ISSUE NO. 1437
17 - 23 JANUARY 2013
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Schools safety check as nine children hurt URGENT safety inspections of older schools are to be carried out after nine children were hurt when a classroom floor collapsed. The primary schoolchildren were sitting at their desks at the Colegio Publico Hispanidad in Santa Pola when the floor gave way. Four children who received scratches and bruises in the incident, and their teacher who was suffering from shock, were taken to hospital. The other five youngsters who were hurt were treated at a local health centre. It follows a similar incident at a Valencia City school last November where a classroom floor also gave way, although no one was hurt. Now all schools more than 40 years old in
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SCHOOL COLLAPSE: Pupils and a teacher injured when the floor gave way at the Hispanidad School in Santa Pola.
Alicante Province will be inspected. Regional Minister of Education Maria Jose Catala has ordered the urgent approval of a plan to overhaul the education infrastructure to prevent further accidents. However, she insisted: “We had not received any request for improvement or rehabilitation of the school.”
The Valencian Government insists the Department of Education spends €12 million on renovation and maintenance of schools every year. The news of action has been welcomed by parents at the Principe de España school in Rojales who have long been fighting for improvements to their school.
ORIHUELA is to try to halt the decline in employment with the launch of an internet job portal to give more flexibility in processing the jobs available.
4 arrested FOUR people from Caravaca have been arrested for allegedly stealing copper cable. Police found coils of wire after stopping a car during a routine vehicle check.