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Carlos Acosta, CEO of Acostasub, emphasizes the important environmental component of eliminating and collecting invasive species that attach to the hull. Go to download The Subsea Maintenance Auv (Subma) project being developed in the Canary Islands aims to develop a new system for underwater cleaning of the hull of ships, according to Carlos Acosta, CEO of Acostasub, the company that leads the initiative. The 'roomba' of the seas It would be a device similar to the domestic vacuum robot, the popular 'roomba', which would remove waste from the hull of ships, an operation that is now done manually. Acosta highlights the important environmental component of the project, because the device will eliminate harmful invasive species that attach to ships, something that is not commonly applied in Spanish ports. It is planned that, in a first phase, an operator will guide the device, but it is planned that in its final phase it will operate autonomously and intelligently. Extensive collaboration There are six months left to develop the idea and, if it is viable and has potential, it will move on to the development phase of a prototype, which implies a greater investment. The project has the collaboration of companies specialized in different fields, such as 2Coders, Wet Hydraulic and Maritime Engineering, Center for Environmental Research of the Atlantic (CIMA), Technological Center for Marine Sciences (CETECIMA), Cluster Marítimo de Canarias, Puertos de Las Palmas, Ports of Tenerife. Orlando Luján: “The REF issue is the tip of the iceberg of a structural problem” Shooting of the Iron series | CEDITA BY PORTOCABO Shooting of the Iron series | CEDITA BY PORTOCABO The economist and tax advisor affirms that the updating of the economic and fiscal regime cannot be delayed any longer.



Go to download Orlando Luján, economist and tax advisor, affirms that the recent conflict regarding the differential in deductions from the Economic and Fiscal Regime (REF) to the audiovisual industry is nothing more than “the tip of the iceberg” of a structural problem suffered by the Canary Islands. He affirms that it is unusual that article 167 of the Statute of Autonomy of the Canary Islands has had to be resorted to to ensure “that we are heard and our jurisdiction is respected”, but he adds that the unanimity of the Parliament of the Canary WhatsApp Number List Islands in this defense is very positive. Remember that deductions for the audiovisual industry date back even to a time prior to Law 30/1991 in which the main elements of the REF were introduced. However, he points out that, when the REF was renewed in 2014, the fourteenth additional provision was introduced, which refers to cinema, but in which the amount of 5.4 million euros was set without establishing any percentage: “In That moment did not generate a problem, but it became the germ that we have today.” A “patch” that does not comply with the standard Thus, the central government has been satisfied with raising the number from 5.4 to 12.4 million, 2.4 million more than the peninsula, “which is a patch, but does not comply with the spirit of the norm.” . Luján points out that what is at stake in this issue is not the millions that are missing until reaching 18, "because there will not be so many super-productions that come to the Canary Islands", but doubt is generated in the sector, because it is likely that many productions They did not come to the Canary Islands because the peninsula was more attractive.







Necessary update of the REF He affirms that there are still many issues that, regarding the REF, remain to be resolved, as has been highlighted during the covid-19 pandemic. He affirms that, for this reason, its update on matters such as job creation, aid accumulation limits or corporate taxes cannot be delayed any longer.Alejandro Coello: “The best way to embody poetry is through the body” Alejandro Coello and the cover of his book | DEPARTMENT OF CULTURE OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE CANARY ISLANDS Alejandro Coello and the cover of his book | DEPARTMENT OF CULTURE OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE CANARY ISLANDS The winner of New Canary Writings in 2019 presents his play "And what did you expect?" Go to download Alejandro Coello was one of the winners of the Nuevas Escritos Canarias contest in 2019 with his play “And what did you expect?” His first steps in literature were through poetry, but he soon realized that “the best way to embody poetry is through the body,” that is, through theatrical performance. However, he emphasizes that origins are never forgotten, which is why his works are always full of poetry. Coello points out that theater is a “very complex” genre, because, unlike narrative, “it requires giving many keys in a short time.” The protagonists of “And what did you expect?” They are Federico and Penélope, through whom social issues such as gender transition are addressed. The work also includes two characters, Vladimira and Restregón, who are “queer versions” of the counterparts in Samuel Beckett's 'Waiting for Godot'. The social and the political The author points out that although he avoids the pamphletary style, in his work there is always “the social” as a background, since it is inevitable that literature always addresses the political, in the extensive definition that Aristotle makes of that word.