10 EWN 22 - 28 June 2023
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A helping hand payment of rent, electricity and water bills. The funds will be shared out and processed through 57 local councils and eight social services departments, which will also assist in the
reception of refugees from Ukraine. “The rise in the cost of the shopping basket and energy prices has placed families in very difficult economic situations and the provincial government, with the help of the local councils, wants to help these people to make ends meet,” declared
provincial Social Welfare councillor Mª Carmen Jover. Among the town halls to receive this emergency funding for residents are Altea, Benidorm, Finestrat, Alfaz del Pi, Villajoyosa, Benissa, Calpe, Benitachell, Denia, Jesus Pobre, La Xara, Javea and Teulada Moraira.
Slam dunk VILLAJOYOSA Council has opened the renovated basketball court and calisthenics area in Calle Ciudad de Requena for public use. Renovation work has included replacing the pavement and sports installations of the municipal basketball court and its surroundings with the installation of rest elements and a large-scale artistic intervention on one of the walls adjoining the court. Shock-absorbing paving has been fitted in an adjoining plot
of land to house the calisthenics installations, which were highly demanded by local residents and which improves the sports and health offer in the area. Work is still underway on the nearby Rosa dels Vents park which will also be opened to the public once it is finished. In a related development, extension work has also been completed on La Llar del Pensionista centre that houses the municipal Social Services department.
Image by Denia Town Hall
THE Alicante provincial government has set aside a budget of more than €19.5 million to help vulnerable families with the ever-increasing cost of living. The subsidies are aimed at helping crisis-hit families pay for basic needs such as food, cleaning and hygiene products and medicines, school materials and the
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Officers of the Marine Surveillance Unit.
In safe hands DENIA Local Police has increased the number of personnel assigned to the beach surveillance service for this summer. The special surveillance operation takes place every year from July 1 to August 31 and this year will be reinforced with an extra 13 officers, bringing the total up to 18 in different shifts. Denia’s coastline is divided into three sectors in the police operation. The first covers Las Rotas between the Marineta Cassiana and Les Arenetes beaches, which will be patrolled by officers of the Environmental Unit. The second is Las Marinas between Punta del Raset and Les Deveses beaches, covered by members of the Beaches Unit, and the third includes the stretch between Les Deveses and the mouth of the Molinell river, also guarded by members of the Beaches Unit with a special 4x4 vehicle. In addition, the Marine Surveillance Unit covers the entire bathing area from the Cova Tallà, on the southern boundary of the municipality, to the river Molinell to the north. Finally, a Drone Unit will also patrol the skies along the coastline, as well as the marine reserve and the Montgo nature park.
