ISSUE NO. 1419
13 - 19 SEPTEMBER 2012
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THE new Alicante school year opened to new protests. And the protests were backed by claims spending cuts breach pupils’ rights and jeopardise teachers’ conditions. As Education Councillor Antonio Ardid opened Alicante City’s newest school, Colegio Mediterrani, the Defence of State Education Platform protested outside, demanding ‘an immediate reversal’ of new measures. The administration is doing everything possible to destroy the state education system, claimed the group, which plans more demonstrations throughout this month. • Turn to Page 4
Jail threat A COUPLE who falsified an accident report should be jailed for two years and fined €2,160, Alicante’s Prosecutor has said.
MORE people in Spain - expats and locals - are giving up smoking. And it is the nation’s economic crisis and high unemployment, plus the ban on smoking in public, that have most encouraged people to quit. • More quit smoking - Page 3
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ALL Bank Holidays should be moved to Mondays in a bid to save €788 million, the Valencian Government has said.
EIGHT Romanians have been arrested for raids on homes, businesses and farms by Alicante Provincial Police.
Old habits go up in smoke
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Monday move for holidays
Gang arrested
THE DECLINE: Fewer people now smoking in Spain.
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Hard to swallow ONLY 26 per cent of parents want children to take their own food to school, an Alicante Federation of Parents Associations survey shows.