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OCTOBER 10, 2003
ATAPUERCA EXPOSITION...and HUMAN EVOLUTION
Sa Llonja in Palma is housing until November 23, the exhibition "Atapuerca y la evolución humana", produced by the Fundació Caixa Catalunya directed by Jua Luis Arsuaga, codirector of the Research Team of Atapuerca. The exhibition that comes to Palma brought by the Conselleria d'Educació i Cultura of the Balearic Government, presents the discoveries carried out and the objects recovered by the research team that is working in the site of prehistoric remains of the Sierra de Atapuerca (Burgos).

The exhibition, that includes a documentary about Atapuerca directed by Javier Trueba, groups together objects of great value, such as the first reconstruction of the head of the Gran Dolina Child (Homo antecesor), the oldest human found in Europe, some 800,000 years old. In 1997 the research team of Atapuerca received the award Premio Principe de Asturias for Scientific and Technical Research and in 2000 the UNESCO declared the site to be World Heritage. Connected to the exhibition a programme of activities has been organised, including three conferences and three educational workshops. The conferences will be at 8 p.m. on October 9, 23 and November 6; the workshops will take place on Saturdays and Sundays in October and November. More information on telephone 971 71 17 05.

The entrance is free and the visiting times are from Tuesdays to Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and from 5 to 9 p.m. and on Sundays from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Closed Mondays.

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OCTOBER 7, 2003
UNEMPLOYMENT on IBIZA
The Office of Employment of the Govern Balear (INEM) in the Pituises announced a record unemployment increase of 26% for Ibiza and Formentera for the month of September.
Local government sources attribute this large increase to the drop in hotel reservations and the winding down of the 2003 tourist season. But Pedro Matutues, the President of the Hotel Federation said: "...We are not surprised..it is only another confirmation of what we have been saying about the consequences of the the hotel industry's situation, and the lack of reservations for October."

OCTOBER 8, 2003
ARCHEOLOGICAL SKELETONS DISCOVERED
Lourdes Costa, the Ibiza town counselor for culture and history, announced the discovery of two skeletons in the trench, started on the Avenida de España, for the laying of new drainage and communications pipes.
The skeletons, according to local archeologists, date from the Arab occupation of Ibiza (740 A.D-1235 A.D) and were found at less than one meter depth under the old asphalt.
The ayuntamiento observed that: "This discovery, while not earth-shaking, could lead to the delay (originially calculated at 3 months) in the termination of the construction of the new canalizations.
"We plan on being very careful in the removal and study of any archeological finds in the path of this project."

OCTOBER 8, 2003
NIGHTLIFE and CLUBBING
DISCO CLUBS CLOSED FOR THE SEASON
The only big Clubs that plan to remain open all winter on Ibiza are PACHA and EL DIVINO.
RECOMMENDED:
The GUARANA.
In the Santa Eualalia harbor is open from 11-6 A.M. Thursday is party night, and the DJ´s Julian Amor and Matt Caselli make the place very inviting when it is cold outside and the rest of the island is dead.

OCTOBER 8, 2003
WINTER TOURISM
INSERSO
The Spanish Governments' INSERSO program, a subsidized holiday for the nations elderly in participating hotels announced a 38% increase in allotments for IBIZA this winter.
This demonstrates the popularity of Ibiza among our elderly....they have a great time in these hotels which otherwise would have to close in winter.