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December 2025 | Gazette Life | 7An immensely detailed book about C%u00e9sar Manrique%u2019s life and work has been published by the Cabildo.Titled %u201cC%u00e9sar Manrique: 100 years of Living Memory%u201d, the book has been written by Francisco Galante, Professor of Art History at the University of La Laguna in Tenerife.His three-volume, 1,000-page work is in Spanish and English and contains hundreds of photos and images covering Manrique%u2019s life from his school reports to his studies in Madrid, his period in New York and, of course, his return to his native island in 1966, when he transformed Lanzarote.Unfortunately, the book is not yet available to buy %u2013 an initial print run of 1,000 copies will be distributed free of charge to libraries, schools and cultural centres.%u201cREMOVE PALM-TREE GRAVEYARD%u201dThe Canarian Government has announced that it will cover social security contributions for the self-employed (aut%u00f3nomos) for up to two months of temporary incapacity. Economy Minister Manuel Dom%u00ednguez said %u201cWe%u2019ve all heard people saying that a self-employed person can%u2019t afford to be sick because they still have to pay their contributions; we want to change that%u201d.The measure is accompanied by other initiatives aimed at the selfemployed such as subsidies on loans for %u201cproductive investments%u201d, and the Concilia programme, which will help family situations such as pregnancy and care of children and other dependents.Lanzarote%u2019s CACTs (Centres of Art, Culture and Tourism) have launched a new %u201cpassport%u201d for children.The passport is free, and children can fill in their details and ask for the passport to be %u201cstamped%u201d with a different sticker at each of the tourist centres.The centres involved are the Fire Mountains, Jameos del Agua, Cueva de los Verdes, Mirador del R%u00edo, Casa-Museo del Campesino, Cactus Garden, the MIAC at the Castillo de San Jos%u00e9 and the Islote de Fermina in Arrecife.MANRIQUE BOOK LAUNCHEDYaiza Ayuntamiento has called for the immediate removal of a dozen tree stumps at the entrance to the village of Uga.Yaiza Mayor, %u00d3scar Noda demanded that the Cabildo take action on the %u201cpalm tree graveyard%u201d and properly %u201cmaintain the landscaped areas on the sides of roads to prevent their loss or degradation.%u201dYaiza%u2019s Councillor for Parks and Gardens, Rub%u00e9n Arca, pointed out that Yaiza has repeatedly stepped in to handle irrigation, pest control, and pruning in palm groves that fall under the Cabildo%u2019s remit. %u201cIt%u2019s time that the Cabildo assumed its responsibilities,%u201d said Arca.Noda named Cabildo President Oswaldo Betancort, as the main person responsible %u201cfor the apathy and neglect in the care of the island%u2019s landscape%u201d and suggested that he may be %u201cpunishing%u201d council areas that are not controlled by the parties in the Cabildo%u2019s ruling group.ASSISTANCE FOR AUT%u00d3NOMOSTOURIST PASSPORT FOR KIDS