Day: November 5, 2013

Andalucia refuses to allow ranking within schools

Posted on by — 3 Comments ↓

Coz in Socialist Andalusia, we all have to be equal [ly poor, that is]. See, Madrid bought out a new law which aimed to shake up the educational system in Spain, which is run and organised by the regions. One of the changes was to allow the ranking of schools by performance, and within schools, ranking of students and teachers, so that bright students could, in theory, be fast tracked, and bad teachers sidelined (you Continue reading Andalucia refuses to allow ranking within schools→

Valencia closes regional broadcaster after court refuses layoffs

Posted on by — No Comments ↓

RTVV will close with immediate effect, announced the Valencian regional government tonight, as it is “financially impossible” to keep it open. The shock announcement came hours after the Valencia labour courts rejected a government plan to layoff over a thousand workers at the publically owned broadcaster. The Generalitat says it costs them 72 million euros a month just to pay salaries at the broadcaster, and if it has to bring back the fired workers it Continue reading Valencia closes regional broadcaster after court refuses layoffs→

Police warm farmers of British con artists getting free fruit & veg

Posted on by — 1 Comment ↓

It seems a new scam is hitting the local farmers. In essence, a group of finely dressed toffs speaking English appear that the fruit markets and directly contact farmers, offering to make large purchases of fruit and veg on behalf of well known British firms. Impressive contracts with company logos are waived around and signed. All banking details are supplied, so credit checks are run and the existence of credit confirmed, so all appears well. This is Continue reading Police warm farmers of British con artists getting free fruit & veg→