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Friday, February 1, 2013
THE HAND OF FIGHT The pain game: Jordan at home this week
Jordan’s agony adds to pressure for new school THEY warned it was an accident waiting to happen…now it has. As more than 200 protestors staged a sitin protest calling for a new school to replace the crumbling Principe de Espana premises in Rojales, a six-year-old pupil was recovering after emergency treatment at Torrevieja Hospital. Jordan El Ghilani-Fryatt badly dislocated his thumb when he tripped and fell on the broken floor of the school gymnasium. He has since been off school, unable to use his right hand. His writing hand remains immobilised in a metal cast and his mother Samantha says he is ‘’feeling sorry for himself. He just wants to get back to school’’. Yet on a wider front, Jordan’s injury has struck a new blow for the mounting campaign against Valencian intransigence. The accident, along with last Friday’s mass sit-in, has put extra pressure on the regional decision-makers, who are reluctant
DONNA GEE reports to give assurances on the funding and building of a new facility for Principe de Espana’s 500-plus pupils. Says concerned parent Rachel King, who predicted a mishap like Jordan’s in last week’s Courier, told me: “The sit-in was very well attended. Over 200 people came to show their support - not just concerned parents but also grandparents, babes-in-arms, teachers, students, council officials including the Mayor.’’ Pupils wore safety helmets to emphasise the danger presented by the “horrific state’’ of the school. Among the problems are general dampness, cracked and crumbling supporting beams, sub-standard electrics and sewerage rising into the playground. Meanwhile, Samantha and her Moroccanborn husband Yussef – whose eight-yearold daughter Aaliayah also attends the
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Courts call for papers in probe into fiesta contracts ORIHUELA Courts have instructed San Fulgencio’s PP Council to submit all files and records regarding the allocation of contracts for fiestas in La Marina Urbanisation during the summers of 2011 and 2012. They have also asked for documents relating to payments for these fiestas. Concerns over the contracts were initially brought to light by English opposition Councillors Brian Deacon (PSOE) and Mark Lewis (APSFU). It led to an investigation by the AntiCorruption Prosecutor and the findings were filed in court, resulting in the pending audit. The Council members implicated include the Mayor, Carlos Ramírez, and Councillors Pascual Sempere, Pedro González, Concepción Castell and Jeffrey Witold Wiszniewski. Allegations relate to documented evidence of services that are believed to have been hired prior to the official adjudication and allocation of contracts.
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