The Formentera Infrastructure Department reports improvements are under way on Avinguda Miramar and Carrer Punta Prima in Es Pujols to expand pedestrian space, remove architectural barriers and introduce beautification with new street furniture and lighting. Department chief Josep Marí said the project marked a continuation of previous betterment works in the town’s centre, and sought to implement aesthetic improvements, incr...
The Formentera Sport Department reports that from tomorrow 26 January, amid closure of Antoni Blanc sport centre as part of tier 4 public health restrictions, classes will be held on the ‘Esport a Casa a Formentera’ YouTube page. Classes will happen live and will be led by regular course instructors. Effective today, the Consell will also cease to collect course fees until face-to-face activities resume. Islanders with questio...
The Formentera Social Welfare Department reports that the office is providing ongoing telephone support for islanders 65 and over. Relaunched in December after stay-at-home restrictions were introduced in March, the service is offered for 520 local seniors not otherwise benefitting from social services of the Consell de Formentera. Underscoring the success of the initiative during lockdown orders, FSWD chief Rafael Ramírez tr...
This Thursday 28 January, for the latest instalment in ‘Xerrades per a famílies’ (Talks for families), psychologist Jordi Bernabeu Farrús will give a lecture titled ‘Too many screens’. Hosted by the Formentera Social Welfare Department and broadcast on the Consell de Formentera’s Facebook page from 5.00pm, the talk will address the impact of digital technologies on children and adolescents. “We’ll be giving tips and guideline...
Formentera’s top official was joined today by Govern balear spokeswoman Pilar Costa in a press conference to evaluate the local epidemiological situation and announce Formentera’s passage to tier 4 of public health rules. President Alejandra Ferrer traced the change to a surge in infections that has brought total active Covid-19 cases to 114. “The figures are troubling”, said Ferrer, highlighting a growing number of Covid pati...
Amid an increasingly alarming epidemiological situation on the island, earlier today Consell de Formentera president Alejandra Ferrer sent a letter to Balearic first minister Francina Armengol to push for new measures to slow the exponential spread of local infections. Ferrer pointed to a worsening state of affairs in arguing for screenings of broad swaths of Formentera to help pinpoint and isolate the virus effectively. The ...
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