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Island law enforcement cite 19 for violating public health protocol

Officers of the Formentera Local Police and Civil Guard ticketed 19 individuals yesterday at 7.15pm for failure to comply with public health orders. At approximately 7.00pm a private citizen notified authorities that thirty-some mask-less individuals were flouting distancing protocol and were gathered near a dry-dock on Migjorn beach. Law enforcement appeared on the scene and identified a group of 19 people in violation of ma...

Formentera opens case following local business’s defiance of public health protocol

Formentera Local Police are pressing charges against a Sant Ferran business after officers found total capacity was exceeded and patrons were smoking in outdoor seating areas — both violations of public health rules related to the Covid-19 pandemic. Pursuit of the charges will depend on the Balearic office of emergencies, but considering previous citations and temporary shuttering for flouting Covid measures, the Consell de Fo...

Consell de Formentera halts illegal construction on Estany Pudent canal

The local offices of inspection and land have ordered crews to cease installation of a sluice gate on the canal connecting Estany Pudent to the nearby sea. The individuals executing the work had failed to notify local departments of environment, heritage and land. Local inspection services, Formentera Local Police and agents of the regional environment ministry and coastal authority arrived on the scene after the island’s ins...

Researchers share results from Save Posidonia Project’s premier winner, ‘Antroposi’

The Formentera offices of tourism and environment report that architects of an effort to study the direct impact of drainage pipes, watercraft and human activity on posidonia meadows in the Anthropocene will share their findings in a 6.30pm YouTube presentation on Wednesday 10 March. Researchers in the Imedea-backed “Antroposi” project walked away with €83,822 in funding after beating out the competition in the inaugural editi...

Formentera celebrates International Women’s Day with mix of in-person and online programming

The Formentera Department of Equality and LGBTI Affairs and Espai Dones have unveiled details about the activities lined up to commemorate International Women’s Day. From 10.00am on the big day, Monday 8 March, members of Espai Dones will set up an information stand and put up posters emblazoned with political messages in Plaça de la Constitució. In the same square, female volunteers will read the International Women’s Day ma...

Theatre’s in the air as Formentera welcomes back kids’ entertainment fest and L’Illa a Escena

The Formentera Department of Culture has announced details about the fourteenth Festival of Children’s Entertainment (Mostra d’Espectacles Infantils), a programme of family-friendly productions put together by Sa Xerxa Network of Regional Children’s and Youth Theatre and the Consell de Formentera. The four-show festival runs from 13 March to 2 May. For reasons related to public health, the typically one-weekend programme will...