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THE ONCE Social Group reached "historical highs in 2022 of social return for citizens”, in generating employment for 756 people with disabilities in the Balearic Islands. Payments of lottery prizes to lucky ticket holders totalled €47.7 million.

The data came from the Shared Value Report of the ONCE 2022 Social Group which, in the words of the ONCE delegate in the Balearic Islands, José Antonio Toledo, and the president of the territorial council, Alejandra Luque, are "the demonstration that it it is possible to combine the commitment acquired with society with a model of economic and social profitability based essentially on social return”.

They stated that this commitment is based "on returning to the public every last euro of what ONCE receives from them, multiplied by employment, training, education, accessibility, technology, innovation, autonomy or inclusion".

A GROUP of activists from AnimaNaturalis and CAS International stripped half naked in Palma to demand an end to bullfighting in the Balearic Islands.

As bullfighting season began in the Plaza de Toros in Palma, the animal rights group, AnimaNaturalis, supported by local protest group Mallorca Against Bullfighting held the demonstration outside Palma City Hall on Sunday, August 6.

“The new conservative government of the Popular

Party and VOX are promoting this type of show without listening to ethical reasons or looking at the statistics of low interest in this type of show” explained Eliana Guerreño, coordinator of AnimaNaturalis.

“Traditions are a way of expressing who we are, and Balearic society is far from identifying with spilled blood and the last breath of a tortured animal”, she added.

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THE storyteller of Mercy reached its halfway point with more than 600 attendees. As every year, the Library of Craft Culture of the Mallorcan government goes out into the garden when the heat arrives, to encourage reading among the little ones. This year's programme includes eight sessions that combine theatre, music and entertainment by the Espill Theatre company.

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More days of storytelling remain in the programme, with the next sessions at the Misericordia cultural centre on Thursday, August 24, Thursday, September 7, and, finally, the last session will be on Thursday September 21.

The initiative last year gathered more than 1,100 attendees throughout the summer.