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The people’s paper ISSUE NO. 1851
24 - 30 December 2020
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THE Calvia Council was delighted to accept the gift of a special sculpture donated by the Ou Verd artists collective which is dedicated to the victims of the Covid19 pandemic. The sculpture, which has been made with recycled iron, is called ‘Cor Calvianer’ and was produced by sculptor Carlos Terroba Bello (Thierro) and is accompanied by a poem written by Manuel Navar ro (Navarro Durruty) called ‘The Heart of Terroba.’ The heart is situated on the seafront in Palmanova and the poem has been inscribed on a plaque which sits adjacent to the sculpture. Ou Verd, is a Multidisciplinary Artistic Collective that was estab
lished on December 3, 2018 in Mallorca, with the aim of pro moting the arts and culture movement in the Balearic Is lands, representing the interests of the artists’ collective based on a code of good practices. It is made up of professionals from various artistic fields: pho tography and digital art, painting, sculpture, engraving and ceram ics. Concerning the donation, a spokesperson for the collective said: “From the memory, sadness and love to those who have not been able to overcome the dis ease, to families punished for the loss of a loved one and society as a whole, to them goes our trib ute.”
The Calvia Heart on Palmanova seafront.
Air Europa news Vaccine roll-out SPECIALIST aircraft publications around the world have pounced on information revealed by El Con fidencial that the proposed takeover of Air Europa by Iberian and its parent IAG is to go ahead but under quite different terms than originally expected. When the two parties were first in discussion, the Mallorcan based Globalia company, owner of Air AIR EUROPA: Proposed takeover is to go ahead. Europa agreed ‘in principle’ terms Spanish government loan is due to be repaid by of €1 billion for the airline but with the onset of the that date and as such, IAG wants that cleared be pandemic, the airline industry took a huge hit and fore making any payment and clearly in its opinion, the deal was put on hold. Air Europa which has suffered financially in the past Since that time, Air Europa has received a loan of 12 months is just not worth the original amount. €475 million from the Spanish government and ac The good news for Mallorca and Palma Airport is cording to the El Confidencial report (which has not that if a deal can be secured for Spain’s third largest been commented on by IAG) it suggests that a new airline then access for tourists and a reasonable offer has been made in the sum of €500 million number of jobs will be guaranteed over the long which would not be paid until 2026. term without regular financial crises occurring. This new calculation is based on the fact that the
THE Balearic Islands is preparing to vaccinate up to 1,000 people against Covid every day from next week. Minister of Health, Patri cia Gómez, announced on Tuesday, December 22 that 73,123 doses of Pfizer will arrive in the islands on Sun day morning, December 27 with administration begin ning the same day. She said that “users of res idences who have not suf fered any outbreak of Covid 19 have been prioritised.” Social health personnel who provide a service in nursing homes and other health workers will be next in line for a vaccination. In total in this first round
of vaccinations, the Ministry of Health plans to vaccinate around 12,000 people with between 500 and 1,000 re ceiving doses every day. The department will send a total of 102,000 doses of vaccines to the Balearic Is lands between December and the first quarter of 2021. Two doses are needed per person and for this reason,
the Ministry estimates that between January and March about 51,000 people will have received the jab. The objective is to vacci nate the entire population in the first six months of 2021, and the IBSalut is currently training a group of about 150 health workers, such as doctors and nurses, to ad minister the vaccine.