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Love of chocolate
COOLING CHAMBER: Has now been placed into the town’s museum.
Chocolates Valor, the Valencian Chocolate Museum, and the real estate agents handling the property. Despite being in good condition considering its age, it needed protection immediately to protect it from insects.
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Rescue work
ground chocolate drying rooms to be replaced by these modern electric cooling chambers.
AFTER months of protests, Marina Salud is finally allocating additional healthcare personnel to care for residents of Benissa and Jalon. Jalon Town Council filed a formal complaint about the understaffing situation last month and has now been promised an additional doctor and more nursing staff.
The announcement follows months of protests. Back in May 2022, the council took the unusual step of making a complaint against
The operation to remove and transport it was a joint public and private collaboration and involved local firm
More medics for la Marina
the company, alleging that Marina Salud was in breach of contract for failing to provide sufficient doctors to cover a part of the Marina Alta area which includes the towns of Alcalali, Lliber and Benissa, which is home to the area’s main primary healthcare facility.
Javea beach security
JAVEA Town Council has renewed its agreement with the Red Cross to provide surveillance and lifeguard services. As well as keeping watch on bathers in the waters of its beaches from May to October, the Red Cross will provide security and surveillance services to prevent overcrowding of the beautiful, delicate coves in the municipal area.
At the Barraca and Granadella coves, security guards will turn vehicles away once the car parks are full and suggest alternatives to drivers. Staff will man the beaches to provide informa tion and supervise access to boats and active tourism facilities in Granadella and Portitxol, thus complying with sustainability agreements with excursion companies. Most importantly, jet skis cause a nuisance to other coastline users and require monitoring.
The La Grava beach will have a lifeguard to enforce the nosmoking programme on the beach, while Ambolo cove, which officially closed two years ago, will be protected. The service will also control access to the Cova Tallada, which is shared by Javea with Denia and the Montgo nature park.
Veteran chocolate workers familiar with this type of equipment are still alive, and the town’s museum, Vilamuseu, is busy interviewing them to put their knowledge of the past on record.
The company has finally reacted by presenting a primary care improvement plan that includes an additional doctor for the clinic in Jalon and additional nurses and administrative support in the area. The measures are mainly focused on education for primary care workers who are receiving training to improve the diagnosis and treatment of neurological conditions seen commonly in daily practice, such as vertigo, headaches and syncope (fainting).
