ISSUE NO. 1550
EWN FRONT EXTRA
Buzz off THE regional government has said beehives must be at least four kilometres from citrus fruit orchards while trees are in flower to stop cross-pollination.
Dog threat SEVEN dogs died and two became seriously ill in Gata after eating bait containing banned insecticide Aldicarb.
Green diet TERRA NATURA nature park in Benidorm has used 48 tons of tree prunings in the past year to supplement the diets of elephants and rhinoceros who need 100 kilos of food a day.
Not needed SLUDGE from the province’s sewage plants will be turned into fertiliser at Alicante Sud. The €40-million installation is not needed after 13,000 homes were eliminated from a development plan.
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Cash for private ops THE regional government’s finance department has freed up
€8.29 million for health service operations at private clinics.
The cash injection clashes with earlier declarations from Health
Councillor Manuel Llombart who has insisted repeatedly that an emer-
A new threat for Bous a la Mar
PLANS are afoot to exclude bullrunning from the Valencia Region. PACMA, a party against the mistreatment of animals, delivered an 18,000-signature petition to the regional parliament, calling for its omission when a new law is put to the vote on March 25. This would include the famous ‘Bous a la Mar’ festival held every year in Denia and Javea, and ‘Bou embolat’, another fiesta favourite in Alicante Province.
gency plan of this type was always a last option to reduce waiting lists. For this reason, operating theatres in health service hospitals remained open in recent months during the evenings and medical staff were paid overtime to work outside their normal hours. A previous emergency plan was eliminated in 2012 as a cost-cutting measure. Waiting lists immediately rocketed, prompting Llombart to turn to the private health sector last year to carry out 4,400 operations.