At the Turre command center, the point from which all actions are coordinated to address the tragic fire declared last Thursday in Los Gallardos, which has already claimed the lives of 12 people, there are dozens of vehicles parked nearby.
The son of a Belgian man who died in the fires questions the authorities’ claims that his father and other victims ignored official recommendations to shelter in their homes, and asserts that emergency services gave them no guidance.
At the advanced command post in Turre, located just a few kilometers from the serious fire that has been threatening the province of Almería since last Thursday, the atmosphere on Sunday was somewhat different compared to the previous days, something that was confirmed around 11:00 a.m. when the president of the Junta de Andalucía, Juanma Moreno, announced that the fire had been declared stabilized.
The impact of the DANA of October 29 is not only measured in mud, but in an unprecedented economic paralysis. According to reports from the Valencia Chamber of Commerce and the Generalitat, the catastrophe affected more than 54.000 companies and jeopardized the livelihood of more than 190.000 workers affected by ERTEs, reduced working hours, and layoffs. With nearly 10.000 local shops and businesses devastated, the reconstruction of the ground zero requires a specialized workforce that the current market cannot cover.
Maturity doesn’t start when your back hurts. Not even when you have to enlarge the font on your phone because you can’t see a thing, or when you buy a hideous jacket for the number of pockets it has. True maturity begins the day a shopping cart…
The unions Ustec, CGT, CNT, COS and Intersindical, meeting urgently this afternoon, have decided that they will call a strike for next Tuesday, the 9th, coinciding with the Pope’s visit to Barcelona, as some of these organizations already announced yesterday. However, for now, no further strike days will be proposed.
NASA reported this Friday that it has ordered astronauts aboard the International Space Station to take shelter in their spacecraft and prepare for a possible evacuation, while a Russian crew attempts to repair an increasingly serious air leak in their part of the orbital laboratory.
The federation of family associations of Catalonia (aFFaC) asks the Department of Education to promote a major agreement on public education outside the union negotiation table, an agreement in which families participate. They interpret the rejection of the pre-agreement in Thursday’s consultation by teachers as a lack of vision from the Government and unions to understand the teachers’ demands.
For 720 million euros, perhaps someone would be so kind as to clarify for us exactly what more than 39.500 teachers in Catalunya have voted against. Have they voted against the salary increase of 400 euros per month? Asking shouldn’t bother anyone. If so, what was the figure…
After Catalan teachers rejected the education agreement and amidst the open conflict between teachers and the Department of Education, the Ustec and CGT unions have called a new strike day in Catalonia on June 9, coinciding with the first day of Pope Leo XIV’s visit to Barcelona and also with the start of the university entrance exams.