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Scheme scrapped?

Cinderella!

Fairy tale win for Canadian cheese

PLAN 2000E CASH RUNS OUT

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Adeje fiestas

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lan 2000E, the government scheme devised to increase demand for low emission vehicles, has finished, at least for the time being.

A host of events to suit all ages until October 18th

The plan was designed to encourage the sales of 200,000 vehicles and to last until March 18th 2010. The aid, which was provided by central and local governments as well as the vehicle dealers themselves, applied to new vehicles or secondhand models up to five years old which met specific emission conditions.

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Katandra Treetops

New attraction open in Loro Parque

According to Miriam Mar tín Saenz, president of APEICA, the Canarian federation of new vehicle importers and dealers, on October 1st showrooms across Spain and the Canar y Islands received an announcement that the Canarian government’s budget for the plan had run out, and this was quickly followed on October 2nd by a similar announcement regarding central government’s budget of 100 million euros. She did comment however, that the plan had without doubt increased vehicle sales.

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Life in the fast f lane – tough times

This comes as a blow both to those who were contemplating changing their vehicles and to the motor trade which is going through a particularly difficult time due to the economic crisis.

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Congratulations if you were one of the lucky ones who managed to take advantage of the scheme. At the time of going to press, Miriam Martín Saenz commented, “what we don’t know is whether or not the government will choose to extend the scheme”.

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EDITION 601 :: 09/10/2009 - 23/10/2009 :: ISLAND CONNECTIONS

GASTRONOMY

News in Brief

World Cheese Awards

Solidarity

Help in the South The recent Fiesta Solidaria del Sur held in the Magma Congress centre was a huge success both in terms of fun and funds raised.

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he best cheese in the world was chosen at a splendid event in Gran Canaria’s Auditorio Alfredo Kraus recently.

The final winner was Canadian, but the Canarian cheeses won a clutch of medals, and two local cheeses made it to the last 13.

We were privileged to be among the judges for this event of worldwide interest superbly organised by the Guild of Fine Food under the aegis of the Director, Bob Farrand, and his family.

Over 2,400 cheeses from 34 different countries were up for judging, 10 more countries than ever before, and even before the wrappings came off, the pungent scent of an amazing variety of cheeses filled the judging hall.

The cheeses were divided between 38 ‘tables’ with up to three judges for each table, which meant that we all had around three hours to try between 50 and 60 different cheeses. Judges came from all over the world from specialised media, agricultural departments, cheese makers, cheesemongers, restaurant owners, veterinaries and Uncle Tom Cobley and all, each of us eager to start, and it has to be said that 50 cheeses later after three hours on our feet, eager to finish. After discussion between

Local winner Paco Fabelo of the Finca de Uga in Lanzarote, whose cheese was fifth overall

the members of the judging team, points up to 25 were awarded to each cheese. A perfect cheese was given a gold award and removed to the top table for a second round of tasting, silver and bronze awards remained on the tables for later registration. At the end of the first round, 139 cheeses had received a gold award. The expert cheese tasters took over in four groups to taste the randomly distributed gold award cheeses. Again each group discussed the cheeses and then each of the 13 judges chose their own particular favourite. As they came up for a final round of

tasting the cheese was placed in front of the expert who had chosen it who explained his or her reasons. Then they voted on each cheese.

Two Canarian cheeses were in the final 13, Tofio curado from Fuerteventura and a hard cured sheep’s milk cheese from relative newcomer Paco (Francisco) Fabelo of the Finca de Uga in Lanzarote, who declared himself delighted just to have got to that level - he eventually came fifth with this cheese winning four gold medals and the Félix García prize for the best Canarian cheese. The final winner was Le Cendrillon (Cinderella) from La Maison

Alexis de Portneuf in Québec.

The judges underlined the cheese’s creaminess and the outer covering of vegetable ash which surprised them all. There were a few curious anecdotes during the day. Firstly although it was supposed to be only the judges tasting, the balcony was lined with cheese lovers calling out to friends and family, “cut me a bit of that one”. They were also lucky enough to be able to try the many wines that were on offer for tasting, whilst the first stage judges had to make do with water, dry biscuits and slices of apple to cleanse the palate. Although the event was held in Gran Canaria the specialists chose to ac-

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company their final tasting with two Tenerife wines, a Viñatigo white and a Suertes de Marqués red.

Bob Farrand an acknowledged gourmet snacked on Canarian bananas (plátanos) during the event and told us that whilst it had been difficult to organise long distance, the end result was well worth while. When we told him that José Joaquín Betancourt, the Tenerife island councillor for agriculture, wanted to talk to them about holding the event in that island next year, he remarked, “you’ll have to get your customs department sorted out first”. An intriguing comment that he didn’t have time to elaborate on at the time, but let’s hope the red tape specialists haven’t ruined yet another opportunity for the Canaries.

And finally at the press conference to announce the start of the event, island and Canarian Government presidents, José Manuel Soria and Paulino Rivero both gave speeches on how important it was for the Canaries, the island, tourism, the gastronomic offer, agriculture etc.

Then once the cameras had been packed away, promptly turned around and left without even entering the tasting hall or looking at any of the many wine and cheese stands that had been set up.

A full list of all the Canarian medal winners will appear in our next issue.

Almost one thousand people from all walks of Tenerife life on October 3rd came together to enjoy a night of great food and wine and an incredible stage show, with performances from Elaine Alexander, The Premier Beatles, Josefina Alemán, Pepe Benaventa, the Frank Sinatra show and Ballet Bollywood. Miss España 2008, Patricia Rodríguez, from Granadilla, was on hand to assist in the raffle (with over 150 prizes), and the food and entertainment was accompanied with Tenerife wines. Ashotel ware the instigators of the event, with healthy sponsorship from local councils and businesses organisations as well as the Tenerife Sur Lions, the Hindu association and the Rotary club among others.

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ISLAND CONNECTIONS :: EDITION 601 :: 09/10/2009 - 23/10/2009

JONATHAN PITMAN RIP

Editorial Comment

Serving the people or serving themselves?

A gentle man

The latest examples of political horse-trading in local corporations once again highlights the persistent abuse of the system to allow whims and personal designs to dictate how councils and Cabildos are run.

The constant side-switching by councillors who leave their party but hold on to their seat and sell to the highest mayoral bidder has always been seen as a thorn in the side of democracy here but when the parties themselves break pacts and get into bed with the enemy, it leaves one wondering if there is any way to ensure honest local government, let alone breathing space for important long-term projects to be carried forward to improve towns and cities.

Within the space of a few days we saw the leader of the conservatives in Puerto de La Cruz bow to pressure within her party to step down and make way for a colleague, who had a pre-arranged deal with the Canarian Coalition party (CC) to switch allegiances and support a motion of censure against the PSOE mayor.

In Arucas (Gran Canaria), a similar manoeuvre saw the Popular Party’s mayor José Ponce ousted and replaced by the CC’s Juan Padrón. And now comes the news that the CC is seeking to remove the PSOE from power in five town halls as well as in the Cabildo in Lanzarote by doing deals with, among others, the PIL party, which everyone else has boycotted on account of its recent corruption scandals.

These moves come a year after the most blatant instance of horse-trading seen in the Canaries in recent times, when a young councillor in Valle Gran Rey secretly colluded with the opposition to resign from his party, depriving the mayor of his slender majority, and join the group of non-attached councillors (a group of just one) and then offer his vote for a motion of censure by the opposition to remove the mayor and take the mayoral chain himself.

Political wheeling and dealing like the Valle Gran Rey coup is fast making the Canaries the laughing stock of Spanish politics. But even this is capped by the ludicrous situation in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, where the small Ciudadanos party brought legal action a couple of years ago against the mayor Miguel Zerolo for selling off the municipal water company to a private firm without the mandatory approval of the corporation. The party is now cosily in bed-sharing power with Zerolo after his decision to dismantle his alliance with the Popular Party a few months ago. Embarrassingly, the ruling on the case, delivered a few weeks ago, has gone in its favour and effectively forces Zerolo to spend 100 million euros of Santa Cruz money to buy the company back. With friends like these, who needs enemies?

Jonathan in the office of Island Connections two years ago

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he passing of Jonathan Pitman has been felt by many, and the sorrow of his wife Martina and family members was heartbreaking to witness at his funeral mass in Los Cristianos on Friday October 2nd.

The mass, said in English by Father José Estevez

CD Tenerife shir t on the coffin also paid tribute to his love of football and his devotion to the club. In fact in speeches after the mass his contribution as a fan to helping the club on the road to promotion to the first division was noted. Readers of Island Connections will have known of that devotion too, as

To his wife Martina, his family, and the wider community of friends who were privileged to know him we send our condolences. He and you are in our thoughts.

Poppy appeal I

t’s coming up to that time of the year again and you will soon see the colourful two week charity appeal by the Royal British Legion.

The Tenerife branch which has won the Noel Rogers award for the most cash raised per member for the last two years out of the 108 overseas RBL branches hopes to increase on its total as it has every year so far.

The appeal organiser Kelly told us, “we only found out about the trophy a couple of years ago and we’ve won it ever since”.

Sadly the appeal is still aligned strongly in people’s minds with the Chelsea pen-

Los Cristianos

Expoutlet a smash hit The stalls were located inside two massive marquees which had been erected in front of the sports pavilion, where sheilded from the sun, visitors were able to take advantage of bargain prices on adult fash-

Herrera, with singing from Daniel O’Donnell, including a extremely moving rendition of his own song, Beyond The Rainbow’s End, was well attended by people from all walks of Tenerife life, a fitting reminder of how Jonathan was loved and respected throughout the island. A ‘blanquiazul’ wreath and a

Jonathan was our CD Tenerife correspondent for most of last season, under the pen name Spike Jones, and his writing style, combining a love and knowledge of the club and the game with a wry humour that made even non-football aficionados fans of his column, is already sorely missed.

With Martina by his side Jonathan was more than an honorary Irishman, and the presence of outgoing Irish Consul to Tenerife Jaime Willis paid tribute to his contribution to the ex-pat community over 20 years.

Jonathan made people feel special, he had a rare gift too – the ability to listen, and give you his genuine and undivided attention. He also was a man moved by injustice, and acted upon his beliefs, seeking to redress wrongs done when and how he could. He will be very much missed.

CHARITY

Expoutlet 2009

The Arona Expoutlet Fair 2009 which took place over the weekend of October 3rd and 4th was extremely well attended with approximately 80 businesses from all over the municipality taking part.

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ion and sportswear, everything imaginable for children and items for the home.

There was also a monitored children’s play area, café and live performances during the fair. At a time of economic crisis it is no surprise that this type of event, organised by the Arona council’s local promotion and employment department, is so well received by the public. The stallholders all benefit too, with an increase in turnover which in turn creates space for new season’s stock.

sioners in the long red coats, but the reality today is very different. It is not just about ex servicemen and women or Territorial Army people who have been mutilated either, it is for any ex service member or their dependents who are in real need of any shape or form. A recent report showed that one in eight people in the UK could qualify if it was necessary. It is an ongoing work with up to date applications for today’s problems and populations. The 16 members of the Tenerife branch and Les Rushton over in the north (all of whose collections go back to the UK) do a grand job but they’re always happy to accept new helping hands.

Have you got space for a poppy appeal box?

If you are over 18 and wish to join the RBL it costs just 30 euros a year and you don’t need to be ex ser vices to enlist. They are always on the lookout for new poppy appeal sites too and if you can

help please contact Kelly on 922 786 777.

We will be publishing more information on the appeal and where the various services will be held across Tenerife next issue.

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EDITION 601 :: 09/10/2009 - 23/10/2009 :: ISLAND CONNECTIONS Offer all European holiday makers inter-island travel discounts

ZAPATERO DAUGHTERS

Canarian conservatives deny slur TRAVEL DISCOUNT

Pain easing measures T

he main groups of hotels in the Canar y Islands including Ashotel (the hotels association for Tenerife, La Palma and El Hierro) are asking the government to invest more in easing the effects of the crisis in the sector.

What they are suggesting is that the residents’ travel discount on travel between the Islands and the mainland be extended to include all Europeans travelling from the mainland and between the Islands. According to the hoteliers, the cost of this measure, which they consider urgent for the sector, would be approximately 345 million euros.

To justify their request, the hoteliers explained that this proposed meas-

ure would have a notable impact on economic activity in terms of employment and the collection of direct and indirect taxes by central and local governments, as more people would be encouraged to visit the Islands and hence stay in their hotels. They also pointed out that this sum should be compared with the cost of paying benefits to the unemployed Canarian population for one year, which would amount to over 2,235,170,368 euros.

Additionally, the hoteliers have requested more spending on training as well as other subsidies, an increase in staffing levels in consulates for non-European community countries, specific promotional campaigns, and the speeding up of coastal

projects which already have approval. They suggested that companies in the tourism sector which did not reduce their staffing levels during the crisis should be given a two year interest free period in which to pay in their social security contributions, and also put forward the idea of early retirement for employees aged over 60 to make way for new workers.

Regarding medium and long term measures, the hoteliers have asked for a touristic infrastructures plan, and specific to Tenerife, they would like to see the projects for the new terminal at the Reina Sofía Airport and the regeneration of certain beaches in the south of the island brought forward.

FACEBOOK SLUR AGAINST THE TEENAGE DAUGHTERS OF SPAIN’S PRIME MINISTER.

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embers of the conservative Popular Party’s Canarian branch say they were not behind a Facebook slur against the teenage daughters of Spain’s prime minister.

The two girls appeared in an official picture with US president Barack Obama and the photo was posted on the website of the White House.

However, it was pulled off within hours after a plea from the Spanish government, which insisted the prime minister did not want his daughters’ images to be made public to protect their anonymity.

Despite the publication ban, which was obser ved by most newspapers, some media sites did post the photo, which showed the girls wearing gothic dress and military boots.

At the height of the controversy, not just over the ban but the wisdom of allowing the girls to dress as ‘gothics’ for a meeting with the Obamas, a Facebook entry allegedly by the PP’s youth wing here

Zapatero has made it clear that he does not want his daughters’ image to be made public

reproduced the picture with a caption “Now we know why Zapatero is so keen on making abortion easier. Some things could have been avoided!”, in reference to the appearance of the bulky teenagers. Hours

after the posting emerged on Internet, a spokesperson for the PP said the website had been hijacked by a hacker and the comments had not been made by young members of the party.

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Lanzarote

HIGHWAYS AND BYWAYS

Corruption

Walkers delight

Yaiza ex-mayor and son arrested The former mayor of Yaiza has been arrested along with his wife and son in the latest corruption probe to affect Lanzarote.

José Francisco Reyes was led away in handcuffs after police visited his home on September 30th. Sources say the raid was not connected to the ongoing ‘Union Case’, which has seen several local politicians formally charged with serious irregularities.

Officers spent four hours searching his home before taking him away for further questioning. Reyes was mayor of Yaiza, which includes Playa Blanca - the focus of the investigation into illegal hotels - until last February 2008, when he was ousted by a motion of censure.

By Barbara Belt

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n October 7th, a meeting took place in La Gomera that well may change the face of tourism on the island.

Walkers, and walking associations and clubs from all over Europe, met at a conference and study session on the island’s footpaths and hiking tracks. The main objective was to incorporate La Gomera’s existing GR131 walking route into the grand, E7 Euro-walking route.

It has been possible for a few years now to walk right across Europe - should you be so inclined - for example from north to south, on the series of linked, well-marked footpaths that are now route E7. These footpaths follow old, sometimes ancient, pilgrim, drove, or through routes that snake across the continent with a fine disregard for present day national borders The north-south route ends naturally at the coast in Portugal, where even the most intrepid walker will find further progress on foot limited by the large body of

land. One started at the island’s highest point, the Alto de Garajonay with its stunning views, and took walkers down through the forest to the village of El Cedro.

The other was from Roque Blanco to Vallehermoso.

Both were much enjoyed by the international group.

The island is an increasingly popular walker’s destination

water there. The recent initiative extends this E7 route into the Canary Islands. Our walker, having embarked or boarded a plane to cross said water, will henceforth be able to step off and begin the Canarian section of the E7, calling at all the islands in the western province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, La Palma and El Hierro, ending in La Gomera. The recent conference on European walking, footpaths in general and the E7 in particular, was held

in Valle Gran Rey’s cultural centre. Representatives from the Canaries, Spain, Portugal, Luxembourg, Malta, France and Scotland attended the event, which had been organised by national and European mountain walking associations, in conjunction with the Cabildo and the Valle Gran Rey town council.

Cabildo tourism councillor, María del Carmen Piñero, explained that, “...the European Federation of Mountain Walkers is a collective formed

by fifty associations from all over the European Union.

There are more than six million members, all walking enthusiasts, and we hope that this conference will serve to spread the word about La Gomera’s wonderful paths.

We want them to come here”, she added. (Presumably not at the same time. Supplies of almogrote would be sorely stretched.)

Two walks were organised for the conference visitors during their stay on the is-

Visitors were also given a demonstration of the island’s whistled language, the Silbo Gomero, followed by a selection of local delicacies and wines at the Bodega Insular.

La Gomera is an increasingly popular destination for walkers, both occasional and hard core. The extensive network of paths across the island’s cliffs and barrancos, now relatively well signposted, offers something for ever yone- from short forest strolls along sandy tracks to ancient stone paths skirting hair-raising precipices.

Experienced walkers report that La Gomera’s paths are excellent, providing the wide range of altitude, terrain, scenery and even climate, that they look for in walking holiday destinations.

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EDITION 601 :: 09/10/2009 - 23/10/2009 :: ISLAND CONNECTIONS

ARONA INVESTIGATION Fuerteventura

Rivero admits call error Rivero admitted making the call

which were disclosed in the media a few weeks ago as part

of revelations into corruption in Arona town hall. Despite his admission, the president said he had not asked the mayor to do anything illegal but had simply alerted him to the application. “In my 30 years in politics as mayor of El Sauzal, councillor in the Cabildo and now head of the regional government I have never used my position to obtain favours for myself or my family” insisted Rivero.

However, the PSOE party said his admission was a blow to the thousands of people who apply for jobs in local corporations every year. “You are effectively telling them that not only do they need to be good in selection tests but they need a little outside help also” said MP Manuel Marcos. Embarrassingly for Rivero, his niece was disqualified for copying during a written test.

OPENING HOURS

El Hierro airport anger T

he refusal by the Spanish gover nment to allow El Hierro’s airport to open longer is damaging the island’s growth, say local politicians.

The island’s Cabildo has expressed its anger at Madrid’s failure to resolve its application to allow the airport to extend its operating hours to enable flights to land later in the evening. “We were told first that the request had to come from an airline and that was quickly done. Now we

El Hierro airport

hear that the frequency of the flights is insufficient to justify extended hours. But the airline will only schedule more flights if the airport is open.

It is an absurd chicken and egg situation” complained one Cabildo member. The corporation has again made representation to the Spanish Airports Authority to treat El Hierro like other small airports on the mainland which operate for more than twelve hours a day, even though they have fewer flights than the Canary island.

SPENDING

‘Cut Quangos not budgets’ T

he decision by the Canarian gover nment to slash ministerial budgets by up to 140 million euros next year has been given a rocky reception in the regional Parliament.

Finance minister José

Manuel Soria’s explanation that the cuts were adjustments required due to falling revenue was slammed by opposition parties, including the PSOE who urged him to do away with non-essential bodies and committees before lopping money off essential

services. “No government cuts budgets for education and health in times of crisis, which is what Soria is doing.

Why not look and see how much is being wasted on the 51 bodies set up by various departments in the past few years and see what can

be saved on the wages of their highly-paid members?” urged Manuel Marcos Pérez, the PSOE spokesman.

Opponents have also queried the funding earmarked for a regional police force when the aim is to adjust non-priority spending.

Credit: Bethany Underwood

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anarian president Paulino Rivero has admitted to Parliament that his call to the mayor of Arona to seek a helping hand for a niece who had applied for a job in the police was ‘not a good idea’.

Rivero defended himself from fierce criticism by opposition MPs who asked for clarification of the controversial telephone call, details of

Head and shoulders above the rest

Guinness records

Giant heads await news Fuerteventura hopes its recent parade of giant papier maché heads has earned the island a place in the record books.

Over seventy heads and giant puppets of all shapes and sizes, depicting famous cartoon characters and Canarian politicians, took to the streets of the capital, Puerto del Rosario, for the event, which goes under the bizarre name of ‘Papagüevos’. Councils across the island joined the local Cabildo in organising workshops to produce as many heads as possible for the parade, which drew large crowds of locals and tourists. The organisers have worked for years to keep the Papagüevos tradition alive in Fuerteventura, where it is thought to have arrived from Portugal in the 18th century via La Palma. Although formal confirmation has yet to be received, it is thought the turn-out may have set a Guinness record.

Los Cristianos Seasonal repairs

Pool closed The municipal pool at Los Cristianos will be closed for the next month and a half as upgrade work is underway.

According to local sports councillor, Francisco Toledo Hernández, during the upgrade a heating mechanism will be installed, general repairs carried out and an open air thermal pool laid. The work should cost about 1.1 million euros.

According to Toledo Hernández the pool will be heated via the installation of a solar unit, which will also heat water in the showers. The thermal pool will be designed to help the elderly, those with reduced mobility and pregnant women, among others, as part of their physical therapy programmes.

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ISLAND CONNECTIONS :: EDITION 601 :: 09/10/2009 - 23/10/2009

TUI UK AND IRELAND

RIU Hotels on Gran Canaria win gold

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Celebrating 20 Years of Exceptional Customer Trust

The award winners

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t a recent award ceremony at the RIU Palace Meloneras in Gran Canaria, Joe Jordan, Quality Coordinator, and Katrina Passmore, Admin Team Manager, presenting a number of prestigious awards on behalf of TUI UK and Ireland to hotel managers from the luxury RIU hotel chain.

The awards are in recognition of customer satisfaction and are a result of the opinions expressed by guests staying in the RIU hotels throughout 2008.

Pilar Dominguez who is joint director of Club Hotel RIU Gran Canaria, along with Atanasio Benitez Gonzalez, explained that RIU hotels have two managers to support each other in their role and she believes that this is key to customer satisfaction.

Working together as a team the directors have more time to dedicate to customers staying in their hotel and this is clearly appreciated by their guests who have voted for Club Hotel RIU Gran Canaria for the fifth year in a row. Pilar Dominguez proudly accepted the Summer 4 Sun Accommodation, First Choice, award saying that she was “very proud to receive a

thank you and to know that customer expectations are being satisfied.”

Also receiving Gold Awards, for Thomsons Summer A La Carte, were the directors of RIU Palace Meloneras, Marina Lopez and Manuel Navarro, who hosted the celebrator y breakfast and award ceremony whilst the Thomson Winter A la Carte award was accepted by Roberto Jiminez, director of Hotel RIU Palace Maspalomas.

Javier Mantel and Oscar Casado, directors of Club Hotel RIU Vistamar, who managed to scoop an incredible three awards all voted for by guests staying in their hotel. Not only will the First Choice Summer 4 Sun Accommodation award hang on the hotel’s wall but also Thomsons Summer and Winter 4T Accommodation awards. Javier Martel gave credit to the hotel’s employees, and “the strength of the team at the hotel”. He explained that his hotel caters for a great many nationalities but finds the British and Irish guests especially friendly; “I am really pleased on behalf of the hotel to receive this recognition of customer happiness and satisfaction.”

TUI Quality Coordinator

Joe Jordan said, “RIU have a great product which the TUI UK customers like, hence all the awards they continually receive, as well as all the returning guests”. The fact that these gold awards are decided by TUI UK and Ireland customers also gives credence to Maurice Damen’s asser tion that RIU hotels on Gran Canaria are giving quality and a high standard of service to its guests. As the Sales Manager for the Canary Islands and Madeira he understands that the strength of the hotel chain is in its employees and with the hotel managers themselves offering quality, service and a friendly face to their guests; “this is the force behind our hotels”. He added, “TUI UK are looking for good quality and service in their hotels and this is the same objective as RIU hotels. The fact that these awards have been presented because of customer votes is proof of our success and of reaching our objective for customer satisfaction. I am very proud to be part of this team.”

The award ceremony was attended by the two managing directors of RIU hotels on Gran Canaria, Luis Garcia and Manuel Jaile.

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LIBEL ACTION

Court Case

Soria loses villa case C

anarian vice-president José Manuel Soria has lost his legal bid to have two journalists jailed for allegedly lying in print about his personal life.

Soria rebuked for bringing the case

Soria brought the action after a series of articles in the Canarias Ahora digital paper revealed that he had lived rent-free for two years in a luxury villa owned by a businessman friend. According to the paper, in return Soria – who was president of the Gran Canaria Cabildo at the time – ensured his friend’s company received

preferential treatment in tenders for wind farm projects awarded by the regional government.

Soria filed a massive slander and libel claim (seeking two years in jail and 500,000 euros damages) against the author of the articles and the head of the paper but the High Court has thrown the case out and ordered him to pay the legal costs incurred by the defendants.

The judge rebuked the vicepresident for his ‘recklessness’ in bringing an action he knew had little chance of success under freedom of the press laws.

Legal strike

More court chaos expected Judges in Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura and Lanzarote have voted overwhelmingly to join the strike called by one of the country’s biggest associations in the legal profession.

The AMP association has been pressing the government for over a year to introduce reforms to facilitate the work of judges and ease the current congestion in the court system. The oneday stoppage in February, the first ever by Spain’s judges, had little effect in terms of advances in the negotiations and a second strike was called for 8 October. 35 of the 40 judges belonging to the AMP on the three islands voted to support the latest action and stressed that more stoppages could be on the way unless progress is made soon on their demands. An estimated 70 court cases had to be rescheduled due to the walk-out in February.

Las Palmas

MARITIM PLAYA

Noise win for hotel

O

ne of Gran Canaria’s best-known hotels feels the tide may be turning in the battle to ensure guests get a good night’s sleep despite the proximity of discos and pubs.

The Maritim Playa in Playa del Inglés has battled for years to have action taken to limit the decibels blasted out by pubs and other spots in the Maspalomas Plaza and

Kasbah Centre and which have forced countless hotel guests to seek a change of room or move elsewhere.

Owners Roland and Bjorn Christ say they have suffered “incalculable losses” due to the all-night noise and have to offer discounts on upper-floor rooms to compensate for the nuisance.

In an interview with the La Provincia daily, Roland said it was heartbreaking to see

how a hotel business that he and his family had invested their lives in was going to pot due to the council’s failure to curb noise levels.

They filed their first formal request for action to be taken back in 1987 and after years of repeat attempts have finally made progress, thanks to a ruling which obliges San Bar tolomé Council to take steps to reduce the inconvenience. “At

last we have a legal ruling which we can use to seek damages if nothing is done to cut the noise, which has been measured at up to one hundred times the permitted level” said Roland. Recent postings by German visitors on the popular Trip Advisor site all warn of the uncomfortable stays experienced at the Maritim due to the “disco in the room”.

RAT CASE

OAP forgives poison carer A

n 80-year-old Gran Canaria man who was almost killed by a teenage carer who put rat poison in his food went to court recently to tell the judge that he had forgiven the girl and her family.

Luis Matos, from Arucas, took ill after the 18-year-old, also from the town,

added the poison to his coffee and sugar while looking after him temporarily in his home. He survived after doctors pumped his stomach shortly after his admission to hospital, having told a relative of his fears that the girl was trying to kill him. When called to give evidence recently, the OAP asked the

judge to bear in mind that the carer and her family were poor and could not afford a lawyer. However, he insisted that even though he had forgiven her he did not want to see her ever again.

The carer faces a charge of attempted murder.

Neighbour row leads to pitch battle R

City drenching Many parts of Las Palmas were affected by a massive downpour that lasted just five minutes at the end of September.

The unexpected drenching caught shoppers unawares in the Triana district on the afternoon of September 28th, where shops had to close their doors to stop the water running in. Six litres per square metre were measured at a local weather station, making the downpour one of the heaviest in recent times. Other parts of the island reported seeing a mini-tornado form just off the coast during the spell of freak weather.

Vecindario Fake money

Gang arrested Four men have been arrested in Gran Canaria in connection with the recent discovery of fake bank notes circulating on the island.

The arrests were made after Civil Guard officers spotted a man sitting in a car and counting a large wad of notes which he later handed over to the other men as they visited the vehicle, parked at a well-known shopping centre in Vecindario. All four were taken into custody after a surveillance operation, which netted several thousand euros in notes described by police as “of very good quality”.

Court Case

STREET SCENES

owing neighbours in Telde escaped without a conviction after a local judge controversially decided to give them a second chance to settle their feud, despite their arrest for serious assault and possession of dangerous weapons.

The row escalated over noise and turned into a full-scale street battle

Flash flood

between the two families, who used knives and an airgun.

Police managed to quell the disturbance and several teenage and adult members of the war ring families were hauled before a judge in Telde a few days later, amid a massive police presence to prevent a fresh eruption of violence.

To the amazement of all, the judge

accepted their promise to settle their differences peacefully and released them without further action. Critics say the assaults and violence should have been prosecuted because of the dangerous precedent. Pictures of the two mothers hurling insults at each other in the street outside the courthouse were broadcast on national TV.

Parking

Signing up After four years and a lot of ink, Antonia Rivero finally submitted her request for free parking in public hospitals to the regional department of health.

With over 25,000 signatures collected, Antonia is hoping to change the current situation, which was brought to her attention when a neighbour of hers in Firgas was in hospital in Gran Canaria, and family and friends were taken aback at the amount of money they were spending in parking fees every time they went to visit. Antonia began her islandwide campaign to allow those visiting family in hospital access to free parking. Signatures have been gathered from private individuals, in work places, at resident associations, and the signed petition was accompanied by a letter to Health Minister Mercedes Roldós asking her to meet with the Gran Canarian to discuss the situation.

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T

he Adeje based Association de San Juan were delighted to receive a cheque for €7,500 presented to them at the headquarters by Gerald Ruben representing the Masons in Tenerife.

Tenerife Silbo

Gomeran whistling gets UN nod

La Gomera’s long battle to have its unique whistling language recognised as part of world heritage has had a happy ending.

Delegates at the Unesco Cultural Heritage Conference in Abu Dhabi voted to include the silbo whistling, which has been used by Gomerans for centuries to communicate across hills and mountains, on the new list of humankind’s Intangible Heritage. The Designation Committee said the teaching of silbo in local schools had been a crucial factor in the decision to add it to the list. Also added was Argentina’s Tango.

Masons, also known as Freemasons belong to the oldest and largest fraternal organisation in the world, with over seven million members.

Members represent virtually ever y occupation and profession, and here in the Canary Islands there are 14 Lodges, both Spanish and English speaking, meeting on a regular basis.

The Masons, apart from focussing on members’ individual development and growth, are deeply involved in helping others, and much of the assistance goes to people who are not Masons, such as those involved in the Asociación de San Juan.

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QUEEN OF LOS CRISTIANOS

Sofia reigns

Sofia Marcus

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hen some of her schoolmates at the Los Cristianos Institute encouraged 16 year old Sofia Marcus to go in for the 2009 Queen of the Los Cristianos Fiestas de la Virgen del Carmen little did she think she’d be walking away with the winner’s sash just a few months later.

Seven local lovelies took part in the finals, held over a number of days during the local festivities. Their first public outing was to the Perez Valero school. On the day a packed playground saw everyone enjoying a feast of typical Canarian food and entertainment provided by various dance groups and a live band from La Gomera.

The girls came out one by one in identical black dresses as they were introduced by the

master of ceremonies. There was even time to sing Happy Birthday to one of the contestants. The following week was taken up by rehearsals and video filming on location around the most photogenic parts of Los Cristianos. When the finals day dawned all the girls were on call at the Cultural Centre from1 pm. The hair and make-up artists got to work and shortly before the 9 pm curtain-up everything was ready.

The specially erected stage in front of the Valdes Centre was a blaze of light when the music and lights heralded the seven bikini clad girls strutting their stuff before the packed open-air auditorium. There were singers, dance groups and a comedian to entertain the judges, dignitaries and the appreciative crowd. The would-be models changed into

casual wear and did a number drinking coffee and carrying shopping bags before the finale when they all came out in matching long white evening gowns, all looking a million dollars. Now it was time for the panel to come to a decision.

Each girl was awarded a title to keep the suspense to a pitch. Sofia was voted Miss Beauty and, as her proud dad Marcus told us, said that she thought that, having won that title, she could not be Queen.

So when her name was called and the mayor of Arona placed the sash over her shoulder and last year’s winner crowned her with the tiara, she could not contain her tears. Sofia Marcus was the new Queen of Los Cristianos.

Sofia’s proud parents and boyfriend were called on stage for photos with the Mayor and the night ended by her being surrounded by friends, family and well-wishers. Her first civic duty was to follow the Virgen del Carmen as it was carried out of the church around Los Cristianos,down to the port,then taken out to sea with a flotilla of decorated fishing boats escorting her, horns blaring and lights blazing.

The procession then returned from its 90 minute voyage to make its way back to the church. This, much to the gratitude of Sofia’s poor feet – over six hours in high heels!

Congratulations to Sofi and all who took part, and thanks to dad Marcus for the build-up.

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ASOCIACIÓN DE SAN JUAN

Masons’ generosity marked

Gerald Ruben with the president and students of the Asociación San Juan

The money was raised by contributions from a number of Lodges all of whom knew that it would be of enormous help to the charity.

Since 1994 the Asociación San Juan have been running their Pedealogical and Social Therapy centre, working with children and adults who are suffering handicaps.

Today they care for 31 persons with special needs via their education and assist-

ance day care centre and 56 students work on integration projects in the Farm school.

The San Juan Hogar is also home to six persons with specific needs.

The association works with those who, for a number of reasons, find themselves on the margin of society and need some kind of help and appropriate inter vention to integrate them into mainstream living. With this

money, gratefully received, they are planning a new building in their farm and to buy materials for the carpentry and music schools.

For more information on the Masons call (English) John Hughes 922 382229 or(Spanish) Marino de Armas 922 100972.

For more on the Asociación de San Juan call 922 781160 or visit their website, www.asociacionsanjuan.es.

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The fiestas end on a high with the extremely popular romería

High Flyers Taking to the air

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It’s party time!

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deje’s most important fiestas of the year continue until October 18th. Dedicated to Nuestra Señora de la Encarnación and Santa Úrsula, there are events planned to suit all ages, most of which take place at the precinct near the cultural centre.

On October 9 at 9pm there will be a gala during which the Abinque prize will be presented, and a performance by Sole Giménez. On

Saturday October 10th, from 10am to 6pm get fit and join in with outdoor gym, including pilates, body pump, aeroboxing, step dance and aerodance. On the same day there are adults and children’s rally slot championships, chess, antique cars at Plaza del Duque, a bands contest, and a procession of decorated farm wagons.

Children can enjoy a foam party at 10am on October 11th, and football tournaments take place on 13th and 14th at 6pm. On October 13th

at 7.30pm, enjoy an Autumn concert at the cultural centre.

A monument to the voluntary firemen of Adeje will be inaugurated on October 14th at 7.30pm, (Calle Manuel Bello Ramos, on the corner of Plaza del Cerco), and on October 15th there will be a senior citizens’ festival at the cultural centre. On October 16th from 4pm, see how Tenerife lace is made, while at 7pm the students and professors of the Santa Cruz Conservatorio de Música will perform (with the coopera-

ADEJE tion of the municipal music school) Abba Mía: the real history, at the cultural centre.

More music and dance that night in a variety show at 9.30pm which includes a performance by Almas Gemelas.

On the 17th there are events for horse lovers, an exhibition of carrier pigeons and a folklore festival at 9pm.

The highlight of the fiestas is the romería on Sunday 18th from 1pm. There are religious events on many days and live music and dancing on most nights.

Commuters entering Adeje town from the motorway one morning in the middle of September were curious to see a helicopter taking off from what looks like a construction site on the road up to the roundabout while residents said they had heard the blades whirring overhead from early morning.

It wasn’t, in fact, a human rescue mission, but flights by a Heli Aviation chopper, a Eurocopter AS350 B2 “Squirrel”, bringing material and machines up into the Barranco del Infierno for some local restoration work – the barranco remains closed during the work..The machine is the latest addition to the fleet, who were very busy during the summer working with the crew shooting scenes for the forthcoming movie Clash of the Titans here in Tenerife. In fact Heli Aviation tell us they have been putting their machines to a variety of interesting uses during the months since filming, including the transport of Loggerhead sea turtle eggs to Cofete beach in Fuerteventura. They are equipped with the latest overseas equipment, including a floating system and emergency floats, which ensure a safe water landing. The helicopters are also available for private flight hire – see their website, http://www.heliaviation.es/ for more information.

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British Consul to the Canaries Matthew Vickers

LA LAGUNA DEMOLITION

Listed building row

Know your rights

PENSIONS, HEALTHCARE AND BENEFITS

Some of the older buildings in La Laguna are in a state of disrepair

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alls for inspectors to be sent to check on listed buildings in La Laguna have been stepped up following the row over the demolition of an 18th centur y home in the city.

The house in the centre of La Laguna was pulled down apparently with council agreement after it fell into ruin after years of neglect.

The demolition triggered a furious row with accusations levelled at the corporation that it turned a blind eye to

the situation despite including the building in its own catalogue of listed houses which cannot be modified, let alone demolished.

“The mayor himself publicly stated when he was the councillor in charge of this area that tough measures would be taken to ensure owners of historic buildings did not let them rot so they could justify pulling them down to sell the plot for a block of flats. Yet on his watch this is exactly what has happened, despite all

the promises that the council would make the repairs and bill the owners if necessary” said a member of the opposition.

The row prompted officials to reiterate vows to protect heritage properties in La Laguna, which celebrates its 10th anniversary as a World Heritage City. In preparation for the anniversary the council recently put up new signposts and information panels in three languages outside over for ty listed buildings.

F

ollowing the successful pensions healthcare and benefits roadshow organised some two years ago, the British Consulate office in Santa Cruz has set up another two information meetings in the south of Tenerife.

Specialists from the pensions, healthcare and benefits team normally based in the Spanish peninsula consulate offices will be making a presentation to cover the most common enquiries and if you have a specific question to ask

about your own situation you can speak to someone, face to face in a private appointment after wards.

The specialists are always available to talk to you and can be contacted via the Consul’s office, however there are obviously some issues that are easier to deal with on a one to one basis. British Consul to the Canaries, Matthew Vickers, underlined, “it is important that people are aware of what they are entitled to under the Spanish system”, continuing, “it’s all about helping

people to help themselves”.

The roadshow coincides with a concer ted ef for t on behalf of the British Embassy in Spain to get British nationals to register with their local town hall.

Information leaflets are available at the roadshow, from the Consul’s office or there is information on www.residenteseuropeos. com/padron_en.php.

The meetings will be held on November 16th To make a prior appointment with a specialist call the Consul’s of fice 922 286 863.

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SALVADRO MORALES TRIAL

La Orotava

Canino suspect denies murder Isabel Canino’s body was found in a septic tank at her ex-boyfriend’s house

T

he former boyfriend of a woman bus driver whose body was found two months after she disappeared in Tenerife has denied killing her although he admits he buried her body in a septic tank.

Salvador Morales has refused to speak since his arrest and imprisonment at the end of May. He was taken to the Gender Violence Court in Santa Cruz for a formal appearance before the judge leading the murder investigation and spent three hours describing his movements during the weeks his ex-girlfriend, Isabel

Valencia continues with his plans despite criticism

Canino, was missing. Morales, who is also a bus driver, said he found Isabel dead on the floor of a house owned by him in La Laguna and

which he rented to students but denied any involvement in her death. “I took her and buried her in the septic tank but did not tie her up. Her

wrists and legs were bound when I discovered her body” he told the judge.

Court sources said afterwards that the judge was ‘unimpressed’ with the responses and that police have built a water-tight case against Morales, whose presence in court led a crowd of Isabel’s relatives and colleagues to protest outside the building.

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He also estimated that building the subsidiary to the UEM (European University of Madrid) would give local construction firms three year’s worth of work.

The mayor has often been criticised in recent years for his urban development plans and for favouring certain builders in dishing out the council’s building contracts. So it came as no surprise that the ANC, the Canary Islands alternative nationalist party, again told him off for thinking more about his university and private enterprise than about the much needed and delayed public north hospital project. The ANC believe the money Isaac Valencia hopes to conjure up for the university should be spent instead on providing the north with a hospital and other social service projects which are urgently required to keep up with the rising population.

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A masseur in Puerto de la Cruz was arrested in September after allegedly trying to sexually abuse a client in a hotel.

His arrest came shortly after a 26 year old lady reported her 34 year old male masseur to the police.

She told them he had gone too far during a session in the hotel’s massage salon, suggesting that when she was lying face up on the massage bed the masseur had used his hands to physically invade her privacy.

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Puerto de la Cruz Pool

Everyone’s pond The natural sea water pool, known as La Laja de la Sal (the salt rock), which is actually built into the lava rocks under the Martiánez cliff, can now be enjoyed by anyone.

This is one of the last decisions taken by Lola Padrón, the unseated mayor in Puerto de la Cruz. The pool has been for the exclusive use of clients at the Semiramis Hotel for the past thirty years under agreement with the council. They reached the pool through a tunnel under the main road directly from the hotel.

However, a year and a half ago, in keeping with the central government’s order to make the coastline of public domain and therefore for the use by all citizens, the mayor decided her council would not renew the contract with the hotel.

That license has now expired. Nevertheless the pond, which is indeed a joy to bathe in, with the sea foaming all about, is not accessible to everyone. It can only be reached through the hotel’s tunnel, by clambering down a rocky track from the road or by swimming, as intrepid youngsters used to many years ago, across the bay from the beach.

Puerto de la Cruz Homeless

Living at the bus station Manuel Hernández is a 57 year old man who has spent the last few weeks sleeping on a wooden bench at the bus station in Puerto de la Cruz.

He told local reporters that he had been forced to move out onto the street after having what he referred to as family problems. But what makes things much worse for him is that he has serious health problems and depends on a wheel chair to get around. He is in fact married and has four children, but nothing has been revealed as to what exactly those family problems are. He was crying out for help although it was not his doing to attract attention to himself. He said he chose to move into the bus station because it was open 24 hours a day and had toilets. He manages to live on the 300€ he receives in state help but was also being fed by some nuns who live nearby. Manuel lost all his documentation, including his health and ID cards and a list of medicines he has to take, after someone stole his wallet in the bus station. Since his situation became public knowledge, moves were being made to find ways to help Manuel.

Icod Alto Traffic accident

Motorbike tragedy Two dead young men and one seriously injured is the result of a high speed, head to head collision between two motorbikes close to the northern town of Icod el Alto late in September.

The accident took place at half past ten at night on the TF-342 road which winds up the ridge to the east of the Orotava valley from Los Realejos to La Guancha.

A man in his early 20s was driving the larger machine.

He was killed instantly as was an eighteen year old who was on the other, smaller motorbike with his seriously injured 17 year old passenger. Immediately after the crash, which took place as the two machines hurtled towards each other round one of the corners, one of the bikes caught fire. According to the first ambulance men on the scene, the two dead lads had suffered injuries which made their condition incompatible with life.

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GREEN BANK

Environmental economy T

he Tenerife Cabildo has allocated funding for the establishment of a ‘green bank’, a depository for individuals or companies who wish to explore the establishment of a ‘sustainable’ business on the Island.

Over €25,000 has been made available to examine the viability of up to 50 projects and the ‘bank’ will work with these project directors, offering them facilities needed to set up their companies if they are given the green light. The bank will encourage projects exploring the sustainable use of water, renewable energies, waste management, and in construction, agriculture, farming, forestry, education, and nature tourism. The Cabildo is also hoping to see successful projects taking on

Green companies to receive assistance

secondary investigations such as noise pollution reduction, the study of volcanoes, hydrology, geology, environmental development, biotechnology, oceanography and encouraging participation in environmental projects along with other ancillar y inclusions.

The chosen projects will be allocated IT backup to establish their personnel needs, installations, equipment, product requirements, etc. They will also be assisted in working out a start-up budget, identifying the minimum investment needed to establish their company as

well as a full viability study.

According to the Cabildo, the ‘green bank’ should, hopefully, help in the development of new environment projects, which will assist in “filling the holes left by the closure of other businesses as a result of the crisis”.

AGRICULTURE

Sour grapes T

he news from the agricultural sector in the northern region of La Victoria is not good.

According to the town council in what is one of Tenerife’s main vineyard areas, there will be a 40 per cent drop in production this year. All indications suggest the poor harvest is the result of a long, damp winter followed by a not particularly good summer. This helped a mildew disease to set in.

The effect of the economic crisis has made things worse for farmers. Many of the vineyards providing grapes

are small, family run affairs which help them back up other incomes. A poor crop, together with the loss of other incomes, may mean farmers can’t afford to keep vineyards, especially if they have not heeded governmental advice over the years to actually insure their produce. Farmers all across the north are repeating the same sad story and complain that the cost of the annual premiums to insure the crops are higher than any financial benefit they could expect to receive even in a good year.

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INVESTING EARLY

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Christmas call-up P

The council are working with a number of private businesses in the town to promote initiatives designed to reinvigorate the commercial sector. Local councillors for commerce and tourism, Juan Antonio Alonso and Miguel Díaz Llanos met with a number of local associations and shops and enterprises from different commercial zones in the borough to discuss dif ferent ways of encouraging people to shop locally, and inject some life

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roof if proof be needed that Christmas is indeed earlier ever y year has recently been supplied by the La Laguna council, who have already begun discussions regarding the street lights and decorations for the December festivities.

Getting earlier every year!

back into the commercial life of the area, which in turn would aid in the creation of new jobs. According to Alonso, this should in turn

lead to more jobs in related areas such as security and tourism. “We are working in a participative framework in which all those involved (in-

cluding many small business groups) can work to reach agreement on the strategies needed which will help us all to advance”, he said. In this spirit of co-operation one of the areas already discussed, according to the councillor, is the lighting and decoration for the borough main streets, for Christmas.

In a bid to encourage shoppers and investment in the area, the collective group have also agreed to organise a number of competitions and draws for customers who shop in La Laguna, with several different prizes on of fer, including a cr uise.

There was also agreement reached on the need for a series of enterprise days in the zones, which will invite representatives from all sectors to participate in looking ahead.

ASHOTEL

Holding steady A

ccording to José Fernando Cabrera, president of the association of hotels in the Santa Cruz de Tenerife province, the predictions are that occupancy rates this winter will reflect those of 2008.

“We are not looking at a huge drop”, he said, instead stating that the numbers should be similar to last year, adding that this could be considered a success given the current economic conditions.

He also said that people were

continuing to book at the last minute in greater numbers, with some upswing here in numbers. “We hope that this winter will be the recovery kick-start for the Canaries” he told local paper Diario de Avisos. The Ashotel president pointed out that Germany is registering positive figures even though sales in the UK and the Nordic countries had fallen by 20 per cent on last year, though the last minute numbers were still to be included. Cabrera added that in fact there would be an increase of three per cent in flights to and from the islands.

The president of Ashotel, José Fernando Cabrera

Rape allegation

Policeman commits suicide A Tenerife policeman accused of raping a young Colombian woman killed himself within hours of being quizzed over the allegations.

The middle-aged officer from Arafo was said to have been obsessed with the South American, whose family had advised her to stay clear of him after he allegedly stalked her for months before she left Tenerife to study German abroad. The rape accusation was filed a short time after she returned to the island.

The suicide led to a detailed search of the rural property owned by the policeman after the Colombian woman told investigators he had threatened to kill her “as he had killed another foreign woman” and bury her on the land.

Sniffer dogs were brought in but failed to recover evidence of any remains. However, it is believed an investigation has been launched to establish possible connections between the officer and cases of missing women in the past few years.

Las Américas Verónicas

Tourist rape investigated Police in Tenerife say the rape of a young British tourist in Playa de Las Américas was a particularly brutal act carried out by three youths.

The victim, believed to be a teenager, needed treatment in a local hospital after the serious Thursday-night assault, which took place near Las Verónicas. According to the victim, she had been drinking in a well-known night-spot and was accompanied off the premises by three unidentified youths, who took her to a dark spot nearby and raped her. Hospital reports confirmed that she had suffered a particularly violent attack, with multiple penetrations. The incident is the latest to tarnish the reputation of the Las Verónicas strip, which has been the scene of several knife attacks, street brawls and sexual assaults since August.

Puerto de la Cruz

CASH NOT WORDS

Hit and run

Nature and culture

Driver hunted

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he north of Tenerife should aim for a new look with regards to future tourism, based on nature, leisure and cultural activities.

This is at the heart of a proposal made recently by José Manuel Bermúdez, island councillor for tourism. The

next step is to design a route to take the north’s tourism industry in that direction. It is a sign that the authorities realise it is the only way to compete against the popular just sun and beach resorts.

By nature the councillor refers to the nor th’s rich catalogue of mountain tracks

and footpaths which already attract hundreds of European trekkers and mountain bikers every year.

Bermúdez also proposed health therapy holidays to add to the annual ecological film festival in Puerto and other cultural activities. To improve the of fer from a

cultural perspective he said more historical resources must be restored, recovered for public use and made more accessible. There is nothing new in the proposal, or in the lack of financial provision to make the vision come true.

The north needs cash not words.

Police in Tenerife are hunting a driver who killed a man and badly injured his wife on a pedestrian crossing in Puerto de La Cruz on September 29th The tragedy happened near the Melía hotel when the car, which was travelling at high speed, mowed the couple down as they crossed the road. Police say both were carried almost one hundred metres by the impact. The vehicle then sped away from the scene, triggering a major search throughout the rest of the day. Garages have been asked to be on the lookout for a car requiring major bodywork repairs to the front.

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All about a sculpture

Zerolo on the way T out?

Santa Cruz mayor Miguel Zerolo has more than just another unfavourable court ruling to worry about.

Just days after judges annulled his decision to sell off the city’s water company a few years ago in a ruling that could cripple the council coffers given that it means Santa Cruz will probably have to buy back all the shares sold, speculation has surfaced that parties in the council are secretly discussing ways of getting rid of him as mayor. Well-informed sources say that several parties, including Zerolo’s allies, feel his position is untenable after the water fiasco and the recent vote to demolish the multi-storey car park on which work began several years ago on the Las Teresitas beach but was halted after another ruling against the council.

Talks have been held with a number of potential consensus candidates to occupy the mayor’s office in the event of a motion of censure later in the autumn.

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here appeared to be a minor tiff between political allies at the town hall in Los Realejos early in September after the socialists issued a ver y public warning that their governing pact with the nationalists might be in danger.

The local press immediately thought yet another politically organised coalition, disguised as a means of maintaining stability but suspected of being a means to obtaining a piece of power, was on the verge of collapse as a result of personal animosity. Fresh in the memor y was the embarrassing situation at the town hall in Puerto de la Cruz which appeared to be resolved with the departure of Eva Navarro, the ex-leader of the conservatives.

But on this occasion members of the socialist group in Los Realejos blamed their senior nationalist allies for what they referred to as a continued lack of loyalty and sensibility.

The socialists, who became the third force in Los Realejos after being soundly beaten in the 2003 elections, took over from the conservative PP group as the preferred coalition partner to the nationalists after the 2007 elections.

What got them fuming this time was that the na-

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Amaro sacked the councillor when she refused to retract

tionalists, taking advantage of the summer recess, had a metallic piece of sculpture, known to be a tribute to the island’s historic windmills, and which had been placed on the post office roundabout, removed. Worse still, they didn’t consult the socialist councillor for urban development, María González, before doing so.

Feelings were evidently hurt, especially as she didn’t take a proper summer holiday so as to go to the council once a week to make sure

that crisis time orders were being complied with.

The socialists accused the nationalists of putting obstacles in her path but members of his party denied there were any coalition problems and their committee president suggested it was just a passing moment of anger.

When the local press began bringing up old tales about alleged contacts between the nationalists and the PP conservatives to rediscover their own pact so as to get the socialists out again, the

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nationalist Mayor, Osvaldo Amaro, said there was nothing the matter which could not be resolved at the next meeting between the coalition parties, however, the alliance disintegrated at the end of September.

The mayor dismissed Maria González who had refused to withdraw her criticism of the nationalists for having removed a sculpture without her consent. Following a heated pact meeting all the socialist councillors resigned. Once again the

reasons behind the rift, judging by the way politicians have been acting in recent years, could simply be put down to a combination of things including a clash of personalities, lingering resentment, hurt feelings, too much need for power or good old political conspiracies. Indeed, perhaps the conservatives are behind it all, conspiring to resume their old alliance with the nationalists, as in Puerto de la Cruz. One could pick and choose the reasons.

One thing is for certain, no thought is given to what is best for the community.

For the time being, until further developments begin to betray real intentions, the nationalists will govern in minority and the mayor has asked the other parties to respect and support policies which are for the general good of Los Realejos. As far as the long term future is concerned, it might be wise for the nationalists to invite the conservative PP group to join them in government. After all, the economic crisis might have further dampened socialist fortunes with regards the 2011 elections and in turn the conservatives might well do even better than the six seats they won in 2007, possibly actually coming close to beating the nationalists if these suffer much more the consequences of the continuing crisis.

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EDITION 601 :: 09/10/2009 - 23/10/2009 :: ISLAND CONNECTIONS Young and old can come face to face with some of the most exotic species in the world

Las Américas Development minister José Blanco and Cabildo president Ricardo Melchior signing a recent agreement regarding the future train

Choo choo news

Loro Parque

Out of this world A haven of natural tranquillity has just opened its doors in Loro Parque.

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t has been named Katandra Treetops, after the Australian aboriginal word Katandra meaning birdsong and the cleverly designed walkways which take you all the way up to the treetops. The giant aviary is what Loro Parque founder Wolfgang Kiessling describes as a tribute to nature. Twenty one tons of stainless steel hold up three thousand square metres of netting which hangs from up to 27 metres high over the treetops, with some of the foundation posts going 16 metres into the earth. It is a giant space, with the same volume as the Paris Opera House hall and where birds can really stretch their wings in flight.

That the birds have adapted wonder fully to their new home can be highlighted by sneaky Hugo, a palm cockatoo, who slid down a cable with all the skill of an SAS soldier in an attempt to steal the biscuits laid out for

press visitors.

The project has been three long years in the making but all those involved are delighted with the result - one of the most impressive freeflight aviaries in the world.

Respecting the original flora, the gardeners have added to them by planting species endemic to the original homes of the species now housed there, Australia, New Zealand and Indonesia. They have created a mysterious tropical rain forest to surround visitors and captivate their senses with the humidity of Australia, its moisture, light and shadow and the scent of the eucalyptus and caramel combining with lush tropical jungle in a unique environment.

We remarked to Loro Parque owner, Wolfgang Kiessling, that the peace and serenity was similar to that found in the Laurisilva forests, and he corrected us saying, “I have been to the Laurisilva forests many times,

but I have never seen a bird”.

Although there are birds to be found in the endemic local forests, they are shy of visitors and he is quite right, they are nothing to compare with the spectacular exotic residents of Katandra Treetops, neither in variety, colour and size or the unceasing joyous birdsong.

Over the years, the staff has had to find out at what height the various species eat and place dishes and viewing platforms accordingly, they have also had to see which species and individuals were capable of living together in harmony. Some of the species have been bought in and some hand bred. There is an amusing video on Youtube of one of the park’s biologists, Matthias Reinschmidt, being followed by two baby emus, Candy and Henry, who think he’s their foster dad (www. youtube.com/watch?v=__ HOG0Op6HE).

Stand gently swaying on the rope bridge as the birds

swoop by, watch the multicoloured lorikeets feed on nectar, hear the laugh of the kookaburras, the cooing of the fruit doves and crowned pigeons and through it all the gush of water entering a pool full of Koi carp with a paddling Mandarin duck. Young and old can come literally face to face with some of the most exotic species in the world and photo opportunities are many. The whole project has also been designed to be part of the Loro Parque Foundation’s environmental education programmes for children and it is hoped that many schoolchildren will have the opportunity to discover the wonders of this tropical forest ecosystem.

No two people will ever see the same thing in Katandra Treetops because it’s an everchanging scene, nor will any two visits for any individual ever be the same. This is not somewhere to flash through and tick off as ‘done that’ this is a place to savour the scents, sounds and scenery and the sense of being out of this world and far from the madding crowd.

Train snags resurface An internal report by the Canarian government appears to lend weight to the bid by an ecology group to block the new light train planned for Tenerife.

The controversial plans to link Santa Cruz and Playa de Las Américas via Tenerife South Airport have been challenged in the courts by green activists Ben Magec, who say that the Tenerife Cabildo has no legal powers over rail matters and thus cannot decide whether a train link can be built. The Cabildo has vigorously denied the claim but it seems that the same problem was already identified by the regional government’s legal services in a report drawn up almost a year ago.

According to the Canarias 7 newspaper, which obtained access to the document, the government noted that the island corporation was not empowered to take any decisions on rail matters until such powers were formally transferred to it, which was not the case.

More worryingly for the Cabildo, the report draws attention to the lack of the obligatory environmental impact assessment and proposed conservation measures prior to the approval of the plans.

Los Olivos CEIP

Teacherless class A class of four year olds in the Los Olivos primary school were still without a teacher practically one month into the start of the school year, and parents were demanding a swift resolution of the problem.

For the month of September the 25 children affected were being divided up among other classes in the school in Adeje, with the department of Education promising a swift resolution to the problem, but even as they assured parents a teacher was on the way, feelings ran high as the affected group said they had only received “promises but no results”.

Mobility week

On yer bike!

Several municipalities in Tenerife celebrated Mobility Week with car-free days, informative chats and bicycle rides.

Creating public awareness of the need to make more use of public transport or bicycles as an alternative to private cars was the main objective. Tenerife is way behind with the creation of cycle lanes, but at least in Santa Cruz and La Laguna there are projects which have been outstanding since July 2007 when the Cabildo commissioned a viability study on the creation of a bike lane network, at the same time promoting cycle hire and creating more parking spaces. The project was deemed viable on a budget of 60,000 euros, but presumably due to lack of funds, it remains paralysed. Today there are only two bike lanes in Santa Cruz, one in Avenida de Anaga and the other in Los Majuelos, the bike hire service stopped when the contract ended, and there are no concrete plans for the future.

SPECIAL DIY

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IY: Robert and Dinah McAlees continue their DIY column in Island Connections of fering advice and tips on ways to improve your home.

FITTING A GLASS BLOCK SCREEN TO BRIGHTEN A GLOOMY CORNER These blocks are on offer at several places at the moment.

They are relatively simple to install, and can be used to great effect.

This client was concerned that their new shower cubicle would be too dark, but they did not want to add more artificial lighting.

Laying glass blocks uses similar techniques to ordinary blocks. These instructions are for glass blocks to masonry work. Glass blocks cannot be cut, so you must make sure that the space will take a number of whole blocks.

Hands On HELPFUL HINTS FOR AROUND THE HOUSE

1. Make sure the base is level.

2. Position 10ml plastic spacer pegs.

DIY Tips

3 Lay sufficient mortar and lay blocks in place. Tap with a mallet so that the mortar compresses and they are level.

4. Inser t reinforcement rods into the mortar as work progresses by drilling an over sized hole, fill with mastic and insert rod. If overlapping rods, overlap by 150mm and tie with stainless steel wire.

5. Fill joints with mortar and

building progresses, up to six to seven rows in a day. Only three rows can be laid in a day if spacers are not used.

and perpendicular.

7. Inser t spacer pegs as

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9. The best way to clean the blocks is with a wet sponge as the work proceeds. Do not use an abrasive cleaner.

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6. Ensure the first row is level

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s we checked into the hotel Drisco in Pacific Heights the cheerful receptionist uttered the magic phrase; “we’ve upgraded you to a suite”. Seeing the smile on Gill’s face brought the words cat and cream to mind.

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After a good nights sleep we headed downhill and turning right on Haight Street, walked through the area made famous by the 60’s hippies. Forty years later it is still a haven for alternative shops and cafés. Reaching the Golden Gate Park we crossed an area of trees dotted with the temporar y structures occupied by the homeless, and emerged onto John F Kennedy Drive which on Sundays is closed to traffic.

The wide road was bustling with pedestrians, cyclists, skateboarders, and joggers all enjoying the peace.

First stop along here is the Conservatory of Flowers a pristine white Victorian greenhouse which is the

oldest building in the park and home to a collection of exotic flowers. We then headed to the de Young museum, probably the most modern building in the park, designed by Swiss architects Herzog and de Meuron. With it’s use of shape and space it bears a striking similarity to the Tenerife Espacio de Artes in Santa Cruz which they also designed. After admiring the panoramic views, and spotting the Golden Gate bridge from the glass walled room at the top of the museum we went in to the Japanese tea gardens where we relaxed with a traditional Jasmine tea and fortune cookie.

Being a beautiful sunny day we decided to walk to the Golden Gate bridge. However we had not yet realised just how hilly this city is. Having gone up and down and up and down and up again we were rewarded with the view of the bridge and bay under a glorious blue sky. A rare sight, as it seems to spend a lot of time swallowed up by swirling mist. After admiring the amazing landmark we

descended again along the shore of the bay through an area dedicated to recreation, and home to a selection of wildlife, mainly birds. We saw tiny humming birds hovering, wings all blurred and their long beaks sipping at nectar from flowers and a giant

Highlights:

San Francisco Population: 808,976, the second most densely populated major city in the US Named after: St Francis of Assisi, founded in 1776 and incorporated in 1850 after the end of the MexicanAmerican war Famous for: Earthquakes, the Gold Rush, Levi Strauss, the Golden Gate bridge, cable cars, Alcatraz, the oldest Chinatown in North America, Harvey Milk, the 1967 Summer of Love Ethnicity: 37.4% of the city’s residents were born in California, 26.9% were born in the US and 35.7% are foreigners. People of Chinese descent constitute the largest single ethnic group.

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Around the world in 71 days San Francisco - Part 9 Blue Heron kindly posed for my camera. Bright and early next morning we headed to pier 33 and boarded the first ferry of the day out to Alcatraz Island. After a cold and windy crossing we alighted and were greeted by a National Parks attendant standing on a soapbox with a loudhailer in hand.

Welcoming us to the island he gave us some directions and picking up headsets we set off on a self guided tour.

The recordings take us on a route through the guardhouse and around the officers club, past the barracks and into the cell house. Voices of guards and inmates tell stories of life in the penitentiary and instruct us where to stop and look for details that add personality to the hard cold concrete and steel bars that housed villains such as Al Capone, George “Machine Gun” Kelly and Robert Stroud the much acclaimed “Birdman of Alcatraz”. Apart from the famous jail Alcatraz was the site of the first lighthouse on the Pacific coast in 1854 and during the civil war was fortified as part of San Fran-

cisco’s defences. In 1963 it was closed as a prison and was unused until 1969 when native American Indians occupied the island for 19 months which was instrumental in raising national awareness of their plight. In 1971 it passed into the control of the National Parks Authority.

Back in the city we decided to play on the cablecars. For a one off payment of $11 you can travel all day. Perched on a runner board and hanging on to a rail I became a standee, and off we set from the coast up a steep climb, bell ringing at every intersection, swinging round corners, and stopping to gather and disgorge passengers every few hundred yards.

We travelled every inch of the famous transport system and it was better than any fairground ride I’ve ever been on. A unique form of propulsion consisting of miles of steel cables running under the streets is used by the grip man who grabs onto the cable with a clamp controlled by a long lever in each car and by skilfully slipping and grabbing

the cable he drives the car up and down the hills of the city, and at the end of the line it is manually turned around on a giant turntable to complete the return journey.

On our last day we wandered past the Gothic mansions of Pacific Heights, on to the ultra posh hotels of Nob Hill and then to Chinatown, the biggest and oldest Chinese settlement in the USA. Here the streets take on a new character.

People rush about buying fresh vegetables and strange looking roots from sidewalk tables outside the hundreds of small supermarkets. Shops display all manner of carved wooden dragons and Oriental goods. Signs are totally illegible to us English speakers. It’s as if we’ve been transported to another continent.

Moving on we climb Telegraph Hill and descend the Filbert Steps where we emerge on Levi Strauss Plaza, home of the famous jeans manufacturers. A quick look at their display of historical denim wear and its time to head back to our hotel for an

Pictures 01. San Francisco skyline from Alamo Square.

02. Turning a cablecar at the end of the line 03.Panoramic view from the top of the de Young 04. Welcome sign at the dock on Alcatraz island 05. The Golden Gate Bridge 06. The powerhouse on Alcatraz island 07. Nob Hill Theatre sign 08. The Conservatory of Flowers in the Golden Gate Park 09. The Japanese Gardens in the Golden Gate Park 10. A jumble of signs in Chinatown 11. Lampost in Chinatown early evening wine and cheese sampling and an Indian meal before we leave to visit the Yosemite National Park.

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Business in Brief

Tax changes “reflect end to crisis” T

ax increases announced by the Spanish government will come into force next year coinciding with the anticipated end to the economic crisis, according to Madrid.

The much-criticised measures include the scrapping of the automatic 400 euros rebate for virtually everyone who pays tax, along with a

two-point increase in VAT (up to 18 per cent), although the latter will not affect the Canary Islands where the equivalent sales tax remains the five per cent rate IGIC. Savers and people with investment income will also be hit as a result of the increase in withholding tax on capital gains, which increases to 19 per cent (from 18 per cent) for the first 6,000 euros of

gains and then 21 per cent for the remainder.

Spain’s finance minister Elena Salgado said the new measures, which were adopted in a rare Saturday cabinet meeting a few weeks ago, would raise the revenue needed to continue to fund social policies.

Most of the effects are timed to start in the summer of 2010, which is when the

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The service, which at the moment is free of charge apart from the cost of sending an SMS message, has been designed to enable quick settlement of small debts between friends and colleagues, according to PayPal marketing director Marcelo Campos.

With one SMS, a quantity of money can be sent from

one PayPal account to that of another user who will be able to credit the amount to his or her current account, spend it through PayPal or send it to another user. The service also allows users to check the balance of their PayPal accounts or view a listing of recent transactions.

PayPal, which already has around three million users in Spain, already offers a

similar service in the United Kingdom, Australia and the United States and intends to launch it in France and Italy soon. Campos liked it to going back to the roots of the company which began as an application fundamentally for mobile phones. PayPal has more than 193 million account holders in 190 markets and allows Internet payments in 19 currencies.

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Car sales reactivated

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government calculates the country will have emerged clearly from the current crisis. Prime minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero stressed that the tax cuts and incentives introduced almost two years ago were designed to ease the pressure on families during the crisis but were no longer necessary.

Tourism Accommodation figures down

Canaries still favourite Numbers of people staying in Canarian tourist apartments fell in August by 20 per cent when compared with the same month last year, according to data recently supplied by the National Statistics Institute (INE).

However, these figures also reflect that the Canaries continued to be the favourite Spanish tourist destination with a total of 2,692,380 guests. The occupation level per apartment was 63.2 per cent, increasing to 66 per cent at weekends. By province, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria led the way while Santa Cruz de Tenerife was in third position with Alicante second. By tourist destination, top of the league was San Bartolomé de Tirajana, followed by Tías in Lanzarote and Arona, Tenerife.

Government aid in the form of Plan 2000E has worked wonders so far in reactivating private vehicle sales, which have been at rock bottom for some 15 months. New registrations grew in September by 15 per cent with 77,370 vehicles sold.

However, this growth is seen as an illusion with agencies reporting that consumers are flocking to new vehicle dealers because they fear that the government aid package will run out early. Vehicle companies are pressurising the Ministry for Industry to increase the initial sum, of 100 million euros, but the Ministry is keeping tight lipped on the subject. Private vehicle sales, which are those benefitting from the subsidies, increased by 48 per cent last month while those to rent-a-car companies and car fleets continue to plummet.

Plan 2000E

Dealers out of pocket The Spanish federation of vehicle dealers (Faconauto) have complained that dealerships in the Canaries, Aragón, Asturias and Extremadura still have not received a single payment from their local governments to replace cash they have supplied for the purchase of new vehicles under the government aid plan 2000E. Faconauto stated in a recent communication that new vehicle agencies in the four provinces are in a “very delicate” situation having made the payments since the plan began on May 18th. Dealers in the Canary Islands have paid out 1.3 million euros relating to 2,765 sales and are severely out of pocket.

Of the 2,000 euros available for the purchase of a new vehicle which qualifies under Plan 2000E, state government pays 1,000 euros, while local governments and the dealers pay 500 euros each.

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Mobiles and roaming Brussels may impose limits on the prices mobile operators apply to ‘roaming’ calls, according to Miguel Poiares Maduro, general lawyer with the EU Justice Tribunal.

He confirmed this in answer to a UK and Wales High Court case in which Telefónica O2, Vodafone, TMobile and Orange have challenged the establishment of maximum prices for these calls. The lawyer’s statement is only a guideline for the tribunal judges who may well follow them in 80 per cent of cases.

The EU approved a lowering of prices by up to 70 per cent for mobile calls between European countries in June 2007. The ruling obliged companies to charge no more than 49 cents per minute in 2007, 46 cents in 2008 and 43 cents in 2009, excluding purchase tax. The European commissioner for the Information Society, Viviane Reding was said to be pleased with the lawyer’s conclusions but awaits “with respect” the decision of the tribunal.

Credit for airlines

Government steps in The minister for development José Blanco, has announced that a line of credit is to be opened via ICO (the institute for official credit) of 600 million euros to help airlines.

The government wishes to help them to survive the current economic crisis in the face of a significant fall in demand.

At a recent press conference, Blanco stated that he was confident that this line of special credit for air transport would help the sector to fulfil its obligations and avert bankruptcies or the need to make severe adjustments to overcome extreme difficulties.

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BENEFIT THREAT

Job refusers under microscope T he employment authorities are considering cutting unemployment benefit to jobseekers who turn down offers of work.

The warning comes after revelations that up to half of people offered jobs in recent months via the Canarian Employment Service rejected the offers. The

damaging disclosure has led to calls for a toughening of the conditions of eligibility for benefits in order to reduce what one source has termed the ‘growing hand-out culture’.

The Service’s chief, Alberto Génova, says “something is wrong when over half of jobless people reject the chance to work” and promised to address the

problem quickly. According to Génova, some of the offers involved salaries of 1,200 euros per month, although most were in the region of 400-700, depending on the number of hours.

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Business in Brief Tourism

German recovery to help?

The Canarian government’s minister for economy and taxation, José Manuel Soria, was not surprised by the latest data on unemployment in the Islands, which increased during September by 1.18 per cent.

However, he is hopeful that the economic recovery in Germany will have a favourable effect on the Canaries via tourism. He stated that, “we must await the recovery in the central economies, especially in Germany, which has been predicted during 2010 by the International Monetary Fund, and hope that this gives a push to Canarian tourism and to those sectors which depend heavily on tourism, enabling a recovery in the Canarian economy”.

BA / IBERIA FUSION

Plans flying ahead A

irlines Iberia and British Air ways are in the final stages of negotiations for their fusion.

Both parties have agreed that the transaction, preparations for which have been ongoing for more than a year, must be completed by the end of December. The key point continues to be the deficit in BA pensions for which the two companies must agree a definitive valuation.

Conversations have been somewhat brighter since Antonio Vázquez joined the chairmanship of Iberia in July, and also due to improvements in financial market conditions.

Vázquez travelled to London in August to speed up the whole process and British Air ways directors visited

Madrid only a few weeks ago. The fusion could well be completed before the end of this year, according to British Airways chief executive Willie Walsh.

The deficit in the British Airways pensions fund exceeds 3,300 million euros, and fund management sources have signalled that they hope to reach an agreement with British Airways to cover this deficit before December.

Walsh realises that this is a significant matter but is hoping that it will not slow down the fusion.

There are various options open to British Airways which could externalise the fund, or build guarantees into the fusion pact in favour of Iberia.

British Airways are confident in pushing ahead with the fusion due to their recent recov-

ery on the stockmarkets. At today’s prices, shareholders in BA would receive 60 per cent of the fused group as opposed to 40 per cent for Iberia shareholders. Walsh

British Airways are confident in pushing ahead believes that shareholders should receive a minimum of 53 per cent of the combined entity which will retain its

two names, BA and Iberia, but which will have two headquarters – one for operations in Madrid and a legal HQ in London.

It is expected that Vásquez will be appointed as president of the new group and that Willie Walsh will be the chief executive of the new British Air ways Iberia. Over the next few months, before the agreement is signed, both airlines will be continuing with adjustment plans which include reductions in staff and seats available.

Meanwhile, BA still has its eyes open for new opportunities and Walsh has admitted that the company is studying the possibility of buying BMI, a subsidiary of Lufthansa, which holds 11 per cent of the landing slots at Heathrow Airport.

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With this promotion, the Hotel Jardín Tecina hopes to attract the people of the island to this beautiful four-star complex which contains a range of leisure activities and services as well as Tecina Golf. It is the ideal location to spend some healthy and rejuvenating leisure time in a natural environment.

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Financial TAX RISE

Tax & financial planning in a changing world

By Bill Blevins, Chief Executive, Blevins Franks

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s the world emerges from the economic crisis many people will review the way they invest their wealth and protect the legacy they plan to leave to their heirs.

We are entering a different financial world with new priorities and a heightened watch on banks and offshore financial centres.

Now could be a good time to review your financial arrangements and put into place strategies that will be beneficial in the future.

The economic downturn has pushed governments into deficit – tax receipts have plummeted, unemployment has risen, stimulus packages and bank bailouts have been costly. There has been an unprecedented crackdown on of fshore banking as governments desperately look for ways to boost their treasuries.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has put the cost of the global financial crisis at £7.1 trillion.

According to the European Union, governments have committed three trillion euros to rescuing banks.

Spain has been one of the worst hit in Europe from a slumped tax take and increased spending.

Unemployment in Spain has reached over four million, almost 18 per cent of the workforce, and is the highest in Europe. The gover nment deficit for this year is projected to be 10 per cent or more.

The prime minister, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, said that his 2010 budget is unlikely to contain an increase in income tax but that the government will “ask the majority that can afford it” for an additional effort.

The UK has already announced a tax hike for 2010 of 10 per cent for those earning over £150,000 bringing the rate for high earners to 50 per cent. Other European countries may well follow suit.

A study by KPMG shows that while worldwide the top average personal income tax rate has fallen over the past seven years, there are signs the trend is reversing and some European countries are proposing rate increases for its top earners.

Many people who use offshore tax havens to hide money from the taxman are finding that this is no longer feasible. The international crackdown on tax evasion offshore and onshore has been relentless and there has been a huge number of tax information exchange agreements signed between countries this year.

Bank interest rates have

plummeted and been low for some time. Savers hoping that they will rise soon are likely to be disappointed as central banks have suggested that rates could stay on hold for the foreseeable future to aid the recovery.

As the recovery progresses many economists believe that higher inflation will return. This will be boosted by the rising world population and growth in the developing world as the demand for commodities like energy, housing and food increases. There are a number of strategies to protect your savings from inflation including investing in real assets like transport, property, agriculture, minerals and oil.

In the new world of wealth preservation shielding your assets from the major threats of higher inflation and taxation are paramount while at the same time achieving capital appreciation and income if required. An international financial and tax specialist like Blevins Franks with deep experience and knowledge of these issues can advise you on the way forward.

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House Calls with HouseCalls Dr. De La Flor healthytenerife@gmail.com

Dear Doctor,

foods. It makes their life miserable. And it turns out they are not truly allergic to all these foods after all.

In your case, I would first focus on eliminating each ‘suspect’ food item one by one and see if you can gain some certainty on your own before resorting to the tests.

I suffer from PMS ever y month. Can I do anything to prevent it?

VALERIE

Dear Valerie, No, because the exact cause of Premenstrual Syndrome is unknown, but it seems to be related to the fluctuating levels of hormones, including estrogen and progesterone, that occur in preparation for menstruation. There are many symptoms of PMS, and the severity varies from woman to woman.

Common symptoms of PMS include: bloating, breast tenderness, weight gain, trouble concentrating, headaches/backaches, fatigue, tearfulness, irritability, anxiety, mood swings and/or depression, …

There is no single test to diagnose PMS. However, there are some helpful strategies your GP may use to rule out other conditions, these include: • Thyroid test. Because thyroid disease is common in women of childbearing age, and some of the symptoms of PMS are similar.

• PMS symptoms diary.

By doing this, you can see if your symptoms correspond to certain times in your monthly cycle.

PMT can cause mood swings and depression

• PMS itself cannot be prevented, but a healthy lifestyle - including exercise, adequate rest, and a proper diet - also can help a woman better manage PMS. PMS treatment is based on relieving symptoms.

• Nutrition. Making changes in your diet - including reducing the amount of caffeine, salt, and sugar you eat - may help relieve symptoms of PMS. • Exercise. My favourite one! Even though I do not suffer from PMS, I can assure you that an hour of exercise daily is the best overall treatment for just about any condition.

I know. I do it everyday since it helps me to stay away from doctors!

• Medications. Over-the-

counter non-steroidal, antiinflammatory drugs - such as aspirin, ibuprofen, and naproxen - may help relieve symptoms.

Medications may be prescribed in cases of severe depression or anxiety symptoms. Oral contraceptives have been prescribed but there is little data to support their effectiveness. The diuretic spironolactone can reduce the fluid retention.

• Natural progesterone, primrose oil, black cohosh, wild yam root, chaste tree fruit, dong quai, and vitamin B6… So far, these have been found to be ineffective or of limited benefit and are not recommended. Make sure your GP personalises your treatment, maximising benefits and diminishing unnecessary side effects.

I’m pretty sure that my six year old son is allergic to several different foods, but I don’t want to put him through the allergy tests just to tell me what I’m already fairly certain about. Is it worth it?

JANET

Dear Janet, Food allergies are common -- and commonly misunderstood by doctors as well as patients. I see patients all the time who go to the consultant, skintest positive for lots of different foods, and are advised to avoid all of these

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Symptoms tend to occur just after eating. They may include reddening of the skin, hives, itchy skin, swollen lips or eyelids, tightness of the throat, wheezing, difficulty breathing, coughing, vomiting, or diarrhea.

If you or your child has symptoms soon after

Many children with food allergies become tolerant to those foods over time.

When you become less sensitive to a food to which you have been allergic, doctors call it “tolerance”.

It’s hoped that scientists will one day learn how tolerance develops - and how to induce tolerance.

Dr. De La Flor, G.P. is licensed in medicine and general surgery. He holds certificates in nutrition, medical exercise and human performance from the University of Berkeley in California, the American Council on Exercise and the U.S. National Strength & Conditioning Association. He is a strong believer in work/life balance and spends much of his time outside of his surgery on the tennis court or chasing his four kids around the neighbourhood.

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Food allergies occur when a sensitive person eats, inhales, or comes into contact with even tiny amounts of certain foods or food additives. These allergic reactions can be very mild or may be lifethreatening. In children, the most common food allergies are: Cow’s milk, hen’s eggs, peanuts, tree nuts, soybeans, wheat. In adults, the most common ones are: peanuts, tree nuts, fish, crustaceans, molluscs (like me!), certain fruits and vegetables.

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Some parents never suspect food allergies until their child ends up at the emergency room - where they might be told it is a food allergy, or they might not. Or if the child first has mild symptoms, like eczema, they may not realise it is a food allergy.

And then the entire family suffers until a diagnosis is made and the food is eliminated from the diet.

eating, it’s time to get tested. Just getting a skin test or a blood test isn’t enough. My pet peeve is now we have these blood tests and skin tests but without a patient’s or a parent’s help, they may provide misinformation. So when a reaction occurs, try to figure out what you or your child ate over the last several hours. And then tell your doctor your findings.

Doing testing blindly can result in more problems than it solves. Your feedback to the GP can’t be overemphasised. The main building block of treatment is prevention: avoidance and to wear a medical alert bracelet or necklace if your initial episode was lifethreatening.

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HealthNews Pfizer and the regional department of health agreed the new health programme

Liberalisation

Abortion and the morning after T

he Spanish government have now approved a new law which will allow a pregnant 16 year old to opt for a voluntary abortion without her parents’ consent.

Introducing the changes to the existing law the deputy Prime Minister Maria Teresa Fernández de la Vega said that “rights, guarantees, security and respect were the key parts of the new law”.

In the same week chemists throughout Spain were given the right to sell the morning after pill without a prescription.

De laVega said the new abortion law was “sensible, and would balance the rights and provide the necessities, without judgement, that were missing in the previous legislation” as well as meeting the new demands of today’s society. It offered women se-

curity in the exercise of their rights as well as giving professionals in the health sector the guarantees they needed to operate within this area.

She added that the changes

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or pools by trained lifeguards and resuscitated.

According to the SUC regional director, Carmelo Duarte, “during a heart attack every second is vital, and those who find themselves with an individual who appears to have stopped breathing, doesn’t respond to stimulus or has related symptoms, should ring 112 immediately”, adding that while waiting for the emergency services to arrive they should attempt some form of artificial respiration on the victim, “including mouth-to mouth and heart massage in

the centre of the chest”. This could give the victim the time needed until trained personnel arrive on the scene. He also advised members of the public to use a disfibrulator if there was one to hand, or look for someone trained in their proper use.

The Canary Islands had 34 disfibrulators distributed throughout the islands in places where there are large concentrations of people, with over 200 persons trained to operate the machinery, and their use has already saved the life of a 54 year old Dutch man on Playa del Inglés.

De la Vega said the new abortion law offers rights, guarantees, security and respect

Heart attacks

ccording to the regional department of health personnel from the SUC (the Canarian emergency ser vices) saved the lives of 18 people who suf fered heart attacks this summer.

Twelve men, five women and one minor are still with us thanks to the intervention of the trained emergency staff, all having suffered heart at-

in the law brought Spain in line with legislation in many other European countries, including new measures in the health and educational fields which would underline

the government’s primar y aim, which is to prevent unwanted pregnancies, so that fewer women “would have to face the difficult decision to abort”. Under the new legislation women will be able to abort in the first 14 weeks of pregnancy, and abortions will also be permitted up to 22 weeks if there is a serious risk to the life or health of the women or serious anomalies detected in the foetus.

The government are also hoping that the non-prescription availability of the morning after pill in chemists from the end of September will also help in the reduction of unwanted pregnancies, while stressing that the measure should never be used as an alternative to contraception. In 2007 nearly 11,000 pregnancies in Spain were in under 18s, with over 6,000 ending in abortion (500 of those were girls under 15).

tacks in the holiday months.

10 of the 18 were on the beach or in pools at the time of the emergency. The average age of the sufferer was 55 in the adults, and the minor who needed emergency attention was seven years old. There were a variety of reasons listed for the attacks, illness, a fall, and potential drownings included. Many of those were rescued from the sea

Pfizer

Public health education deal The regional department of health have agreed a new funding agreement with the research-based pharmaceutical company Pfizer to fund public ‘health classrooms’ for the Canary Islands.

The agreement, which sees Pfizer allocating €80,000 to the department, will see a range of different public health activities developed throughout the islands, along the lines of similar programmes last year which benefited up to 18,000 Canarians. Projects of this nature, unique to the Canaries, have been in place in the realm of public health education since 2006 and have as their aim the promotion of healthy lifestyles and the prevention of illness. The new agreement was signed by regional health minister Mercedes Roldós, the director general of Assistance Programmes Julia Nazco and the director of Institutional Relations and Communications for Pfizer, Francisco José García Pascual.

Using a series of education tools and information sessions, workshops and public talks through primary health care givers, a large range of themes are covered, including: • Nutrition and food related conditions • Activity and physical exercise • Diabetes and dealing with it • Hypertension and dealing with it • Giving up smoking • Sex and contraceptive education • Responsible use and consumption of medicines • Posture • Dental education • Cancer prevention • Children's health • Addictions • School based education • Parental education • Domestic violence prevention The location and timing of these health related activities is decided upon by the health care givers in each borough so keep an eye out in your local centre for related information.

Swine flu

Hotel plans Regional health officials have met with hotels representives in La Palma and Fuerteventura to develop a hotels’ plan to deal with Swine Flu. The programme has been developed in conjunction with medical experts to and is designed to deal with an outbreak in tourist accomodations, training personnel in each establishment to help with illness among staff or guests.

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2009 Adeje Rally Dear Editor

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any thanks for the sponsorship and the write up, we had lots of good wishes and a possible future sponsor from a UK company.

For me it all started well but on the way to the third stage, Cueva del Polvo, the car started to misfire, a lot of touching and probing around eventfully came to the conclusion it was the fuel pump. So I made a quick call to my wife (the service crew) to shoot home to get my spare petrol tank.

We did two stages with a sick car and at the lunch time service we changed the petrol tank.

As luck would have it a friend of ours, Liam, happened to be in the pits and was grabbed by my wife who told him the problem and he was more than happy

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to get stuck in. Without his help I would have been out of the rally so a huge thank you to him.

It was all go from then on going quicker all the time despite the trouble we managed to finish 29th overall and 5th in class.

By the way this is the fourth event in the last two years that I have finished 29th overall because of one thing or another. Spooky eh! 78 cars started the rally and only 45 finished it’s a tough rally on the cars specially coming down Taucho where I finished the stage with hardly any brakes again because they were on fire.

Many thanks to Island Connections (especially Sheila) for the support, Danny Salazar my co-driver, Julia’s Café in Vilaflor, The Chicken Shack in Puerto Santiago and big thanks to Liam for being there and lucky for me he wants to be there all the time now, Thomas Danni’s dad and my wife who puts up with the neglect on the run up to the event and sits by the service van guarding things and taking care of the food and drinks.

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Dear Editor

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y wife and I have just retur ned from two weeks holiday in South Tenerife.

Can I just say that the only thing that put us off from ever returning was the constant harassment from people tr ying to entice us into their restaurants.

After six-o-clock you could not walk in any direction from our residence, without having to decline one invitation or another not once but every night. Tourists do have eyes and minds,please leave us in peace! After two weeks of this we were totally p****d off.

Don’t take our word for it-try it.

REGARDS TERRY FOSTER MILTON KEYNES U.K.

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begin to feel that I was of f sick the day they did numbers in Spanish! Driving here in Tenerife it appears to me that there is a completely different interpretation of the numbers 40, 60 and 80 when it comes to Spanish language drivers. Either they are ignoring speed limits completely or the numbers mean something totally different.

I know I might not be the speediest of drivers, but I do find it annoying when I am beeped at or tailgated for driving within the speedlimits, and then passed out in a flurry of pique, accompanied by crunching gears and acceleration, by drivers who are well in excess of the 40/60/80 speeds in operation in the zone in question. Idiots, but they are also endangering others, not to mention encouraging young drivers to break the limit whenever they can.

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Ox (1937, 1949, 1961, 1973, 1985, 1997, 2009) If you are under the impression that nothing interesting has happened in your life lately, you should take the initiative and look for more adventure.

Tiger (1926, 1938, 1950, 1962, 1974, 1986, 1998) Tigers who do not get the opportunity to go out might feel anxious now. Try to find a gap in your time schedule to enjoy yourself and meet up with some friends.

Rabbit (1927, 1939, 1951, 1963, 1975, 1987, 1999) All should be safe and sound at home and harmony reigns in your house. But this does not mean that you have the right to stop the other members of your family having some fun.

Dragon (1928, 1940, 1952, 1964, 1976, 1988, 2000) Do not mess around, dragon! You might get into serious trouble, if you do not stick to the rules. If you need more freedom, change the place.

Snake (1929, 1941, 1953, 1965, 1977, 1989, 2001) It is good to get to the bottom of things, but do not waste too much time to do so. The opportunity may be gone, before you make your decision.

Horse (1930, 1942, 1954, 1966, 1978, 1990, 2002) Success ahead for the hard-working horse! Make sure that you talk about all your clever deeds to finally get the reward that you have earned.

Sheep (1931, 1943, 1955, 1967, 1979, 1991, 2003) You have absolutely no obligation to always help out. Take care of your own issues first, before you worry about the rest of the world.

Speed was of the essence at the recent Tamaimo rally / Photo: Gerard Zenou

[ For Crossword and Sudoku solution see classifieds section ]

Across

1 - argue (7) 4 - religious text (5) 7 - units (5) 8 - mechanical phenomenon (7) 9 - told a mistruth (4) 10 - primate (3) 11 - comedy sketch (4) 15 - satisfies (9) 17 - pleasant (4) 19 - animal house (3) 20 - bites (4) 24 - opponents (7) 25 - reason out (5) 26 - Indian dresses (5) 27 - authors (7)

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1 - pen (5) 2 - type of lettuce (7) 3 - military installation (4) 4 - cup of tea (4) 5 - dyed cloth (5) 6 - stretchy (7) 8 - detains (9) 12 - cut of pork (3) 13 - Mediterranean tree fruit (3) 14 - calls off (7) 16 - mild cold (7) 18 - applaud (5) 21 - types (5) 22 - pastries (4) 23 - flightless bird (4)

Monkey (1932, 1944, 1956, 1968, 1980, 1992, 2004) Spend bonding time with your real friends – life is too short to always hurry around and to only concentrate on business or money.

Rooster (1933, 1945, 1957, 1969, 1981, 1993, 2005) Take a proper look at your home now. If it needs some work, do not wait any longer. You do not have to do it by yourself, but you really should get everything fixed.

Dog (1934, 1946, 1958, 1970, 1982, 1994, 2006) If you feel stuck and don‘t have the motivation to move on, you should really call someone. Your friends and family are happy to help you out.

Pig (1935, 1947, 1959, 1971, 1983, 1995, 2007) Home, sweet home - there is no need for the pig to go out, if the home is nice and cosy. Maybe you want to invite some friends over to share your time with them.

The Chinese solar year starts around February 4. If your birthday is in January or at the beginning of February your Chinese animal sign belongs to the year before. Example 27.1. 1967 still belongs to the year of the horse.

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Burberry W

ith Autumn only just begun, it is warming to think of next Spring – and this is exactly what the major fashion houses are doing. Burberry recently showed their Spring/Summer 2010 collection at the London Fashion Weekend. The full Burberry collections are available at El Corte InglÊs stores in Santa Cruz and Las Palmas, as well as major airports.

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Dry/ peeling nails Beauty

By Nicola Roberts

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his is probably one of the most common nail problems and will take a little time to improve. However, with the correct treatment it will improve.

Aim: to achieve a healthy, strong but flexible nail that only needs maintaining rather than treating.

Salon treatment: regular, weekly manicures would be recommended for this client until the peeling part of the nail has grown out. This can take some time, but some of the brands have special treatments for this condition that will speed up the process.

Weekly manicures for this common problem are usually recommended, this will give the technician the opportunity to remove new growth gently, treat and encourage a healthy nail and remove the

peeling area as soon as possible. These layers should not be allowed to grow until the edges of the nail plate are completely sealed. The peeled layer encourages water to seep underneath and therefore causes more peeling. The continued use of a nail edge treatment product and nail varnishes will help seal the edges until it has grown out.

Home Treatment: The client should be recommended that she keeps her hands out of water as much as possible. Re-application of the nail treatment every couple of days, with particular attention to the edge will help this condition to improve rapidly. Clients should also be encouraged to nourish the new nail with oil or cream based treatments as these will penetrate the nail from the cuticle area and assist the healthy new growth.

Review: This treatment can be continued for three to four weeks or until the damaged nail is nearly grown out. At this point it will pr obably be necessar y to strengthen the nail as you can start to let some length grow.

It may be advisable to alternate the nail treatment between a moisturising product (to combat dryness) and a strengthening product.

Care must be taken not to use the strengthening

treatment for too long as this could result in a brittle nail! Your nail technician’s experience should tell you how often this treatment should be undertaken.

Avoiding infections: Fungal infections can be passed on from fungal spores which live on nail and skin and which get caught up in towels, shoes, tights and socks. Remember that hands which are frequently submerged in water are more prone to bacterial and fungal infections.

To prevent catching a fungal nail infection: • Avoid sharing towels or bath mats • Wear suitable shoes or flip-flops in communal showers or around swimming pools • Wash feet daily • Dry feet and hands thoroughly each time they are washed • Change shoes and tights/socks daily • Wear gloves for daily chores such as gardening or housework.

As with every other part of the body, diet will affect the condition of your nails. Sufficient supplies of essential minerals such as iron and zinc will help prevent them from becoming brittle.

Nicola Roberts is the owner of Bellissima Hair and Beauty in Los Gigantes, Playa San Juan and San Eugenio Alto.

For information or appointments please call 922 867 343, 697 902 361 or 922 719 355.

Women

Skin care

Soft as a rose petal The natural properties of roses are said to be extremely beneficial for the skin. Rose oil is known as the ‘queen of essential oils’ and has anti-oxidant and anti-bacterial qualities as well as being known to help rehydrate and rejuvenate skin.

The perfume from roses

can also lift your mood and its anti-depressant properties have been recognised by aromatherapists for centuries. You can create your own rose oil facial at home simply by mixing a few drops of rose absolute essential oil with a carrier oil (for example sunflower, olive or sweet almond oil) for an instantly refreshing

facial. If you have roses in your garden, gather the petals and create your own rose water. If this seems too much like hard work, then you will find a huge selection of excellent skincare creams on the market which contain rose oil, some of which also contain hyaluronic acid for an instant lift.

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What’s On Gran Canaria Museums & Theatres

Tenerife Auditorium Tenerife www.auditoriodetenerife. com Av. Constitución, 1

38003 Santa Cruz Phone 902 31 73 27

Guimerá Theatre www.teatroguimera.es

Plaza Isla de la Madera, 2- 38001 Santa Cruz Phone 902 36 46 03

CajaCanarias Cultural Centre www.canarynet.com

Plaza del Patriotismo, 1 38002 Santa Cruz Phone 922 471 000

Museum of Science & Space (MCC) www.museosdetenerife. org C/ Vía Láctea, s/n

38200 San Cristóbal de La Laguna Phone 922 315 265

Museum of Nature & Archaeology (MNH) www.museosdetenerife. org C/ Fuente Morales,

s/n 38003 Santa Cruz Phone 922 535 128

Tenerife History Museum (MHAT) www.museosdetenerife. org C/ San Agustín, 20/22

38201 San Cristóbal de La Laguna Phone 922 825 949/43

Anthropology Museum www.museosdetenerife. org C/ Vino, 44

38270 Valle de Guerra (La Laguna) Phone 922 546 300

Casa Lercaro C/ San Agustín, 20-22 38201 San Cristóbal de La Laguna. Phone 922 82 59 49

Casa de Carta Tacoronte main road to Valle de Guerra, s/n. 38270 Phone 922 546 300

Gran Canaria Cuyás Theatre www.teatrocuyas.com

Pérez Galdós Theatre www.teatroperezgaldos.es

FIESTAS October 10, 5 pm, Romería Virgen del Pilar, Guanarteme, Las Palmas October 12, Fiestas del Pilar – La Atalaya, Santa María de Guía October 17, 7 pm, Romería Virgen La Luz de La Naval. Port of Las Palmas October 19 to 20, Fiestas de las Marías, Santa María de Guía. More information www. fiestasdelasmarias.com October 24, 6.30 pm, Romería San Rafael, Vecindario

FAIRS October 9 to 11, Manganime Canarias Weekend, bringing the essence of Japan to Gran Canaria. Infecar, Las Palmas.

More information www. manganimecanarias.net/ weekend/

THEATRE & SCENIC ARTS Until October 10, Divorciadas, evangélicas y vegetarianas (divorcees, evangelists and vegetarians), Teatro Cuyás, Las Palmas October 16 and 17, Hamelín with Luifer Rodríguez, Hermi Orihuela, Enma Álvarez, José Manuel Trujillo, Miguel Ángel Maciel and Carmelo Pennica. Teatro Cuyás, Las Palmas

CONCERTS/MUSIC October 9, 5 pm to 10 pm, concert organised by the organisation Say it with your music. Parque Doramas, Las Palmas October 10, 8 pm, Festival 25 degrees. Parque Santa Catalina, Las Palmas. Entrance free October 10, 10,30 pm, Big Band de Canarias, Rincón de Jazz, Sala San Borondon, Auditorio Alfredo Kraus, Las Palmas October 11, 10 pm, Raphael.

Auditorio de San Juan, Telde.

Entrance 16 and 33 euros October 15, Celtas Cortos. Dorada en Vivo. Stadium annex car park, Las Palmas. More information www.doradaenvivo.es

CLASSICAL MUSIC October 9, 8.30 pm, Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria directed by Nikolav Znaider. Works

by Mendelssohn and Schumann.

Auditorio Alfredo Kraus, Las Palmas October 16, 8.30 pm, David Darling.

Auditorio del Conservatorio Profesional de Música, Las Palmas.

Entrance free October 16, 8.30 pm, Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria directed by Leonid Grin with Artur

Pizarro (piano) performing works

by Mussorgski, Komgold and Shostakovich. Auditorio Alfredo Kraus, Las Palmas

doradaenvivo.es

Tenerife

EXHIBITIONS Until October 10, Bamako 07 en la ciudad y más allá.

Casa África, Las Palmas Until October 18, Souvenir, souvenir. La colección de los turistas.

Where the tourists are shown to the natives, the natives shown to the tourists, the tourists shown as natives and the natives shown as tourists.

César Manrique Foundation, Taro de Tahiche, Teguise, Lanzarote Until October 10, paintings, Bracicarte, a collective exhibition

by Brazilian artists Élon Brasil, André Crespo, Fernando Feierabend and Waldomiro Santa Anna. CICCA, Las Palmas October 10 and 11, Celebration of the 50th anniversary of Mini Islas Canarias, CC Terrazas, Telde Until October 28, Max: Hipnotopía, Plastic ArtsCentre, Las Palmas Until October 30, photographs, Estampas (prints) of Rajastan, by Tania Abitbol Oevermann. Txiki, Diderot 15, Las Palmas Until November 22, Paisajes Neuronales, a selection of images relating to the nervous system.

Museo Elder, Parque de Santa Catalina, Las Palmas

SPORT & NATURE Trekking: Local councils in various areas of the island organise guided treks and other open-air activities. For more information, call UPNature, Guanarteme 928 270084 or 928 473265, Arucas 928 621754, Maspalomas 928 764201, Tablero 928 140640, Mogán 928 158805, Aldea de San Nicolás de Tolentino 928.891.252 or www. alberguelaaldea.com, or Valleseco 928 618740.

Archaeology Guided visits to the principal digs in the island: Bentayga (Tejeda), Cenobio de Valerón (Guía) etc. For more information 928 219 229.

MARKETS Arguineguín: Tuesday, Gáldar: Thursday, Mogán: Sunday, Puerto de Mogán: Friday, Telde: Saturday, Terór: Sunday, Vecindario: Monday and Wednesday – all 8am to 2pm.

Playa del Inglés, every day except Sunday, 7.30 to 11.30pm. Rastro, Sunday 8am to 2pm, bus station, Las Palmas.

FIESTAS October 12, Fiestas del Pilar, Chimiche, Granadilla Until October 18, Fiestas Patronales, Adeje. More information on page 10.

October 15 to 20, Fiestas de Cristo del Calvario, El Tanque October 22 to 24, Fiestas de Nuestra Señora de la Esperanza, La Guancha October 24, Fiestas de Nuestra Señora de los Remedios, Buenavista

MUSIC October 9, 9 pm, jazz with Kike Perdomo and the Big Band of the Canaries. Auditorio de Tenerife, Santa Cruz October 15, 8.45 pm, music with Pulso y Púa from the Arona municipal music and dance school.

Plaza de Guaza October 17, 8.30 pm, Youth music festival, Plaza de Guaza October 17, Celtas Cortos. Dorada en Vivo, Plaza del Cristo, La Laguna. More information www.

CLASSICAL MUSIC October 15, 8.30 pm, David Darling.

Espacio Cultural CajaCanarias, Santa Cruz. Price 5 euros October 20, 8.30 pm, Piano: Rafael Balmaseda. Espacio Cultural CajaCanarias, Santa Cruz. Price 5 euros

TENERIFE OPERA FESTIVAL Auditorio de Tenerife, Santa Cruz: October 9, 6.30 pm, La Cenerentola (Cinderella, children’s version).

Tickets 6 euros

THEATRE/SCENIC ARTS October 9, 8.30 pm, Cherfe Teatro: Loro viejo sí aprende hablar (an old parrot can learn to talk). Civic Centre, Cabo Blanco October 16, 8.30 pm, Thynisara theatre group: Con quien casamos a Ruperto? (who shall we marry Ruperto off with?) and paradies.

Civic Centre, Cabo Blanco October 23, 8.30 pm, Thynisara theatre group with El Indiano and the Granadilla seniors theatre group with Se casa o no se casa? (to marry or not to marry).

Cultural Centre, Cabo Blanco

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FAIRS

Ciudadanos Europeos (European Citizens Group).

October 11, 10 am to 8 pm, Diversaldo, Plaza del V Centenario, La Orotava Adult and children’s fashion, items for the home, etc, at real bargain prices.

For more information contact the Secretary, Chris Stanyer on 922 751507 or the President, Harry Davies, on 922 781905. e-mail: ceten@fsmail.net

Bavarian

MEDIA

Oktoberfest in the Stuttgarter

LIONS CLUB EVENTS

16th October 2009

Santiago del Teide: October 31, Halloween Night with buffet, music and dancing. More information from Jon Thornley (Secretary) on 627 386 648

from 7pm Las Améric Américas, above the Puerto Colón marina by the large car park m

San Miguel de Abona: October 24, 60s/70s Glam Night. More information from Phil Hoban (Secretary) on 922 738 490

Oomp Oompah ompah ah and lederhosen!

Best costume wins a small bottle of champagne

Arona, Las Galletas, Costa del Silencio:

Entrance 10€

Second Sunday of each month, barbecue in Coral Mar Square. More information from Catherine Donald-Davis (Secretary) on 629 506 882

includes voucher for one meal & drink

EXHIBITIONS Canarian Parliament exhibition rooms: Until October 22, Organised

by AMATE (association of women in Tenerife with breast cancer) and the Canarian Parliament, an exhibition of plastics by Francisco Olivas entitled Imágenes y colores para la esperanza (images and colours for hope). Monday to Friday 11am to 1pm and 5pm to 9pm Bodegas Monje, El Sauzal: Until October 31, paintings

by Magda Rivera and photographs by Luisa Lynch and Ángel Baute.

Arona Town Hall: Until November 16, paintings

by Matías Aguíar Cultural Centre, Las Galletas: Until October 22, photographs, Rincones de Cantabria Until October 30, paintings and sculptures by Lenin Civic Centre, Cabo Blanco: Until November 6, paintings

by Oscar Pérez Cultural Centre, Cho-Parque de la Reina: Until October 30, paintings

by Leticia Figueroa Cultural Centre, El Fraile: Until October 24, paintings

by Heriberto Tapia Tenerife Espacio de las Artes (TEA), Santa Cruz: Until October 25, My collection of lives by Alexis W. Cultural Centre, Los Cristianos: Until October 23, Reflexiones Callejeras by Horacio Cardenas, street exhibition October 9 to 29, Regional painting contest Museo del Pescador, Puerto de Santiago: October 30, exhibition of

Luxury villas for rent

www.villastenerife.com

Klaus-Dieter Püschner Master Carpenter Mobile 608 64 58 05 Tel./Fax 922 72 96 00

German Rent-a-car and garage

Organised by ringo-event.com in conjunction with IC Media

Reserve your ticket tel/fax 922 789 855 and 922 716 103 or 610 758 189 The Stuttgarter, Playa de Las Américas, by the large car park winning works from the painting competition Certamen Tenerife Museum of Science and the Cosmos, La Laguna: Until December 31, Photographs: Tenerife, un balcon al Universo

SPORT & NATURE European Beach Volleyball October 9 to 11, Tenerife Champions Cup at Siam Park, Costa Adeje. Free entry

North: Escuela de Surf y Body Board OAD La Laguna, for those aged 12 years and over. More information on 922 256 244 or wwwoadlaguna.com South: Escuela Oficial de la Federación Canaria de Surf K16 (Playa de las Américas). Groups or individual training for those aged seven years or over. More information on 922 798 480 or www.k16surf.com September 26, 11 am, Surfing for handcapped young people in the programme: Jovenes K Sueñan.

Meet in Playa de las Américas.

More information www. cajacanarias.org

Tennis Until October 10, tennis tournament, Los Silos Natural.

Sibora tennis courts, Los Silos

Tourist routes 922 127 938 Every Tuesday: Montes del Agua 1st Saturday of each month: Teide National Park 2nd Saturday: Masca ravine 3rd Saturday: Volcanic tube at Cueva de San Marcos 4th Saturday: Kayak trip off Los Gigantes cliffs, Punta de Teno

Kayak routes Tours by kayak for all abilities which may be combined with snorkelling, hiking, climbing or potholing. Special summer price 10 euros per person or buy a season ticket. More info on 922 127 938 or www.elcardon.com

Surfing Learn surfing and body boarding.

am till 5.30 pm. No access allowed after 4 pm. Price: 3 euros. Max. 200 people a day. Free entrance on Sundays. Information and reservations on 922 782 885.

Guided trails for the general public: The National Park’s interpretation service offers guided tours free of charge. You need to book in advance with the National Park Office (Tel. 922 290 129/922 290 183).

MISCELLANEOUS La Baranda Wine Museum

HIKING: October 11, the coast of Los Silos.

Difficulty: easy. Call 922 841086 to register

Discover Arona. More information about trekking routes. 922 725 180 or www. arona.org

All year round, guided walks for groups through the most emblematic buildings of the lovely northern town of Los Silos. Contact Oscar in their information office on 922 841 086.

Barranco del Infierno (Adeje): Mondays to Sundays from 8.30

A renovated 17th century Canary Island hacienda used by the Island Cabildo to promote local quality wines. Autopista Gral. del Norte.

Km 21, (El Sauzal exit), 38360 El Sauzal, Tel.: 922 572 535 Tuesday to Saturday from 11am to 8pm. Wine tasting and shop until 10 pm, Sunday and Bank Holidays from 11am to 6pm, closed Monday.

Castles Tours: Tenerife History Museum offers guided tours around the island’s castles for schools and groups. More information on 922 825 949

Masonic Meetings in the south of Tenerife. Visitors always welcome. Tenerife Craft, Chapter, Mark. For more information phone 922 794 502 or 922 732 386.

A new group in Los Cristianos Are you retired and have time on your hands? Do you live alone and would you like someone to talk to, to widen your circle of friends?

Then the new Wednesday Club is for you! Put the date in your diary now. The club meets on the last Wednesday of each month from 11am to 1pm on the first floor, Apolo Center, Los Cristianos.

Everyone is welcome, ladies, gentlemen, couples, or on your own, come and enjoy the company and the tea and cakes! For more information phone Edna on 922 732386 or 619 059577.

K9 and Friends of the Animals K9 car boot sales are held on the first Sunday of every month from 8am to 12 noon at Happy Days, Costa del Silencio. Nearly new sales are held on the second Saturday of every month outside Shimmers Bar, Callao Salvaje from 10am to 1pm. K9 also have a stall on the Playa San Juan market every Wednesday and at Alcalá every Sunday, from 10am to 2pm.

The Friends of the Animals car boot sale is held on the last Sunday of every month in the Los Gigantes Sports Centre from 9am to 12 noon. Goods are desperately needed for these events which are great for bargains and a good rummage. For more information call the kennels on 667 638468 or Pat the Cat on 608 121081.

English Library Calle Irlanda, Parque Taoro, Puerto de la Cruz: Monday 3pm to 5.30pm, Wednesday 10am to 12 noon, Friday from 4pm to 6pm and Saturday 11am to 1pm.

Information: Julia Gaskell 922 37 25 79

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) meetings in the South: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday at 5.45pm, Friday at 11.45am. 1st Floor Apolo Centre, Los Cristianos (next to bus terminal). For more information call 630 478 448 (24 hrs).

Canarian C-Days www.diasc.com/diasc Travel between the islands to cultural events is 50 per cent cheaper on certain days and for selected events with Fred Olsen, Islas Airways and Binter.

Discounts on hotels and car hire are also available.

You will need to book by telephone 902 292 999, Monday to Friday from 9am to 2pm or via the web Make sure you know the full price of the ticket (including Canarian residents’ reduction) to ensure you receive the full discount.

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THE SPIN

The Film:

Inglourious Basterds

DIRECTED BY QUENTIN TARANTINO, starring Brad Pitt.

Jewish-American guerilla soldiers versus the major Nazi officers in a gripping adventure thriller. A box office hit across Spain, now showing at Cine Gran Sur in original version.

More information, www. cinegransur.com

The Exhibition:

Saqueo en Souvenirlandia ARTIST ALICIA RÍOS

and her team, with Antoni Miralda (Food Culture Museum) Workshop and performance with edible souvenirs.

Until October 18th, Museum of History and Anthropology.

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Kate Hellqvist

The Gigs

Swedish brush strokes from Tenerife

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ate Hellqvist, a Swedish painter, who has spent the best part of nine winters in the South of Tenerife, has been invited to participate in an exhibition in the prestigious Louvre Museum in Paris, which opens on October 29th, called ‘Salon de la Culture et de l’Art SinoEuropeen’, a meeting between two continents, China and Europe.

Kate, well known in many countries, has spent five or six winter months during many years in the South of Tenerife. She suffers from multiple sclerosis and arrived for the first time in the island nine years ago, in order to undergo rehabilitation. She fell in love with the island, and its mild climate has relieved the symptoms every winter since then. “The extraordinary brightness, the sea, the vivid colours and the exuberant, and at times arid, nature of Tenerife have been great sources of inspiration and occupy a very special place in my heart”, she comments. During the last years

Backstreet Boys the artist has painted most of her watercolours and acrylic paintings in her studio in Los Cristianos.

Since the 1970’s, Kate Hellqvist has exhibited her paintings in various countries. Her colourful works of art are a result of her aesthetic capacity to put colour to sounds. She explains: “Already when I was very young, I had an incurable urge to paint and music has always filled me with inspiration. To me, every sound has a certain colour and every voice its particular range of colours”. Her works of art represent a rich language of colours and forms. The play

Monkey Beach

1. David Bisbal Esclavo de sus besos 2. Black Eyed Peas I got a feeling 3. Pitbull I know you want me 4. David Guetta/Kelly Rowland When loves takes over 5. La Quinta Estación Recuerdame 6. Shakira Loba 7. A.Sanz/Alicia Keys Looking for paradise 8. Fito y Fitipaldis Antes de que cuente diez 9. C. Baute/Marta S Colgando en tus manos 10. M.Carrasco/Malu Que nadie

Here are some great gigs to look forward to in mainland Spain.

Those summer nights!

T

ell me more, tell me more...even though we live on the island of eternal spring, the seasons do change, and summer nights are coming to an end.

One of the places to be seen this summer was the Monkey Beach Club, and they are hosting the mother and father of all parties to mark the end of the sultry season, on October 11th, from 3pm until late late late.

They promise “all the best of summer in one day”, in a 12 hour party that will rock your socks off. A host of top djs will groove your moves Ray Castellano, J Cabrera ,C Cabrera, David Laurentini and many more. Drink and dance till you drop, take part in a host of raffles, prizes galore, live shows, and more fun than you can shake a bikini top at.

It might be the end of summer, but at the Monkey Beach Club the fun never stops. Make sure you have your invitation to the party of the year, available only at the Club.

between light and darkness, and the tension that exists between these two, fascinate her. She works with water and uses much of the watercolour technique in her acrylic paintings, with a very special result. There are no distinctive contours, the colours flow softly.

Kate Hellqvist’s paintings have a message. “Now, in the 21st century we live in a troubled world, a dangerous and mutilated world, and with my paintings, reproducing a poetic nature with surrealistic and symbolic overtones, I wish to express the good and the positive forces which nonetheless exist and

which give us will to live, happiness, vitality and harmony”, she says.

Kate Hellqvist has held individual art exhibitions or participated in joint exhibitions in her native country Sweden, in Spain, Norway, Denmark, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, Greece, Slovenia, Lithuania and Poland. In Spain she has held a successful exhibition in 2006 in La Finca del Arte in Arona, Tenerife, and in 2008 she participated in Marb Art 08 in Málaga.

(Thanks to Helena Somervalli, Arona, for forwarding on this information)

31st October, 9.30pm Palacio Vistalegre, Madrid Tickets at 45 euros are available in advance and selling fast! www.ticktackticket.com

Mark Knopfler 23rd July 2010 Palau Olympic de Badalona, Barcelona 25th July 2010 Guitar Festival, Cordoba More information and tickets for both concerts at 45 euros each from www.markknopflerlive. com

U2 29th September 2010 Olympic Stadium, Seville Very little information available yet, but keep your eye on www.

U2.com

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Fernando

CALIFORNIA CANINES

Stylish pooches (c)2009 Mark Kitaoka

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Can you hear the drums?

Fernando is a proud rooster from Rancho Bonanza, and may soon be a dad too – watch this space...

Tierhotel Lilly Pet Holiday

Home from home

Your pet’s holiday home

Jet lounging in the Palace Suite at Pooch Hotel

W

hile we’re not encouraging you to up and move to California, we just had to bring you news of the newest hotel in the Pooch chain in the United States.

Based in Silicon Valley the Pooch Hotel Sunnyvale is the last word in home-awayfrom-home doggie care – in fact looking at the brochure we’ll be surprised if many dogs will want to leave at the

end of their stay. The hotel offers daycare, overnight boarding, a Spaw, and they promise “a comprehensive pooch lifestyle management programme”: This is doggie day care and overnight stays for those who can afford to make a difference, with “All Day Play, eight-hour daycare with 15,000 square feet of play space, and the Pooch Hotel Club with a customised exercise pool, underwater and land treadmills and

dietary programs, guests are sure to remain fit and cared for throughout their stay.”

And for the pampered pooch, there is also a Spaw, with aromatherapy bathing and massage, pawdicures, fur colour touch ups, Poochberry facials and tooth brushing – can the owners join in too we want to know?

Luxury aside, the Pooch Hotel chain have to be congratulated on their parallel activities, donating

monies to pet charities and refuges on a regular basis. They also operate on an environmentally friendly basis, using natural lighting and approved air purification, working, as they say, to reduce the “carbon pawprint without sacrificing service, safety, and satisfaction”. They use as few chemicals as possible in cleaning and disinfecting and recycle all glass, plastic and paper. Something we and our pets can dream of.

LIVE ARICO

Live Arico If you’re not planning to travel with your pet to California (see above), but are desperately searching for the ideal spot for your feline or canine pal if you can’t be with them for a while, Tierhotel Lilly could be the answer.

Situated in La Caleta de Interain in the north of Tenerife, run by Angelika Duprée, this animal hotel offers you and your pet all you could look for in a home from home. Small (room for up to eight cats and four – eight dogs depending on size), Angelika offers tiled bedrooms with individual sleeping baskets and an excellent play area. The Cat House has an indoor range of 30 m2 with scratch trees and much more.

There is also a connecting door to the outside, where climbing trees are in situ. Your animal can choose to mix with the other guests or stay in alone, whatever they prefer. You can also decide to bring along your pet’s food if you like, so their regular diet is maintained.

And during their stay Angelika can also include your dog in her training school if you so require.

Find out more by calling 666 864 349 or visiting www.tierhotel-lilly.com. Rates are very competitive, so advance booking is advised.

News and notices Thanks to all involved at the benefit night held at Starlight Bar in Costa del Silencio on the 26th September.

Organised by Nikki Baker and Jan Gilbert, and hosted

by Live Arico’s Adrian and Mike Edwards, entertainment was provided by Cy Benson, Martin McCall, Robbie Dominic, Rose Mead, Cliff, Marilyn, Aidy Evans, Vanessa Viagra, Debra D and Mandy on sound. €550 was raised, and special thanks go to Gareth and all the staff, American Pizza in Las Gaviotas and Perfick Pies for the buffet, Charlie and Dee.

Live Arico Shop News

World Animal Day

the categories are as follows: Puppies (up to one year old), Adults (one to seven years), Seniors (seven to 12 years), Super Seniors (over 12 years).

To celebrate World Animal Day Live Arico are holding a Dog Show on Sunday October 18th. It will be held at Coral Mar Square, Costa del Silencio, and will commence at 3pm, €5 to enter, and

each category, and you can enter your pet (before the 11th October please) by collecting a form from the Live Arico shop, or by downloading one from the website www.livearico.org.

There is a huge selection of jumpers and cardigans for all sizes and tastes.

The shop is also happy and grateful to receive any donations of cat and dog food.

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Since the weather over here is beginning to change towards the Canarian version of winter, the shop will be bringing all it’s stocks of woollies There will be a prize for out of the storeroom.

Professional dog care at our purpose built

KENNELS 6 mins from San Isidro Only 10 € per day • Collection and return Service • Quarantine & UK return Service For rates and availability phone Allen or Lesley on 680 278 254 or 922 772051

We look after your pet while you are away (short or long term) Tel: 697 826 738 (D/E), 666 864 349 (SP, Trainer)

www.tierhotel-lilly.com

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FOOD SEASONAL

Gourmet Tour

Vegetable stuffed potatoes Sardinelly

Stuffed potatoes are a tasty snack at any time of the year.

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large potatoes 1 carrot • • 4 shallots • 8 leaves of Swiss chard • Olive oil • Sea salt • cheese

Spanish fungi will be the focus of Irish attention later this month with gourmet travellers from the Emerald Isle taking part in a Northern Spain Mushroom and Gourmet Tour, in Asturias, from October 15th to 18th.

Plucky participants will explore local forests with a mycologist, then eat what they find, cooked traditionally. The break, which costs €445pps (singles €495), includes three nights’ BB, three gourmet dinners and two lunches. They will have time to spend a day in Oviedo, visiting the cathedral, exploring the fantastic food hall in El Corte Inglés, and enjoy some excellent Asturian food and wine during their three day stay, with one of the meals being prepared by award winning chef Pablo Fernández. (More information on the trip on www.spanishfoodies.com) The Northern Spain Mycological Society is located in Infiesto and runs a festival annually where mushroom experts from all over Spain meet up to talk about fungus and eat the edible delights in various restaurants all over the town.

British Cheese Festival

Best cheeses Almost at the same time as the World Cheese Awards, the British Cheese festival took place in Cardiff Castle for the second year running.

If you are thinking about going back to the UK, you might like to take a look at the web page at www. thecheeseweb.com for winners. However for those of us condemned to spend the winter in these sunny climes some of the excellent and very worthy winners are available from Paxton and Whitfield online, such as the best soft white cheese - Little Wallop made by Evenlode Partnership, best semi soft cheese - Rachel made by White Lake Cheese and the best Irish cheese - Gubbeen made by Gubbeen Cheese. For more information on importing foodstuffs into the Canaries for private use, please see our next issue.

CROQUANT British Bakery & Coffee Shop Sandwiches, sausage rolls, pasties, etc.

Special cakes for special occasions The Apolo Centre - Los Cristianos Avda. Gral. Franco - Los Cristianos Mon - Sun 8am - 5.30pm Tel: 922 798 133

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1. Preheat the oven to 180ºC. 2. Wash and halve the potatoes.

3. Score the potatoes deeply up to the skin criss-crossed all over the surface and around the border. Paint with oil all over and sprinkle with sea salt. Bake for 20-30 minutes until soft.

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his tasty Spanish version also contains finely diced vegetables including Swiss chard (acelga) which is very much in season at the moment and the young leaves of which can also be used raw in salad.

It’s an excellent and very cheap source of vitamin K, vitamin A, vitamin C, magnesium, manganese, potassium, iron, vitamin E, and dietary

fibre. Swiss chard is also a very good or good source of copper, calcium, vitamin B2, vitamin B6, protein, phosphorus, vitamin B1, zinc, folate, biotin, niacin and pantothenic acid.

It’s a particularly good recipe for those who have difficultly chewing and swallowing such as invalids or the elderly and for getting some hidden veggies into faddy young eaters.

4. Finely dice all the vegetables and cook in boiling water until cooked but still firm. Strain but leave a little moist with the cooking liquid.

5. When the potatoes are cooked scoop out the potato and mix with the vegetables, pile into the skins again, top with grated cheese and grill until it is golden brown and melted.

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t the recent Adeje Gastronomy Fair a special section was devoted to a ver y special branch of foodie, children.

Delicious doings during the first Gastronomy trade fair in Adeje

The Centro de Desarrollo Turístico was the scene for a very yummy masterclass, with some of the country’s top chefs taking a class of young cooks through some rather tasty recipes.

Cooks included Pablo Pastor, responsible for this first food trade fair in the borough, along with the creative director from the El Bulli restaurant, one of Spain’s top eateries, Albert Adría.

just how that quite delicious substance, chocolate, can be used in a variety of sweet ways, leaving more than one mouth open in amazement.

The class of interested boys and girls were shown

Pastor said that “the notion of a course for children is very interesting as we are

helping the children discover a range of things. We are showing them different smells, tastes, and colours of various foodstuffs, the more basics, sweet and sour, salty, and sharp, as well as a few tricks in the kitchen...”

The trade fair, with the

somewhat cheeky title Degusta.me (eat me) was held in the first week of October and also saw Adría giving classes to adult chefs as well as presenting his latest book Natura, with food and wine tastings, talks and exhibitions held during the event.

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any of us may think we know a lot about Chinese cooking, that we have tried just about all there is to try in Cantonese cuisine and that it is all basically served with rice or noodles accompanied

by Prawn Crackers; that’s the sum of Chinese food.

Right? Wrong?

Firstly China is a huge, vast, enormous country, in fact few of us can actually imagine how big it really is. Now, imagine the variety of foods that come from a relatively small country like, for instance, England, and multiply it by the relative size of China, and you are only beginning

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to grasp the breadth and complexity of Chinese cooking. It would seem impossible to sample the best of real Chinese cooking.

Luckily here in Tenerife we have China Town, offering one of the best selections of Chinese food in the islands.

And a real plus, they also offer a superb dim sum range. Dim sum is a typical Chinese aperatif, often served as a brunch, and is eaten from morning to early afternoon. When we visited China Town, in CC Las Carabelas, San Eugenio, for lunch, I decided to follow the Chinese and try a selection served with Chinese tea. We opted for one of the many dim sum combinations to sample as many tastes as

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possible. Some of the small parcles of food were served on a plate, others in a steam basket, as is common.

As was explained to us, the variety of dim sum depends on its region of origin, with those from the North of the country often favoured for their colourful style in presentation, aroma and flavour.

Ideal too for the health conscious, dim sum is a healthy and low cholesterol option.

We tried Shia Chiao, steamed dumplings stuffed with shrimp and bamboo shoots, Sau Mai, caprichos stuffed with pork, shrimp and water chestnut, and Siau Long Pao, parcels of pork and chinese cabbage, among other delights. As dim sum is served

in small portions we were able to sample quite a variety and still leave room for the main course.

This was my first visit to China Town but luckily I was accompanied by a regular who persuaded me that despite what we Western Europeans may think, Chinese cooking extends well beyond beef, pork and duck. Ordering a house special I went for the lamb with ginger and spring onions while he chose King Prawns with Satay sauce.

Both were obviously freshly prepared, the lamb cooked to perfection, tender and succulent, and the prawns were also, I was assured, of the highest quality.

China Town is run by Ugo

and Mimi who arrived on Tenerife 24 years ago with their children Montse, who is now a music professor in Arona and David, who is a biologist. The family are actually from Taiwan. Ugo worked for the Taiwanese military for 16 years and Mimi in government administration, but given the political situation with China the family decided that a safer lifestyle was to be had elsewhere. Mimi had family in Puerto de la Cruz which is where they first settled and worked until 1989 when they opened China Town in South Tenerife. The family have become an intrinsic part of the culinary scenery on the island, and Ugo also operates two farms where he grows most of his produce, and is a much sought after supplier of bean sprouts. His Ugo Salad is also a favourite among regulars

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China Town (which also caters for take away customers) is a lunch time and evening favourite spot among a vast number of residents as well as a delightful discovery for visitors. Great food, reasonable prices and excellent service are part and parcel of the China Town experience, and if you can’t find parking nearby you can park in the El Niño complex, bring Ugo the ticket which he will sign so your parking is free.

The only wish that Ugo and Mimi have is that you arrive as a client and leave as a friend – a wish that has come true many times over if the word of many loyal clients and friends is to be believed. Try it for yourself and become part of the China Town gang.

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Fun Cooking

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This is a great way of persuading children to eat cabbage, a very healthy vegetable.

It is said that in the great banquets of the olden days, cabbage and cabbage water were considered an essential part of the feast to clear the blood and help digest fats.

* Information and images from La Cocina Encuentada – Las cuatro estaciones (in Spanish) by Teresa Pérez Hernández. ISBN 978-84-96509-84-9 (around 12 euros).

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• 1 litre of seasonal vegetable stock • 4 large cabbage leaves • Olive oil • Spiced long grain rice cooked • 2 shallots • 3 tbl of tomato purée • 3 chopped dried prunes • 50 gr pine nuts • 50 gr sweetcorn • Freshly ground cumin • A pinch of cinnamon

Preparation 1. Preheat oven to 200ºC. 2. Blanch the cabbage leaves in boiling water for a few seconds until they are malleable and place them on a damp tea towel.

3. Chop and gently fr y the shallots in a little olive oil until soft. Put to one side.

4. In a bowl, mix the rice, sweetcorn, prunes, tomato purée, pine nuts, cumin and cinnamon. When all are well mixed, add the shallots.

5. Fill the cabbage leaves with the mixture, making little parcels.

6. Place in a covered dish covered with the vegetable stock and bake in the oven for 20 minutes.

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Tacoronte-Acentejo

Wine News

Aphrodisiac route D LANZAROTE

Selling the vine Ten Lanzarote bodegas recently completed the first in a series of seminars designed to help sell the island’s wines to a broader market.

Organised by the insular Chamber of Commerce, the bodega representatives attended talks by professionals from the commercial and sales sectors, under the heading ‘Sales techniques for bodegas’ in conjunction with the Lanzarote department of industry and commerce and the wine regulators.

The seminar (the first in three scheduled in this area) was conducted under the programme to facilitate the regional expansion of Canarian small and medium business, in this case Lanzarote wines.

The follow up seminars will look at the wine tourism and selling in larger spaces, and will be held from October 13th to 15th and November 3rd to 5th.

uring the month of October you are invited to the 1st Muestra de la Tapa Afrodisiaca – an aphrodisiac wine and tapas route through the Tacoronte-Acentejo region of Tenerife which includes Tegueste, El Sauzal, La Victoria, La Laguna, Tacoronte, La Matanza, and Santa Úrsula. This aphrodisiac route is designed to turn you on in a different and enjoyable way.

Not only can you try erotically named tapas including Bocado Picante, Papa Romántica, Tentaciones de Fruta de la Pasión or even Noche de Pasión to awaken your senses, but a glass of excellent wine as well, all for 2.50 euros per person.

Obtain your combined leaflet and scoring card from the office of the Ruta del Vino in Plaza del Cristo,

Tacoronte or from www.rutasyvinos.com. The leaflet is colour coded, and details all the participating establishments, their opening hours and which tapas they are offering. Complete the

Sherry’s shelf life How long will a bottle of sherry still taste ok after it has been opened?

The shelf life of a sherry depends on its style. The light, dry sherries, like fino and manzanilla, should be drunk young and served chilled. Once opened, they will oxidise, so they should be refrigerated and finished within a week.

The richer olorosos, as well as the rare palo cortado, which are served at room temperature can last for a few weeks once opened, because they have already been oxidized during the ageing process.

These guidelines are very general and it is best to rely on your own taste, to determine the length of time they remain pleasurable to drink.

The colour of wine If the juice from red grapes is clear, how does the wine become dark red?

Red wines get their colour from the grape skins. The grape juice is fermented in contact

with the skins, which add their colour to the wine. The colour components are soluble in alcohol, so as the yeast converts the grape sugar to alcohol, the wine starts picking up the components from the skin.

Wine, women and…

The recently created association of female fans of Canarian wine held a tasting evening at the Jalea de Menta restaurant, the first evening in a busy agenda for 2009/2010. The evening’s purpose,

apart from enjoying fine food and wines, was to begin a campaign of promotion and publicity for “all the excellent gastronomic centres here who stock wines from our land, and to promote Canarian viticultural and culinary roots”.

When in Rome…

Who decided that wine bottles would be 75ml? Well during the first century B.C. the Romans developed a method for blowing glass bottles, which were much lighter and easier to carry than pottery

jugs. Many of the earliest known bottles are close to the size of 75ml and some people believe that this size was determined by the amount of air that a glassblower could expel in one breath.

score card on the reverse, rating the tapa, wine and service you receive from each establishment from zero to five, ask each one to stamp your card and you can take part in a draw for

some fabulous prizes.

The first ten people to call the office of the Ruta del Vino who have tried 15 tapas and had their cards stamped can win a lunch or dinner for two at a restaurant in the area. The first five participants who call the office having tried 20 tapas will win a Ruta del Vino for two, which includes visits to bodegas, wine tastings and food.

All participants will be entered into a draw for a weekend stay (two nights) at a rural hotel in the area.

To enter the draw, you need to place your score card, duly stamped by each of the establishments you have visited, in one of the urns which you will find at the participating establishments. There are 25 aphrodisiac tapas to choose from, all accompanied by wines from the TacoronteAcentejo wine region. Will they turn you on?

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Property Maintenance Solutions

Air Travel

Positive growth

Property Maintenance Solutions

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A leading aviation data business company, OAG, has issued a report claiming that for the second consecutive month global airline capacity is showing positive growth.

OAG market intelligence vice president David Beckerman announced, “after 11 straight months of capacity cutbacks, these figures indicate a growing confidence within the industry that demand for air travel is starting to pick up.”

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ometimes it just doesn’t matter how long you have lived in another country, nor how good your grasp of a second language is, when it comes to the crunch you want someone from ‘home’ to help you out.

Whether it be a medical problem, something wrong with the car or some maintenance needed on your house, it makes all the difference when the person you are dealing with speaks your language, and can explain what needs to be done, and how. When it comes to the latter you have Property Maintenance Solutions to call upon, who can guarantee you a job well done, be it plumbing, carpentry, decorating, plastering, roofing or bricklaying, in fact any job around your home that is in need of attention. And being British they’ll be more than happy to sit down with you over a cup of tea and

Barcelona

ABTA convention As we go to press almost 1,000 holiday and travel specialists are converging on Barcelona for the ABTA Travel Convention.

Let the experts help

discuss what ever your needs and requirements may be.

When you call 902 546 021 you are placing yourself in the hands of a team of qualified professionals, British tradespeople who will build, repair and maintain your property to the highest standards, with prompt attention and a level of ef-

ficiency that you might have thought was a thing of the past. All their professionals are qualified to a minimum of City and Guilds, and will call to see you, assess your individual requirements, offer competitive quotes and guarantee to get the job done. No more waiting around for a quote you don’t

really understand, at a time that’s inconvenient. By calling Property Maintenance Solutions you know you are already on the way to solving all your repair problems in a time frame that suits you, at a price that’s more than right. Call them today on 902 546 021 and let the professionals take over.

El Olivo

Herbolario El Olivo

Alternative health matters he Herbolario El Olivo West Tenerife, on the main road from Alcalá to Tamaimo at Urb.San Francisco is anything by a conventional health food shop.

Run by Irma Dembski, originally from Berlin, for over ten years, this is a reference point for alternative healing in the area.

Over the years Irma has enhanced her range of products to ensure that the health of her clients is well looked after. And as the Herbolaria isn’t located in a tourist zone, she is dealing most of the time with residents of all nationalities. Consultation is very important here and language isn’t a barrier. Irma offers a huge range of natural and organic foods and

dietary supplements as well as nature-based cosmetics and therapies. Whether you are searching for gluten-free food, wholemeal bread from the Dinkelbäcker, biodegradable washing agents, essen-

tial oils, water or energy-saving showers, carbonic water filters, magnetic field therapy or a feed reflex zone massage – you’ll find it here, and a lot more besides. If you have difficulty finding the shop

Business class travel

BA criticised EasyJet UK manager Paul Simmons has come out strongly in criticism of a new scheme by British Airways to fly business class only flights from London City Airport to New York.

The flights will leave on the long haul flight from London Docklands airport in a specially configured 32 seater Airbus which stops at Shannon for refuelling on the outward journey. Simmons declared, “flying 32 overly pampered bankers to New York twice a day is a band-aid strategy which will do nothing to address the fundamental collapse of business class revenues across BA’s network. In Europe BA is in terminal decline on premium traffic as customers vote with their wallets by moving to low-cost business flights.”

Studies on low cost airlines have shown that it is not only low income families who use their services, witness the Spanish Queen Sofia’s use of Ryanair, however it remains to be seen whether the trend will also be reflected in long haul flights.

Winter trends Herbolario El Olivo

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The association hopes it will be able to provide members with useful advice on how to survive and prosper over the coming year. Speakers this year include TUI chief executive Peter Long, Carnival Corporation chairman and chief executive officer Micky Arison, Mark Hudson from PriceWaterhouse Coopers and Lord Lamont. Current and future trends and challenges will be identified and discussed including the impact of taxation and climate change.

you can call 922 862480 and get directions. Open every Monday to Thursday from 10am to 1.30pm, and from 4.30pm to 7.30pm, Friday and Saturday from 10am to 1.30pm.

Bedbank sales Youtravel.com has included three Canarian islands in their top sellers for Winter 2009 – 2010.

Tenerife, Lanzarote and Gran Canaria rate 4th to 6th respectively in the company’s best sellers so far.

Top of the list is Sharm el Sheikh. Tunisia slipped in at 10th place but is showing a growth in demand over last year of 389 per cent followed by Lanzarote, where 141 per cent more people want to visit the volcanic island par excellence. Gran Canaria shows an increase in demand of 54 per cent and Fuerteventura 17 per cent.

Sales and marketing director for the company, Paul Riches, gave his opinion that, “when money is tight people are often looking for ‘safe’ destinations that they know well and are comfortable with – rather than taking a gamble on somewhere new”, giving the encouraging news that Egypt and the Canary Islands are taking the lion’s share of the winter bookings so far. As far as next summer is concerned, he informed a press conference, “Corfu looks set to be a popular choice for next summer while favourites like the Algarve, Costa Blanca, Tenerife and Majorca are coming through strongly – perhaps because people are hoping that the euro will weaken against the pound, but most likely because of their perennial popularity and if people didn’t go this year they will want to next year.”

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Tenerife Solicitors

1st anniverary celebration S

urrounded by friends, satisfied clients and colleagues from legal, property and insurance circles, John Hatrick and his team recently celebrated the first anniversary of Tenerife Solicitors at the firm’s offices at Club Atlantis, San Eugenio with a lavish buffet, champagne and cocktails.

John Hatrick told Island Connections that despite the slump in the property market, the firm has been kept busy during its first year. Tenerife Solicitors is a unique firm, in that its

principal, John Hatrick, is the only qualified English solicitor registered as a foreign lawyer in the Canary Islands. With more than ten years’ experience handling a variety of legal matters in England and Wales, he is ideally placed to take care of your affairs in your homeland as well as Tenerife, with offices in both locations.

In Tenerife, he can not only act for you in property purchases or sales, court actions, divorces, landlord and tenant issues, timeshare, debt recovery and business matters, but he can also prepare Spanish wills and assist with registration with

utilities companies and local authorities, as well as translations. In England and Wales, amongst other matters he can deal with divorce and matrimonial law, landlord and tenant issues, employment, company, partnership and contract laws, civil disputes, debt recovery, bankruptcy, swearing of affidavits and oaths as well as witnessing documents. In effect, Tenerife Solicitors make it easy for you to handle your UK matters easily from Tenerife and vice versa. For more information, visit www.tenerifesolicitors.com or call 922 717845.

(L-R) Roberto Cutillas Morales, John Hatrick and Don Nicolas Casillo

Guests Heidi and Pino presenting John Hatrick with a Bonsai

Tenerife Mortgage Solutions

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ou probably couldn’t have chosen a better time to buy. If you’re looking to purchase a new property right now you’re on target; its a buyer’s market.

But don’t forget, the old adages still prevail, Caveat Emptor, buyer beware. If you are new to the islands or new to the property purchase game you will need a guiding hand through the morass that can follow, and unless you’ve just come into a large sum of money or have been saving for the big day, the first thing you’re going to need once you’ve sourced your ideal property is a mortgage.

Where to go, who to talk to, what rates to look for, and who to trust? All this in a foreign country. Panic not, as Tenerife Mortgage

Solutions are here to offer you complete peace of mind and a hassle-free property purchase in Tenerife.

The team at Tenerife Mortgage Solutions have over 20 years mortgage experience here in Tenerife –

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fer. Whether you are buying through an Estate agent or have found a property that you wish to purchase directly from the owner or developer they are on hand to assist. If you are purchasing privately in Tenerife you could well be daunted by the apparently endless mountain of paperwork. Tenerife Mortgage Solutions can help you apply for your NIE numbers and acquire the necessary documents you need to ensure that your mortgage application goes through smoothly.

They can also arrange valuations and new mortgages when needed.

the best possible conditions.

In other words they won’t try to influence you to choose any particular lending house or bank if their conditions don’t suit. They will search the entire mortgage market to get the best deal on of-

They are also the perfect company to choose if you already own and simply want to release equity or switch lenders to get a better deal. Tenerife Mortgage Solutions can organise bank valuations and where neces-

they are highly qualified and well placed to ensure the best possible rates for you, and as they are independent and work with a number of lenders, they can guarantee you get the mortgage tailor made for your needs, with

sary hook up the right lender with the right valuation company to help achieve positive results.

Another pitfall to be aware of when buying here is the time that things can take while the initial paperwork is being processed. Many Estate Agents, developers and buyers have too often been frustrated at the length of time it can sometimes take for mortgages to be approved. Often mortgage documents can be left for several weeks before being attended to which can delay the sale/purchase process significantly. With Tenerife Mortgage Solutions you are assured that they will ensure positive results in the quickest possible time. They will speak to the right people and have regular contact to ensure that their clients’ paperwork is studied as a priority every step of the way.

Contact Tenerife Mortgage Solutions and ensure yourself the best deal around. Their offices are in Calle Belgica No. 3, Edificio Natalia, 2nd Floor, Door 3, El Médano, call them on 922 178888 or visit their website, www. tenerifemortgagesolutions.com.

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Island Connections Media Group Karen Swift Classifieds Manager

OPENING HOURS: MONDAY TO FRIDAY 9AM – 5PM

Collection Points

Las Chafiras Calle Francisco Feo Rodríguez 6º- first floor. Pol. Industrial Las Chafiras 38620 San Miguel de Abona.

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FIRE STATION

TF-1 to Los Cristianos Las Américas

Galletas

ITV To Golf MERCADONA del Sur

To Cho - Guargacho - Las

ISLAND CONNECTIONS LAS CHAFIRAS

To San Miguel TF-1 To Airport Santa Cruz

To Los Abrigos

Royal Palm Los Cristianos.

Calle El Rodeo.

Apt. Royal Palm Reception.

Tel. 922 750 609 Los Alisios

Castle Harbour

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Atlántida

SUNDAY MARKET

Reverón Victoria Court Mar y Jardines Sol Canarios

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Rates Lineage classifieds: From 15.75 € Boxed Ads: Black& White 57.75€ Coloured 68.25€ Long Term: Ask for our special rates Island Connections Newspaper http://www.ic-news.com Daily News Site http://www.newscanarias.net Tenerife Office Tel: 922 750 609 Mob: 609 581 632 Fax: 922 795 810 Classifieds Section: classifieds@ic-news.com

CLASSIFIEDS / SITUATIONS VACANT

In-store customer 01. service person Situations Vacant required CLASSIFIED’S DEADLINE The deadline for edition 602,which is published on 23rd October is Thursday 15th October at 5pm.

No classified’s will be taken after this date.

Promotions company with more than 10 years experience in selling attractive, high quality products in Tenerife markets, 5 star hotels and superstores is looking for open minded full/part time promoters, which like to present and sell in live promotion. No selling experience is required. Contract + Social Security + fixed salary + commission is guaranteed. Feel free to contact us for further information. Office 922 781548, fax 922 781548, 629 493799

Tenerife Pearl / Perla Canaria is looking for models for its campaigns If you are between 18 and 30 years old, female, and you have all it takes to convert yourself into one of our models and do NOT possess a contract with any model agency, please e-mail us with the following information: • Personal info (full name, date and place of birth, phone nº, city, e-mail) • Measurements (height, breast, waist, hip, weight, eye and hair colour) • 3 photos (face, profile, body) - to marketing@tenerifepearl.net

We require a dynamic, hard working team player who has a good knowledge of German and Spanish, 20 to 30 years of age, to work in our stores in the Canary Islands. Interior decoration experience an advantage.

Excellent working environment, great prospects and good income offered.

Please send your CV to tenerife@boconcept.es.

WANTED

WORKSHOP TECHNICIAN FOR A NEW CENTRE IN ADEJE MUST HAVE: • Technical leadership • Responsible attitude • 5 years experience • Commercial skills an advantage • Fluent Spanish WE OFFER: • Salary + work related incentives • Company training • Permanent contract a possibility

Send your CV to Fax: 922 775 374

For more info Tel. 922 687 054

BoConcept ®

Succeed At The Highest Level Even in the current economic climate we need extra help in order to fulfil our customers needs... We require the best in the marketplace. Have you got what it takes?

Our media group has traditionally led the field and will continue to do so by hiring the best and remunerating them accordingly.

Advertising Consultants (Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, Tenerife, La Palma, La Gomera)

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Sales Department: sales@ic-news.com Gran Canaria Office Tel: 928 353 279/ Fax: 928 359 744 grancanaria@ic-news.com

Class. Info For personal and professional help in placing your classified in Island Connections all you need to do is pop along to our new offices in Las Chafiras and speak to Karen.

Not only is Island Connections here to ensure that your advertisement reaches it’s target market, we will also advise on sizing requirements for maximum exposure, with prices to suit your pocket.

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Publisher & Proprietor Tina Straub, Joe Schacher

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Situations Wanted : 29 year old Hungarian professional with London experience is looking for sales or sales related job.

Tel 618 344 667 email: gyuluss@gmail. com

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Do you possess: Positive attitude and strong character. Self discipline and sales experience.

Spanish or German language to negotiation level. Self motivation and team skills. Teachability and 100% integrity. Trustworthiness and references.

If so then you could be what we are looking for. Media experience would be an advantage, but not essential as training will be given.

If you would like to apply for any of the above positions, send your CV, two references, an up-to-date photo and covering letter to director@ic-news.com • henrycruz@ic-news.com • Fax: 922 79 58 10

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CLASSIFIEDS / MOTORING / CONTACTS

Lanvertti BBR- 2 125CC Price: 999€ Tel: 922636211

Insurance : Car Insurance

02.

Motoring

TM

linea directa Renault Scenic 4x4, reg: CC, ITV til August 2010, electric windows and side mirrors, roof-rack, air conditioning, CD player, radio/CD controls on steering wheel, full service, excellent condition, only being sold due to illness, would accept 5,750? o.n.o. or ideally would be interested in exchanging for an automatic car, please phone: 627 551 052 or 922 163 242

CARS TO RENT LONG TERM 250€ - 300€ PER MONTH INCL. INSURANCE Phone Terry on 661 264 080 Email: terrybury@gmail. com

YOUR ENGLISH RENT A CAR SINCE MORE THAN 20 YEARS

902 123 157

Items Wanted : BEST SERVICE AT BEST PRICE

Sibora Park 3B, Los Silos, Tel/Fax 922 84 11 14 Email janetlaluz@yahoo.co.uk Audi A3 - 1.8t Engine: 1.8litres Kms: 209000kms Year: 2000 Petrol Doors: 2 Price: 6800€ Tel: 606552281

BMW X5 3.0 D Engine: 3litres Kms: 85000kms Year: 2003 Diesel Doors: 4 Price: 25500€ Tel: 651826200

Opel Astra G Caravan Engine: 1.7litr es Kms: 172000kms Year: 2000 Diesel Doors: 2 Price: 3900€ Tel: 617878616

Ford Mustang Cnvrtbl Engine: 4litres Kms: 165000kms Year: 1998 Petrol Convertible Doors: 2 Price: 15000€ Tel: 922743578

Rover Rt 1.6 Engine: 1.6litres Kms: 77000kms Year: 1997 Petrol Doors: 4 Price: 1800€ Tel: 625692869

Seat Ibiza Engine: 1litres Kms: 150000kms Year: 1996 Petrol Doors: 2 Price: 1300€ Tel: 617507199

Nissan Patrol GR Engine: 3litres Kms: 114000kms Year: 2000 Diesel Sun Roof Doors: 2 Price: 13000€ Tel: 922716931

Nissan Patrol Gr Engine: 2.8litres Kms: 100000kms Year: 2000 Diesel Doors: 2 Price: 11950€ Tel: 669705242

Ford A Doble Phaeton Engine: 0litres Kms: Year: 0 Petrol Doors: 2 Price: 15000€ Tel: 669767092

Ford Focus Engine: 1.8litres Kms: 100000kms Year: 2002 Diesel Doors: 2 Price: 4800€ Tel: 634239960

Toyota Land Cruiser Engine: 3litres Kms: 150000kms Year: 1997 Diesel Sun Roof Doors: 4 Price: 13000€ Tel: 620398646

Audi A4 Avant 1.9tdi Engine: 1.9litr es Kms: 127000kms Year: 2002 Diesel Doors: 4 Price: 14900€ Tel: 606304345

Jaguar X-Type 2.0d Cla Engine: 2litres Kms: 83000kms Year: 2003 Diesel Doors: 2 Price: 16500€ Tel: 685501440

Mercedes-Benz Case 40xt Minip Engine: 2.5litres Kms: 5100kms Year: 2002 Diesel Doors: 2 Price: 19650€ Tel: 678239156

The family friendly car hire company

Ford Ka Engine: 1.2litres Kms: 60000kms Year: 2002 Petrol Doors: 2 Tel: 653158704 Citroën Berlingo Engine: 1.6litres Kms: 40000kms Year: 2008 Diesel Doors: 2 Price: 5999€ Tel: 639255741

Family company 27 years on Tenerife

DANISH RENT-A-CAR We guarantee:

· A reliable and friendly service · Fully comprehensive insurance, no extras · Free child seats, GPS (3 Euros a day) Special offer: · Special long term rates Citroen Saxo 7 days only €139, · VIP hire car service all included Hotel drop off and collection Airport service, street maps, tour information Voucher for free entrance into theme parks

Poul's Auto – your car-hire company in South West Tenerife Mon-Fri, 8.30am – 12 midday, 5pm – 7pm / Sat 8.30am – 12 midday / Sun 10am – 12 midday

Tel: +34 922.740.742 · www.poulsauto.com

Mini Cooper S Engine: 1.6litres Kms: 3000kms Year: 2008 Petrol Doors: 2 Price: 22600€ Tel: 645912014 Mercedes-Benz 500 Sl107 Engine: 5litres Kms: 150000kms Year: 1984 Petrol Convertible Doors: 2 Price: 19500€ Tel: 670834117 Mercedes-Benz Clase A Engine: 1.7litres Kms: 120000kms Year: 1999 Diesel Sun Roof Doors: 4 Price: 10000€ Tel: 651837544

Car boot items wanted will collect Tel. 664 826 505 The Swedish church in Los Cristianos wants to buy a grand piano of a small size in good condition or a low piano in good condition. Contact 922 790201, loscristianos@svenskakyrkan.se

Motorbikes : Lanvertti City 125CC Price: 999€ Tel: 922636211 Lanvertti mini supermotar 47CC Price: 225€ Tel: 922636211 Lanvertti Vipper 250CC Price: 2399€ Tel: 922636211 Lanvertti Nitro 49CC Price: 999€ Tel: 922636211 Lanvertti mini trial 49CC Price: 330€ Tel: 922636211 Yamaha R1 1000CC Horsepower: 172HP Year: 2005 Kms: 19500kms Price: 7300€ Tel: 616811530 Kawasaki Z750 750CC Horsepower: 110HP Year: 2008 Kms: 6300kms Price: 4900€ Tel: 616997396 YamahaYZF 1000R 1000CC Horsepower: 145HP Year: 1998 Kms: 46000kms Price: 2800€ Tel: 660979848 Honda CBR 600 RR 600CC Horsepower: 119HP Year: 2006 Kms: 8000kms Price: 6300€ Tel: 695200325 Lanvertti Radom 250CC Price: 2500€ Tel: 922636211 Lanvertti Goes 125CC Price: 999€ Tel: 922636211

Suzuki LTZ400 Quad 400CC Year: 2004 Price: 2200€ Tel: 617628716 Suzuki ltz 400CC Year: 2006 Price: 2000€ Tel: 651163432 Kawasaki Versys 650CC Year: 2007 Kms: 20000kms Price: 4000€ Tel: 633317211 Piaggio NRG 50 Power DD 50CC Year: 2006 Kms: 99999kms Price: 1300€ Tel: 686907008 Lanvertti mini buggy 49cc Quad 49CC Price: 525€ Tel: 922636211 Lanvertti Xeno0n reload 125CC Price: 995€ Tel: 922636211 Lanvertti mini moto cross 49CC Price: 270€ Tel: 922636211 Lanvertti quat 49cc cross Quad 47CC Price: 365€ Tel: 922636211 Honda Dominator 650CC Horsepower: 34HP Year: 2001 Kms: 34800kms Price: 2800€ Tel: 609684639 Yamaha FZ1S 1000CC Horsepower: 150HP Year: 2007 Kms: 25000kms Price: 8000€ Tel: 675150617 Lanvertti miniquad Quad 43CC Price: 285€ Tel: 922514498 Lanver tti Minimoto 43CC Price: 280€ Tel: 922514498 Lanvertti Nitro Sport 49CC Price: 1399€ Tel: 922514498 Suzuki LTZ 400 Quad 400CC Price: 5999€ Tel: 922514498 Derbi Boulevard 125CC Horsepower: 15HP Year: 2007 Kms: 2600kms Price: 1350€ Tel: 636147845 Bimota Delirio 1090CC Horsepower: 110HP Year: 2008 Kms: 13000kms Price: 15000€ Tel: 630842116 Yamaha R1 1000CC Horsepower: 152HP Year: 2003 Kms: 21800kms Price: 5300€ Tel: 687031727 Suzuki Savage 650CC Horsepower: 32HP Year: 1992 Kms: 68000kms Price: 2000€ Tel: 922864014 Honda CBR 1000 RR 1000CC Horsepower: 172HP Year: 2005 Kms: 12900kms Price: 7700€ Tel: 639327926

Lanvertti Quat 110 Quad 110CC Price: 1800€ Tel: 922636211

NEED CASH?

We buy used gold and diamond jewellery

BEST PRICES PAID We sell new gold & diamond Jewellery up to 50% discount Joyería Classic. C/ General Franco, 22, Los Cristianos Mob. 626 234 284 · joyeriaclassic@telefonica.net

erotic and more... harmonise your body, heart and mind. natural and clean. Magic hands 627 114 090 Nice, sporty, young, Spanish lady, certified masseur, toys and naughty lingerie also available. Discreet hotel/home visits. Reasonable prices, tel 0034 608 724 359 Very pretty, slim, sexy young lady seeks discreet generous gentlemen for erotic friendship, please SMS first at 626 513777 A very attractive qualified masseuse offers a special tantric massage for a complete new experience, 672 854596 English model, showgirl, professional striptease, quality service, general entertainment, stag night, dominatrix, fetish, luxur y conditions, visits 24 hours, 697 227139 / 803 520060 Spanish model, 90-60901 figure, educated, sexy, hot, bronzed skin, 20 years, all ser vices, home/hotel visits, enjoy yourself, 679 713428 Transexual, feminine, ardent, active, passive, hot, big breast, dark, tall, discreet, well endowed, erotic massages, sweet, no hurry, Las Terrazas, Las Americas, 646 071038 English gentleman seeks passive soul mate. Affectionate, romantic, loving caring, passive, genuine woman 30-50ish into mild BDSM. I’m genuine live/work Las Americas area. I am what I seek. Inerested? Email gentlemanjim2you@yahoo. co.uk Tenerife south, beautiful girl from Czech, 20 years, blonde, very hot, sweet, very sexy, erotic massage, body to body service, just hotels, 647 272045 Cristianos, sweet, beautiful sexy lady, nice body, big breasts, you’ll have a great time, stress relief, erotic massage, other services, discreet apartment, home/hotel visits, 630 723353 / 667 217814 Very pretty, very sexy, slim, young lady, only for discreet, generous gentlemen, home/hotel vists, please first sms at 626 513777 Las Americas, 24 hours, erotic massages, visits, 664 055995

Items for sale :

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Contacts Las Américas. professional massage (without clothes) artistic, relaxing, stress relief, sport massage,

Brand new quality english bedding for sale. Single ,Double ,kingsize and super kingsize flat and fitted sheets ,quilt cover sets ,polyester, memory and duck filled pillows, quilts ,bedspreads , valances ,towels, cellular blankets plus much more. All at discount prices. Please call 661932881

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Conveyancing • Criminal law • Wills Employment law • Family law • Personal injury

04.

General Services

RESIDENT SPANISH LAWYERS & ENGLISH SOLICITOR DIY / Decoration / Hardware / Gardens

922 719 520 for friendly professional advice

Adeje ¡ La Cuesta La Orotava ¡ Tacoronte

Residencial Villaflor B20, San Eugenio, Costa Adeje. Email: tenerife@decottalaw.net

Buy Direct from the Importers, save ₏100’s, sofas, bedding, mirrors, kitchenware, houseware.

Home Style Direct, Las ChaďŹ ras, 922 736849

Simply Spanish Call: 665 495 888

Celebrating 25 years of expertise - www.decottalaw.com

BEGINNERS’ DANCE CLASSES Adults’ Ballroom, Latin American, Tap or Freestyle Childrens’ ( 2 1/2 - 7yrs).

Introduction to Dance.

Many other classes in ballet, hip hop, modern, musical theatre for all ages.

At Vamos a Bailar - Let’s Dance. CC Perla Blanca, Callao Salvaje ¡ Ring 636 817 265 or 646 067 471

• Spanish for beginners, intermediate and advanced. • 1-2-1 or group classes. • Simple to learn, simple to use. • Experienced Spanish Teacher.

4)& &6301& JT B DPOGJEFOUJBM IFMQMJOF GPS XPNFO PG BMM BHFT XIP OFFE B GSJFOE UP IFMQ UIFN JO UJNFT PG EJTUSFTT XIFO FWFSZEBZ MJGF TFFNT PWFSXIFMNJOH 8IFO UIF DBMM JT SFDFJWFE TIF XJMM CF HJWFO QSBDUJDBM BEWJDF SFMFWBOU UFMFQIPOF OVNCFST PG QSPGFTTJPOBMT BCMF UP IFMQ BOE UIF GSJFOEMZ TVQQPSU PG $ISJTUJBO XPNFO GSPN UIF &OHMJTI TQFBLJOH DIVSDIFT PO UIF JTMBOE 0VS XFC QBHF JT XXX TIF FV DPN BOE UIF IFMQMJOF OVNCFS JT

The Number One Adult Toy Shop In The Canaries

Air conditioning & heating units Summer Special Air conditioning with heating from

â‚Ź450 Repairs,re-gassing & quality with experience

Tel. 664 826 505

HOMESTYLE DIRECT S.L. QUALITY FURNITURE IMPORTERS

HOMESTYLE DIRECT Quality Furniture Importers.

Pol.Industrial Las Chafiras. Tenerife South 922 736 849

www. tenertodo. com we have everything in the Canaries

Video tapes copied.

Super 8 and VHS to DVD. Make it safe for the next generation.

Phone 922 797 104

SOLAR FANTĂ STICO

Skilled Builder Robert McAlees

As seen in “Dream Home DIY�

Tenerife Lifestyle magazine I listen to what you want and make sure you get the best.

I can replace that faulty tap or renovate your home.

Over 30 year’s experience. UK qualiďŹ ed to advanced skills status.

Call any time 922 814 073 / 605 469 352 rjmcalees@yahoo.com

SPANISH CLASSES Fed up of not being able to speak the `lingo´? Never too late to learn or improve!

Individuals or groups - tailor made to your level. Home visits available.

INTENSIVE ONE WEEK COURSES AVAILABLE

Telf: 649 882366

HANDYMAN SERVICES CHEAPEST IN • Tiling • Plumbing • Electrical

• Bathroom refurbs • Kitchen refurbs

All other DIY needs

FREE QUOTATION 697 292 399

FREE, no obligation survey & quotation

Polígono Industrial Las Chafiras III, C. Caracas Nave 4 - 38639 S. Miguel de Abona ¡ Tenerife Tel: +34 922 736738 Fax: +34 922 735 123 Email: info@canariesbritish.com ¡ web: www.cbas.eu

Canaries & British Aluminium Systems S.L. A British owned company - Established in Tenerife 1992 VISIT OUR COMPREHENSIVE SHOWROOM "See the best display in Tenerife" We manufacture, supply and fit: All types of doors and window systems, insect screens, mirrored wardrobes, balcony screens and partitions. All types and sizes of gates, electric, manual and telephone entry etc.

Garage doors, louvered shutters, fixed or adjustable louvers, pergolas, balustrades, cupboards, roofing, mobile roofs (manual or electric),extensions, conservatories, shower screens and cubicles, tiling, building. All types of glass mirrors.

Security shutters, high security locks and glass. Take advantage of our free security survey.

NEW - GLASS CURTAINS 'Why spoil the view" *Frameless folding glass doors and windows* Ideal for balcony/terrace enclosures and for existing patio areas See all the above in our showroom and watch the manufacturing process.

WE ONLY SELL WHAT WE MAKE - WE ARE NOT MIDDLE MEN. Directions: With Iceland on your right, take the second turn left after the ITV station and we are on your left behind Autos Tenerife.

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Be forever comfortable – whatever the weather!

04.

SPECIAL OFFER!* Only

General Services

1699€

Lounge & Two Bedrooms

Items For Sale:

1 x 12000 BTU & 2 x 9000BTU

Real Bargain!!

Operational modes: cooling, heating, fan only or dehumidifying · *While Stocks Last

Computer for sale Compaq Presario PENTIUM 4 (2007) with Printer/Scanner HP Photosmart C6180

Swimming pool cold? Now use all year round! Pool Heaters – Latest Technology - Whisper Quiet – Maximum Efficiency.

Affordable and Economic (from less than 1€ per day!)

Private or Community - from 4499€ fully installed.

A.C. Direct

500€ Tel. 677 799 475

TOTAL CLIMATE CONTROL Experienced professionals. Established more than 15 years in Spain.

Qualified by C&G and CITB to conform to EU refrigerant gas regulations.

Masonic Meetings:

Scheduled Maintenance Agreements available – Call for details

MASONIC MEETINGS

902 789 189

For all your climate control solutions - Call for free no-obligation site survey www.acdairconditioning.com TAX ADVISORS GENERAL ACCOUNTANCY

DIY / Decoration / Hardware / Gardens

Qualified British Community Administrator 8am - 1.30pm Mon to Fri For appointments only 2.30pm - 5pm

Tel: 922 753 432 Fax: 922 798 326 Email: info@asesoriacondado.com www.asesoriacondado.com

www.lasafortunadas.com

San Miguel Puerto de la Cruz

DO MORE THAN HOPE FOR THE BEST

902 886 226 www.todocancer.org

aecc Join us and combat cancer

Included in this offer are the following BATHROOM: Roca toilet and Roca taps. Roca bidet and Roca tap. Roca bath and tap plus new shower. Roca sink and furniture incl. mirror & lights.

Complete new tiling walls & floor with border and 2 colours. Ceiling painted!

KITCHEN: Tiling of kitchen area with border. Complete new kitchen (white) 2mtrs wide with extractor, sink with tap, small fridge, oven & hob.

BEDROOM: Complete floor tiling and painting of walls and ceiling, new lights.

LIVING ROOM: Complete floor tiling and painting of walls and ceiling, new lights.

TERRACE: Complete floor tiling and painting of walls and ceiling, new lights.

Painting or varnishing of all doors. Approx 4 weeks needed!

ellerbyjoinery@hotmail.com Pergolas, exterior decking, flooring • Bar fittings & roofs • Fully fitted apartments and rooms • Cupboards, vanity units etc.

Tel: John 610 777 608 · 669 935 145 · 922 768 714

Tony the Welder • Security Grilles • Gates • Railings • Steel Fabrication • On-site Welding Fully Qualified Legal Craftsman 27 years experience, 14 years Tenerife

Tel: 659 489 690 Property Secured, Quality Assured

LODGE AVE FENIX MEET REGULARLY ON TUESDAY EVENINGS IN THEIR OWN NEW TEMPLE AT LOS CRISTIANOS ................

Please contact the Secretary John Donaldson on Tel. 922 17 91 74 e-mail: donaldsonjh@yahoo.co.uk

ALL WELCOME

LODGE TEIDE meets in Puerto de la Cruz on Wednesday evenings contact John Hughes on 922 38 22 29 email taffy007naeve@ yahoo.com

Horse sharing!

I am offering horse sharing for my 5 year old gelding. He is a very quiet horse and enjoys rides.

Interested?

Please call 609 929 278

ROTARY MEETING Every Monday at 8.20pm in the Hotel Conquistador. All visitors welcome

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Property Business Opps :

Terraced house Puerto de la Cruz Location: outskirts Views: mountain 166.00m2 3 rooms 800€ Phone: 670242080 Apartment Torviscas Alto Location: outskir ts 45.00m2 1 room 550€ Phone: 922751064 Apartment Fañabé Location: outskirts 2 rooms 795€ Phone: 922751064

At last a rent people can afford!

Tabaiba Alta

Prime Position Monday - Saturday 11am – 8pm Start a new business or expand on your present business Opens p October

The Adeje Galleries

Apartment Santa Cruz de Tenerife Location: central 190.00m2 5 rooms 850€.

Phone: 922273239

Calle Doctor De las Casas Contact: Baratillo Los Verdes, S.L. Tel: Norman on 922 713246 or mobile 652 603 028 or Alvaro mobile 610 464 841 Email: nstenerife@yahoo.com

RENTAL BUSINESS BAD? YES, ONLY €35 PER WEEK €35 DON’T CLOSE IT YEARLY L PER WEEK!!

ICENSE MOVE IT! PAY A SENSIBLE RENT IN A SUPERB SHOWROOM AREA!

Los Gigantes excellent potential, big rental discount Tel 922 862060

Wanted : The island’s premier Cash Buyers of freehold property.

We complete within 28 days.

No agents, no viewings, no delays. Call (0034) 922 720222 or visit www. tenerifehomebuyers.com

Tenerife Intermediary Services We urgently require quality properties in all areas in South Tenerife for clients waiting, long and short term Telephone (0034) 922 716988, fax (0034) 922 718421, email info@tistenerife.com

Rent : Studios, 1 and 2 bed apartments from 400€ for rent to mature-minded people in Tor viscas Alto. UK TV channels. For details, phone Nadine: 922 715 162 Apartment Guargacho Location: central 1 room 440€ Phone: 663805740 Apartment Santa Cruz De Tenerife Location: central Views: mountain 85.00m2 3 rooms 600€ Phone: 922273239 Studio Puerto de la Cruz Location: central Views: sea 35.00m2 400€ Phone: 670242080

Apartment Valle San Lorenzo Location: central 60.00m2 2 rooms 495€ Phone: 922751064

Restaurant with 2 bed apartment above in the south of Tenerife For rent 2500€ a month, rent-to-buy optional.

Tel: 650 406 911

Sunny 3-bedroom apartment, 103 m2 , garden, 2 bathrooms, huge terrace with a wonderful ocean view, garage, small urbanization, sat TV, 5 minutes from the German school, 700 euros per month plus extra charges.

Terraced house Green Golf 120.00m2 3 rooms 850€ Phone: 670242080

Apartment Urb. Paraíso 52.00m2 1 room 650€ Phone: 670242080

Los Cristianos, El Mirador Sunny one bedroom apartment, quiet position, short stroll to beach and shops, fully equipped, English SAT TV, 695 euros per month all inclusive.

Tel 686 576037

www.teneriffa-fincas.net

Apartment Maritim 80.00m2 1 room 800€ Phone: 670242080 Duplex Maritim 80.00m2 1 room 800€ Phone: 670242080 Studio La Paz 550€ Phone: 670242080 Apartment Armeñime 49.00m2 1 room 380€ Phone: 670242080 Apartment La Longuera 74.00m2 2 rooms 650€ Phone: 670242080 Apartment San Antonio 70.00m2 2 rooms 680€ Phone: 670242080 Terraced house Las Candias 100.00m2 2 rooms 1000€ Phone: 670242080

A p a r t m e n t - Fa ñ a b e Location: outskirts 0.00m2 2 rooms 795€. Phone: 922751064

For rent (as of November 2009) Parque de la Reina.

3 bed / 2 bathroom apartment, 550 euros per month (excluding electricity / water).

Tel 639 152766 Apartment El Amparo 50.00m2 1 room 450€ Phone: 670242080 A p a r t m e n t E l To p e 75.00m2 2 rooms 650€ Phone: 670242080 Studio Puerto de la cruz Location: central Views: sea 35.00m2 400€. Phone: 670242080

Apartment Santa Cruz de Tenerife Location: central Views: mountain 85.00m2 3 rooms 600€. Phone: 922273239

Premises Santa Cruz de Tenerife Location: central 0.00m2 2000€. Phone: 922273239 Apartment Bajada Al Pris 59.00m2 2 rooms 450€.

Phone: 670242080

Industrial La Laguna Location: outskirts 1050.00m2 6000€. Phone: 922273239

Apartment Urb. paraiso 52.00m2 1 room 650€. Phone: 670242080

Terraced house Puerto de la Cruz Location: outskirts Views:mountain 166.00m2

Apartment Puerto Viejo 54.00m2 2 rooms 550€ Phone: 670242080

Villa Tagoro San Eugenio Alto

Residencial

La Duquesa Playa Fañabé

Apartment Los Frailes 60.00m2 2 rooms 550€ Phone: 670242080

Apartment Piedra Hincada 2 rooms 700€ Phone: 670242080

Apartment Armeñime 77.00m2 3 rooms 500€ Phone: 670242080

P re m i s e s P l a z a D e l Charco 133.00m2 2500€ Phone: 670242080

Apartment Puerto Viejo 54.00m2 2 rooms 550€ Phone: 670242080

Tel: 922 710 515

Studio San Fernando 33.00m2 400€ Phone: 670242080

3 rooms 800€. Phone: 670242080

Terraced house Urb. Green Golf 135.00m2 3 rooms 950€ Phone: 670242080

Apartment Bajada al Pris 59.00m2 2 rooms 450€ Phone: 670242080

Terraced house Durazno 166.00m2 3 rooms 800€ Phone: 670242080

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Chalet Playa Paraíso 3 r ooms 2000€ Phone: 670242080

Chalet Las Candias 100.00m2 2 rooms 1000€ Phone: 670242080

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Studio Plaza Del Charco 20.00m2 420€ Phone: 670242080

New 3 bedroom luxury villa 750,000€ Tel. (0034) 655 914 691 (0034) 922 71 33 56

Port Royale Los Cristianos 2 bedroom apartment

3 Bedroom, 2 Bathroom, front and back garden, comunity pool. €425,000 Tel. 629 244 958 Excellent opportunity in Costa del Silencio

Studio Plaza Del Charco 40.00m2 400€ Phone: 670242080 Apartment Puntillo Del Sol 43.00m2 1 room 450€ Phone: 670242080 Terraced house La Quinta 130.00m2 3 rooms 800€ Phone: 670242080 Chalet El Durazno 275.00m2 3 rooms 1500€ Phone: 670242080 Terraced house Durazno 150.00m2 3 rooms 800€ Phone: 670242080 Premises Santa Cruz de Tenerife Location:central 120.00m2 750€. Phone: 922273239 Terraced house Green Golf 150.00m2 3 rooms 750€ Phone: 670242080

Terraced house Green Golf 135.00m2 2 rooms 850€ Phone: 670242080

Apartment Tabaiba Baja Location: outskirtsViews:sea 50.00m2 1 room 400€. Phone: 922273239

Chalet San Jose 70.00m2 2 rooms 550€ Phone: 670242080

Terraced house Green Golf 135.00m2 3 rooms 850€ Phone: 670242080

Studio Playa Jardín 35.00m2 450€ Phone: 670242080

Terraced house Green Golf 150.00m2 3 rooms 750€ Phone: 670242080

Terraced house Green Golf 135.00m2 2 rooms 850€ Phone: 670242080

Studio San Fernando 27.00m2 360€ Phone: 670242080

If it's great views that you're after then this lovely 2 bed, 2 bath apartment has some of the best. Great views over Los Cristianos out to sea with La Gomera on the horizon.

To be sold furnished & fully fitted, the property consists of an American style open plan kitchen and dining area combined with the large airy & light living room with patio doors leading onto the large 36m2 terrace which enjoys the afternoon sun.

Master bedroom is en-suite with patio doors leading out to the terrace and both bedrooms have fitted wardrobes.

The complex benefits from a large communal pool, reception, supermarket and many other amenities within a short walking distance.

Reduced from € 270,000 to € 225,750 for a quick sale.

Contact Horizon Property Group on 922 777 652 quoting ref C-1456

Apartment, 73m2, 2 bed, 1 bath, American kitchen, fitted wardrobes. Terrace, 40m2 with views over Teide and the complex.

2 community pools, one heated and one salt water, playground and other services.

Price €82,000.

Tel. 629 244 958

Sale : El Médano, dir ectly from the owner!!! New, precious detached house, 3 bedrooms, 2 moder n bathrooms, indep. kitchen, 3 terraces,bbq, luxury complex with 2 swimming pools, 42m2 closed garage, very exclusive furnished. Quiet zone, Price: 330.000 euros, Tel: 650 792 742 La Gomera, peace lovers, rustic palm fringed natural retreat. Three dwellings (123m2), residence and letting for rural holidays.

Matur e patio gar dens, beautiful mountain views.

For sale 196,000 euros, tel (0034) 922 800888, email davina@gmx.com

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Property Sale : Torviscas Alto/ Resid.

Casablanca, directly from the owner!!! Very beautiful apartment (53m2) in the most exclusive zone of Tenerife, 1 bedroom and an small officeroom, ver y big bathroom, 35m2 terrace with precious views, luxury complex with swimming pool and gardens.

Garage and store-room. Only 6 months old!!! Price: 183.000 euros, Tel: 650.792.742 Detached Villa in Callao Salvaje. Quiet cul de sac facing a barranco.

5 bedrooms,5 bathrooms, lounge,dining room,kitchen, utility and study. Garden, courtyard, heated swimming pool plus store rooms. Sea and mountain views. Can be divided into 2 apartments.

Plot 400sq m. € 650,000. tel 607310854 South, studio in El Chaparral, expensively renovated and decorated, SAT TV, telephone, kitchen and household completely equipped, 61,000 euros, tel 922 785165 or 639 945778

Los Cristianos by the sea, 2 apartmentsm, one and two bedrooms, panoramic views.

Sun, pool, garage, 128,m000 euros, tel 922 752759 / 608 425426

2 rooms 138200€ Phone: 922245178 Terraced house Aguamansa 190.00m2 3 rooms 200000€ Phone: 670242080

Finca (4,400m 2 ) with main house and outbuilding for sale. Various uses, ie tourism / agriculture. Tel 650 980719

Premises Santa Cruz 125.00m2 2 rooms 540000€ Phone: 922245178

Rustic Land La Hoya Location: outskirts Views: mountain 12000.00m2 2 rooms 300507€ Phone: 670804067

Terraced house Tegueste Location: central 3 rooms 247000€ Phone: 663805740

Chalet Barranco Hondo Location: outskirts Views: sea 169.00m2 4 rooms 438000€ Phone: 663805740

Apartment Los Cristianos Views: sea 56.00m2 1 room 150000€ Phone: 606394368

Apartment Santa Cruz Location: central Views: sea 105.00m2 3 rooms 126000€ Phone: 663805740

Apartment Los Realejos Location: central Views: sea 74.00m2 2 rooms 225000€ Phone: 922245178

Apartment Sta Cruz de Tenerife Location: central 157.00m2 3 rooms 235000€ Phone: 922273239

Apartment Santa Cruz Location: central 3 rooms 126000€ Phone: 663805740

Chalet Candelaria Location: outskirts Views: mountain 180.00m2 4 rooms 222375€ Phone: 922273239

Terraced house Santa Cruz Location: central Views: sea 187.00m2 3 rooms 525000€ Phone: 663805740

Apartment Arona / Valle San lorenzo Location: central Views: sea 85.00m2 2 rooms 118000€ Phone: 627180081

Terraced house Guayonje Location: countr yside Views: mountain 350.00m2 3 rooms 330000€ Phone: 922245178

Apartment Tabaiba Baja Location: central Views: sea 86.00m2 3 rooms 250000€ Phone: 663805740

Apartment Santa Cruz Location: central 210.00m2 5 rooms 619000€ Phone: 922273239

Apartment Santa Cruz Location: central 140.00m2 4 rooms 370000€ Phone: 663805740

Apartment Los Cristianos Location: central Views: mountain 50.00m2 1 room 100000€ Phone: 670804067

Apartment La Laguna Location: outskirts 110.00m2 3 rooms 270000€ Phone: 922273239

Apartment Santa Cruz Location: central 120.00m2 3 rooms 174300€ Phone: 922273239 Apartment Los Majuelos Location: central 103.00m2 3 rooms 183682€ Phone: 663805740

Apartment Santa Cruz Location: central 84.00m2 3 rooms 252500€ Phone: 663805740 Apartment El Médano 1 room 125000€ Phone: 670242080

Apartment Los Majuelos Location: outskirts Views: mountain 113.00m2 3 rooms 285000€ Phone: 922245178

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Canary Countryhouse El Salto - Granadilla

Tabaiba Alta

325sqm, 15 rooms, indoor pool, car port extra wooden house (22sqm)in the garden, patio with bar, billard, TV, washhouse with machine and dryer, 440sqm Ground, perfect for private club or small pension.

Sunny 3-bedroom apartment, 103 m2 , garden, 2 bathrooms, huge terrace with a wonderful ocean view, garage, small urbanization, 5 minutes from the German school, parquet floors, 2 storage rooms.

Private sale: 230,000 euros (o.n.o.).

www.draguito-teneriffa.de Tel. (0034) 609 504 380

Phone 922710515

Valle San Lorenzo Wonderful Villa with four seperate Living areas seaview, the second free plot is with building licence, 965m2, special offer, 550,000 euros for more information 667 387 459 / 922 765 446

3 bed, 2 bathroom duplex apartment for sale in Los Girasoles, El Madroñal Independent kitchen, downstairs toilet, office, living/dining room, 2 terraces approx 20m2 each.

For more information email ventasol@terra.es

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Chalet El Monturrio 190.00m2 4 rooms 189000€ Phone: 670242080

El Camison, 247.56m2, very quiet, close to the park and Hospitan, tripex and private garage with electric doors. Three bedroom with three complete bathrooms.

Independent kitchen, dining room with air conditioning, terrace with awning and BBQ. Independent water tank (750 litres). New electrical system. Own satellite system and community TV. Tel: 639 515154

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For sale La Finca, private complex (Chayofa), five minutes from Los Cristianos, 3 bed terrace house, 1 ½ bathrooms, community pool and garden, own garage, community fees only 113 euros, quick sale 199,000 euros ono Tel 610 753675

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Second line from the sea in Callao Salvaje.

Duplex, totally furnished, 75m2, separate ktichen, totally equipped, toilet, dining room, complete bathroom, 2 bedrooms, SAT-TV, solarium 30m2 with views to Gomera and Teide, garage space, community areas with 2 pools, automatic gates, community fees 54/month, 145,000 euros

Tel 629 244 958

Urb. Oasis Dakota, Playa Fañabé 3 bed semi detached, toilet, complete bathroom, separate kitchen, totally equipped, furnished, 35m2 terrace, secure access to pool, infant park, good views, beside commerical centres, 800m from Playa Fañabe, community feees 30/month, 185,000 € Tel 629 244958

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Tenerife Dream Homes T.D.H. TENERIFE DREAM HOMES

Local 6, 6 Calle Taoro, Taoro Sueno Azul, Azul Callao Salvaje, Salvaje 38678, 38678 Adeje, Adeje Tenerife Tel: 922 740465 Mob: (SP/UK) 661 932881 / (UK) 663 844141 Email: info@tenerifedreamhomes.com Websites: www.tenerifedreamhomes.com / www.invest-abroad.org.uk

T.D.H. TENERIFE DREAM HOMES

Los Gigantes • Ref: GIG-A-09-2 2 Bed 2 Bath Apartment Situated on the third floor, offering spectacular views of the Atlantic American style fitted kitchen, Master bedroom with built in wardrobes & en-suite. Communal Pool BARGAIN 115,000 €

Fañabé • Ref: FAN-A-02-1 1 Bed 1 Bath Apartment Ground floor apartment in the sought after area of Mirar Verde - Fañabé.

American style kitchen, large terrace, Large bedroom with built in wardrobes.

Communal pool. Stunning views 126,000 €

Tijoco • Ref: TIJ-V-04-3 3 Bed, 2 Bath Villa Beautiful independent villa with incredible panoramic views of the atlantic, La Gomera and South coast. Situated in rural setting only 10 minutes from Adeje 320,000 €

Fantastic Business Opportunities in the South of Tenerife Please contact us for more information

Granadilla • Ref: GRA-V-03-10 10 Bed 7 Bath Villa This property is an absolute bargain. Situated in the heart of Granadilla, it has 10 beds, 7 bathrooms, 2 fitted kitchens, 2 dining rooms, double garage & garden of 700 sq m & private roof terrace 315,000 €

San Eugenio • Ref: EUG-COM-04 Freehold Bargain Well established diner in the centre of San Eugenio.

The current owners have had the business for 12 years & the reason for sale is retirement. The bar caters for both residents & tourists & has excellent passing trade 35,000 € + Private Mortgage

Golf del Sur • Ref: GOL-V-17-3 3Bed 3 Bath Villa with stunning uninterrupted views Situated on the Fairways complex, comprises of 3 bedrooms with the possibility to construct a further 2. Fully fitted kitchen, large lounge & separate dining area. Private pool.

355,000 €

Aldea Blanca • Ref: ALD-H-11-3 3 Bed 3 Bath Bungalow The property briefly comprises of 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, American style fitted kitchen, spacious lounge with patio doors to the 42m2 garden area.

Air conditioning in all rooms. Roof terrace of 65m2 BARGAIN 175,000 €

INVESTORS / FUNDING WANTED Funding needed for various projects in the Canary Islands from Alternative Energy to Hotel Complexes Also investors required to purchase large business opportunities in various countries such as Lapland, Brazil, Canary Islands, Mainland Spain, Bulgaria & the Caribbean.

www.invest-abroad.org.uk

Callao Salvaje • Ref: CAL-V-01-4 4 Bed 3 Bath Villa ***Reduced for Quick Sale*** Opportunity to purchase a converted 3 bed villa now a 4 bed. American Style fitted kitchen, Private heated pool, Excellent décor throughout BARGAIN 255,000 €

Holiday Rental – Callao Salvaje 4 Bed, 4 Bath Villa – Sleeps 8 Heated Pool / Large Terrace Ref: HOL-CAL-18-4 - From 700.00 p/w

Holiday Rental – Callao Salvaje 3 Bed, 2 Bath Villa – Sleeps 6 Front Line / Private Pool Ref: HOL-CAL-16-3 – From 1000.00 p/w

Holiday Rental – Callao Salvaje 3 Bed, 2 Bath Villa – Sleeps 6 Private Pool Ref: HOL-SUE-03-3 – From 550.00 p/w

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USEFUL INFORMATION ISLAND CONNECTIONS :: EDITION 601 :: 09/10/2009 - 23/10/2009

Puerto de la Cruz Casa de la Aduana C/Las Lonjas s/n Tel: 922 38 60 00 Open Mon-Fri 9am-8pm Weekends 9am-5pm

La Palma Tenerife

South Costa Adeje Open: Mon-Sun 10am-5pm Playa de Troya: Avda Rafael Puig 1 Playa Fañabé: Avda Litoral Arona Open Mon-Fri 9am-9pm Sat 9am-3.30pm Playa de las Américas: CC City Center Tel: 922 797 668 Playa de Las Vistas: Paseo Marítimo s/n Tel: 922 787 011

Santa Cruz de La Palma C/O’Daly, 22 Tel: 922 412106

La Gomera San Sebastián C/Del Medio, 20 Tel: 922 141512 Valle Gran Rey Tel: 922 805458 Hermigua Tel: 922 144101

El Hierro Valverde Tel: 922 550302

Gran Canaria

Los Cristianos: Cultural Centre Tel: 922 757 137

Las Palmas Parque Santa Catalina Tel: 928 219600

Las Galletas: Paseo Maritimo Dionisio Gonzalez Delgado Tel: 922 730 133 Mon-Fri 9am-9pm

Playa del Inglés Avda de España Tel: 928 771550

Golf del Sur: Avda Galván Bello s/n Tel: 922 73 86 64 Open Mon-Fri 9am11.30am and 12 noon to 5.30pm Sat 9.30am-1.30pm Santiago del Teide CC Seguro el Sol (in front of Playa de la Arena)

c/ Manuel Ravelo, 20, Local 35 Tel: 922 86 03 48 Open Mon-Fri 9.30am3.30pm Sat 9.30am-12.30pm

Lanzarote Arrecife Parque Municipal s/n Tel: 928 801517 Puerto del Carmen Avda de las Playas Tel: 928 515337

Fuerteventura Puerto del Rosario Avda 1 de Mayo, 33 Tel: 928 851024

Granadilla de Abona Tenerife South Airport (arrivals)

Tel: 922 39 20 37 Open Mon-Fri 9am-9pm Sat 9am-1pm El Médano Plaza de los Principes de España Tel: 922 176002 Open Mon-Fri 9am-3pm (winter) 9am-2pm (summer) Sat 9am-1pm

www.webtenerifeuk.co.uk

La Laguna C/ Carrera, 7º (Casa Alvarado Bracamonte) Tel. 922 631 194 Open Mon-Fri 9am-5pm Weekends 9am-3pm

hello Infoturismo Tenerife

902 00 31 21

Airports

Ireland

902 404704

Tenerife South 922 759200 Tenerife North 922 635635 La Palma 922 426100 La Gomera 902 404 704 El Hierro 922 553700 Gran Canaria 928 579000 Lanzarote 928 846000 Fuerteventura 928 860500 Flight information:

Honorary Consul of Ireland.

León y Castillo 195, 1st Floor on right, 35004 Las Palmas.

Tel: +34 928 29 77 28 Fax: +34 928 29 77 28 consuladoirlanda@step.es

www.aena.es

United Kingdom

Maritime Rescue & Safety

A consular officer makes routine visits to the islands and is available to meet anyone who wishes to call for assistance and advice.

Fuerteventura. The consular officer will be available in Hotel Atlantis Palace, Corralejo.

Lanzarote. The consular officer will be available during the day in the lounge of Hotel Los Fariones in Puerto del Carmen.

Hononary Consul for Lanzarote, Susan Thain, will also be available to offer consular assistance to British Nationals.

Please call the Consulate in Gran Canaria (+34) 928 26 25 08 for information and appointments.

Santa Cruz Las Palmas

900 202202 928 467757

Emergency

DIAL 112 Emergency Single emergency line

080 092 091 062 016

FIRE BRIGADE LOCAL POLICE NATIONAL POLICE GUARDIA CIVIL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

Missing Children> 116000

Consulates TENERIFE United Kingdom British Consulate Plaza Weyler, No. 8, 1st Floor - 38003 Santa Cruz de Tenerife Office Hours: Mon- Fri 8:30am to 1:30pm Tel.: +34 922 28 68 63 Fax: +34 922 28 99 03 tenerife.enquiries@fco.gov.uk www.ukinspain.com 24-Hour Emergency Service Out of office hours the Consulate telephone number (+34 922 28 68 63) provides details of how to contact a duty officer in an emergency.

www.aytolalaguna.com/ ayto/

North Santa Cruz Plaza de España Tel: 922 289394 Fax: 922 284965 Open: Mon-Fri 9am-6pm Sat 9am-1pm (to 5pm and 12 noon respectively, July, Aug & Sept) Free city guides Mon-Sat from the kiosk at 11am

Useful Numbers

24-Hour Emergency Service Out of office hours the Consulate telephone number (+34 928 262 508) provides details of how to contact a duty officer in an emergency.

www.grancanaria.com

Post Office Prices

Ireland

Honorary Consul of Ireland Calle de Castillo 8, 4th Floor 38002 Santa Cruz Tel: +34 922 245 671 922 245 035 Fax: +34 922 249 957 jimken@eresmas.com

EU 0.20 gr.

Normal 0.62 € / Urg. 2.76 € Large 1.07 € / Urg. 3.58 € 21-50 gr.

Normal 1.29 € / Urg. 3.79 €

Rest of World 0.20 gr.

Normal 0.78 € / Urg. 3.10 € Large 1.38 € / Urg. 3.90 € 21-50 gr.

Normal 1.66 € / Urg. 4.15 €

Ireland

Honorary Vice Consul of Ireland C/Ginés de Castro Alvarez 12, 3B,/ 35500 Arrecife, Lanzarote Tel: +34 928 815262 Fax: +34 928 802200

Honorary Consul of India Villalba Hervas 15, 1st Floor PO Box 336, 38002 Santa Cruz de Tenerife Office Hours: Mon- Fri 9:30am to 2pm Tel: +34 922 24 35 03 922 24 14 16 Fax: +34 922 28 97 55. gopemahtani@wanadoo.es

Fred Olsen www.fredolsen.es info: 902 100 107 Naviera Armas www.naviera-armas.es info: 902 456 500 Acciona www.trasmediterranea.es info: 902 454 645

Air-transport Binter Canarias www.bintercanarias.com info: 902 391 392 Islas Airways www.islasairways.com info: 902 477 478

Good Luck Why not have a flutter on one of Spain’s popular lotteries? Look out for the ONCE kiosks, or the Loterías y Apuestas del Estado shops, and good luck!.

United Kingdom

British Consulate Calle Luís Morote 6, 3rd Floor-E-35007 Las Palmas.

Office Hours: Mon- Fri 8:30am to 1:30pm Tel.: + 34 928 262 508 Fax: + 34 928 267 774 laspalmas.consulate@fco.gov.uk www.ukinspain.com This office also covers Fuerteventura and Lanzarote (please check website for dates of consular visits and how to arrange appointments).

vocabulary English

Spanish

Please Thank you Good morning Good afternoon Goodbye Public telephone Chemist Doctor Health Centre Hospital Ambulance Firemen Police Airport Bus Taxi Tram Plane

Por favor Gracias Buenos días Buenos tardes Adiós Teléfono público Farmacia Médico Centro de salud Hospital Ambulancia Bomberos Policía Aeropuerto Autobús/guagua Taxi Tranvía Avión

Christian Fellowship Los Cristianos 1st floor of Apolo Shopping Centre Pastor Adrian McBride.

Tel: 922 790 007.

SERVICES

Living Spring Pentecostal Church

Costa del Silencio

Guaza Calle Almorejo 2, beside the Guaza sports complex.

Rev. and Pastor (Mrs) Nelson Olajide Tel: 609 505 915. livingspring75@hotmail. com

The Anglican Parish of All Saints Puerto de la Cruz Sunday services 9.30am and 11am.

Carretera Taoro 29.Chaplain.

Tel: 922 384 038 www.allsaintstenerife.com

Saint Francis Anglican Chaplaincy Tenerife South Chaplain Fr. Keith Gordon, phone 679660277 or 922742045

Catholic Mass Puerto de la Cruz

Primitiva

Temperature

Conversion Chart GRAN CANARIA

Essential

Island Transport Church Maritime

India

Spain & Canary Islands 0.20 gr.

Normal 0.32 € / Urg. 2.38 € Large 0.39 € / Urg. 2.46 € 21-50 gr.

Normal 0.43 € / Urg. 2.55 €

LANZAROTE & FUERTEVENTURA

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Tourist Info points

Tenerife North Airport Tel: 922 635192 Open Mon-Fri 8am-9pm Weekends 9am-5pm

Cº / F 11 52 12 54 13 55 14 57 15 59 16 61 17 63 18 64 19 66 20 68 21 70 22 72 23 73 24 75 25 77

Cº / F 26 79 27 81 28 82 29 84 30 86 31 88 32 90 33 91 34 93 35 95 36 97 37 99 38 100 39 102 40 104

International service Sundays (almost always in English) in the Nuestra Señora de la Peña de Francia parish church Los Gigantes Daily mass in English in the Espíritu Santo church

La Palma

Coral Mar. Sunday Services 11am-6pm.

Mothers & Toddlers group Tue.10.30 to 12 noon.

Counselling and info: Pastor Bill Jeffrey Tel: 617291751. www. silenciochurch.com

Calvary Assembly International Church Buzanada Sunday 11.00am, Wednesday 7.30pm Nursery is provided during the Sunday morning service as well as Sunday School for children under 12.

For more information, for counselling, or for information about the International Bible Institute, call: Missionary / Pastor Mark G. Baumgartner 628 107 316.

St. Sebastian’s Inclusive Church Mogán, Gran Canaria Sundays 7pm at Cordial Mogán Playa Chapel

Canary Islands Lanzarote Tenerife

Sta.Cruz Las Palmas

Gomera Hierro

G. Canaria

Fuerteventura

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Chrysler Jeep Patriot

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taying true to its strong values and character, the Jeep® brand is purpose-built adventure equipment which inspires extraordinary journeys.

With almost 70 years of legendary 4x4 capability, the Jeep brand continues to fulfill promises of adventure, liberation, and independence

for those who truly embrace life, whether travelling on or off the road. The ruggedness and responsiveness of Jeep vehicles provide owners with a sense of security and the ability to handle any situation with confidence.

The range of Jeep vehicles includes the Grand Cherokee, the new Cherokee, Commander, Compass, Patriot, Wrangler and Wrangler Unlimited.

The 2009 version of Jeep’s acclaimed Patriot features an all-new, high quality interior. Improvements inside the

Patriot include an all-new instrument panel, redesigned centre console and remodelled door trim.

The instrument panel has been given a superior smoother look while new circular heating, ventilation and air-conditioning vents are surrounded by tasteful chrome. The centre console now has a split lid to boost storage space and as with the door trim its arm rests have more padding for increased comfort. All models now feature a carpeted boot floor and premium floor

mats and there are new sound systems. Standard on Sport models is a single-disc CD AM/FM RDS radio with AUX and MP3 capability while Limited versions get a six-disc CD radio, again with AUX and MP3 capability.

Optional is the new Sound and Navigation Group, Jeep’s state-of-the-art vehicle infotainment system, with the premium Boston Acoustics® sound system.

All Patriots come with a long list of standard features including FreedomDrive™ 4x4 system which

offers a response in real time to changes in driving conditions, adapted to your style.

Also, electric windows, latest generation front and side-curtain airbags, air conditioning, 17 inch aluminium wheels, independent McPherson suspension, ABS and ESP with Electronic Roll Mitigation, six-speed transmission and electronic speed control. An electric sunroof is optional. To prevent unpleasant surprises, the Sentry Key® immobiliser which operates on a special frequency, prevents the engine be-

ing started without the use of the correctly encoded key.

The security alarm system adds extra security to the new Jeep Patriot.

Along with a competitive price and Jeep’s legendary off-road ability, excellent fuel economy also comes as standard. The 2.0 CRD returns a wallet (or purse) welcoming 42.2mpg or 4.18 litres per 100km.

The Jeep Patriot is the ultimate expression of the spirit of freedom and adventure.

The Jeep’s classic design represents a modern interpretation of the original vehicle and is easily identifiable by its angular silhouette, grille and round headlights. Prices for the 2009 Jeep Patriot range start at 26,744 euros for the 2-litre 140CV CRD Sport and 27,930 euros for the 2 litre CRD Limited model. Ask your dealer for details of special offers applicable in the Canaries. For more information, visit www.jeep.es.

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Tenerife Ladies Open

Record Breaker Raul Gonzalez

Felicity feted

Real Madrid

Raul records continue Real Madrid’s Raul Gonzalez broke the club’s league appearance record with his second-half contribution in the game against Villareal.

In coming on as a substitute the striker passed the record of 523 league games set by centre half Manuel Sanchis. Raul is now in his fourteenth season at Real, where he is the all-time leading goal-scorer, having beaten Alfredo de Stefano’s record of 310 goals last year. He also holds the record for most goals scored in the Champions league (65). He made his debut for the club in October 1994, when he came on as a late substitute for the legendary Emilio Butragueño.

Credit: Felipe Pérez

Credit Darz Mol

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ritish player Felicity Johnson was the ver y delighted winner of the recent Tenerife Ladies Golf Open at the Costa Adeje club, her first victor y in the women’s European circuit.

Felicity, who turned pro in 2006, had notched up four third places, but was thrilled to clinch the title here, starting the final day’s play with a three stroke advantage over second placed Becky Brewerton. Brewerton was here fresh from her Spanish Ladies Open win two months ago, and the popular Welsh player has finished runner up here twice before, in 2003 and 2004.

Third place went to Bettina Hauert, with Tania Elósegui the best of the Spanish in fourth, and Melissa Reid from England taking fifth spot.

Felicity Johnson, 2009 Tenerife Ladies Open champion

Football

Leon and Beltrán

Clean as a whistle?

Charges brought by an ultra-right group against fans who whistled whilst the National Anthem was played at the final of the King’s Cup, have been thrown out of court.

Spanish National High Court Judges decided that no crime had been committed, although the whistles which sounded when the King reached the Director’s balcony in Valencia’s Mestalla stadium for the final, “were neither examples of education, nor civility”, but were not an illegal act damaging to the Chief of State (the King) according to the Penal Code.

Football

Pedro Rodríguez

Tenerife born Barcelona placer, Pedrito, is having a cracking start to the season.

With an average of a goal every 85 minutes, he’s scored four in the 10 games he’s participated in so far. The goals haven’t only been great, but decisive helping his team to the European Supercup and making the difference in Bilbao and against Almería. With Thierry Henry still recovering, Pedrito has found his feet and enormous confidence with regular team appearances. He

Credit: fcbarcelona.cat

Phenomenon

Injury blows for Tenerife T

enerife players Ricardo León and Marc Bertrán are out of action following nasty injuries sustained in the recent games against Athletic Bilbao and Real Madrid.

Midfielder León required an operation as a result of a broken nose and other facial bone damage suffered during a collision with a Bilbao player. The club says he is unlikely to return before the beginning of November in order to give the bones time to heal. The loss is a big blow to Tenerife given the bite Ricardo adds to the centre

Credit: Gary Hill

Kings’ cup

of the park. However, with the side conceding so many goals at the start of the season and tough fixtures coming up, the loss of full-back Bertrán for at least three months is a bigger blow. He was caught by a dangerous challenge by Real Madrid’s Drenthe, who was lucky not to be sent off for the two-footed tackle, which broke a bone in the Tenerife player’s shin. Bertrán is unlikely to play again until January or February at the earliest.

León suffered a broken nose during the Bilbao game

Mikel vs Xabi could even be on the way to making Barcelona history having scored in four of the six competitions that the club have taken part in so far this season. If he also manages to score in the remaining two it will be a Barcelona milestone.

Brotherly duel T

enerife’s Mikel Alonso may have been disappointed by the severity of the loss away to Real Madrid (3-0) but a family occasion helped make up for the blues. The midfielder went head to head with his brother Xabi, formerly of Liverpool, for the first time in his career

and although he and his Tenerife colleagues came off second best despite a good first half showing, Mikel said he was happy at the joy the rivalry brought to his father. “Our Dad will have loved seeing us as rivals on the same pitch for the first time, so that is something to take away from the game” admitted

Mikel afterwards. The brothers played together as teenagers in the same team before signing for Real Sociedad around the same time. They could have clashed once before, when Mikel was on loan at Bolton and Xabi at Anfield, but Gary Megson the Bolton manager did not use him that day.

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Megabowl

DIVISION TWO

TEAM

TEAM

1. Palms Bar A 2. Ten. Hammers A 3. Target Bar 4. 44 Oxford Street A 5. Amigos Bar 6. Trap Door B 7. Rat Pack 8. Toscales Old Boys 9. Men Of Atlantis 10. Lupain 11. Atlantis Sharks 12. Phoenix Knights 13. North & South 14. Trap Door A 15. Nauta A 16. Legends 17. Ten. Hammers B

PL W D L P 7 7 8 8 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 8 7

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0 0 1 2 1 2 4 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 6 6

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1. Hoops Bar 8 2. Rinconcito 8 3. Terrace Bar A 8 4. 44 Oxford Street B 8 5. Globe A 8 6. Summerland 8 7. Dreamers Bar 8 8. Palms Bar B 8 9. Nauta C 8 10. Oasis Bar 6 11. Terrace Bar B 8 12. Ten. Hammers C 8 13. Nauta B 8 14. Palms Bar C 8 15. Whippys 7 16. Barracuda 8 17. Trap Door C 6 18. Globe B 7

8 7 6 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 0

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Tenerife Champions Cup

Tuesday Singles League Week 15 No Player (0) Dave Dixon (2) Forfeit Allan Billing (8) Shelly Masson (0) Forfeit Jacquie Gibb (8) Sue Long (0) Steve Carter (8) Dave Simpson (0) Duncan Wallace (8) Avril Capper (0) Ron Howling (6) Chris Rose (2) Jeff Lemm (4) Martin Gronvall (4) A fine 224 for Duncan.

Week 16 Ron Howling (8) No Player (0) Forfeit Allan Billing (8) Miguel Rodríguez (0) Forfeit Jacquie Gibb (2) Steve Carter (6) Duncan Wallace (8) Rhiannon Russell (0) Jeff Lemm (6) Dave Simpson (2) Martin Gronvall (8) No Player (0) Forfeit Dave Dixon (8) No Player (0) Forfeit An excellent 224 for Dave Dixon and a fine 200 for Martin, way above his average.

Saturday doubles League Week 41

The European Beach Volley Challenge takes place at Siam Park, Costa Adeje on October 9th, 10th and 11th.

This will be the third edition of a competition which is already considered a top event in the world’s beach volley calendar and will feature teams from Italy, Spain, France, the United Kingdom, Holland and Estonia as well as the German couple Reckermann and Urbatzka who currently occupy the first place in the world rankings. The British team consists of Gregg Weaver and Robin Miedzybrodzki.

The team first participated in 2008 and didn’t want to miss this year’s challenge or let their British ex-pat fans down.

The Gladiators of the Sand, as the

Compiled by Doreen Lemm

10 pin bowling league results

Tenerife 8 Ball DIVISION ONE

TENERIFE

Delfin Computer San Isidro (6) Golf Costa Adeje (18) 206 for Franck and 205 for Gimena.

209 for Rogelio and 201 for Rafa. 200 for Jacquie.

Week 35 Tasquita Damián (18) Delfin Computer San Isidro (6) Golf Costa Adeje (0) Megabowl Poppets (24) Canal Ocio Dayu (24) Tasca de Tranvia (0) A good day for the Megabowl Poppets, Sue Bowled a fine 216 and 210 and Jacquie scored a 215. Franck (Golf Costa Adeje) had a 212.

Sunday Doubles League Week 12 Him + Her (5) Buccaneer Bar (3) Pinseekers (5) Nothing But Trouble (3) A fine 215 for Ron (Pinseekers).

Week 13 Nothing But Trouble (6) Buccaneer Bar (2) Pinseekers (5) Rack ‘Ems (3) 202 for Dave Dixon (Buccaneers).

No matches completed

Monday Fun League Week 42

Gregg Weaver

players are referred to, will be playing in an atmosphere of pure energy at Siam Park. The event, sponsored by Turismo de Tenerife, the Ayuntamiento of Adeje, the Canarian government’s ministry for health, Schweppes, Iberia Airlines and Hotel Sheraton La Caleta amongst others, will be widely broadcast on TV and radio. Entrance to Siam Park for the challenge is free.

TENNIS

Happy Days (1) Buccaneer Bar (7) Los Inflamables (8) Trouble Shooters (0) No team (0) You’ll never bowl alone (8) Buccaneers on form again, Dave Dixon with a 217 and partner, Dave Stell, with a 208. 203 for José (Los Inflamables).

Saturday International League Doubles Canal Ocio Dayu Week 34 Megabowl Poppets (24) Tasca de Tranvia (0) Tasquita Damián (0) Canal Ocio Dayu (24)

Week 16 The Bears (8) Dumb + Dumber (0) No team (0) Megatramps (2) Forfeit 205 for Megatramp, Danny, his highest score to date!

Monday Pub League Week 15 Maurelly (0) Buccaneer Bar (8) Café Royale (4) Tenerife Royale (4) F.C.U.K. ‘Em (6) Cherry Bakewells (2) Fisherman’s Bar (8) No team (0) Forfeit An excellent 214 for Michael (Tenerife Royale) and a 199 clean game. A 4, 7, 10 split for Jeff (Café Royale).

Davis Cup

Swiss challenge for Spaniards Davis Cup holders Spain, who meet the Czech Republic in this year’s Final, have been handed a tough draw in the first round of next year’s competition.

The Spaniards have been paired with Roger Federer’s Switzerland in the opening tie next March, although they will have home advantage. If he plays, world number one Federer can be expected to win his two singles matches so everything

SWIMMING La Graciosa

Current makes swim longer Federer

is likely to hinge on the doubles.

In meetings between the two countries so far Spain hold a 4-1 record, the last win being achieved in Geneva two years ago by the narrowest of margins. Spain are now the most successful Davis Cup team in the last decade, having won the trophy three times and been in five of the last ten Finals. No venue has been decided yet for the Final against the Czechs in early December.

Swimmers who turned out for the traditional crossing from Lanzarote to La Graciosa say the task was tougher than ever due to the strong current.

Over 500 people of all ages took part in the event, the distance of which is officially given as 2.7 km. However, around 30 could not complete the swim due to the force of the current which dragged them off course and forced them to battle hard to stay on a straight

line. Several had to be helped out of the water and onto accompanying boats on account of the exhaustion suffered.

The winner, Gran Canaria’s David García, won by just one second from Tenerife rival José Victor García after emerging from the water quicker to touch the end point on the quayside on tiny La Graciosa. One 70-year-old participant said the conditions were the toughest he had ever experienced in 17 crossings.

By George Reed

“I’ll moider de bum” O

Above the noise of the crowd the referee shouted to the fighter, “Do you want to carry on?”

Grimacing in pain, the tubby pugalist mumbled his answer through his broken and bloody lips, “No! No!”, and so ended one of the craziest ring careers in fistic history. It also ended a story of blood and slaughter, a tale of bluster and ballyhoo, comedy and terror, and a dismal ending for Tony Galento.

When stripped to his ring attire he looked anything but a trained professional boxer.

In fact, he looked more like a grotesque puppet with a body padded with thick layers of fat.

However, if he did happen to catch a man with one of his swings or hooks, it was usually ‘curtains’ for his opponent.

From the start of his career the fighter from Orange, New Jersey was everything an athlete shouldn’t be. He ate whatever he fancied, drank what he pleased and chain smoked. TwoTon Tony, the beer barrel Palooko, as he liked to be known, may not have looked like a trained fighter, however there was a more serious side to Galento’s boxing career. He may have been a far cry from being a technical boxer but he had a fighter’s heart, and all he wanted to do was fight by fair means or foul.

By the time Galento was taken over by the clever little manager Joe Jacobs, he was on his way down in the boxing game, but Jacobs realised that with a lot of

Two Ton : One Fight, One Night : Tony Galento V. Joe Louis, the book written by Joseph Monninger on that night and that fight

ballyhoo and some clever matchmaking he could steer Galento to a world title shot at heavyweight champion Joe Louis, who was fast running out of challengers for his crown. So Jacobs took the rough and tumble scrapper and matched him with a couple of heavies who he knew Galento would beat, and then started to build up stories about him.

Galento was a publicity man’s dream.

The little fat man who owned a bar, whose appearance made him the most unlikely challenger of all time. A fighter who trained on booze and cigars, and who on one occasion when out on a training run with his sparring partners, was seen to be sitting in a luxury car puffing away on an even bigger cigar, while his sparring partners were seen to be jogging alongside the car pouring with sweat.

Galento’s answer to this event? “Why should I kill myself when I’m paying dem bums to do it?” He whipped up the publicity further when asked about the champion,

“Who? Oh, Joe Louis – I’ll moider de bum!”, which was always his ring slogan for victory. One reporter, tired of receiving the same answer to the question about leading heavyweights of the time, ventured to ask Galento’s opinion of William Shakespeare of whom he had obviously never heard, and thinking it was some European heavyweight declared “Oh yes, him, I’ll moider dat bum too!”

Galento may have looked far from being an Adonis, but he was no ‘bum’ himself. He was only 29 but had been involved in 103 professional fights, and even though he had lost 20 of those bouts he had never been knocked out, which was the thing which captured the public’s imagination, along with the fact that he was a tough brawler who often forgot the finer points of the boxing rules.

Even though most people didn’t think that Galento would survive more than one round against the invincible Brown Bomber, Joe Louis, almost 40,000 turned up at

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Max Baer, World Heavyweight Champion (1934): After being knocked out early by Joe Louis, his last words to the hotel operator who asked if he wanted the house doctor were, “No, get me a people doctor”. ne night a long time ago, as the bell was about to ring for the start of the seventh round of a heavyweight prize fight being staged in Washington DC, the referee was in one of the corners bent over one of the fighters who looked like a worn-out old man, and whose face was like a bloody mask.

Boxing

the Yankee Stadium, New York on 28th June 1939 and that night, Two-Ton Tony the Clown achieved a moment of greatness as a fighter. Even before the first blow was struck, as the referee called the two fighters together to give them the final instructions, Galento started complaining that there was too much grease on the champion’s face and insisted on wiping some off. He wiped his gloves across Joe Louis’ face and through his hair.

Louis, not surprisingly, was incensed as the bell rang to start the fight, and a little out of control.

As the champion loomed over him, Galento threw the one punch he was dangerous with – his left hook.

Everyone in the stadium saw it coming except Louis and as it slammed against his right cheek it stunned him momentarily, and he was almost out on his feet. The crowd were also stunned, for Tony Galento had the world title in the palm of his ham-like hand. But he hesitated, not believing that he had hurt his opponent so much. So he stood back and watched Louis with his small, suspicious, rheumy eyes, and that moment of glory which had almost made him heavyweight champion of the world slipped through his chubby fingers. Louis recovered and fought back, but Galento kept planting left-handers on the champ’s face and by the end of that round, Louis’ cheeks were red and swollen from the blows they had taken. After that Joe went to work on Tony the Clown who had dared to humiliate him, giving him a murderous beating in round two, but Tony refused to give in. In fact, in the third round he even took the fight to the champion and as Louis retaliated he threw a left swing blindly and Louis hit the canvas, but it was Galento’s last bid for glory. Louis’ pride was now hurt, and in the next round his punches went into

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Tel: 922 750 609 / Fax: 922 795 810 / classifieds@ic-news.com Galento’s face like guided missiles of the future, and Galento’s body finally caved in under the weight of the punishment. He hit the deck and the referee stopped the fight to save him from further punishment. At the end, Galento’s eyes, lips and even his tongue needed stitches.

However, later, Galento and his manager Joe Jacobs insisted that the next time the two fighters

met, Galento would beat the great champion and take the title. But it was not to be, even though Tony beat the highly rated Lou Nova three months later, giving him such a cruel beating in the process, that the young fighter had to stay in hospital for three months. It seemed as if Galento was heading to the top, but then his wise old manager died and he never won another fight!

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League news I

t’s been a terrific two weeks for Soccer Experience 7s with all four leagues in full flow, bringing us wonderful goals and some very enjoyable football. We’ve had new teams causing upsets and old teams showing their experience and some games worthy of a Soccer Experience classic label.

PREMIERSHIP

Big Christian Lee’s The Living Room side had a good two weeks holding on to the top spot with two terrific wins, outclassing their opponents and their fire cracker Kyle was in blistering form; they look strong favourites to hang on to the title taking wins off Taylor’s Lounge and the struggling Canarian team. Blair’s Exiles Bar from Silencio are hot on their heels making no mistakes with two back-to-back wins over Morfitt Properties and Eclipse Café making them the in-form team with four straight wins as they look to push Living Room all the way for the title.

Hole in the Wall, currently top of the Masters league

their results don’t tell the full story as each game has been well fought narrowly missing out on wins by the odd goal, with their spirited and grumpy captain Kade working hard in the transfer market they will soon be moving up the table. Sadly Harley’s American Restaurant have struggled so far to find the same form that took them to a fourth place finish last season but with Ginger Greg and Croatian Gogo and very Hairy Brian they will hopefully turn their season around soon.

last season. They seem to have taken their game to another level winning five out of five. Sitting in third place are new boys Chafiras FC who have had a great season so far beating reigning champs Tenerife Warriors and Taylor’s Masters making them real contenders this season. Morfitt Masters, Exiles Bar and L.A. Masters all sit in joint fourth after a good start each team needs only to find a little more consistency to push for top spot and all three have enough quality to move further up the table over the coming weeks. Tenerife Warriors lie just behind with Lee Martin having a new look side they are just now beginning to find the form that won them the league last season. Hoops Rovers sit just above the bottom three but

MASTERS

The surprise package this season is table toppers Hole in the Wall who are in wonderful form taking another win off the ever improving L.A. Masters team. Captain Keith Valentine must be proud of his side making little changes to the side from

CHAMPIONSHIP

New boys Villa Mitre are off to a flying start with two wins out of two they look the team to beat scoring goals for fun and look

MASTER 7’S LEAGUES TABLE: Autumn / Early Winter 2009 Championship 7’s Leagues Teams 1. Taylor’s Masters 2. Hole in the Wall 3. Chafiras F.C. 4. Morfitt Masters 5. L.A. Masters 6. Exiles Masters 7. Tenerife Warriors 8. Hoops Rovers 9. Palms Rest.on the Golf 10. Dreamers United 11. Harleys American Diner

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real contenders to win the league. Following in their footsteps are Hoppy’s Cyril’s Creations team who are looking to go one further than their runners up spot last term recording backto-back wins in their opening games and with young Craig Allen in the form of his life it could be their season. Fresh off the mark are the House team (mixture of individuals that were looking for a team) who recorded a win in their first game with a last gasp winner from striker Lyden Smithers beating Zurich Spartans 5:4 at the death. Zurich Spartans have had an up and down start so far with new captain Graeme but have a good mix of very young and fast with some slower experience to move up the table.

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Shane Hope’s L.A. Veterans have been in terrific form and deservedly sit top of pile after recording another win. They have goals coming from all over the park, and with the form of Big Lacey and mad hatter goal keeper Johnny it’s hard to see them being defeated having notched up three wins out of three.

Hot on their heels are Exiles Veterans who are also undefeated. Exiles had to show real character this week to come from 3:1 down to snatch a win at the death in true contenders style. Darren Kemp’s Ironcraft services team sit in third position and seem to be gaining strength with every game as they recorded a convincing win over Taboos Bar. Ironcraft showed some clinical finishing from striker Satellite Dave and big Billy Ions scored his first hat trick since his school days! Taboos will be looking to bounce straight back from two defeats this week, with Captain Phil calling the shots and bionic leg striker Darren they’re sure to turn

their form around. Morfitt Rentals and Stringfellas F.C. make up the bottom two with both teams still looking to get off the mark, with many experienced players in both sides their first points can’t be far away.

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land listen in to Sunday afternoons with Adam on Coast FM Tenerife 89.2 and 89.7 FM. or on the internet at www.coastfmtenerife.com, click on listen live. Adam plans to cover all the leagues on his show and advise on all the latest scores, scorers, news, players and teams of the week and will soon carry interviews from a week of Soccer Experience 7s play from 4pm on Sundays.

International Masters Tournament

The Saints are marching in!

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occer Experience International Masters tournament in southern Tenerife 13, 14 & 15 November 2009.

Soccer Experience are delighted to announce that it is looking very likely that the ex-Southampton legends team will be coming to play in this year’s International tournament. Martin Tierney of Soccer Experience has played against the ex-Saints in an elite Masters tournament in Hong Kong over the last couple of years and the Southampton boys have told Martin that they are thrilled to be coming this year to try and take the title away from Leicester City’s ex-stars! The Saints team that plans to come will include, David Howells, ex-Wales giant Goalkeeper Paul Jones, Rod Wallace, Jimmy Case, Russell Osman, Neal Heaney, Claus Lukenvam and another ex-Wales player David Hughes.

In previous tournaments in Tenerife we have brought in some top ex stars from the past like Bruce Grobbelaar, Mark Walters, Muzzy Izzet, Nayim and many more! Make sure you and your family join us over the full weekend of 13, 14 & 15 November at the Adeje 7s stadium for this wonderful and very enjoyable event where you will get to see some ex top star names playing against local Tenerife lads and some other social teams flying in just to play in the tournament!

Special sponsorship If there are any Southampton fans out there and they wish to be around the guys all weekend by being in the squad or on the bench for the team they can personally sponsor the team or get their business to do so through Soccer Experience. We realise that economic times are tough but to put on an event like this on the island needs your support so please do not hesitate to get in touch with Soccer Experience if you would like to be the tournament main sponsor or part sponsor any of the stars coming in and / or to publicise your business at the weekend event. Please call or text: 654200470 OR email: soccer@soccerexperience.com.

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CLUB

By Chris Todd

23/09/2009 CD Tenerife 1:0 Ath.Bilbao The Basque Lions of Athletic Bilbao, visited the Island on a great run of form after winning their first three matches of the season. With their participation in the new Europa League stretching their squad to the limits, Bilbao decided to rest a couple of players and they paid for it against an aggressive Tenerife side.

The atypical midweek kick off time of 8pm in Santa Cruz did not affect the attendance in the slightest with 20,700 fans cramming into a sultry Heliodoro stadium. CD Tenerife were missing two key defenders in Luna and Marc Bertrán and when midfield playmaker Ricardo was flattened midway through the first half breaking his nose in the process the Basque outfit smelled blood (and it was not Ricardo’s precisely). But the blanquiazules have a great team spirit still in place from their promotion last season and Mikel Alonso came off the bench to fit in perfectly with the Tenerife passing football philosophy.

The brother of ex-Liverpool player Xabi was to play a vital role in the outcome of the match.

The atmosphere at night games always seems better to me and these are the type of games the diehard fan has dreamt about for so long after struggling for so many years in the Spanish second division. Fortune was not on the home team’s side as firstly Alfaro’s header skimmed past the post and then Kome drove a shot into the side netting. The Bilbao keeper Iraizoz was having a stormer and the visitors always looked dangerous on the break with Spanish International Llorente and the talented Yeste causing problems for the improvised Tenerife defence. It did seem as if the blanquiazules would have to settle for a draw but with just four minutes remaining on the clock battling Brazilian forward Dinei on as substitute won a free kick on the edge of the box for Tenerife. Alfaro whipped the ball to the far post and an unmarked Alonso headed the ball into the net. The referee added on five minutes of injury time on his Alex Ferguson watch, nail biting

stuff indeed. Omar missed a sitter to wrap the game up and in the final second Aragoneses had to be sharp to deny Toquero’s overhead kick. The final whistle blew to great cheers. The score didn’t reflect the total dominance of Tenerife with 17 shots on goal.

26/09/2009 Real Madrid 3:0 CD Tenerife We came, we saw and we so nearly conquered.

Well maybe a slightly biased view but anyone who just happened to see the score without watching the game itself would have probably thought that it was just another easy win for Real Madrid. Wrong! With likes of Cristiano Ronaldo taking on the inexperienced right back Bellvis some pundits feared that the blanquiazules could receive a right royal thrashing in the huge Bernabeu stadium but it was the visitors who started the game well.

The 80,000 ‘Merengues’ are so used to seeing their team win they have forgotten or just cannot be bothered to sing. All the noise was being made by the 800+ Tenerife fans (including 30 Armada Sur Fan club members) who were squeezed into the top corner of the stadium where the view makes the players resemble ants down on the pitch. But it was the blue ants that were playing all the football and I must admit I had a tear in my eye as I thought to myself just how far the club had come.

Only 18 months had passed since we travelled to follow Tenerife play against UD Vecindario in Gran Canaria in front of just 3,000 fans in a windswept stadium, losing 2-1 in the process and here we were outplaying the mighty Real Madrid.

The blanquiazules passed the ball as if they had played with each other forever, they have that instinctive understanding but the only difference on the day was the firepower up front of Benzema and Kaka. I suppose that is what you get when you spend €220 million compared to the €400,000 which is all that Tenerife could muster!

The second half saw the entrance of the excellent crack Brazilian Kaka and it turned the game in Madrid´s

favour. The three goals flattered Real it must be said but an amazing 70 metre run by Cristiano Ronaldo would have been the goal of the season if he had scored. The Real fans finally livened up and in unison chanted “A Segunda Oe” which basically meant “Tenerife, you are going down”. The travelling blue and white army duly replied with “You lost two leagues in The Canaries!” which referred to the two back to back titles Real Madrid lost in the nineties on the last day of the season when beaten

by CD Tenerife to hand the title to Barcelona. Even at 2-0 down a battling Tenerife side had chances through Nino and Kome. Local youngster Omar hit the post in only his third La Liga outing, what a story that would have been.

Tenerife deserved to get on the scoresheet, but it was Madrid who got the next goal with Kaka scoring a magnificent effort after Raul’s shot was blocked on the edge of the box.

03/10/2009 CD Tenerife 0:1 Deportivo Tenerife began the match as the better side, registering two good efforts on goal in the opening 15 minutes.

The first chance saw Roman Martinez’s header following a cross from the right sail over the bar, while the second opportunity had the midfielder’s low shot at the top of the box easily controlled by Aranzubia but it looked promising for the local team. CD Tenerife were clearly the more dangerous side and could have broken the deadlock on 21 minutes, when Nino’s cross found Richi inside the box but his header went wide.

The distinctive passing game that the blanquiazules have created prompted Deportivo manager Lotina to remark “The football they play is far too good for a team that has come from the second division”. Well, we may play nice football but perhaps the killer punch is missing in this demanding Primera Liga where defenders’ mistakes are few and far between.

The first chance for Deportivo came 37 minutes into the match. Guardado, with an individual move down the right flank, cut in-

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side and tried his luck from outside the box, but keeper Aragoneses got hold of the ball without too much trouble. The second period began with Deportivo in the driving seat, as the visitors almost scored in the 47th minute, when Riki saw Aragoneses off his and tried a lob shot, which landed on the top of the net, a let off but Deportivo finally opened the scoring on the hour mark through Colotto, who headed home from close range following a corner from the right.

Argentinian defender Luna appeared to have superglue attached to the sole of his boots as his marking was dreadful and at this level you pay. Tenerife responded almost ten minutes later, but Nino’s shot from outside the box was punched away

by Aranzubia. The visitors were very close to doubling their lead on 83 minutes. A fast counterattack saw exTenerife hero Mista play Bodipo through, but the striker, with only the keeper to beat, sent the ball flying over the bar. A professional display by Deportivo who after three straight wins have jumped into the Champions League qualifying zone. Now the worrying part for Tenerife is the build up of injuries and suspensions on their small squad. As reported elsewhere Marc Bertrán is out for four months after a horror tackle

by Real Madrid’s Drenthe broke his ankle, Ricardo will be missing for another three weeks, Román is suspended and both Manolo Martinez and Juan Lu are doubts for the next game which is away to RCD Espanyol on October 17th.

PLD W

1. Barcelona 2. Sevilla 3. Real Madrid 4. Dptvo La Coruña 5. Valencia 6. Mallorca 7. Ath.Bilbao 8. Getafe 9. Sporting 10. Espanyol 11. Zaragoza 12. Osasuna 13. Almeria 14. Atl. Madrid 15. Tenerife 16. Valladolid 17. Racing 18. Malaga 19. Villarreal 20. Xerez

6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6

6 5 5 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 0 0

D

L

F

0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 2 1 1 3 3 0 2 2 1 3 2

0 1 1 2 1 2 2 3 2 2 3 3 2 2 4 3 3 4 3 4

17 14 17 10 12 11 7 9 8 5 8 6 5 9 3 7 7 6 4 1

A

PTS

3 4 4 6 9 7 9 9 8 7 9 8 6 14 10 12 13 8 8 12

18 15 15 12 11 10 10 9 8 8 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 4 3 2

Second Division 05/10/2009 CLUB

PLD W

1. Hercules 2. Real Sociedad 3. Cartagena 4. Betis 5. Rayo Vallecano 6. Levante 7. Numancia 8. Cordoba 9. Salamanca 10. Recreativo 11. Las Palmas 12. Cadiz 13. Gimnastic 14. Albacete 15. Real Union 16. Huesca 17. Villarreal B 18. Murcia 19. Celta Vigo 20. Girona 21. Elche 22. Castellón

6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6

4 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0

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1 3 3 2 2 4 1 1 3 0 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 5 2 4 1 1

1 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 1 3 2 2 3 3 3 2 2 1 3 2 4 5

F 8 10 6 13 11 9 9 5 7 6 4 3 4 9 6 6 7 6 5 6 7 6

A

PTS 3 5 2 6 6 7 7 7 6 7 4 3 5 12 6 7 9 7 7 9 13 15

13 12 12 11 11 10 10 10 9 9 8 8 7 7 7 6 6 5 5 4 4 1

The Poet would like to take this opportunity to pay my respects I to Jonathan Pitman, fondly known as The Poet to many of us that knew him personally.

A great fan of CD Tenerife he acquired his nickname when on one of his first trips to see a game he suddenly burst into a stream of poetry on the back seat of the coach. Many sat there open mouthed as being football fans we were not familiar to this amount of ‘culture’ and the name ‘The Poet’ stuck from that day on.

He will be sadly missed by all the regulars but his words of wisdom will remain with us forever.

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