Informação: Tender for adaptation of building to install Free Time Activity Centre on Santa Maria Island published in the Official Journal
The public tender for the adaptation of a building for the installation of the Santa Maria Free Time Activity Centre run by the Santa Casa da Misericórdia of Vila do Porto was published in the Official Journal. Financed by the Regional Government, through the Regional Secretariat for Social Solidarity, the work has a base price of 377,284.85 euros, plus VAT at the legal rate in force, and a c... Mais >>

Informação: Ana Cunha highlights investment in creation and upgrading of viewpoints on regional roads
The Regional Secretary for Transport and Public Works highlighted in Calheta, São Jorge Island, the investment that the Regional Government has been making in the "upgrading of several viewpoints and points of interest along regional roads." Ana Cunha stated that these actions, as well as the creation of other visiting sites, cover all the islands as they fall within the plan for the landscap... Mais >>

Informação: Regional Director for Housing highlights investment policy in rehabilitation of degraded housing
The Regional Director for Housing highlighted on São Miguel Island the improvements that have been made in the regional housing stock as a result of a "strong investment policy in the rehabilitation of degraded housing." Orlando Goulart spoke Monday during a visit to the civil parish of Covoada in the municipality of Ponta Delgada. On the occasion, he said it is "very gratifying to see that t... Mais >>

Informação: Avelino Meneses says construction of new secondary school in Povoação is not necessary
The Regional Secretary for Education and Culture stated in Ponta Delgada that the Regional Government has not planned the construction of a new basic education and secondary school in the village of Povoação, S. Miguel Island. Avelino Meneses spoke to journalists at the end of a hearing at the Committee on Social Affairs of the Legislative Assembly. On the occasion, he stated that the Go... Mais >>

Informação: Another 13 families from São Miguel with affordable housing under lease with purchase option
The Regional Secretary for Social Solidarity presided over in Ponta Delgada the allocation of 13 dwellings to the families residing on the island of São Miguel under the lease with purchase option scheme. Three dwellings were allocated in a neighbourhood located in Sete Cidades (municipality of Ponta Delgada), six apartments in the Quinta do Castanheiro neighbourhood in Livramento (municipal... Mais >>

Informação: Regional Director for Housing highlights importance of lease scheme with purchase option for young families
The Regional Director for Housing stressed in Santa Cruz das Flores the importance of the Regional Government's support through the lease scheme with purchase option, especially for young couples, “whom banks do not grant housing loans under favourable conditions." Orlando Goulart spoke during the signing of a contract for the allocation of a 3-bedroom dwelling in Terça neighbourhood on... Mais >>

Informação: Support for displaced patients on Terceira Island reinforced with rehabilitation of property near hospital
The Regional Secretary for Social Solidarity visited today a property in Angra do Heroísmo that will be rehabilitated and converted into a residence to accommodate displaced patients on the island of Terceira. This intervention falls within a project presented by a local citizens under the Participatory Budget of the Azores, the winning initiative in the Social Inclusion category. Andreia Ca... Mais >>

Informação: Protocols signed between Regional Government and municipalities and Private Social Solidarity Institutions in the housing sector already surpass one million Euros
The Regional Director for Housing stated in Ponta Delgada that the overall amount of agreements and protocols signed with local authorities and Private Social Solidarity Institutions (IPSS) in the housing sector has already surpassed one million Euros in this legislative period. Orlando Goulart concluded today in Ponta Delgada the round of information sessions on the support granted by the Regiona... Mais >>

Informação: LREC to workshop on structural rehabilitation of old masonry
The Regional Civil Engineering Laboratory (LREC) will broadcast the workshop on "Structural Rehabilitation of Old Masonry" next Friday, July 12. This seminar, which takes place at the Auditorium of the National Civil Engineering Laboratory (LNEC) in Lisbon, will be broadcast at the LREC auditorium in Ponta Delgada. The workshop will focus on technical issues related to the structural rehabilitati... Mais >>

Informação: Regional Government already invested nearly one million Euros to control termite infestations
The Regional Director for Housing stated in Angra do Heroísmo that the support allocated by the Regional Government to control termite infestations has already covered ninety families, an investment of about one million Euros. "Among the requests submitted to the Regional Directorate for Housing to control termite infestations, about 60 percent come from the island of Terceira," said Orlando ... Mais >>