The Cabildo of Lanzarote presented this morning at the Víctor Fernández Gopar Theater “El Salinero” the sixth edition of the School Theater Festival which will take place from next May 14 to 17.
The Minister of Culture, Jesús Machín Tavío, expressed that “the School Theater Festival is an opportunity for young people to explore the performing arts, promoting group cohesion, empathy and integration. It is more than an event, it is an instrument to transform, communicate and educate.” In addition, the counselor added that “the Festival is positioned as a powerful tool that transforms, communicates, educates, sensitizes and culturalizes, thus laying a solid foundation for the cultural enrichment of the young generations”.
The festival director, Siscu Ruiz, explained that this “has been consolidated over five editions as a space where participants not only present scenic pieces, but also express their concerns, worries and dreams through living arts. The Corps Theater companytogether with the Culture area, promotes a cultural, artistic and educational event with a non-competitive nature, where the youngest are for several days protagonists, references and agitators of the performing arts on the island.
For her part, the counselor of the Seniors area of the Cabildo, Nori Machínstressed “the importance of involving the elderly in the performing arts, highlighting that these experiences not only enrich young people culturally, but also strengthen intergenerational ties and promote an important sense of emotional connection.”
Immersive experience
He School Theater Festival It has become a completely immersive experience. To prepare the young participants, a previous period full of educational and training activities has been designed. With the aim of offering the necessary tools and an environment to enhance expression and collective creation, the Festival also offers teachers prior and certified training where they are provided with the knowledge and advice necessary to immerse themselves in the exciting process of theatrical assembly with his students.
The School Theater Festival, in line with its fundamental objectives, seeks to open the doors of artistic and creative expression to young people from an early age. This project seeks to illuminate the path towards appreciation and active participation in the performing arts, involving the entire educational community.
This year with eight participating centers: CEIP Guiguan, CEIP Nieves Toledo, CEIP Las Mercedes, CEIP Concepción Rodríguez Artiles, CEO Playa Blanca, IES Yaiza, IES César Manrique, IES Haría.
Open enrollment
Las registrations to participate in the sixth Edition of the School Theater Festival will remain open until next April 25. This cultural, artistic and educational project is emerging as a unique and transformative experience, celebrating creativity, dialogue and collective creation among the island’s young people.
Those interested in participating in this enriching cultural experience can access registration and see the complete program of events through the official festival page www.festivalteatroescolar.com.
Registration tax: Mayor Bruno Marchand discusses unpopular solutions
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Isolated in the region on the subject of the registration tax to bail out the public transport deficit, the mayor of Quebec evokes alternative solutions that could displease, such as an increase in property taxes or a reduction in services.
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“If we don’t charge anything more and the government doesn’t give us anything more, we are left with two choices at this point. We increase taxes [foncières] or we say to the RTC: “Cover the deficit by significantly reducing services,” said Bruno Marchand on Tuesday.
Others say no
He still has hope on the committee set up at the Metropolitan Community of Quebec (CMQ) to study possible solutions to finance the deficits of public transport companies. But in the last days, Lévis and Saint-Augustin said no to the registration tax. For his part, the mayor of L’Ancienne-Lorette, Gaétan Pageau, seemed unenthusiastic about the idea. “Currently, we are not there,” he maintained, Tuesday morning, on the sidelines of a press briefing.
The mayor of Quebec recognizes that the refusal of neighboring cities will influence his administration in its decision to impose or not the famous tax. “It’s definitely worth considering. There is no question of just the people of Quebec paying for something that is used more widely.”
If he understands that no politician has the taste to impose a new tax, he insists that we must find ways of passage. He is mainly counting on discussions with the Ministry of Transport. The City of Quebec wants to know how much money will be added to the budget of the Capital Transportation Network (RTC).
Force other cities
The City is studying the powers it has, said Mr. Marchand. It cannot require each city in the CMQ to collect the registration tax. But in the agglomeration — which includes Quebec, L’Ancienne-Lorette and Saint-Augustin — the central city can choose to impose the tax and force the other two municipalities to also increase their contribution, “perhaps by increasing their taxes “.
For Mayor Gaétan Pageau, “the crisis in public transportation is much bigger than just the Quebec region or the City. It is the province and even the country. What I would really like is for all the stakeholders to sit down together to find solutions. It is not just by adding a tax here or a tax there that we will find the solution. We need to think in the longer term.”
“Vain” exercise
According to the leader of the opposition at city hall, Claude Villeneuve, the exercise would be “vain” if Quebec goes it alone. “If the other cities don’t get on board, it’s a bit absurd to just tax the citizens of Quebec more.” Other cities refuse taxes because it’s not popular, he said. “I would appreciate a more constructive approach from them.”
For his part, the head of Équipe Priorité Québec, Patrick Paquet, challenges the mayor to follow through on his convictions and implement the tax. “We are going to remove it when we are in power.”
— With the collaboration of Taïeb Moalla
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Parents need to be wary of food of unknown origin at the school gate
Determining that food safety is always a constant concern for the city of nearly 13 million people, the city’s interdisciplinary Steering Committee on Food Safety will strengthen inspections and surprise checks of collective kitchens, School canteens, export processing zones, industrial parks…
Ms. Pham Khanh Phong Lan – Director of Ho Chi Minh City Department of Food Safety.
In the new situation that is said to be full of domestic and international challenges and difficulties affecting food choices and attitudes of manufacturers and businesses, the Action Month for Food Safety will be implemented thoroughly. any? VOV Traffic reporter had an interview with Ms. Pham Khanh Phong Lan – Director of Ho Chi Minh City Department of Food Safety.
Reporter: Why choose April as Food Safety Action Month?
Ms. Pham Khanh Phong Lan: April is the month of changing seasons and intense heat; This is the stage of bacterial growth. We must be extremely vigilant, strengthen inspection and examination; propaganda to the people. For example, through some incidents in other localities to warn people, because if we let our guard down, it could also happen in Ho Chi Minh City.
This month’s inspection includes the inspection team of the Department of Food Safety (10 teams), as well as interdisciplinary inspection teams from localities in coordination with other departments. And we also prepare scenarios if poisoning occurs.
In recent times, the city’s food safety situation has been relatively peaceful, but it absolutely must not be forgotten for a moment. So the three key points of this month are surprise inspections and checks based on information from the market and localities.
The second is to focus on preventing and treating poisoning, not allowing food poisoning to occur. Third is propaganda to the people. It must be emphasized that no inspection force is enough to cover everything if people do not cooperate.
Snack locations around school gates pose many potential risks
If you have information about violations, please report to the Department of Food Safety’s hotline 028.39.301.714.
Reporter: During the hot season, the risk of food insecurity at street food vendors is very high. What management methods does the Department of Food Safety have?
Ms. Pham Khanh Phong Lan: If it is a restaurant or food service establishment, it must be granted adequate food hygiene and safety conditions to operate, but street vendors are not granted this license because of small retail sales and low capital levels.
For street vendors, the most difficult thing to control is unsanitary dishes and utensils. So for a long time, we have determined that street vending, or street food to be exact, has many potential risks. So usually related poisonings are small cases of poisoning and are usually caused by bacteria.
What have we done to manage? The entire city has 15,400 street food vendors, some distributed around schools, especially primary schools, targeting young students.
Management of street food is decentralized to wards, communes, districts; Each locality knows the number of street food vendors in their area.
It looks “mobile” like that, but it is still inspected and controlled through training sessions, increasing knowledge, equipping tools…. so that food safety risk factors are reduced.
Localities are also urgently building model food safety routes, or routes and streets without street food.
But the most important thing is to raise consumer awareness. Simply put, if it’s dirty, don’t come in and eat!
Loudspeakers promoting media slogans “Action Month for Food Safety 2024” run on main roads in the city. Ho Chi Minh
Reporter: You just mentioned food safety at schools. So during the month of action for food safety, how will Ho Chi Minh City strengthen inspection and examination of this issue?
Ms. Pham Khanh Phong Lan: We also increase propaganda to parents, don’t pamper your children too much, and give them money to buy junk food indiscriminately.
There may be cases of food poisoning that we have not yet discovered, but it must still be acknowledged that this is an always potential risk.
We strictly control the collective kitchen and canteen in the school, but outside the school gate it is more difficult to control, especially for “mobile” subjects like this. We are not against it, but we have to campaign to ask practitioners to do things cleaner in order to have customers.
The hot season is very dangerous, we do not encourage students to buy snacks. Here are not only candied fruits, fish sauce… but also potentially dangerous imported pre-packaged foods of unknown origin. If inspected, there will be penalties.
Reporter: Thank you very much!
Parents need to be wary of food of unknown origin at the school gate
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