This Monday suburban transport will operate like a Saturday

Within the framework of the working holiday for the commemoration of a new anniversary of the Battle of the Stones (May 18, 1811), This Monday, May 22, the suburban transport of the metropolitan area will operate with the frequencies of a Saturday.

The coordinator of the Metropolitan Area of Ministry of Transport and Public Works (MTOP), Joselo HernandezHe reported that “Special shifts will be added during peak hours to certain destinations and from areas that do not have services on weekends“.

Likewise, the MTOP official made the recommendation to “consult the respective companies beforehand” about everything related to operating hours.

The Executive Power participated in the celebration of the anniversary of the Battle of Las Piedras

Last Thursday, authorities of the Executive power headed by the president Luis Lacalle Pou were present in the city of Las Piedras (cannelloni) to participate in the 212th anniversary of the Battle of Las Piedras.

The minister of Work and Social Security (MTSS), Paul Mierestook over the speech on behalf of the Executive Power and said that “republic, freedom, citizenship, and democracy, are core values ​​that have accompanied us since the origins of our nationality,” in reference to the battle.

Regarding the present, he maintained that “ongoing reforms, both of education, as well as social security, and that of the State, are typical of a government that works with long beamsbuilding and thinking about the future of the country and its people,” he said.

Mieres highlighted the figure of the national hero, Jose Gervasio Artigasand indicated that “since then and until now, our national identity has been impregnated with the idea that, being a small country in terms of geography and population, we have always been, and continue to be, capable of the greatest things.”

“Our history is the history of concord and respect for the adversary, beyond all differences“, he emphasized, before saying that the current government administration is “promoting changes” for the youngest and the weakest.