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Led by the President of the Mallorcan Film Commission, Pedro Barbadillo, the next move is that a cooperative is going to be created by all the backers of the campaign and each one will be obliged to pay a monthly fee which will go towards keeping the cinema operating.

The fees have yet to be agreed on but, as the Bulletin reported last week, at the moment those in charge of the campaign are considering between 20 and 25 euros, the equivalent to one cinema ticket per week.

The Renoir chain of cinemas is prepared to sell the cooperative all the equipment, seats and projectors for 20'000 euros but the stumbling block is still the rent the actual owners of the building are hanging out for.

However, Barbadillo is confident he has overcome the hurdle and that the cinemas will be open again come the end of this month or the start of June.
What is more, this week, the Council of Majorca and Palma City Council have given their full backing to the campaign and that has given the cooperative a confidence boost as it draws very close to taking over the cinemas which closed earlier month after 15 years of showing some of the best award-winning films in their original versions, primarily English.

AltaFilms have agreed to continue distributing top films should the cooperative’s project come to life and other audio visual companies and outfits have also agreed to help if there are any technical problems.

He furthered “it is the future that is at stake. I am not interested in keeping unrealistic options open or bargaining with other political parties.” With specific reference to the regional Health service and plans to close two hospitals in Palma, Bauzà said that although the decision has been taken to close the Joan March and the General Hospitals, a long term care unit is to be opened up at the former Son Dureta hospital.

The majority of infractions said Citizen Councillor Guillermo Navarro yesterday, were due to people riding on pavements or across squares or even streets that have been set aside purely for pedestrian use.

Navarro said specifically that as of yesterday morning, 83 official notices had been handed out to members of the public, warning that they are breaking the law. Although no fines have yet been imposed, police are making it clear that the issuing of an official notice means that if the offender gets caught again, officers won’t hesitate to impose a fine immediately.

The offender’s name, ID number and the place in which the infraction took place are detailed. Navarro said it was of some concern that despite Local Police efforts to publicise the new bylaws that came into force at the end of last month, many cyclists were caught careering wildly along public footpaths, apparently unaware that they were offending by putting the safety of pedestrians at risk.