Cover Photo: Xescu Prats
Slow Down! In this issue we report on two fatal road traffic accidents on Ibiza’s roads. Both were the death of pedestrians in locations where there was no pavement—highlighting the need for us all to drive with caution wherever we are, but particularly in those many areas of the island that do not have pavements.
Vanessa Patricio died Thursday morning, the 9th of February, after being hit by a vehicle as she walked along the side of a road close to the airport.
The 32 year old mother was walking close to her place of work, the Volkswagen dealership, close to the Cepsa petrol station. She was hit by one car following it being hit by another in a collision just before 9am. Full report on page 7. On Saturday 4th February, a 68-year-old woman died after being hit by a car on the road from Santa Eulalia to San Carlos, at a notorious accident blackspot. Report on Page 3.
It’s War!
Ibiza’s old school clubs declare war on new generation of open-air venues.
Privilege and Es Paradis denounce two Ibiza mayors for not acting against music hotels and beach clubs. A war between the traditional clubs of Ibiza and the new breed of hotels and beach clubs offering open air music has begun. The owners of Privilege and Es Paradis, two of Ibiza’s oldest discos which have been operating since the (Continued on page 3)