The Consell de Formentera has opened a stand in Sant Francesc’s Plaça de la Constitució where islanders can ask questions and get up-to-date information on new Covid-19 measures. Set up in one of the huts erected in the plaza at Christmas-time, the info point is staffed by a team that was contracted through the Formentera Entrepreneurism Department-run SOIB Reactiva programme. Additional agents are on hand at La Savina port t...
The Formentera Heritage Department reports that after roughly two months of work, restoration on assorted parts of the old La Mola windmill is now complete. Workers are expected to finish mounting pieces of the structure that were restored last week. Full restoration operations were deemed necessary after FHD and Balearic Islands Foundation reported that wind and the elements had left two of the lighthouse’s six pinewood swee...
Consell de Formentera president Alejandra Ferrer and Balearic government spokeswoman Pilar Costa announced a sealing off of the island from tomorrow, 16 January. Arrivals and exits will be limited, with permission restricted to individuals who can demonstrate travel is work- or medical-related or for other authorised motives. President Ferrer said the measures aimed not only to protect Formentera residents but also to form a ...
The Consell de Formentera government commission has green-lighted three proposed lines of educational assistance totalling nearly €94,000. In the words of education and culture councillor Susana Labrador, beyond traditional aid for students and families which will be issued for the 2020-2021 school year, in view of the Covid crisis, several special lines of assistance seek to offer a leg-up to crisis-hit families. The governm...
Deputy premiere and commerce councillor Ana Juan was joined by Josep Mayans, chair of Formentera’s league of small- and medium-sized businesses, in delivering four special €1,000 prizes as part of the Consell- and Pimef-backed campaign ‘This Christmas Buy Local’ (Al Nadal Compra a Casa). Winners were Compra a Casa cardholders Maite Garbizu Gómez, Maria Ferrer Ferrer, Leonor Asensio Álvarez and Maria Isabel Salazar Sánchez. Co...
In a bid to guarantee public health safety and curb Covid-19 cases on the island, the Formentera Sport Department reports that the start of municipal sports programmes has been rescheduled for 1 February. From 12 January to 1 February, practice is prohibited for all but federated contact and fighting sportspeople aged 12 and up, and training sessions must take place in municipal facilities. Those islanders who do meet for pra...
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