Maria Monserrat Colom (Felanitx, 1996), writer, storyteller, ‘professional liar’ and fugitive from a family of tobacconists from Plaça de les Palmeres, was this morning responsible for the now traditional, mythical and vindicative opening speech of the El Cosso society, held every August 28th in the very Felanitx Plaça de l’Arraval.

Hundreds of dead fish and thousands more at risk. This is the scene that the Riuet de l’Illot, a wetland located between the municipalities of Manacor and Sant Llorenç des Cardassar, has left this weekend. The recent rains and strong winds, which particularly affected the coast of Manacor between Thursday and Friday, have washed dirt and debris into the Riuet, adding to the sewage discharges that still occur in the area.

"It cannot be said yet, but it will be presented soon". This has been one of the most repeated phrases in recent hours by different members of the PP of Manacor when asked about Jaume Mut. Without officially confirming it, the Populars have corroborated with smiles and knowing gestures that the football coach will be their candidate for the mayoralty of Manacor in the municipal elections of May 2027.

Talking about Rafel Muntaner Morey, Coca, is to talk about almost a century through Manacor life. Mayor, printer, cinephile, president of TV Manacor, a man linked to Perles Manacor — both in the basketball section and in underwater fishing — promoter of the skyscraper in Plaça de la Bassa and manager of Cine Goya for a decade. The politician of "put a furrow between the eyebrows" was a polyhedral, impulsive and active man until his last years.

In Manacor, the Na Molla park, the place recommended by the City Council just 300 meters from the urban center, has been filled with people to contemplate the solar eclipse in a familiar and relaxed way. An hour before, many had taken advantage of this green esplanade located next to IES Manacor, to set up their own camp, with chairs, tables, and something to snack on, in order to prepare for the phenomenon.

L’Auba, the property of the Majorcan painter and sculptor Joan Riera Ferrari, is back on sale. It is offered at a reduced price and with the possibility of being acquired "with all the author's memories and furniture", according to the note accompanying the real estate advertisement, which sets the price at 750,000 euros, 16% less than what was previously asked. The property, with 670 square meters built, six bedrooms and parking, is located near the Bandrís road, the slaughterhouse, and the municipal treatment plant. In fact, it was already put up for sale a few years ago, shortly after the artist's death, in May 2017.

Mercedes Febles is the head of Gynecology at Manacor Hospital. A few days ago, she presented the "Es Mujer" initiative in Madrid, a comprehensive state strategy for women's health, with the aim of addressing the different stages and physiological conditions of women in a unified way, such as menstruation, fertility, endometriosis or fibroids, and menopause. The presentation at the Congress of Deputies seeks to give visibility and institutional support to the project.

Arnau Galmés, on bass; Roger Moragues, on guitar; Joel Moragues, on drums, and Ari Santos, on vocals. They are Espurna, the band that has just won the Ciutat de Manacor de la Cançó award. An award that reinforces the work they have done over the last year and a half and the EP of three songs they have just released on Spotify. We talk to them for a while to know their immediate plans.

Guillem Barceló has just opened Patxanga, a shop that complements his screen printing workshop opened a few years ago, where he sells his own designs based on iconic Mallorcan phrases transformed into drawings and colors. T-shirts, lunch boxes, and bottles are the beginning of a creative universe now installed in the old Ca na Verda premises.

Toni Planissi (Manacor, 1973) is a discreet man and an extraordinary author. A modesty that quickly dissolves when one begins to leaf through the pages of his new graphic novel Todas las mentiras conducen a la verdad, the story of two worlds confronting each other to defend a reality that each one believes to be their own and unshakeable. An ironic critique of politics, religion, and the foundations of agreed-upon truths, but often sustained by lies.

Ferran Montero Sitges, current councillor for Culture and Education, will be the next candidate for mayor of Manacor for MÉS-Esquerra, a party that thus becomes the first to publicly show its hand and make its face official for the May 2027 elections. Let's talk about it for a while.

It was December 1970 when a postal envelope sent from Manacor arrived by motorcycle at the Palacio del Pardo in Madrid. After the mandatory security checks, the envelope, the size of a sheet of paper, ended up on the table of the dictator Francisco Franco. Upon opening it, he discovered what they had already warned him about from Mallorca: inside was a subversive magazine, with articles in Catalan called Es Forat. Founded by Pep Lluís Fuster and Toni Riera, the publication aimed to offer a multidisciplinary view with articles on literature, cinema, and current affairs.

Josep Picó Matos was born on Carrer d'en Bosch on June 23, 1874, at a time when growing up in Manacor meant suffering economically and socially. From a Xueta family, he was the grandson of the also Manacorí Josep Picó Pomar Pabordo and Escolàstica Pomar, a native of Santa Maria. Baptized in the old church of dels Dolors, his name is not found in the civil registry.

In March 2022, the Servera family, linked to the Drac de Portocristo caves, put the S'Hort des Correu estate, on the outskirts of Manacor, up for sale. This definitively ended a century-old relationship between the space and the town, and with one of the most curious myths of Sant Joan's night. Around those dates, more than four years ago, the Llull family, the last caretakers of the house, had already left El Correu three years prior, shortly before the pandemic. And with them, the tradition of the magic vimer, the tree capable of curing hernias, had disappeared, once a year, for children who passed naked through its branches at sunrise on the shortest night, always at 6:20 AM.

A little over four months ago, the bridge over the Son Caules stream, which connects the two branches of the Camí de les Pedreres in Manacor, had to be closed indefinitely. The continuous passage of vehicles unsuitable and of great tonnage for the small infrastructure ended up causing the weakening of beams and joists and the appearance of a large hole. Now, and without an effective solution, the residents of the area have collected signatures to demand a response from the City Council, which in return has provided them with an alternative route through the stream, "a section that is unsafe, full of potholes, and when it rains it becomes impossible for us to pass, and therefore, we are left isolated," explains the spokesperson for those affected, Cati Valls.

The Mundana Command will perform by surprise at Manacor's Night of Art this Saturday. The rebel group of 80 artists, dissatisfied with the organization's work by the City Council and the treatment and conditions they are given when participating, are already working to have their demands ready.

“We ask the Manacor City Council and the Government to stop this aberration which, among other things, will produce eight tons of manure daily. When it rains, they will intoxicate all the aquifers that reach the city,” denounced this Wednesday afternoon Sílvia Llull, one of those affected by the mega-farm of 80,000 laying hens that the company Avícola Son Perot wants to build on the Manacor estate of Son Brau.

The latest problems and criticisms made public by users who have not been able to bury their loved ones, due to security problems, in family tombs, have led the City Council to now face the urgent need to reform the old part of the Son Coletes municipal cemetery, in Manacor. And it is that although the space, redeveloped between 1953 and 1957 after an initial use during the plague, has been in a state of evident degradation for years due to the passage of time and lack of maintenance, it has not been until recent weeks that the Consistory has decided to get down to business.

A comprehensive and million-dollar renovation. This is what the Manacor City Council announced this Tuesday during the presentation of the Action and Management Plan for the Son Coletes municipal cemetery, an initiative that combines urban planning actions, infrastructure investments, and a profound administrative modernization with the aim of guaranteeing the safety, conservation, and correct management of an essential public facility for the municipality.

The Platform for Public and Open Paths, GADMA, and various entities defending public heritage have today expressed concern over the start of private works on the Roca path, in Manacor, and are demanding its immediate halt. On Monday, June 1, the first movements were observed for the construction of two dry stone columns to install a barrier that will further close off the path, even though it initially seemed it would be reopened to be included in the Manacor Paths Catalogue.