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The Canary Islands’ biggest fortnightly English newspaper read by thousands of tourists & residents Edition # 617 /

21st May / 4th June 2010

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General strike R

eaction to news of the stringent cuts announced recently by the national government in moves to reduce the national debt has been loud and angry.

Trade unions throughout Spain, including the Canaries, have given their full backing to plans for a series of actions aimed at forcing the Spanish government to reverse the decision which would see a civil service five per cent pay cut this year with a freeze from 2011.

The actions began on 20 May with protests outside government buildings on the islands and will be followed on 8 June with a general strike. The two biggest unions, UGT and CCOO, have called on other unions to throw their weight behind the actions to force a U-turn before the cuts take effect, in the case of public sector workers at the end of June. While schools and health centres cannot, under law, be completely

Outrage at public sector wage cuts closed, expect a very limited service on those days unless there is some agreement with the unions. The government measures, announced towards the end of May in parliament, were welcomed as being “brave and necessary” by the European Council President, Herman Van Rompuy, and the President of the European Commission, José Manuel Durao Barroso. They were also taken, following, it is widely reported, a call to Spanish president Zapatero from Barack Obama, urging him to take the steps deemed necessary to avoid Spain following the same financial path as Greece. It is calculated that the new measures should help bring the deficit down from 11.2 per cent of GDP in 2009 to just over six per cent of GDP in 2011.

Fuller information on all the measures proposed can be found on page 2.

From today Island Connections are launching a 14 day TV guide, the only English language paper to do so in the Islands.

Maxine’s brave face As many of our readers will already know, Maxine,pictured here with her daughter and partner, is a fighter.

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his well known British woman who has lived and worked in Tenerife for many years is suf fering from ASL (Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), a condition which is not yet registered in Spain and the Canaries as a time limited critical

Friendly tourism

Güímar pyramids Pages 10-11

wingate pupils find out why they are so special Page 6

The new guide, inside this paper, will bring you complete fortnightly listings for BBC 1, BBC2, Channel 4, Channel Five, ITV 1 and Sky Sports 1 and programme highlights for each of the days.

illness. This means that Maxine and other sufferers must wait for months for assistance and ser vices that they need right now. To help Maxine when she most needs it there have been a number of fund raising events, the most recent in Leonardos in Las Américas, where the sum of €4,143 was raised. We will continue to bring you news of up and coming events.

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Forecast: volcano ashfree summer

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Spain’s Secretary of State for Tourism

Cloud chaos

Joan Mesquida calls for

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Canarian airports cope with closures

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Tourists stranded at Reina Sofía airport

Computer links

Fast connections

Installation of the cable to improve computer connections in the islands is running on schedule.

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Airport closures

Take the long way home…

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here are fears from a number of sectors that we haven’t seen the end of international flight problems due to volcanic ash by a long way.

On May 11th the ash cloud closed air space over Tenerife, La Palma and La Gomera, forcing the cancellation of dozens of flights for up to 12 hours. Stranded passengers in Tenerife South airport who talked to this paper seemed to be taking the news stoically, knowing there was little to be done, no-one to rail at, no-one to blame. What was apparent too was that given the proximity of the last ash crisis, most people (and airlines) were well aware of their rights in the event of their flights being cancelled, so were content to wait for air space to open again. The

Tenerife authorities set their emergency plan in motion fairly quickly, but the latest dimension is a call by tourism chief José Manuel Bermúdez, to see what alternative travel arrangements can be offered in the event of future stoppages.

He said he could foresee a pos-

Uncertainty is “the worst news ever sible drop in summer bookings if holidaymakers continue to be concerned about travelling, though he stressed that to date

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reservations are up on last year and there are also more air seats this summer.

Bermúdez stressed that uncertainty is “the worst news ever. To be able to plan flights, sales and hotel bed occupancy with uncertainty is very complex and unfortunately we’re working with uncertainty…If we see a repeat of this kind of thing in the coming months we will be facing a worrying situation because it could affect the efficiency of our promotional campaigns and our sales”, he warned.

The managing director of Turismo de Tenerife, Alberto Bernabé, said they are chartering ships with the Canary Islands Government to connect Tenerife with Seville and alleviate the flow of passengers. He said that this system has been gradually improving and so “we now are better equipped to deal with this type of very complicated situations which cause our airpor ts to shut down.”

Volcanologist Juan Carlos Carracedo, who was in Iceland as part of a scientific expedition just a few weeks ago, has said that the current situation could last for up to two years.

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ccording to the latest report by the Tenerife island councillor for the economy, Carlos Alonso, the submarine cable link from Cadiz to Tenerife, La Palma and Gran Canaria should be completed in the first half of 2011. The new connection will mean a vast improvement in the number and quality of broad band connections in the islands and give support to new ser vices and applications, high speed data banks used by the renewable energy technology and the Network Access Point of Western Africa and the Canary Islands (NAPWACI) which is designed to make the Islands the communications axis between Africa, Europe and America.

Lifeguard service

Safe seas

Two new ships have entered into the lifeguard s e r v i c e a ro u n d t h e Canarian coasts.

Magma

Euruption in Adeje

Magma of a different kind will be hitting the headlines in Adeje with the return of Magma, (Meeting Approaching Global Music and Art) taking place in the Magma Arte y Congresos centre.

Following a four year break the event is back, bringing together some top names in electronic sounds and technologies, led by Chilean producer Luciano, head of Cadenza Records, one of the leading dance labels, with other leading club names like Reboot, Mirko Loko, Robert Dietz, Marc Antonia Live & Dj, Lee van Dowski and Michel Cleis, all promising all night sounds as Magma takes you from 6pm on Saturday May 22nd to Sunday morning.

Adeje’s fourth LAN party will be also happening, same time, same place.

More information on www.magmafest.com

Wingate/ Lions

Peace prize

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he Salvamar Al Nair and the Guardamar Talía were recently presented to the public in an organised event off Lanzarote in La Graciosa which included a simulated rescue of three fishermen using the lifeguard services, a boat from the Lanzarote emergency services and a diving unit from the Civil Guard.

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he fast and versatile Salvamar Al Nair will be based in Arrecife substituting a previous and now dated ship and Guardamar Talía, whilst acting all over the islands, will be based in Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Of the €1,023 million budget for the life guard services in Spain, over €200 million is spent in the Canaries.

Edna presents Ander with his award

Edna Goodall, representing Tenerife Sur Lions Club, recently presented Ander Colles with a special prize from the Governor of District 116B. Spain.

Ander’s poster in the international competition was forwarded to the USA as the best in Spain. Ander’s school, Wingate has taken part in this prestigious competition for some years and after this years success they say they are looking forward to the next event scheduled for the latter part of this year.

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Spanish economy Blackstone Film Company

Open casting call

Do you think you have what it takes to make it on the big screen? Well now’s your chance to find out.

The Blackstone Film Company are a film and television production and service company based here in South Tenerife, and they are holding an open casting, on the look out for new faces and talent “to fill ongoing casting needs in international photoshoots, film and TV productions”.

They are looking for men, women, kids, teens, adults and seniors, of all race and size, creed and colour. No experience whatsoever necessary? Interested? The casting is taking place at the CC Plaza del Duque, Costa Adeje on Saturday May 29th and Sunday May 30th, from 10am to 6pm.

Sentenced

Blowtorch murder attempt

A Gran Canarian man who tried to kill his partner and her young daughter using a makeshift blowtorch has been jailed for 28 years by the Criminal Court.

Enrique Ramírez was found guilty on two counts of attempted murder after judges dismissed his defence that his partner, a well-known local singer, had burnt herself in a gas cooker explosion. Described by the island’s Public Prosecutor as “the vilest man ever to appear in court”, Ramírez was found to have deliberately made the blowtorch using rubber hosing and a gas cylinder and then turned the weapon on the woman and her seven-year-old daughter during a row at home. Despite their massive burns, he took more than an hour to call an ambulance. In sentencing him, the judges said he had shown no remorse for his horrific actions and deserved no leniency.

Up up and away

First Madrid flight commemorated

The 80th anniversary of the first flight to Gran Canaria from Madrid was marked recently with a public lecture by local historian Ricardo García.

Part of a week of activities relating to air travel and the aeronautics industry held in Las Palmas, the lecture provided interesting facts on the historic maiden commercial flight, which took the long way round to get from the nation’s capital in May 1930. The three-engine aircraft with 12 passengers took 17 hours to reach Gran Canaria, around seven times the current flying time, and necessitated five refuelling stop-overs, four of them in Morocco. The passengers included a Saharan national who was taken along as a translator in case the plane had to land in the desert and negotiations were needed with Bedouin tribes.

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ise decisions, too little too late, about time, or political expediency, you pay your money and you take your choice as far as the latest measures announced

by Spanish President, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, are concerned.

The President announced a series of economic changes which he referred to as, “essential…efficient” and “as equal as possible” to achieve their commitment to reducing public debt to just three per cent of the Gross Domestic Product by 2013.

Civil servants wages, including teaching and health staff, are to be reduced by five per cent from June 2010 and frozen throughout 2011. Those in high office including members of the government will also see significant wage reductions.

Pensions, excluding noncontributor y and minimum pensions, will also be frozen in 2011. There are also changes for those in partial retirement.

The €2,500 so called baby cheque for newborns will be cancelled from Januar y 1st

Zapatero tightens belt

Zapatero has announced new austerity measures

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The scientific community, environmental groups and sundry others are up in arms about proposed changes to the protection of species in danger in the Canaries (see our article in edition 613, page 6 or on-line

2011. Cash spent on medicines is to be reduced by various methods including changing the number of tablets in a packet to those equivalent to a normal number and length of treatment, selling some in single tablet doses, and bargaining with the drug companies for reductions.

New applicants for dependence allowance will receive their grant within six months, but the cash will not now be backdated to the date of application. Development grants to authorities across Spain will be reduced by €600 million between 2010 and 2011, state investment is forecast to reduce by €6,045 million and additional savings of €1,200 million are envisaged by the regions and local authorities.

Predictably, the unions are not happy with the government, “going back” on agreements already made and unions in the Canaries have warned that education, health and other sectors could be brought to a standstill by stoppages in protest at the unprecedented decision by the Spanish government to cut the public sector wages.

Environment

en Magec Ecologists in Action have decided to use the phenomenon of internet social networks to launch an international fight against changes in the protected species catalogue.

at http://pdf.islandconnections.eu/613/ pdf/island_connections_006.pdf).

As a novel way of launching an international campaign, Ben Magec are asking you to download a poster which can be found on http://www.ecologistasenaccion. org/spip.php?article16940 and then have your photograph taken holding the poster in a place which is representative of their town or city. For example, French objec-

The measure will af fect 125,000 public service workers at all levels in the Canaries, from doctors, teachers and firemen to local council workers, tax and judicial workers. The unions admit they did not see the move coming and have convened urgent meetings to decide on a concerted course of action, which is likely to include strikes and mass demonstrations.

tors could have their photo taken in front of the Eiffel Tower. Send the photograph to canarias@ecologistasenaccion.org and add it to the Facebook group, Yo también rechazo el Nuevo Catálogo de Coalición Canaria (I too reject the new Coalición Canaria catalogue).

Ben Magec hope that they will have a huge response worldwide and that the Canarian Government will realise the “enormous mistake” they are making.

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Church ire

The false bishop and the angry priest

By Barbara Belt

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anuel Armas is well known and liked in La Gomera. A committed Christian, who from an early age has been involved in church life, he has built up a wide range of friendships and contacts all over the island.

His credentials speak for themselves. The man has been no slouch when it comes to giving of his time and energy.

Throughout his childhood, he assisted the priest at mass as altar boy. When he left for La Laguna University, he continued his church contact and charity work.

Returning to La Gomera as a qualified Maths teacher, Manuel began voluntary work after school as a catechism teacher. Generations of children preparing for their First Communion were coached by him at catechism classes, or taught by him in island schools.

His infectious enthusiasm for local religious and cultural traditions made him an obvious choice for both Radio Televisión Española and Radio Televisión Canaria whenever a knowledgeable commentator was needed. And many televised events have been broadcast over the last twenty years with the well-known voice of our hero entertainingly explaining the proceedings. He also directs and narrates a yearly Nativity play in San Sebastián and another commemorating the patron saint’s apparition.

He has directed school drama productions for many years. All extra, voluntary jobs. In rec-

The ships took part in a simulated accident exercise

Religious sensibilities should be left at home during carnival celebrations

ognition of all this conspicuous and valuable input, especially with young people, Manuel was invited to join the Cabildo and since 2001, has had special responsibilty for young islanders’ issues.

One of the few Cabildo workers who is widely regarded as a ‘good bloke’, he is acknowledged as an effective and energetic worker. In what must be the man’s precious little remaining spare time, he directs, or rather, directed, the choir at La Asunción church in San Sebastián and had done so for many years.

That is no longer the case, and all because at carnival time Manuel bought a certain outfit in a local shop and then wore it. “To tell you the truth, I chose it because it was cheap. I

didn’t think about it much, but it would never have occurred to me in a million years that anyone would be offended by it. It only cost €22 and looked comfortable. I wore it that night for the Entierro de La Sardina, (the mock funeral to mark the end of carnival). Everyone was in mourning and we all had a lovely time pretending to be sad and partying”.

Manuel went as a bishop, wearing a long robe and headgear. Curled staff in one hand, missal tucked under an arm and false beard reaching his chest, he looked, “...rather splendid, though I say so myself”.

“When I got a phone call from the parish priest recently, I imagined he wanted to go over the details of the programme we were rehearsing with the

choir. Little did I know!” What the priest did tell Manuel was that he was no longer the choir’s director, due to his, “appearance in fancy dress as a bishop with a white beard”! He had, “been seen publicly spor ting this disgraceful costume at carnival time”. The priest further advised Manuel to, “reflect on his folly at leisure, unencumbered by the duties of choir director”. Ouch.

The priest in question declined to comment when contacted by Island Connections.

“This is an internal and private matter”, he insisted, before hanging up. It would be interesting to know exactly how many mock priests, nuns and bishops routinely appear in Canarian carnival celebrations. The main feature of the celebration to mark the end of carnival is anyway a mock funeral, with mock priests officiating. There were probably nearly a hundred ‘priests’ there and, according to Manuel, “more than a few fellow bishops”.

Can the Catholic Church, in the light of the many international accusations against priests for child abuse, its collaboration with dictators and despots and very unchristian malpractice in general, afford to further reveal itself as being this petty and vindictive?

The choir has resigned to a man and protests from all over the island have gone to the diocese, but the priest stands firm, if alone. May he also have time to reflect, unencumbered as he is now by any of his congregation.

Lifeguard service

Safe seas

Two new ships have entered into the lifeguard service around the Canarian coasts.

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he Salvamar Al Nair and the Guardamar Talía were recently presented to the public in an organised event off Lanzarote in La Graciosa which included a simulated rescue of three fishermen using the lifeguard services, a boat from the Lanzarote emergency services and a diving unit from the Civil Guard. The fast and versatile Salvamar Al Nair will be based in Arrecife substituting a previous and now dated ship and Guardamar Talía, whilst acting all over the islands, will be based in Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Of the €1,023 million budget for the lifeguard services in Spain, over €200 million is spent in the Canaries.

Payback time

Cabildos and government at war

The seven Canarian Cabildos and the regional government look set for an acrimonious legal battle after the island corporations refused to pay back €160 million the government says it is owed from last year.

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he row developed a few months ago when Canarian finance minister José Manuel Soria informed the Cabildos that the calculation of local government funding carried out earlier this year was provisional and a final reckoning was due soon. The dispute centres on the share-out of revenue from the region’s Economic and Fiscal Regime, which is used largely to subsidise each island and their town halls.

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ews of the alleged debt led the presidents of all the Cabildos to boycott a scheduled meeting with Soria hours before it was due to take place. A spokesman for the corporations said the row can only now be settled in the courts and cooperation with the regional government was in danger of being suspended if Soria did not change his mind on the calculations.

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Free farmland offer

A local council in Lanzarote says it is willing to offer rent-free land to anyone willing to guarantee that the land is used for farming.

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eguise wants, literally, to farm out the bulk of its more than two million square metres of council-owned land to people interested in growing crops for their own use or as a source of income.

The 350 plots will be made available in return for a commitment to farm them for a minimum period of two years, which will be automatically renewed if the agreement is honoured.

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he council is also prepared to provide tractors and other equipment needed for the crop growing. The initiative has been welcomed by locals, who say it will help protect much of the area from land speculation.

Language students

‘Save our classes’ bid fails

An idea from hundreds of students studying Arabic and Russian to save their classes from the chop by the Canarian Department of Education has been turned down by the authorities.

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aced with the imminent closure of non-beginners levels of the two languages at the region’s Official Language Schools, students collected a petition with over 11,000 signatures to plead for a change of heart. When that failed they formally proposed a token increase of two euros in the annual registration fee payable by all those who study at the Schools.

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he tiny increase, multiplied by the approximately 30,000 current students, would have provided the money needed to pay the wages of the three Arabic and two Russian teachers who work part-time at the Schools but the proposal has been rejected by the Department, which says the student should consider continuing their course at university instead.

Gabriel Mato

Spanair crash

MEP Black box demands fury telescope explanation Canarian MEP Gabriel Mato has taken the region’s anger at losing the world’s biggest telescope to the European Parliament.

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ato, who was one of the staunchest supporters of La Palma’s bid to be chosen as the site for the European Extra Large Telescope (EELT), says he wants straight answers from the European Southern Observatory as to why the island was rejected in favour of a Chilean observatory. During the May plenary of the Parliament he said Brussels should be asking itself very seriously why a massive technology project funded with 1 billion euros of European taxpayers’ money has been awarded to Chile. He called on the ESO to publicly reveal the exact reasons why La Palma’s Roque de Los Muchachos Observatory was overlooked and also urged the EU to state which steps it took at diplomatic level to back the Canarian bid.

Gran Canaria relatives of passengers killed in the Spanair plane crash in August 2008 have demanded action following the revelations that engineers from the airline may have botched a repair job on a faulty temperature sensor on the plane.

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adio station Cadena Ser has disclosed confidential content from the cockpit recordings which are a crucial part of the investigation into the tragedy, in which nearly 160 people died, many of them people returning to Gran Canaria from Madrid.

The recordings include an admission by an as yet unidentified voice in the cockpit who explains to the pilots that a bag of ice was used to lower the sensor temperature to switch off the warning light, which had lit up as the plane made a first takeoff attempt. The taped cockpit conversations also reveal the pilots’ anger that the fault had been bypassed rather than repaired properly and record in poignant detail their frantic efforts to keep the plane in the air after it took off without the flaps deployed properly, unknown to the pilots.

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Weekend thanks Big top

Circus returns after six-year

Circus fans in La Palma got a chance to see the animals, clowns and other performers for the first time in six years earlier in May.

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he week-long stint by the Gran Circo Mundial delighted local schoolchildren, who turned up in their hundreds for the shows and the traditional Elephants’ Breakfast which the circus organises to formally mark its arrival in town. The company says it had a promise to honour to the island despite the extra cost of shipping 150 artistes and other employees, as well as almost 100 trailers and vehicles to La Palma for just nine performances in the capital, Santa Cruz. The prohibitive expense forced the circus to pull out of a visit planned for last year as part of its Canarian tour.

Teachers’ reward

Teachers at a Tenerife school who were caught up with over one hundred pupils in the ash cloud chaos during a recent school trip to England have been rewarded for their magnificent coping skills during the crisis.

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s reported here, staff and pupils at the Nur yana School in La Laguna hit the headlines when they were left stranded for almost a week by the closure of UK airports and had to take a gruelling route, including a cross-channel ferry and coaches, to get to Madrid in the hope of catching a flight back to Tenerife. Parents of the 11-year-old children were full of praise for the way in which the teachers dealt with the emergency and their public eulogies came to the notice of the owner of a hotel in Agaete, who decided to reward the staff in the shape of a week-end at the hotel. The newly-opened Roca Negra, on the northern coast of Gran Canaria, gave the small group of teachers and their families a luxury stay free of charge a couple of weeks later to help them relax after their tireless efforts.

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Sham exposed

Jailed green card marriages

Two people have been jailed for six and four years respectively by a Tenerife court for their part in arranging sham marriages to enable African men to live in Spain.

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Pirámides de Güímar

ollowing on from our fun visit to the airport last year with Wingate School and the team from the southern tourist initiative centre, CIT Sur, we decided to keep them company on a very differThree guides from the ethnoent visit this year to the graphic park kept the children Pirámides de Güímar.

CIT Sur organise a number of visits to tourist attractions and installations all over the island as part of their campaign to teach children the importance of being friendly to our tourists so that they will want to come back again and again.

The numbers on this visit were somewhat reduced as it was timed just before the opening night of Guys and Dolls and some of the children stayed back at school to rehearse.

However those who came along had a great time and were fascinated with the pyramid complex in Güímar.

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occupied, several teachers and a volunteer made sure they were under control and a steady supply of stickers for correct answers made sure they paid attention.

Along the way they learned that not all pyramids are made of stone, nor do they all come to a point at the top.

They learned about the summer and winter solstices, the links between ancient civilisations from opposite sides of the world and how they may have been made and how long a boat made from reeds can last in salt water and how far it can go. Strolling around

the extensive gardens laid out around the pyramids they also learned about the original island dwellers the Guanches, the local flora and agricultural commerce and trade in the past and today. In short a busy and

very interesting morning for all which ended with getting hands most satisfactorily icky with clay in a handicrafts workshop where more than one teacher as well as several pupils showed hidden talents.

Tenerife flights

Miami link renewed

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new promotional campaign is under way to strengthen the links between Tenerife and Miami, with direct flights set to resume in June.

urdays, starting on June 19th until October 31st and will be of approximately seven hours duration. Promotions in Miami-Dade county, which

Credit: Marc Averette

Last year the route was introduced for the first time by Air Europa with a high take up rate and 80 per cent occupancy over the second half of the year.

Tenerife’s tourism chief José Manuel Bermúdez said that in parallel to the flights the Cabildo would be promoting the tourism, economic, fiscal and business attractions of the island as well as looking to increase the exchange potential in many different fields.

The flights will be on Sat-

Miami Dade, direct links reestablished

latter being a daily paper from Puerto Rico via which they hope to attract visitors from this nearby country many of which use Miami as a hub for holiday destinations in Europe.

has a population of 2.5 million people, will be in local press, radio and television. The Miami Herald as well as El Nuevo Día will carry advertising, the

Further promotions of Tenerife will use large banners with images of different aspects of the island, which will be fixtures on some of Miami’s main streets as well as the presence of publicity on Tenerife’s many attractions at ten of the county’s top events during the year.

The pair, a Nigerian man and a woman from the island, recruited young women with financial troubles and offered them sums of up to €3,000 to agree to marry clients wishing to move to Spain. The Criminal Court heard that at least a dozen marriages were arranged during a two-year period in 2006-7.

13 women who agreed to take part in the immigration racket were also convicted although their sentences were suspended for four years because they cooperated fully with the authorities.

A few years ago, a Tenerife basketball club was at the centre of an investigation into marriages allegedly for American players to allow them to play as EU nationals.

of the official inauguration of Living San Miguel, commented that the council wanted, “our foreign residents to become more involved with events in the district.... and also that those who had lived in the district all their lives would do the same, and enjoy all the opportunities in the south of San Miguel”.

Look out for the promotion of Living San Miguel, which will be in the form of posters, leaflets, radio advertising and other forms of merchandising. This campaign runs alongside another regarding respect for others and living together, called Vive Conviva Valora.

Self praise?

Llanos issues mayor promise

Popular Party member Ángel Llanos has urged his party colleagues to select him again as the candidate in next year’s local elections in Santa Cruz and he will guarantee them the mayor’s chain of office.

San Miguel de Abona

Integration campaign The tourism department of the San Miguel de Abona council has introduced a bilingual campaign called Living San Miguel.

In English and Spanish, it is aimed at European residents and Latin Americans who live in the district, to not only encourage their participation in local activities and events, but also to keep them informed of what is going on in their municipality. Despite the fact that San Miguel de Abona is a district which is split into two parts by the motorway, with Guargacho, Las Chafiras and the coastal area being a little isolated, this campaign hopes to bring everyone up to date and really feel a part of San Miguel. Mayor, Victor Chinea, who was in charge

Llanos, who recently returned as a councillor after his party restored its turbulent alliance with the Canarian Coalition of current mayor Miguel Zerolo, has made no secret of his desire to become mayor but he is not the most popular person in his own party. He has had a series of run-ins with the PP leadership in Tenerife due to his personal ambitions and this latest promise, with its implicit message that without him the PP cannot hope to win in the capital, has already ruffled feathers. Party insiders are angry that during a recent radio interview he credited himself entirely with the rise in fortunes of the PP in the city.

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The Humboldt ‘Mirador’in La Orotava, a spot of fering spectacular views of Mt Teide and the coast at Puer to de la Cruz, is at the centre of a fresh controversy after the El Rincón association filed challenges against council plans to add to it by building a large parking area. According to the ecologists, whose campaign against alleged corruption in a development project for Las Teresitas Beach is likely to lead to criminal prosecutions of several senior officials, the Mirador (named after German naturalist Alexander von Humboldt) was built without the appropriate planning permission and any efforts to modify it would also

be illegal. El Rincón says that the visitor’s centre and small museum at the viewpoint, built at a cost of around one million euros but still not inaugurated officially a decade since work began, are in breach of planning regulations also and has threatened legal action. A source said that the local council was ‘trying to slip modifications in via the back door’ through revised planning provisions but the association would block any such attempts.

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Las Galletas

Health centre plans fall through

Plans for a bigger health centre in Las Galletas (Arona) appear to have been scrapped after the failure of the local council to reach an agreement to rent larger premises in the fast-growing district.

According to local paper El Día, a deal had been struck with the owner of a building to lease it indefinitely for €3,000 a month but the council has reduced its offer and the owner now says she does not want to proceed with the arrangement. “I was offered €4,000 to begin with and then agreed on €3,000 after officials measured the building again and said it was less than initially thought. But now they tell me I will receive around €2,500” explained María Teresa Martínez, adding that it is not her fault if the current cramped facilities continue to be used.

“We are not to blame if the council announced plans to move everything to our premises before signing on the dotted line.

We began to sell off all the stock in the shop we run there but nobody from the council got in touch and now we hear that the rent is too high for them” she said.

Reina Sofía airport

Second runway ‘not needed’

Plans for a second runway at Tenerife South Airport are the work of influential businessmen and politicians, according to one of the fiercest critics of the project.

Ramón Trujillo of the left-wing IUC Party says the facts and figures used by local government bodies to support the second runway are inaccurate and

need to be clarified once and for all. “The projected increase in passenger traffic is far from certain.

Indeed, the figures have fallen in six out of the last ten years and by 20 per cent overall since 2000. It is wrong to spend €190 million on something when there is no guarantee the numbers will rise” said Trujillo.

The IUC says Tenerife “already has a second runway in the shape of Los Rodeos Airport” and to spend the money on an unnecessary project would be a criminal political decision, benefiting a small number of people.

CIT del Noresta

Arrival surprise for loyal Germans

A German couple who have been holidaying in Tenerife for more than three decades received a pleasant surprise when they landed at the airport for another vacation.

The Greisbeichers were met by the head of the North-East Tenerife Tourism Initiatives Centre, a senior employee from their tour operator and the general manager of Tenerife North Airport, who were in on the secret plans to make their holiday a bit more special this time. The couple reckon they have visited the island more than fifty times since their first trip back in 1977 and have built up a massive collection of landscapes painted during their holidays. The welcome, which was followed by a guest-of-honour participation in the fiestas organised by the town of Tejina, was not the only red carpet laid out by the Centre: two other loyal couples have been feted in recent weeks and the Centre has also launched its new ‘first timer’ scheme, under which a family of new tourists to the north-east coast are chosen at random and offered an extra-special visit so they become ambassadors for the area when they return home.

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panish Government top brass in the form of the Secretary of State for Tourism, Joan Mesquida, led the debate in the latest Adeje tourism summit insisting on the absolute necessity for spending on promotion, asking for, “confidence and creativity” in the sector and revealing that Puerto de la Cruz is to be included in the pilot schemes to renew old tourist resorts.

Held in the plush surroundings of the Gran Hotel Bahía del Duque Resort in Costa Adeje, the crisis was on everyone’s lips, but as Mesquida pointed out, this isn’t the first crisis that tourism has had to face.

However Mesquida feels that the financial winds, at least in tourism, are now blowing in our direction. Howls went up at last year’s results, but in numbers they were still the fifth best results historically and in cash input the third best year since statistics began to be compiled and this first quarter is showing positive results over last year.

He insisted that we have to look at our strengths. The Spanish ‘brand’ is well known and linked forever in people’s minds with, “tourism, holidays, wellbeing and quality of life”.

In income from tourism, Spain is the second country in the world after the USA with 52

Confidence and creativity

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million visitors last year, 85 per cent of whom were repeat visitors and 41 per cent of whom have visited the country over 10 times.

The most prevalent reasons for these repeat visits are apparently that the people like the hotels, the food and the wine.

Sun and sand is the, “jewel in the crown” according to Mesquida and is the draw for 68 per cent of our visitors, but there is a need to diversify the offer and to take into account

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new customer profiles and behavioural patterns such as the use of IT in holiday choices and the growth of the virtual social networks. Eight out of ten customers now check information on the Web before booking their holidays and six out of ten searches that are carried out annually are related to vacations. It is important that they receive what they see on-line.

Surprisingly for a mature tourism destination, there was

no centralised information centre on the markets and potential clients, which is why €15 million has been spent in setting up Intelitur, a system to unite tourism knowledge across the country and share it with tourism professionals.

Its aim is to help improve quality, balancing the offer and demand, staff training, innovation and keep up to date on the latest legislation.

There is a new customer friendly web at www.spain.

info which changes its home page according to when and where the website is opened.

For example, research has shown that in the winter, Swiss tourists like to include some cultural visits in their vacation times, so the home page will increase information on these themes during that time if you open the page in Switzerland.

The website is greatly improved and includes information on fiestas, gastronomy, culture, wine, sport, spas and a long etc.

Work is already underway promoting the country in emerging holiday markets and to, “reposition” Spain in our existing tourism markets showing that there is much more to the country than sun and sand and emphasising the quality of life with a new advertising campaign, ‘I need Spain’, which will be shown in 40 countries.

Sports stars, including, “the most Spanish of the British football clubs, Liverpool FC” and renowned chefs have already been recruited as, “tourism ambassadors” and they are to be reinforced with international stars from the cinema and the arts. Mesquida is in no doubt about the need for advertising, now more than ever. Last year the tourism promotion budget was increased by 13 per cent and this year it has been increased by a further six

per cent despite Government cutbacks, “everything spent on publicity is money well spent and gives an excellent return.”

Finally he spoke of the challenges for the future, in particular the improvement of tourism infrastructure, both public and private. €2 million has been earmarked for the Puerto de la Cruz consortium to look into ways of bringing that destination back into the high regard it so richly deserves and the agreement should be signed in a couple of weeks. Puerto joins three other destinations, one in Gran Canaria, which are part of pilot schemes to research how older resorts can and should be renewed and find the funding to do so.

A pilot scheme during the low season in Andalusia and the Balearics aimed at European senior citizens who had never before travelled to Spain, has brought in 44,000 additional visitors already, 6,000 from Ireland. This scheme is to be widened to include the Canaries and Valencia until the middle of June.

To conclude Mesquida confirmed his opinion that the strength of tourism in the Canary Islands and in Spain is guaranteed if we work together intensely and creatively and reiterated his pleasure at being present at, “one of the best tourism forums in Spain”.

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Street sale success

Credit: Gerard Zenou

Sally Ann and Katy Kennedy were among the entertainers

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he seventh Exposaldo organised by the Guía de Isora council was a huge success proving that these kind of bargain fairs are just what the public need in times like these.

Guía were the first council in the islands to promote a trade fair of this kind in 2007, inviting local shops, merchants, and artisans the chance to sell to the public at knock down prices in a street trade fair setting. Nowadays many boroughs offer the public similar chances, and Guía de Isora continues to attract thousands of shoppers and browsers to their events, held alternatively in Playa San Juan and Guía’s town centre.

The most recent Exposaldo, held on the Avenida Reina Sofía on Sunday May 9th, was no exception, with clothes, shoes, furniture, pets and accessories, food, perfumes, sporting items, and much more all on offer. According to the council over 3,000 visitors

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These on-street bargain trade fairs are hugely popular with traders and shoppers alike

attended the event, many taking advantage of the bargains to be found. Local development councillor Hector Gómez says the events are “not just requested by local businesses but also by residents”, and are an integral part of the council’s plans to “help the local com-

mercial sector”. The trade fairs are also, according to Goméz, to enhance local projects “such as the construction of public parking zones, and the restoration and creation of streets in the historic centre of Guía de Isora”. He added that the council would also be in-

Music in the South West

Toby or not Toby Toby Graham is an extremely talented man

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e has been on the West Coast music scene for 13 years and it won’t be any surprise to Toby’s fans that he has been entertaining since he was a youngster.

His first band consisted of himself, at 14 years old, and two younger sisters: Julie, at 12 and Sharon, the youngest at just six. After an introduction from a school friend’s mother, the altruistic harmony trio played for charity at events and residences such as old people’s homes. They were spotted at one of their shows and invited

by EMI to play the Bingo halls, which led onto summer season work in areas like Devon and Cornwall.

The family played numerous summers together before one sister moved on to become a nurse and another got married.

Toby, however, continued, forming a duo and then a fivepiece, called A Leap in the Dark, which played around Europe in countries including Denmark, Germany and Spain. After this,

Toby’s guitar skills and excellent voice make him a popular entertainer

with his sister Sharon and her husband, the band Night After Night was formed and it was during this time that Toby first came on holiday to Tenerife.

Stopping at the Harbour Club

he became friendly with the inimitable Jimmy Quigley who invited Toby to stand in for him a few months later.

Toby willingly flew out to take over for two weeks and

troducing a commercial card scheme in the area soon to aid in revitalising the borough’s economy. Jesús Delgado, head of the Isora business association, added that recent figures were showing a small but notable improvement in the local economy.

soon after moved to the island permanently.

With Steve Brazil and Ray West, he became part of the resident band at the American Buffalo Bar in Puerto Colón, playing Country and Western complete with cowboy hat and boots. The group then moved on to the restaurant As Good As It Gets near Tamaimo and in 2002 Toby became resident artist at the Courtyard in Puerto Santiago, also managing the bar for several years.

Since then he has played in various spots but is now once again at the Courtyard, three nights a week on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, a venue which has recently been taken over by Sam, from Wales, and Todd.

Toby plays an impressive array of music, from numbers

by Prince through Tom Jones to Bon Jovi. His skill on the guitar is legendary, yet his most striking feature is undoubtedly his voice, which is strong, clear and melodious.

Catch Toby at the Courtyard from 9pm until around midnight. Alternatively see him at Las Rosas on Wednesdays or El Marques, both in Puerto Santiago, on Mondays. You can also see him as part of the band It’s Immaterial every other Sunday at the Tajinaste Restaurant.

T h e re wa s a h i g h l y successful fund raising event in aid of the new Callao Kids Club in Callao Salvaje recently.

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eld at the Jasmin Lounge at Perla Blanca and hosted and supported by Peter Quilty of PowerFM Radio, the evening was a great success.

Entertainment was provided free by Kevin King (Freddie Mercury), Rick Porter, Katie Kennedy, David Speight, Shaun Carling and Sally Ann. Local star Victoria Bell, age 14, who has just released her first CD, also sang. The excellent entertainment and great food from the Jasmin Lounge made for an excellent evening and a total of €862 was raised.

Many local businesses and friends, including Tenerife Sur Lions, supplied prizes for the quiz and raffle.

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he evening, organised by Beverley and Dennis Corbett, was a way of promoting awareness of the need for a youth group in the village and to raise funds to get one off the ground. Youngsters and

adults are agreed on the need as there is little to do other than stand around on street corners until they are old enough to go into bars!

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t the moment, the group meets on Sunday evenings between 7.pm and 9.pm in borrowed premises. Activities include board games, music, playstation contests, and petanco: the first session of tennis coaching took place the day after the benefit night.

The wish list includes a hall or room to call their own, where it would be possible to put a table tennis table and maybe a pool table.

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he club is open to school age children of all nationalities as long as they can speak English, Spanish or German. Beverley and Dennis are looking for help from anyone who can offer spor ting, music or other training and leadership to the children.

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f you would like to offerfinancial or practical help, or have a suitable local in the area at ridiculously low rent, Dennis would love to hear from you. If you have a son or daughter between 10 and 16 years who would like to join the club, likewise give him a ring on 636 815 318.

Budget cuts

Ring road and hospital unaffected

Canary Island president Paulino Rivero has stated that budget cuts which the Canarian government has been obliged to make due to the economic crisis will not affect either the Tenerife ring road or the completion of the hospital complex in the south of the island.

Rivero considers these two projects “priorities” for the future economic and social development of the island. He continued, “we have had to make some sacrifices, but not in the case of these two projects”.

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Vigilance recommended

High profile court case reveals UK tax residency rules unclear your connections with the UK and the number of days spent visiting the UK are not kept to the absolute minimum.

By Bill Blevins, Financial Correspondent, Blevins Franks

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• In order to be regarded as a non-UK tax resident, you need to make a definite break with the UK and to firmly establish yourself as a tax resident in your country of residence.

Even if you have not entered the UK for a complete UK tax year, you can still be seen as UK tax resident by HMRC if you have not purposely settled in another country.

ritish expatriates living in Spain who retain ties with the UK need to be extra vigilant nowadays if they want to avoid being caught out by the UK residency rules and being liable for UK tax as well.

A landmark UK Court of Appeal ruling on 15th February has highlighted the toughened approach HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is taking over UK residency, and that it is not simply the number of days spent in the UK which will determine if you have to pay tax there.

The case involved Robert Gaines-Cooper who claimed that he was a tax resident of the Seychelles since 1976 and was not a resident of the UK for tax purposes. However, the Court found Gaines-Cooper to be

UK tax resident and therefore potentially liable for UK taxes going back over thirty years, possibly amounting up to £30 million.

Key points from the Gaines-Cooper ruling • Gaines-Cooper’s reasoning was based on HMRC’s booklet IR20 (since replaced

by HMRC 6) which stated that

you were UK non-resident if you spent less than 91 days per tax year in the UK, not counting the days of arrival and departure.

The 91 day residency rules have since been changed to include days of arrival since presence in the UK at midnight now counts as a day.

• HMRC has also since based residency decisions on what links the taxpayer maintains

with the UK, such as accommodation and lifestyle links.

Gaines-Cooper maintained a countr y estate, and his second wife and son lived in the UK where his son attended school.

• The essence is that in determining UK tax residency, the number of days spent in the UK are not to be relied on. You can still be UK tax resident if

you feel that you are genuinely non-UK resident, HMRC may take a different view.

The rules on UK residency are left vague, and as HMRC has said it will not be introducing a statutory residence test this tax year, they will remain unsatisfactorily unclear for the foreseeable future. If you are concerned about tax residency, consult a tax and wealth management specialist like Blevins Franks for expert advice on your particular circumstances.

• The Court decided that the guidance in IR20 was binding if the case clearly fell within its scope of residency rules which it said Rober t Gaines-Cooper’s had not because he had never left the UK.

Robert Gaines-Cooper claimed he was a tax resident in the Seychelles

The case has highlighted the need for extreme caution over UK residency rules. The information in IR20 and HMRC6 is for guidance only, and even if

To keep in touch with the latest developments in the offshore world, check out the latest news on our website www.blevinsfranks.com

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fun and fab offer from Spanish bank, BBVA, for the over 59s.

Open a new account with BBVA and have your wages or pension paid directly into it and they will fill your pantry for free with over 70 top brand quality items worth €250. If you are already a 59+ client of BBVA, introduce two friends of the same age bracket to the bank and they will fill the pantry for all three of you.

You pay no commission on the account and you can borrow up to three times the amount of your pension without paying any interest. In addition they will give you a free mobile, specially designed for those whose eyesight may not be what it was, with larger keys and numbers. If you are also a new client to Movistar, you will get a 30 per cent discount on your bills for the first six months. If you have over €6,000

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he Minister of Housing, Beatriz Corredor, gave imputs to the housing market recently confirming the government’s view that the sector is on the rise.

Her report covered the rapid growth experienced between 1997 and 2007, the period of readjustment and what she referred to as the current period of stability. “In 2010, the housing market is entering into a phase of more stability as shown by the increase in the number of transactions since the last quarter of 2009, the increase in the number of mortgages granted and the moderation in the price adjustment.

“However, some new price decreases in cer tain areas, although slighter, cannot be ruled out,” she announced. The number of unemployed in the construction sector has also eased off by 15,500 people in April, the second consecutive month to see an improvement in this sector.

Of the 700,000 or so houses which formed part of the housing stock unsold in Spain, Corredor claimed that this number had reached its peak

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account you will get three per cent paid back to you, which could represent a saving of up to €25 euros a month. Use that money to take advantage of some of the special offer holidays available directly to

the 59+ account holders like a nine day northern European cruise for just €486, including drinks.

For more information contact Felipe or Ramón on 922127277.

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Ministerial statement

Housing market improving

Residents who travel to Tenerife and wish to stay in the five star San Blas Hotel enjoy a special discount joint price. For example two residents travelling from Gran Canaria with their car on a Fred Olsen ferry and staying at the San Blas Reserva, bed and breakfast, pay from €197. Hurry, the offer is only valid until the end of May. Residents in Tenerife and the other islands can of course always enjoy a great deal travelling to Fred Olsen’s own stupendous hotel in La Gomera, the Hotel Jardín Tecina and the company always offer special prices throughout the summer.

Tourism statistics

Cruise news

Santa Cruz de Tenerife received more cruise visitors than any other port in Spain during the first quarter of this year.

Between January and March, 228,287 passengers arrived at the Tenerife port, Las Palmas was in second place with 198,465 and Barcelona in third position with 162,622 well ahead of the fourth and fifth place rankings, the Balearics with 58,861 and Valencia with 23,674.

Iberostar

Training and hotel employment

The Minister during a presentation to the Senate of the government’s housing aims

and was now on the downturn, thanks in par t to the State Housing and Rehabilitation plan (PEVR).

Of the 184,271 families who were helped in 2009 under the PEVR, 6,484 were from the Canaries. Ser vices most in

demand in the Islands under this plan, which helps families to get a home or to improve the one they live in, were assistance given to prospective renters of proper ty and renovation grants.

Future challenges for the

sector include encouraging more home energy efficiency as well as continuing with current policies designed to improve the housing stock, aid families’ access to their own homes and boost employment within the housing market.

A pioneering agreement has just been struck between Adeje council and the hotel group Iberostar.

The intention is to improve the training and ease the selection of professional hotel workers in the borough. The programme

will benefit the clients, the hotel group and all those who are currently in the employment database of Adeje. The council and the hotel undertake to arrange training programmes together which are in line with Iberostar’s needs and will assist trainees to obtain employment and to organise continuous training to make sure that those who are working have up to date skills. The mayor, José Miguel Rodríguez Fraga affirmed that the agreement would improve work conditions for the employed and improve the quality of service” which is something that should never be lost sight of, “especially in moments like these”.

Support Spain

Football freebie

Banesto are offering customers a free Spanish football team t-shirt and scarf.

Customers have to open an account, sign up for Banestos Selección credit card and buy something and 15 days later they can collect their free t-shirt and scarf. Cards are valid for any cash point in Spain without commission in Banesto cashpoints, you have automatic holiday insurance for every trip paid for with the card up to €600,000, free family legal advice and if the team win the World Cup your card renovation the second year is free.

Top hotels

Luxury weddings

The on-line magazine, Experiencias y Más, has just published its choice of the top ten luxury hotels in Spain.

They have made the top ten thanks to their superb services and design, discretion and privacy, and are particularly recommended by the on-line specialists as ideal locations for celebrating the most important weddings. Unsurprisingly one of the winners was the Hotel Botánico and The Oriental Spa Garden in Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife.

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Travellers’ choice

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Lanzarote was fourth choice in Europe for family holidays

he latest report by on-line travel opinion Tripadvisor, compiling results from some 15 million web users in 20 countries all over the world, has just been published.

The top three favourite beach and sun destinations worldwide were Providenciales in Turquía, Tulum México and Byron Bay Australia and across Europe were Oludeniz in Turkey, Mykonos in Greece and Ayia Napa in Cyprus. Spanish destinations came in at fifth, seventh and eighth places with Formentera, Sitges and Fuerteventura.

Disney destinations over the world scored best as family favourites, but Majorca was fifth out of the world’s best family choices. As a European destination, Spain fared better taking six of the top ten slots, four of which are in the Canaries.

Majorca was in second place (again behind Eurodisney) followed by Salou in third, Lanzarote in fourth, Tenerife in fifth position, Fuerteventura sixth and Maspalomas eighth.

The most popular emerging destinations were GarmischPartenkirchen in Germany, Dangriga in Belize and Rosario in Argentina. Surprisingly two UK destinations were also in the top ten, Weymouth in fourth place and Nairn, with its unique sunny microclimate, which came in ninth.

Despite the enor mous number of museums in Spain and the fact that it is the country worldwide with the second most number of sites chosen

by Unesco, not one Spanish destination figured in the top ten sites for cultural breaks and sightseeing opportunities.

Florence in Italy, Washington

D.C. in the United States and Rome were the top three in the world, with London coming in tenth position.

In Europe, Florence and Rome were followed by Paris and Venice with London in sixth place and Edinburgh in seventh. The results would seem to indicate that the Spanish marketing department has a lot to do in this area.

Romantics these days it would seem have pushed Paris into fourth place worldwide behind Oia in Greece, Venice in Italy and the Napa Valley in California. Within Europe Oia again came first with Venice second and Paris third and only one Spanish destination, Granada, creeping in at tenth position.

For relaxation and spa destinations, Sedona in Arizona came out on top, followed by Bath in the UK and Reykjavik in Iceland, although recent volcanic events will probably affect their rating next year.

Within Europe Bath, Reykjavik and Oia were the top three with old favourite, Germany’s Baden-Baden in seventh and Westport in Ireland ninth.

Despite the superb facilities offered by the Spanish spa resorts, again they failed to make the top ten in this category.

If you are looking for outdoor pursuits and adventure, Tripadvisor’s users recommend Queenstown in New Zealand, the Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado or the Masai Mara National Reserve in Kenya as their top three choices.

Closer to home in Europe, Interlaken in Switzerland takes number one slot, followed by the Lake District in the UK and Zermatt in Switzerland.

Ireland’s Killarney, a popular walking town with a history lesson in every trek, comes in

fifth and Snowdonia National Park in tenth.

Nightbirds should be heading to the United States with New Orleans in Louisiana, New York and Las Vegas taking the top slots worldwide.

London slipped into fifth place and Newcastle-upon-Tyne into seventh, just ahead of Dublin in eighth position.

Again disappointingly given the success of Spanish chefs worldwide, not one Spanish destination made the top ten in the food and wine category. The winner was Napa in California, followed by Western Cape in South Africa and Charleston in South Carolina.

Winners in Europe were Florence and Siena in Italy, followed by France’s Bordeaux.

San Sebastián in Donostia was the only Spanish entry in sixth position.

Overall within the top 25 destinations of the world, Monte-Carlo in Monaco was in first position, followed by Heidelberg in Germany and Salzburg in Austria.

Barcelona was the most popular Spanish destination but could only make 20th position and the only British or Irish entry was Edinburgh, 21st in popularity worldwide.

Within Europe, the results were a little more favourable echoing the top three world choices, but Barcelona moves up to 16th position, Edinburgh to 17th and is joined by Galway at 23rd.

Counting just the European favourites, worldwide they chose Byron Bay in Australia as their favourite destination, followed by San Francisco in California and Abu Simbel in Egypt. Granada was the 14th choice and the only Spanish destination to make the top 25.

In Europe, the most popular was Berlin, with Siena and Mykonos coming second and third.

Granada jumped to sixth position, joined by Seville at 17th. Edinburgh came in 23rd place.

Finally the European travellers’ favourite Spanish destinations were Granada, Seville and Santiago de Compostella, with Barcelona beaten into fourth position. Gran Canaria’s Puerto de Mogán was the top ranking Canarian destination in this category in 11th position and with Fuerteventura at 13th they were the only Canarian destinations to make the list.

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Alternatively, visit our website

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info@tenerifesolicitors.com Club Atlantis, San Eugenio Opening Hours: Mon - Thu: 9.30am - 1.00pm / 2pm - 6pm Fri: 9.30am - 1pm / 2pm - 5pm. Sat / Sun: Closed Tenerife Solicitors is a trading name of HATRICK & CO SOLICITORS, who are regulated by both the Solicitors Regulation Authority of England & Wales (www.sra.gov.uk) and the College of Abogados (Lawyers) in Tenerife (www.icatf.es). We also hold separate Professional Indemnity Insurance Policies for £2 Million GBP in England and €3 Million EU in Tenerife in the unlikely event of a professional claim against us.

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• A weak urine stream.

House Calls with

Dr. De La Flor healthytenerife@gmail.com

The quality of your breast milk stays pretty much the same no matter what you choose to eat

Dear Dr. De La Flor I’ve recently had a baby and wonder what kind of diet I should eat to drop weight, but still produce quality breast milk for my baby.

Yours Sincerely, Melanie

Dear Melanie, First of all congratulations on your new baby!

Even though you may be in a hurry to lose those pregnancy pounds, regularly eating foods that boost energy for new mothers will give you the stamina you need to be the best mother you can be. And for nursing, it’s important to know that the quality of your breast milk stays pretty much the same no matter what you choose to eat. That’s because if you aren’t getting the needed nutrients from your diet, your body will provide them from your own stores. But for your own well-being, it’s best to make sure you’re obtaining the nutrients your body needs by incorporating a variety of healthy breastfeeding foods in your nursing food plan.

Salmon

There’s no such thing as a perfect food. But salmon is pretty close when it comes to a nutritional powerhouse for new mothers.

Low-fat dairy products

In addition to providing protein, B vitamins, and vitamin D, dairy products are one of the best sources of calcium.

If you’re breastfeeding, your milk is loaded with calcium to help your baby’s bones develop, so it’s important for you to eat enough calcium to meet your own needs. One way to do that is to include at least three servings of dairy produce each day as part of your diet.

Lean beef

When you’re looking for foods to boost your energy as a new mother, seek out protein, iron-rich and B-12 vitamin foods like lean beef.

Legumes

Beans, especially darkcoloured ones like black beans and kidney beans, are a great breastfeeding food, especially for vegetarians.

Not only are they rich in iron, they’re a budget-friendly source of high quality, nonanimal protein.

Brown rice

If you’re attempting to lose the baby weight, you might be tempted to drastically cut back on your carbohydrate consumption. But losing weight too quickly may cause you to produce less milk for the baby and leave you feeling lethargic and sluggish. It’s better to incorporate healthy, whole-grain carbs like brown rice in your diet to keep your energy levels up. And foods like brown rice provide your body with the calories it needs to produce the best quality milk for your baby.

Fruits

Blueberries and oranges: Breastfeeding mums should be sure to get two or more servings of fruit or fresh juice each day. Antioxidant-rich blueberries are an excellent choice to help you meet your needs. Since nursing mums need even more vitamin C than pregnant women, oranges and other citrus fruits are an excellent breastfeeding

food, too.

Egg yolk

is one of the few natural sources of vitamin D -- an essential nutrient to keep your bones strong and help your baby’s bones grow. Beyond that, eggs are a versatile way to meet your daily protein needs.

Cereals

Whole-wheat bread and whole-grain cereal folic acid is cr ucial to your baby’s development in the early stages of pregnancy. But its importance doesn’t end there.

Folic acid is an important nutrient in your breast milk that your baby needs for good health. Enriched whole-grain breads and pastas are fortified with this vital nutrient. They also give you a healthy dose of fibre and iron.

Leafy greens

Greens (spinach, Swiss chard, and broccoli …) are filled with vitamin A, C, calcium, iron, and hear thealthy antioxidants, they’re low calorie, and they’re tasty to boot.

Dear Dr. De La Flor,

I’ve been diagnosed with a prostatic hyperplasia and my father has prostatic cancer.

Do I have more chances of

getting it? Is it the cause of my erectile problems?

Cheers, Douglas

Dear Douglas, Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is an enlarged prostate gland. The prostate gland surrounds the urethra, the tube that carries urine from the bladder out of the body.

As the prostate gets bigger, it may squeeze or partly block the urethra. This often causes problems urinating.

It occurs in almost all men as we age. It’s caused by changes in hormone balance and in cell growth. An enlarged prostate can be a nuisance, but it is usually not a serious problem.

BPH does not cause prostate cancer and does not affect a man’s ability to father children. It does not cause erection problems.

BPH causes urinary problems such as: • Trouble getting a urine stream started and completely stopped (dribbling); • Often feeling like you need to urinate. This feeling may even wake you up at night;

• A sense that your bladder is not completely empty after you urinate.

• In a small number of cases, BPH may cause the bladder to be blocked, making it impossible or extremely hard to urinate. This problem may cause backed-up urine (urinary retention), leading to bladder infections or stones or kidney damage.

As a rule, you don’t need treatment for BPH unless the symptoms bother you or you have other problems such as backed-up urine, bladder infections, or bladder stones.

Although home treatment cannot stop your prostate from getting larger, it can help reduce or control your symptoms. Here are some things you can do that may help reduce your symptoms: Practice “double voiding.”

Urinate as much as you can, relax for a few moments, and then urinate again. Avoid caffeine and alcohol. They make your body try to get rid of water and can make you urinate more often. If possible, avoid medicines that can make urination difficult, such as over-the-counter antihistamines, decongestants (including nasal sprays), and allergy pills. Check with your GP or pharmacist about the medicines you take.

If home treatment does not help, BPH can be treated with medicine. Medicine can reduce the symptoms, but it rarely gets rid of them. If you stop taking medicine, symptoms return.

If your symptoms are severe, your doctor may suggest surgery to remove part of your prostate. But few men have symptoms or other problems severe enough to need surger y. You cannot prevent BPH or the urination problems it may cause. Some people believe that regular ejaculations will help prevent prostate enlargement. But there is no scientific proof that ejaculation helps.

Dr. De La Flor, G.P. is licensed in medicine & 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, jogging or chasing his four kids around the neighbourhood. You can reach the doctor at 00-34-697.888.666 to schedule a consultation in his surgery or a medical visit in your home.

HealthExtra Fundación Alejandro de Silva

Free flats for cancer patients acing an illness as frightening as canF cer is tough, facing the

daily trip to the hospital for treatment or even, for those who live furthest, the financial cost of accommodation near to the oncology department, can be a nightmare.

Just when a patient most needs to be calm and well rested to face sometimes harsh and debilitating treatments, all too often they and their family have to face a daily routine of early mornings and often late afternoons to receive treatment or find the funds to pay for alternative accommodation.

It’s for this reason that several of the cancer charities have bought apartments near to the main hospitals which are available free for the patients and their families during treatment.

The latest apartment to be inaugurated for this use was provided by the Fundación Alejandro de Silva, a leukaemia charity for leukaemia and other blood cancer sufferers.

Those who have long journeys from the north or south of the island, or from La Palma, La Gomera and El Hierro will now have a central apartment made available to them in La Laguna. The apartment will hold up to three families at a time and is the second of its kind to be made available in the island.

There is a benefit dinner on May 28 in the Santa Cruz de Tenerife Casino at 9pm to raise funds for the Fundación Alejandro de Silva.

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health directory

Health Directory Hospitals

Hospitals

Physiotherapy

Hospital La Candelaria Carretera Del Rosario 145 Santa Cruz de Tenerife Tel : 922 602 000 hospitaldelacandelaria. com

COSTA ADEJE HOSPITAL English Spoken Urb. San Eugenio.

Edif Garajonay Adeje • Appointment Tel: 922 792 400 • Emergency & Ambulance Tel: 922 791 000 www.uspcostaadeje.com

PHYSIOTHERAPIST / OSTEOPATH Officially registered Nº967 Philippe Hoogstoel Home visits Tel: 677 818 661 English, Spanish, French, German spoken

Hospital Universitario Carretera Cuesta-Taco San Cristobal de La Laguna (Tenerife), Tel: 922 678 000 huc.es

Health DOCTOR DE LA FLOR

HOSPITEN SUR Playa de Las Américas Arona-Tenerife Tel.: 922 75 00 22.

Fax: 922 79 36 18

Family medicine, home or hotel visits Calle Tinerfe El Grande 9, Adeje 697 888 666 (Doctor) 637 245 270

HOSPITEN C/ Pescadores, Edf. Discovery, Carretera Gral. La Cuesta. Taco 38108 La Laguna Tel.: 922 626240 Fax: 922 614355

Excellent medical

Emergency

080 092 091 062 016

Mobility ORTOPEDIA Specialist shop for orthopaedic needs.

English spoken Ctra. Gral, Orotava-Icod 41º La Mancha.

Tel: 922 812 807

HOSPITEN TAMARAGUA C/ Agustín de Bethencourt, 30 Puerto de la Cruz Tel.: 922 38 05 12 Fax: 922 38 08 50 HOSPITEN RAMBLA Address: Rambla General Franco, 115.

38001 Santa Cruz de Tenerife.

Tel.: 922 29 16 00. Fax: 922 29 10 88

Local Police National Police Guardia Civil domestic violence

Missing Children> 116000

Personalised medical service, more than 20 prestigious specialists, complete health & beauty care.

Tel: 922 737 560

HOSPITEN BELLEVUE C/ Alemania, 6 Urb. San Fernando.

Puerto de la Cruz Tel.: 922 38 35 51 Fax: 922 37 03 12

Fire Brigade

Hospitals USP COSTA ADEJE HOSPITAL English Spoken C.Poeta Rodríguez Herrera, 1.

Santa Cruz de Tenerife • Tel: 922 270 700 • Fax 922 270 908 www.usplacolina.com

Health Clínica Barajas Hearing Aid Assessments without obligation. Name brand hearing aids.

English speaking personnel Los Cristianos 922 790 563 Santa Cruz 922 275 488 5elementos Feng-Shui / Chinese Astrology / Nutrition.

Consultations on the spot, holistic health check, nutrition consultation Roger & Daniela 628 012 987. www.5-elementos.com ZENZI Laser hair removal, and Beauty Centre CC El Camison, Tel: 922 798587

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Dental Clinic Medical Implant Conscious Sedation

Dental Clinic - Los Abrigos Av. Los Abrigos, Nº 21 Mon to Sat 8.30 - 19.30

info@dentalturismo.es Tel: 922 74 97 42

In-House Laboratory

Partner Hospital La Colina Sta. Cruz de Tenerife

C. Poeta Rodríguez Herrera, 1 tel: 922 74 96 72

Hospital Costa Adeje Tenerife

Urb. San Eugenio, Costa Adeje Tel: 922 79 24 00

Gynaecology

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DENTAL CLINIC FAÑABÉ PLAZA

Dr Michael Theis Calle La Hoya 55 Puerto de la Cruz In the south on Saturdays at Hospital Las Americas Tel 922 370897 Specialist in gynaecology

DIAL 112 Emergency Single emergency line

Sedation with gas: all treatments are pain free · White Fillings & implants · Whitening with Laser, only one appointment · First visit to Orthodontist, Dentist and Maxillofacial Surgeon FREE · In-house laboratory

Emergency Phone Line (for Bank Holidays & Weekends): 687 744 225 C.C. Fañabé Plaza, Avda. Bruselas 2nd floor (in front of Hotel Jacaranda) Playa Fañabé , Costa Adeje, Tenerife Sur Tel: 922 714 225 • Fax: 922 724 130 • www.clinicadentalfanabeplaza.com

Chemist Farmacia de Guardia

24H Service

www.fefarcan.com

We look after your dental health and are offering free bacteria testing with painless elimination in only ten minutes (value €100).

Please ask for Mandy to make an appointment.

Enter the website of the Federation of Canarian Chemists: www.fefarcan.com and click on ‘farmacias de guardia’ at the top right of the page.

Dental Surgery, Implants and Periodontics

The various chemists in the Canaries take it in turns in each area to make sure that there is access to medicine all over the islands.

South: C/ Amalia Alayón, 11, 1º D, Los Cristianos.

Tel. 922 78 83 28

N E W Specialist shop for your orthopaedic needs We speak English

Carretera Gral. Orotava-Icod, 41 bajo. La Mancha (38430) Icod de Los Vinos Tel. 922 812 807 / 121 804 Fax: 922 812 911

Polercise Plus

Pole Dance & Fitness Studio Polercise · Boxercise Pilates · Dancercise Step · Hula Hoop Fitness Legs, Bums & Tums Private Classes · Personal Training

GetoFr it F Su m m e r!

Call 626 505 355 for more info or pop in Polercise, Club Flamingo, Puerto Colón, San Eugenio

North: Plaza del Charco 6, 2nd floor, Puerto de la Cruz.

Tel. 922 38 13 47

H E A LT H

S E R V I C E

N ew E uropean C linic Emergency / 24 Hrs. The NEC is a new private clinic in the south of Tenerife.

The NEC is qualified to meet all the multiple medical needs of our local residents and visitors.

“We only work to care for You” C. C. El Camisón, 9, Local 4. Playa de Las Américas, Arona Tel: 922 79 76 88 / 626 855 356 · www.neweuropeanclinic.com

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Flynn tan loafer

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Cuba Olive sandal

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Fashion

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t can be difficult to combine fashionable footwear with comfort, something which is essential in the sub-tropical climate of the Canary Islands.

However, the good news is that our UK favourites which provide top quality leather shoes, sandals, high heels, flatties and wedges, for all the family enabling you to care for your feet and look good as well, are available from El Corte InglĂŠs and many quality footwear stores across the archipelago.

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HealthFitness Fabian Fitzner founder and chief trainer of Bfit 24h gyms and Bfit Personal training.

Don’t watch the scales

Motivation comes from success

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ast week I had the following situation with one of my personal training clients. My client, let’s call her Jane, came to me because she wants to lose weight.

She weighed 120 kilos and had 37.5 per cent body fat.

Before I start planning a diet and training for my clients I also measure their whole girths as I do give a 100 per cent success guarantee and I need an objective view.

After we trained together for four weeks and Jane followed my nutritional advice we met last week to measure the results. I was sure she did everything right as she uses our

food delivery service (Bfit-individual nutrition) which is an individually tailored service plus personal training twice a week with me and once alone.

As we started measuring it appeared that she lost one kilo of bodyweight. Gosh, was she disappointed. As we continued we found out that she lost 10 cm shoulder volume, four centimetres on her stomach, five on her butt, two on her arms and three on each thigh.

But best of all she lost 3.4 per cent body fat. How much is that? 3.4 per cent from 120 kg is 4.08 kg of fats! Add that to the kilo on the scales and it means five kilos gone.

But the scales said only one.

If Jane would have used only

the scales as measurement she would probably give up right now, return to eating crap and never see the inside of a gym again.

Recently I had the same situation with a male client. He felt comfortable with his progress.

But we measured anyway. The same situation - food delivery service and personal training.

But his goal is muscle gain. He started with nine per cent body fats and 68 kg. This measurement was three weeks ago.

Today he weighed 70.9kg with just 6.9 per cent body fat.

So, on the scales he gained 2.9kg. Objectively we are talking about 4,9kg lean mass, (three per cent body fat equals two kg). Of course we are not talking about pure muscles as the glycogen in liver and muscles bind water (one gram of glycogen binds three to four grams of water) but he gained the double in lean mass compared to what the scales would have told him.

So what should you do to see progress if you do not have a trainer and food delivery service? Try to eat as recommended in the last issue.

If you feel the need to step on the scales do so, but do it every week under same circumstances (same time in the morning, empty stomach and so on).

Measure your girths and watch your clothes sizes. Try to workout at least three to four times a week.

See you guys in two weeks.

W

hat should have been a pleasant meet and greet with the Spanish Minister for Health, Trinidad Jiménez, with good news at the end for a local lab, turned into a mine of controversy.

The Minister was in Tenerife to confirm the government’s support to the tune of €1 million for the construction of a secure biological laboratory in the Canaries to form part of the University of La Laguna’s Institute of Tropical Diseases.

Agreements were signed and

politicians posed with the staff of the hospital for the statutory photograph, but the Canarian Health Minister, Roldos, was not one to let an opportunity pass by and quizzed Jiménez on the supposed, “historic debt” owed to the Canaries by the central government after alleged errors in calculation when the health powers were devolved. Canarian politicians claim that the Islands are owed over a thousand million euros. Jiménez claimed to know nothing about the claim, “except for what I have read in the newspapers”.

Local politicians also want

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Tel. 600 557 763 · Open Daily compensation for the cost of providing treatment to tens of thousands of tourists down the years. However Jiménez said there is no commitment to review the funding except for a minor adjustment to take account of population growth in the Canaries.

The argument continues, with socialist politicians claiming that the, “fallacy” of the debt has now been brought out into the open and Roldós demanding a meeting with the Spanish President, José Rodríguez Zapatero and Jiménez to take them point by point through why and where she believes the money is owed to the archipelago.

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Letters

Whitney Houston tickets Dear Editor

I

have followed your articles regarding the Whitney Houston concer t with interest as we purchased three tickets.

Since the concert has been cancelled, my friend and I have been ringing Rolo Producciones daily for a refund and they are not answering the telephone!

Will you be covering this story again this week as we are sure we are not the only let down, frustrated & angr y fans of Whitney Houston?

Any information you can provide will be appreciated.

Thanks.

Regards, María González García

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(Island Connections has tried on more than one occasion to contact the number given and although we eventually managed to speak to an employee, once we mentioned it was a media enquiry we were promised someone would be in touch later in the day with an explanation.

The promised call-back to explain the refund procedure has not materialised. However, local media repor ted as we were going to press that the refunds were ‘due to commence on 17 May’ after the initial problems, described as ‘bureaucratic’ by Rolo Producciones boss Javier Rolo, had been resolved.

We would be interested in hearing from other readers who have had similar problems – Ed)

Careless campers Dear Editor

T

hank you for pointing out the pr oblems caused along the coast by the invasion of the caravans and motor caravans all through the summer months.

Along with many neighbours in Abades I paid a lot of money for my home with sea views which are obscured 50 per cent of the year by illegally parked caravans that the police refuse to move. They shout and sing all night, light barbecues on the beach, discharge dirty water (and who knows what else) directly onto the beach and always leave a mess which the binmen paid for by our rates then have to clean up.

Yes, I feel sorry for them that they haven’t got the facilities that they were apparently promised,

but then it doesn’t mean that they can go around effectively blocking the view I have paid for and using facilities that I also pay for. They neither shop nor eat in the local restaurants. They are like a plague of locusts, take all and leave nothing. I wouldn’t mind betting that the facilities that do exist are not 100 per cent full either. All they want is a cheap break and don’t care who else is inconvenienced.

Disgusted Abades (Name and address with editor)

By Daniela Herzberg & Roger Keller

daniela@5-elementos.com / Tel. +34 922 104 358 / www.5-elementos.com

Daniela Herzberg & Roger Keller are based in the southwest of Tenerife. They both are certified Feng Shui and Chinese Astrology consultants and Cosmic Healers and work and teach in Tenerife and Germany. Their comprehensive knowledge about Feng Shui, Chinese Astrology and the five elements is a result of their work with Derek Walters, one of the most respected Feng Shui masters in the world.

They have published several books about Chinese Astrology and how to increase your health and vitality with the five elements, with recipes from all over the world.

 Rat (1936, 1948, 1960, 1972, 1984, 1996, 2008) You will feel empowered and positive now. Try not to neglect your spiritual or educational life. Rats have excellent minds and should endeavour to use them.  Ox (1937, 1949, 1961, 1973, 1985, 1997, 2009) Socially, be wary who you confide in or your secrets may end up in someone’s blog or canteen gossip.

Don’t trust anyone with your creative or business ideas.

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 Tiger (1926, 1938, 1950, 1962, 1974, 1986, 1998) It would be extremely unwise to allow yourself to become embroiled in other people’s dilemmas. If you do it’ll cost you energy, possibly money and a dent or two to your reputation.

Members of the Guía de Isora Youth Band bringing in an offering to their patron, Nuestra Señora la Virgen de la Luz

 Rabbit (1927, 1939, 1951, 1963, 1975, 1987, 1999) Face each of your tasks confidently and calmly, and you’ll muster through feeling successful.Secure extra time for your family or your special person. They will need your attention and focus.

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 Dragon (1928, 1940, 1952, 1964, 1976, 1988, 2000) There might be opposition to your career ideas and awkward attitudes within the family. Don’t let this dent your enthusiasm – persevere. Make the most of any social fun on offer.  Snake (1929, 1941, 1953, 1965, 1977, 1989, 2001) You’ll make progress at work, in business or study, as long as you stick to your usual procedures. In your love relationship, do not let outside stresses affect your behaviour towards your partner.  Horse (1930, 1942, 1954, 1966, 1978, 1990, 2002) Enjoy the support and encouragement of your family. However, there’ll be travel delays and you’ll need to work a little harder to activate your goals or just get things done.  Sheep (1931, 1943, 1955, 1967, 1979, 1991, 2003 Single Sheep should pay attention to who is hanging around or making the effort to get to know you better. It could be someone who’ll carve a special place in your heart.

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Across

7 - official (6) 8 - provoke (6) 10 - streaks of light (7) 11 - improve (5) 12 - gang; group (4) 13 - mouths (5) 17 - temporary police force (5) 18 - habitation (4) 22 - fish (5) 23 - made available (7) 24 - managing (6) 25 - flower (6)

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1 - hill (7) 2 - make an explosive sound (7) 3 - factual evidence (5) 4 - exposes (7) 5 - trickery (5) 6 - long grasses (5) 9 - rise (9) 14 - taking notes (7) 15 - monitors security (7) 16 - not sudden (7) 19 - broth (5) 20 - closed car (5) 21 - meat trimmings (5)

 Monkey (1932, 1944, 1956, 1968, 1980, 1992, 2004) Don’t escalate any troubles at home with unwise words. Be diplomatic and discuss the issues involved.

Even if they wind up your stress levels at work, shrug it off and persevere.  Rooster (1933, 1945, 1957, 1969, 1981, 1993, 2005) If you’ve been frustrated at your lack of progress, or depressed by job searching, now is the time to make the most of your connections or any opportunities that shine on the horizon.  Dog (1934, 1946, 1958, 1970, 1982, 1994, 2006) There’ll be advice offered on an important issue.

Listen to it whatever its source, as the best guidance often has unexpected origins. Spend more time with your lover, parents or children.  Pig (1935, 1947, 1959, 1971, 1983, 1995, 2007) You might become embroiled in tensions around your love relationship. Offer compromise or at least peaceful intentions, and you’ll be surprised at how well they are received.

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.

14 DAY GUIDE

21 May - 4th June 2010 :: BBC1 / BBC2 / Chanel4 / Chanel5 / ITV1 / Skysports1 /

Sky Sports 1

Sunday 23rd May, 4.30pm

Super League round 15

Super League round 15 – Bradford bulls v Leeds Rhinos

Bradford bulls v Leeds Rhinos

A Date with Destiny

It’s a date with destiny in probably the toughest derby in the Superleague. The Bradford Bulls play host to Leeds Rhinos at Gratton Stadium, in what’s set to be one of the biggest games of the season.

The Rhinos are the defending champions, but must show some grit after losing six of their opening 12 games this year

soap > film >

Coronation Street Guarding Tess (1994) The murder case against Gail suddenly takes a turn for the worse. Just how far will her family go to clear Gail’s name? Elsewhere Kirk is left wondering if he can hack it under boss Carla. Izzy comes to Kirk’s defence and goes head to head with his new boss. Meanwhile Rosie Webster is none too pleased to have been stood up.

Friday 21st May, 7.30pm and 8.30pm

€30 / month +installation

ITV1

Comedy thriller starring Nicolas Cage as a secret service agent who is landed with the dull assignment of protecting the former first lady (Shirley MacLaine).

Matters become more complicated when he uncovers a sinister kidnapping plot and realises that his charge may be falling for him. Can he protect the woman and escape her attentions at the same time?

Director Hugh Wilson. Starring Nicolas Cage, Shirley MacLaine, Austin Pendleton

Sunday 23rd May, 3.05pm

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8 Out of 10 Cats

8 Out of 10 Cats is an irreverent and revealing weekly topical panel show based on a huge series of opinion polls carried out around Britain.

Friday 21st May, 10.00pm

Channel four

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ITV 1 Movie

10.35pm The Enforcer

Starring Clint Eastwood as cop Dirty Harry and Tyne Daly as Kate Moore

one 6:00 Breakfast 9:15 Hospital Heroes 10:00 Put Your Money

Where Your Mouth Is 11:00 Best of Homes Under

the Hammer 11:30 Cash in the Attic 12:15 Bargain Hunt 1:00 BBC News at One 1:30 BBC London News 1:45 Doctors 2:15 Escape to the Country 3:00 BBC News 3:05 I Can Cook 3:20 Zigby 3:30 Dennis and Gnasher 3:40 Big Babies 3:55 Shaun the Sheep 4:05 Tracy Beaker Returns 4:35 Junior MasterChef 5:00 Newsround 5:15 The Weakest Link 6:00 BBC News at Six 6:30 BBC London News 7:00 The One Show 7:30 A Question of Sport 8:00 EastEnders Phil is apologetic for his actions, but Ben hangs on his every word and takes his own action against a bully. Syed is adamant he can find a solution for his situation, and Stacey bares her terrible fears to Max 8:30 QI 9:00 Ashes to Ashes Tension mounts in the final episode of the police drama as DCI Gene Hunt and his team are investigating a diamond heist following the murder of three London gang members 10:00 BBC News at Ten 10:25 BBC London News 10:35 Friday Night with

Jonathan Ross Jonathan Ross presents another edition of the current series, with guests including brilliantly surreal comic Ross Noble 11:35 The National Lottery

Friday Night Draws 11:45 Man on Fire Gripping revenge thriller in which a CIA assassin turned bodyguard teams up with a crusading journalist

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The Flintstones Castle in the Country The Daily Politics Working Lunch Car Booty Hell below Zero Diagnosis Murder Flog It! A Question of Genius The Hairy Bikers’ Food Tour of Britain Eggheads Great British Menu The Genius of Design A look at the rival war machines designed and built in Germany, Britain, the USSR and the USA Mastermind Gardeners’ World Toby Buckland shares his top tips How to Live a Simple Life Frank Skinner’s Opinionated Newsnight In-depth investigation and analysis of the stories behind the day’s headlines with Gavin Esler The Review Show Martha Kearney presents a round up of the week’s cultural highlights Golf Hazel Irvine presents highlights from the second day of the PGA Championship at Wentworth

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Show 4:00 Daily Cooks Challenge 5:00 Divided 6:00 London Tonight 6:30 ITV News and Weather 7:00 Emmerdale Will Jamie be able to make amends and leave with Gennie? Charlie whisks Diane away to Paris. Adam warns Holly to straighten herself out 7:30 Coronation Street The case against Gail suddenly takes a turn for the worse. Can Kirk hack it under boss Carla? Will Hayley’s new dress win over the reluctant Roy? 8:00 Dickinson’s Real Deal David Dickinson presents the show in which sellers have to choose between accepting a cash offer or going to auction 8:30 Coronation Street Just how far will her family go to clear Gail’s name?

Rosie does not take kindly to being stood up. Izzy goes head to head with Carla in fighting Kirk’s corner 9:00 Marco’s Kitchen Burnout Marco Pierre White trains a group of celebrities to run a professional kitchen 10:00 ITV News at Ten

and Weather 10:35 The Enforcer Maverick cop Dirty Harry Callahan is unimpressed with his new partner Kate Moore. But the pair must try to put their differences aside in order to tackle the People’s Revolutionary Strike Force.

12:25am The Zone Hosts Michael Underwood and Angellica Bell guide you through The Zone, ITV1’s new place to shop and play. Including features from QVC and Challenge Jackpot

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Embarrassing Bodies The resident medical team of doctors Christian Jessen, Pixie McKenna and Dawn Harper open a special kids-only clinic 8 Out of 10 Cats 8 Out of 10 Cats is an irreverent, irrelevant and revealing weekly topical panel show based on a huge series of opinion polls carried out around Britain.

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Good Morning Sports Fans 7:00 Good Morning

Sports Fans 8:00 Good Morning

Sports Fans News, reviews and previews - including a look at the back pages, a racing tip and a sporting weather forecast 9:00 Barclays Premier

League World A round-up of all the latest headlines from the Barclays Premier League.

With interviews from players and managers 9:30 ATP Tour Uncovered News and interviews from players past and present included in this weekly round-up of all the latest stories and tournament action from the ATP tennis tour 10:00 European Tour Golf 1:00 Barclays Premier

League World A round-up of all the latest headlines from the Barclays Premier League.

With interviews from players and managers, vital team news and insider knowledge 1:30 Football League A Coca-Cola League 2 play-off semi-final second leg.

3:00 European Tour Golf 6:00 The Play-Offs -

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Final Preview 7:30 Rugby Super League A match from round 15 of Super League XV 10:00 Fight night A top domestic bout.

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Final Preview A look ahead to the UEFA Champions League final at the Bernabeu, home of Real Madrid. Bayern Munich take on Jose Mourinho’s Inter Milan for the trophy

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Attic 1:30 Murder, She Wrote 2:15 Golf 4:30 BBC News 4:40 BBC London News 4:45 Hole in the Wall 5:15 Junior Apprentice 6:15 Doctor Who 7:00 Over the Rainbow It’s the grand final and one girl’s life will change forever 8:00 The National Lottery 8:55 Over the Rainbow

Results Show The quest to cast a West End Dorothy reaches its dramatic conclusion. Who will win the life-changing role? The decision is in the hands of the viewers, and with just two girls left in the competition, our finalists sing for one final time hoping to win the public’s vote 9:30 Casualty Lenny is shattered to lose another patient to the mysterious virus. Ruth stands up for her beliefs with surprising results, and Zoe has a change of heart about motherhood 10:20 BBC News 10:40 Live at the Apollo The pub landlord Al Murray hosts, introducing special guests Chris Addison and punmeister Tim Vine 11:25 The Football League

Show Manish Bhasin presents highlights of the Championship Play-Off Final between Cardiff and Blackpool from Wembley 12:05 Friday Night

with Jonathan Ross Jonathan’s guests include brilliantly surreal comic Ross Noble

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Swap Shop 10:00 Horrible Histories 10:30 Da Dick and Dom Diaries 11:00 Bamzooki 11:30 Hai! 12:00 Degrassi:

The Next Generation 12:25 The Cut 12:50 No Hats, No Trainers 1:15 The 5.19 Show 1:30 Off the Hook 2:00 A Night to Remember 4:00 Flog It! 4:30 Golf 6:35 Coast 6:55 Timewatch 7:45 Dad’s Army 8:15 The Boats That Built

Britain Sailor and writer Tom Cunliffe sets out on the Phoenix, a plank-perfect square rigger, to discover just how these incredible boats changed Britain and the world forever 8:45 The Boats That Built

Britain Cunliffe sails The Reaper.

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News for You With guest host Eamonn Holmes 10:00 I’m in a Rock ‘n’ Roll

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Six-part series investigating what makes the perfect rock ‘n’ roll band 11:00 Frank Skinner’s

Opinionated Frank is joined by two fellow comedians and a studio audience to unpick the week’s most talkedabout news stories 11:30 Guitar Heroes at the

BBC Classic archive performances from the guitar gods of the late 60s and 70s

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Diaries 10:25 The Lakes 10:55 Monk 11:50 ITV News and Weather 12:10 This Morning 1:10 Midsomer Murders 3:15 Junior 5:15 Creature Comforts 5:30 London Tonight 5:45 ITV News and Weather 6:00 The Whole 19 Yards Vernon Kay and Caroline Flack present the gameshow in which four contestants compete for the chance to win 100,000 pounds.

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League Final Jose Mourinho will be out to prove he really is the ‘Special One’ as his Inter Milan team take on Bayern Munich in the Champions League Final.

Madrid is the setting for what promises to be a fascinating night of football between two teams managed by two of Europe’s most self-assured men. With victories over Chelsea and Barcelona, Mourinho has already established Inter as the team to beat. But Bayern boss Louis Van Gaal has seen his side end the hopes of Manchester United and will believe his team have enough to silence the Italians 10:00 Soccer Aid Dermot O’Leary reveals the amazing line up of stars and footballing legends taking part in Soccer Aid 2010, including Robbie Williams, Mike Myers and Zinedine Zidane 10:10 The Prisoner Six comes to understand the purpose of the Village.

Two has taken control to a new level and has a secret destiny mapped out for Six 11:10 ITV News and Weather 11:25 UEFA Champions League Highlights of the Champions League final

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The Hoobs Dextro Energy Triathlon Iyu World Championship Series World Sport The Morning Line Friends Friends 90210 Rihanna Frock Me with TK Maxx Hollyoaks Music Show with Matalan.co.uk Smallville Channel 4 Racing Come Dine with Me Leilani Ting hopes to woo her guests with her sophisticated menu Come Dine with Me Caroline cooks fresh sea bass for the first time Come Dine with Me Ed Oliver’s first challenge is to find everything he needs to cook up a storm Come Dine with Me Diana Swales-Pickering throws a curry night Come Dine with Me High flier Steve is used to winning but he’ll have his work cut out as he’s not endeared himself to his fellow contestants.

He laughed at Caroline’s dessert, told Leilani exactly what he thought of her, and his forthright dislike of Diana’s curry night left his host upset Channel 4 News The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Lavish adaptation of the first book in JRR Tolkien’s epic fantasy trilogy about a young hobbit who inherits a ring with dark powers and embarks upon a dangerous quest to destroy it Capitalism: A Love Story Michael Moore’s film looks at the American capitalist system

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League World 7:00 The Play-Offs -

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Final Preview 8:30 The Play-Offs -

Glory Game 9:00 Celebrating the Goal World Cup celebrations have become as iconic as the goals themselves and this film relives some fascinating stories and shows memorable footage of some of the greatest players ever.

10:00 Soccer A.M. The cult football show with all the regular features, faces and fixtures, alongside new sketches and surprises, presented

by Helen Chamberlain and Max Rushden 12:00 Champions League

Final Preview 1:00 Celebrating the Goal 2:00 Championship

Play-Off Final The Coca-Cola Championship play-off final at Wembley. With the riches offered by the Premier League, this is one of the most important and lucrative matches in the football calendar 6:00 Football

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Play-Off Final The Coca-Cola Championship play-off final at Wembley. With the riches offered by the Premier League, this is one of the most important and lucrative matches in the football calendar

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/ Sunday 23/05/10

BBC 1 An Imagine Special

10.25pm The Stones in Exile Documentary showing the making of The Rolling Stones’ 1972 album, Exile on Main Street

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Breakfast The Andrew Marr Show Pentecost Country Tracks The Politics Show Cash in the Celebrity Attic Murder, She Wrote EastEnders Omnibus Points of View Lifeline Songs of Praise Chelsea Flower Show BBC News BBC London News Halcyon River Diaries Intimate look at the wildlife of a typical English river, as seen through the eyes of a family who live beside it Countryfile Ellie Harrison puts her faith in Cedric Robinson, the Queen’s official guide to the treacherous sands of Morecambe Bay, while Matt Baker trains with the RNLI rescue crews who spring into action when disaster strikes Modern Masters Salvador Dali was art’s greatest clown, but was he also one of its great geniuses? Alastair Sooke traces the life and work of the surrealist artist travelling throughout Europe and America BBC News Latest news BBC London News The Stones in Exile: An Imagine Special Alan Yentob introduces a revealing documentary which tells the story of the making of The Rolling Stones’ 1972 album, Exile on Main Street The Rolling Stones - A Bigger Bang The 2006 concert at Copacabana Beach, Rio de Janeiro was played before 1.5 million fans, the show remains one of the biggest rock gigs ever

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Wham Special Mark Radcliffe takes us on a memorable look back at some classic Wham! Top of the Pops performances The Terminator Classic sci-fi action thriller.

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London Tonight ITV News and Weather The Seasons with Alan Titchmarsh Alan examines the season of mists and mellow fruitfulness which sees the shorter days transforming the behaviour of all creatures Britain’s Got Talent The auditions continue, and judges Simon Cowell, Piers Morgan and Amanda Holden see more of the thousands of acts hoping to win the life-changing prize of 100,000 pounds and a slot at this year’s Royal Variety Performance An Audience with Michael Buble Michael is joined by - and answers questions from - a star-studded audience which includes Paul O’Grady, Dermot O’Leary, Joe McElderry, Keeley Hawes and Holly Willoughby ITV News and Weather The South Bank Show Victoria Wood talks honestly and humorously to Melvyn Bragg about a career that began with a three-minute slot on New Faces in the 1970s.

Robbie Coltrane’s B-Road Britain Robbie Coltrane embarks on a journey from London to Glasgow using only B roads in an attempt to discover the true heart of the country

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Ford Championship 7:55 FIM Superbike

World Championship 8:20 Freesports on 4 8:50 The Hills 9:20 Running in Heels 9:50 Friends 10:25 Hollyoaks Omnibus 12:55 Frock Me with

TK Maxx 1:35 Glee 2:30 Friends 3:05 Friends 3:35 The Simpsons 4:10 The Simpsons 4:40 Deal or No Deal 5:30 Time Team 6:30 Channel 4 News

Latest news headlines 7:00 The Landscape Man Landscape gardener Matthew Wilson helps Sarah and Trevor Woods turn their back on town life for the wildness of remote Wales where they hope to build a beautiful farmyard and live off the land 8:00 Come Dine with Me This brand new episode comes from south east London, where four extremely different cooks take it in turns to host their own version of the perfect dinner party 9:00 Dispatches As international attention focuses on South Africa for the World Cup, this timely and emotive feature-length documentary explores record levels of child sex abuse in a country where a child is raped every three minutes, and where AIDS continues to spread with epidemic ferocity 10:35 The Untouchables Brian De Palma’s rip-roaring thriller, scripted by David Mamet, is set in the lawless Chicago of prohibition, when Al Capone ruled through corruption and violence

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with Flora 12:25 Hero Animals 12:55 Cowboy Builders Hosted by Melinda Messenger and Dominic Littlewood 1:55 All the Young Men Korean War drama about racial tensions that develop when a black sergeant takes command of a group of white marines. His struggle to win their respect centres on a recently demoted NCO whose resentment breeds continual confrontation 3:35 The Red Beret Wartime drama about an ex-US army officer with a mysterious past who joins the British army as a paratrooper 5:20 My Favorite Martian Tim O’Hara, an ambitious TV reporter, stumbles upon a Martian who has just crashed on Earth 7:05 Five News 7:10 The Medallion Fantasy action comedy about a pair of cops who encounter supernatural complications in pursuit of an international crime lord. After the cops are wounded, a mysterious ancient medallion transforms them into super-powered warriors.

They must then use their powers to stop the gangster from getting his hands on the medallion and achieving eternal life 9:00 Cradle 2 The Grave Action thriller in which the head of a crime syndicate forms an unlikely alliance with a special agent from Taiwan when the criminal’s daughter is kidnapped 11:05 The Juror Psychological thriller about a woman who is coerced into encouraging her fellow jury members to acquit a powerful mobster

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Final

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Supplement Brian Woolnough discusses the major sports stories that have made the headlines, along with expert opinions 10:30 Irb London Sevens The penultimate leg of the series: the Emirates Airline London Sevens at Twickenham. England won here in 2009, but South Africa went on to claim the overall championship 1:30 European Rugby Final The Amlin Challenge Cup Final. Cardiff v Toulon at Stade Velodrome 4:30 Rugby Super League The Bradford Bulls play host to Leeds at Gratton Stadium. The Rhinos are the defending champions, but must show some grit after losing six of their opening 12 games in 2010.

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Darts Finals The semi-finals and final at Wembley Arena. James Wade won the 2009 title, beating Mervyn King in the final. Phil Taylor had previously won every year since the event’s inception in 2005 10:30 Rugby Super League 12:00 WWE Late Night

- Afterburn Join Jack Korpela for all the latest events from inside the ring and backstage on Smackdown, featuring all your favourite superstars including Edge, The Undertaker and CM Punk

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9.30pm Champions League Weekly News from the UEFA Champions League

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Meanwhile, Stacey finds maternity leave a struggle, and Ryan and Janine battle to win their twisted bet Panorama Christina Schmid - the widow of army bomb disposal expert Oz Schmid - reveals how the Army is failing in its duty of care to their soldiers High Street Dreams Jo Malone and Nick Leslau help two creative entrepreneurs enter the fiercely competitive fashion industry BBC News at Ten BBC London News The Graham Norton Show Inside Sport Mark Chapman interviews tennis legend Martina Navratilova amongst other sporting legends Lost

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Fimbles Me Too! The Pingu Show Mona the Vampire Muddle Earth Newsround Raven Prank Patrol Timmy Time Chuggington Louie Charlie and Lola Postman Pat LazyTown Dirtgirlworld Waybuloo In the Night Garden Too Many Crooks Working Lunch Car Booty Ready, Steady, Cook Animal 24/7 Diagnosis Murder Flog It! A Question of Genius Escape to the Country Eggheads Great British Menu Coast Nicholas Crane presents a 13-part journey around the coast of the UK, uncovering stories that made us the island nation we are today 8:00 Chelsea Flower Show Alan Titchmarsh and Joe Swift launch coverage of the floral celebration from the grounds of the Royal Hospital in Chelsea 9:00 Filth:

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Whitehouse Story With Julie Walters starring as Mary Whitehouse and Hugh Bonneville as her arch enemy, this is a drama inspired by real events that brings life to the battle for Britain’s morals 10:30 Newsnight 11:20 Fame Exuberant musical drama about life at New York’s High School for the Performing Arts, where a chosen few battle to get to the top of their desired professions

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ITV News and Weather International Football Highlights Total Emergency Police raid a flat for drugs, paramedics try to save the life of a man who has taken an overdose, and firefighters tackle a blaze in a flat. And all three services come together to rescue two workmen who have sustained head injuries and are trapped in a well

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Romeo vents his frustration to Alf Live from Studio Five How Do They Do It? Robert Llewellyn presents a series examining the feats of science and engineering behind everyday life The Gadget Show Suzi, Jason, Ortis and Jon relive their most exciting and demanding challenges and present their favourite gadgets of the year FlashForward Sci-fi drama about a mysterious event that causes the population of the entire world to black out simultaneously Mike Bassett: England Manager Ricky Tomlinson plays Mike Bassett, the football manager suddenly handed the England job when everyone else turns it down UFC 113

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Premier League Darts Final Highlights Soccer A.M. - The Best Bits Elite League Speedway An Elite League meeting.

Champions League Weekly The magazine show with action from the UEFA Champions League. Plus, analysis ahead of the forthcoming fixtures from some of the top names in football Time of Our Lives Jeff Stelling is joined by Gordon Banks, Terry Conroy and Denis Smith to discuss Stoke’s 1972 season.

A League of Their Own James Corden referees the wacky challenge of sporting knowledge as two teams of comedians, sports stars and celebrity sports fans compete against each other Soccer A.M. - The Best Bits All the best bits from last Saturday’s show, presented by Andy Goldstein and Helen Chamberlain

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ITV 1 Movie

10.35pm The Jacket Thriller/terror film starring Adrien Brody and Keira Knightley

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Meanwhile Stacey returns to work, but it soon drives her bonkers Holby City It is Mark’s first day as CEO, and things don’t go as planned when Frank the porter causes chaos across the hospital Luther When a serial killer goes on the rampage, Luther must delve inside the murderer’s mind to discover what is driving him to kill so many girls, and why BBC News at Ten BBC London News Children’s Emergency Series following the lifesaving work of the medics of a mobile intensive care service for children The Graham Norton Show Code Breakers Drama based on the Bill McWilliams book A Return to glory

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Fimbles Me Too! The Pingu Show Mona the Vampire Muddle Earth Newsround Raven Prank Patrol Timmy Time Chuggington Louie Charlie and Lola Postman Pat LazyTown Dirtgirlworld Waybuloo In the Night Garden Just My Luck Working Lunch Car Booty Ready, Steady, Cook Animal 24/7 Diagnosis Murder Flog It! A Question of Genius Escape to the Country Eggheads Great British Menu A Culture Show

Special Matthew Collings celebrates the birthday of one of the most successful modern art museums in the world 8:00 Chelsea Flower Show It’s judgement day: after months of hard work in pursuit of horticultural perfection 9:00 The Story of Science:

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Chris Tarrant hosts the award-winning quiz show The Bill The team are on the trail of Nigel Wren who has been grooming young girls online ITV News at Ten and Weather The Jacket After a roadside incident in 1992, traumatised soldier Jack blacks out and wakes up straitjacketed in a facility for the criminally insane

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Carmel is broken-hearted as the police take her wedding dress for forensic examination Channel 4 News Gok’s Fashion Fix Move over Paris, New York and Milan, style czar Gok Wan is back to put Great British towns back on the fashion map The Twins Who Share a Brain Three-year-old twins Krista and Tatiana Hogan are conjoined at the head and can never be separated The Million Pound Drop Live Davina McCall hosts an extraordinary new game show in which contestants can win or lose life-changing amounts of money live on TV The Good Wife Peter tries to restore his reputation, while Alicia and Will kiss

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Draws The midweek National Lottery draws including Lotto and the newly-enhanced Thunderball draw 10:45 Damages Patty’s relentless pursuit of the Tobin family’s hidden fortune exposes webs of deceit that propel her and everyone in her orbit into a series of deadly confrontations 11:45 The Walker Drama about an affable male escort who becomes embroiled in a murder plot, which threatens his life and career

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Roy is shocked by what Hayley has to tell him. Will Trev help Carla secure a deal?

The National Movie Awards 2010 James Nesbitt presents an evening of tension, triumph, and tears live from the Royal Festival Hall as the British public cast their votes for their favourite stars ITV News at Ten Eyes Wide Shut The final film from Stanley Kubrick tells the story of Bill Harford, a doctor who longs for extra-marital action after he discusses fantasies with his wife

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Channel 4 News Latest news Three in a Bed Three sets of proud B&B owners throw open their doors in an attempt to be crowned the best Desperate Housewives Susan realises that Robin and Katherine are having a relationship The Million Pound Drop Live Davina McCall hosts the third of six nights of The Million Pound Drop Live The Big Bang Theory Leonard and Sheldon’s flat is burgled My Name is Earl Earl gets a hot tub for Joy from a dubious source, and Joy catches a toe infection from it

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/ Thursday 27/05/10 Five Movie

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Aaron finds himself target of bullying after admitting he was gay in court

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A Western with a hint of the supernatural, directed by and starring Clint Eastwood

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by Nikhil Tonight Current affairs news stories presented through interviews and discussions Emmerdale Aaron tries to apologise to Jackson, but it falls on deaf ears. Diane is disappointed to learn that Charlie must return to France.

Viv remains determined to keep the kids from Bob Coronation Street Tina has a shocking announcement for the Platts. At Underworld, the pressure mounts on Nick and Carla. Is Lloyd falling for Cheryl?

All at Sea New three-part series in which a group of celebrity landlubbers embarks upon a journey along the south coast of England in a variety of different boats ITV News at Ten Greatest Cities of the World with Griff Rhys Jones Griff Rhys Jones explores the small but perfectly formed city of Paris Supersize Kids: Britain’s Tallest Teens Show looking at the lives of three exceptionally tall teenagers

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by Ben’s sudden refusal to attend dance classes, until she learns that Lucas discouraged him. Can she teach Lucas a lesson and salvage Ben’s love of dance?

Home and Away Leah ends her relationship with Elijah after catching him with the engagement ring. Marilyn comes up with a plan to teach paranoid Colleen a lesson. Nicole confronts Ruby about her feelings for Liam, but Ruby insists that she only has eyes for Xavier Live from Studio Five Cricket on Five Highlights of the first day’s play in the first Test between England and Bangladesh at Lords Britain’s Greatest Machines with Chris Barrie Chris Barrie explores the pivotal moments in Britain’s recent engineering past High Plains Drifter Classic western in which the residents of a greedy mining town conspire to murder their own sheriff Shops, Robbers and Videotape First in a two-part documentary using CCTV to explore the ongoing fight against crime in Britain.

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Noel Edmunds host the quiz show where contestants could win £250,000

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With interviews from players and managers, vital team news and insider knowledge The Rugby Club Reviews of the latest rugby union action with Simon Lazenby, Stuart Barnes and Dewi Morris

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/ Friday 28/05/10 Sky Sports 1 Football

7.30pm Rep of Ireland v Algeria, live

The Irish take on Algeria, who will face England in the World Cup

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Meanwhile, Billie returns to a horrible surprise, and Whitney vows revenge on Leon Bruce Almighty A TV reporter blames God for the worst day of his life BBC News at Ten BBC London News Friday Night with Jonathan Ross Jonathan Ross presents another edition of the current series, with highlights including a big Sex and the City exclusive, Scottish stand-up Kevin Bridges and music from Pendulum.

The National Lottery Friday Night Draws The Haunting Psychological horror set in the dark and forbidding Hill House, the scene of numerous gruesome tragedies

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Cain and Declan lock horns over Declan’s building work. Aaron is gutted after his run-in with Jackson Coronation Street Tony Gordon may be in prison - but what is he up to? The factory workers are in for a shock as Nick and Carla’s deadline arrives. How will Cheryl react when Lloyd makes his feelings clear?

Dickinson’s Real Deal David Dickinson presents the show in which sellers have to choose between accepting a cash offer for their antiques or going to auction Coronation Street What is Tony planning from his cell? Will David and Nick’s interference put the outcome of Gail’s trial in jeopardy? Deirdre is having trouble believing Tracy.

Marco’s Kitchen Burnout The finalists must battle it out in the Burnout restaurant in their toughest test so far. Who will be crowned champion?

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Meanwhile, Rachel struggles to cope with a long-term issue in her life and Artie and Tina have to face up to their problems Embarrassing Bodies Dr Pixie encounters an unusual case of “fish odour syndrome” The Million Pound Drop Live Davina McCall hosts the penultimate show of The Million Pound Drop Live The Ricky Gervais Show From the creators of The Office and Extras, comes an animated series using original recordings of The Ricky Gervais Show podcasts 8 Out of 10 Cats Jimmy Carr takes the centre chair with team captains Sean Lock and Jason Manford

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Milkshake Children’s Entertainment The Wright Stuff The Trisha Goddard Show CSI: New York Five News Paul Merton in Europe Neighbours Home and Away Animal Rescue Squad Vernie Five News Neighbours Donna receives a letter from Nick, the man she believes to be her father.

Can she find the courage to meet him? At Karl and Toadie’s suggestion, Susan signs up to some classes at the university.

But Zeke is not too happy to find Susan encroaching on his territory Home and Away Leah and Elijah talk things over, leading him to propose again. Will Leah accept? Marilyn and Alf decide to play a trick on Colleen, using the ring given by Hugo to Martha to make it look as if they are engaged. Hugo’s enemies start to close in on him Live from Studio Five Cricket on Five Highlights of the second day’s play in the first Test between England and Bangladesh at Lord’s Sea Patrol UK Documentary series charting the work of the elite teams that patrol the English Channel.

The Mentalist US drama series following the work of CBI consultant Patrick Jane CSI: New York New York-based spin-off of the crime drama series Grey’s Anatomy George and Izzie attempt to recapture their initial passion Cops in Crisis Documentary series about people who have had to face extraordinary situations

Good Morning Sports Fans 7:00 Good Morning

Sports Fans 8:00 Good Morning

Sports Fans News, reviews and previews - including a look at the back pages, a racing tip and a sporting weather forecast 9:00 Barclays Premier

League World 9:30 The Rugby Club Simon Lazenby, Stuart Barnes and Dewi Morris preview and review the latest rugby union action and talk to some of the biggest names in the game 10:30 Cricket First Test, day 2 between England and Bangladesh at Lord’s 1:00 Cricket 1:40 Cricket 3:40 Cricket First Test, day 2 between England and Bangladesh at Lord’s. Bangladesh played two Tests in 2005 in England and suffered two heavy defeats. They will hope to show their improvement here.

7:00 Barclays Premier

League World A round-up of all the latest headlines from the Barclays Premier League.

With interviews from players and managers, vital team news and insider knowledge 7:30 Football Rep of Ireland v AlgeriaLive. The Republic Of Ireland face Algeria in Dublin. Algeria will be England’s opponents in the World Cup, so this is a last chance for Fabio Capello and co to sound out the competition 10:00 Boxing Gary Sykes takes on Kevin O’Hara at Huddersfield Sports Centre with the British super-featherweight title at stake.

Sykes is making the first defence of the belt he won in March 12:00 International Football

The Republic Of

Ireland face Algeria

in Dublin

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Church services Living Spring Pentecostal 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 Catholic Mass Puerto de la Cruz International service Sundays (almost always in English) in the Nuestra Señora de la Peña de Francia parish church Christian Fellowship Los Cristianos 1st floor of Apolo Shopping Centre Pastor Adrian McBride.

Tel: 922 790 007.

Costa del Silencio 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

de San Nicolás de Tolentino 928.891.252 or www.alberguelaaldea.com, or Valleseco 928 618740.

Gran Canaria May 30, San Fernando, San Bartolóme de Tirajana To May 25, Gay Pride, Maspalomas May 30, Día de Canarias May 30, 9 am to 2 pm, Craft Fair, Valsequillo May 30, 7 pm, Folklore festival, Agüimes

MUSIC Auditorio Alfredo Kraus,

Las Palmas. Tickets and information: www.auditorioalfredokraus.com/ May 24, 8.30 pm, Michel Camilo, piano soloist May 28, 9 pm, John Mayall (jazz/blues) May 29, 9 pm, Mélissa Laveaux June 4, Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria June 4, 9 pm, Sinead O’Connor (Sala San Borondon)

Calvary Assembly International 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 Francis Church Holy Eucharist Playa de las Americas San Eugenio An international service in English. All welcome.

Sunday 10.15am, Holy Eucharist, Sung Wednesday 10.15am, Holy Eucharist, Said Golf del Sur San Blas Sunday 6pm Holy Eucharist, Sung, by extension Los Gigantes Espiritu Santo Sunday 6pm, Holy Eucharist, Sung. Thursday 10.30am, Holy Eucharist, Sung Callao Salvaje (Services to be resumed shortly) For Baptisms, Confessions, Wedding Blessings, Renewal of Vows, Confirmations and funerals, counselling, pastoral care. Contact Chaplain Father Keith Gordon 922 742 045/ 679 660 277 www.tenerifechurch.com North Tenerife Christian Fellowship Evangelical Church meets every Sunday with Services in English at the Scandinavian church behind the main post office, Puerto de la Cruz.

Everyone welcome.

Sunday service and Sunday school 11.30am Bible sharing Wednesdays 5.30pm Ladies group meets one morning a month More information: 922 351 011

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

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

FIESTAS ^ CULTURAL EVENTS

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.

Tenerife FIESTAS & CULTURAL EVENTS May 29, Baile de Magos, Los Silos May 30, Día de Canarias May 21 to June 1, Fiesta de San José Obrero, Arico Until the end of May, Fiestas de Mayo, Santa Cruz June 2, Corpus Christi, Icod de los Vinos, Tacoronte, June 10, Corpus Christi carpets, La Orotava

MUSIC

St. Sebastian’s Inclusive Church Mogán, Gran Canaria Sundays 7pm at Cordial Mogán Playa Chapel

More information from Tony on 628 689 306.

John Mayall

SCENIC ARTS

Teatro Cúyas, Las Palmas.

www.teatrocuyas.com

May 21, 9.30 pm, Ser or No Ser May 22, 12.30 pm, Mayo Francés. Suitable for children over 6 years May 28, 29, 30, El Cabaret del Capitán Varela June 3 to 8, Garrick performed

by Tricicle Teatro Pérez Galdós, Las Palmas. www.teatroperezgaldos.es May 23, 25, 27 and 29, Opera: LÍtaliana in Algeri by Rossini

EXHIBITIONS To May 31, paintings: GiirasoLuz

by Felipe Juan. Sala de Exposiciones de Lola Massieu, Santa Brígida To June 27, Canarian mountains, much more than wood.

Parque San Telmo, Las Palmas.

To July 4, Horizontes Insulares.

Centro de Arte La Regenta, 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

V Edition: Los Caprichos Musicales de La Isla Baja May 22, 8 pm, Urania (Balcan, Celtic, Jazz, Latin).

Cine-Teatro, Buenavista May 29, 8 pm, Saxpia, saxophone duo, El Tanque

Auditorio de Tenerife, Santa

Cruz. Tickets: 902 317327 or www.auditoriodetenerife. com May 21, 8.30 pm, Orquesta Sinfónica de Tenerife May 22, 6 pm, Caravan, World musicians May 25, 8.30 pm, Spanish chamber music May 25, 9 pm, Joan Manuel Serrat (pop) June 4, 8.30 pm, Orquesta Sinfónica de Tenerife

Santa Cruz port precinct: June 6, 9 pm, Alicia Keys in concert

Bodegas Monje, El Sauzal May 22, 8.30 pm, Camerata Lacunensis El Castillo Espacio Cultural,

Puerto de la Cruz

May 21, 8.30 pm, Timple music with Joséle del Pino and Group.

LIONS CLUB EVENTS Tenerife Sur: Santiago del Teide Lions Club: July 3, President’s Night, El Marques, Los Gigantes.

Jon Thornley 627386 648.

Tenerife Sur Lions Club: June 26, President’s Night, Westhaven Bay, Costa del Silencio.

Ken Sadler 670 647 765.

Arona, Las Galletas, Costa del Silencio: Second Sunday of the

Alicia Keys

month: barbecue with

entertainment at Coral Mar Square Last Sunday of the month: buffet and entertainment at Habla Habla, Las Galletas.

Cath 629 506 882.

All the Lions Clubs in this area, Tenerife Sur, Santiago del Teide, Arona-San Miguel, and Las Galletas-Costa Silencio are combining to have a World Cup football sweepstake in association with Worldwide motor dealers, Urb. Costa Sol, Costa del Silencio.

The proceeds will go to support the Hogar Chindia children’s home in Valle San Lorenzo.

The Lions shop in the Apolo Center is open Monday to Friday 11am to 3pm. The Costa del Silencio shop is open Monday to Friday 11am to 2pm.

Donations of clothing, books, bric-a-brac etc are welcome.

Ken Sadler 670 647 765.

EXHIBITIONS Puerto de la Cruz: To May 22, Un infinito para descubrir. Outside the public library Tomás de Iriarte To May 28, paintings: El Jardín Interior by Alicia Martín.

Fleming 4, Punta Brava To May 29, photographs: Doble o Nada by José Alejandro Amador and Recordando a Warhol by José Avero. El Castillo Espacio Cultural To May 28, Happy Birthday,

by José Mª Ruiz. Instituto de Estudios Hispánicos de Canarias La Laguna: To May 22, La belleza de lo oculto by Luis Fernández.

Fundación Cristina de Vera El Sauzal: To May 31, Etnias by Angela Martinez. Bodegas Monje South, cultural and civic centres: To May 31, Fotógrate by Eduardo Floréz. Los Cristianos To June 11, photos by Paco Penas. Las Galletas To May 31, shop window dressing contest photos. Cho-Parque de la Reina To May 31, paintings collection, Cabo Blanco To June 22, photos, Cauce Sur, memories of the old road.

Arona Town Hall

SPORT & NATURe Failte fun walks Stretch your legs every Friday morning with Failte. Meet outside the Hotel Gran Arona in Los Cristianos for a trek over Guaza mountain followed by refreshments. Wear stout shoes, meet friends and get some exercise. New faces always welcome.

Kayak routes Tours by kayak for all abilities which may be combined with snorkelling, hiking, climbing or potholing. More info on 922 127 938 or www.elcardon.com Surfing North: Escuela de Surf y Body Board OAD La Laguna, for those aged 12 years and over. More information on 922 256 244 or www.oadlaguna.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

Hiking Discover Arona More information about trekking routes on 922 725 180 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 on 922 841 086.

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Harry Davies, on 922 781 905. ceten@fsmail.net

The Wednesday Club

Your opportunity to meet people like you, ladies, gentlemen, couples or on your own.

1st. Floor Apolo Center, Los Cristianos.

Wednesdays: 11am - 1pm.

More info: Edna 922 732 386 / 619 059 577

English Library

Calle Irlanda, Parque Taoro, Puerto de la Cruz.

Monday 3pm - 5.30pm Wednesday 10am - 12 noon Friday from 4pm - 6pm Saturday 11am - 1pm Info: Julia Gaskell 922 37 25 79

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) Meetings in the South:

1st Floor Apolo Centre, Los Cristianos (next to bus terminal).

Mon, Wed and Sat: 5.45pm Costa del Silencio, Oasis group, CC Coral Mar. Thursday: 7.30pm Callao Salvaje, Living Sober Group, Local 4, CC Buena Azul (Sueño Azul). Sunday 6.30pm For more info: call 630 478 448 (24hrs)

Markets

Barranco del Infierno (Adeje): Mondays to Sundays from 8.30 am to 5.30 pm. No access allowed after 4 pm. Price: €3. Max. 200 people a day.

Free entrance on Sundays.

Information and reservations on 922 782 885.

Monday Alcalá 9am to 2pm Tuesday Los Abrigos 5pm to 9pm Wednesday Playa San Juan 9am to 2pm Thursday Costa Adeje 9am to 2pm Friday Golf del Sur 9am to 2pm San Isidro 5pm to 9pm Saturday Costa Adeje 9am to 2pm El Médano 9am to 2pm Sunday Los Cristianos 9am to 2pm Puerto de la Cruz 9am to 2pm

OTHER EVENTS

K9 & Friends of the Animals

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).

To May 23, Las Jornadas Gastronómicas, Sabores de Isora (food fair, flavours of Isora May 22, 23 and 24, Arona Plant and Flower Fair, Las Galletas. www.arona.org May 22 and 23, 10 am to 2 pm, Intercultural Africanaria event.

Agricultural market, Tegueste

Miscellaneous La Baranda Wine Museum Promoting local quality wines.

TF-5 motorway (El Sauzal exit).

More info: 922 572 535 or www.tenerife.es/Casa-vino

Castles Tours:

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

Masonic Meetings

South of Tenerife.

Visitors always welcome.

Tenerife Craft, Chapter, Mark.

More info: 922 794 502 / 922 732 386

Ciudadanos Europeos (European Citizens Group).

For more information contact the Secretary, Chris Stanyer on 922 751 507 or the President,

K9 car boot sales • First Sunday of every month Happy Days, Costa del Silencio.

8am - 12 noon. Stalls €6.

• Second Saturday of every month outside Shimmers Bar, Callao Salvaje. 10am to 1pm.

• K9 also have a stall on the Playa San Juan market every Wednesday and at Alcalá every Monday: 9am- 2pm.

Adeje Sunday evening market: 4pm - 8pm at the Ika Centre For more information call Susan for Adeje market 922 710 675 Pat the Cat: 608 121 081

Friends of the Animals car boot sale

• Last Sunday of every month Los Gigantes Sports Centre 9am- 12 noon.

• F.O.T.A. now has a good as new shop between the Medical Centre and Pizza Taxi at Playa de la Arena.

Monday to Friday: 10am to 6pm Saturday: 10am to 2pm • Goods are desperately needed for these events which are great for bargains and a good rummage.

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The Gig:

Freedom Tour

June 6th 9pm

Alicia Keys in concert in the port precinct in Santa Cruz de Tenerife.

The Show:

Tricicle

June 16th to 20th

Talented and very visual humorists at the Auditorio de Tenerife.

More info: 922 56 86 00

Council recognition

Let’s jump

The Callao Salvaje dance school, Vamos a Bailar/ Let’s Dance, tell us that the British Cheerleading Association are coming over again the first two weeks of August.

Theyalsorecentlyreceived a visit from Adeje council who were very impressed with their international exam results, and have agreed to help promote the school. They are in talks with the sports department to use the Adeje Pavilion for the Cheerleading workshops which is a great asset for the dance school as it would give them the height and safety to learn the kinds of stunts needed at times in cheerleading.

The school is also in the process of arranging a daytime college for dance and performing arts which could be up and running

by October. This is exciting news as this would mean children would have the same opportunities as those attending college in the UK and they would no longer have to leave Tenerife at the age of 16 to pursue a career in the performing arts but could remain on the Island with their families. They may also offer GCSE Dance as a night school option.

SpinNews

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ith Alma, the tenth show Carmen Mota and her son Joaquín Marcelo have brought to the Piramide de Arona in South Tenerife, they have returned to their roots, the art of dancing, and let the drama of the dance speak for itself.

Fans of the choreographer will have appreciated her theatrical forays in recent shows, but here the doyenne of Spanish dance brings together a compilation of dances that will leave you reeling!

Easily the best show in town, Alma is a highly polished and professional presentation that could grace the stage of any of Europe’s capitals. The troupe are quite simply superb, with the 30 dancers showing a diversity of range and skills and an infectious enjoyment of the dance that is obvious to see. And, as always, costumes and lighting play a hugely integral part in the presentation and both are reflective of the high standards Carmen Mota has set in the past.

In the first half of the show Mota presents a number of different dances, interpreting the fusion of Spanish dance with styles from other cultures, including tango and jazz. Capricho Español is emblematic of Mota’s theme of the fusion of the traditional with modern movement and is set to music by RimskiKórsakov. Improv, choreography by young dancer Antonio Najarro, shows the group dynamic on stage beautifully.

The Film:

Alma

New film

Pure dance, pure soul, pure magic

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ntrelobos is a Spanish film based on a true story about a young boy who lived for many years with a pack of wolves in the Sierra Morena.

Bailando con Desconocidos bears the emotive touch of Joaquím Marcelo, with tango at is most seductive. Najorro also choreographs Jazzing, which combines a host of styles with brilliant use of castanets. The first part concludes with a stunning dance,

by Marcelo, Aires, using the Jota dance from Aragon, and with such energy and enthusiasm, bringing the audience

to its feet in appreciation.

The second half of Alma sees a traditional harbour setting with live music and song, using the pure Flamenco roots from Andalusia. Interaction between the singers and dancers is reflective of the place Spanish dance has in the country’s social history and traditions, but integrates dance traditions from other parts of the Latin world.

If you plan one night out this year make it Alma. The show is on six nights a week (Mon/Wed, 7.30pm, Tue/Fri/ Sat 9.30pm, Thur 10pm), children under 12 free (and they supply great booster cushions for smaller patrons).

More information by calling 922 757545 or visit www.marenostrumresort. com/es/eventos/piramide_ arona/almamusical

Eurovision Song Contest 2010

No clear favourite I

f the prize was for a Eurovision sounding title alone, Azerbaijan would be streets ahead with Drip Drop, sung by Safira. As it’s currently in a three way tie, according to the bookies, with Germany’s Lena Meyer-Landrut and Satellite and Israel’s slow burner, Milim.

Three songs that typify the Eurovision contest; Drip Drop is a sultry smouldering belter, Satellite a cutsie Euro-pop number and Milim a solid ballad. But this is Eurovision, so who knows? Certainly if the sceptics are to be believed (and with each passing year

Spanish Jungle Book

Safira, singing Drip Drop, for Azerbaijan, is currently one of the favourites

it’s hard not to heed them) geography will favour Safira.

But then again, if you really are a sceptic you won’t be watching nor will you really care. For those of us who do care, despite our dark mutterings after each contest – al-

though last year’s winner was a worthy one – the semi finals are on May 25th and 27th and the final on May 29th.

Interestingly, and they say in a move to offset politically motivated voting, the twenty countries who advance from

the two semi finals to the final will now also be chosen by 50 per cent televoting and 50 per cent jury. Recently it was by televoting only. Viewers will also be able to cast their votes during the entire show.

And let’s hope that this year Spain don’t flaunt the rules of broadcasting and show the semi-finals live as they are bound to do. Last year the national station decided to continue to broadcast a tennis game from Madrid and showed the semi-final later that night, depriving viewers of their voting rights. Grrrr Oslo is ready and waiting, and Spain’s entry this year, Algo Pequeñito, sung

by Daniel Diges, is one of the best entries the country has had for a while. It’s currently at 40/1 with both the UK and Ireland running at 33/1 as we go to press. 12 points here we come!

In 1953 Marcos, aged seven, was sold by his father to a goat herder and went to live in a remote part of the countryside. It was a common practice among the poorer families where a child would be sold to a tradesman and learn a trade in return for his free labour and keep. One day the goat herder vanished from the cave where they lived and the boy spent the following 12 years away from human companionship, some of the time with a local wolf pack of which he became the leader.

He was eventually spotted living rough and dressed in animal skins and hunted by the authorities. His life story has now been made into a film that will premiere in Spanish in October.

Spain top 10 Source: promusicae

1. Edward Maya Stereo love 2. Estopa/Rosario Run Run 3. Robert Ramirez Sick of love 4. Various artists Ay Haiti 5. Shakira Gypsy 6. Decai El alma en pie 7. Lady GaGa Bad romance 8. Lady GaGa/Beyonce Telephone 9. David Bustamante Abrazame muy fuerte 10. David Demaría/Chenoa Ya yo no quiero problemas

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Hands On

Helpful hints for around the house

Solar Water Heating

K9

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Purring politics

New cat for Nº 10

Useful vocabulary

Hot water agua caliente light bulb bombilla Pipe tubo Photovotaic fotovoltaico Solar Panel captador solar Wind turbine turbina de viento or aerogenerador

Live Arico: looking after the dogs the rest of the world has abandoned

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he next K9 sales at Happy Days are on 6th June & 4th July and in Callao Salvaje’s Shimmers on June 12th and July 10th.

Information from Pat the Cat, 608 121 081. Adeje Market at Hiper Trebol Supermarket car park is a newish location for a K9 stall, each Wednesday and Saturday from 3pm to 8pm. Contact Susan on 922 710675 for more info. The market is from 8am onwards.

If anyone is interested in assisting primarily with the K9 cats, they do need help with trapping and neutering as required, or help on a morning from 9am at the Kennel Cattery. Tel 667638468.

or 10 years time? There are systems on the Island that have lasted 20 years and more. What will your electricity bill be in 2029? In the next article, Robert visits the factory in Santa Cruz to see for himself the quality of the systems and to find out what they have to offer to the environmentally friendly DIY enthusiast.

This is a cheap and easy way to save money, using solar energy. Robert is laying plastic water pipe on a terrace.

This will be concreted and tiled in the normal way. This will pre-heat the cold water supply for a remote bathroom that is too far away from the solar panel on the main roof.

The water can be brought to the required temperature in any electric water heater. If the preheated water is to be further heated by gas, a special boiler is needed.

This is also an inexpensive but effective way to heat a swimming pool. If you have any questions about these or other DIY techniques, contact Robert on 922 814 073 or 605 469 352 email rjmcalees@ yahoo.com.

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News and updates

Cats too!

pparently, you can save even more money if you run your light bulbs off a solar panel or wind turbine.

However, the ones available on the island will only generate direct current (similar to a car battery). The supply to your house is alternating current. The panels or turbines available for the DIY enthusiast are only really suitable for recharging your mobile phone or other batteries. You would have to buy special bulbs or use the sort of gadgets that can be run off a car battery, for example a small portable TV that you might take camping, or a laptop computer. It would take a long time to recover the cost of buying one of these renewable energy systems. The other type of solar panel is the one that heats water. This is much more cost effective.

There are several makes available on the Island. These fall into two types. Glazed flat-plate collectors are insulated, weatherproofed boxes that contain a dark absorber plate under one or more glass or plastic (polymer) covers. The other type, evacuated-tube solar collectors feature parallel rows of transparent glass tubes. Each tube contains a glass outer tube and metal absorber tube attached to a fin. These are more commonly used in Northern Europe and are more expensive.

Many new homes have the pipework necessary to connect to a solar hot water system. It makes the job of the DIY installer that much more straight forward. However, it is possible to install your own system from scratch.

Most of the modern panels are reliable, although beware cheap versions from China! Boiler manufacturers such as Junkers are now producing their own versions. However, we are fortunate that here, in Tenerife we have an excellent system, made by Constante Solar in Santa Cruz. These systems were developed to the highest specifications at ITER (The Institute for Renewable Energy). All parts are guaranteed for eight years, so you are certain to get several years of totally free hot water, once you have recovered your initial outlay.

If recent price rises are anything to go by, how much will it cost to heat water with electricity or gas in eight

Pets / DIY

While the human speculation regarding the new political alliance in the UK following the General Election was about political parties and cabinet seats, there was a much more important question to be asked. Cats?

Nº 10 Downing Steet has been home to some fascinating felines of late, the most recent first lady of British politics being Sybil, the purring companion of Alistair Darling, who had free rein in Gordon and Sarah Brown’s official residence, andpassed away last year. So does David Cameron have a pet?

And is it a cat? Certainly if the good humoured publicity generated by Barack Obama’s search for a dog for his family in the White House is anything to go by he should start the search now.

Pet Lovers

We have rental property in The Palms and Island Village and welcome you and your small dog for long term contracts.

Call for availability 922 715 030 or Nicola 619 121 058

Live Arico

Thanks this week:

P

auline and Mike Wallace for an amazing €1,000 donation to the Live Arico land fund. Pauline and Mike adopted a Live Arico dog, Reina, some years ago, and always said that when they had enough to make a sizeable donation, they would. Reina has now sadly passed away, and they have made the donation in her memory. Heartfelt thanks to you both from all at Live Arico.

Oasis FM and the organisers of the Tenerife Entertainment Awards for including us in the list of beneficiaries from fund raising on the day.

Euromeat, for supplying sausages for our next open day barbecue.

Up and coming events On Sunday the 23rd May there will be a Fun Day at the Rebujacho Childrens Play Park in Las Chafiras, behind Hiperdino. From 12 noon until around 5pm, the entry fee is €5, which includes play park, games and one raffle ticket per child.

There will be games such as Treasure Hunt, Musical Statues, Pass the Parcel, Sack Race, 3 Legged race, Musical Bumps, Pin the Tail on the Dog and Musical Chairs and a prize quiz for the adults.

Why not go along for the afternoon and have some fun with your kids!

Pets Portrait

Cassie

Cassie

Cassie’s human companion Sue may have just started work at the Pura Vida riding school at Amarilla Golf, but she’s definitely no horse!

Digs 4 Dogs Professional dog care at our purpose built

KENNELS

6 mins from San Isidro Only 10 € per day Collection and return Service available For rates and availability phone Alan or Lesley on 680 278 254 or 922 772051 after 5pm

Tierhotel Lilly

We look after your pet while you are away

(short or long term)

Tel: 697 826 738 (D/E), 659 131 382 (SP)

www.tierhotel-lilly.com

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Fun Cooking

Foodideas

Cooking for Kids Healthy and fun food for all the family.

Salmon and pasta salad Ingredients

Browned off?

Transparent toaster. www.wiliams-sonoma.com

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ur recipes are translated with the generous permission of the author, Teresa Pérez Hernández, from the superb series of books, La Cocina Encuentada.

In the Spanish version, this series of books combines healthy, fun recipes with original short stories to feed the body and the mind. They are highly recommended for anyone who can understand the Spanish language.

T

his edition’s recipe is full of colour and flavour as well as healthy and the kids will love helping you to make it. Lettuce hearts or miniature lettuces are sold as cogollos,

3 the most famous being from Tudela in Navarre and along the banks of the River Ebro.

Abama

New chef

Erlantz Gorostiza has joined the team of the famous Spanish chef, Martín Berasategui at Abama Golf and Spa Resort.

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orostiza has been with the team for a couple of months, but the middle of May saw his formal presentation to the press and gastronomes of Tenerife.

The Basque restauranter, Berasategui, is normally based in the Spanish peninsula, where he oversees several restaurants as he does the Abama installation during his regular visits here. His most famous restaurant to date is in Lasarte and currently holds three stars in the prestigious Michelin guide

* 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).

• 4 lettuce cogollos

• 100g dried pasta (best with bows, spirals or small shells and multicoloured if possible) • 1 fillet of salmon (frozen at home for at least one week) • Sultanas • 1 lime & 2 lemons • Olive oil • Dill & Garlic

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Preparation The night before: 1. Flavour the oil with a clove of finely chopped garlic and leave to soak overnight.

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2. Defrost the salmon, take off the skin and remove bones. Cut into regular sized cubes.

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3. Prepare a marinade with the lime juice and dill and leave the fish marinating overnight in the fridge.

On the day: 1. Cook the pasta in lots of water with a pinch of salt and a teaspoon of olive oil until ready.

2. Cut the lettuce into thin strips, removing the stems and use it to make a bed for the rest of the ingredients. Put the warm pasta on top of the lettuce and the fish and sultanas on top of this. Drizzle with lemon juice and the garlic flavoured oil and sprinkle with a little dill weed.

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Nutritional values Vitamin B12: 2.70mg/100g RDA: 0.35mg/day Cholesterol: 9.71mg/100g RDA: <300mg/day Vitamin D: 1.55mg/100g RDA: 1.5-2mg/day

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Moroccan promotion

Exotic offer

Once again the Moroccan craft and gastronomy fiesta held in Tenerife was a smash success.

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his year almost 2,000 people enjoyed the food, music, craft and culture of Morocco in the ten day fiesta organised in the Hotel Escuela in Santa Cruz de Tenerife. The undoubtable protagonist of the event was the Moroccan chef, Khadija Bensidira, who has been in charge of the tourist cuisine school, Cuisines de L’Ecole Hôtelieres et Toruistique de Touarga in Rabat for over 30 years. His colourful fusing as they do to perfection local products and flavours, were the big hit of those attending. Also on offer were Moroccan wine tastings, belly dancing, folklore groups, henna face and hand painting and craft.

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Eat Italy

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odegas Berberana, currently on offer at a 60 per cent discount in Alcampo, have launched a new promotion, corks for points. First buy the wine then register in their website at www. www.cork1point.es Remove the foil carefully. Inside you will find a code. Enter the website and try your luck to win prizes from a free bottle of wine to holidays.

Even if you haven’t been lucky you can register your ‘cork’ for points - one cork, one point. As few as 20 points gets you a 50 per cent discount on a two night stay in the Haciendas de España hotel chain. Look for the round sticker on the bottle to make sure that the wine you have chosen is part of the promotion. Valid until December 31st.

American promotion

Over there

The Canaries is now offering its wine to America.

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arious Islands’ bodegas are working together to promote themselves in Los Ángeles, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle, Chicago and New York. Over 500 cases of wine are on their way to the United States in a promotion supported by the administrations and the agricultural associations.

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ating Italian is such a wonderful idea, but there are times, for one reason or another, when it is just not possible to go out to a restaurant.

Maybe you would like to hold a dinner party at home, and you don’t have the time to prepare the food. Fear not, Italian help is at handEssentially, Eat Italy is an Italian mini-market and café. They specialise in food to take away, especially spit-roast chickens, home cooked pizzas to die for, lasagnes and other pasta dishes which you are recommended to order a few hours in advance. In fact, if you tell them what you would like, it can be cooked to order. Their skilled chefs can cater for parties of up to 20 persons, taking all the pressure off you and leaving you to enjoy your party. All will be made to the highest quality, with the finest ingredients, and your meal will be as mouthwateringly good as, if not better, than one served in a restaurant.

To accompany your food, choose from a great range of high quality wines from various regions of Italy as well as spirits, beers, soft drinks and cordials.

If you love cooking Italian dishes, you will be delighted by the variety of pastas at Eat Italy, to-

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gether with sauces and everything else you could imagine to add that true Italian flavour to your cooking including fresh pastas and mozzarella cheese. Follow your main course with a typical Italian dessert, chocolate or cake.

For a simpler cocktail party with nibbles, why not follow the Italian tradition of Prosecco Time?

Prosecco Time is a relaxing occasion, usually after work and before going home, when people go to an establishment and partake of a glass of Italy’s refreshing sparkling wine.

By Gerald Ruben

Andalusia

Montilla-Moriles

Having just got back from a week in Andalusia I must tell you about the wonderful wines from the region of Montilla-Moriles.

Light, bubbly and tangy, but not too dry, the Prosecco is accompanied by a platter of Italian cold meats and sausage, as well as maybe some slices of pizza.

You can also order this delightful treat.

Whatever you choose from Eat Italy, be it a lasagne, moussaka, a spit roast chicken or their speciality – mouthwatering home-made pizza, or ingredients for home cooking, stop and try the flavours of Italy at this exquisite store and café where English is spoken, and you will be offered a personal and efficient service with a smile.

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his is located in the south of the Andalusian province of Cordoba, and the wines have certain similarities with the sherry of Jerez. The predominant grape of this area is Pedro Ximenez and whilst bottled in the province a great deal of it is shipped to Jerez to sweeten the cream sherries there. The wines of this region are making great strides towards individual identities. They are following the same route as sherry as far as the solera system is concerned as to the blending of the different vintages.

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owever one of the main differences is in the grape variety, in sherry the grape is the Palomino but in Montilla the wine is made from Pedro Ximenez, which has a much higher sugar content. This means that unlike sherry, Montilla is not fortified with the addition of extra alcohol, and as a result the locals claim it does not give you a hangover.

Eat Italy is situated on the corner of Parque Margarita in Los Cristianos, next to the Travel Shop, and is open every day except Sunday from 9am to 8pm.

For orders, telephone 922 789 876 or 667 367 226. Bon appetit!

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his area is about 7,742 hectares with about 95 vineyards which produce 24.4 million litres of wine a year. The bodega we visited was Pérez Barquero where we met up with a charming lady called Carlota, who showed us around. This bodega was founded in 1905 and arranged around a central courtyard, vast warehouses, ‘Cathedrals to Wine,’ are the backbone of the business, here silence and tranquillity reign supreme. They house the butts and barrels where Finos, Olorosos and Amontillados as well, of course, as the fascinating Pedro Ximenez age.

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De Cotta McKenna y Santafe

International child abduction I

n Spain there is an ever growing number of families with an overseas dimension in as much as one or both spouses or partners are not Spanish, albeit that they are EU citizens or from even further afield.

Unfortunately, the correlation of such is that there is an ever growing number of family breakdowns which given rise to incidences of international child abduction.

International child abduction occurs when one parent takes his or her child, who is under 16 years of age, from their place of habitual residence, say Spain, to another country without a) the consent of the other parent for short visits or b) without the permission of the courts for long term visits or permanent moves. Indeed, failing to return a child to his or her place of habitual residence after an agreed period is regarded as international child abduction.

The reality is that quite a few parents ‘abducting’ their children are not aware that they are actually committing a criminal offence and can be prosecuted for doing so. Quite often the abducting parent is the primary carer who has simply reached the end of his or her tether and can no longer abide the other parent’s bad behaviour, can no longer survive financially or simply misses the regular back up of available family support.

If you wish to legally take your child to live in another country: If you are living in Spain with your child and thinking of heading back to the UK (or where ever ‘home’ might be), it is essential that you obtain a judge’s order granting permission; this will protect you and prevent any accusations from the other parent should they change their mind in the future.

If your child has been abducted: On the flipside, if the other parent has upped sticks and decamped abroad with your

child without your consent, you (or your lawyer) must report the matter to the appropriate national authorities and apply to the courts for the immediate return of your child under the 1980 Hague Convention (or to be more precise, the Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction as signed at The Hague on 25 October 1980) – subject to certain exceptions.

Given that the court’s primary interest is the prompt and safe return of the child to his place of habitual residence, upon making the application the matter will come before a judge within a surprisingly short time. Similarly, given that the court’s singular interest, i.e. determining whether permission existed or not, the court will not be sidetracked by potential red herrings such as custody, contact and other parenting arrangements.

Accordingly, it is also correct to say that the court hearing will also be surprisingly quick.

Agreeing with the other parent: The best way to avoid ‘abducting’ your own child or having to rely on the courts to order his or her return is for you to agree written terms with the other parent. Your lawyer will prepare for you the relevant agreement and depending on the type of agreement this can either be sworn before a notary or by order of a Court. The general Court agreement will state who is to have primary custody of the child, when he is to stay with mum, when he is to stay with dad, where he is to stay at Christmas and Easter, are these arrangements to be for alternate years (what we call ‘odds and evens’), what holiday arrangements are in place for the long summer holidays, for example, is it to be one block of four weeks or is it to be four blocks of seven days, when and where he is to be collected and returned, by whom etc..

However, where the primary carer plans to go and live

abroad (outside of Spain), it is essential that any such agreement expressly states that the other parent agrees to his child being taken to live in another, best stipulated, country. If the agreement doesn’t so state and the primary carer takes the child off to England, say to start life afresh, she/he will have committed the criminal offence of international child abduction which could result in criminal prosecution and will result in the child being summarily returned to Spain – should the other parent (or his lawyer) make a 1980 Hague Convention application to the courts.

If you suspect that the other parent is planning to abduct your child: What can you do? Well, the authorities will not go round and seize the other parent’s passport nor bang him up for a night until he or she cools off. Rather the most you can realistically do is first, take some preventative measures and second, prepare for the worst case scenario.

Preventative measures are innumerable but might range from ensuring your child’s passport is safe and secure, notifying the Passport office that it is not to issue a ‘replacement’ passport without a court order, to possibly informing your local police station, family doctor and school as to your concerns, so that any absences or strange enquiries might raise more than just an eyebrow.

And it would also be sensible to prepare an ‘information pack’ ready for immediate presentation to the police as and when the abduction takes place. The pack should contain recent colour photos (preferably digital) of the child and parent, their physical descriptions, colour of hair, eyes, height, weight, frame, distinguishing scars etc. in addition to your dedicated family lawyer’s full contact details so that he,she may swing into action upon being so notified.

De Cotta McKenna y Santafe have a dedicated team of English lawyers and Spanish Abogados who specialise in Anglo-Hispanic family matters. If you wish more information on this particular topic or would like to discuss any matter raised therein please call 922 719520 to make an appointment for a fixed fee consultation.

Dr Chanut

Dental Implants

Replacement teeth that look and feel like your own.

A dental implant is an artificial tooth root that a periodontist places into your jaw to hold a replacement tooth or bridge. They are an ideal option for people in good general oral health who have lost a tooth or teeth due to periodontal disease, an injury, or some other reason.

Dental implants look and feel so natural, you may forget you ever lost a tooth. Your confidence about your teeth affects how you feel about yourself, both personally and professionally. You may hide your smile because of spaces from missing teeth.

Possibly your dentures don’t feel secure or perhaps you have difficulty chewing. When installed by a periodontist and maintained well, implants can last a lifetime.

What dental implants can do • Replace one or more teeth without affecting bordering teeth.

• Support a bridge and eliminate the need for a removable partial denture.

• Provide support for a denture, making it more secure and comfortable.

Types of implants in use today • Endosteal (in the bone): This is the most commonly used type of implant.

Each implant holds one or more prosthetic teeth and is generally used as an alternative for patients with bridges or removable dentures.

• Subperiosteal (on the bone): These are placed on top of the jaw with metal framework posts to hold the prosthesis.

These types of implants are used for patients who are unable to wear conventional dentures or who have minimal bone height.

Advantages of dental implants Aesthetically, dental implants look and

feel like your own teeth. Since dental implants integrate into the structure of your bone, they prevent the bone loss and gum recession that often accompany bridgework and dentures.

Dental implants don’t sacrifice the quality of your adjacent teeth like a bridge does because neighbouring teeth are not altered to support the implant. Dental implants are secure, offer freedom from the irksome clicks and wobbles of dentures and allow you to say goodbye to worries about misplaced dentures and messy pastes and glues.

Am I a candidate for dental implants?

Yes, if you are in good general and oral health.

Dental implants are intimately connected with the gum tissues and underlying bone in the mouth. Since periodontists are the dental experts who specialise in precisely these areas, they are ideal members of your dental implant team.

What does treatment entail?

It’s a team effort between you, your dentist and your periodontist. If you are replacing a single tooth, one implant and a crown can replace both it and the root. If you are missing several teeth, implant-supported bridges can replace them. Dental implants will replace both your lost natural teeth and some of the roots. If you are missing all of your teeth, an implant-supported full bridge or full denture can replace them. Dental implants will replace both your lost natural teeth and some of the roots.

There are now even solutions to the most difficult implants such as those in the upper back jaw or for people with jaw deformities.

What can I expect after treatment?

Dental implants are like your own teeth and will require the same care and attention.

In order to keep your implant clean and plaque-free, brushing, flossing and regular checkups still apply.

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IKEA

Summertime specials E

ven if it isn’t officially summer yet, warmer weather and longer, lighter balmy evenings have already arrived in the Canaries and most people are spending more of their time outside in the fresh air.

That means making the most of your balcony, terrace or garden, and even in these times of belt tightening, IKEA has a wonderful new range of summer items to help you do just that, without breaking the bank. Quality outdoor furniture which can be purchased as single items or sets, parasols and bases to keep you in the shade when it

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qualux Spas have been established in Tenerife for over eight years, specialising in the sale and installation of luxur y Hotspring Spas, Saunas, Pool covers and accessories.

They have the largest display of spas in Tenerife in their showroom at Las Chafiras and are now offering the latest innovation in pool water filtering.

New to the Canaries, this money saving device works by trapping dirt and dust in a sediment bowl which can then be flushed out using only 15 litres of water, whereas a conventional filter would waste as much as 500 – 1.000 litres to do the same job, giving you massive savings of thousands of litres of water (and chemicals) a year and therefore doing a great job to save the planet. This centrifugal pre-filter is suitable for private, community and hotel pools - the bigger the pool the greater the saving. It is easy to install and maintain, fully guaranteed and has won many awards for innovation and environmental care. Come along to their showroom for a live demonstration of this exciting development.

Aqualux is an approved distributor of Zodiac pool equipment, the latest advancement is the new Vortex 3 Robot which will clean your pool very rapidly of leaves and dust,

gets too warm, awnings and mosquito nets. There is an ample range of cushions for your chairs or sunbeds, or for real relaxation try a hammock.

All textiles are available in bright summer colours.

To light up your terrace or garden at night, there are wall, ceiling, standard or table lamps, which can be mains, battery or solar powered, in all shapes and sizes, including snake or tube lights which can be threaded around pillars, or for a romantic atmosphere, there are bright coloured candles and holders. You can also purchase plants, pots, tubs and watering cans from IKEA.

Set your table for an al fresco meal with colourful table mats, trays and serviette holders, tumblers, plates and dishes.

There is even a 16-piece cutlery set on offer for only €2.99. All these are ideal for an outdoor dinner party or barbecue, for which you’ll also find an array of accessories at IKEA, including tongs, spatulas, forks and kebab spears, or for healthy eating, why not try their barbecue wok from the Midsommar range. There are summer items for the kitchen too, and if you are going further afield out in the fresh air, there are thermos flasks and jugs available this year from only €4.99. Don’t forget

the extensive range of indoor furniture, furnishings, textiles and accessories too, for the lounge, dining room, bedroom, office, bathroom and kitchen.

You can collect your furniture and if necessary, assemble it yourself, or take advantage of IKEA’s delivery and assembly recommendations.

For novelties, inspiration and fresh new ideas, a visit to IKEA this summer is a must. If you haven’t already received your copy of this year’s catalogue, you can collect a copy from your local store, or go online to www.ikea.com/ms/es.

IKEA stores are at La Laguna in Tenerife, Las Palmas in Gran Canaria and Arrecife in Lanzarote.

Aqualux Spas

How to save 1,000’s of litres of water a year…

Zodiac Vortex 3 Multi-Cyclone pre filter 63mm / 2 inch quick fit unions UV and corrosion proof

16 multiple hydro cyclones

Hydraulically efficient design

Glass filled reinforced thermoplastic

Lock ring Clear polycarbonate sediment bowl

even climbing the walls to remove the algae. It is reasonably priced and efficient. Also on offer is a wide range of pool cleaners to suit any pool or budget.

A free demonstration can be arranged in your own pool.

Aqualux have for many years

promoted the natural disinfection system for pools, salt water chlorination. This system is the healthiest way to have soft sparkling clean water to swim in, using a small amount of marine salt that you can barely taste. The latest model is the Zodiac Tri- 18/Ph combina-

tion machine which also controls the PH level of your pool.

Another new product from Aqualux is a range of portable pool lifts for disabled people allowing easy entry and exit from pools safely and unaided.

Once again these are easily installed and only require a sim-

ple garden hose pipe connection to operate. For the winter period when thinking about keeping your pool warm, you don’t have to go any further than Aqualux, they can custom make Australian high UV resistant pool covers that will last for many years.

1 inch / 32mm sediment purge valve So whatever your needs for pools, spas and saunas visit Aqualux Spas at Las Chafiras, to find them turn left at the Amarilla Golf sign, then first left, they are in the multi coloured building on your right. www.aqualuxspas.eu or call 922 736 944/ 619 781 924.

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Cars :  For sale, 4 wheel mobility scooter, (Tutti Affitti) adjustable SEAT, wing mirrors, basket, battery operated with charger, hand controlled, indicators, back stabilisers for going up kerbs etc, excellent condition, 1.200 euros tel 627 551052 or 922 163242  For sale, Mitsubishi Colt, 1.6 automatic, good little runaraound, excellent condition, 2.000 euros ono, tel 627 551052 or 922 163242  Toyota Raw 4 2.0, VVT-I Sol, 5 door automatic with only 60.000 km, full ser vice

histor y, colour champagne, 4 years old and has ITV for 2 years, only 17.000 euros, tel 607 583977  Mercedes-Benz Sportcoupe 180k. 1.8 litres. Kms: 68700kms.

Year: 2002. Petrol. Sun Roof Doors: 2. Price: 15000€. Tel: 666228830  Seat Ibiza. 1.4 litres. Kms: 200000kms. Year: 2001. Petrol.

Doors: 2. Price: 1800€. Tel: 637991486  Citroën C15. 1.9 litres. Kms: 112000kms. Year: 2001. Diesel.

Doors: 2. Price: 2100€. Tel: 649202221  Ford Fiesta. 1.4 litres. Kms: 89254kms. Year: 2005. Petrol.

Motoring

 BMW R 1200 GS 1200cc.

Horsepower: 95hp. Year: 2007.

Kms: 11000kms. Price: 11000€.

Tel: 647403894  Aprilia RSV 1000cc. Horsepower: 139hp. Year: 2004. Kms: 30000kms. Price: 7500€. Tel: 616010536  Kawasaki Z750 750cc.

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 Mitsubishi Colt. 1.5 litres.

Kms: 150000kms. Year: 1989.

Petrol. Doors: 2. Price: 400€.

Tel: 822022503  Honda Hrv. 1.6 litres. Kms: 105000kms. Year: 2001. Petrol.

Doors: 4. Price: 10500€. Tel: 628550329  Mercedes-Benz Slk 200 Kompres. 2 litres. Kms: 80000kms. Year: 2003. Petrol.

Convertible Doors: 2. Price: 20300€. Tel: 610339514

 Opel Cabrio Astra BE. 2.2 litres. Kms: 97200kms. Year: 2002. Petrol. Conver tible Doors: 2. Price: 12500€. Tel: 606304345  Renault Cabrio Megane. 2 litres. Kms: 97200kms. Year: 2004. Petrol. Conver tible Doors: 2. Price: 13500€. Tel: 922178142  Peugeot 206 Cc. Kms: 85000kms. Year: 2005. Diesel.

Convertible Doors: 2. Price: 10500€. Tel: 677155487  Mercedes-Benz 250 D. 1.9 litres. Kms: 180000kms. Year: 2005. Diesel. Doors: 4. Price: 3000€. Tel: 672091634  Alfa Romeo 147. 1.6 litres.

Kms: 105000kms. Year: 2004.

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Doors: 4. Price: 8500€. Tel: 922204462

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 Honda Scoopy 125cc. Year: 2006. Kms: 11000kms. Price: 1800€. Tel: 609169288

 Audi A3 1.9tdi. 1.9 litres.

Kms: 173000kms. Year: 1999.

Diesel. Doors: 2. Price: 6500€.

Tel: 687012695

Ford Torneo 2004 Diesel, taxed and tested, good order throughout, metallic silver, can be fitted with powerchip 922 738125 The family friendly car hire company

Motorbikes :

Doors: 4. Price: 5850€. Tel: 690645978

Family company 27 years on Tenerife

DANISH RENT-A-CAR

Mayer Motors – a vehicle serving garage that you can use with confidence. Qualified to repair BMW, Mercedes, Porsche, Audi, VW and more. Call Bernd and Heike Mayer on tel.

922 721 428.

 Nissan Pathfinder. 2.5 litres.

Kms: 37000kms. Year: 2007.

Diesel. Sun Roof Doors: 4. Price: 26000€. Tel: 672670047  BMW 320 Td Touring. 2 litres.

Kms: 132000kms. Year: 2001.

Diesel. Doors: 4. Price: 9500€.

Tel: 609814505  Mercedes-benz Clk 230. 2.3 litres. Kms: 200000kms. Year: 2001. Petrol. Doors: 2. Price: 9500€. Tel: 922752382

MINI FOR SALE • LIMITED EDITION

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

Rover engine, 1100 CC, lead free petrol, 1999 model. Special competition model (only 95 models in Spain).

Wooden dashboard. Leather steering wheel. 4 competition headlights. Wide wheel axle. Airbag, competition tyres.

Impeccable condition.

Tel: +34 922.740.742 · www.poulsauto.com

RENT A CAR LAS AMERICAS S.L.

Tel. 670 833 944

NEW BEETLE 2004 TDI (TURBO DIESEL) 2000 Limited edition

Need a Car ? Call us

1 Driver or 2 Drivers, Baby Seats or Booster, Free Airport Service & Hotel Delivery Full insurance · All Inclusive No Hidden Extras · Short or long term Ask for details Call Stuart on 922 79 08 25 or 662 566 630 Or send us email: autosamericas@web.de Rent a Car Las Américas S.L. CIF: B 38.39 39 14 C/ Luciano Bello Alfonso. Polígono Industrial Las Chafiras A u to s A m e ric a s: e sta b lish e d in Te n e rif e f o r 2 5 ye a rs

Bluetooth, phone charger, 6 cd reader, car accessories, jump leads, light blubs, 120,000 km, ITV and up-to-date service (with the approved garage), 4 new Pirelli wheels (2 months old. Always housed in garage, well looked after.

Price €10,000 negotiable.

Call 670 760 859 or mail cappuccetto9@hotmail.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.

Tel. 922 750 609 Fax: 922 795 810 To Cho - Guargacho - L as Galletas

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To Golf MERCADONA del Sur

To Los Abrigos

TF-1 to Los Cristianos Las Américas To San Miguel TF-1 To Airport Santa Cruz

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Calle El Rodeo.

Apt. Royal Palm Reception.

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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.

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Situations Vacant Classified’s deadline

The deadline for edition 618, which are published on 4TH June, is Wednesday 26th May 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

who represent

- a company specialising in traditionally made quality food products - is looking for a professional sales representative. The ideal candidate should speak English and Spanish fluently. An excellent commission based package is offered to the right person.

For more details telephone 922 167 044

• • • • •

For further information call

922 719408 or 648 436319

Experienced administrator wanted for hotel receivables department The ideal candidate will be very organised, efficient, possess excellent computer and accounting skills.

Experienced in data bases, fluent in written English. Email mw7491007@gmail.com

Needed to Start in September, qualified infant teacher, Spanish or UK qualifications, convalidated if possible, native English or bi-lingual, send cv to eamil elainemackendrick@ hotmail.com

Send your CV to fax: 922 775 374

Petrol. Doors: 2. Price: 10000€.

Tel: 652905333

 Mitsubishi 3000 Gt. 3 litres.

Kms: 71000kms. Year: 1993.

The ideal candidates must be attractive and be hard working. Experience preferable but not essential as choreography teachers are available to train to an optimum level.

WE OFFER: • Salary + work related incentives • Company training • Permanent contract a possibility

 Volkswagen Touareg. 5 litres. Kms: 92000kms. Year: 2004. Diesel. Doors: 4. Price: 40000€. Tel: 620955197

 Toyota Corola. 1.3 litres.

Kms: 210000kms. Year: 1992.

Petrol. Doors: 4. Price: 1600€.

Tel: 665662524

Extra dancers required for top new night club in Tenerife South in a similar style to Pink Paradise, Paris and Stringfellows, London.

MUST HAVE: Technical leadership Responsible attitude 5 years experience Commercial skills an advantage Fluent Spanish

Restaurant requires English cooks and chefs experienced in international, as well as English, cuisine. Also wanted English waiters and waitresses.

Telephone 922757055 and ask for Ana

 Nissan Trade. 3 litres. Kms: 100000kms. Year: 2005. Diesel.

Doors: 2. Price: 14900€. Tel: 609128372

New for Tenerife

WANTED WORKSHOP TECHNICIAN FOR A NEW CENTRE IN ADEJE

Suncare Advisor required to work in welcome meetings and hotels in Tenerife and Gran Canaria Experience in sales or customer service. English essential and Spanish an advantage.

Contract provided.

Email Lbyrne@ suncarecentral.com or call 620701944.

 Mercedes-benz Cl600 V12.

6 litres. Kms: 114000kms.

Year: 1997. Petrol. Sun Roof Doors: 2. Price: 9000€. Tel: 922343354

Looking for self motivated person for telecan campaign Ideal for someone with own computer and free time.

Experience preferred but not essential.

Commision paid.

Call Sonya on 922 378500, (in office hours) or 617 550 849, (outside of hours).

 BMW 525td. 2.5 litres. Kms: 180600kms. Year: 1998. Diesel.

Doors: 4. Price: 7000€. Tel: 622263924  Mercedes-benz 230 Clk Cabrio. 2.3 litres. Kms: 113000kms.

Year: 2000. Petrol. Convertible Doors: 2. Price: 16000€. Tel: 628819516

Wanted Sales, Marketing & Admin Staff

Are you: Reliable?

Mature?

Confident?

Looking for work?

Then we may have just what you need!

No experience necessary as full training is given.

Fantastic working environment, full contracts offered and very high rewards available, call now!

telemarketingtenerife.com  Mercedes-Benz Sportcoupe 180K Engine: 1.8Litres Kms: 68700kms Year: 2002 Petrol Sun roof Doors: 2 Price: 12000€ Tel: 666228830  Mitsubishi MONTERO Engine: 1.6Litres Kms: 240000kms Year: 1997 Petrol Doors: 4 Price: 2000€ Tel: 605627067

 Toyota Land Cruiser. 3 litres.

Kms: 300000kms. Year: 1997.

Diesel. Doors: 4. Price: 10000€.

Tel: 619115779

 Volkswagen new beetle Engine: 2Litres Kms: 130000kms Year: 2000 Petrol Doors: 2 Price: 7000€ Tel: 922265753

 Fiat punto cabriolet Engine: 1.2Litres Kms: 111111kms Year: 1995 Petrol Doors: 2 Price: 2150€ Tel: 672232662

 BMW 318i Engine: 1.8Litres Kms: 180000kms Year: 0 Petrol Doors: 4 Price: 6000€ Tel:687902736

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Call: 922 794 179

Lady looking for work Anything considered, but particularly suited to hotel, gastronomy warehouse and cleaning positions. Fluent in English, German and Polish with a working knowledge of Russian.

Tel 606 635630

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Tenerife North Airport Tel: 922 635192 Open Mon-Fri 8am-9pm Weekends 9am-5pm

Tourist Info points Tenerife

South Costa Adeje Open: Mon-Sun 10am-5pm Playa de Troya: Avda Rafael Puig 1 Playa FaĂąabĂŠ: Avda Litoral Arona Open Mon-Fri 9am-9pm Sat 9am-3.30pm Playa de las AmĂŠricas: CC City Center Tel: 922 797 668 Playa de Las Vistas: Paseo MarĂ­timo s/n Tel: 922 787 011 Los Cristianos: Cultural Centre Tel: 922 757 137 Las Galletas: Paseo Maritimo Dionisio Gonzalez Delgado Tel: 922 730 133 Mon-Fri 9am-9pm Golf del Sur: Avda GalvĂĄn 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 Granadilla de Abona Tenerife South Airport

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

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General Services

La Gomera San SebastiĂĄn C/Del Medio, 20 Tel: 922 141512

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Valle Gran Rey Tel: 922 805458 Hermigua Tel: 922 144101

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

El Hierro Valverde Tel: 922 550302

Gran Canaria

0VS XFC QBHF JT XXX TIF FV DPN BOE UIF IFMQMJOF OVNCFS JT

Las Palmas Parque Santa Catalina Tel: 928 219600 Playa del InglĂŠs Avda de EspaĂąa Tel: 928 771550

Lanzarote

Tony the Welder â&#x20AC;˘ Security Grilles â&#x20AC;˘ Gates â&#x20AC;˘ Railings â&#x20AC;˘ Steel Fabrication

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

Fully Qualified Legal Craftsman 27 years experience, 14 years Tenerife

Tel: 659 489 690 www.webtenerifeuk.co.uk

Property Secured, Quality Assured

Colinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s PC Repair

Tel: 922 39 20 37 Open Mon-Fri 9am-9pm Sat 9am-1pm

North Santa Cruz Plaza de EspaĂąa 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 La Laguna C/ Carrera, 7Âş (Casa Alvarado Bracamonte) Tel. 922 631 194 Open Mon-Fri 9am-5pm Weekends 9am-3pm

Call 922 581772 or 922 580749 or email: info@crownwayinternational.com

Santa Cruz de La Palma C/Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Daly, 22 Tel: 922 412106

(arrivals)

El MĂŠdano Plaza de los Principes de EspaĂąa Tel: 922 176002 Open Mon-Fri 9am-3pm (winter) 9am-2pm (summer) Sat 9am-1pm

Your best choice

for international removals and storage. Weekly door to door shipments to any location.

www.aytolalaguna.com/ ayto/

Is your computer running too slow?

Do you need to install new software or hardware?

Have you accidentally downloaded a virus?

Has your computer just decided to give up the ghost?

Do you need to upgrade your computer?

Swimming Pools ¡ Maintenance ¡ Construction ¡ Repairs ¡ Accessories Quality & Service Guaranteed

Official Zodiac Distributors

Call Peter Collins 660 946 191

peter@tenerifeeuropool.com

Hotels, Travels, Holidays, Rent a Car & Excursions

Gold coins wanted, coin collector buys all kinds of real gold coins, I pay cash 654 853070 Car boot sale, El TrĂŠbol, Costa del Silencio.

Every Sunday 11am4pm for Help the Heroes. Contact 661 857 307. All stall holders welcome, 5â&#x201A;Ź donation

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

Adonis Sauna

C.C. Salytien Playa de Las AmĂŠricas

Tue - Thu 4 pm - 12pm Fri - Sat 4 pm - 3 am

The highly successful KemperSystem, now in Tenerife â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;˘

Prices Spain & Canary Islands 0.20 gr.

Normal 0.34 â&#x201A;Ź / Urg. 2.42 â&#x201A;Ź Large 0.39 â&#x201A;Ź / Urg. 2.51 â&#x201A;Ź 21-50 gr.

Normal 0.45 â&#x201A;Ź / Urg. 2.59 â&#x201A;Ź

EU

0.20 gr.

Normal 0.64 â&#x201A;Ź / Urg. 2.80 â&#x201A;Ź Large 1.07 â&#x201A;Ź / Urg. 3.62 â&#x201A;Ź 21-50 gr.

Normal 1.29 â&#x201A;Ź / Urg. 3.84 â&#x201A;Ź

Rest of World

0.20 gr.

Normal 0.78 â&#x201A;Ź / Urg. 3.15 â&#x201A;Ź Large 1.38 â&#x201A;Ź / Urg. 4.00 â&#x201A;Ź 21-50 gr.

Normal 1.66 â&#x201A;Ź / Urg. 4.25 â&#x201A;Ź

Professional in roofing and extentions Damp proofing for roofs Roof repairs of all description Roof and all types of general refubishments Balcony and terrace refurbishments Floor coverings

Exclusively for Kemper-Systemprodukten in Tenerife.

Professional advice and completion. M. Eisen, tel. 922 813 218 or mobile 630 429 793 â&#x20AC;˘ www.kemper-system.com Solar fantĂĄstico

Skilled Builder Robert McAlees

As seen on the DIY page I listen to what you want and make sure you get the best. ď Ź I can replace that faulty tap or renovate your home. ď Ź Over 30 yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s experience. UK qualified to advanced skills status.

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

Real Bargain!!

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

500â&#x201A;Ź

Tel. 677 799 475

Masonic Meetings: MASONIC MEETINGS

Tel. 699 626 686 â&#x20AC;˘ Email: RepairPC@live.co.uk

Post Office

Items For Sale:

BEGINNERSâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; DANCE CLASSES Adultsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Ballroom, Latin American, Tap or Freestyle Childrensâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; ( 2 1/2 - 7yrs).

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

At Vamos a Bailar - Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Dance.

CC Perla Blanca, Callao Salvaje ¡ Ring 636 817 265 or 646 067 471

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

ROTARY MEETING

Every Monday at 8.30pm in the Hotel Gran Tinerfe.

All visitors welcome

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Conveyancing • Criminal law • Wills

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Employment law • Family law • Personal injury RESIDENT SPANISH LAWYERS & ENGLISH SOLICITOR

General Services

922 719 520 for friendly professional advice Celebrating 25 years of expertise - www.decottalaw.com

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

Sanitary – Tiling – Electrician – Carpenter

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.

www.libertyseguros.es/ expatriates/en

7 Islands Insurance Your local Liberty agent

>>> bathroom renovation right down the line

>>> solar power plants

Pet Lovers

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.

Call for availability 922 715 030 or Nicola 619 121 058

www.7islandsinsurance.com

SPANISH CLASSES

Specialising in the sale of Bars, Restaurants and Commercial outlets

Upmarket restaurant in busy square.

Seats 100 people, large kitchen, good quality furnishings, entertainment.

Ref 492 · €55,000

info@tenerifebusinesssales.com www.tenerifebusinesssales.com Cleaning & maintenance business 27 apartments, Renault Kangoo van included in price, low overheads, La Caleta to Los Cristianos. Ref 468 · €30,000

Carpentry Specialists RETER

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Kitchens designed & installed Í ER • Doors • Wardrobes • Pergola´s • Stairs & Rails • General Hardware We specialise in all types of wood for your home & garden D OR TA , S.L .

Open Mon - Fri 8 am - 1 pm / 4 pm - 6.30pm. Sat 9am - 1 pm Ctra General 101, Valle de San Lorenzo, Arona Tel. 922 722 073 • comercial@ferreriadorta.com

Ventanas Tenesur SL Windows Company

VAMOS A BAILAR, LET’S DANCE

Bored in the Summer? Want to learn or improve your Dance and Musical Theatre Skills plus learn the art of Cheerleading?

If you are interested and want to secure your place, you should contact the school as soon as possible.

Phone: 646 067 471 · Fax: 922 74 36 39 E-mail: lambert.amanda9@gmail.com Website: www.vamosabailarletsdance.com

Telf: 649 882 366

“Music & Dance, a magic beyond all we do”

ALSO TRANSLATIONS & INTERPRETING CARPENTRY WORKSHOP AND CONSTRUCTION SERVICES

Phone Martyn or Sue on Phone: 922 850 620 or 687 843 078

ARE YOU SELLING YOUR BUSINESS? THEN CONTACT US

SUMMER SCHOOL AT

Here at Vamos a Bailar, Let’s Dance Academy, we are offering summer courses to all students at all levels during the months of July and August.

Can’t speak the `lingo´? Never too late to learn or improve!

Individuals or groups - all levels.

Home visits.

TENERIFE BUSINESS SALES

Offering an efficient and professional service for over 15 years.

Kitchens, Wardrobes, Pergolas and all purpose made joinery...

SUPPLIERS AND INSTALLERS OF UPVC AND ALUMINIUM

In Adeje, next to the new

922 782 683 - www.venli.com workshop@venli.com

www. tenertodo. com we have everything in the Canaries

Assured

>>> pool reconstruction and service

Klaus Dieter Weirich – German Sanitary Master & HSL-Technican Mob: 616 858 470 • Fax: 922 794 209 • e-mail: kdweirich@yahoo.de

We have rental property in The Palms and Island Village and welcome you and your small dog for long term contracts.

Call us on 922 75 30 27 Mobile 610 18 27 44

>>> sanitaries and heating systems

Windows, Patio Doors, Shutters & Conservatories.

Roller Blinds, Mosquito Screens, Security Grills and Garage Doors.

922 721 353 - www.meridianwindows.net info@meridianwindows.net

PRESTIGE SUN BLIND COMPANY AUTHORIZED INSTALLER

Tenerife’s leading Specialist in the Manufacture, Repair and Installation of all types of Awnings, Canopies, Interior and Exterior Blinds.

Manual or Electric.

EFFICIENT SUN PROTECTION

SATTLER the highTEX company

PRESTIGE GARDEN FURNITURE COMPANY GRUPO

E XPORMIM

Windows • Doors • Shut ters

High quality German UPVC at competitive prices • We also supply & fit all types of aluminium products

Building Services All work undertaken No job too big or small

NEW ADDRESS Tel/Fax: 922 766 494 • Mobile: 627 511 606 C/Aldaba No. 274, 38652 Chayofa Alto • Arona www.ventanas-tenesur.com • email: ventanas-tenesur@hotmail.com

From a dripping tap to a total refurbishment!

Plumbing, tiling, painting, etc.

For a first class service call Geoff 627 634 961 / 922 765 900 E-mail Assured94@hotmail.com

skyline

design

High Quality Garden and Terrace Furniture, Lighting and Accessories

PRESTIGE SECURITY COMPANY Specialists in the Manufacture, Repair and Installation of all types of Industrial

and Domestic Shutters, Security Grilles, Garage Doors. Electric or Manual.

Remote Controlled Systems.

JAC Enterprises SL, Agustin Millares 20, Armeñime 38678, Adeje

Tel/Fax: 922 74 08 88. Mobile: 649 159 155

Showroom open: Monday to Friday 9-5, Saturday 9-1 · jacenterprises@ymail.com

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Wanted :

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Established, reliable & professional long let management company require more apartments in Las Américas/Los Cristianos areas for steady flow of new renters. For further details, phone 922 715 162.

Business Opportunity  For sale duty free, on international basis, exclusive Danish furniture to Gran Canaria province, as well as Las Palmas, Fuerteventura and Lanzarote with a possibility of a point of sale in Corte Inglés. We are already represented in 40 countries in the world in big cities like Madrid, Paris, New York and Shanghai. We can be reached by email at cartermillarltd@ gmail.com or telephone 650 086251

Sale:  For sale lovely studio apartment in Los Cristianos, very nice complex with pool, reception, facilities, direct sale, 66.000 euros, tel 629 456564

 Lease for sale, well established on going business, cabaret and karaoke bar in one of tenerifes most prestigous areas.60 000 euros. tel:696336936

 Direct from promoter, for sale luxury apartments, Adeje, one bedroom, terraces, garage, pool, gardens, lovely views to sea, opportunity, 100.000 euros, residential and quiet area. Tel 660 132296

 Small cosy bar for sale, long lease, very reasonable rent, good local trade, must be seen to appreciate, genuine reason for sale, contact 616 782491 or 647 184905

 Torviscas Alto/ Resid.

Casablanca, directly from the owner!!! Ver y beautiful apartment (53m2) in the most exclusive zone of Tenerife, 1 bedroom and an small officeroom, very 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

Land For Sale:  Alamos Park, 1360m2, able to build 5 bedroom villa, cheapest plot of land on Golf del Sur, 250,000 euros ono, tel 646 549524

 Opportunity, Los Cristianos at the sea, one bedroom plus living room, garage, panoramic views, sun, quiet, 110.000 euros (no agents) 922 752759 / 608 425426

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 Detached Villa in Callao Salvaje. Quiet cul de sac facing a bar ranco. 5 bedrooms,5 bathrooms, lounge,dining room,kitchen, utility and study.

Garden, cour tyard, heated swimming pool plus store rooms. Sea and mountain .

Views. Can be divided into 2 apartments. Plot 400sq m. € 650,000. tel 607310854

Property Wanted :  We will buy your house or apartment for Cash, and complete within 28 Days. We are not Agents. Call (0034) 922 720222 or visit www. tenerifehomebuyers.com

 El Médano, directly from the owner!!! New, precious

Business Opps :

OXYjet

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detached house, 3 bedrooms, 2 modern bathrooms, indep. kitchen, 3 terraces,bbq, luxury complex with 2 swimming pools, 42m 2 closed garage, very exclusive furnished. Quiet zone, Price: 330.000 euros, Tel: 650 792 742  Apartments for sale, www. idealista.com+VC2040048, tel 618 622759  Finca (4,400m2) with main house and outbuilding for sale. Various uses, ie tourism / a g r i c u l t u r e . Te l 6 5 0 980719  Bargain apartment, 130.000 euros, La Concepcion, Las Chafiras, 3 bedroom, 2 bath, air con, furnished, lovely condition, tel 922 731138  Apartment Orotava Alta 79.00m2 3 rooms 139950€ Phone: 670242080  Terraced house Tabaiba Alta 160.00m2 3 rooms 309521€ Phone: 670242080  Duplex El Toscal 147.00m2 3 Rooms 225000€. Phone: 670242080  Chalet Cruz Del Teide 262.00m2 2 Rooms 495000€.

Phone: 670242080  C h a l e t 1 5 2 . 0 0 m 2 5 R oom s 2 70 00 0 €. P ho ne : 670242080  Apartment La Longuera 74.00m2 2 Rooms 225000€.

Phone: 670242080  Apartment La Quinta 83.00m2 2 Rooms 165000€.

Phone: 670242080  Apartment Orotava Alta 79.00m2 3 Rooms 150000€.

Phone: 670242080  Chalet San José 466.00m2 3 Rooms 480000€. Phone: 670242080  P re m i s e s S a n t a C r u z 125.00m2 2 Rooms 540000€.

Phone: 922245178  Apartment Los Abrigos 62.00m2 2 Rooms 115000€.

Phone: 670242080  Te r r a c e d H o u s e S a n Clemente 174.00m2 3 R oom s 2 50 00 0 €. P ho ne : 670242080  C h a l e t E l M o n t u r r i o 190.00m2 4 Rooms 189000€.

Phone: 670242080

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 Apartment Piedra Hincada 2 Rooms 244300€. Phone: 670242080  Apartment El Tope 108.00m2 3 Rooms 208000€. Phone: 670242080  Apartment Los Abrigos 62.00m2 2 Rooms 115000€.

Phone: 670242080

 Apartment El Médano 1 Room 125000€. Phone: 670242080  Apartment El Médano 2 Rooms 175000€. Phone: 670242080  Terraced House Carmenaty 174.00m2 4 Rooms 299000€.

Phone: 670242080  Terraced House Aguamansa 190.00m2 3 Rooms 200000€.

Phone: 670242080  Apartment Puntillo Del Sol 80.00m2 1 Room 160000€.

Phone: 670242080  Apartment El Tope 58.00m2 1 Room 196350€. Phone: 670242080  Apartment Radazul Bajo.

Location: outskirts. Views: sea 145.00m2 4 Rooms 380000€.

Phone: 609338519  Apartment Sta Cruz De Tenerife. Location: central 157.00m2 3 Rooms 235000€.

Phone: 922273239  Apartment Arona / Valle S a n L o re n z o. L o c a t i o n : central. Views: sea 85.00m2 2 Rooms 115000€. Phone: 627180081  T e r r a c e d House Tegueste. Location: central 3 Rooms 247000€. Phone: 663805740  Apartment Santa Cruz.

Location: central 140.00m2 4 Rooms 370000€. Phone: 663805740  Apartment Santa Cruz.

Location: central 84.00m2 3 Rooms 252500€. Phone: 663805740  Apartment Los Cristianos.

Location: central. V iews: mountain 50.00m2 1 Room 100000€. Phone: 670804067

 Apartment Sta Cruz de Tenerife. Location: central 157.00m2 3 rooms 235000€ Phone: 922273239  Apartment La Laguna.

Location: outskirts 110.00m2 3 rooms 270000€ Phone: 922273239  Apartment Arona / Valle S a n L o re n z o. Location: central . Views: sea 85.00m2 2 rooms 118000€ Phone: 627180081

 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 120.00m2 3 rooms 174300€ Phone: 922273239

 Apartment La Zamora 71.38m2 3 Rooms 147218€.

Phone: 670242080

 Apartment Los Majuelos.

Location: central 103.00m2 3 rooms 183682€ Phone: 663805740  T e r r a c e d house Tegueste. Location: central 3 rooms 247000€ Phone: 663805740  Terraced house Los Frailes 184.00m2 3 rooms 335000€ Phone: 670242080  Duplex El Toscal 147.00m2 3 rooms 225000€ Phone: 670242080  Chalet Cruz Del Teide 262.00m2 2 rooms 495000€ Phone: 670242080  Apartment La Longuera 74.00m2 2 rooms 225000€ Phone: 670242080  Apartment La Quinta 83.00m2 2 rooms 165000€ Phone: 670242080  Apartment Orotava Alta 79.00m2 3 rooms 150000€ Phone: 670242080  Chalet San José 466.00m2 3 rooms 480000€ Phone: 670242080

 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

 Terraced House Guayonje.

Location: countr yside.

Views: mountain 350.00m2 3 Rooms 330000€. Phone: 922245178

 Apartment Santa Cruz.

Location: central 84.00m2 3 rooms 252500€ Phone: 663805740

 Apartment Santa Cruz.

Location: central 105.00m2 4 Rooms 162200€. Phone: 922245178

 Apartment Santa Cruz.

Location: central 210.00m2 5 rooms 619000€ Phone: 922273239

 Apartment Santa Cruz.

Location: central 210.00m2 5 rooms 619000€ Phone: 922273239

 Apartment Los Cristianos.

Views: sea 56.00m2 1 Room 150000€. Phone: 606394368

 Apartment Los Realejos.

Location: central. Views: sea 74.00m2 2 Rooms 225000€.

Phone: 922245178

 Apartment Arona / Valle S a n L o re n z o. L o c a t i o n : central . Views: sea 85.00m2 2 rooms 118000€ Phone: 627180081

 Apartment El Médano 1 r oom 125000€ Phone: 670242080  Chalet Barranco Hondo.

Location: outskirts . Views: sea 169.00m2 4 rooms 438000€ Phone: 663805740

 Apartment Santa Cruz.

Location: central. Views: sea 105.00m2 3 Rooms 126000€.

Phone: 663805740

 Finca (4,400m2) with main house and outbuilding for sale. Various uses, ie tourism / a g r i c u l t u r e . Te l 6 5 0 980719

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 Chalet Playa Paraíso 3 R oom s 4 75 00 0 €. P ho ne : 670242080

 Apartment Santa Cruz De Tenerife. Location: central 3 Rooms 126000€. Phone: 663805740

 Apartment Sta Cruz de Tenerife. Location: central 157.00m2 3 rooms 235000€ Phone: 922273239

For More Information please call Julie at Oxybeauty Canarias Tel: 627 890 570 Email: info@oxybeautycanarias.es

 Apartment Los Majuelos.

Location: central 103.00m2 3 Rooms 183682€. Phone: 663805740

 Terraced House S/C de Tfe. Location: central. Views: sea 187.00m2 3 Rooms 525000€.

Phone: 663805740

 Apartment La Laguna.

Location: outskirts 110.00m2 3 rooms 270000€ Phone: 922273239

 Terraced House La Paz 95.00m2 2 Rooms 400000€.

Phone: 670242080  Apartment Las Aguas 3 Rooms 167000€. Phone: 670242080  D u p l e x L a s A g u a s 3 Ro om s 1 67 00 0 €. Ph on e : 670242080  Apartment La Paz 60.00m2 1 Room 169000€. Phone: 670242080  Apartment La Citrona 128.00m2 4 Rooms 252000€.

Phone: 670242080  Apartment Las Aguas 3 Rooms 167000€. Phone: 670242080  Apartment La Quinta 2 Ro om s 2 16 36 5 €. Ph on e : 670242080  Terraced House La Quinta 3 Rooms 302910€. Phone: 670242080  Apartment Realejo Bajo 84.00m2 3 Rooms 145000€.

Phone: 670242080  D u p l e x L a s A g u a s 3 Ro om s 1 67 00 0 €. Ph on e : 670242080  A p a r t m e n t E l To s c a l 64.00m2 2 Rooms 145000€.

Phone: 670242080  Terraced HouseTabaibaAlta 186.00m2 4 Rooms 355000€.

Phone: 670242080

Urb. Arco Iris Playa 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, 130,000 euros

Tel 629 244 958

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Rent :

Rentals from €525 p.m

 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  If you are looking for Short or Long term Rental . We have good availability North and South. South Office Tel 922 715030. The North Office Tel 922 378514 / 676159212.

Call our office for availability.  Apartments and Bungalows.

1 bedroom Torviscas Area 6 months Rental. TV and Washing mc. 525 Euros pm. Tel Isabel 663 851 614  L o v e l y s u n n y 1 b e d apartment. Sea views and sunsets, available now 500 euros p.m. Call Nicola 619121058  Chalet San Jose 70.00m2 2 rooms 550€ Phone: 670242080  Playa Américas, 2 studios for rent one in Ocean Park and one in Apartamerica, central locations, nicely furnished and equipped, close to beach, 450 euros per month, plus bills, call 922 751113 / 620 230871  La Paz-Puerto de la Cruz.

Apartment with stunning sea views. Fully equipped and well maintained. Heated Pool,Sat T.V.all extras. Available 3-6 months.550 Euros pm. Call Angelica 663 851 631 or 922 378514  Buenavista del Norte.

House for rent. Single story, 2 bedroom, 120m2 traditional house for rent in Februar y.

Old fashioned but very central.

Large garden with fruit trees and garage. 400 euros per month plus electricity and water. One month deposit with contract.

660 731913  Two bedroom apartment to rent, Callao Salvaje, garden with sea views, garage parking, quiet complex, 450 euros plus bills, calll 696 547341  One bedroom apartment to let, 390 euros inclusive, BBC package installed, stunning sea views, fully equipped, Puerto Santiago, available 1st

Urb. La Tagora San Eugenio Alto

New 3 bedroom luxury villa 750,000€ Tel. (0034) 655 914 691 (0034) 922 71 33 56

We have a wide range of top value rental accommodation in some of the south’s top resorts.

• Apartments in Adeje, Fañabe and Golf del Sur • 1 and 2 bedroom apartments • Short and Long term rentals • Washing machine • English/Spanish or satellite TV

Call us on 922 71 50 30/ 647 81 40 00 or visit www.villasandvistas.com

May 2010, photos via email by request, short/long term, min 3 months, mobile 666 282 275  Nice villa of 350m2 with pool on 5000m2 plot, 3 beds, 2 baths, garden, only 2km away from TF1, Las Eras, Absolutely quiet, no neighbours, beautiful sea views, furnished, 1500 euros, unfurnished 1200 euros per month, long or short period, tel 626 348054  Beautiful country house for rent in El Socorro (close to restaurante El Drago, 75m2 built, 500m2 plot, orchard garden, 800 euros month, tel 670 817821  1 Bed long Let , Island Village Resort, 530 per month

Residencial

La Duquesa Playa Fañabé

3 Bedroom, 2 Bathroom, front and back garden, comunity pool. €425,000 Tel. 629 244 958 Excellent opportunity in Costa del Silencio

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

Classifieds / property

Frontline apartments from €299! p.m

Beachfront in Puerto de la Cruz, the Oro Negro apartments command stunning views of the ocean and across to the Lido Martianez with the town centre just a few minutes away.

• Choose from studio, or one and two bedroom apartments. (€500 and €600) • All apartments are comfortably furnished with kitchenettes, bathrooms and satellite TV. • 24-hour reception.

• Swimming pool and sun terrace • Laundry facilities • Long term rentals welcome • Free Wi-Fi

Call us on 922 37 85 14/ 663 85 16 31 or visit www.villasandvistas.com

including bills ,call 922 714736/660 586094  Los Cristianos, centre, Avenida de Suecia, apartments, 1 bed, 70.54 m2. Large terrace, amazing views of the bay and port. 649 142612  Playa de las Américas, studio, well furnished and equipped, central and quiet location, close to beach, no finders’ fees. €390 per month. 922 751113 / 620 230871  Large fully furnished studio for rent in Las Americas, 2 minutes walk from Torviscas beach. Separate kitchen, SAT TV, fabulous terrace, views, swimming pools and garden.

No agents, 450 euros per month plus bills, call 670 558208 or 922 710919 (leave message if no answer  L o s C r i s t i a n o s, n i c e apartment, one bedroom, near the sea, sunny, quiet, big balcony, furnished, washing machine, for long term, 550 euros per month, 922 752759 / 608 425426  For rent bungalow, 2 bedrooms, fruit trees, ver y quiet, near Las Galletas, 700 euros including water and electric, mature people preferred, 627 801388 / 609 537117  Golf del Sur, attractive villa, 2 bedrooms in exceptional quiet position surrounded by golf course, garden and lake with se views. Heated pool.

Buenavista del norte: Traditional one-storey Canarian house with large garden and fruit trees.

Central. Garage. €400 per month.

660 731913

Parking by front door. No pets, 750 euros per month, 627 219001  Terraced house Green Golf 150.00m2 3 rooms 750€ Phone: 670242080  Apartment El Amparo 50.00m2 1 room 450€ Phone: 670242080  A p a r t m e n t E l T o p e 75.00m2 2 rooms 650€ Phone: 670242080  Apartment Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Location: central 190.00m2 5 rooms 850€. Phone: 922273239

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Los Cristianos · La Estrella 1 bed, 575€ Los Cristianos · Cristimar 1 bed 550€ Miraverve · Las Estrellas 1 bed 550 € Chayofita 1 bed Price 550 € Roques del Conde The Sunset 2 beds 650€ Avda. Suecia, opposite nº 7 Los Cristianos, Arona

Tel. 650 467 359 andres@tenehomes.com www.tenehomes.com www.teneriffa-fincas.net

Port Royale Los Cristianos 2 bedroom apartment

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

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Tenerife Dream Homes

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Local 6, Calle Taoro, Sueño Azul, Callao Salvaje, 38678, Adeje, Tenerife Tel: 922 740 465 Mob: (SP/UK) 661 932 881 / (UK) 663 844 141 Email: info@tenerifedreamhomes.com Websites: www.tenerifedreamhomes.com / www.invest-abroad.org.uk

T.D.H. TENERIFE DREAM HOMES

SAN-V-15-4 – San Isidro Beautiful 4 bed, 5 bath villa is situated in 12.000 m2 of private land (finca).

Visit www.tenerifedreamhomes.com for full details €1,500,000

GOM-V-39-3 • La Gomera 3 Bed, 2 Bath Apartment Beautiful large ground floor apartment on the fabulous Pueblo Don Thomas resort. This property briefly comprises of 3 good size bedrooms, kitchen, spacious lounge /dining room. The apartment has solar panels and air conditioning. Stunning views of the Atlantic. €350,000

CAL-V-08-5 – Callao Salvaje Stunning villa constructed on two levels in a quiet area of Callao Salvaje Main house has 4 bedrooms / 4 bathrooms, plus a one bedroom self contained apartment below. In front of the property there is 1.000 m2 of land which is included in the sale price. €1,350,000

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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.

BARGAIN €280,000 - REDUCED!!

PAR-A-41-3 • Playa Paraíso 3 Bed, 2 Bath Apartment Very modern American style kitchen, spacious lounge with patio windows to balcony, the 3rd bedroom (attic) has en-suite bathroom, roof terrace which has ample bathing space, Jacuzzi and stunning views. €299,000

Callao Salvaje • Ref SUE-V-33-3 3 Bed 3 Bath Frontline Villa Superb villa with breath taking views of the Atlantic and La Gomera. All bedrooms have en-suite, large open plan kitchen, spacious lounge / dining area.

The property is furnished with quality materials & there are passed plans to extend the property. A must to view. €780,000 €

GOL-V-17-3 – Golf del Sur 3 Bed, 3 bath villa with stunning views of the golf and Atlantic. Briefly comprises of 3 bedrooms with the possibility to construct two further if required, separate fully filled kitchen, large lounge area and separate dining room.

There is a private pool with ample terrace area. €355,000

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Freehold Hotels required GOL-V-43-3 – Golf del Sur Beautiful 3 bed, 3 bath villa. Situated on a plot size of 1034 m2 on Golf del Sur, this lovely villa briefly comprises of large lounge / dining area, separate fully fitted kitchen, Surrounded by 2m high cantos block walls with in and out drive and electric gates at both ends and with video entry, the drive has secure parking for about 7 cars. The villa also has a private pool. €595,000

for awaiting clients worldwide.

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We currently have a variety of studios, 1 & 2 bed Apartments & 1, 2 & 3 bed Villas for sale at great prices.

Callao Salvaje • Ref: CAL-V-38-3 3 / 4 Bed House Stunning Semi detached Villa on Popular residential complex in Callao Salvaje.

The Property briefly comprises of 3/4 Bedrooms, 3 Bathrooms (2 en suite) inc Jacuzzi Bath, Garage with separate utility room, Gym & office or music studio.

There is a large terrace with outside shower & BBQ. €362,500

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English/Spanish speakers English/Spanish speakers German speakers Visit our website  Apartment Tabaiba Baja.

Location: central . Views: sea 86.00m2 3 rooms 250000€ Phone: 663805740

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Property  Direct from promoter, for sale, luxur y apartments, Adeje, one bed terraces, garage, pool, gardens, lovely views to sea, oppor tunity, €100,000.

Residential and quiet area, tel: 660 132 296.  Opportunity, Los Cristianos, by the sea, 2 room apartment, garage, panoramic view, sun, quiet, €110,000 (no agents).

922 752 759 / 608 425 426  Apartment Santa Cruz.

Location: central . Views: sea 105.00m2 3 rooms 126000€ Phone: 663805740  A p a r t m e n t S a n t a Cruz. Location: central 3 rooms 126000€ Phone: 663805740

For Sale - Rural house in Aldea Blanca, San Miguel, Tenerife

Land 400 m 2, built 230 m 2, three bed, two bath, barbecue and wood burning stove, pool, garage for two cars, patio with planters, kitchen with pantry, fireplace, wood fitted ceilings, fitted wardrobes. €398,000.

Contact José Guadalupe Mobile 676 399 652 josejguadalupe@gmail.com

 Apartment Santa Cruz.

Location: central 140.00m2 4 rooms 370000€ Phone: 663805740  Terraced house Santa Cruz.

Location: central. Views: sea 187.00m2 3 rooms 525000€ Phone: 663805740  Apartment El Médano 1 Room 125000€. Phone: 670242080  Apartment La Laguna.

Location: outskirts 55.00m2 2 Rooms 138200€. Phone: 922245178  Terraced house Cruz del Teide 3 rooms 342577€ Phone: 670242080

Call Manuela 922 71 50 30 / 663 85 16 14 Call Angelica 922 37 85 14 / 663 85 16 31 Call Elena 922 37 85 00 / 663 85 16 31 www.nexusprop.eu for further information

 Apartment Playa Jardin 70.00m2 3 rooms 225000€ Phone: 670242080  A p a r t m e n t S a n L u i s 105.51m2 3 rooms 176000€ Phone: 670242080  A p a r t m e n t S a n L u i s 120.00m2 3 rooms 192500€ Phone: 670242080  C h a l e t L o s N a ra n j o s 225.00m2 3 rooms 499000€ Phone: 670242080  Apartment La Zamora 71.38m2 3 rooms 147218€ Phone: 670242080  Terraced house La Paz 95.00m2 2 rooms 400000€ Phone: 670242080  Apartment Las Aguas 3 rooms 167000€ Phone: 670242080  Apartment La Paz 60.00m2 1 r oom 169000€ Phone: 670242080

 Apartment La Quinta 2 rooms 216365€ Phone: 670242080  Terraced house La Quinta 3 rooms 330557€ Phone: 670242080  Apartment Realejo Bajo 84.00m2 3 rooms 145000€ Phone: 670242080  D u p l e x L a s A g u a s 3 rooms 167000€ Phone: 670242080  A p a r t m e n t E l To s c a l 64.00m2 2 rooms 145000€ Phone: 670242080  Terraced house Tabaiba Alta 160.00m2 3 rooms 309521€ Phone: 670242080  Apartment La Cuesta 70.00m2 2 Rooms 146045€.

Phone: 670242080

 Apartment Las Dehesas 50.00m2 1 room 200000€ Phone: 670242080

 Apartment La Citrona 128.00m2 4 rooms 252000€ Phone: 670242080

 Chalet La Primavera 200.00m2 3 Rooms 525000€.

Phone: 670242080

 A p a r t m e n t S a n L u i s 115.00m2 3 rooms 188500€ Phone: 670242080

 Apartment Las Aguas 3 rooms 167000€ Phone: 670242080

 C h a l e t L a P e r d o m a 80.00m2 268830€. Phone: 670242080

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Canary Countryhouse El Salto - Granadilla

 Apartment 55.86m2 1 Room 93000€. Phone: 670242080  Apartment El Médano 2 Rooms 175000€. Phone: 670242080  Terraced House El Durazno 222.00m2 3 Rooms 425000€.

Phone: 670242080  Apartment La Paz 67.00m2 1 Room 150000€. Phone: 670242080  Chalet El Calvario 200.00m2 3 Rooms 516515€. Phone: 670242080  Terraced House Green Golf 128.00m2 2 Rooms 225000€.

Phone: 670242080  Apartment El Tope 48.00m2 1 Room 126400€. Phone: 670242080  Chalet Guajara 330.00m2 4 Rooms 433329€. Phone: 670242080  Apartment 1 Room 228380€.

Phone: 670242080  C h a l e t 4 0 0 . 0 0 m 2 5 Rooms 510000€. Phone: 670242080  T e r r a c e d H o u s e 3 Rooms 273220€. Phone: 670242080  C h a l e t C a b o B l a n c o 213.00m2 4 Rooms 790000€.

Phone: 670242080

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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. www.draguito-teneriffa.de Tel. (0034) 609 504 380

 C h a l e t L o s A n g e l e s 436.00m2 4 Rooms 1260000€.

Phone: 670242080

El Camisón, 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 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, 155,000 € Tel 629 244958

 Chalet Casa Azul 443.00m2 7 Rooms 600000€. Phone: 670242080

 Terraced House Casablanca 3 Rooms 270000€. Phone: 670242080

 C h a l e t L a s Pa l m e ra s 489.00m2 4 Rooms 900000€.

Phone: 670242080

 Apartment 3 Rooms 180000€.

Phone: 670242080

 Apartment Puerto Santiago 50.00m2 1 Room 162875€.

Phone: 670242080

 Apartment 74.04m2 3 Rooms 116000€. Phone: 670242080

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The Bike: Green scene

On your bike

All the fun of a bike, without the effort

The new Honda CR-Z Hybrid Coupé

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onda’s hybrid technology is called IMA, Integrated Motor Assist, because the integrated electric motor boosts the petrol engine during acceleration.

The CR-Z is exciting to drive, good looking, environmentally friendly and designed and engineered for modern, urban living. As the world’s first sporty hybrid, it’s stylish looks stand out from other ‘green’ cars, offering true driving thrills with its agile chassis, direct steering and low driving position.

The chassis shares some components with the Jazz and Insight, but the wheelbase, track width and set-up are all unique to the coupé. The narrower wheelbase increases agility while the wider track gives greater stability, a more direct, driving feel and a planted stance.

The CR-Z sits low to the ground, with a low centre of gravity. Changes have also been made to springs and dampers. The lower front forged

aluminium MacPherson struts are 4kg lighter than pressed steel, and are stronger to support the greater forces generated by the increased track width and tyre size.

The rear suspension is an Hsection torsion beam, providing excellent control of the rear wheels and allowing space for the mounting of the IMA batteries and control unit below the boot.

Electronic power steering (EPS) ensures responsive reactions, and direct steering makes the car feel like an extension of the driver. All grades of the CR-Z are fitted with lightweight 16-inch alloy wheels with 195/55R16 tyres.

17-inch wheels are available to order.

The CR-Z is the first hybrid ever

to have a sporty, 6-speed manual gearbox for short shifts and a firm but light action, giving greater control over the naturally aspirated 1.5-litre 114PS engine and balancing driver enjoyment (via closely spaced ratios) with fuel economy (a longer top gear).

The electric motor, positioned between the engine and gearbox, produces 14PS and boosts torque by 78.4Nm, both of which come much lower down the rev range – between 1,000 and 1,500rpm, improving initial acceleration so the car bursts into action almost immediately, perfect for stop-start driving. Together, the two motors give an overall power output of 124PS at 6,100rpm and 174Nm of torque between 1,000 and 1,500rpm, which is equivalent

to the peak torque of a 1.8-litre Civic. The result is that the CR-Z reaches 62mph in under 10 seconds, has a top speed of 124mph, average emissions of 117g/km and average fuel consumption of 56.4mpg.

This car is available in the Canaries soon, for more information visit your local Honda dealer or www.honda.es.

There’s a brand new way to discover Tenerife and enjoy the open air without contamination – Ecobike.

Ecobike is an electric bicycle for which you need no insurance, no road tax, or driving licence and you get most of the benefits of a bike ride (except for the exercise) without any effort. Ideal in traffic jams, it is a lot more efficient in town traffic and cheaper than a motorbike, scooter or moped. The bikes are available for short or long term rental or purchase from La Venta in the Buenavista main town square.

The Fine: Speed limits

Van or car

It has been brought to our attention that in recent weeks a number of members of the public driving multi-space vehicles, such as Berlingos or similar, have been stopped and either cautioned or fined for driving above the speed limit if exceeding 100km on the motorway.

Police are arguing that the vehicles are transport vehicles and therefore come under different speed restrictions, but the drivers in question are using the vehicles for personal use and believed them to be classed as cars. We contacted Citroën who told us that the easiest way to confirm your status was to check with your insurer. If your vehicle is insured for personal use (particular) it is a car and comes under speed limits for cars (up to 120 km on the motorway). Jaime in Citroën added that insurance documents could be submitted as a judicial defence if contesting any fines.

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Boxing

By George Reed

Edwin Valero

The human wrecking machine

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hree years ago I wrote an article on a destructive puncher called Edwin Valero from Venezuela who was virtually unknown to British and American boxing fans, even though at the time he had set one of boxing’s most spectacular records by knocking out his first eighteen opponents all in the first round. Recently he was in the news again when he committed suicide after his arrest on suspicion of murdering his wife.

If you wonder why you hadn’t heard of Valero it’s probably because after turning professional at 20, and after eight fights on his home circuit, he broke through in America and was quickly signed by Oscar de la Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions, but his progress was delayed by a failed MRI brain scan in 2004, the result of a motorcycle accident back in 2001. On his return to the ring he did his fighting at home in Venezuela as well as in Japan, Panama and France, using Tokyo as his base. Between July 2002 and February 2005 he notched up 18 first round K.O.s, and then won his first major world title belt when he stopped the W.B.A. super featherweight champion Vincente Mosquera.

After successfully defending his super featherweight belt on a few occasions, he then moved up a weight division and won the W.B.C. world lightweight title. In his latest defence of this title, he once again showed his tremendous punching power when in February of this year after stepping into a ring in Monterrey, Mexico, he battered his challenger, the world top ten rated Mexican, Antonio De Marco, so hard and so often that the challenger retired on his stool following the ninth round, bringing Valero’s ring record to 27 contests – 27 wins by K.O. or by stoppages.

The southpaw wrecking machine may not always have thrown his punches in textbook fashion but even though the Venezuelan was barred from boxing in every state in the U.S.A. except Texas, and didn’t perform under the bright lights of Las Vegas or the Mecca of boxing, Maddison Square Garden, he became a type of cult figure in certain boxing circles, due to his thrilling style and enormous power.

Tenerife Rural

Never again, says Roe

One of the most respected basketball players in Spain says he will never allow himself to be “conned” by a club into signing without full guarantees that it has the funds to pay players’ wages.

Veteran Lou Roe, whose arrival helped pull Tenerife Rural out of relegation danger after a horrible start to the season back in the winter, has slammed the club for its financial

management, which has left many players with wage arrears of several months.

“I would never come back here after this experience” Lou told Island Connections immediately after the last game of the season. “There were times when some of the younger players would come to me in tears to ask for a loan because they had no money. I had to persuade many of them to carry on giving it their all for the fans because they

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did not want to train or play. On one occasion we were paid straight from the gate receipts, so bad was the financial situation”explained Roe. The cash-strapped club took extraordinary steps to save money on away games, according to the well-liked New Jersey forward, who once played for the Detroit Pistons and Minnesota Timberwolves in the NBA. “There were times when we were told to walk

Oh dear

Golfers find Canaries expensive The Canaries’ bid to raise the profile of the Islands as a golfing destination has been dealt a blow by survey findings indicating that many golfers find the region on the expensive side for holidays.

The poll of over 150,000 visitors who played on

Canarian courses while on holiday during the first quarter of 2010 found that over half described the experience as “expensive or too expensive”, with many reluctant to return at the current prices. Only around 7,000 (less than five per cent, mostly German) thought their golfing holiday was “good value” in price terms. Despite

the overall negative opinion on costs, the vast majority rated the courses as good or very good and praised the ease of booking rounds and the general upkeep of facilities. The study was commissioned by the Canarian Statistics Institute to identify user opinions on their golfing experience.

Las Palmas consider stadium return

Estadio Insular

This year’s painful experience in the second division has triggered fresh calls for Las Palmas to leave the new Gran Canaria stadium and return to their old home, the now abandoned ‘Estadio Insular’, the scene of its past glories.

The idea has been launched formally by a

sector of the club’s fans and backed by former chairman Angel Luis Tadeo, who feels the size and shape of the new stadium alienates supporters.

Players have often criticised the lack of atmosphere at home games due to the wide athletics track which keeps the fans a long way away from the pitch.

However, a return would require massive investment

to restore the Insular to its former state. Despite having been given up as part of a swap brokered by the Gran Canaria Cabildo to make way for a modern sports venue, the stadium has lain idle for several years and is slowly falling apart. Neither the city council nor the Cabildo have commented officially on the proposal.

around town for two hours late at night after away games to kill time before a midnight coach to Madrid

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More than a few players are threatening action over unpaid wages

to catch the early flight back to Tenerife, all to save a second night in a hotel.

You can’t treat professional players like that, and it will never happen to me again” he added. Another player to suffer this year is guard Julio González, a former world junior champion with Spain, who was told to look for another team for next season and, according to local media, to pay his €150 air fare back to the mainland because Tenerife did not have the money for the ticket. González and others have threatened to take action against Tenerife Rural over the wage arrears.

Volleyball

Jamper Aguere lift Spanish crown

La Laguna ladies volleyball side Jamper Aguere are looking forward to their first Champions League assault next season after sweeping to the Spanish title earlier this month.

The small club has shot to stardom over the past year, finishing top of the Premiership and then winning the championship play-offs against bigger-budget sides Menorca and Murcia. The league title, which is the first ever in the club’s history, means that Tenerife returns to the pinnacle of ladies volleyball despite the recent decline of the once unbeatable Marichal, who narrowly avoided relegation this season.

Jamper Aguere have registered to take part in the European Champions League although only after a serious consideration of the financial costs of travelling to away games in countries such as Russia, Turkey and Italy.

Chairman Ambrosio González had a pleasant surprise when he returned from accompanying the team to the Balearics for the play-off final. His wife Noelia gave birth to the couple’s second daughter ahead of schedule in La Laguna and the baby was waiting for him on arrival.

Half marathon

Kenyans coast to wins

La Laguna’s annual half-marathon race turned out to be an entirely Kenyan affair, with the African country’s distance runners cruising to victory in both the men’s and women’s events.

John Kirui led from virtually the start to take the men’s crown in a time of just under 1 hour and 6 minutes, half a minute ahead of runner-up José Carlos Hernández from the local CajaCanarias Athletics Club. The ladies’ race was won by Monica Jepkoech, who destroyed a mainly Canarian field and finished a massive 10 minutes ahead of Aroa Merino in a little over 1 hour and 15 minutes.

Almost 500 runners turned out for the race, breaking the previous record set in 2007.

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The Soccer Experience World Cup is still well under way as we search the south of Tenerife for different nationalities to come and join us so if you would like to enter a team and put on your nation’s colours!..... we would like as many different countries as possible but we would really like a German team to confirm. Are there any German players out there good at taking penalty kicks in World cups?

Championship Summary Villa Mitre finished off a wonderful season in style this week with the destruction of Zurich Spartans. Hoppy’s Cyril’s Creation bounced back to winning ways with a tough victory over John Summers’ ever improving I.C. Media side, moving them back into second spot in the table. Tenerife Solicitors are back in third after failing to beat Pueblo Torviscas in one of the tightest games of the season, a real game of defenses as the teams only managed a 1:1 draw. The young Rachael’s Motors team who look to be getting stronger with every game are sure to be pushing teams all the way in the up and coming season.

Over 35’s summary Shaine’s L.A. Veterans side still sit top of the pile with yet another victory this time over the reigning champions Ironcraft. This was always going to be one of their toughest games and it never disappointed with great saves.

The Pub got back to winning ways after a few losing games. They did so in great fashion beating new boys Cana Bar. Taboos also managed to steal three points in the second week of

fixtures with a great victory as captain Phil saw his boys rolling back the years with some wonderful football at times. I.C. Media Veterans are also on the move up the table as they grabbed another three points this time off struggling Paddy O’Taffy’s, and are going to prove a very hard team to beat for the remainder of the season.

Masters League summary Adam and Kade the cuddly and charming brothers of The Rovers team took another huge leap towards top of the Master’s League as they closed the gap on Taylor’s Masters to just two points with yet another impressive win, this time over Exiles Masters. Andy’s Harleys Restaurant side continue their great form with another good win over Arnies Bar and the shock result of the week was the defeat of reigning champions Hole in the Wall defeated by Tenerife Warriors. Lee Morfitt and his Masters team pulled off a great result holding Taylor’s Masters to a 4:4 draw (though they were 4:2 up with 10 minutes to play). New boys Spanish Style are making themselves known very early on as they move further and further up the table winning again 6:4, having been

4:1 down at half time, showing that they have character as well as endless amounts of technique.

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couple of weeks ago the British Finswimming Association asked if Cassandra would travel to Mallorca to swim in the World Championships.

Her mother Samantha told us, “this is a great opportunity for Cassandra and one not to be missed and we are therefore doing everything in our power to get her there. (However) they have come up with no funds and have said that they cannot help out with funding, so we are doing what we can here in Tenerife. We have set up a donations/sponsor web site and would like to know if anyone can help out in any way”

f you would like to help Cassandra visit .http://sponsorcassandra.blogspot.com/

World Cup

Canarian caps

Spain manager Vicente del Bosque included two Canarian players in his 30strong preliminary squad for the World Cup in South Africa.

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egular David Silva (Valencia) is joined by the season’s most improved player, Barcelona’s Pedro Rodríguez, who gets his first squad invite.

The Tenerife-born forward has been tipped as a certainty to go to South Africa after his recordbreaking performances on the field for Barcelona, where he has dislodged Thierry Henry from the starting line-up.

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he ex-Real Madrid trainer also, finally, included Barcelona’s goalie, Victor Valdes, in the preliminary squad.

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Bertran’s goal was glorious but not enough to save the side

First Division 17/05/2010 CLUB

We will be back!

8/05/10 Tenerife 2:2 Almeria There had been many ‘must win’ matches for Tenerife during the last few weeks and a win against Almeria would have left league survival in the blanquiazules’ hands for the forthcoming game in Valencia.

Almeria were practically safe on 41 points, although they still needed one more point to guarantee La Liga football next season. The Andalusian outfit travelled to Tenerife in good form and they were to prove to be a hard nut to crack for the home side roared on by a passionate if not nervy 21,000 crowd. The game started so well for the blanquiazules and they went close in the second minute when Diego Alves was forced to tip over Román Martínez’s header across goal.

The Almeria goalkeeper was in action soon after when he parried clear Nino’s effort from six yards. Then gloriously Marc Bertrán was to produce a moment of magic as he cut in from the right before unleashing an unstoppable shot that curled into the top corner with his left foot from 20 yards. The goal made it on to Sky Sports Soccer Am as one of the best goals of the week in Europe. However,

rather than build on their lead, Tenerife allowed Almeria to get back in the game and the visitors were level within three minutes when Domingo Cisma found Piatti who tucked into the bottom corner from 12 yards. It was a bitter blow.

In the second half Tenerife attacked in a desperate effort to win the game (do they know any other way?) but the kamikaze tactics left plenty of space and the defence was struggling to keep up with the blistering pace of the strike force. Shots rained in on the Almeria goal but Brazilian keeper Diego Alves was playing a blinder.

Frustration grew as a draw was simply not good enough for Tenerife but against the run of play a quick break by Crusat resulted in a second goal for Almeria. The pint sized striker drilled in a low shot from the centre of the penalty area with only ten minutes left on the clock. You could hear a pin drop in the Heliodoro Stadium at this point as relegation loomed but a final onslaught raised the noise in the stands.

A Marc Bertrán throw was headed on by Dinei and Nino bravely volleyed the ball into the goal from the penalty spot to equalise in the 93rd minute.

The final whistle blew just after the re-start with mixed emotions from players and fans alike. Normally a last kick of the match equaliser would be celebrated with great joy but most realised that this was

a wasted chance for Tenerife.

Primera League survival would now not be in their own hands.

16/5/10 Valencia 1:0 Tenerife

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By Chris Todd

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Two hours before the match the scenes around Mestalla, the Valencia stadium were incredible and when the Tenerife players’ coach arrived it was besieged by cheering fans. Taking our place high in the Valencia stadium the tension was growing with many people keeping one eye on the all important scores from other matches.

The dream final day scenario never materialised as The early news was not CD Tenerife bade farewell good as Malaga took a shock to their brief stay in the lead against Madrid and Spanish Primera Division. Barcelona began their thrashing Going into the last round of matches, incredibly six clubs were still in danger of being relegated.

Tenerife needed to draw or win and then hope that two clubs between Malaga, Valladolid and Racing lost.

Considering that Malaga and Valladolid were playing against title chasing Real Madrid and FC Barcelona respectively there was a hope that Tenerife could achieve the ‘great escape’ at the very last minute.

With only six days’ notice due to the usual delay by the Spanish FA in confirming the match day, a grand total of 1,700 Tenerife supporters turned the streets of Valencia into a sea of blue and white.

The Plaza de La Virgen was the place chosen as a prematch meeting point for ‘Chicharreros’. The usual fun took place as jokers turned the main fountain into a massive

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of Valladolid (this meant that Madrid could not win the league and therefore had nothing to play for). Valencia who had already guaranteed Champions League football next season, were keen to please their supporters on the last day although they made changes to their normal line up. Tenerife midfielder Román Martínez tested Miguel Moyá from close range in only the second minute of the match, but that would hardly set the tone for a match of few chances.

It took until the 18th minute for Valencia to get a sight on goal, but Vicente saw his effort blocked by Sergio Aragoneses.

But Valencia were enjoying their best spell in the match and moments later, Nikola Zigic had a good chance but failed to trouble the keeper with a close-range header. Just as they had in

PLD W

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the first half, Tenerife had an opportunity early in the second, but Alejandro Alfaro’s shot from the edge of the area was held by Moya. You really could not see a blanquiazul goal and with other scores not going Tenerife’s way relegation loomed. It was one-way traffic as the hosts continued to throw everything they had at Tenerife. A draw was simply not good enough and a last minute Valencia goal in some way put us out of our misery. Dominguez whipped in an inswinging corner from the left, finding Alexis at the far post and he headed home to snatch the points. That was the nail in the coffin for the blanquiazules and there was no way back.

As the final whistle blew some players sunk to the floor and others clapped the travelling support.

Relegation is the hardest

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blow of all and last time CD Tenerife went down it took them eight years to regain their top flight status. Many are convinced that this time it will be different and we will bounce back next season. The whole Island will suffer in the mean time, experts predict that the Island economy will lose €80 million from the loss of revenue from having a team in one of the world’s top leagues.

It has been a memorable campaign despite the sad ending and it really has been a privilege to have seen the world’s top players in the Heliodoro, Messi, Kaka, David Villa and Cristiano Ronaldo to name a few. Next season brings new hope and we will be there cheering on Tenerife no matter who they are playing.

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eaction to news of the stringent cuts announced recently by the national government in moves to reduce the national debt has been loud and angry.

Trade unions throughout Spain, including the Canaries, have given their full backing to plans for a series of actions aimed at forcing the Spanish government to reverse the decision which would see a civil service five per cent pay cut this year with a freeze from 2011.

The actions began on 20 May with protests outside government buildings on the islands and will be followed on 8 June with a general strike. The two biggest unions, UGT and CCOO, have called on other unions to throw their weight behind the actions to force a U-turn before the cuts take effect, in the case of public sector workers at the end of June. While schools and health centres cannot, under law, be completely

Outrage at public sector wage cuts closed, expect a very limited service on those days unless there is some agreement with the unions. The government measures, announced towards the end of May in parliament, were welcomed as being “brave and necessary” by the European Council President, Herman Van Rompuy, and the President of the European Commission, José Manuel Durao Barroso. They were also taken, following, it is widely reported, a call to Spanish president Zapatero from Barack Obama, urging him to take the steps deemed necessary to avoid Spain following the same financial path as Greece. It is calculated that the new measures should help bring the deficit down from 11.2 per cent of GDP in 2009 to just over six per cent of GDP in 2011.

Fuller information on all the measures proposed can be found on page 2.

From today Island Connections are launching a 14 day TV guide, the only English language paper to do so in the Islands.

Maxine’s brave face As many of our readers will already know, Maxine,pictured here with her daughter and partner, is a fighter.

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his well known British woman who has lived and worked in Tenerife for many years is suf fering from ASL (Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), a condition which is not yet registered in Spain and the Canaries as a time limited critical

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illness. This means that Maxine and other sufferers must wait for months for assistance and ser vices that they need right now. To help Maxine when she most needs it there have been a number of fund raising events, the most recent in Leonardos in Las Américas, where the sum of €4,143 was raised. We will continue to bring you news of up and coming events.

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here are fears from a number of sectors that we haven’t seen the end of international flight problems due to volcanic ash by a long way.

On May 11th the ash cloud closed air space over Tenerife, La Palma and La Gomera, forcing the cancellation of dozens of flights for up to 12 hours. Stranded passengers in Tenerife South airport who talked to this paper seemed to be taking the news stoically, knowing there was little to be done, no-one to rail at, no-one to blame. What was apparent too was that given the proximity of the last ash crisis, most people (and airlines) were well aware of their rights in the event of their flights being cancelled, so were content to wait for air space to open again. The

Tenerife authorities set their emergency plan in motion fairly quickly, but the latest dimension is a call by tourism chief José Manuel Bermúdez, to see what alternative travel arrangements can be offered in the event of future stoppages.

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Uncertainty is “the worst news ever sible drop in summer bookings if holidaymakers continue to be concerned about travelling, though he stressed that to date

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Bermúdez stressed that uncertainty is “the worst news ever. To be able to plan flights, sales and hotel bed occupancy with uncertainty is very complex and unfortunately we’re working with uncertainty…If we see a repeat of this kind of thing in the coming months we will be facing a worrying situation because it could affect the efficiency of our promotional campaigns and our sales”, he warned.

The managing director of Turismo de Tenerife, Alberto Bernabé, said they are chartering ships with the Canary Islands Government to connect Tenerife with Seville and alleviate the flow of passengers. He said that this system has been gradually improving and so “we now are better equipped to deal with this type of very complicated situations which cause our airpor ts to shut down.”

Volcanologist Juan Carlos Carracedo, who was in Iceland as part of a scientific expedition just a few weeks ago, has said that the current situation could last for up to two years.

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ccording to the latest report by the Tenerife island councillor for the economy, Carlos Alonso, the submarine cable link from Cadiz to Tenerife, La Palma and Gran Canaria should be completed in the first half of 2011. The new connection will mean a vast improvement in the number and quality of broad band connections in the islands and give support to new ser vices and applications, high speed data banks used by the renewable energy technology and the Network Access Point of Western Africa and the Canary Islands (NAPWACI) which is designed to make the Islands the communications axis between Africa, Europe and America.

Lifeguard service

Safe seas

Two new ships have entered into the lifeguard s e r v i c e a ro u n d t h e Canarian coasts.

Magma

Euruption in Adeje

Magma of a different kind will be hitting the headlines in Adeje with the return of Magma, (Meeting Approaching Global Music and Art) taking place in the Magma Arte y Congresos centre.

Following a four year break the event is back, bringing together some top names in electronic sounds and technologies, led by Chilean producer Luciano, head of Cadenza Records, one of the leading dance labels, with other leading club names like Reboot, Mirko Loko, Robert Dietz, Marc Antonia Live & Dj, Lee van Dowski and Michel Cleis, all promising all night sounds as Magma takes you from 6pm on Saturday May 22nd to Sunday morning.

Adeje’s fourth LAN party will be also happening, same time, same place.

More information on www.magmafest.com

Wingate/ Lions

Peace prize

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he Salvamar Al Nair and the Guardamar Talía were recently presented to the public in an organised event off Lanzarote in La Graciosa which included a simulated rescue of three fishermen using the lifeguard services, a boat from the Lanzarote emergency services and a diving unit from the Civil Guard.

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he fast and versatile Salvamar Al Nair will be based in Arrecife substituting a previous and now dated ship and Guardamar Talía, whilst acting all over the islands, will be based in Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Of the €1,023 million budget for the life guard services in Spain, over €200 million is spent in the Canaries.

Edna presents Ander with his award

Edna Goodall, representing Tenerife Sur Lions Club, recently presented Ander Colles with a special prize from the Governor of District 116B. Spain.

Ander’s poster in the international competition was forwarded to the USA as the best in Spain. Ander’s school, Wingate has taken part in this prestigious competition for some years and after this years success they say they are looking forward to the next event scheduled for the latter part of this year.

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Spanish economy Blackstone Film Company

Open casting call

Do you think you have what it takes to make it on the big screen? Well now’s your chance to find out.

The Blackstone Film Company are a film and television production and service company based here in South Tenerife, and they are holding an open casting, on the look out for new faces and talent “to fill ongoing casting needs in international photoshoots, film and TV productions”.

They are looking for men, women, kids, teens, adults and seniors, of all race and size, creed and colour. No experience whatsoever necessary? Interested? The casting is taking place at the CC Plaza del Duque, Costa Adeje on Saturday May 29th and Sunday May 30th, from 10am to 6pm.

Sentenced

Blowtorch murder attempt

A Gran Canarian man who tried to kill his partner and her young daughter using a makeshift blowtorch has been jailed for 28 years by the Criminal Court.

Enrique Ramírez was found guilty on two counts of attempted murder after judges dismissed his defence that his partner, a well-known local singer, had burnt herself in a gas cooker explosion. Described by the island’s Public Prosecutor as “the vilest man ever to appear in court”, Ramírez was found to have deliberately made the blowtorch using rubber hosing and a gas cylinder and then turned the weapon on the woman and her seven-year-old daughter during a row at home. Despite their massive burns, he took more than an hour to call an ambulance. In sentencing him, the judges said he had shown no remorse for his horrific actions and deserved no leniency.

Up up and away

First Madrid flight commemorated

The 80th anniversary of the first flight to Gran Canaria from Madrid was marked recently with a public lecture by local historian Ricardo García.

Part of a week of activities relating to air travel and the aeronautics industry held in Las Palmas, the lecture provided interesting facts on the historic maiden commercial flight, which took the long way round to get from the nation’s capital in May 1930. The three-engine aircraft with 12 passengers took 17 hours to reach Gran Canaria, around seven times the current flying time, and necessitated five refuelling stop-overs, four of them in Morocco. The passengers included a Saharan national who was taken along as a translator in case the plane had to land in the desert and negotiations were needed with Bedouin tribes.

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ise decisions, too little too late, about time, or political expediency, you pay your money and you take your choice as far as the latest measures announced

by Spanish President, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, are concerned.

The President announced a series of economic changes which he referred to as, “essential…efficient” and “as equal as possible” to achieve their commitment to reducing public debt to just three per cent of the Gross Domestic Product by 2013.

Civil servants wages, including teaching and health staff, are to be reduced by five per cent from June 2010 and frozen throughout 2011. Those in high office including members of the government will also see significant wage reductions.

Pensions, excluding noncontributor y and minimum pensions, will also be frozen in 2011. There are also changes for those in partial retirement.

The €2,500 so called baby cheque for newborns will be cancelled from Januar y 1st

Zapatero tightens belt

Zapatero has announced new austerity measures

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The scientific community, environmental groups and sundry others are up in arms about proposed changes to the protection of species in danger in the Canaries (see our article in edition 613, page 6 or on-line

2011. Cash spent on medicines is to be reduced by various methods including changing the number of tablets in a packet to those equivalent to a normal number and length of treatment, selling some in single tablet doses, and bargaining with the drug companies for reductions.

New applicants for dependence allowance will receive their grant within six months, but the cash will not now be backdated to the date of application. Development grants to authorities across Spain will be reduced by €600 million between 2010 and 2011, state investment is forecast to reduce by €6,045 million and additional savings of €1,200 million are envisaged by the regions and local authorities.

Predictably, the unions are not happy with the government, “going back” on agreements already made and unions in the Canaries have warned that education, health and other sectors could be brought to a standstill by stoppages in protest at the unprecedented decision by the Spanish government to cut the public sector wages.

Environment

en Magec Ecologists in Action have decided to use the phenomenon of internet social networks to launch an international fight against changes in the protected species catalogue.

at http://pdf.islandconnections.eu/613/ pdf/island_connections_006.pdf).

As a novel way of launching an international campaign, Ben Magec are asking you to download a poster which can be found on http://www.ecologistasenaccion. org/spip.php?article16940 and then have your photograph taken holding the poster in a place which is representative of their town or city. For example, French objec-

The measure will af fect 125,000 public service workers at all levels in the Canaries, from doctors, teachers and firemen to local council workers, tax and judicial workers. The unions admit they did not see the move coming and have convened urgent meetings to decide on a concerted course of action, which is likely to include strikes and mass demonstrations.

tors could have their photo taken in front of the Eiffel Tower. Send the photograph to canarias@ecologistasenaccion.org and add it to the Facebook group, Yo también rechazo el Nuevo Catálogo de Coalición Canaria (I too reject the new Coalición Canaria catalogue).

Ben Magec hope that they will have a huge response worldwide and that the Canarian Government will realise the “enormous mistake” they are making.

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EDITION 617 :: 21/05/2010 - 04/06/2010 :: ISLAND CONNECTIONS

Church ire

The false bishop and the angry priest

By Barbara Belt

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Credit: Phil Crean

anuel Armas is well known and liked in La Gomera. A committed Christian, who from an early age has been involved in church life, he has built up a wide range of friendships and contacts all over the island.

His credentials speak for themselves. The man has been no slouch when it comes to giving of his time and energy.

Throughout his childhood, he assisted the priest at mass as altar boy. When he left for La Laguna University, he continued his church contact and charity work.

Returning to La Gomera as a qualified Maths teacher, Manuel began voluntary work after school as a catechism teacher. Generations of children preparing for their First Communion were coached by him at catechism classes, or taught by him in island schools.

His infectious enthusiasm for local religious and cultural traditions made him an obvious choice for both Radio Televisión Española and Radio Televisión Canaria whenever a knowledgeable commentator was needed. And many televised events have been broadcast over the last twenty years with the well-known voice of our hero entertainingly explaining the proceedings. He also directs and narrates a yearly Nativity play in San Sebastián and another commemorating the patron saint’s apparition.

He has directed school drama productions for many years. All extra, voluntary jobs. In rec-

The ships took part in a simulated accident exercise

Religious sensibilities should be left at home during carnival celebrations

ognition of all this conspicuous and valuable input, especially with young people, Manuel was invited to join the Cabildo and since 2001, has had special responsibilty for young islanders’ issues.

One of the few Cabildo workers who is widely regarded as a ‘good bloke’, he is acknowledged as an effective and energetic worker. In what must be the man’s precious little remaining spare time, he directs, or rather, directed, the choir at La Asunción church in San Sebastián and had done so for many years.

That is no longer the case, and all because at carnival time Manuel bought a certain outfit in a local shop and then wore it. “To tell you the truth, I chose it because it was cheap. I

didn’t think about it much, but it would never have occurred to me in a million years that anyone would be offended by it. It only cost €22 and looked comfortable. I wore it that night for the Entierro de La Sardina, (the mock funeral to mark the end of carnival). Everyone was in mourning and we all had a lovely time pretending to be sad and partying”.

Manuel went as a bishop, wearing a long robe and headgear. Curled staff in one hand, missal tucked under an arm and false beard reaching his chest, he looked, “...rather splendid, though I say so myself”.

“When I got a phone call from the parish priest recently, I imagined he wanted to go over the details of the programme we were rehearsing with the

choir. Little did I know!” What the priest did tell Manuel was that he was no longer the choir’s director, due to his, “appearance in fancy dress as a bishop with a white beard”! He had, “been seen publicly spor ting this disgraceful costume at carnival time”. The priest further advised Manuel to, “reflect on his folly at leisure, unencumbered by the duties of choir director”. Ouch.

The priest in question declined to comment when contacted by Island Connections.

“This is an internal and private matter”, he insisted, before hanging up. It would be interesting to know exactly how many mock priests, nuns and bishops routinely appear in Canarian carnival celebrations. The main feature of the celebration to mark the end of carnival is anyway a mock funeral, with mock priests officiating. There were probably nearly a hundred ‘priests’ there and, according to Manuel, “more than a few fellow bishops”.

Can the Catholic Church, in the light of the many international accusations against priests for child abuse, its collaboration with dictators and despots and very unchristian malpractice in general, afford to further reveal itself as being this petty and vindictive?

The choir has resigned to a man and protests from all over the island have gone to the diocese, but the priest stands firm, if alone. May he also have time to reflect, unencumbered as he is now by any of his congregation.

Lifeguard service

Safe seas

Two new ships have entered into the lifeguard service around the Canarian coasts.

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he Salvamar Al Nair and the Guardamar Talía were recently presented to the public in an organised event off Lanzarote in La Graciosa which included a simulated rescue of three fishermen using the lifeguard services, a boat from the Lanzarote emergency services and a diving unit from the Civil Guard. The fast and versatile Salvamar Al Nair will be based in Arrecife substituting a previous and now dated ship and Guardamar Talía, whilst acting all over the islands, will be based in Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Of the €1,023 million budget for the lifeguard services in Spain, over €200 million is spent in the Canaries.

Payback time

Cabildos and government at war

The seven Canarian Cabildos and the regional government look set for an acrimonious legal battle after the island corporations refused to pay back €160 million the government says it is owed from last year.

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he row developed a few months ago when Canarian finance minister José Manuel Soria informed the Cabildos that the calculation of local government funding carried out earlier this year was provisional and a final reckoning was due soon. The dispute centres on the share-out of revenue from the region’s Economic and Fiscal Regime, which is used largely to subsidise each island and their town halls.

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ews of the alleged debt led the presidents of all the Cabildos to boycott a scheduled meeting with Soria hours before it was due to take place. A spokesman for the corporations said the row can only now be settled in the courts and cooperation with the regional government was in danger of being suspended if Soria did not change his mind on the calculations.

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Free farmland offer

A local council in Lanzarote says it is willing to offer rent-free land to anyone willing to guarantee that the land is used for farming.

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eguise wants, literally, to farm out the bulk of its more than two million square metres of council-owned land to people interested in growing crops for their own use or as a source of income.

The 350 plots will be made available in return for a commitment to farm them for a minimum period of two years, which will be automatically renewed if the agreement is honoured.

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he council is also prepared to provide tractors and other equipment needed for the crop growing. The initiative has been welcomed by locals, who say it will help protect much of the area from land speculation.

Language students

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Save our classesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; bid fails

An idea from hundreds of students studying Arabic and Russian to save their classes from the chop by the Canarian Department of Education has been turned down by the authorities.

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aced with the imminent closure of non-beginners levels of the two languages at the regionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Official Language Schools, students collected a petition with over 11,000 signatures to plead for a change of heart. When that failed they formally proposed a token increase of two euros in the annual registration fee payable by all those who study at the Schools.

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he tiny increase, multiplied by the approximately 30,000 current students, would have provided the money needed to pay the wages of the three Arabic and two Russian teachers who work part-time at the Schools but the proposal has been rejected by the Department, which says the student should consider continuing their course at university instead.

Gabriel Mato

Spanair crash

MEP Black box demands fury telescope explanation Canarian MEP Gabriel Mato has taken the regionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s anger at losing the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s biggest telescope to the European Parliament.

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ato, who was one of the staunchest supporters of La Palmaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bid to be chosen as the site for the European Extra Large Telescope (EELT), says he wants straight answers from the European Southern Observatory as to why the island was rejected in favour of a Chilean observatory. During the May plenary of the Parliament he said Brussels should be asking itself very seriously why a massive technology project funded with 1 billion euros of European taxpayersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; money has been awarded to Chile. He called on the ESO to publicly reveal the exact reasons why La Palmaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Roque de Los Muchachos Observatory was overlooked and also urged the EU to state which steps it took at diplomatic level to back the Canarian bid.

Gran Canaria relatives of passengers killed in the Spanair plane crash in August 2008 have demanded action following the revelations that engineers from the airline may have botched a repair job on a faulty temperature sensor on the plane.

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adio station Cadena Ser has disclosed confidential content from the cockpit recordings which are a crucial part of the investigation into the tragedy, in which nearly 160 people died, many of them people returning to Gran Canaria from Madrid.

The recordings include an admission by an as yet unidentified voice in the cockpit who explains to the pilots that a bag of ice was used to lower the sensor temperature to switch off the warning light, which had lit up as the plane made a first takeoff attempt. The taped cockpit conversations also reveal the pilotsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; anger that the fault had been bypassed rather than repaired properly and record in poignant detail their frantic efforts to keep the plane in the air after it took off without the flaps deployed properly, unknown to the pilots.

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Circus returns after six-year

Circus fans in La Palma got a chance to see the animals, clowns and other performers for the first time in six years earlier in May.

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he week-long stint by the Gran Circo Mundial delighted local schoolchildren, who turned up in their hundreds for the shows and the traditional Elephantsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Breakfast which the circus organises to formally mark its arrival in town. The company says it had a promise to honour to the island despite the extra cost of shipping 150 artistes and other employees, as well as almost 100 trailers and vehicles to La Palma for just nine performances in the capital, Santa Cruz. The prohibitive expense forced the circus to pull out of a visit planned for last year as part of its Canarian tour.

Teachersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; reward

Teachers at a Tenerife school who were caught up with over one hundred pupils in the ash cloud chaos during a recent school trip to England have been rewarded for their magnificent coping skills during the crisis.

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EDITION 617 :: 21/05/2010 - 04/06/2010 :: ISLAND CONNECTIONS

Sham exposed

Jailed green card marriages

Two people have been jailed for six and four years respectively by a Tenerife court for their part in arranging sham marriages to enable African men to live in Spain.

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Pirámides de Güímar

ollowing on from our fun visit to the airport last year with Wingate School and the team from the southern tourist initiative centre, CIT Sur, we decided to keep them company on a very differThree guides from the ethnoent visit this year to the graphic park kept the children Pirámides de Güímar.

CIT Sur organise a number of visits to tourist attractions and installations all over the island as part of their campaign to teach children the importance of being friendly to our tourists so that they will want to come back again and again.

The numbers on this visit were somewhat reduced as it was timed just before the opening night of Guys and Dolls and some of the children stayed back at school to rehearse.

However those who came along had a great time and were fascinated with the pyramid complex in Güímar.

Friendly tourism

occupied, several teachers and a volunteer made sure they were under control and a steady supply of stickers for correct answers made sure they paid attention.

Along the way they learned that not all pyramids are made of stone, nor do they all come to a point at the top.

They learned about the summer and winter solstices, the links between ancient civilisations from opposite sides of the world and how they may have been made and how long a boat made from reeds can last in salt water and how far it can go. Strolling around

the extensive gardens laid out around the pyramids they also learned about the original island dwellers the Guanches, the local flora and agricultural commerce and trade in the past and today. In short a busy and

very interesting morning for all which ended with getting hands most satisfactorily icky with clay in a handicrafts workshop where more than one teacher as well as several pupils showed hidden talents.

Tenerife flights

Miami link renewed

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new promotional campaign is under way to strengthen the links between Tenerife and Miami, with direct flights set to resume in June.

urdays, starting on June 19th until October 31st and will be of approximately seven hours duration. Promotions in Miami-Dade county, which

Credit: Marc Averette

Last year the route was introduced for the first time by Air Europa with a high take up rate and 80 per cent occupancy over the second half of the year.

Tenerife’s tourism chief José Manuel Bermúdez said that in parallel to the flights the Cabildo would be promoting the tourism, economic, fiscal and business attractions of the island as well as looking to increase the exchange potential in many different fields.

The flights will be on Sat-

Miami Dade, direct links reestablished

latter being a daily paper from Puerto Rico via which they hope to attract visitors from this nearby country many of which use Miami as a hub for holiday destinations in Europe.

has a population of 2.5 million people, will be in local press, radio and television. The Miami Herald as well as El Nuevo Día will carry advertising, the

Further promotions of Tenerife will use large banners with images of different aspects of the island, which will be fixtures on some of Miami’s main streets as well as the presence of publicity on Tenerife’s many attractions at ten of the county’s top events during the year.

The pair, a Nigerian man and a woman from the island, recruited young women with financial troubles and offered them sums of up to €3,000 to agree to marry clients wishing to move to Spain. The Criminal Court heard that at least a dozen marriages were arranged during a two-year period in 2006-7.

13 women who agreed to take part in the immigration racket were also convicted although their sentences were suspended for four years because they cooperated fully with the authorities.

A few years ago, a Tenerife basketball club was at the centre of an investigation into marriages allegedly for American players to allow them to play as EU nationals.

of the official inauguration of Living San Miguel, commented that the council wanted, “our foreign residents to become more involved with events in the district.... and also that those who had lived in the district all their lives would do the same, and enjoy all the opportunities in the south of San Miguel”.

Look out for the promotion of Living San Miguel, which will be in the form of posters, leaflets, radio advertising and other forms of merchandising. This campaign runs alongside another regarding respect for others and living together, called Vive Conviva Valora.

Self praise?

Llanos issues mayor promise

Popular Party member Ángel Llanos has urged his party colleagues to select him again as the candidate in next year’s local elections in Santa Cruz and he will guarantee them the mayor’s chain of office.

San Miguel de Abona

Integration campaign The tourism department of the San Miguel de Abona council has introduced a bilingual campaign called Living San Miguel.

In English and Spanish, it is aimed at European residents and Latin Americans who live in the district, to not only encourage their participation in local activities and events, but also to keep them informed of what is going on in their municipality. Despite the fact that San Miguel de Abona is a district which is split into two parts by the motorway, with Guargacho, Las Chafiras and the coastal area being a little isolated, this campaign hopes to bring everyone up to date and really feel a part of San Miguel. Mayor, Victor Chinea, who was in charge

Llanos, who recently returned as a councillor after his party restored its turbulent alliance with the Canarian Coalition of current mayor Miguel Zerolo, has made no secret of his desire to become mayor but he is not the most popular person in his own party. He has had a series of run-ins with the PP leadership in Tenerife due to his personal ambitions and this latest promise, with its implicit message that without him the PP cannot hope to win in the capital, has already ruffled feathers. Party insiders are angry that during a recent radio interview he credited himself entirely with the rise in fortunes of the PP in the city.

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ne of Tenerife’s most visited viewpoints has become the latest battle ground for an ecology group on the island.

The Humboldt ‘Mirador’in La Orotava, a spot of fering spectacular views of Mt Teide and the coast at Puer to de la Cruz, is at the centre of a fresh controversy after the El Rincón association filed challenges against council plans to add to it by building a large parking area. According to the ecologists, whose campaign against alleged corruption in a development project for Las Teresitas Beach is likely to lead to criminal prosecutions of several senior officials, the Mirador (named after German naturalist Alexander von Humboldt) was built without the appropriate planning permission and any efforts to modify it would also

be illegal. El Rincón says that the visitor’s centre and small museum at the viewpoint, built at a cost of around one million euros but still not inaugurated officially a decade since work began, are in breach of planning regulations also and has threatened legal action. A source said that the local council was ‘trying to slip modifications in via the back door’ through revised planning provisions but the association would block any such attempts.

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Las Galletas

Health centre plans fall through

Plans for a bigger health centre in Las Galletas (Arona) appear to have been scrapped after the failure of the local council to reach an agreement to rent larger premises in the fast-growing district.

According to local paper El Día, a deal had been struck with the owner of a building to lease it indefinitely for €3,000 a month but the council has reduced its offer and the owner now says she does not want to proceed with the arrangement. “I was offered €4,000 to begin with and then agreed on €3,000 after officials measured the building again and said it was less than initially thought. But now they tell me I will receive around €2,500” explained María Teresa Martínez, adding that it is not her fault if the current cramped facilities continue to be used.

“We are not to blame if the council announced plans to move everything to our premises before signing on the dotted line.

We began to sell off all the stock in the shop we run there but nobody from the council got in touch and now we hear that the rent is too high for them” she said.

Reina Sofía airport

Second runway ‘not needed’

Plans for a second runway at Tenerife South Airport are the work of influential businessmen and politicians, according to one of the fiercest critics of the project.

Ramón Trujillo of the left-wing IUC Party says the facts and figures used by local government bodies to support the second runway are inaccurate and

need to be clarified once and for all. “The projected increase in passenger traffic is far from certain.

Indeed, the figures have fallen in six out of the last ten years and by 20 per cent overall since 2000. It is wrong to spend €190 million on something when there is no guarantee the numbers will rise” said Trujillo.

The IUC says Tenerife “already has a second runway in the shape of Los Rodeos Airport” and to spend the money on an unnecessary project would be a criminal political decision, benefiting a small number of people.

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Arrival surprise for loyal Germans

A German couple who have been holidaying in Tenerife for more than three decades received a pleasant surprise when they landed at the airport for another vacation.

The Greisbeichers were met by the head of the North-East Tenerife Tourism Initiatives Centre, a senior employee from their tour operator and the general manager of Tenerife North Airport, who were in on the secret plans to make their holiday a bit more special this time. The couple reckon they have visited the island more than fifty times since their first trip back in 1977 and have built up a massive collection of landscapes painted during their holidays. The welcome, which was followed by a guest-of-honour participation in the fiestas organised by the town of Tejina, was not the only red carpet laid out by the Centre: two other loyal couples have been feted in recent weeks and the Centre has also launched its new ‘first timer’ scheme, under which a family of new tourists to the north-east coast are chosen at random and offered an extra-special visit so they become ambassadors for the area when they return home.

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panish Government top brass in the form of the Secretary of State for Tourism, Joan Mesquida, led the debate in the latest Adeje tourism summit insisting on the absolute necessity for spending on promotion, asking for, “confidence and creativity” in the sector and revealing that Puerto de la Cruz is to be included in the pilot schemes to renew old tourist resorts.

Held in the plush surroundings of the Gran Hotel Bahía del Duque Resort in Costa Adeje, the crisis was on everyone’s lips, but as Mesquida pointed out, this isn’t the first crisis that tourism has had to face.

However Mesquida feels that the financial winds, at least in tourism, are now blowing in our direction. Howls went up at last year’s results, but in numbers they were still the fifth best results historically and in cash input the third best year since statistics began to be compiled and this first quarter is showing positive results over last year.

He insisted that we have to look at our strengths. The Spanish ‘brand’ is well known and linked forever in people’s minds with, “tourism, holidays, wellbeing and quality of life”.

In income from tourism, Spain is the second country in the world after the USA with 52

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million visitors last year, 85 per cent of whom were repeat visitors and 41 per cent of whom have visited the country over 10 times.

The most prevalent reasons for these repeat visits are apparently that the people like the hotels, the food and the wine.

Sun and sand is the, “jewel in the crown” according to Mesquida and is the draw for 68 per cent of our visitors, but there is a need to diversify the offer and to take into account

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new customer profiles and behavioural patterns such as the use of IT in holiday choices and the growth of the virtual social networks. Eight out of ten customers now check information on the Web before booking their holidays and six out of ten searches that are carried out annually are related to vacations. It is important that they receive what they see on-line.

Surprisingly for a mature tourism destination, there was

no centralised information centre on the markets and potential clients, which is why €15 million has been spent in setting up Intelitur, a system to unite tourism knowledge across the country and share it with tourism professionals.

Its aim is to help improve quality, balancing the offer and demand, staff training, innovation and keep up to date on the latest legislation.

There is a new customer friendly web at www.spain.

info which changes its home page according to when and where the website is opened.

For example, research has shown that in the winter, Swiss tourists like to include some cultural visits in their vacation times, so the home page will increase information on these themes during that time if you open the page in Switzerland.

The website is greatly improved and includes information on fiestas, gastronomy, culture, wine, sport, spas and a long etc.

Work is already underway promoting the country in emerging holiday markets and to, “reposition” Spain in our existing tourism markets showing that there is much more to the country than sun and sand and emphasising the quality of life with a new advertising campaign, ‘I need Spain’, which will be shown in 40 countries.

Sports stars, including, “the most Spanish of the British football clubs, Liverpool FC” and renowned chefs have already been recruited as, “tourism ambassadors” and they are to be reinforced with international stars from the cinema and the arts. Mesquida is in no doubt about the need for advertising, now more than ever. Last year the tourism promotion budget was increased by 13 per cent and this year it has been increased by a further six

per cent despite Government cutbacks, “everything spent on publicity is money well spent and gives an excellent return.”

Finally he spoke of the challenges for the future, in particular the improvement of tourism infrastructure, both public and private. €2 million has been earmarked for the Puerto de la Cruz consortium to look into ways of bringing that destination back into the high regard it so richly deserves and the agreement should be signed in a couple of weeks. Puerto joins three other destinations, one in Gran Canaria, which are part of pilot schemes to research how older resorts can and should be renewed and find the funding to do so.

A pilot scheme during the low season in Andalusia and the Balearics aimed at European senior citizens who had never before travelled to Spain, has brought in 44,000 additional visitors already, 6,000 from Ireland. This scheme is to be widened to include the Canaries and Valencia until the middle of June.

To conclude Mesquida confirmed his opinion that the strength of tourism in the Canary Islands and in Spain is guaranteed if we work together intensely and creatively and reiterated his pleasure at being present at, “one of the best tourism forums in Spain”.

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Street sale success

Credit: Gerard Zenou

Sally Ann and Katy Kennedy were among the entertainers

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he seventh Exposaldo organised by the Guía de Isora council was a huge success proving that these kind of bargain fairs are just what the public need in times like these.

Guía were the first council in the islands to promote a trade fair of this kind in 2007, inviting local shops, merchants, and artisans the chance to sell to the public at knock down prices in a street trade fair setting. Nowadays many boroughs offer the public similar chances, and Guía de Isora continues to attract thousands of shoppers and browsers to their events, held alternatively in Playa San Juan and Guía’s town centre.

The most recent Exposaldo, held on the Avenida Reina Sofía on Sunday May 9th, was no exception, with clothes, shoes, furniture, pets and accessories, food, perfumes, sporting items, and much more all on offer. According to the council over 3,000 visitors

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Callao kids

These on-street bargain trade fairs are hugely popular with traders and shoppers alike

attended the event, many taking advantage of the bargains to be found. Local development councillor Hector Gómez says the events are “not just requested by local businesses but also by residents”, and are an integral part of the council’s plans to “help the local com-

mercial sector”. The trade fairs are also, according to Goméz, to enhance local projects “such as the construction of public parking zones, and the restoration and creation of streets in the historic centre of Guía de Isora”. He added that the council would also be in-

Music in the South West

Toby or not Toby Toby Graham is an extremely talented man

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e has been on the West Coast music scene for 13 years and it won’t be any surprise to Toby’s fans that he has been entertaining since he was a youngster.

His first band consisted of himself, at 14 years old, and two younger sisters: Julie, at 12 and Sharon, the youngest at just six. After an introduction from a school friend’s mother, the altruistic harmony trio played for charity at events and residences such as old people’s homes. They were spotted at one of their shows and invited

by EMI to play the Bingo halls, which led onto summer season work in areas like Devon and Cornwall.

The family played numerous summers together before one sister moved on to become a nurse and another got married.

Toby, however, continued, forming a duo and then a fivepiece, called A Leap in the Dark, which played around Europe in countries including Denmark, Germany and Spain. After this,

Toby’s guitar skills and excellent voice make him a popular entertainer

with his sister Sharon and her husband, the band Night After Night was formed and it was during this time that Toby first came on holiday to Tenerife.

Stopping at the Harbour Club

he became friendly with the inimitable Jimmy Quigley who invited Toby to stand in for him a few months later.

Toby willingly flew out to take over for two weeks and

troducing a commercial card scheme in the area soon to aid in revitalising the borough’s economy. Jesús Delgado, head of the Isora business association, added that recent figures were showing a small but notable improvement in the local economy.

soon after moved to the island permanently.

With Steve Brazil and Ray West, he became part of the resident band at the American Buffalo Bar in Puerto Colón, playing Country and Western complete with cowboy hat and boots. The group then moved on to the restaurant As Good As It Gets near Tamaimo and in 2002 Toby became resident artist at the Courtyard in Puerto Santiago, also managing the bar for several years.

Since then he has played in various spots but is now once again at the Courtyard, three nights a week on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, a venue which has recently been taken over by Sam, from Wales, and Todd.

Toby plays an impressive array of music, from numbers

by Prince through Tom Jones to Bon Jovi. His skill on the guitar is legendary, yet his most striking feature is undoubtedly his voice, which is strong, clear and melodious.

Catch Toby at the Courtyard from 9pm until around midnight. Alternatively see him at Las Rosas on Wednesdays or El Marques, both in Puerto Santiago, on Mondays. You can also see him as part of the band It’s Immaterial every other Sunday at the Tajinaste Restaurant.

T h e re wa s a h i g h l y successful fund raising event in aid of the new Callao Kids Club in Callao Salvaje recently.

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eld at the Jasmin Lounge at Perla Blanca and hosted and supported by Peter Quilty of PowerFM Radio, the evening was a great success.

Entertainment was provided free by Kevin King (Freddie Mercury), Rick Porter, Katie Kennedy, David Speight, Shaun Carling and Sally Ann. Local star Victoria Bell, age 14, who has just released her first CD, also sang. The excellent entertainment and great food from the Jasmin Lounge made for an excellent evening and a total of €862 was raised.

Many local businesses and friends, including Tenerife Sur Lions, supplied prizes for the quiz and raffle.

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he evening, organised by Beverley and Dennis Corbett, was a way of promoting awareness of the need for a youth group in the village and to raise funds to get one off the ground. Youngsters and

adults are agreed on the need as there is little to do other than stand around on street corners until they are old enough to go into bars!

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t the moment, the group meets on Sunday evenings between 7.pm and 9.pm in borrowed premises. Activities include board games, music, playstation contests, and petanco: the first session of tennis coaching took place the day after the benefit night.

The wish list includes a hall or room to call their own, where it would be possible to put a table tennis table and maybe a pool table.

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he club is open to school age children of all nationalities as long as they can speak English, Spanish or German. Beverley and Dennis are looking for help from anyone who can offer spor ting, music or other training and leadership to the children.

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f you would like to offerfinancial or practical help, or have a suitable local in the area at ridiculously low rent, Dennis would love to hear from you. If you have a son or daughter between 10 and 16 years who would like to join the club, likewise give him a ring on 636 815 318.

Budget cuts

Ring road and hospital unaffected

Canary Island president Paulino Rivero has stated that budget cuts which the Canarian government has been obliged to make due to the economic crisis will not affect either the Tenerife ring road or the completion of the hospital complex in the south of the island.

Rivero considers these two projects “priorities” for the future economic and social development of the island. He continued, “we have had to make some sacrifices, but not in the case of these two projects”.

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Vigilance recommended

High profile court case reveals UK tax residency rules unclear your connections with the UK and the number of days spent visiting the UK are not kept to the absolute minimum.

By Bill Blevins, Financial Correspondent, Blevins Franks

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• In order to be regarded as a non-UK tax resident, you need to make a definite break with the UK and to firmly establish yourself as a tax resident in your country of residence.

Even if you have not entered the UK for a complete UK tax year, you can still be seen as UK tax resident by HMRC if you have not purposely settled in another country.

ritish expatriates living in Spain who retain ties with the UK need to be extra vigilant nowadays if they want to avoid being caught out by the UK residency rules and being liable for UK tax as well.

A landmark UK Court of Appeal ruling on 15th February has highlighted the toughened approach HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is taking over UK residency, and that it is not simply the number of days spent in the UK which will determine if you have to pay tax there.

The case involved Robert Gaines-Cooper who claimed that he was a tax resident of the Seychelles since 1976 and was not a resident of the UK for tax purposes. However, the Court found Gaines-Cooper to be

UK tax resident and therefore potentially liable for UK taxes going back over thirty years, possibly amounting up to £30 million.

Key points from the Gaines-Cooper ruling • Gaines-Cooper’s reasoning was based on HMRC’s booklet IR20 (since replaced

by HMRC 6) which stated that

you were UK non-resident if you spent less than 91 days per tax year in the UK, not counting the days of arrival and departure.

The 91 day residency rules have since been changed to include days of arrival since presence in the UK at midnight now counts as a day.

• HMRC has also since based residency decisions on what links the taxpayer maintains

with the UK, such as accommodation and lifestyle links.

Gaines-Cooper maintained a countr y estate, and his second wife and son lived in the UK where his son attended school.

• The essence is that in determining UK tax residency, the number of days spent in the UK are not to be relied on. You can still be UK tax resident if

you feel that you are genuinely non-UK resident, HMRC may take a different view.

The rules on UK residency are left vague, and as HMRC has said it will not be introducing a statutory residence test this tax year, they will remain unsatisfactorily unclear for the foreseeable future. If you are concerned about tax residency, consult a tax and wealth management specialist like Blevins Franks for expert advice on your particular circumstances.

• The Court decided that the guidance in IR20 was binding if the case clearly fell within its scope of residency rules which it said Rober t Gaines-Cooper’s had not because he had never left the UK.

Robert Gaines-Cooper claimed he was a tax resident in the Seychelles

The case has highlighted the need for extreme caution over UK residency rules. The information in IR20 and HMRC6 is for guidance only, and even if

To keep in touch with the latest developments in the offshore world, check out the latest news on our website www.blevinsfranks.com

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Fred Olsen

Great deal

Fred Olsen have got together with San Blas Reserva Ambiental to offer a special deal.

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fun and fab offer from Spanish bank, BBVA, for the over 59s.

Open a new account with BBVA and have your wages or pension paid directly into it and they will fill your pantry for free with over 70 top brand quality items worth €250. If you are already a 59+ client of BBVA, introduce two friends of the same age bracket to the bank and they will fill the pantry for all three of you.

You pay no commission on the account and you can borrow up to three times the amount of your pension without paying any interest. In addition they will give you a free mobile, specially designed for those whose eyesight may not be what it was, with larger keys and numbers. If you are also a new client to Movistar, you will get a 30 per cent discount on your bills for the first six months. If you have over €6,000

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he Minister of Housing, Beatriz Corredor, gave imputs to the housing market recently confirming the government’s view that the sector is on the rise.

Her report covered the rapid growth experienced between 1997 and 2007, the period of readjustment and what she referred to as the current period of stability. “In 2010, the housing market is entering into a phase of more stability as shown by the increase in the number of transactions since the last quarter of 2009, the increase in the number of mortgages granted and the moderation in the price adjustment.

“However, some new price decreases in cer tain areas, although slighter, cannot be ruled out,” she announced. The number of unemployed in the construction sector has also eased off by 15,500 people in April, the second consecutive month to see an improvement in this sector.

Of the 700,000 or so houses which formed part of the housing stock unsold in Spain, Corredor claimed that this number had reached its peak

in your account, you will receive two free invitations to see a movie and if you have at least two regular bills paid via your account you will also get two tickets to go to the theatre. If you pay any bills through your

account you will get three per cent paid back to you, which could represent a saving of up to €25 euros a month. Use that money to take advantage of some of the special offer holidays available directly to

the 59+ account holders like a nine day northern European cruise for just €486, including drinks.

For more information contact Felipe or Ramón on 922127277.

Offer ends August 31st.

Ministerial statement

Housing market improving

Residents who travel to Tenerife and wish to stay in the five star San Blas Hotel enjoy a special discount joint price. For example two residents travelling from Gran Canaria with their car on a Fred Olsen ferry and staying at the San Blas Reserva, bed and breakfast, pay from €197. Hurry, the offer is only valid until the end of May. Residents in Tenerife and the other islands can of course always enjoy a great deal travelling to Fred Olsen’s own stupendous hotel in La Gomera, the Hotel Jardín Tecina and the company always offer special prices throughout the summer.

Tourism statistics

Cruise news

Santa Cruz de Tenerife received more cruise visitors than any other port in Spain during the first quarter of this year.

Between January and March, 228,287 passengers arrived at the Tenerife port, Las Palmas was in second place with 198,465 and Barcelona in third position with 162,622 well ahead of the fourth and fifth place rankings, the Balearics with 58,861 and Valencia with 23,674.

Iberostar

Training and hotel employment

The Minister during a presentation to the Senate of the government’s housing aims

and was now on the downturn, thanks in par t to the State Housing and Rehabilitation plan (PEVR).

Of the 184,271 families who were helped in 2009 under the PEVR, 6,484 were from the Canaries. Ser vices most in

demand in the Islands under this plan, which helps families to get a home or to improve the one they live in, were assistance given to prospective renters of proper ty and renovation grants.

Future challenges for the

sector include encouraging more home energy efficiency as well as continuing with current policies designed to improve the housing stock, aid families’ access to their own homes and boost employment within the housing market.

A pioneering agreement has just been struck between Adeje council and the hotel group Iberostar.

The intention is to improve the training and ease the selection of professional hotel workers in the borough. The programme

will benefit the clients, the hotel group and all those who are currently in the employment database of Adeje. The council and the hotel undertake to arrange training programmes together which are in line with Iberostar’s needs and will assist trainees to obtain employment and to organise continuous training to make sure that those who are working have up to date skills. The mayor, José Miguel Rodríguez Fraga affirmed that the agreement would improve work conditions for the employed and improve the quality of service” which is something that should never be lost sight of, “especially in moments like these”.

Support Spain

Football freebie

Banesto are offering customers a free Spanish football team t-shirt and scarf.

Customers have to open an account, sign up for Banestos Selección credit card and buy something and 15 days later they can collect their free t-shirt and scarf. Cards are valid for any cash point in Spain without commission in Banesto cashpoints, you have automatic holiday insurance for every trip paid for with the card up to €600,000, free family legal advice and if the team win the World Cup your card renovation the second year is free.

Top hotels

Luxury weddings

The on-line magazine, Experiencias y Más, has just published its choice of the top ten luxury hotels in Spain.

They have made the top ten thanks to their superb services and design, discretion and privacy, and are particularly recommended by the on-line specialists as ideal locations for celebrating the most important weddings. Unsurprisingly one of the winners was the Hotel Botánico and The Oriental Spa Garden in Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife.

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Public opinion

Travellers’ choice

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Lanzarote was fourth choice in Europe for family holidays

he latest report by on-line travel opinion Tripadvisor, compiling results from some 15 million web users in 20 countries all over the world, has just been published.

The top three favourite beach and sun destinations worldwide were Providenciales in Turquía, Tulum México and Byron Bay Australia and across Europe were Oludeniz in Turkey, Mykonos in Greece and Ayia Napa in Cyprus. Spanish destinations came in at fifth, seventh and eighth places with Formentera, Sitges and Fuerteventura.

Disney destinations over the world scored best as family favourites, but Majorca was fifth out of the world’s best family choices. As a European destination, Spain fared better taking six of the top ten slots, four of which are in the Canaries.

Majorca was in second place (again behind Eurodisney) followed by Salou in third, Lanzarote in fourth, Tenerife in fifth position, Fuerteventura sixth and Maspalomas eighth.

The most popular emerging destinations were GarmischPartenkirchen in Germany, Dangriga in Belize and Rosario in Argentina. Surprisingly two UK destinations were also in the top ten, Weymouth in fourth place and Nairn, with its unique sunny microclimate, which came in ninth.

Despite the enor mous number of museums in Spain and the fact that it is the country worldwide with the second most number of sites chosen

by Unesco, not one Spanish destination figured in the top ten sites for cultural breaks and sightseeing opportunities.

Florence in Italy, Washington

D.C. in the United States and Rome were the top three in the world, with London coming in tenth position.

In Europe, Florence and Rome were followed by Paris and Venice with London in sixth place and Edinburgh in seventh. The results would seem to indicate that the Spanish marketing department has a lot to do in this area.

Romantics these days it would seem have pushed Paris into fourth place worldwide behind Oia in Greece, Venice in Italy and the Napa Valley in California. Within Europe Oia again came first with Venice second and Paris third and only one Spanish destination, Granada, creeping in at tenth position.

For relaxation and spa destinations, Sedona in Arizona came out on top, followed by Bath in the UK and Reykjavik in Iceland, although recent volcanic events will probably affect their rating next year.

Within Europe Bath, Reykjavik and Oia were the top three with old favourite, Germany’s Baden-Baden in seventh and Westport in Ireland ninth.

Despite the superb facilities offered by the Spanish spa resorts, again they failed to make the top ten in this category.

If you are looking for outdoor pursuits and adventure, Tripadvisor’s users recommend Queenstown in New Zealand, the Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado or the Masai Mara National Reserve in Kenya as their top three choices.

Closer to home in Europe, Interlaken in Switzerland takes number one slot, followed by the Lake District in the UK and Zermatt in Switzerland.

Ireland’s Killarney, a popular walking town with a history lesson in every trek, comes in

fifth and Snowdonia National Park in tenth.

Nightbirds should be heading to the United States with New Orleans in Louisiana, New York and Las Vegas taking the top slots worldwide.

London slipped into fifth place and Newcastle-upon-Tyne into seventh, just ahead of Dublin in eighth position.

Again disappointingly given the success of Spanish chefs worldwide, not one Spanish destination made the top ten in the food and wine category. The winner was Napa in California, followed by Western Cape in South Africa and Charleston in South Carolina.

Winners in Europe were Florence and Siena in Italy, followed by France’s Bordeaux.

San Sebastián in Donostia was the only Spanish entry in sixth position.

Overall within the top 25 destinations of the world, Monte-Carlo in Monaco was in first position, followed by Heidelberg in Germany and Salzburg in Austria.

Barcelona was the most popular Spanish destination but could only make 20th position and the only British or Irish entry was Edinburgh, 21st in popularity worldwide.

Within Europe, the results were a little more favourable echoing the top three world choices, but Barcelona moves up to 16th position, Edinburgh to 17th and is joined by Galway at 23rd.

Counting just the European favourites, worldwide they chose Byron Bay in Australia as their favourite destination, followed by San Francisco in California and Abu Simbel in Egypt. Granada was the 14th choice and the only Spanish destination to make the top 25.

In Europe, the most popular was Berlin, with Siena and Mykonos coming second and third.

Granada jumped to sixth position, joined by Seville at 17th. Edinburgh came in 23rd place.

Finally the European travellers’ favourite Spanish destinations were Granada, Seville and Santiago de Compostella, with Barcelona beaten into fourth position. Gran Canaria’s Puerto de Mogán was the top ranking Canarian destination in this category in 11th position and with Fuerteventura at 13th they were the only Canarian destinations to make the list.

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• A weak urine stream.

House Calls with

Dr. De La Flor healthytenerife@gmail.com

The quality of your breast milk stays pretty much the same no matter what you choose to eat

Dear Dr. De La Flor I’ve recently had a baby and wonder what kind of diet I should eat to drop weight, but still produce quality breast milk for my baby.

Yours Sincerely, Melanie

Dear Melanie, First of all congratulations on your new baby!

Even though you may be in a hurry to lose those pregnancy pounds, regularly eating foods that boost energy for new mothers will give you the stamina you need to be the best mother you can be. And for nursing, it’s important to know that the quality of your breast milk stays pretty much the same no matter what you choose to eat. That’s because if you aren’t getting the needed nutrients from your diet, your body will provide them from your own stores. But for your own well-being, it’s best to make sure you’re obtaining the nutrients your body needs by incorporating a variety of healthy breastfeeding foods in your nursing food plan.

Salmon

There’s no such thing as a perfect food. But salmon is pretty close when it comes to a nutritional powerhouse for new mothers.

Low-fat dairy products

In addition to providing protein, B vitamins, and vitamin D, dairy products are one of the best sources of calcium.

If you’re breastfeeding, your milk is loaded with calcium to help your baby’s bones develop, so it’s important for you to eat enough calcium to meet your own needs. One way to do that is to include at least three servings of dairy produce each day as part of your diet.

Lean beef

When you’re looking for foods to boost your energy as a new mother, seek out protein, iron-rich and B-12 vitamin foods like lean beef.

Legumes

Beans, especially darkcoloured ones like black beans and kidney beans, are a great breastfeeding food, especially for vegetarians.

Not only are they rich in iron, they’re a budget-friendly source of high quality, nonanimal protein.

Brown rice

If you’re attempting to lose the baby weight, you might be tempted to drastically cut back on your carbohydrate consumption. But losing weight too quickly may cause you to produce less milk for the baby and leave you feeling lethargic and sluggish. It’s better to incorporate healthy, whole-grain carbs like brown rice in your diet to keep your energy levels up. And foods like brown rice provide your body with the calories it needs to produce the best quality milk for your baby.

Fruits

Blueberries and oranges: Breastfeeding mums should be sure to get two or more servings of fruit or fresh juice each day. Antioxidant-rich blueberries are an excellent choice to help you meet your needs. Since nursing mums need even more vitamin C than pregnant women, oranges and other citrus fruits are an excellent breastfeeding

food, too.

Egg yolk

is one of the few natural sources of vitamin D -- an essential nutrient to keep your bones strong and help your baby’s bones grow. Beyond that, eggs are a versatile way to meet your daily protein needs.

Cereals

Whole-wheat bread and whole-grain cereal folic acid is cr ucial to your baby’s development in the early stages of pregnancy. But its importance doesn’t end there.

Folic acid is an important nutrient in your breast milk that your baby needs for good health. Enriched whole-grain breads and pastas are fortified with this vital nutrient. They also give you a healthy dose of fibre and iron.

Leafy greens

Greens (spinach, Swiss chard, and broccoli …) are filled with vitamin A, C, calcium, iron, and hear thealthy antioxidants, they’re low calorie, and they’re tasty to boot.

Dear Dr. De La Flor,

I’ve been diagnosed with a prostatic hyperplasia and my father has prostatic cancer.

Do I have more chances of

getting it? Is it the cause of my erectile problems?

Cheers, Douglas

Dear Douglas, Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is an enlarged prostate gland. The prostate gland surrounds the urethra, the tube that carries urine from the bladder out of the body.

As the prostate gets bigger, it may squeeze or partly block the urethra. This often causes problems urinating.

It occurs in almost all men as we age. It’s caused by changes in hormone balance and in cell growth. An enlarged prostate can be a nuisance, but it is usually not a serious problem.

BPH does not cause prostate cancer and does not affect a man’s ability to father children. It does not cause erection problems.

BPH causes urinary problems such as: • Trouble getting a urine stream started and completely stopped (dribbling); • Often feeling like you need to urinate. This feeling may even wake you up at night;

• A sense that your bladder is not completely empty after you urinate.

• In a small number of cases, BPH may cause the bladder to be blocked, making it impossible or extremely hard to urinate. This problem may cause backed-up urine (urinary retention), leading to bladder infections or stones or kidney damage.

As a rule, you don’t need treatment for BPH unless the symptoms bother you or you have other problems such as backed-up urine, bladder infections, or bladder stones.

Although home treatment cannot stop your prostate from getting larger, it can help reduce or control your symptoms. Here are some things you can do that may help reduce your symptoms: Practice “double voiding.”

Urinate as much as you can, relax for a few moments, and then urinate again. Avoid caffeine and alcohol. They make your body try to get rid of water and can make you urinate more often. If possible, avoid medicines that can make urination difficult, such as over-the-counter antihistamines, decongestants (including nasal sprays), and allergy pills. Check with your GP or pharmacist about the medicines you take.

If home treatment does not help, BPH can be treated with medicine. Medicine can reduce the symptoms, but it rarely gets rid of them. If you stop taking medicine, symptoms return.

If your symptoms are severe, your doctor may suggest surgery to remove part of your prostate. But few men have symptoms or other problems severe enough to need surger y. You cannot prevent BPH or the urination problems it may cause. Some people believe that regular ejaculations will help prevent prostate enlargement. But there is no scientific proof that ejaculation helps.

Dr. De La Flor, G.P. is licensed in medicine & 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, jogging or chasing his four kids around the neighbourhood. You can reach the doctor at 00-34-697.888.666 to schedule a consultation in his surgery or a medical visit in your home.

HealthExtra Fundación Alejandro de Silva

Free flats for cancer patients acing an illness as frightening as canF cer is tough, facing the

daily trip to the hospital for treatment or even, for those who live furthest, the financial cost of accommodation near to the oncology department, can be a nightmare.

Just when a patient most needs to be calm and well rested to face sometimes harsh and debilitating treatments, all too often they and their family have to face a daily routine of early mornings and often late afternoons to receive treatment or find the funds to pay for alternative accommodation.

It’s for this reason that several of the cancer charities have bought apartments near to the main hospitals which are available free for the patients and their families during treatment.

The latest apartment to be inaugurated for this use was provided by the Fundación Alejandro de Silva, a leukaemia charity for leukaemia and other blood cancer sufferers.

Those who have long journeys from the north or south of the island, or from La Palma, La Gomera and El Hierro will now have a central apartment made available to them in La Laguna. The apartment will hold up to three families at a time and is the second of its kind to be made available in the island.

There is a benefit dinner on May 28 in the Santa Cruz de Tenerife Casino at 9pm to raise funds for the Fundación Alejandro de Silva.

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Health Directory Hospitals

Hospitals

Physiotherapy

Hospital La Candelaria Carretera Del Rosario 145 Santa Cruz de Tenerife Tel : 922 602 000 hospitaldelacandelaria. com

COSTA ADEJE HOSPITAL English Spoken Urb. San Eugenio.

Edif Garajonay Adeje • Appointment Tel: 922 792 400 • Emergency & Ambulance Tel: 922 791 000 www.uspcostaadeje.com

PHYSIOTHERAPIST / OSTEOPATH Officially registered Nº967 Philippe Hoogstoel Home visits Tel: 677 818 661 English, Spanish, French, German spoken

Hospital Universitario Carretera Cuesta-Taco San Cristobal de La Laguna (Tenerife), Tel: 922 678 000 huc.es

Health DOCTOR DE LA FLOR

HOSPITEN SUR Playa de Las Américas Arona-Tenerife Tel.: 922 75 00 22.

Fax: 922 79 36 18

Family medicine, home or hotel visits Calle Tinerfe El Grande 9, Adeje 697 888 666 (Doctor) 637 245 270

HOSPITEN C/ Pescadores, Edf. Discovery, Carretera Gral. La Cuesta. Taco 38108 La Laguna Tel.: 922 626240 Fax: 922 614355

Excellent medical

Emergency

080 092 091 062 016

Mobility ORTOPEDIA Specialist shop for orthopaedic needs.

English spoken Ctra. Gral, Orotava-Icod 41º La Mancha.

Tel: 922 812 807

HOSPITEN TAMARAGUA C/ Agustín de Bethencourt, 30 Puerto de la Cruz Tel.: 922 38 05 12 Fax: 922 38 08 50 HOSPITEN RAMBLA Address: Rambla General Franco, 115.

38001 Santa Cruz de Tenerife.

Tel.: 922 29 16 00. Fax: 922 29 10 88

Local Police National Police Guardia Civil domestic violence

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Personalised medical service, more than 20 prestigious specialists, complete health & beauty care.

Tel: 922 737 560

HOSPITEN BELLEVUE C/ Alemania, 6 Urb. San Fernando.

Puerto de la Cruz Tel.: 922 38 35 51 Fax: 922 37 03 12

Fire Brigade

Hospitals USP COSTA ADEJE HOSPITAL English Spoken C.Poeta Rodríguez Herrera, 1.

Santa Cruz de Tenerife • Tel: 922 270 700 • Fax 922 270 908 www.usplacolina.com

Health Clínica Barajas Hearing Aid Assessments without obligation. Name brand hearing aids.

English speaking personnel Los Cristianos 922 790 563 Santa Cruz 922 275 488 5elementos Feng-Shui / Chinese Astrology / Nutrition.

Consultations on the spot, holistic health check, nutrition consultation Roger & Daniela 628 012 987. www.5-elementos.com ZENZI Laser hair removal, and Beauty Centre CC El Camison, Tel: 922 798587

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Dental Clinic - Los Abrigos Av. Los Abrigos, Nº 21 Mon to Sat 8.30 - 19.30

info@dentalturismo.es Tel: 922 74 97 42

In-House Laboratory

Partner Hospital La Colina Sta. Cruz de Tenerife

C. Poeta Rodríguez Herrera, 1 tel: 922 74 96 72

Hospital Costa Adeje Tenerife

Urb. San Eugenio, Costa Adeje Tel: 922 79 24 00

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Dr Michael Theis Calle La Hoya 55 Puerto de la Cruz In the south on Saturdays at Hospital Las Americas Tel 922 370897 Specialist in gynaecology

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Emergency Phone Line (for Bank Holidays & Weekends): 687 744 225 C.C. Fañabé Plaza, Avda. Bruselas 2nd floor (in front of Hotel Jacaranda) Playa Fañabé , Costa Adeje, Tenerife Sur Tel: 922 714 225 • Fax: 922 724 130 • www.clinicadentalfanabeplaza.com

Chemist Farmacia de Guardia

24H Service

www.fefarcan.com

We look after your dental health and are offering free bacteria testing with painless elimination in only ten minutes (value €100).

Please ask for Mandy to make an appointment.

Enter the website of the Federation of Canarian Chemists: www.fefarcan.com and click on ‘farmacias de guardia’ at the top right of the page.

Dental Surgery, Implants and Periodontics

The various chemists in the Canaries take it in turns in each area to make sure that there is access to medicine all over the islands.

South: C/ Amalia Alayón, 11, 1º D, Los Cristianos.

Tel. 922 78 83 28

N E W Specialist shop for your orthopaedic needs We speak English

Carretera Gral. Orotava-Icod, 41 bajo. La Mancha (38430) Icod de Los Vinos Tel. 922 812 807 / 121 804 Fax: 922 812 911

Polercise Plus

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Call 626 505 355 for more info or pop in Polercise, Club Flamingo, Puerto Colón, San Eugenio

North: Plaza del Charco 6, 2nd floor, Puerto de la Cruz.

Tel. 922 38 13 47

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N ew E uropean C linic Emergency / 24 Hrs. The NEC is a new private clinic in the south of Tenerife.

The NEC is qualified to meet all the multiple medical needs of our local residents and visitors.

“We only work to care for You” C. C. El Camisón, 9, Local 4. Playa de Las Américas, Arona Tel: 922 79 76 88 / 626 855 356 · www.neweuropeanclinic.com

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t can be difficult to combine fashionable footwear with comfort, something which is essential in the sub-tropical climate of the Canary Islands.

However, the good news is that our UK favourites which provide top quality leather shoes, sandals, high heels, flatties and wedges, for all the family enabling you to care for your feet and look good as well, are available from El Corte InglĂŠs and many quality footwear stores across the archipelago.

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HealthFitness Fabian Fitzner founder and chief trainer of Bfit 24h gyms and Bfit Personal training.

Don’t watch the scales

Motivation comes from success

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ast week I had the following situation with one of my personal training clients. My client, let’s call her Jane, came to me because she wants to lose weight.

She weighed 120 kilos and had 37.5 per cent body fat.

Before I start planning a diet and training for my clients I also measure their whole girths as I do give a 100 per cent success guarantee and I need an objective view.

After we trained together for four weeks and Jane followed my nutritional advice we met last week to measure the results. I was sure she did everything right as she uses our

food delivery service (Bfit-individual nutrition) which is an individually tailored service plus personal training twice a week with me and once alone.

As we started measuring it appeared that she lost one kilo of bodyweight. Gosh, was she disappointed. As we continued we found out that she lost 10 cm shoulder volume, four centimetres on her stomach, five on her butt, two on her arms and three on each thigh.

But best of all she lost 3.4 per cent body fat. How much is that? 3.4 per cent from 120 kg is 4.08 kg of fats! Add that to the kilo on the scales and it means five kilos gone.

But the scales said only one.

If Jane would have used only

the scales as measurement she would probably give up right now, return to eating crap and never see the inside of a gym again.

Recently I had the same situation with a male client. He felt comfortable with his progress.

But we measured anyway. The same situation - food delivery service and personal training.

But his goal is muscle gain. He started with nine per cent body fats and 68 kg. This measurement was three weeks ago.

Today he weighed 70.9kg with just 6.9 per cent body fat.

So, on the scales he gained 2.9kg. Objectively we are talking about 4,9kg lean mass, (three per cent body fat equals two kg). Of course we are not talking about pure muscles as the glycogen in liver and muscles bind water (one gram of glycogen binds three to four grams of water) but he gained the double in lean mass compared to what the scales would have told him.

So what should you do to see progress if you do not have a trainer and food delivery service? Try to eat as recommended in the last issue.

If you feel the need to step on the scales do so, but do it every week under same circumstances (same time in the morning, empty stomach and so on).

Measure your girths and watch your clothes sizes. Try to workout at least three to four times a week.

See you guys in two weeks.

W

hat should have been a pleasant meet and greet with the Spanish Minister for Health, Trinidad Jiménez, with good news at the end for a local lab, turned into a mine of controversy.

The Minister was in Tenerife to confirm the government’s support to the tune of €1 million for the construction of a secure biological laboratory in the Canaries to form part of the University of La Laguna’s Institute of Tropical Diseases.

Agreements were signed and

politicians posed with the staff of the hospital for the statutory photograph, but the Canarian Health Minister, Roldos, was not one to let an opportunity pass by and quizzed Jiménez on the supposed, “historic debt” owed to the Canaries by the central government after alleged errors in calculation when the health powers were devolved. Canarian politicians claim that the Islands are owed over a thousand million euros. Jiménez claimed to know nothing about the claim, “except for what I have read in the newspapers”.

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Tel. 600 557 763 · Open Daily compensation for the cost of providing treatment to tens of thousands of tourists down the years. However Jiménez said there is no commitment to review the funding except for a minor adjustment to take account of population growth in the Canaries.

The argument continues, with socialist politicians claiming that the, “fallacy” of the debt has now been brought out into the open and Roldós demanding a meeting with the Spanish President, José Rodríguez Zapatero and Jiménez to take them point by point through why and where she believes the money is owed to the archipelago.

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Whitney Houston tickets Dear Editor

I

have followed your articles regarding the Whitney Houston concer t with interest as we purchased three tickets.

Since the concert has been cancelled, my friend and I have been ringing Rolo Producciones daily for a refund and they are not answering the telephone!

Will you be covering this story again this week as we are sure we are not the only let down, frustrated & angr y fans of Whitney Houston?

Any information you can provide will be appreciated.

Thanks.

Regards, María González García

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(Island Connections has tried on more than one occasion to contact the number given and although we eventually managed to speak to an employee, once we mentioned it was a media enquiry we were promised someone would be in touch later in the day with an explanation.

The promised call-back to explain the refund procedure has not materialised. However, local media repor ted as we were going to press that the refunds were ‘due to commence on 17 May’ after the initial problems, described as ‘bureaucratic’ by Rolo Producciones boss Javier Rolo, had been resolved.

We would be interested in hearing from other readers who have had similar problems – Ed)

Careless campers Dear Editor

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hank you for pointing out the pr oblems caused along the coast by the invasion of the caravans and motor caravans all through the summer months.

Along with many neighbours in Abades I paid a lot of money for my home with sea views which are obscured 50 per cent of the year by illegally parked caravans that the police refuse to move. They shout and sing all night, light barbecues on the beach, discharge dirty water (and who knows what else) directly onto the beach and always leave a mess which the binmen paid for by our rates then have to clean up.

Yes, I feel sorry for them that they haven’t got the facilities that they were apparently promised,

but then it doesn’t mean that they can go around effectively blocking the view I have paid for and using facilities that I also pay for. They neither shop nor eat in the local restaurants. They are like a plague of locusts, take all and leave nothing. I wouldn’t mind betting that the facilities that do exist are not 100 per cent full either. All they want is a cheap break and don’t care who else is inconvenienced.

Disgusted Abades (Name and address with editor)

By Daniela Herzberg & Roger Keller

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Daniela Herzberg & Roger Keller are based in the southwest of Tenerife. They both are certified Feng Shui and Chinese Astrology consultants and Cosmic Healers and work and teach in Tenerife and Germany. Their comprehensive knowledge about Feng Shui, Chinese Astrology and the five elements is a result of their work with Derek Walters, one of the most respected Feng Shui masters in the world.

They have published several books about Chinese Astrology and how to increase your health and vitality with the five elements, with recipes from all over the world.

 Rat (1936, 1948, 1960, 1972, 1984, 1996, 2008) You will feel empowered and positive now. Try not to neglect your spiritual or educational life. Rats have excellent minds and should endeavour to use them.  Ox (1937, 1949, 1961, 1973, 1985, 1997, 2009) Socially, be wary who you confide in or your secrets may end up in someone’s blog or canteen gossip.

Don’t trust anyone with your creative or business ideas.

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 Tiger (1926, 1938, 1950, 1962, 1974, 1986, 1998) It would be extremely unwise to allow yourself to become embroiled in other people’s dilemmas. If you do it’ll cost you energy, possibly money and a dent or two to your reputation.

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 Rabbit (1927, 1939, 1951, 1963, 1975, 1987, 1999) Face each of your tasks confidently and calmly, and you’ll muster through feeling successful.Secure extra time for your family or your special person. They will need your attention and focus.

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 Dragon (1928, 1940, 1952, 1964, 1976, 1988, 2000) There might be opposition to your career ideas and awkward attitudes within the family. Don’t let this dent your enthusiasm – persevere. Make the most of any social fun on offer.  Snake (1929, 1941, 1953, 1965, 1977, 1989, 2001) You’ll make progress at work, in business or study, as long as you stick to your usual procedures. In your love relationship, do not let outside stresses affect your behaviour towards your partner.  Horse (1930, 1942, 1954, 1966, 1978, 1990, 2002) Enjoy the support and encouragement of your family. However, there’ll be travel delays and you’ll need to work a little harder to activate your goals or just get things done.  Sheep (1931, 1943, 1955, 1967, 1979, 1991, 2003 Single Sheep should pay attention to who is hanging around or making the effort to get to know you better. It could be someone who’ll carve a special place in your heart.

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 Monkey (1932, 1944, 1956, 1968, 1980, 1992, 2004) Don’t escalate any troubles at home with unwise words. Be diplomatic and discuss the issues involved.

Even if they wind up your stress levels at work, shrug it off and persevere.  Rooster (1933, 1945, 1957, 1969, 1981, 1993, 2005) If you’ve been frustrated at your lack of progress, or depressed by job searching, now is the time to make the most of your connections or any opportunities that shine on the horizon.  Dog (1934, 1946, 1958, 1970, 1982, 1994, 2006) There’ll be advice offered on an important issue.

Listen to it whatever its source, as the best guidance often has unexpected origins. Spend more time with your lover, parents or children.  Pig (1935, 1947, 1959, 1971, 1983, 1995, 2007) You might become embroiled in tensions around your love relationship. Offer compromise or at least peaceful intentions, and you’ll be surprised at how well they are received.

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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A Date with Destiny

It’s a date with destiny in probably the toughest derby in the Superleague. The Bradford Bulls play host to Leeds Rhinos at Gratton Stadium, in what’s set to be one of the biggest games of the season.

The Rhinos are the defending champions, but must show some grit after losing six of their opening 12 games this year

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Coronation Street Guarding Tess (1994) The murder case against Gail suddenly takes a turn for the worse. Just how far will her family go to clear Gail’s name? Elsewhere Kirk is left wondering if he can hack it under boss Carla. Izzy comes to Kirk’s defence and goes head to head with his new boss. Meanwhile Rosie Webster is none too pleased to have been stood up.

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Matters become more complicated when he uncovers a sinister kidnapping plot and realises that his charge may be falling for him. Can he protect the woman and escape her attentions at the same time?

Director Hugh Wilson. Starring Nicolas Cage, Shirley MacLaine, Austin Pendleton

Sunday 23rd May, 3.05pm

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Jonathan Ross Jonathan Ross presents another edition of the current series, with guests including brilliantly surreal comic Ross Noble 11:35 The National Lottery

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Sports Fans 8:00 Good Morning

Sports Fans News, reviews and previews - including a look at the back pages, a racing tip and a sporting weather forecast 9:00 Barclays Premier

League World A round-up of all the latest headlines from the Barclays Premier League.

With interviews from players and managers 9:30 ATP Tour Uncovered News and interviews from players past and present included in this weekly round-up of all the latest stories and tournament action from the ATP tennis tour 10:00 European Tour Golf 1:00 Barclays Premier

League World A round-up of all the latest headlines from the Barclays Premier League.

With interviews from players and managers, vital team news and insider knowledge 1:30 Football League A Coca-Cola League 2 play-off semi-final second leg.

3:00 European Tour Golf 6:00 The Play-Offs -

Glory Game Ahead of this season’s Championship play-off final, Glory Game celebrates 20 years of the unique showpiece 6:30 Champions League

Final Preview 7:30 Rugby Super League A match from round 15 of Super League XV 10:00 Fight night A top domestic bout.

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Final Preview A look ahead to the UEFA Champions League final at the Bernabeu, home of Real Madrid. Bayern Munich take on Jose Mourinho’s Inter Milan for the trophy

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Breakfast Saturday Kitchen Live Great British Menu BBC News BBC London News Bargain Hunt Cash in the Celebrity

Attic 1:30 Murder, She Wrote 2:15 Golf 4:30 BBC News 4:40 BBC London News 4:45 Hole in the Wall 5:15 Junior Apprentice 6:15 Doctor Who 7:00 Over the Rainbow It’s the grand final and one girl’s life will change forever 8:00 The National Lottery 8:55 Over the Rainbow

Results Show The quest to cast a West End Dorothy reaches its dramatic conclusion. Who will win the life-changing role? The decision is in the hands of the viewers, and with just two girls left in the competition, our finalists sing for one final time hoping to win the public’s vote 9:30 Casualty Lenny is shattered to lose another patient to the mysterious virus. Ruth stands up for her beliefs with surprising results, and Zoe has a change of heart about motherhood 10:20 BBC News 10:40 Live at the Apollo The pub landlord Al Murray hosts, introducing special guests Chris Addison and punmeister Tim Vine 11:25 The Football League

Show Manish Bhasin presents highlights of the Championship Play-Off Final between Cardiff and Blackpool from Wembley 12:05 Friday Night

with Jonathan Ross Jonathan’s guests include brilliantly surreal comic Ross Noble

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/ Saturday 22/05/10

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the X-Men 8:00 Deadly 60 8:30 M.I. High 9:00 Basil and Barney’s

Swap Shop 10:00 Horrible Histories 10:30 Da Dick and Dom Diaries 11:00 Bamzooki 11:30 Hai! 12:00 Degrassi:

The Next Generation 12:25 The Cut 12:50 No Hats, No Trainers 1:15 The 5.19 Show 1:30 Off the Hook 2:00 A Night to Remember 4:00 Flog It! 4:30 Golf 6:35 Coast 6:55 Timewatch 7:45 Dad’s Army 8:15 The Boats That Built

Britain Sailor and writer Tom Cunliffe sets out on the Phoenix, a plank-perfect square rigger, to discover just how these incredible boats changed Britain and the world forever 8:45 The Boats That Built

Britain Cunliffe sails The Reaper.

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News for You With guest host Eamonn Holmes 10:00 I’m in a Rock ‘n’ Roll

Band!

Six-part series investigating what makes the perfect rock ‘n’ roll band 11:00 Frank Skinner’s

Opinionated Frank is joined by two fellow comedians and a studio audience to unpick the week’s most talkedabout news stories 11:30 Guitar Heroes at the

BBC Classic archive performances from the guitar gods of the late 60s and 70s

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Diaries 10:25 The Lakes 10:55 Monk 11:50 ITV News and Weather 12:10 This Morning 1:10 Midsomer Murders 3:15 Junior 5:15 Creature Comforts 5:30 London Tonight 5:45 ITV News and Weather 6:00 The Whole 19 Yards Vernon Kay and Caroline Flack present the gameshow in which four contestants compete for the chance to win 100,000 pounds.

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League Final Jose Mourinho will be out to prove he really is the ‘Special One’ as his Inter Milan team take on Bayern Munich in the Champions League Final.

Madrid is the setting for what promises to be a fascinating night of football between two teams managed by two of Europe’s most self-assured men. With victories over Chelsea and Barcelona, Mourinho has already established Inter as the team to beat. But Bayern boss Louis Van Gaal has seen his side end the hopes of Manchester United and will believe his team have enough to silence the Italians 10:00 Soccer Aid Dermot O’Leary reveals the amazing line up of stars and footballing legends taking part in Soccer Aid 2010, including Robbie Williams, Mike Myers and Zinedine Zidane 10:10 The Prisoner Six comes to understand the purpose of the Village.

Two has taken control to a new level and has a secret destiny mapped out for Six 11:10 ITV News and Weather 11:25 UEFA Champions League Highlights of the Champions League final

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He laughed at Caroline’s dessert, told Leilani exactly what he thought of her, and his forthright dislike of Diana’s curry night left his host upset Channel 4 News The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Lavish adaptation of the first book in JRR Tolkien’s epic fantasy trilogy about a young hobbit who inherits a ring with dark powers and embarks upon a dangerous quest to destroy it Capitalism: A Love Story Michael Moore’s film looks at the American capitalist system

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League World 7:00 The Play-Offs -

Glory Game 7:30 Champions League

Final Preview 8:30 The Play-Offs -

Glory Game 9:00 Celebrating the Goal World Cup celebrations have become as iconic as the goals themselves and this film relives some fascinating stories and shows memorable footage of some of the greatest players ever.

10:00 Soccer A.M. The cult football show with all the regular features, faces and fixtures, alongside new sketches and surprises, presented

by Helen Chamberlain and Max Rushden 12:00 Champions League

Final Preview 1:00 Celebrating the Goal 2:00 Championship

Play-Off Final The Coca-Cola Championship play-off final at Wembley. With the riches offered by the Premier League, this is one of the most important and lucrative matches in the football calendar 6:00 Football

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Inter Milan at the

Bernabeu 10:30 Championship

Play-Off Final The Coca-Cola Championship play-off final at Wembley. With the riches offered by the Premier League, this is one of the most important and lucrative matches in the football calendar

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/ Sunday 23/05/10

BBC 1 An Imagine Special

10.25pm The Stones in Exile Documentary showing the making of The Rolling Stones’ 1972 album, Exile on Main Street

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Breakfast The Andrew Marr Show Pentecost Country Tracks The Politics Show Cash in the Celebrity Attic Murder, She Wrote EastEnders Omnibus Points of View Lifeline Songs of Praise Chelsea Flower Show BBC News BBC London News Halcyon River Diaries Intimate look at the wildlife of a typical English river, as seen through the eyes of a family who live beside it Countryfile Ellie Harrison puts her faith in Cedric Robinson, the Queen’s official guide to the treacherous sands of Morecambe Bay, while Matt Baker trains with the RNLI rescue crews who spring into action when disaster strikes Modern Masters Salvador Dali was art’s greatest clown, but was he also one of its great geniuses? Alastair Sooke traces the life and work of the surrealist artist travelling throughout Europe and America BBC News Latest news BBC London News The Stones in Exile: An Imagine Special Alan Yentob introduces a revealing documentary which tells the story of the making of The Rolling Stones’ 1972 album, Exile on Main Street The Rolling Stones - A Bigger Bang The 2006 concert at Copacabana Beach, Rio de Janeiro was played before 1.5 million fans, the show remains one of the biggest rock gigs ever

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Fimbles Me Too! The Pingu Show Dennis and Gnasher Dennis and Gnasher Muddle Earth Bear Behaving Badly Wingin’ It Sam and Mark’s Guide to Dodging Disaster Prank Patrol Big Babies Ooglies Sorry, I’ve Got No Head Something for the Weekend Escape to the Country MotoGP Golf Coast Porridge Richard Hammond’s Engineering Connections Richard Hammond unpicks the engineering DNA of the mighty aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious. A potent force with a powerful punch, this aircraft carrier can deliver a strike force anywhere on the globe at any time Top Gear Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May immerse themselves in the world of classic cars to find out if they really are more fun than modern machinery Money Two-part adaptation of Martin Amis’s cult 80s novel. John Self, a dysfunctional director of commercials, travels to America to make his debut feature film and ends up speeding towards selfdestruction TOTP2

Wham Special Mark Radcliffe takes us on a memorable look back at some classic Wham! Top of the Pops performances The Terminator Classic sci-fi action thriller.

Two time travelers arrive in modern day L.A.

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London Tonight ITV News and Weather The Seasons with Alan Titchmarsh Alan examines the season of mists and mellow fruitfulness which sees the shorter days transforming the behaviour of all creatures Britain’s Got Talent The auditions continue, and judges Simon Cowell, Piers Morgan and Amanda Holden see more of the thousands of acts hoping to win the life-changing prize of 100,000 pounds and a slot at this year’s Royal Variety Performance An Audience with Michael Buble Michael is joined by - and answers questions from - a star-studded audience which includes Paul O’Grady, Dermot O’Leary, Joe McElderry, Keeley Hawes and Holly Willoughby ITV News and Weather The South Bank Show Victoria Wood talks honestly and humorously to Melvyn Bragg about a career that began with a three-minute slot on New Faces in the 1970s.

Robbie Coltrane’s B-Road Britain Robbie Coltrane embarks on a journey from London to Glasgow using only B roads in an attempt to discover the true heart of the country

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Ford Championship 7:55 FIM Superbike

World Championship 8:20 Freesports on 4 8:50 The Hills 9:20 Running in Heels 9:50 Friends 10:25 Hollyoaks Omnibus 12:55 Frock Me with

TK Maxx 1:35 Glee 2:30 Friends 3:05 Friends 3:35 The Simpsons 4:10 The Simpsons 4:40 Deal or No Deal 5:30 Time Team 6:30 Channel 4 News

Latest news headlines 7:00 The Landscape Man Landscape gardener Matthew Wilson helps Sarah and Trevor Woods turn their back on town life for the wildness of remote Wales where they hope to build a beautiful farmyard and live off the land 8:00 Come Dine with Me This brand new episode comes from south east London, where four extremely different cooks take it in turns to host their own version of the perfect dinner party 9:00 Dispatches As international attention focuses on South Africa for the World Cup, this timely and emotive feature-length documentary explores record levels of child sex abuse in a country where a child is raped every three minutes, and where AIDS continues to spread with epidemic ferocity 10:35 The Untouchables Brian De Palma’s rip-roaring thriller, scripted by David Mamet, is set in the lawless Chicago of prohibition, when Al Capone ruled through corruption and violence

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with Flora 12:25 Hero Animals 12:55 Cowboy Builders Hosted by Melinda Messenger and Dominic Littlewood 1:55 All the Young Men Korean War drama about racial tensions that develop when a black sergeant takes command of a group of white marines. His struggle to win their respect centres on a recently demoted NCO whose resentment breeds continual confrontation 3:35 The Red Beret Wartime drama about an ex-US army officer with a mysterious past who joins the British army as a paratrooper 5:20 My Favorite Martian Tim O’Hara, an ambitious TV reporter, stumbles upon a Martian who has just crashed on Earth 7:05 Five News 7:10 The Medallion Fantasy action comedy about a pair of cops who encounter supernatural complications in pursuit of an international crime lord. After the cops are wounded, a mysterious ancient medallion transforms them into super-powered warriors.

They must then use their powers to stop the gangster from getting his hands on the medallion and achieving eternal life 9:00 Cradle 2 The Grave Action thriller in which the head of a crime syndicate forms an unlikely alliance with a special agent from Taiwan when the criminal’s daughter is kidnapped 11:05 The Juror Psychological thriller about a woman who is coerced into encouraging her fellow jury members to acquit a powerful mobster

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Final

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Supplement Brian Woolnough discusses the major sports stories that have made the headlines, along with expert opinions 10:30 Irb London Sevens The penultimate leg of the series: the Emirates Airline London Sevens at Twickenham. England won here in 2009, but South Africa went on to claim the overall championship 1:30 European Rugby Final The Amlin Challenge Cup Final. Cardiff v Toulon at Stade Velodrome 4:30 Rugby Super League The Bradford Bulls play host to Leeds at Gratton Stadium. The Rhinos are the defending champions, but must show some grit after losing six of their opening 12 games in 2010.

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Darts Finals The semi-finals and final at Wembley Arena. James Wade won the 2009 title, beating Mervyn King in the final. Phil Taylor had previously won every year since the event’s inception in 2005 10:30 Rugby Super League 12:00 WWE Late Night

- Afterburn Join Jack Korpela for all the latest events from inside the ring and backstage on Smackdown, featuring all your favourite superstars including Edge, The Undertaker and CM Punk

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/ Monday 24/05/10 Sky Sports 1 Football

9.30pm Champions League Weekly News from the UEFA Champions League

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Breakfast Don’t Get Done, Get Dom Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is Cash in the Attic Bargain Hunt Chelsea Flower Show BBC News at One BBC London News Doctors Murder, She Wrote BBC News I Can Cook Zigby Dennis and Gnasher Big Babies Shaun the Sheep Tracy Beaker Returns Blue Peter Newsround The Weakest Link BBC News at Six BBC London News The One Show Chelsea Flower Show EastEnders While Phil learns of Ben’s wickedness, Lucas hunts for Jordan and Whitney plans a surprise for Billie.

Meanwhile, Stacey finds maternity leave a struggle, and Ryan and Janine battle to win their twisted bet Panorama Christina Schmid - the widow of army bomb disposal expert Oz Schmid - reveals how the Army is failing in its duty of care to their soldiers High Street Dreams Jo Malone and Nick Leslau help two creative entrepreneurs enter the fiercely competitive fashion industry BBC News at Ten BBC London News The Graham Norton Show Inside Sport Mark Chapman interviews tennis legend Martina Navratilova amongst other sporting legends Lost

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Fimbles Me Too! The Pingu Show Mona the Vampire Muddle Earth Newsround Raven Prank Patrol Timmy Time Chuggington Louie Charlie and Lola Postman Pat LazyTown Dirtgirlworld Waybuloo In the Night Garden Too Many Crooks Working Lunch Car Booty Ready, Steady, Cook Animal 24/7 Diagnosis Murder Flog It! A Question of Genius Escape to the Country Eggheads Great British Menu Coast Nicholas Crane presents a 13-part journey around the coast of the UK, uncovering stories that made us the island nation we are today 8:00 Chelsea Flower Show Alan Titchmarsh and Joe Swift launch coverage of the floral celebration from the grounds of the Royal Hospital in Chelsea 9:00 Filth:

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Whitehouse Story With Julie Walters starring as Mary Whitehouse and Hugh Bonneville as her arch enemy, this is a drama inspired by real events that brings life to the battle for Britain’s morals 10:30 Newsnight 11:20 Fame Exuberant musical drama about life at New York’s High School for the Performing Arts, where a chosen few battle to get to the top of their desired professions

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ITV News and Weather International Football Highlights Total Emergency Police raid a flat for drugs, paramedics try to save the life of a man who has taken an overdose, and firefighters tackle a blaze in a flat. And all three services come together to rescue two workmen who have sustained head injuries and are trapped in a well

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Romeo vents his frustration to Alf Live from Studio Five How Do They Do It? Robert Llewellyn presents a series examining the feats of science and engineering behind everyday life The Gadget Show Suzi, Jason, Ortis and Jon relive their most exciting and demanding challenges and present their favourite gadgets of the year FlashForward Sci-fi drama about a mysterious event that causes the population of the entire world to black out simultaneously Mike Bassett: England Manager Ricky Tomlinson plays Mike Bassett, the football manager suddenly handed the England job when everyone else turns it down UFC 113

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Premier League Darts Final Highlights Soccer A.M. - The Best Bits Elite League Speedway An Elite League meeting.

Champions League Weekly The magazine show with action from the UEFA Champions League. Plus, analysis ahead of the forthcoming fixtures from some of the top names in football Time of Our Lives Jeff Stelling is joined by Gordon Banks, Terry Conroy and Denis Smith to discuss Stoke’s 1972 season.

A League of Their Own James Corden referees the wacky challenge of sporting knowledge as two teams of comedians, sports stars and celebrity sports fans compete against each other Soccer A.M. - The Best Bits All the best bits from last Saturday’s show, presented by Andy Goldstein and Helen Chamberlain

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IC TV GUIDE

/ Tuesday 25/05/10

ITV 1 Movie

10.35pm The Jacket Thriller/terror film starring Adrien Brody and Keira Knightley

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Meanwhile Stacey returns to work, but it soon drives her bonkers Holby City It is Mark’s first day as CEO, and things don’t go as planned when Frank the porter causes chaos across the hospital Luther When a serial killer goes on the rampage, Luther must delve inside the murderer’s mind to discover what is driving him to kill so many girls, and why BBC News at Ten BBC London News Children’s Emergency Series following the lifesaving work of the medics of a mobile intensive care service for children The Graham Norton Show Code Breakers Drama based on the Bill McWilliams book A Return to glory

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Fimbles Me Too! The Pingu Show Mona the Vampire Muddle Earth Newsround Raven Prank Patrol Timmy Time Chuggington Louie Charlie and Lola Postman Pat LazyTown Dirtgirlworld Waybuloo In the Night Garden Just My Luck Working Lunch Car Booty Ready, Steady, Cook Animal 24/7 Diagnosis Murder Flog It! A Question of Genius Escape to the Country Eggheads Great British Menu A Culture Show

Special Matthew Collings celebrates the birthday of one of the most successful modern art museums in the world 8:00 Chelsea Flower Show It’s judgement day: after months of hard work in pursuit of horticultural perfection 9:00 The Story of Science:

Power, Proof and

Passion How the secret of life has been examined through the prism of the most complex organism known - the human body 10:00 Later Live...

with Jools Holland Jools guests include Leedsborn singer-songwriter Corinne Bailey Rae 10:30 Newsnight 11:20 I’m in a

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Six-part series investigating what makes the perfect rock ‘n’ roll band

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Chris Tarrant hosts the award-winning quiz show The Bill The team are on the trail of Nigel Wren who has been grooming young girls online ITV News at Ten and Weather The Jacket After a roadside incident in 1992, traumatised soldier Jack blacks out and wakes up straitjacketed in a facility for the criminally insane

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Carmel is broken-hearted as the police take her wedding dress for forensic examination Channel 4 News Gok’s Fashion Fix Move over Paris, New York and Milan, style czar Gok Wan is back to put Great British towns back on the fashion map The Twins Who Share a Brain Three-year-old twins Krista and Tatiana Hogan are conjoined at the head and can never be separated The Million Pound Drop Live Davina McCall hosts an extraordinary new game show in which contestants can win or lose life-changing amounts of money live on TV The Good Wife Peter tries to restore his reputation, while Alicia and Will kiss

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Where Your Mouth Is 11:00 Cash in the Attic 11:45 Bargain Hunt 12:30 Chelsea Flower Show 1:00 BBC News at One 1:30 BBC London News 1:45 Doctors 2:15 Murder, She Wrote 3:00 BBC News 3:05 I Can Cook 3:20 Zigby 3:30 Dennis and Gnasher 3:40 Big Babies 3:55 Shaun the Sheep 4:05 Dani’s House 4:35 Junior MasterChef 5:00 Newsround 5:15 The Weakest Link 6:00 BBC News at Six 6:30 BBC London News 7:00 The One Show 7:30 Chelsea Flower Show The top twenty plants of Chelsea 2010 are profiled 8:00 Waterloo Road Finn brings ‘legal high’ drugs into school for him and his friends to use, with disastrous consequences 9:00 Junior Apprentice The remaining Junior candidates reach the halfway mark as Lord Sugar sets them their third task 10:00 BBC News at Ten 10:25 BBC London News 10:35 The National Lottery

Draws The midweek National Lottery draws including Lotto and the newly-enhanced Thunderball draw 10:45 Damages Patty’s relentless pursuit of the Tobin family’s hidden fortune exposes webs of deceit that propel her and everyone in her orbit into a series of deadly confrontations 11:45 The Walker Drama about an affable male escort who becomes embroiled in a murder plot, which threatens his life and career

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Fimbles Me Too! The Pingu Show Mona the Vampire Muddle Earth Newsround Raven Prank Patrol Timmy Time Chuggington Louie Charlie and Lola Postman Pat LazyTown Dirtgirlworld Waybuloo In the Night Garden The Flintstones Castle in the Country The Daily Politics Working Lunch See Hear Lifeline Coast Car Booty Animal 24/7 Diagnosis Murder Flog It! A Question of Genius Escape to the Country Eggheads Great British Menu Out of the Frying Pan Chelsea Flower Show Alan Titchmarsh and Joe Swift take viewers around the floral world as part of Chelsea’s celebration of the International Year of Biodiversity 9:00 Money John Self reaches an epiphany over his rocky relationship with the seductive Selina 10:00 Have I Got News for You Popular news quiz with team captains Paul Merton and Ian Hislop 10:30 Newsnight 11:20 Sectioned Powerful documentary which, for the first time, follows three people who have been sectioned on their journey through the mental health system

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Roy is shocked by what Hayley has to tell him. Will Trev help Carla secure a deal?

The National Movie Awards 2010 James Nesbitt presents an evening of tension, triumph, and tears live from the Royal Festival Hall as the British public cast their votes for their favourite stars ITV News at Ten Eyes Wide Shut The final film from Stanley Kubrick tells the story of Bill Harford, a doctor who longs for extra-marital action after he discusses fantasies with his wife

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Channel 4 News Latest news Three in a Bed Three sets of proud B&B owners throw open their doors in an attempt to be crowned the best Desperate Housewives Susan realises that Robin and Katherine are having a relationship The Million Pound Drop Live Davina McCall hosts the third of six nights of The Million Pound Drop Live The Big Bang Theory Leonard and Sheldon’s flat is burgled My Name is Earl Earl gets a hot tub for Joy from a dubious source, and Joy catches a toe infection from it

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Fimbles Me Too! The Pingu Show Mona the Vampire Muddle Earth Newsround Raven Prank Patrol Timmy Time Chuggington Louie Charlie and Lola Postman Pat LazyTown Dirtgirlworld Waybuloo In the Night Garden The Flintstones Castle in the Country The Daily Politics Working Lunch Car Booty Ready, Steady, Cook Animal 24/7 Diagnosis Murder Flog It! A Question of Genius Escape to the Country Eggheads Great British Menu The Culture Show Andrew Graham-Dixon discovers the history of gargoyles at Westminster Abbey 8:00 Chelsea Flower Show Latest gardening trends to emerge from 2010’s Chelsea Flower Show 9:00 History Cold Case Professor Sue Black OBE and her team at the Centre for Human Anatomy and Identification at the University of Dundee use modern forensic science techniques to shed light on the lives of our forebears 10:00 The Grumpy

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by Nikhil Tonight Current affairs news stories presented through interviews and discussions Emmerdale Aaron tries to apologise to Jackson, but it falls on deaf ears. Diane is disappointed to learn that Charlie must return to France.

Viv remains determined to keep the kids from Bob Coronation Street Tina has a shocking announcement for the Platts. At Underworld, the pressure mounts on Nick and Carla. Is Lloyd falling for Cheryl?

All at Sea New three-part series in which a group of celebrity landlubbers embarks upon a journey along the south coast of England in a variety of different boats ITV News at Ten Greatest Cities of the World with Griff Rhys Jones Griff Rhys Jones explores the small but perfectly formed city of Paris Supersize Kids: Britain’s Tallest Teens Show looking at the lives of three exceptionally tall teenagers

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by Ben’s sudden refusal to attend dance classes, until she learns that Lucas discouraged him. Can she teach Lucas a lesson and salvage Ben’s love of dance?

Home and Away Leah ends her relationship with Elijah after catching him with the engagement ring. Marilyn comes up with a plan to teach paranoid Colleen a lesson. Nicole confronts Ruby about her feelings for Liam, but Ruby insists that she only has eyes for Xavier Live from Studio Five Cricket on Five Highlights of the first day’s play in the first Test between England and Bangladesh at Lords Britain’s Greatest Machines with Chris Barrie Chris Barrie explores the pivotal moments in Britain’s recent engineering past High Plains Drifter Classic western in which the residents of a greedy mining town conspire to murder their own sheriff Shops, Robbers and Videotape First in a two-part documentary using CCTV to explore the ongoing fight against crime in Britain.

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With interviews from players and managers, vital team news and insider knowledge The Rugby Club Reviews of the latest rugby union action with Simon Lazenby, Stuart Barnes and Dewi Morris

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/ Friday 28/05/10 Sky Sports 1 Football

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Meanwhile, Billie returns to a horrible surprise, and Whitney vows revenge on Leon Bruce Almighty A TV reporter blames God for the worst day of his life BBC News at Ten BBC London News Friday Night with Jonathan Ross Jonathan Ross presents another edition of the current series, with highlights including a big Sex and the City exclusive, Scottish stand-up Kevin Bridges and music from Pendulum.

The National Lottery Friday Night Draws The Haunting Psychological horror set in the dark and forbidding Hill House, the scene of numerous gruesome tragedies

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with Jools Holland Joining Jools are Vampire Weekend, whose second album Contra saw them top the US charts

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Cain and Declan lock horns over Declan’s building work. Aaron is gutted after his run-in with Jackson Coronation Street Tony Gordon may be in prison - but what is he up to? The factory workers are in for a shock as Nick and Carla’s deadline arrives. How will Cheryl react when Lloyd makes his feelings clear?

Dickinson’s Real Deal David Dickinson presents the show in which sellers have to choose between accepting a cash offer for their antiques or going to auction Coronation Street What is Tony planning from his cell? Will David and Nick’s interference put the outcome of Gail’s trial in jeopardy? Deirdre is having trouble believing Tracy.

Marco’s Kitchen Burnout The finalists must battle it out in the Burnout restaurant in their toughest test so far. Who will be crowned champion?

ITV News at Ten and Weather Play Misty for Me Tense thriller about a radio DJ who becomes the object of a listener’s desire that escalates into a fanatical obsession

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Meanwhile, Rachel struggles to cope with a long-term issue in her life and Artie and Tina have to face up to their problems Embarrassing Bodies Dr Pixie encounters an unusual case of “fish odour syndrome” The Million Pound Drop Live Davina McCall hosts the penultimate show of The Million Pound Drop Live The Ricky Gervais Show From the creators of The Office and Extras, comes an animated series using original recordings of The Ricky Gervais Show podcasts 8 Out of 10 Cats Jimmy Carr takes the centre chair with team captains Sean Lock and Jason Manford

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Can she find the courage to meet him? At Karl and Toadie’s suggestion, Susan signs up to some classes at the university.

But Zeke is not too happy to find Susan encroaching on his territory Home and Away Leah and Elijah talk things over, leading him to propose again. Will Leah accept? Marilyn and Alf decide to play a trick on Colleen, using the ring given by Hugo to Martha to make it look as if they are engaged. Hugo’s enemies start to close in on him Live from Studio Five Cricket on Five Highlights of the second day’s play in the first Test between England and Bangladesh at Lord’s Sea Patrol UK Documentary series charting the work of the elite teams that patrol the English Channel.

The Mentalist US drama series following the work of CBI consultant Patrick Jane CSI: New York New York-based spin-off of the crime drama series Grey’s Anatomy George and Izzie attempt to recapture their initial passion Cops in Crisis Documentary series about people who have had to face extraordinary situations

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With interviews from players and managers, vital team news and insider knowledge 7:30 International Football The Republic Of Ireland face Algeria in Dublin.

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Church services Living Spring Pentecostal 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 Catholic Mass Puerto de la Cruz International service Sundays (almost always in English) in the Nuestra Señora de la Peña de Francia parish church Christian Fellowship Los Cristianos 1st floor of Apolo Shopping Centre Pastor Adrian McBride.

Tel: 922 790 007.

Costa del Silencio 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

de San Nicolás de Tolentino 928.891.252 or www.alberguelaaldea.com, or Valleseco 928 618740.

Gran Canaria May 30, San Fernando, San Bartolóme de Tirajana To May 25, Gay Pride, Maspalomas May 30, Día de Canarias May 30, 9 am to 2 pm, Craft Fair, Valsequillo May 30, 7 pm, Folklore festival, Agüimes

MUSIC Auditorio Alfredo Kraus,

Las Palmas. Tickets and information: www.auditorioalfredokraus.com/ May 24, 8.30 pm, Michel Camilo, piano soloist May 28, 9 pm, John Mayall (jazz/blues) May 29, 9 pm, Mélissa Laveaux June 4, Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria June 4, 9 pm, Sinead O’Connor (Sala San Borondon)

Calvary Assembly International 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 Francis Church Holy Eucharist Playa de las Americas San Eugenio An international service in English. All welcome.

Sunday 10.15am, Holy Eucharist, Sung Wednesday 10.15am, Holy Eucharist, Said Golf del Sur San Blas Sunday 6pm Holy Eucharist, Sung, by extension Los Gigantes Espiritu Santo Sunday 6pm, Holy Eucharist, Sung. Thursday 10.30am, Holy Eucharist, Sung Callao Salvaje (Services to be resumed shortly) For Baptisms, Confessions, Wedding Blessings, Renewal of Vows, Confirmations and funerals, counselling, pastoral care. Contact Chaplain Father Keith Gordon 922 742 045/ 679 660 277 www.tenerifechurch.com North Tenerife Christian Fellowship Evangelical Church meets every Sunday with Services in English at the Scandinavian church behind the main post office, Puerto de la Cruz.

Everyone welcome.

Sunday service and Sunday school 11.30am Bible sharing Wednesdays 5.30pm Ladies group meets one morning a month More information: 922 351 011

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

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

FIESTAS ^ CULTURAL EVENTS

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.

Tenerife FIESTAS & CULTURAL EVENTS May 29, Baile de Magos, Los Silos May 30, Día de Canarias May 21 to June 1, Fiesta de San José Obrero, Arico Until the end of May, Fiestas de Mayo, Santa Cruz June 2, Corpus Christi, Icod de los Vinos, Tacoronte, June 10, Corpus Christi carpets, La Orotava

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St. Sebastian’s Inclusive Church Mogán, Gran Canaria Sundays 7pm at Cordial Mogán Playa Chapel

More information from Tony on 628 689 306.

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SCENIC ARTS

Teatro Cúyas, Las Palmas.

www.teatrocuyas.com

May 21, 9.30 pm, Ser or No Ser May 22, 12.30 pm, Mayo Francés. Suitable for children over 6 years May 28, 29, 30, El Cabaret del Capitán Varela June 3 to 8, Garrick performed

by Tricicle Teatro Pérez Galdós, Las Palmas. www.teatroperezgaldos.es May 23, 25, 27 and 29, Opera: LÍtaliana in Algeri by Rossini

EXHIBITIONS To May 31, paintings: GiirasoLuz

by Felipe Juan. Sala de Exposiciones de Lola Massieu, Santa Brígida To June 27, Canarian mountains, much more than wood.

Parque San Telmo, Las Palmas.

To July 4, Horizontes Insulares.

Centro de Arte La Regenta, 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

V Edition: Los Caprichos Musicales de La Isla Baja May 22, 8 pm, Urania (Balcan, Celtic, Jazz, Latin).

Cine-Teatro, Buenavista May 29, 8 pm, Saxpia, saxophone duo, El Tanque

Auditorio de Tenerife, Santa

Cruz. Tickets: 902 317327 or www.auditoriodetenerife. com May 21, 8.30 pm, Orquesta Sinfónica de Tenerife May 22, 6 pm, Caravan, World musicians May 25, 8.30 pm, Spanish chamber music May 25, 9 pm, Joan Manuel Serrat (pop) June 4, 8.30 pm, Orquesta Sinfónica de Tenerife

Santa Cruz port precinct: June 6, 9 pm, Alicia Keys in concert

Bodegas Monje, El Sauzal May 22, 8.30 pm, Camerata Lacunensis El Castillo Espacio Cultural,

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May 21, 8.30 pm, Timple music with Joséle del Pino and Group.

LIONS CLUB EVENTS Tenerife Sur: Santiago del Teide Lions Club: July 3, President’s Night, El Marques, Los Gigantes.

Jon Thornley 627386 648.

Tenerife Sur Lions Club: June 26, President’s Night, Westhaven Bay, Costa del Silencio.

Ken Sadler 670 647 765.

Arona, Las Galletas, Costa del Silencio: Second Sunday of the

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entertainment at Coral Mar Square Last Sunday of the month: buffet and entertainment at Habla Habla, Las Galletas.

Cath 629 506 882.

All the Lions Clubs in this area, Tenerife Sur, Santiago del Teide, Arona-San Miguel, and Las Galletas-Costa Silencio are combining to have a World Cup football sweepstake in association with Worldwide motor dealers, Urb. Costa Sol, Costa del Silencio.

The proceeds will go to support the Hogar Chindia children’s home in Valle San Lorenzo.

The Lions shop in the Apolo Center is open Monday to Friday 11am to 3pm. The Costa del Silencio shop is open Monday to Friday 11am to 2pm.

Donations of clothing, books, bric-a-brac etc are welcome.

Ken Sadler 670 647 765.

EXHIBITIONS Puerto de la Cruz: To May 22, Un infinito para descubrir. Outside the public library Tomás de Iriarte To May 28, paintings: El Jardín Interior by Alicia Martín.

Fleming 4, Punta Brava To May 29, photographs: Doble o Nada by José Alejandro Amador and Recordando a Warhol by José Avero. El Castillo Espacio Cultural To May 28, Happy Birthday,

by José Mª Ruiz. Instituto de Estudios Hispánicos de Canarias La Laguna: To May 22, La belleza de lo oculto by Luis Fernández.

Fundación Cristina de Vera El Sauzal: To May 31, Etnias by Angela Martinez. Bodegas Monje South, cultural and civic centres: To May 31, Fotógrate by Eduardo Floréz. Los Cristianos To June 11, photos by Paco Penas. Las Galletas To May 31, shop window dressing contest photos. Cho-Parque de la Reina To May 31, paintings collection, Cabo Blanco To June 22, photos, Cauce Sur, memories of the old road.

Arona Town Hall

SPORT & NATURe Failte fun walks Stretch your legs every Friday morning with Failte. Meet outside the Hotel Gran Arona in Los Cristianos for a trek over Guaza mountain followed by refreshments. Wear stout shoes, meet friends and get some exercise. New faces always welcome.

Kayak routes Tours by kayak for all abilities which may be combined with snorkelling, hiking, climbing or potholing. More info on 922 127 938 or www.elcardon.com Surfing North: Escuela de Surf y Body Board OAD La Laguna, for those aged 12 years and over. More information on 922 256 244 or www.oadlaguna.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

Hiking Discover Arona More information about trekking routes on 922 725 180 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 on 922 841 086.

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Harry Davies, on 922 781 905. ceten@fsmail.net

The Wednesday Club

Your opportunity to meet people like you, ladies, gentlemen, couples or on your own.

1st. Floor Apolo Center, Los Cristianos.

Wednesdays: 11am - 1pm.

More info: Edna 922 732 386 / 619 059 577

English Library

Calle Irlanda, Parque Taoro, Puerto de la Cruz.

Monday 3pm - 5.30pm Wednesday 10am - 12 noon Friday from 4pm - 6pm Saturday 11am - 1pm Info: Julia Gaskell 922 37 25 79

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) Meetings in the South:

1st Floor Apolo Centre, Los Cristianos (next to bus terminal).

Mon, Wed and Sat: 5.45pm Costa del Silencio, Oasis group, CC Coral Mar. Thursday: 7.30pm Callao Salvaje, Living Sober Group, Local 4, CC Buena Azul (Sueño Azul). Sunday 6.30pm For more info: call 630 478 448 (24hrs)

Markets

Barranco del Infierno (Adeje): Mondays to Sundays from 8.30 am to 5.30 pm. No access allowed after 4 pm. Price: €3. Max. 200 people a day.

Free entrance on Sundays.

Information and reservations on 922 782 885.

Monday Alcalá 9am to 2pm Tuesday Los Abrigos 5pm to 9pm Wednesday Playa San Juan 9am to 2pm Thursday Costa Adeje 9am to 2pm Friday Golf del Sur 9am to 2pm San Isidro 5pm to 9pm Saturday Costa Adeje 9am to 2pm El Médano 9am to 2pm Sunday Los Cristianos 9am to 2pm Puerto de la Cruz 9am to 2pm

OTHER EVENTS

K9 & Friends of the Animals

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).

To May 23, Las Jornadas Gastronómicas, Sabores de Isora (food fair, flavours of Isora May 22, 23 and 24, Arona Plant and Flower Fair, Las Galletas. www.arona.org May 22 and 23, 10 am to 2 pm, Intercultural Africanaria event.

Agricultural market, Tegueste

Miscellaneous La Baranda Wine Museum Promoting local quality wines.

TF-5 motorway (El Sauzal exit).

More info: 922 572 535 or www.tenerife.es/Casa-vino

Castles Tours:

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

Masonic Meetings

South of Tenerife.

Visitors always welcome.

Tenerife Craft, Chapter, Mark.

More info: 922 794 502 / 922 732 386

Ciudadanos Europeos (European Citizens Group).

For more information contact the Secretary, Chris Stanyer on 922 751 507 or the President,

K9 car boot sales • First Sunday of every month Happy Days, Costa del Silencio.

8am - 12 noon. Stalls €6.

• Second Saturday of every month outside Shimmers Bar, Callao Salvaje. 10am to 1pm.

• K9 also have a stall on the Playa San Juan market every Wednesday and at Alcalá every Monday: 9am- 2pm.

Adeje Sunday evening market: 4pm - 8pm at the Ika Centre For more information call Susan for Adeje market 922 710 675 Pat the Cat: 608 121 081

Friends of the Animals car boot sale

• Last Sunday of every month Los Gigantes Sports Centre 9am- 12 noon.

• F.O.T.A. now has a good as new shop between the Medical Centre and Pizza Taxi at Playa de la Arena.

Monday to Friday: 10am to 6pm Saturday: 10am to 2pm • Goods are desperately needed for these events which are great for bargains and a good rummage.

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the spin

The Gig:

Freedom Tour

June 6th 9pm

Alicia Keys in concert in the port precinct in Santa Cruz de Tenerife.

The Show:

Tricicle

June 16th to 20th

Talented and very visual humorists at the Auditorio de Tenerife.

More info: 922 56 86 00

Council recognition

Let’s jump

The Callao Salvaje dance school, Vamos a Bailar/ Let’s Dance, tell us that the British Cheerleading Association are coming over again the first two weeks of August.

Theyalsorecentlyreceived a visit from Adeje council who were very impressed with their international exam results, and have agreed to help promote the school. They are in talks with the sports department to use the Adeje Pavilion for the Cheerleading workshops which is a great asset for the dance school as it would give them the height and safety to learn the kinds of stunts needed at times in cheerleading.

The school is also in the process of arranging a daytime college for dance and performing arts which could be up and running

by October. This is exciting news as this would mean children would have the same opportunities as those attending college in the UK and they would no longer have to leave Tenerife at the age of 16 to pursue a career in the performing arts but could remain on the Island with their families. They may also offer GCSE Dance as a night school option.

SpinNews

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ith Alma, the tenth show Carmen Mota and her son Joaquín Marcelo have brought to the Piramide de Arona in South Tenerife, they have returned to their roots, the art of dancing, and let the drama of the dance speak for itself.

Fans of the choreographer will have appreciated her theatrical forays in recent shows, but here the doyenne of Spanish dance brings together a compilation of dances that will leave you reeling!

Easily the best show in town, Alma is a highly polished and professional presentation that could grace the stage of any of Europe’s capitals. The troupe are quite simply superb, with the 30 dancers showing a diversity of range and skills and an infectious enjoyment of the dance that is obvious to see. And, as always, costumes and lighting play a hugely integral part in the presentation and both are reflective of the high standards Carmen Mota has set in the past.

In the first half of the show Mota presents a number of different dances, interpreting the fusion of Spanish dance with styles from other cultures, including tango and jazz. Capricho Español is emblematic of Mota’s theme of the fusion of the traditional with modern movement and is set to music by RimskiKórsakov. Improv, choreography by young dancer Antonio Najarro, shows the group dynamic on stage beautifully.

The Film:

Alma

New film

Pure dance, pure soul, pure magic

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ntrelobos is a Spanish film based on a true story about a young boy who lived for many years with a pack of wolves in the Sierra Morena.

Bailando con Desconocidos bears the emotive touch of Joaquím Marcelo, with tango at is most seductive. Najorro also choreographs Jazzing, which combines a host of styles with brilliant use of castanets. The first part concludes with a stunning dance,

by Marcelo, Aires, using the Jota dance from Aragon, and with such energy and enthusiasm, bringing the audience

to its feet in appreciation.

The second half of Alma sees a traditional harbour setting with live music and song, using the pure Flamenco roots from Andalusia. Interaction between the singers and dancers is reflective of the place Spanish dance has in the country’s social history and traditions, but integrates dance traditions from other parts of the Latin world.

If you plan one night out this year make it Alma. The show is on six nights a week (Mon/Wed, 7.30pm, Tue/Fri/ Sat 9.30pm, Thur 10pm), children under 12 free (and they supply great booster cushions for smaller patrons).

More information by calling 922 757545 or visit www.marenostrumresort. com/es/eventos/piramide_ arona/almamusical

Eurovision Song Contest 2010

No clear favourite I

f the prize was for a Eurovision sounding title alone, Azerbaijan would be streets ahead with Drip Drop, sung by Safira. As it’s currently in a three way tie, according to the bookies, with Germany’s Lena Meyer-Landrut and Satellite and Israel’s slow burner, Milim.

Three songs that typify the Eurovision contest; Drip Drop is a sultry smouldering belter, Satellite a cutsie Euro-pop number and Milim a solid ballad. But this is Eurovision, so who knows? Certainly if the sceptics are to be believed (and with each passing year

Spanish Jungle Book

Safira, singing Drip Drop, for Azerbaijan, is currently one of the favourites

it’s hard not to heed them) geography will favour Safira.

But then again, if you really are a sceptic you won’t be watching nor will you really care. For those of us who do care, despite our dark mutterings after each contest – al-

though last year’s winner was a worthy one – the semi finals are on May 25th and 27th and the final on May 29th.

Interestingly, and they say in a move to offset politically motivated voting, the twenty countries who advance from

the two semi finals to the final will now also be chosen by 50 per cent televoting and 50 per cent jury. Recently it was by televoting only. Viewers will also be able to cast their votes during the entire show.

And let’s hope that this year Spain don’t flaunt the rules of broadcasting and show the semi-finals live as they are bound to do. Last year the national station decided to continue to broadcast a tennis game from Madrid and showed the semi-final later that night, depriving viewers of their voting rights. Grrrr Oslo is ready and waiting, and Spain’s entry this year, Algo Pequeñito, sung

by Daniel Diges, is one of the best entries the country has had for a while. It’s currently at 40/1 with both the UK and Ireland running at 33/1 as we go to press. 12 points here we come!

In 1953 Marcos, aged seven, was sold by his father to a goat herder and went to live in a remote part of the countryside. It was a common practice among the poorer families where a child would be sold to a tradesman and learn a trade in return for his free labour and keep. One day the goat herder vanished from the cave where they lived and the boy spent the following 12 years away from human companionship, some of the time with a local wolf pack of which he became the leader.

He was eventually spotted living rough and dressed in animal skins and hunted by the authorities. His life story has now been made into a film that will premiere in Spanish in October.

Spain top 10 Source: promusicae

1. Edward Maya Stereo love 2. Estopa/Rosario Run Run 3. Robert Ramirez Sick of love 4. Various artists Ay Haiti 5. Shakira Gypsy 6. Decai El alma en pie 7. Lady GaGa Bad romance 8. Lady GaGa/Beyonce Telephone 9. David Bustamante Abrazame muy fuerte 10. David Demaría/Chenoa Ya yo no quiero problemas

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Hands On

Helpful hints for around the house

Solar Water Heating

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New cat for Nº 10

Useful vocabulary

Hot water agua caliente light bulb bombilla Pipe tubo Photovotaic fotovoltaico Solar Panel captador solar Wind turbine turbina de viento or aerogenerador

Live Arico: looking after the dogs the rest of the world has abandoned

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he next K9 sales at Happy Days are on 6th June & 4th July and in Callao Salvaje’s Shimmers on June 12th and July 10th.

Information from Pat the Cat, 608 121 081. Adeje Market at Hiper Trebol Supermarket car park is a newish location for a K9 stall, each Wednesday and Saturday from 3pm to 8pm. Contact Susan on 922 710675 for more info. The market is from 8am onwards.

If anyone is interested in assisting primarily with the K9 cats, they do need help with trapping and neutering as required, or help on a morning from 9am at the Kennel Cattery. Tel 667638468.

or 10 years time? There are systems on the Island that have lasted 20 years and more. What will your electricity bill be in 2029? In the next article, Robert visits the factory in Santa Cruz to see for himself the quality of the systems and to find out what they have to offer to the environmentally friendly DIY enthusiast.

This is a cheap and easy way to save money, using solar energy. Robert is laying plastic water pipe on a terrace.

This will be concreted and tiled in the normal way. This will pre-heat the cold water supply for a remote bathroom that is too far away from the solar panel on the main roof.

The water can be brought to the required temperature in any electric water heater. If the preheated water is to be further heated by gas, a special boiler is needed.

This is also an inexpensive but effective way to heat a swimming pool. If you have any questions about these or other DIY techniques, contact Robert on 922 814 073 or 605 469 352 email rjmcalees@ yahoo.com.

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News and updates

Cats too!

pparently, you can save even more money if you run your light bulbs off a solar panel or wind turbine.

However, the ones available on the island will only generate direct current (similar to a car battery). The supply to your house is alternating current. The panels or turbines available for the DIY enthusiast are only really suitable for recharging your mobile phone or other batteries. You would have to buy special bulbs or use the sort of gadgets that can be run off a car battery, for example a small portable TV that you might take camping, or a laptop computer. It would take a long time to recover the cost of buying one of these renewable energy systems. The other type of solar panel is the one that heats water. This is much more cost effective.

There are several makes available on the Island. These fall into two types. Glazed flat-plate collectors are insulated, weatherproofed boxes that contain a dark absorber plate under one or more glass or plastic (polymer) covers. The other type, evacuated-tube solar collectors feature parallel rows of transparent glass tubes. Each tube contains a glass outer tube and metal absorber tube attached to a fin. These are more commonly used in Northern Europe and are more expensive.

Many new homes have the pipework necessary to connect to a solar hot water system. It makes the job of the DIY installer that much more straight forward. However, it is possible to install your own system from scratch.

Most of the modern panels are reliable, although beware cheap versions from China! Boiler manufacturers such as Junkers are now producing their own versions. However, we are fortunate that here, in Tenerife we have an excellent system, made by Constante Solar in Santa Cruz. These systems were developed to the highest specifications at ITER (The Institute for Renewable Energy). All parts are guaranteed for eight years, so you are certain to get several years of totally free hot water, once you have recovered your initial outlay.

If recent price rises are anything to go by, how much will it cost to heat water with electricity or gas in eight

Pets / DIY

While the human speculation regarding the new political alliance in the UK following the General Election was about political parties and cabinet seats, there was a much more important question to be asked. Cats?

Nº 10 Downing Steet has been home to some fascinating felines of late, the most recent first lady of British politics being Sybil, the purring companion of Alistair Darling, who had free rein in Gordon and Sarah Brown’s official residence, andpassed away last year. So does David Cameron have a pet?

And is it a cat? Certainly if the good humoured publicity generated by Barack Obama’s search for a dog for his family in the White House is anything to go by he should start the search now.

Pet Lovers

We have rental property in The Palms and Island Village and welcome you and your small dog for long term contracts.

Call for availability 922 715 030 or Nicola 619 121 058

Live Arico

Thanks this week:

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auline and Mike Wallace for an amazing €1,000 donation to the Live Arico land fund. Pauline and Mike adopted a Live Arico dog, Reina, some years ago, and always said that when they had enough to make a sizeable donation, they would. Reina has now sadly passed away, and they have made the donation in her memory. Heartfelt thanks to you both from all at Live Arico.

Oasis FM and the organisers of the Tenerife Entertainment Awards for including us in the list of beneficiaries from fund raising on the day.

Euromeat, for supplying sausages for our next open day barbecue.

Up and coming events On Sunday the 23rd May there will be a Fun Day at the Rebujacho Childrens Play Park in Las Chafiras, behind Hiperdino. From 12 noon until around 5pm, the entry fee is €5, which includes play park, games and one raffle ticket per child.

There will be games such as Treasure Hunt, Musical Statues, Pass the Parcel, Sack Race, 3 Legged race, Musical Bumps, Pin the Tail on the Dog and Musical Chairs and a prize quiz for the adults.

Why not go along for the afternoon and have some fun with your kids!

Pets Portrait

Cassie

Cassie

Cassie’s human companion Sue may have just started work at the Pura Vida riding school at Amarilla Golf, but she’s definitely no horse!

Digs 4 Dogs Professional dog care at our purpose built

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6 mins from San Isidro Only 10 € per day Collection and return Service available For rates and availability phone Alan or Lesley on 680 278 254 or 922 772051 after 5pm

Tierhotel Lilly

We look after your pet while you are away

(short or long term)

Tel: 697 826 738 (D/E), 659 131 382 (SP)

www.tierhotel-lilly.com

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Fun Cooking

Foodideas

Cooking for Kids Healthy and fun food for all the family.

Salmon and pasta salad Ingredients

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ur recipes are translated with the generous permission of the author, Teresa Pérez Hernández, from the superb series of books, La Cocina Encuentada.

In the Spanish version, this series of books combines healthy, fun recipes with original short stories to feed the body and the mind. They are highly recommended for anyone who can understand the Spanish language.

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his edition’s recipe is full of colour and flavour as well as healthy and the kids will love helping you to make it. Lettuce hearts or miniature lettuces are sold as cogollos,

3 the most famous being from Tudela in Navarre and along the banks of the River Ebro.

Abama

New chef

Erlantz Gorostiza has joined the team of the famous Spanish chef, Martín Berasategui at Abama Golf and Spa Resort.

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orostiza has been with the team for a couple of months, but the middle of May saw his formal presentation to the press and gastronomes of Tenerife.

The Basque restauranter, Berasategui, is normally based in the Spanish peninsula, where he oversees several restaurants as he does the Abama installation during his regular visits here. His most famous restaurant to date is in Lasarte and currently holds three stars in the prestigious Michelin guide

* 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).

• 4 lettuce cogollos

• 100g dried pasta (best with bows, spirals or small shells and multicoloured if possible) • 1 fillet of salmon (frozen at home for at least one week) • Sultanas • 1 lime & 2 lemons • Olive oil • Dill & Garlic

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Preparation The night before: 1. Flavour the oil with a clove of finely chopped garlic and leave to soak overnight.

Drain.

2. Defrost the salmon, take off the skin and remove bones. Cut into regular sized cubes.

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3. Prepare a marinade with the lime juice and dill and leave the fish marinating overnight in the fridge.

On the day: 1. Cook the pasta in lots of water with a pinch of salt and a teaspoon of olive oil until ready.

2. Cut the lettuce into thin strips, removing the stems and use it to make a bed for the rest of the ingredients. Put the warm pasta on top of the lettuce and the fish and sultanas on top of this. Drizzle with lemon juice and the garlic flavoured oil and sprinkle with a little dill weed.

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Nutritional values Vitamin B12: 2.70mg/100g RDA: 0.35mg/day Cholesterol: 9.71mg/100g RDA: <300mg/day Vitamin D: 1.55mg/100g RDA: 1.5-2mg/day

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egister in www.nestle.es/lacocinera y introduce the barcode you will find on your bars of La Cocinera prepared pastry.

Each lot of products to be won contains five non-stick molds.

The offer is open until the end of June.

Hang in there Cook book holder. www.7gadgets.com

Moroccan promotion

Exotic offer

Once again the Moroccan craft and gastronomy fiesta held in Tenerife was a smash success.

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his year almost 2,000 people enjoyed the food, music, craft and culture of Morocco in the ten day fiesta organised in the Hotel Escuela in Santa Cruz de Tenerife. The undoubtable protagonist of the event was the Moroccan chef, Khadija Bensidira, who has been in charge of the tourist cuisine school, Cuisines de L’Ecole Hôtelieres et Toruistique de Touarga in Rabat for over 30 years. His colourful fusing as they do to perfection local products and flavours, were the big hit of those attending. Also on offer were Moroccan wine tastings, belly dancing, folklore groups, henna face and hand painting and craft.

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Eat Italy

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odegas Berberana, currently on offer at a 60 per cent discount in Alcampo, have launched a new promotion, corks for points. First buy the wine then register in their website at www. www.cork1point.es Remove the foil carefully. Inside you will find a code. Enter the website and try your luck to win prizes from a free bottle of wine to holidays.

Even if you haven’t been lucky you can register your ‘cork’ for points - one cork, one point. As few as 20 points gets you a 50 per cent discount on a two night stay in the Haciendas de España hotel chain. Look for the round sticker on the bottle to make sure that the wine you have chosen is part of the promotion. Valid until December 31st.

American promotion

Over there

The Canaries is now offering its wine to America.

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arious Islands’ bodegas are working together to promote themselves in Los Ángeles, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle, Chicago and New York. Over 500 cases of wine are on their way to the United States in a promotion supported by the administrations and the agricultural associations.

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ating Italian is such a wonderful idea, but there are times, for one reason or another, when it is just not possible to go out to a restaurant.

Maybe you would like to hold a dinner party at home, and you don’t have the time to prepare the food. Fear not, Italian help is at handEssentially, Eat Italy is an Italian mini-market and café. They specialise in food to take away, especially spit-roast chickens, home cooked pizzas to die for, lasagnes and other pasta dishes which you are recommended to order a few hours in advance. In fact, if you tell them what you would like, it can be cooked to order. Their skilled chefs can cater for parties of up to 20 persons, taking all the pressure off you and leaving you to enjoy your party. All will be made to the highest quality, with the finest ingredients, and your meal will be as mouthwateringly good as, if not better, than one served in a restaurant.

To accompany your food, choose from a great range of high quality wines from various regions of Italy as well as spirits, beers, soft drinks and cordials.

If you love cooking Italian dishes, you will be delighted by the variety of pastas at Eat Italy, to-

Marlies and Udo are waiting to welcome you to the

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An entirely drinkable Rioja bodega is using giveaways to promote some of its wines.

gether with sauces and everything else you could imagine to add that true Italian flavour to your cooking including fresh pastas and mozzarella cheese. Follow your main course with a typical Italian dessert, chocolate or cake.

For a simpler cocktail party with nibbles, why not follow the Italian tradition of Prosecco Time?

Prosecco Time is a relaxing occasion, usually after work and before going home, when people go to an establishment and partake of a glass of Italy’s refreshing sparkling wine.

By Gerald Ruben

Andalusia

Montilla-Moriles

Having just got back from a week in Andalusia I must tell you about the wonderful wines from the region of Montilla-Moriles.

Light, bubbly and tangy, but not too dry, the Prosecco is accompanied by a platter of Italian cold meats and sausage, as well as maybe some slices of pizza.

You can also order this delightful treat.

Whatever you choose from Eat Italy, be it a lasagne, moussaka, a spit roast chicken or their speciality – mouthwatering home-made pizza, or ingredients for home cooking, stop and try the flavours of Italy at this exquisite store and café where English is spoken, and you will be offered a personal and efficient service with a smile.

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his is located in the south of the Andalusian province of Cordoba, and the wines have certain similarities with the sherry of Jerez. The predominant grape of this area is Pedro Ximenez and whilst bottled in the province a great deal of it is shipped to Jerez to sweeten the cream sherries there. The wines of this region are making great strides towards individual identities. They are following the same route as sherry as far as the solera system is concerned as to the blending of the different vintages.

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owever one of the main differences is in the grape variety, in sherry the grape is the Palomino but in Montilla the wine is made from Pedro Ximenez, which has a much higher sugar content. This means that unlike sherry, Montilla is not fortified with the addition of extra alcohol, and as a result the locals claim it does not give you a hangover.

Eat Italy is situated on the corner of Parque Margarita in Los Cristianos, next to the Travel Shop, and is open every day except Sunday from 9am to 8pm.

For orders, telephone 922 789 876 or 667 367 226. Bon appetit!

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his area is about 7,742 hectares with about 95 vineyards which produce 24.4 million litres of wine a year. The bodega we visited was Pérez Barquero where we met up with a charming lady called Carlota, who showed us around. This bodega was founded in 1905 and arranged around a central courtyard, vast warehouses, ‘Cathedrals to Wine,’ are the backbone of the business, here silence and tranquillity reign supreme. They house the butts and barrels where Finos, Olorosos and Amontillados as well, of course, as the fascinating Pedro Ximenez age.

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e tried a selection of their wines and of the five we tasted I must say we were all agreed that two of them stood out as exceptional. The first was a white wine called Vinaverde Afrutado 2009. It was fresh fruity and clean, it would go well with most tapas and as an excellent wine to partner cheese. The other wine was their deep dark coloured Pedro Ximenez which was a knockout. If you have never tried this wine before, go and buy a bottle, put it in the fridge, and have some either in a glass before or after dinner or pour it onto some vanilla ice cream.

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De Cotta McKenna y Santafe

International child abduction I

n Spain there is an ever growing number of families with an overseas dimension in as much as one or both spouses or partners are not Spanish, albeit that they are EU citizens or from even further afield.

Unfortunately, the correlation of such is that there is an ever growing number of family breakdowns which given rise to incidences of international child abduction.

International child abduction occurs when one parent takes his or her child, who is under 16 years of age, from their place of habitual residence, say Spain, to another country without a) the consent of the other parent for short visits or b) without the permission of the courts for long term visits or permanent moves. Indeed, failing to return a child to his or her place of habitual residence after an agreed period is regarded as international child abduction.

The reality is that quite a few parents ‘abducting’ their children are not aware that they are actually committing a criminal offence and can be prosecuted for doing so. Quite often the abducting parent is the primary carer who has simply reached the end of his or her tether and can no longer abide the other parent’s bad behaviour, can no longer survive financially or simply misses the regular back up of available family support.

If you wish to legally take your child to live in another country: If you are living in Spain with your child and thinking of heading back to the UK (or where ever ‘home’ might be), it is essential that you obtain a judge’s order granting permission; this will protect you and prevent any accusations from the other parent should they change their mind in the future.

If your child has been abducted: On the flipside, if the other parent has upped sticks and decamped abroad with your

child without your consent, you (or your lawyer) must report the matter to the appropriate national authorities and apply to the courts for the immediate return of your child under the 1980 Hague Convention (or to be more precise, the Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction as signed at The Hague on 25 October 1980) – subject to certain exceptions.

Given that the court’s primary interest is the prompt and safe return of the child to his place of habitual residence, upon making the application the matter will come before a judge within a surprisingly short time. Similarly, given that the court’s singular interest, i.e. determining whether permission existed or not, the court will not be sidetracked by potential red herrings such as custody, contact and other parenting arrangements.

Accordingly, it is also correct to say that the court hearing will also be surprisingly quick.

Agreeing with the other parent: The best way to avoid ‘abducting’ your own child or having to rely on the courts to order his or her return is for you to agree written terms with the other parent. Your lawyer will prepare for you the relevant agreement and depending on the type of agreement this can either be sworn before a notary or by order of a Court. The general Court agreement will state who is to have primary custody of the child, when he is to stay with mum, when he is to stay with dad, where he is to stay at Christmas and Easter, are these arrangements to be for alternate years (what we call ‘odds and evens’), what holiday arrangements are in place for the long summer holidays, for example, is it to be one block of four weeks or is it to be four blocks of seven days, when and where he is to be collected and returned, by whom etc..

However, where the primary carer plans to go and live

abroad (outside of Spain), it is essential that any such agreement expressly states that the other parent agrees to his child being taken to live in another, best stipulated, country. If the agreement doesn’t so state and the primary carer takes the child off to England, say to start life afresh, she/he will have committed the criminal offence of international child abduction which could result in criminal prosecution and will result in the child being summarily returned to Spain – should the other parent (or his lawyer) make a 1980 Hague Convention application to the courts.

If you suspect that the other parent is planning to abduct your child: What can you do? Well, the authorities will not go round and seize the other parent’s passport nor bang him up for a night until he or she cools off. Rather the most you can realistically do is first, take some preventative measures and second, prepare for the worst case scenario.

Preventative measures are innumerable but might range from ensuring your child’s passport is safe and secure, notifying the Passport office that it is not to issue a ‘replacement’ passport without a court order, to possibly informing your local police station, family doctor and school as to your concerns, so that any absences or strange enquiries might raise more than just an eyebrow.

And it would also be sensible to prepare an ‘information pack’ ready for immediate presentation to the police as and when the abduction takes place. The pack should contain recent colour photos (preferably digital) of the child and parent, their physical descriptions, colour of hair, eyes, height, weight, frame, distinguishing scars etc. in addition to your dedicated family lawyer’s full contact details so that he,she may swing into action upon being so notified.

De Cotta McKenna y Santafe have a dedicated team of English lawyers and Spanish Abogados who specialise in Anglo-Hispanic family matters. If you wish more information on this particular topic or would like to discuss any matter raised therein please call 922 719520 to make an appointment for a fixed fee consultation.

Dr Chanut

Dental Implants

Replacement teeth that look and feel like your own.

A dental implant is an artificial tooth root that a periodontist places into your jaw to hold a replacement tooth or bridge. They are an ideal option for people in good general oral health who have lost a tooth or teeth due to periodontal disease, an injury, or some other reason.

Dental implants look and feel so natural, you may forget you ever lost a tooth. Your confidence about your teeth affects how you feel about yourself, both personally and professionally. You may hide your smile because of spaces from missing teeth.

Possibly your dentures don’t feel secure or perhaps you have difficulty chewing. When installed by a periodontist and maintained well, implants can last a lifetime.

What dental implants can do • Replace one or more teeth without affecting bordering teeth.

• Support a bridge and eliminate the need for a removable partial denture.

• Provide support for a denture, making it more secure and comfortable.

Types of implants in use today • Endosteal (in the bone): This is the most commonly used type of implant.

Each implant holds one or more prosthetic teeth and is generally used as an alternative for patients with bridges or removable dentures.

• Subperiosteal (on the bone): These are placed on top of the jaw with metal framework posts to hold the prosthesis.

These types of implants are used for patients who are unable to wear conventional dentures or who have minimal bone height.

Advantages of dental implants Aesthetically, dental implants look and

feel like your own teeth. Since dental implants integrate into the structure of your bone, they prevent the bone loss and gum recession that often accompany bridgework and dentures.

Dental implants don’t sacrifice the quality of your adjacent teeth like a bridge does because neighbouring teeth are not altered to support the implant. Dental implants are secure, offer freedom from the irksome clicks and wobbles of dentures and allow you to say goodbye to worries about misplaced dentures and messy pastes and glues.

Am I a candidate for dental implants?

Yes, if you are in good general and oral health.

Dental implants are intimately connected with the gum tissues and underlying bone in the mouth. Since periodontists are the dental experts who specialise in precisely these areas, they are ideal members of your dental implant team.

What does treatment entail?

It’s a team effort between you, your dentist and your periodontist. If you are replacing a single tooth, one implant and a crown can replace both it and the root. If you are missing several teeth, implant-supported bridges can replace them. Dental implants will replace both your lost natural teeth and some of the roots. If you are missing all of your teeth, an implant-supported full bridge or full denture can replace them. Dental implants will replace both your lost natural teeth and some of the roots.

There are now even solutions to the most difficult implants such as those in the upper back jaw or for people with jaw deformities.

What can I expect after treatment?

Dental implants are like your own teeth and will require the same care and attention.

In order to keep your implant clean and plaque-free, brushing, flossing and regular checkups still apply.

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IKEA

Summertime specials E

ven if it isn’t officially summer yet, warmer weather and longer, lighter balmy evenings have already arrived in the Canaries and most people are spending more of their time outside in the fresh air.

That means making the most of your balcony, terrace or garden, and even in these times of belt tightening, IKEA has a wonderful new range of summer items to help you do just that, without breaking the bank. Quality outdoor furniture which can be purchased as single items or sets, parasols and bases to keep you in the shade when it

A

qualux Spas have been established in Tenerife for over eight years, specialising in the sale and installation of luxur y Hotspring Spas, Saunas, Pool covers and accessories.

They have the largest display of spas in Tenerife in their showroom at Las Chafiras and are now offering the latest innovation in pool water filtering.

New to the Canaries, this money saving device works by trapping dirt and dust in a sediment bowl which can then be flushed out using only 15 litres of water, whereas a conventional filter would waste as much as 500 – 1.000 litres to do the same job, giving you massive savings of thousands of litres of water (and chemicals) a year and therefore doing a great job to save the planet. This centrifugal pre-filter is suitable for private, community and hotel pools - the bigger the pool the greater the saving. It is easy to install and maintain, fully guaranteed and has won many awards for innovation and environmental care. Come along to their showroom for a live demonstration of this exciting development.

Aqualux is an approved distributor of Zodiac pool equipment, the latest advancement is the new Vortex 3 Robot which will clean your pool very rapidly of leaves and dust,

gets too warm, awnings and mosquito nets. There is an ample range of cushions for your chairs or sunbeds, or for real relaxation try a hammock.

All textiles are available in bright summer colours.

To light up your terrace or garden at night, there are wall, ceiling, standard or table lamps, which can be mains, battery or solar powered, in all shapes and sizes, including snake or tube lights which can be threaded around pillars, or for a romantic atmosphere, there are bright coloured candles and holders. You can also purchase plants, pots, tubs and watering cans from IKEA.

Set your table for an al fresco meal with colourful table mats, trays and serviette holders, tumblers, plates and dishes.

There is even a 16-piece cutlery set on offer for only €2.99. All these are ideal for an outdoor dinner party or barbecue, for which you’ll also find an array of accessories at IKEA, including tongs, spatulas, forks and kebab spears, or for healthy eating, why not try their barbecue wok from the Midsommar range. There are summer items for the kitchen too, and if you are going further afield out in the fresh air, there are thermos flasks and jugs available this year from only €4.99. Don’t forget

the extensive range of indoor furniture, furnishings, textiles and accessories too, for the lounge, dining room, bedroom, office, bathroom and kitchen.

You can collect your furniture and if necessary, assemble it yourself, or take advantage of IKEA’s delivery and assembly recommendations.

For novelties, inspiration and fresh new ideas, a visit to IKEA this summer is a must. If you haven’t already received your copy of this year’s catalogue, you can collect a copy from your local store, or go online to www.ikea.com/ms/es.

IKEA stores are at La Laguna in Tenerife, Las Palmas in Gran Canaria and Arrecife in Lanzarote.

Aqualux Spas

How to save 1,000’s of litres of water a year…

Zodiac Vortex 3 Multi-Cyclone pre filter 63mm / 2 inch quick fit unions UV and corrosion proof

16 multiple hydro cyclones

Hydraulically efficient design

Glass filled reinforced thermoplastic

Lock ring Clear polycarbonate sediment bowl

even climbing the walls to remove the algae. It is reasonably priced and efficient. Also on offer is a wide range of pool cleaners to suit any pool or budget.

A free demonstration can be arranged in your own pool.

Aqualux have for many years

promoted the natural disinfection system for pools, salt water chlorination. This system is the healthiest way to have soft sparkling clean water to swim in, using a small amount of marine salt that you can barely taste. The latest model is the Zodiac Tri- 18/Ph combina-

tion machine which also controls the PH level of your pool.

Another new product from Aqualux is a range of portable pool lifts for disabled people allowing easy entry and exit from pools safely and unaided.

Once again these are easily installed and only require a sim-

ple garden hose pipe connection to operate. For the winter period when thinking about keeping your pool warm, you don’t have to go any further than Aqualux, they can custom make Australian high UV resistant pool covers that will last for many years.

1 inch / 32mm sediment purge valve So whatever your needs for pools, spas and saunas visit Aqualux Spas at Las Chafiras, to find them turn left at the Amarilla Golf sign, then first left, they are in the multi coloured building on your right. www.aqualuxspas.eu or call 922 736 944/ 619 781 924.

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Contacts  Las Américas. professional massage (without clothes) artistic, relaxing, stress relief, sport massage, erotic and more... harmonise your body, heart and mind. natural and clean. Magic hands plus escort service. 627 114 090  Danna, new, Cristianos, two friends, beautiful, sexy, erotic massage, discreet apartment, 634 273126 / 664 077390  English model, showgirl, professional striptease, quality service, general entertainment, stag night, dominatrix, fetish, luxur y conditions, visits 24 hours, 697 227139 / 803 520060. More info on web  Cristianos, sweet, beautiful, sexy lady, nice body, big breasts, you have a great time, stress relief, erotic massage, other services, discreet apartment, home and hotel visits, 667 217814 / 600 835437  Experience my lovely hands. Beautiful masseuse with certificates offers a special tantrico massage to make you completely news, 672 854596  Pretty Venezuelan, pale skin, green eyes, large breasts, pert bottom, erotic relaxing massages, energising, aromatherapy, private apar tment, hotels, for mature solvent gentlemen. Las Américas, 625 270 979.  Beautiful Professional Masseuse Latina. Invites you to experience my exotic relaxing tantric massagge for that stress free feel good factor.672.854.596  Italian girl. Beautiful sexy. Ver y nice body and face. Big breasts. Call me for any hot appointment. Visit Hotel, apartaments (0034) 671.868.681  New, Cristianos, 18 year old Canarian, Caribbean 25 years, private apartment, special services, home or hotels, 24 hours, 664 513700 / 686 111493

skins, black hair, 100 breasts, vivacious, experienced in soft sado, discreet apartment, Edif Summerland in front of the language school, Los Cristianos, 686 024450  Attractive Canarian, massages, very complacent, expert hands for massages, relaxing body to body, tel 649 897245  Las Americas, dominate housekeeper, fetishism, sado, submissive men, obedience, services, 24 hours, vibrators, sado light and strong, 180 big breast, fantasies realized, 619 854 397  Sur, blonde, lady from Italy, 22 years, sexy, sweet lips, full massage, all ser vices, hotel visits, 662 528882  Nicole, student, no rush, dusky, 26 years, 1.65m beauty, high standing, toys, hotels, discretion, 635 289530  Crisitanos, Brazilian and French, white skin and blonde, beautiful girls, big breast, nice bottom, lesbian and anal. Do you fantasies, private apartment, visits and all services, English spoken, 669 573254

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Cars :  For sale, 4 wheel mobility scooter, (Tutti Affitti) adjustable SEAT, wing mirrors, basket, battery operated with charger, hand controlled, indicators, back stabilisers for going up kerbs etc, excellent condition, 1.200 euros tel 627 551052 or 922 163242  For sale, Mitsubishi Colt, 1.6 automatic, good little runaraound, excellent condition, 2.000 euros ono, tel 627 551052 or 922 163242  Toyota Raw 4 2.0, VVT-I Sol, 5 door automatic with only 60.000 km, full ser vice

histor y, colour champagne, 4 years old and has ITV for 2 years, only 17.000 euros, tel 607 583977  Mercedes-Benz Sportcoupe 180k. 1.8 litres. Kms: 68700kms.

Year: 2002. Petrol. Sun Roof Doors: 2. Price: 15000€. Tel: 666228830  Seat Ibiza. 1.4 litres. Kms: 200000kms. Year: 2001. Petrol.

Doors: 2. Price: 1800€. Tel: 637991486  Citroën C15. 1.9 litres. Kms: 112000kms. Year: 2001. Diesel.

Doors: 2. Price: 2100€. Tel: 649202221  Ford Fiesta. 1.4 litres. Kms: 89254kms. Year: 2005. Petrol.

Motoring

 BMW R 1200 GS 1200cc.

Horsepower: 95hp. Year: 2007.

Kms: 11000kms. Price: 11000€.

Tel: 647403894  Aprilia RSV 1000cc. Horsepower: 139hp. Year: 2004. Kms: 30000kms. Price: 7500€. Tel: 616010536  Kawasaki Z750 750cc.

Year: 2004. Price: 400€. Tel: 615699300  Kymco Vitality 50cc. Year: 2005. Kms: 20000kms. Price: 650€. Tel: 922792994

 Honda Rebell 125 125cc. Year: 1999. Kms: 13000kms. Price:  Los Cristianos, 24 hours, 1500€. Tel: 686415297 Latina, nice body, big breasts, complacent, natural French,  Honda CB600 Hornet 600cc. massages, vibrators, apts. Horsepower: 100hp. Year: 2006.

Funchal, in front of Aguamar, Kms: 20850kms. Price: 4300€. home and hotels, 650 442665 Tel: 626007037 / 638 258611  Ducati Monster 4SR 1000cc.  Pretty Russian girl would Horsepower: 120hp. Year: 2003. like to visit you in the south.

Kms: 15000kms. Price: 8500€.

Blonde, young, nice body. I will realise all your fantasies. Tel: 629401634 686 323 685  L a n v e r t t i S p o r t 1 2 5  Cristianos, 24 hours, Colum- 125cc. Price: 1400€. Tel: bian, beauty, massages, body 922636211 to body 60 euros, private apartment in front of the cultural  BMW K1200GT 1200cc. Year: centre, Los Cristianos, Edif. 2007. Kms: 30000kms. Price: Gris next to the petrol station, 13000€. Tel: 600527386 basic English, call 10 minutes  Suzuki GS 500 500cc. Horsebefore, 645 022 501 power: 45hp. Year: 2008. Kms:  New, beauty, Columbian, 19000kms. Price: 2800€. Tel: 28 years, transsexual, white 659274531

 Mitsubishi Colt. 1.5 litres.

Kms: 150000kms. Year: 1989.

Petrol. Doors: 2. Price: 400€.

Tel: 822022503  Honda Hrv. 1.6 litres. Kms: 105000kms. Year: 2001. Petrol.

Doors: 4. Price: 10500€. Tel: 628550329  Mercedes-Benz Slk 200 Kompres. 2 litres. Kms: 80000kms. Year: 2003. Petrol.

Convertible Doors: 2. Price: 20300€. Tel: 610339514

 Opel Cabrio Astra BE. 2.2 litres. Kms: 97200kms. Year: 2002. Petrol. Conver tible Doors: 2. Price: 12500€. Tel: 606304345  Renault Cabrio Megane. 2 litres. Kms: 97200kms. Year: 2004. Petrol. Conver tible Doors: 2. Price: 13500€. Tel: 922178142  Peugeot 206 Cc. Kms: 85000kms. Year: 2005. Diesel.

Convertible Doors: 2. Price: 10500€. Tel: 677155487  Mercedes-Benz 250 D. 1.9 litres. Kms: 180000kms. Year: 2005. Diesel. Doors: 4. Price: 3000€. Tel: 672091634  Alfa Romeo 147. 1.6 litres.

Kms: 105000kms. Year: 2004.

Petrol. Doors: 2. Price: 6200€.

Tel: 650299441  H y u n d a i H 1 . K m s : 84000kms. Year: 2003. Diesel.

Doors: 4. Price: 8500€. Tel: 922204462

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 Honda Scoopy 125cc. Year: 2006. Kms: 11000kms. Price: 1800€. Tel: 609169288

 Audi A3 1.9tdi. 1.9 litres.

Kms: 173000kms. Year: 1999.

Diesel. Doors: 2. Price: 6500€.

Tel: 687012695

Ford Torneo 2004 Diesel, taxed and tested, good order throughout, metallic silver, can be fitted with powerchip 922 738125 The family friendly car hire company

Motorbikes :

Doors: 4. Price: 5850€. Tel: 690645978

Family company 27 years on Tenerife

DANISH RENT-A-CAR

Mayer Motors – a vehicle serving garage that you can use with confidence. Qualified to repair BMW, Mercedes, Porsche, Audi, VW and more. Call Bernd and Heike Mayer on tel.

922 721 428.

 Nissan Pathfinder. 2.5 litres.

Kms: 37000kms. Year: 2007.

Diesel. Sun Roof Doors: 4. Price: 26000€. Tel: 672670047  BMW 320 Td Touring. 2 litres.

Kms: 132000kms. Year: 2001.

Diesel. Doors: 4. Price: 9500€.

Tel: 609814505  Mercedes-benz Clk 230. 2.3 litres. Kms: 200000kms. Year: 2001. Petrol. Doors: 2. Price: 9500€. Tel: 922752382

MINI FOR SALE • LIMITED EDITION

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

Rover engine, 1100 CC, lead free petrol, 1999 model. Special competition model (only 95 models in Spain).

Wooden dashboard. Leather steering wheel. 4 competition headlights. Wide wheel axle. Airbag, competition tyres.

Impeccable condition.

Tel: +34 922.740.742 · www.poulsauto.com

RENT A CAR LAS AMERICAS S.L.

Tel. 670 833 944

NEW BEETLE 2004 TDI (TURBO DIESEL) 2000 Limited edition

Need a Car ? Call us

1 Driver or 2 Drivers, Baby Seats or Booster, Free Airport Service & Hotel Delivery Full insurance · All Inclusive No Hidden Extras · Short or long term Ask for details Call Stuart on 922 79 08 25 or 662 566 630 Or send us email: autosamericas@web.de Rent a Car Las Américas S.L. CIF: B 38.39 39 14 C/ Luciano Bello Alfonso. Polígono Industrial Las Chafiras A u to s A m e ric a s: e sta b lish e d in Te n e rif e f o r 2 5 ye a rs

Bluetooth, phone charger, 6 cd reader, car accessories, jump leads, light blubs, 120,000 km, ITV and up-to-date service (with the approved garage), 4 new Pirelli wheels (2 months old. Always housed in garage, well looked after.

Price €10,000 negotiable.

Call 670 760 859 or mail cappuccetto9@hotmail.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.

Tel. 922 750 609 Fax: 922 795 810 To Cho - Guargacho - L as Galletas

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Apt. Royal Palm Reception.

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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.

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Situations Vacant Classified’s deadline

The deadline for edition 618, which are published on 4TH June, is Wednesday 26th May 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

who represent

- a company specialising in traditionally made quality food products - is looking for a professional sales representative. The ideal candidate should speak English and Spanish fluently. An excellent commission based package is offered to the right person.

For more details telephone 922 167 044

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For further information call

922 719408 or 648 436319

Experienced administrator wanted for hotel receivables department The ideal candidate will be very organised, efficient, possess excellent computer and accounting skills.

Experienced in data bases, fluent in written English. Email mw7491007@gmail.com

Needed to Start in September, qualified infant teacher, Spanish or UK qualifications, convalidated if possible, native English or bi-lingual, send cv to eamil elainemackendrick@ hotmail.com

Send your CV to fax: 922 775 374

Petrol. Doors: 2. Price: 10000€.

Tel: 652905333

 Mitsubishi 3000 Gt. 3 litres.

Kms: 71000kms. Year: 1993.

The ideal candidates must be attractive and be hard working. Experience preferable but not essential as choreography teachers are available to train to an optimum level.

WE OFFER: • Salary + work related incentives • Company training • Permanent contract a possibility

 Volkswagen Touareg. 5 litres. Kms: 92000kms. Year: 2004. Diesel. Doors: 4. Price: 40000€. Tel: 620955197

 Toyota Corola. 1.3 litres.

Kms: 210000kms. Year: 1992.

Petrol. Doors: 4. Price: 1600€.

Tel: 665662524

Extra dancers required for top new night club in Tenerife South in a similar style to Pink Paradise, Paris and Stringfellows, London.

MUST HAVE: Technical leadership Responsible attitude 5 years experience Commercial skills an advantage Fluent Spanish

Restaurant requires English cooks and chefs experienced in international, as well as English, cuisine. Also wanted English waiters and waitresses.

Telephone 922757055 and ask for Ana

 Nissan Trade. 3 litres. Kms: 100000kms. Year: 2005. Diesel.

Doors: 2. Price: 14900€. Tel: 609128372

New for Tenerife

WANTED WORKSHOP TECHNICIAN FOR A NEW CENTRE IN ADEJE

Suncare Advisor required to work in welcome meetings and hotels in Tenerife and Gran Canaria Experience in sales or customer service. English essential and Spanish an advantage.

Contract provided.

Email Lbyrne@ suncarecentral.com or call 620701944.

 Mercedes-benz Cl600 V12.

6 litres. Kms: 114000kms.

Year: 1997. Petrol. Sun Roof Doors: 2. Price: 9000€. Tel: 922343354

Looking for self motivated person for telecan campaign Ideal for someone with own computer and free time.

Experience preferred but not essential.

Commision paid.

Call Sonya on 922 378500, (in office hours) or 617 550 849, (outside of hours).

 BMW 525td. 2.5 litres. Kms: 180600kms. Year: 1998. Diesel.

Doors: 4. Price: 7000€. Tel: 622263924  Mercedes-benz 230 Clk Cabrio. 2.3 litres. Kms: 113000kms.

Year: 2000. Petrol. Convertible Doors: 2. Price: 16000€. Tel: 628819516

Wanted Sales, Marketing & Admin Staff

Are you: Reliable?

Mature?

Confident?

Looking for work?

Then we may have just what you need!

No experience necessary as full training is given.

Fantastic working environment, full contracts offered and very high rewards available, call now!

telemarketingtenerife.com  Mercedes-Benz Sportcoupe 180K Engine: 1.8Litres Kms: 68700kms Year: 2002 Petrol Sun roof Doors: 2 Price: 12000€ Tel: 666228830  Mitsubishi MONTERO Engine: 1.6Litres Kms: 240000kms Year: 1997 Petrol Doors: 4 Price: 2000€ Tel: 605627067

 Toyota Land Cruiser. 3 litres.

Kms: 300000kms. Year: 1997.

Diesel. Doors: 4. Price: 10000€.

Tel: 619115779

 Volkswagen new beetle Engine: 2Litres Kms: 130000kms Year: 2000 Petrol Doors: 2 Price: 7000€ Tel: 922265753

 Fiat punto cabriolet Engine: 1.2Litres Kms: 111111kms Year: 1995 Petrol Doors: 2 Price: 2150€ Tel: 672232662

 BMW 318i Engine: 1.8Litres Kms: 180000kms Year: 0 Petrol Doors: 4 Price: 6000€ Tel:687902736

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Call: 922 794 179

Lady looking for work Anything considered, but particularly suited to hotel, gastronomy warehouse and cleaning positions. Fluent in English, German and Polish with a working knowledge of Russian.

Tel 606 635630

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classifieds General services

Tenerife North Airport Tel: 922 635192 Open Mon-Fri 8am-9pm Weekends 9am-5pm

Tourist Info points Tenerife

South Costa Adeje Open: Mon-Sun 10am-5pm Playa de Troya: Avda Rafael Puig 1 Playa FaĂąabĂŠ: Avda Litoral Arona Open Mon-Fri 9am-9pm Sat 9am-3.30pm Playa de las AmĂŠricas: CC City Center Tel: 922 797 668 Playa de Las Vistas: Paseo MarĂ­timo s/n Tel: 922 787 011 Los Cristianos: Cultural Centre Tel: 922 757 137 Las Galletas: Paseo Maritimo Dionisio Gonzalez Delgado Tel: 922 730 133 Mon-Fri 9am-9pm Golf del Sur: Avda GalvĂĄn 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 Granadilla de Abona Tenerife South Airport

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

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General Services

La Gomera San SebastiĂĄn C/Del Medio, 20 Tel: 922 141512

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Valle Gran Rey Tel: 922 805458 Hermigua Tel: 922 144101

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El Hierro Valverde Tel: 922 550302

Gran Canaria

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Las Palmas Parque Santa Catalina Tel: 928 219600 Playa del InglĂŠs Avda de EspaĂąa Tel: 928 771550

Lanzarote

Tony the Welder â&#x20AC;˘ Security Grilles â&#x20AC;˘ Gates â&#x20AC;˘ Railings â&#x20AC;˘ Steel Fabrication

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

Fully Qualified Legal Craftsman 27 years experience, 14 years Tenerife

Tel: 659 489 690 www.webtenerifeuk.co.uk

Property Secured, Quality Assured

Colinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s PC Repair

Tel: 922 39 20 37 Open Mon-Fri 9am-9pm Sat 9am-1pm

North Santa Cruz Plaza de EspaĂąa 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 La Laguna C/ Carrera, 7Âş (Casa Alvarado Bracamonte) Tel. 922 631 194 Open Mon-Fri 9am-5pm Weekends 9am-3pm

Call 922 581772 or 922 580749 or email: info@crownwayinternational.com

Santa Cruz de La Palma C/Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Daly, 22 Tel: 922 412106

(arrivals)

El MĂŠdano Plaza de los Principes de EspaĂąa Tel: 922 176002 Open Mon-Fri 9am-3pm (winter) 9am-2pm (summer) Sat 9am-1pm

Your best choice

for international removals and storage. Weekly door to door shipments to any location.

www.aytolalaguna.com/ ayto/

Is your computer running too slow?

Do you need to install new software or hardware?

Have you accidentally downloaded a virus?

Has your computer just decided to give up the ghost?

Do you need to upgrade your computer?

Swimming Pools ¡ Maintenance ¡ Construction ¡ Repairs ¡ Accessories Quality & Service Guaranteed

Official Zodiac Distributors

Call Peter Collins 660 946 191

peter@tenerifeeuropool.com

Hotels, Travels, Holidays, Rent a Car & Excursions

Gold coins wanted, coin collector buys all kinds of real gold coins, I pay cash 654 853070 Car boot sale, El TrĂŠbol, Costa del Silencio.

Every Sunday 11am4pm for Help the Heroes. Contact 661 857 307. All stall holders welcome, 5â&#x201A;Ź donation

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

Adonis Sauna

C.C. Salytien Playa de Las AmĂŠricas

Tue - Thu 4 pm - 12pm Fri - Sat 4 pm - 3 am

The highly successful KemperSystem, now in Tenerife â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;˘

Prices Spain & Canary Islands 0.20 gr.

Normal 0.34 â&#x201A;Ź / Urg. 2.42 â&#x201A;Ź Large 0.39 â&#x201A;Ź / Urg. 2.51 â&#x201A;Ź 21-50 gr.

Normal 0.45 â&#x201A;Ź / Urg. 2.59 â&#x201A;Ź

EU

0.20 gr.

Normal 0.64 â&#x201A;Ź / Urg. 2.80 â&#x201A;Ź Large 1.07 â&#x201A;Ź / Urg. 3.62 â&#x201A;Ź 21-50 gr.

Normal 1.29 â&#x201A;Ź / Urg. 3.84 â&#x201A;Ź

Rest of World

0.20 gr.

Normal 0.78 â&#x201A;Ź / Urg. 3.15 â&#x201A;Ź Large 1.38 â&#x201A;Ź / Urg. 4.00 â&#x201A;Ź 21-50 gr.

Normal 1.66 â&#x201A;Ź / Urg. 4.25 â&#x201A;Ź

Professional in roofing and extentions Damp proofing for roofs Roof repairs of all description Roof and all types of general refubishments Balcony and terrace refurbishments Floor coverings

Exclusively for Kemper-Systemprodukten in Tenerife.

Professional advice and completion. M. Eisen, tel. 922 813 218 or mobile 630 429 793 â&#x20AC;˘ www.kemper-system.com Solar fantĂĄstico

Skilled Builder Robert McAlees

As seen on the DIY page I listen to what you want and make sure you get the best. ď Ź I can replace that faulty tap or renovate your home. ď Ź Over 30 yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s experience. UK qualified to advanced skills status.

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

Real Bargain!!

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

500â&#x201A;Ź

Tel. 677 799 475

Masonic Meetings: MASONIC MEETINGS

Tel. 699 626 686 â&#x20AC;˘ Email: RepairPC@live.co.uk

Post Office

Items For Sale:

BEGINNERSâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; DANCE CLASSES Adultsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Ballroom, Latin American, Tap or Freestyle Childrensâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; ( 2 1/2 - 7yrs).

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

At Vamos a Bailar - Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Dance.

CC Perla Blanca, Callao Salvaje ¡ Ring 636 817 265 or 646 067 471

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

ROTARY MEETING

Every Monday at 8.30pm in the Hotel Gran Tinerfe.

All visitors welcome

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Conveyancing • Criminal law • Wills

04.

Employment law • Family law • Personal injury RESIDENT SPANISH LAWYERS & ENGLISH SOLICITOR

General Services

922 719 520 for friendly professional advice Celebrating 25 years of expertise - www.decottalaw.com

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

Sanitary – Tiling – Electrician – Carpenter

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.

www.libertyseguros.es/ expatriates/en

7 Islands Insurance Your local Liberty agent

>>> bathroom renovation right down the line

>>> solar power plants

Pet Lovers

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.

Call for availability 922 715 030 or Nicola 619 121 058

www.7islandsinsurance.com

SPANISH CLASSES

Specialising in the sale of Bars, Restaurants and Commercial outlets

Upmarket restaurant in busy square.

Seats 100 people, large kitchen, good quality furnishings, entertainment.

Ref 492 · €55,000

info@tenerifebusinesssales.com www.tenerifebusinesssales.com Cleaning & maintenance business 27 apartments, Renault Kangoo van included in price, low overheads, La Caleta to Los Cristianos. Ref 468 · €30,000

Carpentry Specialists RETER

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Kitchens designed & installed Í ER • Doors • Wardrobes • Pergola´s • Stairs & Rails • General Hardware We specialise in all types of wood for your home & garden D OR TA , S.L .

Open Mon - Fri 8 am - 1 pm / 4 pm - 6.30pm. Sat 9am - 1 pm Ctra General 101, Valle de San Lorenzo, Arona Tel. 922 722 073 • comercial@ferreriadorta.com

Ventanas Tenesur SL Windows Company

VAMOS A BAILAR, LET’S DANCE

Bored in the Summer? Want to learn or improve your Dance and Musical Theatre Skills plus learn the art of Cheerleading?

If you are interested and want to secure your place, you should contact the school as soon as possible.

Phone: 646 067 471 · Fax: 922 74 36 39 E-mail: lambert.amanda9@gmail.com Website: www.vamosabailarletsdance.com

Telf: 649 882 366

“Music & Dance, a magic beyond all we do”

ALSO TRANSLATIONS & INTERPRETING CARPENTRY WORKSHOP AND CONSTRUCTION SERVICES

Phone Martyn or Sue on Phone: 922 850 620 or 687 843 078

ARE YOU SELLING YOUR BUSINESS? THEN CONTACT US

SUMMER SCHOOL AT

Here at Vamos a Bailar, Let’s Dance Academy, we are offering summer courses to all students at all levels during the months of July and August.

Can’t speak the `lingo´? Never too late to learn or improve!

Individuals or groups - all levels.

Home visits.

TENERIFE BUSINESS SALES

Offering an efficient and professional service for over 15 years.

Kitchens, Wardrobes, Pergolas and all purpose made joinery...

SUPPLIERS AND INSTALLERS OF UPVC AND ALUMINIUM

In Adeje, next to the new

922 782 683 - www.venli.com workshop@venli.com

www. tenertodo. com we have everything in the Canaries

Assured

>>> pool reconstruction and service

Klaus Dieter Weirich – German Sanitary Master & HSL-Technican Mob: 616 858 470 • Fax: 922 794 209 • e-mail: kdweirich@yahoo.de

We have rental property in The Palms and Island Village and welcome you and your small dog for long term contracts.

Call us on 922 75 30 27 Mobile 610 18 27 44

>>> sanitaries and heating systems

Windows, Patio Doors, Shutters & Conservatories.

Roller Blinds, Mosquito Screens, Security Grills and Garage Doors.

922 721 353 - www.meridianwindows.net info@meridianwindows.net

PRESTIGE SUN BLIND COMPANY AUTHORIZED INSTALLER

Tenerife’s leading Specialist in the Manufacture, Repair and Installation of all types of Awnings, Canopies, Interior and Exterior Blinds.

Manual or Electric.

EFFICIENT SUN PROTECTION

SATTLER the highTEX company

PRESTIGE GARDEN FURNITURE COMPANY GRUPO

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Windows • Doors • Shut ters

High quality German UPVC at competitive prices • We also supply & fit all types of aluminium products

Building Services All work undertaken No job too big or small

NEW ADDRESS Tel/Fax: 922 766 494 • Mobile: 627 511 606 C/Aldaba No. 274, 38652 Chayofa Alto • Arona www.ventanas-tenesur.com • email: ventanas-tenesur@hotmail.com

From a dripping tap to a total refurbishment!

Plumbing, tiling, painting, etc.

For a first class service call Geoff 627 634 961 / 922 765 900 E-mail Assured94@hotmail.com

skyline

design

High Quality Garden and Terrace Furniture, Lighting and Accessories

PRESTIGE SECURITY COMPANY Specialists in the Manufacture, Repair and Installation of all types of Industrial

and Domestic Shutters, Security Grilles, Garage Doors. Electric or Manual.

Remote Controlled Systems.

JAC Enterprises SL, Agustin Millares 20, Armeñime 38678, Adeje

Tel/Fax: 922 74 08 88. Mobile: 649 159 155

Showroom open: Monday to Friday 9-5, Saturday 9-1 · jacenterprises@ymail.com

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Wanted :

05.

Established, reliable & professional long let management company require more apartments in Las Américas/Los Cristianos areas for steady flow of new renters. For further details, phone 922 715 162.

Business Opportunity  For sale duty free, on international basis, exclusive Danish furniture to Gran Canaria province, as well as Las Palmas, Fuerteventura and Lanzarote with a possibility of a point of sale in Corte Inglés. We are already represented in 40 countries in the world in big cities like Madrid, Paris, New York and Shanghai. We can be reached by email at cartermillarltd@ gmail.com or telephone 650 086251

Sale:  For sale lovely studio apartment in Los Cristianos, very nice complex with pool, reception, facilities, direct sale, 66.000 euros, tel 629 456564

 Lease for sale, well established on going business, cabaret and karaoke bar in one of tenerifes most prestigous areas.60 000 euros. tel:696336936

 Direct from promoter, for sale luxury apartments, Adeje, one bedroom, terraces, garage, pool, gardens, lovely views to sea, opportunity, 100.000 euros, residential and quiet area. Tel 660 132296

 Small cosy bar for sale, long lease, very reasonable rent, good local trade, must be seen to appreciate, genuine reason for sale, contact 616 782491 or 647 184905

 Torviscas Alto/ Resid.

Casablanca, directly from the owner!!! Ver y beautiful apartment (53m2) in the most exclusive zone of Tenerife, 1 bedroom and an small officeroom, very 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

Land For Sale:  Alamos Park, 1360m2, able to build 5 bedroom villa, cheapest plot of land on Golf del Sur, 250,000 euros ono, tel 646 549524

 Opportunity, Los Cristianos at the sea, one bedroom plus living room, garage, panoramic views, sun, quiet, 110.000 euros (no agents) 922 752759 / 608 425426

06.

 Detached Villa in Callao Salvaje. Quiet cul de sac facing a bar ranco. 5 bedrooms,5 bathrooms, lounge,dining room,kitchen, utility and study.

Garden, cour tyard, heated swimming pool plus store rooms. Sea and mountain .

Views. Can be divided into 2 apartments. Plot 400sq m. € 650,000. tel 607310854

Property Wanted :  We will buy your house or apartment for Cash, and complete within 28 Days. We are not Agents. Call (0034) 922 720222 or visit www. tenerifehomebuyers.com

 El Médano, directly from the owner!!! New, precious

Business Opps :

OXYjet

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detached house, 3 bedrooms, 2 modern bathrooms, indep. kitchen, 3 terraces,bbq, luxury complex with 2 swimming pools, 42m 2 closed garage, very exclusive furnished. Quiet zone, Price: 330.000 euros, Tel: 650 792 742  Apartments for sale, www. idealista.com+VC2040048, tel 618 622759  Finca (4,400m2) with main house and outbuilding for sale. Various uses, ie tourism / a g r i c u l t u r e . Te l 6 5 0 980719  Bargain apartment, 130.000 euros, La Concepcion, Las Chafiras, 3 bedroom, 2 bath, air con, furnished, lovely condition, tel 922 731138  Apartment Orotava Alta 79.00m2 3 rooms 139950€ Phone: 670242080  Terraced house Tabaiba Alta 160.00m2 3 rooms 309521€ Phone: 670242080  Duplex El Toscal 147.00m2 3 Rooms 225000€. Phone: 670242080  Chalet Cruz Del Teide 262.00m2 2 Rooms 495000€.

Phone: 670242080  C h a l e t 1 5 2 . 0 0 m 2 5 R oom s 2 70 00 0 €. P ho ne : 670242080  Apartment La Longuera 74.00m2 2 Rooms 225000€.

Phone: 670242080  Apartment La Quinta 83.00m2 2 Rooms 165000€.

Phone: 670242080  Apartment Orotava Alta 79.00m2 3 Rooms 150000€.

Phone: 670242080  Chalet San José 466.00m2 3 Rooms 480000€. Phone: 670242080  P re m i s e s S a n t a C r u z 125.00m2 2 Rooms 540000€.

Phone: 922245178  Apartment Los Abrigos 62.00m2 2 Rooms 115000€.

Phone: 670242080  Te r r a c e d H o u s e S a n Clemente 174.00m2 3 R oom s 2 50 00 0 €. P ho ne : 670242080  C h a l e t E l M o n t u r r i o 190.00m2 4 Rooms 189000€.

Phone: 670242080

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 Apartment Piedra Hincada 2 Rooms 244300€. Phone: 670242080  Apartment El Tope 108.00m2 3 Rooms 208000€. Phone: 670242080  Apartment Los Abrigos 62.00m2 2 Rooms 115000€.

Phone: 670242080

 Apartment El Médano 1 Room 125000€. Phone: 670242080  Apartment El Médano 2 Rooms 175000€. Phone: 670242080  Terraced House Carmenaty 174.00m2 4 Rooms 299000€.

Phone: 670242080  Terraced House Aguamansa 190.00m2 3 Rooms 200000€.

Phone: 670242080  Apartment Puntillo Del Sol 80.00m2 1 Room 160000€.

Phone: 670242080  Apartment El Tope 58.00m2 1 Room 196350€. Phone: 670242080  Apartment Radazul Bajo.

Location: outskirts. Views: sea 145.00m2 4 Rooms 380000€.

Phone: 609338519  Apartment Sta Cruz De Tenerife. Location: central 157.00m2 3 Rooms 235000€.

Phone: 922273239  Apartment Arona / Valle S a n L o re n z o. L o c a t i o n : central. Views: sea 85.00m2 2 Rooms 115000€. Phone: 627180081  T e r r a c e d House Tegueste. Location: central 3 Rooms 247000€. Phone: 663805740  Apartment Santa Cruz.

Location: central 140.00m2 4 Rooms 370000€. Phone: 663805740  Apartment Santa Cruz.

Location: central 84.00m2 3 Rooms 252500€. Phone: 663805740  Apartment Los Cristianos.

Location: central. V iews: mountain 50.00m2 1 Room 100000€. Phone: 670804067

 Apartment Sta Cruz de Tenerife. Location: central 157.00m2 3 rooms 235000€ Phone: 922273239  Apartment La Laguna.

Location: outskirts 110.00m2 3 rooms 270000€ Phone: 922273239  Apartment Arona / Valle S a n L o re n z o. Location: central . Views: sea 85.00m2 2 rooms 118000€ Phone: 627180081

 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 120.00m2 3 rooms 174300€ Phone: 922273239

 Apartment La Zamora 71.38m2 3 Rooms 147218€.

Phone: 670242080

 Apartment Los Majuelos.

Location: central 103.00m2 3 rooms 183682€ Phone: 663805740  T e r r a c e d house Tegueste. Location: central 3 rooms 247000€ Phone: 663805740  Terraced house Los Frailes 184.00m2 3 rooms 335000€ Phone: 670242080  Duplex El Toscal 147.00m2 3 rooms 225000€ Phone: 670242080  Chalet Cruz Del Teide 262.00m2 2 rooms 495000€ Phone: 670242080  Apartment La Longuera 74.00m2 2 rooms 225000€ Phone: 670242080  Apartment La Quinta 83.00m2 2 rooms 165000€ Phone: 670242080  Apartment Orotava Alta 79.00m2 3 rooms 150000€ Phone: 670242080  Chalet San José 466.00m2 3 rooms 480000€ Phone: 670242080

 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

 Terraced House Guayonje.

Location: countr yside.

Views: mountain 350.00m2 3 Rooms 330000€. Phone: 922245178

 Apartment Santa Cruz.

Location: central 84.00m2 3 rooms 252500€ Phone: 663805740

 Apartment Santa Cruz.

Location: central 105.00m2 4 Rooms 162200€. Phone: 922245178

 Apartment Santa Cruz.

Location: central 210.00m2 5 rooms 619000€ Phone: 922273239

 Apartment Santa Cruz.

Location: central 210.00m2 5 rooms 619000€ Phone: 922273239

 Apartment Los Cristianos.

Views: sea 56.00m2 1 Room 150000€. Phone: 606394368

 Apartment Los Realejos.

Location: central. Views: sea 74.00m2 2 Rooms 225000€.

Phone: 922245178

 Apartment Arona / Valle S a n L o re n z o. L o c a t i o n : central . Views: sea 85.00m2 2 rooms 118000€ Phone: 627180081

 Apartment El Médano 1 r oom 125000€ Phone: 670242080  Chalet Barranco Hondo.

Location: outskirts . Views: sea 169.00m2 4 rooms 438000€ Phone: 663805740

 Apartment Santa Cruz.

Location: central. Views: sea 105.00m2 3 Rooms 126000€.

Phone: 663805740

 Finca (4,400m2) with main house and outbuilding for sale. Various uses, ie tourism / a g r i c u l t u r e . Te l 6 5 0 980719

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 Chalet Playa Paraíso 3 R oom s 4 75 00 0 €. P ho ne : 670242080

 Apartment Santa Cruz De Tenerife. Location: central 3 Rooms 126000€. Phone: 663805740

 Apartment Sta Cruz de Tenerife. Location: central 157.00m2 3 rooms 235000€ Phone: 922273239

For More Information please call Julie at Oxybeauty Canarias Tel: 627 890 570 Email: info@oxybeautycanarias.es

 Apartment Los Majuelos.

Location: central 103.00m2 3 Rooms 183682€. Phone: 663805740

 Terraced House S/C de Tfe. Location: central. Views: sea 187.00m2 3 Rooms 525000€.

Phone: 663805740

 Apartment La Laguna.

Location: outskirts 110.00m2 3 rooms 270000€ Phone: 922273239

 Terraced House La Paz 95.00m2 2 Rooms 400000€.

Phone: 670242080  Apartment Las Aguas 3 Rooms 167000€. Phone: 670242080  D u p l e x L a s A g u a s 3 Ro om s 1 67 00 0 €. Ph on e : 670242080  Apartment La Paz 60.00m2 1 Room 169000€. Phone: 670242080  Apartment La Citrona 128.00m2 4 Rooms 252000€.

Phone: 670242080  Apartment Las Aguas 3 Rooms 167000€. Phone: 670242080  Apartment La Quinta 2 Ro om s 2 16 36 5 €. Ph on e : 670242080  Terraced House La Quinta 3 Rooms 302910€. Phone: 670242080  Apartment Realejo Bajo 84.00m2 3 Rooms 145000€.

Phone: 670242080  D u p l e x L a s A g u a s 3 Ro om s 1 67 00 0 €. Ph on e : 670242080  A p a r t m e n t E l To s c a l 64.00m2 2 Rooms 145000€.

Phone: 670242080  Terraced HouseTabaibaAlta 186.00m2 4 Rooms 355000€.

Phone: 670242080

Urb. Arco Iris Playa 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, 130,000 euros

Tel 629 244 958

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Rent :

Rentals from €525 p.m

 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  If you are looking for Short or Long term Rental . We have good availability North and South. South Office Tel 922 715030. The North Office Tel 922 378514 / 676159212.

Call our office for availability.  Apartments and Bungalows.

1 bedroom Torviscas Area 6 months Rental. TV and Washing mc. 525 Euros pm. Tel Isabel 663 851 614  L o v e l y s u n n y 1 b e d apartment. Sea views and sunsets, available now 500 euros p.m. Call Nicola 619121058  Chalet San Jose 70.00m2 2 rooms 550€ Phone: 670242080  Playa Américas, 2 studios for rent one in Ocean Park and one in Apartamerica, central locations, nicely furnished and equipped, close to beach, 450 euros per month, plus bills, call 922 751113 / 620 230871  La Paz-Puerto de la Cruz.

Apartment with stunning sea views. Fully equipped and well maintained. Heated Pool,Sat T.V.all extras. Available 3-6 months.550 Euros pm. Call Angelica 663 851 631 or 922 378514  Buenavista del Norte.

House for rent. Single story, 2 bedroom, 120m2 traditional house for rent in Februar y.

Old fashioned but very central.

Large garden with fruit trees and garage. 400 euros per month plus electricity and water. One month deposit with contract.

660 731913  Two bedroom apartment to rent, Callao Salvaje, garden with sea views, garage parking, quiet complex, 450 euros plus bills, calll 696 547341  One bedroom apartment to let, 390 euros inclusive, BBC package installed, stunning sea views, fully equipped, Puerto Santiago, available 1st

Urb. La Tagora San Eugenio Alto

New 3 bedroom luxury villa 750,000€ Tel. (0034) 655 914 691 (0034) 922 71 33 56

We have a wide range of top value rental accommodation in some of the south’s top resorts.

• Apartments in Adeje, Fañabe and Golf del Sur • 1 and 2 bedroom apartments • Short and Long term rentals • Washing machine • English/Spanish or satellite TV

Call us on 922 71 50 30/ 647 81 40 00 or visit www.villasandvistas.com

May 2010, photos via email by request, short/long term, min 3 months, mobile 666 282 275  Nice villa of 350m2 with pool on 5000m2 plot, 3 beds, 2 baths, garden, only 2km away from TF1, Las Eras, Absolutely quiet, no neighbours, beautiful sea views, furnished, 1500 euros, unfurnished 1200 euros per month, long or short period, tel 626 348054  Beautiful country house for rent in El Socorro (close to restaurante El Drago, 75m2 built, 500m2 plot, orchard garden, 800 euros month, tel 670 817821  1 Bed long Let , Island Village Resort, 530 per month

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La Duquesa Playa Fañabé

3 Bedroom, 2 Bathroom, front and back garden, comunity pool. €425,000 Tel. 629 244 958 Excellent opportunity in Costa del Silencio

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

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Frontline apartments from €299! p.m

Beachfront in Puerto de la Cruz, the Oro Negro apartments command stunning views of the ocean and across to the Lido Martianez with the town centre just a few minutes away.

• Choose from studio, or one and two bedroom apartments. (€500 and €600) • All apartments are comfortably furnished with kitchenettes, bathrooms and satellite TV. • 24-hour reception.

• Swimming pool and sun terrace • Laundry facilities • Long term rentals welcome • Free Wi-Fi

Call us on 922 37 85 14/ 663 85 16 31 or visit www.villasandvistas.com

including bills ,call 922 714736/660 586094  Los Cristianos, centre, Avenida de Suecia, apartments, 1 bed, 70.54 m2. Large terrace, amazing views of the bay and port. 649 142612  Playa de las Américas, studio, well furnished and equipped, central and quiet location, close to beach, no finders’ fees. €390 per month. 922 751113 / 620 230871  Large fully furnished studio for rent in Las Americas, 2 minutes walk from Torviscas beach. Separate kitchen, SAT TV, fabulous terrace, views, swimming pools and garden.

No agents, 450 euros per month plus bills, call 670 558208 or 922 710919 (leave message if no answer  L o s C r i s t i a n o s, n i c e apartment, one bedroom, near the sea, sunny, quiet, big balcony, furnished, washing machine, for long term, 550 euros per month, 922 752759 / 608 425426  For rent bungalow, 2 bedrooms, fruit trees, ver y quiet, near Las Galletas, 700 euros including water and electric, mature people preferred, 627 801388 / 609 537117  Golf del Sur, attractive villa, 2 bedrooms in exceptional quiet position surrounded by golf course, garden and lake with se views. Heated pool.

Buenavista del norte: Traditional one-storey Canarian house with large garden and fruit trees.

Central. Garage. €400 per month.

660 731913

Parking by front door. No pets, 750 euros per month, 627 219001  Terraced house Green Golf 150.00m2 3 rooms 750€ Phone: 670242080  Apartment El Amparo 50.00m2 1 room 450€ Phone: 670242080  A p a r t m e n t E l T o p e 75.00m2 2 rooms 650€ Phone: 670242080  Apartment Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Location: central 190.00m2 5 rooms 850€. Phone: 922273239

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Los Cristianos · La Estrella 1 bed, 575€ Los Cristianos · Cristimar 1 bed 550€ Miraverve · Las Estrellas 1 bed 550 € Chayofita 1 bed Price 550 € Roques del Conde The Sunset 2 beds 650€ Avda. Suecia, opposite nº 7 Los Cristianos, Arona

Tel. 650 467 359 andres@tenehomes.com www.tenehomes.com www.teneriffa-fincas.net

Port Royale Los Cristianos 2 bedroom apartment

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

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Tenerife Dream Homes

T.D.H. TENERIFE DREAM HOMES

Local 6, Calle Taoro, Sueño Azul, Callao Salvaje, 38678, Adeje, Tenerife Tel: 922 740 465 Mob: (SP/UK) 661 932 881 / (UK) 663 844 141 Email: info@tenerifedreamhomes.com Websites: www.tenerifedreamhomes.com / www.invest-abroad.org.uk

T.D.H. TENERIFE DREAM HOMES

SAN-V-15-4 – San Isidro Beautiful 4 bed, 5 bath villa is situated in 12.000 m2 of private land (finca).

Visit www.tenerifedreamhomes.com for full details €1,500,000

GOM-V-39-3 • La Gomera 3 Bed, 2 Bath Apartment Beautiful large ground floor apartment on the fabulous Pueblo Don Thomas resort. This property briefly comprises of 3 good size bedrooms, kitchen, spacious lounge /dining room. The apartment has solar panels and air conditioning. Stunning views of the Atlantic. €350,000

CAL-V-08-5 – Callao Salvaje Stunning villa constructed on two levels in a quiet area of Callao Salvaje Main house has 4 bedrooms / 4 bathrooms, plus a one bedroom self contained apartment below. In front of the property there is 1.000 m2 of land which is included in the sale price. €1,350,000

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.

BARGAIN €280,000 - REDUCED!!

PAR-A-41-3 • Playa Paraíso 3 Bed, 2 Bath Apartment Very modern American style kitchen, spacious lounge with patio windows to balcony, the 3rd bedroom (attic) has en-suite bathroom, roof terrace which has ample bathing space, Jacuzzi and stunning views. €299,000

Callao Salvaje • Ref SUE-V-33-3 3 Bed 3 Bath Frontline Villa Superb villa with breath taking views of the Atlantic and La Gomera. All bedrooms have en-suite, large open plan kitchen, spacious lounge / dining area.

The property is furnished with quality materials & there are passed plans to extend the property. A must to view. €780,000 €

GOL-V-17-3 – Golf del Sur 3 Bed, 3 bath villa with stunning views of the golf and Atlantic. Briefly comprises of 3 bedrooms with the possibility to construct two further if required, separate fully filled kitchen, large lounge area and separate dining room.

There is a private pool with ample terrace area. €355,000

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Freehold Hotels required GOL-V-43-3 – Golf del Sur Beautiful 3 bed, 3 bath villa. Situated on a plot size of 1034 m2 on Golf del Sur, this lovely villa briefly comprises of large lounge / dining area, separate fully fitted kitchen, Surrounded by 2m high cantos block walls with in and out drive and electric gates at both ends and with video entry, the drive has secure parking for about 7 cars. The villa also has a private pool. €595,000

for awaiting clients worldwide.

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We currently have a variety of studios, 1 & 2 bed Apartments & 1, 2 & 3 bed Villas for sale at great prices.

Callao Salvaje • Ref: CAL-V-38-3 3 / 4 Bed House Stunning Semi detached Villa on Popular residential complex in Callao Salvaje.

The Property briefly comprises of 3/4 Bedrooms, 3 Bathrooms (2 en suite) inc Jacuzzi Bath, Garage with separate utility room, Gym & office or music studio.

There is a large terrace with outside shower & BBQ. €362,500

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Super summer savers!

Save on rentals!

2 Bed Apts from € 590

We currently have bargain monthly rentals for one/two bedroom apartments in: San Eugenio Fañabé

€ 450/600 € 450/650

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1 Bed Apts € 450

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Apartments are fully-furnished, situated in communities with swimming pools and have multi-channel TV, washing machines and even free Wi-Fi at some locations.

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English/Spanish speakers English/Spanish speakers German speakers Visit our website  Apartment Tabaiba Baja.

Location: central . Views: sea 86.00m2 3 rooms 250000€ Phone: 663805740

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Property  Direct from promoter, for sale, luxur y apartments, Adeje, one bed terraces, garage, pool, gardens, lovely views to sea, oppor tunity, €100,000.

Residential and quiet area, tel: 660 132 296.  Opportunity, Los Cristianos, by the sea, 2 room apartment, garage, panoramic view, sun, quiet, €110,000 (no agents).

922 752 759 / 608 425 426  Apartment Santa Cruz.

Location: central . Views: sea 105.00m2 3 rooms 126000€ Phone: 663805740  A p a r t m e n t S a n t a Cruz. Location: central 3 rooms 126000€ Phone: 663805740

For Sale - Rural house in Aldea Blanca, San Miguel, Tenerife

Land 400 m 2, built 230 m 2, three bed, two bath, barbecue and wood burning stove, pool, garage for two cars, patio with planters, kitchen with pantry, fireplace, wood fitted ceilings, fitted wardrobes. €398,000.

Contact José Guadalupe Mobile 676 399 652 josejguadalupe@gmail.com

 Apartment Santa Cruz.

Location: central 140.00m2 4 rooms 370000€ Phone: 663805740  Terraced house Santa Cruz.

Location: central. Views: sea 187.00m2 3 rooms 525000€ Phone: 663805740  Apartment El Médano 1 Room 125000€. Phone: 670242080  Apartment La Laguna.

Location: outskirts 55.00m2 2 Rooms 138200€. Phone: 922245178  Terraced house Cruz del Teide 3 rooms 342577€ Phone: 670242080

Call Manuela 922 71 50 30 / 663 85 16 14 Call Angelica 922 37 85 14 / 663 85 16 31 Call Elena 922 37 85 00 / 663 85 16 31 www.nexusprop.eu for further information

 Apartment Playa Jardin 70.00m2 3 rooms 225000€ Phone: 670242080  A p a r t m e n t S a n L u i s 105.51m2 3 rooms 176000€ Phone: 670242080  A p a r t m e n t S a n L u i s 120.00m2 3 rooms 192500€ Phone: 670242080  C h a l e t L o s N a ra n j o s 225.00m2 3 rooms 499000€ Phone: 670242080  Apartment La Zamora 71.38m2 3 rooms 147218€ Phone: 670242080  Terraced house La Paz 95.00m2 2 rooms 400000€ Phone: 670242080  Apartment Las Aguas 3 rooms 167000€ Phone: 670242080  Apartment La Paz 60.00m2 1 r oom 169000€ Phone: 670242080

 Apartment La Quinta 2 rooms 216365€ Phone: 670242080  Terraced house La Quinta 3 rooms 330557€ Phone: 670242080  Apartment Realejo Bajo 84.00m2 3 rooms 145000€ Phone: 670242080  D u p l e x L a s A g u a s 3 rooms 167000€ Phone: 670242080  A p a r t m e n t E l To s c a l 64.00m2 2 rooms 145000€ Phone: 670242080  Terraced house Tabaiba Alta 160.00m2 3 rooms 309521€ Phone: 670242080  Apartment La Cuesta 70.00m2 2 Rooms 146045€.

Phone: 670242080

 Apartment Las Dehesas 50.00m2 1 room 200000€ Phone: 670242080

 Apartment La Citrona 128.00m2 4 rooms 252000€ Phone: 670242080

 Chalet La Primavera 200.00m2 3 Rooms 525000€.

Phone: 670242080

 A p a r t m e n t S a n L u i s 115.00m2 3 rooms 188500€ Phone: 670242080

 Apartment Las Aguas 3 rooms 167000€ Phone: 670242080

 C h a l e t L a P e r d o m a 80.00m2 268830€. Phone: 670242080

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Canary Countryhouse El Salto - Granadilla

 Apartment 55.86m2 1 Room 93000€. Phone: 670242080  Apartment El Médano 2 Rooms 175000€. Phone: 670242080  Terraced House El Durazno 222.00m2 3 Rooms 425000€.

Phone: 670242080  Apartment La Paz 67.00m2 1 Room 150000€. Phone: 670242080  Chalet El Calvario 200.00m2 3 Rooms 516515€. Phone: 670242080  Terraced House Green Golf 128.00m2 2 Rooms 225000€.

Phone: 670242080  Apartment El Tope 48.00m2 1 Room 126400€. Phone: 670242080  Chalet Guajara 330.00m2 4 Rooms 433329€. Phone: 670242080  Apartment 1 Room 228380€.

Phone: 670242080  C h a l e t 4 0 0 . 0 0 m 2 5 Rooms 510000€. Phone: 670242080  T e r r a c e d H o u s e 3 Rooms 273220€. Phone: 670242080  C h a l e t C a b o B l a n c o 213.00m2 4 Rooms 790000€.

Phone: 670242080

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Need it to look at its best?

Professional photographer available to take the pictures that will get your home noticed

Prices start from €50 Tel. 922 748 116 / 610 629 987 · e-mail markfoto@gmail.com http://tenerife.fotopic.net · http://web.me.com/tronski85

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. www.draguito-teneriffa.de Tel. (0034) 609 504 380

 C h a l e t L o s A n g e l e s 436.00m2 4 Rooms 1260000€.

Phone: 670242080

El Camisón, 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 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, 155,000 € Tel 629 244958

 Chalet Casa Azul 443.00m2 7 Rooms 600000€. Phone: 670242080

 Terraced House Casablanca 3 Rooms 270000€. Phone: 670242080

 C h a l e t L a s Pa l m e ra s 489.00m2 4 Rooms 900000€.

Phone: 670242080

 Apartment 3 Rooms 180000€.

Phone: 670242080

 Apartment Puerto Santiago 50.00m2 1 Room 162875€.

Phone: 670242080

 Apartment 74.04m2 3 Rooms 116000€. Phone: 670242080

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The Bike: Green scene

On your bike

All the fun of a bike, without the effort

The new Honda CR-Z Hybrid Coupé

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onda’s hybrid technology is called IMA, Integrated Motor Assist, because the integrated electric motor boosts the petrol engine during acceleration.

The CR-Z is exciting to drive, good looking, environmentally friendly and designed and engineered for modern, urban living. As the world’s first sporty hybrid, it’s stylish looks stand out from other ‘green’ cars, offering true driving thrills with its agile chassis, direct steering and low driving position.

The chassis shares some components with the Jazz and Insight, but the wheelbase, track width and set-up are all unique to the coupé. The narrower wheelbase increases agility while the wider track gives greater stability, a more direct, driving feel and a planted stance.

The CR-Z sits low to the ground, with a low centre of gravity. Changes have also been made to springs and dampers. The lower front forged

aluminium MacPherson struts are 4kg lighter than pressed steel, and are stronger to support the greater forces generated by the increased track width and tyre size.

The rear suspension is an Hsection torsion beam, providing excellent control of the rear wheels and allowing space for the mounting of the IMA batteries and control unit below the boot.

Electronic power steering (EPS) ensures responsive reactions, and direct steering makes the car feel like an extension of the driver. All grades of the CR-Z are fitted with lightweight 16-inch alloy wheels with 195/55R16 tyres.

17-inch wheels are available to order.

The CR-Z is the first hybrid ever

to have a sporty, 6-speed manual gearbox for short shifts and a firm but light action, giving greater control over the naturally aspirated 1.5-litre 114PS engine and balancing driver enjoyment (via closely spaced ratios) with fuel economy (a longer top gear).

The electric motor, positioned between the engine and gearbox, produces 14PS and boosts torque by 78.4Nm, both of which come much lower down the rev range – between 1,000 and 1,500rpm, improving initial acceleration so the car bursts into action almost immediately, perfect for stop-start driving. Together, the two motors give an overall power output of 124PS at 6,100rpm and 174Nm of torque between 1,000 and 1,500rpm, which is equivalent

to the peak torque of a 1.8-litre Civic. The result is that the CR-Z reaches 62mph in under 10 seconds, has a top speed of 124mph, average emissions of 117g/km and average fuel consumption of 56.4mpg.

This car is available in the Canaries soon, for more information visit your local Honda dealer or www.honda.es.

There’s a brand new way to discover Tenerife and enjoy the open air without contamination – Ecobike.

Ecobike is an electric bicycle for which you need no insurance, no road tax, or driving licence and you get most of the benefits of a bike ride (except for the exercise) without any effort. Ideal in traffic jams, it is a lot more efficient in town traffic and cheaper than a motorbike, scooter or moped. The bikes are available for short or long term rental or purchase from La Venta in the Buenavista main town square.

The Fine: Speed limits

Van or car

It has been brought to our attention that in recent weeks a number of members of the public driving multi-space vehicles, such as Berlingos or similar, have been stopped and either cautioned or fined for driving above the speed limit if exceeding 100km on the motorway.

Police are arguing that the vehicles are transport vehicles and therefore come under different speed restrictions, but the drivers in question are using the vehicles for personal use and believed them to be classed as cars. We contacted Citroën who told us that the easiest way to confirm your status was to check with your insurer. If your vehicle is insured for personal use (particular) it is a car and comes under speed limits for cars (up to 120 km on the motorway). Jaime in Citroën added that insurance documents could be submitted as a judicial defence if contesting any fines.

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Boxing

By George Reed

Edwin Valero

The human wrecking machine

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hree years ago I wrote an article on a destructive puncher called Edwin Valero from Venezuela who was virtually unknown to British and American boxing fans, even though at the time he had set one of boxing’s most spectacular records by knocking out his first eighteen opponents all in the first round. Recently he was in the news again when he committed suicide after his arrest on suspicion of murdering his wife.

If you wonder why you hadn’t heard of Valero it’s probably because after turning professional at 20, and after eight fights on his home circuit, he broke through in America and was quickly signed by Oscar de la Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions, but his progress was delayed by a failed MRI brain scan in 2004, the result of a motorcycle accident back in 2001. On his return to the ring he did his fighting at home in Venezuela as well as in Japan, Panama and France, using Tokyo as his base. Between July 2002 and February 2005 he notched up 18 first round K.O.s, and then won his first major world title belt when he stopped the W.B.A. super featherweight champion Vincente Mosquera.

After successfully defending his super featherweight belt on a few occasions, he then moved up a weight division and won the W.B.C. world lightweight title. In his latest defence of this title, he once again showed his tremendous punching power when in February of this year after stepping into a ring in Monterrey, Mexico, he battered his challenger, the world top ten rated Mexican, Antonio De Marco, so hard and so often that the challenger retired on his stool following the ninth round, bringing Valero’s ring record to 27 contests – 27 wins by K.O. or by stoppages.

The southpaw wrecking machine may not always have thrown his punches in textbook fashion but even though the Venezuelan was barred from boxing in every state in the U.S.A. except Texas, and didn’t perform under the bright lights of Las Vegas or the Mecca of boxing, Maddison Square Garden, he became a type of cult figure in certain boxing circles, due to his thrilling style and enormous power.

Tenerife Rural

Never again, says Roe

One of the most respected basketball players in Spain says he will never allow himself to be “conned” by a club into signing without full guarantees that it has the funds to pay players’ wages.

Veteran Lou Roe, whose arrival helped pull Tenerife Rural out of relegation danger after a horrible start to the season back in the winter, has slammed the club for its financial

management, which has left many players with wage arrears of several months.

“I would never come back here after this experience” Lou told Island Connections immediately after the last game of the season. “There were times when some of the younger players would come to me in tears to ask for a loan because they had no money. I had to persuade many of them to carry on giving it their all for the fans because they

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did not want to train or play. On one occasion we were paid straight from the gate receipts, so bad was the financial situation”explained Roe. The cash-strapped club took extraordinary steps to save money on away games, according to the well-liked New Jersey forward, who once played for the Detroit Pistons and Minnesota Timberwolves in the NBA. “There were times when we were told to walk

Oh dear

Golfers find Canaries expensive The Canaries’ bid to raise the profile of the Islands as a golfing destination has been dealt a blow by survey findings indicating that many golfers find the region on the expensive side for holidays.

The poll of over 150,000 visitors who played on

Canarian courses while on holiday during the first quarter of 2010 found that over half described the experience as “expensive or too expensive”, with many reluctant to return at the current prices. Only around 7,000 (less than five per cent, mostly German) thought their golfing holiday was “good value” in price terms. Despite

the overall negative opinion on costs, the vast majority rated the courses as good or very good and praised the ease of booking rounds and the general upkeep of facilities. The study was commissioned by the Canarian Statistics Institute to identify user opinions on their golfing experience.

Las Palmas consider stadium return

Estadio Insular

This year’s painful experience in the second division has triggered fresh calls for Las Palmas to leave the new Gran Canaria stadium and return to their old home, the now abandoned ‘Estadio Insular’, the scene of its past glories.

The idea has been launched formally by a

sector of the club’s fans and backed by former chairman Angel Luis Tadeo, who feels the size and shape of the new stadium alienates supporters.

Players have often criticised the lack of atmosphere at home games due to the wide athletics track which keeps the fans a long way away from the pitch.

However, a return would require massive investment

to restore the Insular to its former state. Despite having been given up as part of a swap brokered by the Gran Canaria Cabildo to make way for a modern sports venue, the stadium has lain idle for several years and is slowly falling apart. Neither the city council nor the Cabildo have commented officially on the proposal.

around town for two hours late at night after away games to kill time before a midnight coach to Madrid

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More than a few players are threatening action over unpaid wages

to catch the early flight back to Tenerife, all to save a second night in a hotel.

You can’t treat professional players like that, and it will never happen to me again” he added. Another player to suffer this year is guard Julio González, a former world junior champion with Spain, who was told to look for another team for next season and, according to local media, to pay his €150 air fare back to the mainland because Tenerife did not have the money for the ticket. González and others have threatened to take action against Tenerife Rural over the wage arrears.

Volleyball

Jamper Aguere lift Spanish crown

La Laguna ladies volleyball side Jamper Aguere are looking forward to their first Champions League assault next season after sweeping to the Spanish title earlier this month.

The small club has shot to stardom over the past year, finishing top of the Premiership and then winning the championship play-offs against bigger-budget sides Menorca and Murcia. The league title, which is the first ever in the club’s history, means that Tenerife returns to the pinnacle of ladies volleyball despite the recent decline of the once unbeatable Marichal, who narrowly avoided relegation this season.

Jamper Aguere have registered to take part in the European Champions League although only after a serious consideration of the financial costs of travelling to away games in countries such as Russia, Turkey and Italy.

Chairman Ambrosio González had a pleasant surprise when he returned from accompanying the team to the Balearics for the play-off final. His wife Noelia gave birth to the couple’s second daughter ahead of schedule in La Laguna and the baby was waiting for him on arrival.

Half marathon

Kenyans coast to wins

La Laguna’s annual half-marathon race turned out to be an entirely Kenyan affair, with the African country’s distance runners cruising to victory in both the men’s and women’s events.

John Kirui led from virtually the start to take the men’s crown in a time of just under 1 hour and 6 minutes, half a minute ahead of runner-up José Carlos Hernández from the local CajaCanarias Athletics Club. The ladies’ race was won by Monica Jepkoech, who destroyed a mainly Canarian field and finished a massive 10 minutes ahead of Aroa Merino in a little over 1 hour and 15 minutes.

Almost 500 runners turned out for the race, breaking the previous record set in 2007.

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Last year we ran a story about Cassandra GraikowskiHainsworth,who lives in Tenerife but is a British citizen and went over to swim in the British National Fin Swimming Championships where she broke a number of records.

The Soccer Experience World Cup is still well under way as we search the south of Tenerife for different nationalities to come and join us so if you would like to enter a team and put on your nation’s colours!..... we would like as many different countries as possible but we would really like a German team to confirm. Are there any German players out there good at taking penalty kicks in World cups?

Championship Summary Villa Mitre finished off a wonderful season in style this week with the destruction of Zurich Spartans. Hoppy’s Cyril’s Creation bounced back to winning ways with a tough victory over John Summers’ ever improving I.C. Media side, moving them back into second spot in the table. Tenerife Solicitors are back in third after failing to beat Pueblo Torviscas in one of the tightest games of the season, a real game of defenses as the teams only managed a 1:1 draw. The young Rachael’s Motors team who look to be getting stronger with every game are sure to be pushing teams all the way in the up and coming season.

Over 35’s summary Shaine’s L.A. Veterans side still sit top of the pile with yet another victory this time over the reigning champions Ironcraft. This was always going to be one of their toughest games and it never disappointed with great saves.

The Pub got back to winning ways after a few losing games. They did so in great fashion beating new boys Cana Bar. Taboos also managed to steal three points in the second week of

fixtures with a great victory as captain Phil saw his boys rolling back the years with some wonderful football at times. I.C. Media Veterans are also on the move up the table as they grabbed another three points this time off struggling Paddy O’Taffy’s, and are going to prove a very hard team to beat for the remainder of the season.

Masters League summary Adam and Kade the cuddly and charming brothers of The Rovers team took another huge leap towards top of the Master’s League as they closed the gap on Taylor’s Masters to just two points with yet another impressive win, this time over Exiles Masters. Andy’s Harleys Restaurant side continue their great form with another good win over Arnies Bar and the shock result of the week was the defeat of reigning champions Hole in the Wall defeated by Tenerife Warriors. Lee Morfitt and his Masters team pulled off a great result holding Taylor’s Masters to a 4:4 draw (though they were 4:2 up with 10 minutes to play). New boys Spanish Style are making themselves known very early on as they move further and further up the table winning again 6:4, having been

4:1 down at half time, showing that they have character as well as endless amounts of technique.

Team required for new league The new Championship League starting soon needs one more team, if a bar or maybe a group of friends are interested?

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Soccer Experience are looking to start games for young boys and girls every Wednesday night through the summer, the initial objective is to get as many kids together as possible and then split them into teams just to have fun and play. Over the period we will split up the various levels so kids are comfortable playing in the relevant type of game! These fun games might develop into a Soccer Experience league over the summer, subject to the parental agreement that fun is the primary objective!

Please contact us as soon as possible if you’re interested in your son or daughter playing some fun football during the holidays!

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Please contact us, calling or sending an sms to 654200470 or email soccer@soccerexperience. com or check out more information online at: www. soccerexperience.com.

couple of weeks ago the British Finswimming Association asked if Cassandra would travel to Mallorca to swim in the World Championships.

Her mother Samantha told us, “this is a great opportunity for Cassandra and one not to be missed and we are therefore doing everything in our power to get her there. (However) they have come up with no funds and have said that they cannot help out with funding, so we are doing what we can here in Tenerife. We have set up a donations/sponsor web site and would like to know if anyone can help out in any way”

f you would like to help Cassandra visit .http://sponsorcassandra.blogspot.com/

World Cup

Canarian caps

Spain manager Vicente del Bosque included two Canarian players in his 30strong preliminary squad for the World Cup in South Africa.

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egular David Silva (Valencia) is joined by the season’s most improved player, Barcelona’s Pedro Rodríguez, who gets his first squad invite.

The Tenerife-born forward has been tipped as a certainty to go to South Africa after his recordbreaking performances on the field for Barcelona, where he has dislodged Thierry Henry from the starting line-up.

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he ex-Real Madrid trainer also, finally, included Barcelona’s goalie, Victor Valdes, in the preliminary squad.

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Bertran’s goal was glorious but not enough to save the side

First Division 17/05/2010 CLUB

We will be back!

8/05/10 Tenerife 2:2 Almeria There had been many ‘must win’ matches for Tenerife during the last few weeks and a win against Almeria would have left league survival in the blanquiazules’ hands for the forthcoming game in Valencia.

Almeria were practically safe on 41 points, although they still needed one more point to guarantee La Liga football next season. The Andalusian outfit travelled to Tenerife in good form and they were to prove to be a hard nut to crack for the home side roared on by a passionate if not nervy 21,000 crowd. The game started so well for the blanquiazules and they went close in the second minute when Diego Alves was forced to tip over Román Martínez’s header across goal.

The Almeria goalkeeper was in action soon after when he parried clear Nino’s effort from six yards. Then gloriously Marc Bertrán was to produce a moment of magic as he cut in from the right before unleashing an unstoppable shot that curled into the top corner with his left foot from 20 yards. The goal made it on to Sky Sports Soccer Am as one of the best goals of the week in Europe. However,

rather than build on their lead, Tenerife allowed Almeria to get back in the game and the visitors were level within three minutes when Domingo Cisma found Piatti who tucked into the bottom corner from 12 yards. It was a bitter blow.

In the second half Tenerife attacked in a desperate effort to win the game (do they know any other way?) but the kamikaze tactics left plenty of space and the defence was struggling to keep up with the blistering pace of the strike force. Shots rained in on the Almeria goal but Brazilian keeper Diego Alves was playing a blinder.

Frustration grew as a draw was simply not good enough for Tenerife but against the run of play a quick break by Crusat resulted in a second goal for Almeria. The pint sized striker drilled in a low shot from the centre of the penalty area with only ten minutes left on the clock. You could hear a pin drop in the Heliodoro Stadium at this point as relegation loomed but a final onslaught raised the noise in the stands.

A Marc Bertrán throw was headed on by Dinei and Nino bravely volleyed the ball into the goal from the penalty spot to equalise in the 93rd minute.

The final whistle blew just after the re-start with mixed emotions from players and fans alike. Normally a last kick of the match equaliser would be celebrated with great joy but most realised that this was

a wasted chance for Tenerife.

Primera League survival would now not be in their own hands.

16/5/10 Valencia 1:0 Tenerife

PLD W

1. Barcelona

2. Real Madrid 3. Valencia

4. Sevilla

5. Mallorca

6. Getafe

7. Villarreal

8. Athletic Bilbao 9. Atletico Madrid 10. Dptvo La Coruna 11. Espanyol

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Second Division 17/05/2010 CLUB

By Chris Todd

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Two hours before the match the scenes around Mestalla, the Valencia stadium were incredible and when the Tenerife players’ coach arrived it was besieged by cheering fans. Taking our place high in the Valencia stadium the tension was growing with many people keeping one eye on the all important scores from other matches.

The dream final day scenario never materialised as The early news was not CD Tenerife bade farewell good as Malaga took a shock to their brief stay in the lead against Madrid and Spanish Primera Division. Barcelona began their thrashing Going into the last round of matches, incredibly six clubs were still in danger of being relegated.

Tenerife needed to draw or win and then hope that two clubs between Malaga, Valladolid and Racing lost.

Considering that Malaga and Valladolid were playing against title chasing Real Madrid and FC Barcelona respectively there was a hope that Tenerife could achieve the ‘great escape’ at the very last minute.

With only six days’ notice due to the usual delay by the Spanish FA in confirming the match day, a grand total of 1,700 Tenerife supporters turned the streets of Valencia into a sea of blue and white.

The Plaza de La Virgen was the place chosen as a prematch meeting point for ‘Chicharreros’. The usual fun took place as jokers turned the main fountain into a massive

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of Valladolid (this meant that Madrid could not win the league and therefore had nothing to play for). Valencia who had already guaranteed Champions League football next season, were keen to please their supporters on the last day although they made changes to their normal line up. Tenerife midfielder Román Martínez tested Miguel Moyá from close range in only the second minute of the match, but that would hardly set the tone for a match of few chances.

It took until the 18th minute for Valencia to get a sight on goal, but Vicente saw his effort blocked by Sergio Aragoneses.

But Valencia were enjoying their best spell in the match and moments later, Nikola Zigic had a good chance but failed to trouble the keeper with a close-range header. Just as they had in

PLD W

1. Real Sociedad 2. Levante

3. Cartagena 4. Hercules

5. Betis

6. Villarreal B 7. Elche

8. Numancia 9. Recreativo 10. Cordoba

11. Gimnastic 12. Celta Vigo 13. Girona

14. Rayo Vallecano 15. Las Palmas 16. Albacete

17. Huesca

18. Salamanca 19. Cadiz

20. Murcia

21. Real Union 22. Castellon

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D L F

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the first half, Tenerife had an opportunity early in the second, but Alejandro Alfaro’s shot from the edge of the area was held by Moya. You really could not see a blanquiazul goal and with other scores not going Tenerife’s way relegation loomed. It was one-way traffic as the hosts continued to throw everything they had at Tenerife. A draw was simply not good enough and a last minute Valencia goal in some way put us out of our misery. Dominguez whipped in an inswinging corner from the left, finding Alexis at the far post and he headed home to snatch the points. That was the nail in the coffin for the blanquiazules and there was no way back.

As the final whistle blew some players sunk to the floor and others clapped the travelling support.

Relegation is the hardest

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blow of all and last time CD Tenerife went down it took them eight years to regain their top flight status. Many are convinced that this time it will be different and we will bounce back next season. The whole Island will suffer in the mean time, experts predict that the Island economy will lose €80 million from the loss of revenue from having a team in one of the world’s top leagues.

It has been a memorable campaign despite the sad ending and it really has been a privilege to have seen the world’s top players in the Heliodoro, Messi, Kaka, David Villa and Cristiano Ronaldo to name a few. Next season brings new hope and we will be there cheering on Tenerife no matter who they are playing.

We will be back!!

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