THE BEST FINANCE NEWS ON PAGES 14 - 17 Issue No. 1902
16 - 22 Dec 2021
€40,000 for charity NERJA Council has given €40,000 to charity Caritas for its programme to help vulnerable families. The move, which was proposed by Nerja mayor Jose Alberto Armijo, coun‐ cillor for Social Service Daniel Rivas and councillor for Finance Angela Diaz, was approved by the council and will see the funding given to Caritas Diocesana de Malaga. Mayor Armijo praised the charity for its work in Nerja during the pandem‐ ic. He said: “The council is getting involved financially in response to the request made by the charity, con‐ tributing to the mainte‐ nance of the activities that it carried out for the fami‐ lies most affected by this health and economic cri‐ sis.” Councillor Rivas added: “Through this grant, Caritas will be able to continue car‐ rying out at its two head‐ quarters located in the parishes of El Salvador and San Miguel, its aid pro‐ grammes aimed at feeding people in need, the basic supply of electricity, water and gas for vulnerable fam‐ ilies and accommodation for the homeless.”
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FOOTBALL STADIUMS: Will have new sound equipment.
MOBILE UNITS: Vaccinations will be carried out across Malaga.
THE Andalucian Health Service (SAS) has begun vaccinating 54,722 children aged nine to 11 in Malaga Province. Vaccinations, using the Pfizer jab, will be carried out at health centres, schools and mobile units across Mala‐ ga. In Axarquia, children will be vaccinat‐ ed at health centres and schools in Velez‐Malaga, including at the Las Na‐ ciones, La Gloria, Juan Herrera Alcausa and Virgen de los Remedios schools. Children in the Malaga‐Guadalhorce District will be vaccinated in health cen‐ tres and in a mobile unit next to the El Palo health centre. For further information on the vac‐ cine programme for children in Andalu‐ cia, visit www.andavac.es. The news comes after the European Medicines Agency (EMA), along with the European Centre for Disease Con‐ trol (ECDC), said that they believe a
combination of two different Covid vac‐ cines offers a “reinforced” immune re‐ sponse. They have recommended the strategy to national vaccination authorities and it has been suggested that this ap‐ proach could be used in both the prima‐ ry and booster phases. This hybrid methodology, they emphasised, could give “greater flexibility” to national vaccination campaigns. In a joint statement, the two Euro‐ pean agencies said, “Currently available evidence consistently points towards acceptable tolerance, and enhanced im‐ mune response with the heterologous regimen of a vector‐based vaccine and another on messenger RNA versus a ho‐ mologous regimen.” Member states were also encouraged to strengthen their campaigns for the complete immunisation of the Euro‐ pean population.
RINCON DE LA VICTORIA Council has announced it is installing €9,856 of new sound equipment at the Cañada Chaqueta de Benagalbon and Jose Ruiz Pepito football sta‐ diums. Mayor of Rincon de la Victoria Francisco Salado said: “This is a highly de‐ manded action by clubs that represents a leap forward in the quality of the facilities and profes‐ sionalism at football competitions.” Councillor for Sports, Antonio Jose Martin, said: “With this action we have completed the
public address systems at the football fields in the municipality, offer‐ ing professional sound for the matches, compe‐ titions and sports activi‐ ties that are held throughout the year.” Councillor Martin spoke about, “the Local Plan for Sports Facilities and Equipment present‐ ed a few days ago that will be key to develop‐ ment of sports in the town with the renova‐ tion and reform of exist‐ ing facilities, as well as the creation of a net‐ work of sports facilities for the next few years.”