Metropolitan Region
La Florida municipality starts gas voucher deliveries for vulnerable families
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The Municipality of La Florida began distributing gas vouchers on May 16 to thousands of vulnerable households in the commune. Mayor Daniel Reyes emphasized that the benefit aims to ease the impact of rising fuel prices and winter cold.
Chile's Meteorological Directorate issued the forecast for the last weekend of June, with falling temperatures in the Metropolitan Region and alerts in the south and along the coast.
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Aguas Andinas announced a scheduled water outage affecting sectors of eight communes in the Santiago metropolitan region from Friday, May 22 to Sunday, May 24.
Starting this Friday, December 19, parents in the Metropolitan Region can apply for out-of-term vacancies for the 2026 school year via the Anótate en la lista system. The process opens at 9:00 a.m. on the Ministry of Education's website, allowing applications to at least six schools with available spots.
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A forest fire that started on Monday in San Pedro de Melipilla has spread to over 1,870 hectares of vegetation, prompting a red alert and preventive evacuations. Five people have been displaced, and three homes destroyed. Authorities have deployed an extensive operation to combat the blaze.