NOTIGRUPO’S LOCAL NEWS
GOVERNOR CARRERAS REQUESTS SUSPENSION OF LUMBERING IN XILITLA; STATE BUROCRATS RAISE, COSTED 58 MILLION PESOS (3.2 MILLION DOLLARS APPROXIMATELY); STATE DEPUTY CALLS FOR CAUTION IN WATCHING THE SOLAR ECLIPSE.
Governor requests Xilitla lumbering permit suspension
State Governor, Juan Manuel Carreras, asked the Federal Environment and Natural Resources Department (SEMARNAT), to suspend lumbering permits in Soledad de Zaragoza township, Xilitla municipality, to check if all applicable laws and bylaws were complied with.
Also, Carreras requested the different authorities involved, to listen to society, before sanctioning actions which may have negative effects, even if they comply with all legal requirements. He pledged his government will do a thorough supervision and follow up of the case.
58 million pesos paid out in raise given to state burocrats
State government paid out 58 million pesos (3.2 million dollars, approximately) to cover the 4.9 % raise given to burocrats, after having finished union negotiations. This amount is what is called “retroactive”, which is the equivalent of the raise, from January to August.
José Luis Ugalde, the state Finance Secretary mentioned that the full amount was paid to over 5,500 state workers affiliated to one of the 6 unions which cover the different government offices.
Besides the 4.9 % direct to salary, 3.1 % more was negotiated in different bonuses; the 8 % total raise was severely criticized by commercial and industrial chambers, as excessive.
State Deputy calls for caution in watching the upcoming solar eclipse
The partial solar eclipse, which will be visible tomorrow at around 1:30 in the afternoon (local time) in San Luis Potosi, can be watched, but taking appropriate security measures, according to local deputy, Esther Angelica Martinez, head of Congress’s Special Civil Protection Commision.
These measures include not looking directly at the sun to avoid retinal damage; watching the eclipse with soldering filters level 14 or more, and even then, for not more than 30 seconds.
The eclipse cannot be looked at directly, even when using sunglasses, binoculars, cameras, smoked glass, polarized filters, telescopes or exposed color film.
