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Firefighters make donation to Formentera Hospital
The Formentera Department of Interior reports that the non-profit group Bomberos sin Fronteras (Firefighters without Borders) teamed up with the Formentera fire department to deliver five protective screens to the local hospital for use by staff. The screens were made by Bomberos sin Fronteras. An association that funds and supports development, Bomberos sin Fronteras is made up of career firefighters and volunteer fire and r...
Formentera Local Police to step up patrols during Holy Week
The Consell de Formentera reports that over the course of Holy Week holiday, which starts tomorrow, local police and Civil Guard agents will increase patrols to ensure Formentera residents are still complying with confinement rules. Additional officers will be on hand overseeing controls and Formentera Local Police will continue using drone surveillance for extra support. In the words of Consell de Formentera president Alejan...
Four local volunteer seamstresses crank out 300 masks for island shops
The Formentera Department of Commerce coordinated the production of three hundred masks by four local volunteer seamstresses. Department chief Ana Juan applauded the efforts of Josefina Mena, Pepita Gabaldar, Maria Luz Barales and Maria Juan Ferrer, not to mention local shops Teixits J. Marí Serra, La Caracola and Merceria Verdera for offering up free materials for the task. “We are very grateful for the collaboration we’ve s...
Consell de Formentera releases info sheet re: Internet access possibilities on island
The Formentera Departments of Education and New Technologies have unveiled an informational poster highlighting possibilities for Internet connectivity on Formentera. The document was designed to give primary and secondary schools information that teachers could pass along to parents in an effort to ensure pupils have Internet access while kept at home by the state of alarm. How can we get Internet access for our children...
51 islanders ticketed for breaking rules of confinement
The Formentera Department of Interior reports that since the state of alarm was invoked, local law enforcement have written 51 citations to islanders who failed to comply with confinement orders, namely, by leaving home for activities not allowed under the emergency decree. Last Friday, Formentera Local Police began using a drone to assist in patrols of the island, issuing fifteen tickets by the end of the weekend. According ...
Computers for pupils of Formentera high school
The Civil Protection corps will hand out 12 laptops, property of IES Marc Ferrer, so pupils at the high school can follow classes online. Corps volunteers are scheduled to deliver the computers this afternoon, and recipients will be pupils without a computer at home and unable to keep up with studies whilst in-person learning is suspended. The effort was coordinated by Formentera’s Department of Social Welfare with collaborat...
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