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Women in Power
THE role of women in politics is going from strength to strength in the Region of Murcia with 17 women winning the most votes in their towns to become mayor.
This figure has increased by two since the last election when 15 women managed to get voted in. With 45 towns in the region, parity is still a long way off, but it shows progress that will hopefully continue.
The number of female councillors is similar to the last elections with 352 women out of 773 councillors winning a seat in the local elections.
Patricia Fernández, the mayor of Archena who won her fourth victory in the recent local elections said the key to her success is “the business vision that I have.
“I have always seen the town council as a business and the municipality.” And Mari Carmen Morales the mayor of Beniel won on Sunday for the third time and when asked about the success of women in the recent elections she said “Twenty years ago this was unthinkable, but today thanks to the work of many women before us, it is a growing reality.” helicopter to perform’. The Ministry’s documentation states that the witnesses ‘can be considered totally reliable’ and that what happened is still considered to be an ‘unexplainable phenomenon’.
Other similar sightings occurred at Manises Airport in Valencia and one of the most memorable sightings took place in the skies of Fuerteventura in the Canary Islands. The panel has stressed that they haven’t ruled out the existence of intelligent alien life but they have found no evidence as yet to prove they exist. They said “To make a claim that we see something that is evidence of nonhuman intelligence would require extraordinary evidence.” The panel said they need to continue their investigation into these phenomena. The truth is out there.
THE torrential rains in Murcia on Wednesday, May 31 caused a landslide in the town of Algezares leading to the detachment of one of the walls of the Baroquestyle, Roman Catholic Cathedral Sanctuary of Nuestra Señora de la Fuensanta. According to the emergency services 112, the incident did not cause any injuries and the area is now cordoned off. The debris fell from the west viewpoint onto the ascent to the Stations of the Cross. The Cathedral is now in need of funds to begin the repairs, they will need public and private funding to be able to undertake this work.
The heavy storms and hail wreaked havoc in Murcia and Alcantarilla flooding roads and putting the people of Murcia in danger with 112 reporting more rescues.
