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Reminder: oversize rubbish and hasardous waste must be taken to Deixalleria

foto 2021 taca oli BThe Formentera Department of Environment reminds islanders that garden clippings, household appliances, batteries, mattresses and any other refuse material unfit for streetside bins can be disposed of for free at Formentera’s household waste disposal centre. The Deixalleria opens Monday to Saturday 9.00am to 1.30pm, and afternoons Monday to Friday 3.30pm to 5.30pm. Pickup of appliances, old furniture and outsize rubbish is also available by calling 900.102.656.

This weekend Consell de Formentera cleaning services were dispatched to clean motor oil, a hasardous waste, left beside bins on carrer s’Espalmador in Es Pujols. The FDE reminds islanders that improper dumping is punishable by fines of between €150 and €1,745,000.

15 March 2021
Communications Department
Consell de Formentera

More than 500 pandemic-hit businesses and freelancers eligible for €12.4M in aid

foto 2021 visita armengol BConsell de Formentera premiere and regional first minister Francina Armengol met today with representatives of unions, industry groups and the local productive sector to discuss the central government’s plan, backed by the Council of Ministers, for direct aid to freelancers and businesses battered by the Covid-19 crisis. Also on hand at the gathering were deputy premiere and commerce chief Ana Juan and finance chief Bartomeu Escandell.

Armengol explained that the recently approved royal legislative decree would create €11 billion in assistance for struggling businesses in the following three areas:

-€3-billion credit restructuring fund backed and managed by the Official Credit Institute (ICO).

> The Balearic Islands could receive roughly €162M, with €4,760M (5.5% of the total) in a special ICO fund for Balearic businesses. Over 17,800 businesses could be eligible for more than 26,385 aid disbursements.

-A €1-billion recapitalisation fund for medium-sized businesses through public firm Cofides (highly anticipated by medium- and large-sized businesses whose turnover and operating costs are under €25M).

-A €7-billion regionally-administered fund for crisis-hit SMEs and freelancers.

Targetted aid for Balearics and Canaries
The central government has pledged to give the Balearic and Canary Islands regions €2 billion of the €7-billion direct aid package. Based on year-end comparisons of lost social security earnings in 2019 and 2020, the total for the Balearics will top €900 million.

The remaining direct funds will be distributed to other Spanish regions per REACT-EU criteria.

Eligible local businesses
As many as 554 locally-based firms stand to benefit from up to €12.4 million: 300 self-employed islanders, 227 businesses with fewer than ten employees and 27 with more than then.

The Consell premiere and regional first minister said distribution should reflect the particularities of Formentera and assure that “every business owner and self-employed individual who needs aid can request it”. Ferrer also said the requests should be done “collaboratively with the sector”.

Details of assistance
The money will be available to businesses and freelancers in the hospitality industry; sectors eligible for expanded furloughs based on Royal legislative decree 2/2021, and other particularly hard-hit sectors like commerce- and hospitality-related manufacturing; wholesale and retail trade; transport offshoots; aeronautical maintenance, and businesses specialising in culture and sport.

Roughly one hundred professional activities qualify for assistance, which is designed to cover unaccounted for direct costs and debt between March 2020 and 31 May 2021.

Terms of eligibility:
-Up to €3,000 for self-employed individuals not paying taxes on the simplified “module-based” regime who cannot confirm Covid-related revenue losses.

-For other taxpaying businesses, the tax office will require a minimum 30% revenue loss between 2020 and 2021, offering up to €200,000 based on business category and lost revenue — criteria which Balearic and Canary Islands governments can opt to make more inclusive. Assistance will range from €4,000 to €200,000 per business.

To benefit, businesses cannot be headquartered in a tax haven and must not have filed for bankruptcy. They must be operational when aid is requested and must be current with tax and social security payments. They cannot distribute dividends or award board member pay rises for two years, and must remain in business until June 2022.

Current moratoria shall extend to 31 December so viable companies in normal market conditions have the legal means to employ staff and continue operating.

15 March 2021
Communications Department
Consell de Formentera

Registration at Formentera nurseries starts Monday

The Formentera Department of Education reports that Monday 15 March marks the start of open enrolment at Sa Miranda and Camí Vell nurseries. Interested families have until 31 March 2021 to register on the Balearic education office’s dedicated platform.

Escoleta Sa Miranda is open to children born in 2019, 2020 and 2021 and Escoleta del Camí Vell to children born in 2020 and 2021. Provisional registration lists will be made public 14 May, with the definitive version scheduled for release 31 May.

New nursery
Education and culture chief Susana Labrador pointed out that Escoleta del Camí Vell, a stop-gap solution pending construction of the new Sant Ferran school, would close as soon as the the new facility opened.

Labrador said children enrolled at or attending Camí Vell would be automatically transferred to the Sant Ferran centre when the new nursery became operational, and added that a special process of enrolment would also take place for children under one, since the Sant Ferran school will offer classes for those ages, unlike Camí Vell.

Families with questions can contact the school at by phoning 971.32.34.15 (9.00am to 2.00pm, Monday to Friday) or by sending an email to escoleta@conselldeformentera.cat.

12 March 2021
Communications Department
Consell de Formentera

Formentera Local Police cite 19 at weekend

This Saturday Formentera Local Police cited 19 individuals at Es Cap de Barbaria sports pitch with violations of Covid-19 public heath orders. The individuals were engaged in multiple actions which are currently prohibited, including non-federated group contact sports and social gatherings of more than six individuals from two households, not to mention in violation of social distancing guidelines. FLP detected the infractions with the department drone.

15 March 2021
Communications Department
Consell de Formentera

“Color cubano”, photo exhibition on Cuban identity at ‘Ajuntament Vell’ gallery

cartell 2021 joaquim seguiAt 6.00pm Monday 15 March, the “Ajuntament Vell” exhibition space will pull back the curtain on Color cubano, a collection of photos by Mallorca-born and Eivissa-based Joaquim Seguí, a career cardiologist who, in 2011, began honing expert chops as a photographer. The show’s forty photographs were taken on the Caribbean island of Cuba, its inhabitants unquestionably the consummate protagonists of the show. The display is the reflection and result of an eponymous collection of photos put out by Seguí in 2017 which included texts from Cuban poets like Nicolás Guillén and writers like Leonardo Padura, as well as forwards by Omar de León, Carmen Alemany and Fanny Tur.

The photos of Cuba contained in the show are exercises in discretion and respectfulness, and speak to the complex reality of a society which, after years of revolution and trade embargo, fights to forge a new identity without losing sight of its origins, beliefs, culture... and conquests.

The show can be seen from 16 to 27 March 2021, 11.00am to 2.00pm and 6.00pm to 8.00pm. Weekly closure on Sunday and Monday morning.

11 March 2021
Communications Department
Consell de Formentera

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