The DANA Adam has forced the suspension of face-to-face activity for various services in the Balearic Islands this Monday, October 19. Classes are suspended in Mallorca, Ibiza, and Formentera, while the University of the Balearic Islands (UIB) has cancelled face-to-face academic and administrative activities on all islands. Several day centers and municipal facilities are also closing, and the Palma City Council has restricted access to parks and public spaces.

The Palma City Council has activated a preventive measure to evacuate settlements located in flood-prone areas due to the risk of torrential rain associated with DANA Adam. The council has enabled the Germans Escales sports center, in Son Gotleu, as a shelter space for the affected people.

Educational centers in Mallorca, Ibiza, and Formentera will not have in-person classes this Monday, October 19, due to the risk of new intense rainfall and flooding from DANA Adam. The suspension, announced on Sunday by the Ministry of Education and Universities following the instructions of the Directorate General for Emergencies and Interior, affects all educational centers on the three islands. In Menorca, however, school activity remains normal.

Four women between 27 and 37 years old were injured this Sunday at dawn after a car hit them while they were waiting for the bus in Son Fusteret, in Palma. The driver, a 25-year-old man, tested positive in the breathalyzer test and was arrested by the Local Police.

The National Police have arrested a German man as the alleged perpetrator of a sexual assault with penetration against a tourist inside the restrooms of a leisure venue in Playa de Palma. The victim explained that the man, furthermore, allegedly recorded the assault with his mobile phone.

For an essay I am writing, for some months now I have been immersed in the ascetic film work of Robert Bresson, one of the masters of transcendental cinema according to the theorist and filmmaker Paul Schrader. Two of Bresson's best films, Diary of a Country Priest and Mouchette, are based on texts by the French novelist and essayist Georges Bernanos, who now returns to Catalan bookstores with what is probably his masterpiece: A Diary of My Times. La Nova Editorial Moll is publishing the completely revised translation by Antoni-Lluc Ferrer, which had to wait forty years to be released in its original edition, and it does so with notes by the historian Josep Massot i Muntaner, who went as far as to declare that this very harsh book represents, with absolute fidelity, the abominable disasters that took place in Mallorca during the Civil War.

David versus Goliath or how to organize from citizen action against a construction that the neighbors consider a new aggression to the Manacor coastal landscape. “If the Portocristo bridge ended up falling due to a poorly granted license, perhaps this one will too,” says Miquel Àngel Riera, the neighbor from Cala Mendia beach who is leading a joint lawsuit against the construction of a beach club for almost 300 users, which a few months ago began to grow by surprise in front of his terrace.

The deputy spokesperson for Vox, Sergio Rodríguez, announced this Wednesday that they will vote against the capital city law, for which a report was issued this Wednesday at the Institutional Affairs Commission in Parliament. He asserts that there are amendments, such as the modification of the structure of the Health areas so that nurses can direct them, which are alien to the original spirit of the text. However, the regulation could still go ahead because the PSIB voted in favor of its processing last May.

Animal rights groups are once again demanding that the replacement of Palma's horse-drawn carriages with electric vehicles have a concrete schedule. Satya Animal, Progreso en Verde, and Arde have called for a demonstration this Saturday, October 17th, at 6:00 PM, to demand that the City Council set public deadlines to make the transition effective and guarantee a dignified retirement for the animals retired from service.

The management of Health areas will no longer fall solely to doctors. Nurses will also be able to exercise this leadership in accordance with an amendment by the PP to the capital city law that has received the support of the PSIB, MÉS per Mallorca, and Unides Podem. Once the text is definitively approved, the management of the basic health zone will be opened to these healthcare professionals and the rest of the healthcare personnel of the A2 subgroup, such as physiotherapists and occupational therapists. They will also be able to receive remuneration in accordance with this responsibility.

New clash at the Parliament plenary session over the case of Maricarmen, the evicted woman who led the Spanish government to push for two housing decrees and who died in the hospital a week ago after being evicted from her home at 87 years old. The President of the Parliament, Gabriel Le Senne (Vox), rejected the PSIB's request to hold a minute of silence in her memory, claiming that there was no consensus among the groups to do so. What is curious, however, is that he did not even consult the groups before making this statement.

Work is piling up for the parliamentary groups for next week. The President of the Government, Marga Prohens, presented a document this Tuesday to the Parliament in which she proposes October 20th as the date for the general policy debate. It will be the last of the legislature in which the President will report on her Government's actions and it will foreseeably be framed in electoral terms.

A group of radical RCD Mallorca fans caused an incident this Sunday morning in front of the Atlético Baleares bar, located between the streets of Sant Ignasi and Tomàs Rullán, a few hours before the derby against Atlético Baleares.

The National Police have arrested a man in Palma accused of labor exploitation of a worker who spent four months working aboard a yacht. According to the complaint, during all this time she only received 480 euros of the 17,500 that she was owed, in addition to suffering abusive working conditions, assaults, and episodes in which she did not even have sufficient food.

A 55-year-old driver is under investigation for an alleged crime against road safety after causing a head-on collision on the Camí de Can Palou, in Palma, while driving under the influence of alcohol. Traveling in the other vehicle were a woman and her two young children, who were taken to a private clinic after the accident.

What a discovery, dear readers. I arrived there because a restorer expert in spoon cooking recommended it on Instagram. I thought: "If he says so, it must be tasted". It is a small, simple, and charming place in Barceloneta. Finally, I have a favorite spot to go eat rice in the maritime neighborhood. A new establishment, since it is only a year and a half old, but it feels like a restaurant that has always been there. Ideal for those who like to dip bread, for those who slurp shells and don't mind getting their fingers dirty, and for people who know that eating is so important that one must dedicate time to it. This week I present to you Casa Maians.

The Government will meet starting next week with the economic sectors of the Balearic Islands. It proposes adopting measures to deal with the escalation of inflation, especially to compensate for the fuel price hikes. The Balearic Business Federation of Transport (FEBT) warned this Friday that the average 8% increase applied this October by the main shipping companies to the fuel surcharge will make the products arriving in the Balearics more expensive.

The Balearic Islands will leave behind this Friday afternoon the episode of rainfall that has affected the Archipelago in recent days and face a weekend of stable weather and mild temperatures. This is forecast by the State Meteorological Agency (Aemet), which expects days of "good weather" both Saturday and Sunday as well as Monday, a holiday for the Day of the Pilar, although occasional rainfall may still occur in some spots.

MÉS per Mallorca and the PSIB are exploring the possibility of a joint candidacy for the Senate. Sources from both parties confirm that there are negotiations regarding this matter and the result is expected to be announced in the coming days. If an agreement is finally reached to maximize votes, it would be the first time that MÉS opens itself to a unitary list with the PSIB in the Upper House. Although the Senate is usually a secondary chamber in the day-to-day politics in Madrid, in this legislative term it will gain importance, because the correlation of forces in this chamber can affect a change in majorities in the Constitutional Court.