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Health department signs agreement with redundant Dénia medics

The Minister of Health, Marciano Gómez, signed the agreement of the Negotiating Committee of the 1st Collective Agreement for the redundant employees of the Department of Health of Dénia. This agreement will govern the working conditions of the redundant employees of the Department of Health of Dénia, subrogated by virtue of Decree 14/2024, of the Council.

This is a first step towards achieving the objective of the Ministry of Health that professionals in health departments that have moved to direct management and that have been subrogated, as is the case in Dénia, progressively have the same legal regime as the rest of public health personnel.

In this sense, the minister highlighted that it is a matter of working within a regulatory framework “to homogenize the legal regime of workers, rationalize and equalize their conditions in all areas of public health and, therefore, also for personnel who become part of the public health system after the change in management model”.

With this signature, an agreement has been formalized, on the one hand, to increase salaries from the date of subrogation of the staff, that is, February 1, 2024; on the other hand, a preliminary agreement on salary updates and other working conditions that will enter into force from the date on which the General Directorate of Budgets issues the prior and mandatory report relating to the measures that must take effect in the 2025 financial year.

Thus, the Ministry of Health will apply, with effect from the date of subrogation of the redundant staff of the Department of Dénia, February 1, 2024, an increase of 2.5% on their fixed remuneration recognized in their previous collective agreement, which will be consolidated for future years.

Salary update and other working conditions

Regarding the measures subject to the issuance of the prior and favourable report from the General Directorate of Budgets, these include the duration of working days, days of free time, measures in matters of equality and training, as well as the improvement of social benefits and the updating of remuneration.

In this sense, an annual working day of 1,676 hours is established for the day shift and night shift systems. The duration and regulation of the annual working day of the continuous care shift system (TAC) remains in force, established at 1,847 hours per year, and staff with a continuous care shift system (TDAC) will work an annual working day of 1,676 hours.

In addition, regarding the days of free disposal, workers will be able to enjoy 6 paid days of free disposal for each calendar year of effective work, each of which will be equivalent to 7 hours of working time.

Regarding training, the agreement states that workers with at least one year of recognized seniority are entitled to a paid leave of 28 hours per year for professional training for employment linked to the company’s activity, cumulative for periods of a maximum of five years, which will be applied under the same terms as currently.

The agreement also establishes the commitment of the Ministry of Health during the 2025 financial year to continue the negotiations of the First Collective Agreement for the terminated employees of the Department of Health of Dénia.

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Benidorm, police catch man with 600 marijuana plants in his car

A 49-year-old man was caught in Benidorm by the National Police for transporting marijuana plants and other supplies needed for their growth in his own car. A crime against public health has been charged against the man who was caught.

The man was arrested as the last step in an investigation that began when the National Police learnt about his activities in the province of Alicante, which included moving drugs (mostly marijuana) and building infrastructure for future hydroponic crops.

In the beginning, police focused on finding the man and his car. After making sure of both of these things, investigators did a number of surveillance and monitoring operations to confirm how he worked. It was proven that the suspect was carrying drugs and the nutrients needed to grow marijuana hydroponically in people’s houses in the province of Alicante as they drove.

Last but not least, the arrest happened after one of the operations to spy on and track one of the trucks.

When he was arrested, his car was checked, and police found 600 marijuana cuttings, €1,500, two mobile phones, and thirteen five-litre drums of fertiliser and plant growth nutrients.

The arrested man was given to the Benidorm Investigative Court after the police looked into the case.

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21 expensive cars that were stolen in the U.S. were found Valencia port

Together with the US Container Security Initiative, the Guardia Civil and the Tax Agency found 21 high-end cars that were stolen in the U.S. and were on their way to Africa in the port of Valencia. The cars, which were worth a total of €1.1 million, were reported stolen and were being moved in containers.

The cars were stolen in the U.S. and were on their way to different places in Africa, stopping in Valencia’s port. Risk analysis units made up of Guardia Civil and Tax Agency officers were able to find several packages that might not have had the goods that were claimed to have been inside.

With the help of the information gathered, it was confirmed that stolen cars that had been in Valencia on their way to the United States had actually arrived. The groups that ship stolen cars either traded legally declared cars for stolen ones or directly declared the stolen cars as other goods, like furniture or mattresses.

In the past few weeks, 21 vehicles have been found and will be sent back to their home countries to be given to their original owners.

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14 immigrants were saved on a boat 45 miles off the coast of Alicante

On Wednesday, 2nd April, the Maritime Rescue ship Salvamar Leo saved 14 immigrants who were travelling in a boat about 45 miles from Alicante.

In the middle of the afternoon on Wednesday, Maritime Rescue sent out its Helimer 223 helicopter and the Salvamar Leo, which is based in Alicante, to save the people on a small boat.

Their journey began on the Salvamar Leo, which took them to the Temporary Assistance Centre for Foreigners in the port of Alicante. There, the Red Cross took care of them.

The Red Cross says that all of the refugees they saved were men, and two of them were younger than 15 years old. They were all healthy after being treated.

The National Police took over the refugees after getting help from the Red Cross. They are now trying to find the boat’s captain so they can arrest him, as is normal in these situations.