ISSUE NO. 1439
31 JANUARY - 6 FEBRUARY 2013
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Rid us of prostitutes families urge mayor CITY families are fighting back against prostitutes operating near their homes. Members of the Mediterraneo-
Oliveros Residents Association in Almeria City are meeting with Mayor Luis Rogelio in an attempt to rid the Oliveros area of
numerous prostitutes. The prostitutes especially concentrate in Via Artes de Arcos, offering their services to passersby, according to Association President Maria Dolores Lopez. She also claims some neighbours have been offered sex services. The Almeria National Police unit specialising in prostitution acknowledge that several complaints have been made in recent months from residents in Mediterraneo and Oliveros areas who live doorto-door with prostitution and drug dens. FADING RAY: Around 1,000 sea creatures on the move. The association is also asking for more police security. During a meeting with until August, Fernandez Their claims coincide members of Roquetas said that up to €100,000 with the arrest of nine Association of Tourist would be necessary to people for alleged Promoters, Fernandez pay the imminent debts sexual exploitation of said the aquarium is also and adjust water tanks. women in Almeria. unable to pay staff their However, he remarked that what the centre next wages. Forced into In order for the most needed was a long prostitution - Page 6 aquarium to keep open term feasibility plan.
THE Roquetas de Mar Aquarium is going down the plughole. Managing Director Enrique Fernandez announced he is working against time to find a home for the aquarium’s sea creatures before the electricity is turned off and the exhibits die. Managers at the largest aquarium in Andalucia have seen debts mount and are already behind on the electricity payment. “If they cut the supply, the animals will die,” Fernandez said. Moving fish and other sea species from between aquariums is a normal practice. In fact, Roquetas de Mar houses species from other centres that have closed over the last few years.
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Aquarium hopes sinking
FRONT EXTRA
Gun threat man jailed
A MAN, 55, has been sentenced to 16 months and 16 days in prison for violating a restraining order and threatening to shoot his former partner in Nijar in April 2008.
More donors THE Association Against Kidney Disease (ALCER) had a stand at the Ciudad de Almeria half marathon, with 70 particiregistering their details for organ donor cards.
Spring-like TEMPERATURES in Almeria have been spring-like, with 20ºC reached at the start of the week and no strong winds.
Fuel protest UP TO 75% of drivers throughout Spain are using their vehicles less because of high fuel costs, a European survey has found.