in Tabua, an intervention that includes the construction of hydraulic passages, structures to ...

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JPP questions delays in the start of works in Ribeira Brava

Tobi Hughes5th February 2019

Together for the People (JPP), through Deputy Paulo Alves, questioned the Regional Government about the delay in opening the Ribeira Brava regional road "a proj...

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Recovering the coastal road Tabua – Ribeira Brava

Tobi Hughes3rd December 2018

The Municipality of Ribeira Brava gave green light last Thursday to the long awaited rehabilitation of the village coast road to Tabua. This is an important doc...

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THREE TUNNELS WITH 230 METERS PLANNED FOR RIBEIRA BRAVA

Tobi Hughes7th April 2018

It is one of the highlights in today's edition, Friday, of JM, which anticipates the presentation of the requalification project between the village of Ribeira ...

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Storm causes thousands of euros in damages on banana plantations in Tabua

Tobi Hughes1st March 2018

The losses of the bad weather of this last night go far beyond the coastal zone. According to the DN, the storm this evening, with heavy rain and wind, caused l...

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Two Active Fires

Tobi Hughes4th October 2017

Firefighters are fighting two active fires, the one in Trompica, which re-started yesterday, and a new one in Tabua. The fire in Tabua started late last night,...

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Fire spreading

Tobi Hughes6th September 2017

The large fire that started in the early hours of the morning above Tábua has already spread to the upper parts of Ponta do Sol, and can be seen from Calheta....

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Fire above Tabua

Tobi Hughes6th September 2017

The Ribeira Brava Volunteer Firefighters received the alert of a fire front in a forest area of Ribeira da Tabua at 00h27 on Wednesd...

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Vlogging in Madeira

Tobi Hughes11th April 2017

The first of a series of Vlogs on Madeira from Jake who owns a video production company in the UK. They arrived on the island on Saturday, and uploading a vide...

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Pot Holes for Bananas

Tobi Hughes14th March 2017

Thanks to Emily for some light hearted news after all the airport misery. Some resident of Tabua is fed up with the pot holes in the roads he has taken to plan...

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Fire in Tabua

Tobi Hughes7th October 2016

The Volunteer Fire Department of Ribeira Brava are currently fighting a fire that burns in the mountains of Tabua, in the high area of Ribeira Brava. The fire ...

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