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The people’s paper Issue No. 1892
7 - 13 October 2021
Vulnerable fish DIVERS have been working underwater in different parts of the Balearics to try to identify the state of vulnerable fish in seven different marine reserves including two off the coast of Mallorca as part of an ongoing review of the situation of the local fish population.
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FLOOD PLAN
Fire chief resigns ONLY starting as Head of the Palma Fire Brigade in April 2020, Rafel Ferrer has resigned for personal reasons and has been formally thanked by Palma Council for his contribution. He was employed with a remit of making the service more efficient as well as safer for firemen and those they serve.
Night life ALTHOUGH nightclubs across the Balearics will be allowed to open again tomorrow, Friday, October 8, the Balearic Government has made it clear that it will be working with local authorities, especially in Palma and Ibiza where the majority of clubs exist, in order to check that the establishments are enforcing existing rules.
FLASH FLOODS: Queen Letizia in Sant Llorenç three years ago.
IT is just three years since some 12 people died in flash floods that hit the Mallorcan town of Sant Llorenç des Cardassar. Other parts of the island also suffered flooding from the heavy rainfall and the Balearic Government is alert to the fact that as the climate continues to change, flooding may become a more regular and dangerous occurrence. It has now updated its risk of flooding plan known by the acronym INUNBAL which had
been in place for the last 15 years, but needed updating due to the dryer summers and wetter winters and this is now before the Central Government for approval before being passed to the Balearic Parlia‐ ment to vote on. In particular, the new plan calls for better sharing of infor‐ mation and earlier warnings of the possibility of flooding in or‐ der for the emergency services and individuals to be prepared to cope with any eventuality.
Added to this will be the in‐ troduction of individual munici‐ pality plans as some areas may be more vulnerable to potential flooding than others and each municipality will be required to identify possible weaknesses. The number of staff em‐ ployed in the emergency centre has been increased and the Government believes that this updated plan will ensure that should floods strike, that all will be ready to cope with them successfully.
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Sign language THE Association of Deaf People of Mallorca has posted a video using sign language to thank the Binissalem Council for making a sign language interpreter available at the recent Sa Vermada 2021 celebrations. The association hopes that this will become common practice across the island in order to promote accessibility for the deaf. Moving a step forward, they would like to see a society which incorporates sign language into universities, hospitals and emergency services, although they recognise that there are a large number of different versions currently in existence.