The Municipality of Geroskipou has begun cleaning and removing bulky items from a Turkish Cypriot plot on Vera Paisi Street in Koloni, with the aim of converting it into a municipal park.

Chinese businessman Henry-Alexandros Jiang, continuing his philanthropic contribution amid pandemic conditions, today, 3/12, donated one thousand (1,000) face protection masks to the Municipality of Geroskipou.

The Mayor of Geroskipou, Michalis Pavlides, thanked Alexandros for his contribution, which supports the collective effort to tackle the coronavirus pandemic.

As part of their volunteer activity and in a spirit of solidarity and giving, the children of the Geroskipou Multipurpose Centre collected non-perishable food in order to support the vulnerable families of our Municipality.

The Municipality of Geroskipou was represented on 1^st December 2020 at an event held at the 11^th Primary School of Paphos on reducing plastic, as part of the school’s cooperation with the non-governmental organisation “Akti”.

As part of the event, the Mayor of Geroskipou Michalis Pavlides presented an award to a fourth-grade pupil, Lefkos Pasios, for his initiative in collecting a large quantity of bottle caps.

The Municipality of Geroskipou, as part of its social contribution and with the primary aim of providing tangible support to students, is offering a number of scholarships and grants for the 2020-2021 academic year.

The main criteria for selecting scholarship recipients are:

• Resident of Geroskipou
• Exemplary conduct
• Clean criminal record
• Secondary school leaving certificate grade of 18.5/20 or higher.
• Fulfilment of military obligations prior to submitting the application, or exemption or deferral.
• Confirmation of year of study at the Universities of Cyprus, at higher education institutions in Greece or another country.
• Maximum family income of €30,000 (father – mother).
• In the case of a large family (4 or more dependent children), the income limit is increased by €2,000 for each child. In the case of single-parent families and orphaned children, the maximum family income limit rises to €32,000.
• Attendance must be regular, full-time and not by distance learning.

Applications may be submitted until 30^th December 2020 at 2.00 p.m. For any information and application forms, you may contact the Registry (tel. 26 962 324) or the Cultural Service of the Municipality of Geroskipou (tel. 26 960 857). The application forms are available at the links below:

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We would like to inform our residents that, as of today 18/11/2020, there is no confirmed case of the covid-19 virus among the Municipality’s staff. We refute the reports that speak of cases among the Municipality’s staff.

The Ministry of Health, in cooperation with the company Mediwell and the Municipality of Geroskipou, will offer completely free rapid coronavirus tests for the residents of Geroskipou.

Tomorrow, Thursday 19/11 and Friday 20/11, a sampling team will be at the Sculpture Park, from 09.00 until 16:00.

Spare five (5) minutes of your time and come to take the test. Together we can and will manage to curb the transmission of the virus.

Completely free, with no terms or conditions. For you, your friends, your family and your colleagues!

In line with the emergency measures announced on 11/11 by the Government to curb the pandemic, the Municipality of Geroskipou informs the public that:

• The municipal services will operate with skeleton staff for urgent matters and to serve citizens in emergency situations.Residents are kindly requested to contact the relevant service by telephone or email to arrange an appointment.
• Visitors, upon entering the Town Hall, must compulsorily wear a protective mask.
• The Municipal Cash Office will be closed for bill payments from 16/11 until 30/11. During this period, payments can be made online through the Municipality’s website and through the website jccsmart.com. For emergencies, the public may call 26961424, 26961427, 26961516.

In addition, from 12 until 30/11, we inform the public and organised groups that:

• Gatherings in public spaces (parks, squares, beaches, pedestrian streets, etc.) are prohibited, except for exercise purposes, provided they do not exceed two people, excluding the minor children of parents who are exercising.
• The operation and use of the Municipality’s organised sports facilities is prohibited.
• The operation of playgrounds, theme parks and luna parks is suspended.
• The holding of conferences, exhibitions, assemblies and events is postponed.

The measures may be modified depending on developments and/or the instructions issued by the State.

We urge our fellow residents to show cooperation and to observe all the measures that have been announced.

Contact: info@geroskipou.org.cy, 26962324, 77778660.

Other Useful Telephone Numbers

Technical Services: 26961803

Health Service: 26960863

Cultural Service: 26960857

Traffic Service: 26960851

Municipal Library: 26960430

THE MUNICIPALITY OF GEROSKIPOU and the AKTI CENTRE FOR STUDIES AND RESEARCH (represented by Anna Tselepou), continuing their environmental activities, recently proceeded to empty and record the recyclable materials that had been placed inside the artwork fish located on Geroskipou Public Beach.

The following quantities of materials were recorded in detail and transported to the Koloni Green Point:

50 kilos of plastic

70 kilos of paper and

200 kilos of aluminium

We are continuing our effort to promote recycling as well as to reduce the waste that ends up in our coastal and marine environment.