The festival of the "Moros y Cristianos" of Calp is again represented on a ticket of the ONCE (Lottery for the Blind). In this case it is the image of the "Miracle" (miracle), one of the main acts of the festive trilogy based on the historical events of 22 October 1744, which celebrated its 275th anniversary last year.
In view of the discovery of several cases of Covid-19 in schools in Calp, the Calp Municipal Education Council has, among other measures, initiated the thorough disinfection of the Gabriel Miró school. This school currently has a total of 7 classes in lockdown, which over the past weekend has led to the integrated disinfection of the internal and external surfaces using an innovative electrostatic spraying method, including critical points or areas that are not easily accessible using traditional methods. It is planned to apply this system to other schools in the community.
The town of Calp has begun maintenance and renovation work on the Casa del Cocó under the EMCORP program, which aims to recruit unemployed people aged 30 or over to carry out works or services of general interest in cooperation with the local authorities of the Valencia region.
In this case, 6 workers were recruited: 2 bricklayers, 2 painters and 2 workers with a grant from Labora of €62 600.
Calp City Council reduced the average payment period to its suppliers to 3.67 days in the third quarter of 2020. Thus, the good figures of the previous quarters could be maintained.
The Council takes an average of 3.67 days to pay its suppliers, thus not only complying with the rules on late payment, which require public administrations to pay within 30 days, but also reducing this period considerably. Indeed, this period reached 44.85 days in the third quarter of 2015 and 1,000 days in 2011.
During this week, in response to the number of visitors expected in these days, the city council is carrying out disinfection tasks in the facilities of the city cemetery. The city has also undertaken renovation work such as repairing walls, painting and gardening and improving the pavement.
Further improvements have been achieved by installing shade sails and conditioning the main entrance, where the image of the Virgen de las Nieves was placed, which was on the façade of the old crèche.
Labora has granted a grant of 43,006.58 euros to Calp Town Council under the ECOVID 2020 programme, which aims to recruit unemployed people aged 30 or over, preferably unemployed because of the health crisis.
With this aid, the municipality of Calp will employ four workers to disinfect and clean parks and communal areas for children's games, since the ECOVID programme stipulates that the newly employed must carry out work or services related to the situation arising from COVID 19.
The company that has been awarded the contract for the renovation of calle Alcalde Vicente Pastor in Calp, together with representatives of the municipality, held a meeting this morning with the inhabitants of this street to inform them of the renovation work that is to begin in the coming months.
This project is part of the EDUSI strategy "Revitaliza Calp", co-financed by the European Union's European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), which aims to improve the pedestrian mobility of this street and its urban landscape.
In a normal situation, the celebrations of the "Moros y Cristianos" festivities in honour of the Santíssim Crist de la Suor would begin tomorrow, but the festive groups have agreed to suspend the celebrations for health reasons and to celebrate only the religious acts with the security measures laid down in these cases.