Ibiza invests 6,000 euros in modernizing the service of radio taxi

Vila will install three computers and one new telephone switchboard. In the office will have two employees at work .

The City council of Ibiza has invested 6,000 euros in improving the equipment of the power station of radio taxi, located in the district of Figueretes. This service, that until now was working with a person, increases its group with another worker. The first lieutenant of mayor of Ibiza, Pedro Campillo, visited yesterday these facilities and informed that the new installed equipment consist of three computers, a new central telephone office with the respective telephones and a printer. This equipment already are installed, with the exception of the new switchboard, that will be left till the end of the month, according to Julian Mohedano, delegate of base of the Power station of Radio Taxi. The calls will enter automatically by the switchboard and from there they will be turned aside towards both computers, so that the 2 persons have a greater operativity. "It is an improvement that was being requested long time ago to the City council and it has granted it, which we are very thankfull for; it is a very good measurement ", indicated the delegate. Mohedano plus the equipment that is now settle are compatible with the possible implantation in the future of modern systems for the taxis, as can be the GPS or the location of fleets. this way, a first step towards innovations coming inthe future, with the purpose of improving the service gradually. In this sense, the lieutenant of mayor Pedro Campillo indicated that the City council as much as the taxi drivers agree in the necessity to make these improvements.

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The beach kiosks of Formentera will not be able to prepare meals

The temporary concessions request that they can extend to this season with facilities with sanitary services hygienic to maintain the concession of the establishments The twelve beach kiosks of Formentera with temporary concessions that the Demarcation of Coasts grants will not be able to elaborate nor to manipulate foods this season, reason why they will not be able to serve meals like they have been doing until now. The reason is in the strict application of the norms fixed to the conditions of the authorization on sanitary measures hygienic. They will not be able even to serve drinks in glasses. This measurs, that all the industralists already knew, was not applied and it was tolerated that they could present the meals cooked in its facilities. Ever since they are made exhaustive sanitary controls communicate the holders who no longer can offer meals, unless they are packaged, precooked and that these products count on the corresponding sanitary authorizations. The main reason is that these temporary and detachable facilities that cannot have more than 20 square meters, do not count on running water nor sanitary, reason why they either do not have system of dirty water treatment nor toilets and showers. As result of them inspection is had raised acts, and the last season three kitchens of the beach chiringuitos were closed . Councilman of Tourism, Candido Valladolid, maintained yesterday a meeting with the representative of the sector, Bartomeu Escandell, which also was attended by the conseller of Formentera, Josep Mayans, the sanitation inspector and the representative of Coasts in the island. Later, they met with all the holders of authorizations. Valladolid informed "we have explained that behind these concessions are sanitary norms that are due to respect and therefore they cannot give meals". The councilman insisted that "he is due to observe the rules to avoid the damage that could entail the retirement of the concession". On the other hand, the representative of the sector requested that for the next season permissions are asked to extend these chiringuitos until the 100 square meters to be able to count on the sanitary systems demanded to prepare meals. Escandell assured that "we can be a year like this, but not more because we could not maintain the business of a profitable form and it would be the end of the kiosks".

Air Nostrum will fly from Palma to Ibiza at 20.40 hours Saturdays and Sundays

The Consell of Ibiza announces the change of schedule after negotiating with the airline company

The president of the Consell, Pere Palau, has negotiated with Air Nostrum a change of schedules, so that the last flight of Palma to Ibiza Saturdays and Sundays will not be at 18.40 but at 20.40 hours. A schedule that will allow the sportsmen who go to competitions to return to the island without having to spend the night in Palma. This is one of the agreements of the Consell Executiu, that also approved a subvention of 69,160 euros for the extension native of ibiza of the National University of remote Education (UNED). The spokesman of the institution, Joan Marí Tur, emphasized the progressive increase of this aid, that was of 63,000 euros in 2003, of 64,000 in 2004 and 66,000 in 2005. In course 2005-2006, the UNED of Ibiza has 822 students, 525 of who they attend some type of regulated education. On the other hand, the department of Culture of the Insular Consell has organized a program for the Caramelles de Pasqua in charge of the square Is Xacoters of sa Torre. This year the joys of the Eastern of the Resurrection in five parishes of the island of Ibiza will be sung: in Puig d´en Valls, Sant Agustí ES Vedrà and in the Mare de Déu de Jesus, the Sunday of Resurrection; Sunday 23 in the church of the Mare de Déu of the Roser, and the 30 of April in the church of Sant Jordi of ses Salines. The Consell Executiu also approved the subventions to the sport clubs that offer gymnastics activities and others in the sport complex of Raspallar of October to June.

`Rent a car´ of Ibiza applauds retirement and augurs a good high season

The president of the Association of Vehicles of Rent of Ibiza and Formentera, Francisco Romero Juan, applauded yesterday the decision of the Govern to take away autotax and assured that it was the decision that he hoped for. "it was not normal that they wanted that the industralists became collectors of a tax, as if we did not have sufficient with the problems of the sector", indicated Romero Juan, that he asserted that they are tired to appear like the bad ones of the film. "Until it seems that the cloggings are fault of the rent cars", he joked. The sector is very optimistic with respect to the results of the Easter. "the perspective are good, if the weather is good the results will be positive, mainly thanks to the Spanish market", explain the industralist. Near the 50 percent of the houses of car rental will be open already in these celebrations, a percentage superior to the one of the last year, when the dates of eastern were too soon and it was not profitable to open the tourist establishments. With respect to the high season, the industralists of this sector are optimistic also. "the tourist perspective are good and we would really sign to close this year as the last season finished, because the volume of work mainly recovered in September thanks to the Spanish tourism", the person in charge of the sector explained. The activity of rent of vehicles in Ibiza and Formentera has been harnessed by the fact that every time they are more the tourists who travel by free, without contracting complete packages. These tourists, who reserve the trip by their account, are assiduous to ` rent a car´, where they can have a car to cross the island of Ibiza as they want.

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