Agents from the National Police's Drug and Organized Crime Unit have arrested a German citizen in Binissalem who had fled justice in his country and is accused of defrauding users on a pornographic website. The arrest, at the request of German authorities, took place this Wednesday, and he is now charged with a property crime. Apparently, according to reports... Latest News Police sources confirmed to Europa Press that the man, along with others, offered paid content in a pornographic location which, after payment was received, never materialized.

For their part, the audience awarded the UIB Women's Choir the Audience Award.

The closing ceremony of the 4th Binissalem Choral Competition took place yesterday in the Church of Santa María de Robines. On its third day, the four adult choirs selected in the previous day's qualifying round performed before a large audience.

Binissalem will once again become one of the epicenters of choral music in the Balearic Islands on the first weekend of December. From December 5th to 7th, the town will host the fourth edition of the Choral Competition, an event that in just a few years has become a fixture on the Balearic musical calendar and which pays tribute to the Mallorcan composer and educator Baltasar Bibiloni. The Church of Santa María de Robines will once again be the stage for a competition that this year has broken participation records, with eight choirs from various parts of Spain. These include Ars Nova (Xàbia), Pequeñas Voces de la Alhambra (Granada), the UIB Women's Choir, Coro Sons (Manresa), Oñatiko Ganbara Abesbatza (Basque Country), Coro Encuentro (Barcelona), Coro Sinfonía (Torrevella), and the Oriol Martorellons Chamber Choir (Barcelona). The program will begin on Friday, December 5th, at 8:00 PM, with the official presentation of the choirs and the jury, and a performance by the special guest Cor Jove del Moianès, under the direction of Elisenda Cabero. The competition will begin on Saturday, with four morning performances—starting at 11:30 AM—and another four in the afternoon, at 4:30 PM. On Sunday, also at 11:30 AM, the qualifying choirs will perform, and once the concert is over, the jury will announce its verdict. The jury will be composed of five prestigious professionals from the choral world: Enrique Azurza, César Reda, Maria Camps, Andrew Hallock, and Ane Legarreta. The prizes include two categories: adult choirs—with rewards of €3,000 and €2,000—and children's choirs—with prizes of €2,000 and €1,500—in addition to awards for best conductor and the audience prize. Founded in 2019, the competition has quickly become a fixture in the municipality's cultural life. The organizers, the 3x4 Choir Group and the Binissalem Music School, acknowledge the essential support of the Town Hall, the Consell de Mallorca (Island Council of Mallorca), various local businesses and organizations, individual collaborators, and a large group of volunteers who make each edition possible.

Next Saturday at 10:30 a.m. the residents of Binissalem will say "Nor in the macropolygon"With a human chain organized by the Group of Friends in Defense of the Environment (GADMA) together with the GOB and Friends of the Earth. GADMA spokesperson Bernat Fiol points out that, in this way, "the piece of land where they want to carry out this attack for speculation will be seen." "It's the last cartridge we have left. They've been telling us lies for twenty years and each one of them costs us a bit of our future," he adds.

"The first thing you should know is that Víctor Català – pseudonym of Caterina Albert – wanted to be a playwright." This is what Albert Arribas, the director of the play, says. Verbagalia, a piece that puts into dialogue two of the most representative monologues of Catalan theatre: The aunt and VerbagaliaThe production can be seen this Saturday, August 23, in the courtyard of the Llorenç Villalonga house in Binissalem as part of the La Luna en Verso festival of the Mallorca Literary Foundation. This is an opportunity to discover the plays Català wrote before becoming a narrator, short story writer, and novelist, popularly known for titles such as Loneliness and Rural dramas. In fact, Caterina Albert's plays, explains the play's director, "were never performed," despite being "of the highest quality." The reason? "They didn't understand him," Arribas points out.

In Llucmajor, as well as in other large municipalities, being an opposition councilor can be more profitable than being on the governing team or even the mayor. A current example of this situation, but not the only one, is the case of Alexandre Gaffar, councilor for Libertad Llucmajor, who works part-time for three hours a day for which he receives €20,279.04 in 14 payments. Furthermore, since August 1, according to the BOIB (Spanish Official Gazette of the Basque Country), he has been an advisor to the Binissalem City Council, a position for which he will be paid €40,000. Therefore, in a calendar year, without taking into account any salary increases that different councils may make in the coming years, Gaffar will earn €60,279.04 gross. That is, €4,596.33 more than the mayor of Llucmajor, Xisca Lascolas.

A Binissalem resident has reported the unsafe conditions they have experienced in recent weeks on Bonaire Street, allegedly related to a drug trafficking case. The latest incident was the appearance, outside a neighbor's door, of a dead rabbit with a threatening sign that read: "Bitch Sonia, pay for the drugs." The same sign also featured, in small print, the word "kill."