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THE Mallorcan govern ment has approved the decree to guaran tee free education in stage 0three as of September, a measure that will affect 11,131 families (who will stop paying for four hours of education a day) and which will cost €37.7 million. The extension of free education to all stages of the first cycle of Early Childhood Edu cation will benefit 7,000 more families than the previous year. Last year it was al ready free for children between two and four years old. The students of 194 educational centres or ‘escoletes’ will be the ones who will benefit from this bonus from the Ministry of Educa tion from September. The educational of fer for children of these ages is made up of 111 public ‘esco letes’ (which depend on the municipalities) and 83 private centres. It will be a welcome blessing for parents.
Stage 0-3 education.
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STORM BETTY: An uprooted tree was just one of the incidents reported.
WITHIN a mere hour, the tranquil landscapes of Mal lorca were dramatically dis rupted by the fierce impact of storm ‘Betty’ on Sunday, August 27. Betty, an excep tionally intense storm, swept its way across the is land, unleashing its force from the southern to the northern regions, accompa nied by hurricaneforce winds clocking in at a stag gering 122 kilometres per hour. As the afternoon pro gressed, the number of inci dents grew, with 112 receiv ing reports of nearly 300 incidents. The coastal mu nicipalities along the Bay of
Palma found themselves at the epicentre of the storm’s fury. Amidst the chaos, six tourists suffered injuries as the windows of the Mar itime Station buckled under the storm’s might. In another unfortunate in stance, a pregnant woman sustained leg cuts when a billboard succumbed to the winds in Calvia. The commo
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tion was not confined to land. A cruise ship tore free from its moorings in the port of Palma, luckily coinciding with a firefighting exercise. Driven by the unrelenting forces of Betty, the ship drifted across the port, eventually colliding with the stern of a tanker moored at the opposite end.
ALCUDIA will begin conservation and restoration works on the town hall’s clock tower at the end of October. This action will allow the removal of the scaffolding that has covered the facade of the building since 2021. The complete restoration of the tower will have a total cost of €169,287.92. The works contemplate the aesthetic restoration of the facade and the consolidation of the architec tural elements, as well as the implementation of measures to preserve the clock tower, so this pro ject will not only return the tower to its original splendour, but also will ensure its structural integri ty.