The Parents' Associations of the primary schools of Pla and IES Sineu have taken a step forward to curb the early use of digital devices among the youngest. According to the digital magazine Díngola, the entities have agreed on a collective commitment document for parents to voluntarily agree not to give smartphones to their children at least until the second year of ESO.

“It is not a cry of despair, we have time, but we cannot find an apartment to rent in Porreres and we do not want to have to move to another town”. The housing crisis in Mallorca is reaching Pla little by little and it has a face and eyes, and in Porreres there is an example. A single-parent family from Porreres, made up of a mother and daughter, has turned what should have been a conventional advertisement looking for a rental apartment into an original protest publication through which they have wanted to make visible the reality of many families and also young people who find themselves with an increasingly inaccessible real estate market throughout Mallorca, and Pla is no exception.

This Tuesday, the heart of Mallorca beats with a singular force. The Pla de Mallorca awakens for its great third Easter festival, a day when time seems to stand still to allow tradition and fellowship to prevail over the work routine that already reigns throughout the archipelago. And it is that this Easter Tuesday, the roads and paths that wind towards the most emblematic peaks or hermitages of the region are once again filled with families laden with 'senalletes' (small baskets) or backpacks where the last jewels of homemade and traditional Easter confectionery still remain.

This Tuesday, the heart of Mallorca beats with singular force. The Pla de Mallorca awakens for its great third Easter festival, a day when time seems to stand still to allow tradition and fellowship to prevail over the work routine that already reigns throughout the Archipelago. Indeed, this Easter Tuesday, the roads and paths that wind towards the most emblematic peaks or hermitages of the region are once again filled with families laden with baskets or backpacks still holding the last jewels of homemade and traditional Easter pastries.

Up to 2,000 people or families from the 14 municipalities of Pla de Mallorca have saved a total of 20,412,525 euros since the Government of the Balearic Islands launched fiscal measures at the beginning of the legislature, such as the elimination of the inheritance tax or tax on inheritances, and the elimination of the property transfer tax on the purchase of the first habitual residence.

The bonfires are burning brighter than ever in the villages of Pla de Mallorca. While not reaching the intensity or centrality of the festival in towns like Sa Pobla, Muro, Pollença, Artà, Manacor, and throughout the Levante region of Mallorca, Sant Antoni has been recovering and reinterpreting itself in places where, for decades, it had been almost exclusively relegated to the religious sphere or to the blessed figures. All it took was blowing out the embers that had remained smoldering like a hanging fire.

The Pla de Mallorca Intermunicipal Association will receive a subsidy of €528,285 from the Balearic Government to cover the costs of transporting water by tanker truck during 2025. This is stated in the provisional resolution published in the BOIB (Official Gazette of the Balearic Islands) by the Ministry of the Sea and the lack of water resources, especially for municipalities with fewer than 5,000 inhabitants. The Pla de Mallorca Intermunicipal Association is by far the main beneficiary of this subsidy program, far ahead of the other municipalities included in the annex, such as Banyalbufar (€57,294.50) or Estellencs (€1,690). According to official documentation, the intermunicipal body already advanced the funds and justified the payment on December 24, 2025, which allowed the Directorate General of Water Resources to validate the expenditure. As has been reported All Plans In recent years, the Pla de Mallorca region has suffered recurring and serious water supply problems, exacerbated by persistent drought, overexploitation of aquifers, and structural limitations of the network. The use of water tankers has once again become an essential emergency measure to guarantee the supply to some municipalities, especially Montuïri. However, both the town councils and the Mancomunidad (Association of Municipalities) have repeatedly warned that water transport cannot be a permanent solution due to its high economic cost and environmental unsustainability. The government subsidy helps alleviate the financial burden, but it again highlights the need for long-term investments in infrastructure, efficient management, and water resource reuse.

The Government has changed its strategy and is using desalination systems "to the fullest extent" during the winter – the time of year when these facilities were previously shut down – with the aim of "reducing water extraction as much as possible." aquifers "So that they can recover with the rains," reported the Director General of Water Resources, Joan Calafat, this Wednesday. He assured that the Islands are in a "complicated but controlled" situation, although it is 10 points below last year's levels. The Director General pointed out that the Islands' water reserves are on "a clear path to recovery." In this regard, he exemplified that water reserves in Ibiza have increased by 19 percent compared to two months ago "due to the rains, which have raised reserves from 28% to 47%." In Mallorca, the increase has been 4%, and Menorca is the island where the percentage increase has been smallest – from 43% to 44% – due to the rainfall pattern. The Pla de Mallorca and Artà areas remain on alert. Ibiza has moved from alert to pre-alert due to the increase in rainfall. This has reduced the water supply for municipalities that were previously forced to purchase water.

The Pla de Mallorca is full of fragmented wooded areas scattered across the territory in a mosaic pattern, but historically "we have focused our attention on the Serra and other emblematic areas and have forgotten this natural vegetation that we need to recover," says the biologist and author of the book. Forests in the interior of Mallorca, Nature and CultureBiel Vicens. With this work – which he will present this Friday at 7:30 p.m. in the Sineu Town Hall auditorium – he aims to break with the "comparative injustice" that exists in relation to these wooded areas, little known despite their high value. In this regard, he exemplifies that in areas like the Serra de Tramuntana mountain range, there are many protected lands that are even publicly owned. In contrast, he denounces that "publicly owned forests do not exist in the Pla, with the sole exception of the municipality of Lloret." Therefore, he asks the town councils and the Consell de Mallorca (Island Council of Mallorca) to acquire forests and pay attention to them, since they are true lungs of biodiversity. In addition to highlighting the wooded areas in the Pla, Vicens also wants to explain the current importance of the area's forest ecosystems. "Today we know that agroforestry mosaics, like those that have barely survived until now, are capable of providing more ecosystem services than other, more extensive and homogeneous landscapes. Science highlights the benefits of natural vegetation environments for agricultural systems: protection against soil loss, protection against the elements, natural pollination, improved water infiltration and storage, among others," he explains.

"It's such luck that they've put the ball back up because I left the house just now and I couldn't find Cura." A resident of Algaida, taking advantage of the pleasant morning weather for a walk up to Mount Randa, was perhaps ironically commenting on the absence of an element that has defined the silhouette of the Pla de Mallorca since its installation in the early 1990s. In fact, the "mysterious disappearance" of the ball from the region was first reported on October 25th.

The gradual disappearance of Mallorca's music scene—made even more evident by the closure of many of the venues that comprised it just a decade ago, but which has many other factors and consequences—is a reality that musicians and audiences seemed to have grown accustomed to living with. However, in recent years, a number of associations and organizations have emerged seeking to revitalize it, such as Isla Sonora (Porreres), Neura (Manacor), and Desánimo de Lucro (Vilafranca), among others, as well as Crui (Palma) and the Mocuco Association (Colonia de San Pedro). After four months of meetings and discussions, they have all come together with a common goal: to provide the Pla de Mallorca with a community space for musical creation, an initiative known as the Polígono Project.

"Local bands with their own songs have to settle for 'existing' during the first few hours of festivals or playing in bars for a pittance. And we know from experience that without gigs in sight, there's usually no rehearsal, and without rehearsal, bands eventually die." This is how Tià Lladó, a member of Reggaetonpare, explains it. He acknowledges that "if I had to start a band from scratch now, I might think about it more because there are not enough spaces that encourage a developing music scene." Meanwhile, Marina Viedma, a member of Es Gall de Sa Pastera, affirms that while musical creation in Mallorca is experiencing a good moment, the offer of venues to play is very limited. "There aren't many, and it often depends on the initiative of collectives that do what they can with the resources they have, whether to put on festivals or organize concerts," shares Viedma, who values certain institutional initiatives positively, but misses "a clear strategic line" in this regard.

Three years ago, the Catalan government gifted the former agricultural chambers to the three agricultural organizations and some local councils. Now, three years later, these old buildings are following a mixed path. UPA-AIA has just sold the house that was once owned by Montuïri. Unió de Pagesos, after an internal debate, will transfer the Sant Joan agricultural chamber to Ibavi, from which two or three social housing units could be created. Finally, Asaja has stated that it intends to maintain ownership of the Sencelles agricultural chamber and under no circumstances sell it.

The son of foreign parents, Alex Atanasov (Sineu, 2000) grew up and was raised in the Pla (Pla) region. "My whole life is rooted in Sineu." In 2012, he started secondary school and later continued his university studies in Barcelona. Today, he is an architect, with a career that combines experience in law firms and collaboration on various architectural projects.

The regional government will not modify the aquifer situation parameters of the demand units, in this case the Plan, to declare the emergency situation by municipality rather than by demand unit. This way, the regional government could justify paying the Mancomunidad for truckloads of water, which cost more than €500,000 each year. On the other hand, the Regional Ministry of the Sea and the Water Cycle has committed to launching a subsidy before the end of the year so that the Mancomunidad's towns can meet the additional costs of purchasing water to supply Porreres, Algaida, and, above all, Montuïri.

The Pla de Mallorca Association has proposed to the government that a drought emergency could be declared on a municipality-by-municipality basis, without affecting the entire Demand Unit (remember, this includes Muro and Santa Margalida). Meanwhile, the government is studying the implementation of new parameters that could be used to declare an emergency in the Pla de Mallorca area soon.

Ibiza's three desalination plants are operating at 100% capacity with no margin for error. A breakdown "would be very serious," admits a Water Resources technician. The aquifers in the greater Pitiusa region are at 34%. Any drop of four points would require an emergency declaration. The Pla de Mallorca is also experiencing a critical situation, especially in municipalities like Porreres, Algaida, and Montuïri. Without the truck trips, there would be no water for the supply, as the wells are dry. "In some towns, we're running out of water, and in others, there's no water at all. This has been going on for a long time. We're tired of repeating that we can't continue like this," says Joana Maria Pascual, president of the Plan Association.

The residents of Petra, Sant Joan, Vilafranca, and Ariany are celebrating the centenary of the construction of the Bonany sanctuary church this year. The professors of Art History at the UIB (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) have done an excellent job of documenting and selecting materials and artifacts that help us reconstruct the history and experiences of the last four centuries of life at the top of the mountain. The exhibition is divided into four spaces where, based on the toponymy and history of the mountain and the Son Brugués estate, which gave its name to the hill, we can situate ourselves in this mountainous area halfway between Vilafranca, Sant Joan, and Petra.