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Confusion and controversy over decree

ONTROVERSY and confusion has once again broken out in the Canaries after the islands’ government announced plans to once again restrict and control private holiday rentals. The new rules have been put out for consultation even though the earlier proposals of May 2015 are still subject to a Supreme Court appeal. This decree wanted to ban holiday rentals in tourist areas without any exceptions being allowed. Now, the Canary Government has changed track and aims to restrict vacation rental developments on residential land in tourist areas. It says this shouldn’t be allowed BUT is allowing individual local councils to make exceptions if they feel it is right to do so. Private holiday home owners have been left pondering what it all means. Does it only relate to new permissions or will it have an impact on anyone who rents out a flat or villa to tourists, regardless of whether they have a licence or not. The Canary Government says vacation rentals WILL be allowed in residential areas which opponents say is “ridiculous”. They say holiday rentals should be allowed in tourist zones, NOT in residential areas as these are meant as places to live for local people whilst tourist zones are for just that, tourists. The hotel association, Ashotel has welcomed the new proposals presented by the Minister of Tourism of the regional government, Isaac Castellano. However, the Association of

Tourist Municipalities of the Canary Islands will present allegations to the decree which also rules out a split use ie someone living in a home cannot rent part of it out to a tourist. This will avoid offers like the one recently reported by Ashotel in which a balcony was rented in a house where the owner lived at the same time. The Association of Tourist Municipalities is made up of Adeje, Arona, Guía de Isora, San Bartolomé de Tirajana, Mogán and Pájara and account for 30 per cent of the tourist GDP generated in the islands. Arona’s Mayor, José Julián Mena, said these municipalities received each year 7.8 million tourists, had than 250,000 beds and accounted for more than 65 million overnight stays. Of the new decree, the Mayor of Adeje, José Miguel Rodríguez Fraga said: “We believe there are contradictions and we have to be heard on a topic so sensitive and that demands an intelligent regulation so that the problem becomes an opportunity.” Ashotel is confident that the important volume of holiday homes that, despite having the previous decree (2015) was not registered (more than 80 per cent), do so from now on, once it is finally approved, adjusting to the parameters set by the standard. “We need this

accommodation modality to comply with the law so that we can all play with the same cards,” says Sr. Marichal. There is also criticism that the Canary Government is “passing the buck” by delegating final decisions to town councils. But the Tourist Minister insisted: “The phenomenon of holiday rentals does not develop in the same way in all the islands or in all the municipalities, so the solution must be flexible, something that will only be achieved if it is incorporated into town councils through its instruments of planning in the exercise of their competences.”

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Man goes on rampage

OLICE arrested a 22-year-old Spanish man after he went on the rampage in Santa Cruz, smashing the windows of 15 cars with stones.

The incident in Mayorazgo caused great concern in the area, especially as the suspect originally ran away from the officers who were then involved in a substanial struggle to restrain him. Although windows were smashed on all of the vehicles, police said theft did not appear to be the motive as nothing was stolen from inside.

Knife attack in El Fraile

OLICE are investigating a knife attack in the south of Tenerife which left one man seriously injured.

The incident happened in El Fraile, near Las Galletas, in the mid-afternoon of May 27th. The 112 emergency control centre was told there had been some sort of fight in calle Tenerife, during which the man, aged 37, suffered a serious wound to his abdomen. Medics treated him at the scene before he was taken on to hospital.

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 In addition to defining the areas in which the vacation rental can be developed, the councils and town halls may also include quality standards. In the same way, the project includes the need to respect collective agreements also for holiday rental workers, and establishes minimum equipment and standards that must be met. “For example,” said Sr. Castellano, “at all times the owner of the home must be reachable for both the tourist and the community.” Vacation tourism rental accounts for around ten per cent of the Canarian accommodation offer. In 2015, the Government was clearly warned that this activity could not be limited to residential areas, since it is precisely a tourist activity. The new text is now subject to a public information period of one month. Sr. Castellano said the Government’s objective is to “update” the regulations, help guarantee access to residents’

homes, commit to “sustainability and quality” and avoid the “disorderly growth” over the territory. As for digital platforms, the draft decree establishes that the houses on offer must have the registration number and if an irregular space is detected, they must be eliminated within a maximum period of six months. To carry out the application of the decree, the Autonomous Community has a staff of 14 inspectors. According to the latest study of the autonomous community with respect to 2017, the Canary Islands have a total of 31,975 houses under vacation rental, 5.8 per cent more than the previous year and a total of 131,032 beds, one per cent more. Of these, some 6,600 houses are authorised by the town councils. Holiday rental homes will have six months to adapt to the new regulations when they are approved. Sr. Castellano said the new text will facilitate access to a

Mayor of Adeje, Jose Miguel Rodriguez Fraga “decent housing” for residents who are said to be being priced out of the market. The five localities that make up the Association of Tourist Municipalities of the Canary Islands (AMTC) will present en bloc allegations to the draft. “The draft does not solve the problem, “ said Marco Aurelio Pérez, mayor of San Bartolomé de Tirajana. “How can it be that the Government tells the town councils that the holiday rental can be solved

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through planning, if some of us have subsidiary standards of 1987 and others, general plans of the last century?” According to the Canary Islands Vacation Rental Association, figures for holiday homes have been “manipulated” because although 6,600 properties had been regularised, it knows of another 14,000 who have presented responsible statements and are waiting to be registered by the councils.

Police called in Guide dogs ARE by Ryanair flight allowed on public OLICE were called to Tenerife’s south airport after a dispute broke out on a Ryanair flight from Manchester.

Air traffic controllers confirmed there was some sort of incident on the plane involving “difficult passengers” and police had to be called in to meet the aircraft when it touched down. It is understood at least one of the onboard rules were breached and it has been suggested that alcohol was involved. The plane took a shorter route to Tenerife because of the situation on board. A spokesman for Ryanair commented: “The crew of this flight from Manchester to Tenerife (24 May) requested police assistance upon arrival after a number individuals became disruptive inflight.

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The association of users in the Canaries, the taxi collective and city hall carried out a public demonstration to highlight the duty to comply with the regulations in force. The Mayor of the city, José Manuel Bermúdez addressed about 100 people gathered in the Plaza de España to warn that “the use of public transport in the company of the guide dog is not a question of will but a matter of legality. “ He also appealed to “the humanity of all to promote a responsible and civic coexistence in the city.” In response to a specific episode occurred a few days before, the various spokespersons of the collectives recalled that both national and European legislation regulate the use of guide dogs and recognise throughout Spain the right of the user to access in the company of the animal to all types of public transport. “All we have to do is comply with the regulations and help others,” said José Manuel Bermúdez, who warned that “logically those who do not comply should be warned and admonished.”

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BUSY TRAFFIC

Arona gets new acoustic traffic lights for the blind

HIS was the dramatic scene when a number of people had to be evacuated from the Mount Teide national park - but it was all a mockup. The emergency services were taking part in an exercise to see how they would cope in the event of a real-life incident invovling casualties. More than 250 personnel were involved in a rescue from people trapped in the cable car ( a situation which really has happened before). For this mock-up, one of the cars came to a sudden halt, injuring some of those on board who included a person with limited mobility. The crew included firefighters, police, the Civil Guard, Red Cross, medics and others. The rescuers had to climb up to the cable car to release those trapped inside. Those injured were “taken to hospital” by the emergency helicopter.

Paraglider seriously hurt

paraglider was seriously injured after suffering a fall in Lanzarote.

He crashlanded in the mountains of Tenesar in Tinajo and suffered “severe trauma”, according to the emergency services. The 112 service received a report that a paraglider had fallen in the aforementioned area, a place difficult to access. He was located by firefighters who stretchered him back to an ambulance. He was then treated at the scene before being taken on to hospital.

RONA council has put into operation the first intelligent acoustic traffic lights for blind people and promises there will be more to come.

They have been installed in the busy traffic areas of Los Cristianos and Las Galletas and are activated with a mobile or remote control. The lights then emit an acoustic signal, not just the coloured lights. These traffic lights are installed in different places at the intersections of Prince Felipe Avenue with Fernando Salazar (Las Galletas), Juan Carlos I avenues with Amsterdam Avenue, as well as Chayofita avenue with Chajofe Boulevard, in Los Cristianos.

The latter - Chayofita Avenue with Chajofe Boulevard - will enter into operation once other works that are being carried out in this area are completed. Arona’s Mayor, José Julián Mena said: “Since the beginning of our mandate, we have worked intensely in terms of accessibility and elimination of barriers. Although we still have a lot to do, in these three years we have created and adapted public spaces, seeking maximum quality and open use to all the residents of Arona and those who visit us. “

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“BLUE CENTRE”

Nature classroom wins award for fourth year

OR the fourth consecutive year, the Rambla de Castro nature classroom at Los Realejos, has been recognised as an official “Blue Cen-

tre”.

The award comes from the same European organisation that grants the Blue Flags and values the environmental educational activity of this centre. Coordinator of the ANRC, Isidro Baeza, said: “This recognition puts in value our constant task in the design and development of an annual programme of consolidated activities and of increasing acceptance among the citizens and certifies that our model is developed in the European line and international environmental education.” The Rambla de Castro Nature Classroom is an environmental educational project of the Association for the Promotion of the Visual and Scenic Arts of Los Realejos (AFAVER), co-financed by Los Realejos council and with scientific advice and collaboration from various bodies. Its headquarters are located in Casona de Castro, in the protected natural area of the same name, from where the activities programme ‘Los

Realejos Actúa Verde’ is coordinated. Information on activities and registration forms is available on the website www.aularambladecastro.es.

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SECOND PHASE

La Orotava’s new sports park could be open in 2019

massive new sports park is taking shape in La Orotava and may be finished early in 2019.

The Mayor, Francisco Linares (CC) announced that the first phase of the Opuntia sports park, near the Los Cuartos stadium, will end this summer. The second phase, pending closing an agreement with BBVA, current owner of the urbanisation, is expected to go out to tender later this year. “In principle we can say that there is a semi-insurance with the bank to execute that guarantee. If it does not finally close, the city council has a credit reserve of about 500,000 euros to get that second phase of the work to tender with our own resources,” said the Mayor. The first phase is the most complicated, since it includes the execution of the two ends of the park, where the cafeteria, the playground and the area with outdoor exercises will be located. During this phase, important

dismantling, large stone walls and some structures have been carried out, such as the building that will house the cafeteria. The second phase, which corresponds to the central part of the park, will be much easier to execute, since it is limited to a flat part where there will

Hotels encouraged to take more of their own bookings

OTELS in Tenerife are being urged to take more control over their own bookings in the midst of surging use of the internet and “metasearch” engines. Google, Trivago and Tripadvisor have been giving tips to managers and owners so they can attract more direct reservations and improve their web positioning. Online bookings of hotels are undergoing a ver y

important growth in recent years to the extent that forecasts suggest that in 2022 they will be equal in number to those registered through other offline channels. This increase makes it necessary for hotel

companies to worr y about being well positioned and to attract direct reservations to their establishments in these distribution channels . This was explained by L aura Gar rido, industr y manager of Trivago for Spain and Latin America during an event at the headquarters of the Tourist Innovation Factory of the Canary Islands (FIT Canarias) in Adeje. The welcome was paid by Juan Pablo González, manager of Ashotel, and Pablo Delgado, general director of Mirai, hotel management consultancy, who moderated the subsequent round table. Javier Delgado Muerza from Google drew attention to the impact that mobile technology has made in the decision-making process of the users, making it an indispensable vehicle for access to the information they want. They are now more curious, demanding and impatient and their searches are increasingly specific and immediate. Therefore, companies should consider this device as an indispensable element when it comes to developing their strategy in the digital field.

be only green areas, gardens and walks to walk and run. “The most expensive and costly part has been the first, which cost about 600,000 euros, and what remains is budgeted at about 400,000 euros,” said Sr. Linares. The Opuntia park cafeteria will be open to the competition

when the work is completely finished. The park will have opening and closing hours; It will be fenced, and will have a video surveillance system. In addition, it will have a playground, a space with exercise equipment, and a dirt ride around the site to walk or run.

La Laguna to host “Women on the beach” programme

A Laguna council has opened registrations for its popular “Women on the beach” programme which provides good exercise as well as a social event.

Registration may take place until June 8th and may be requested by women who are 55 years of age (exceptionally those under 55 with deficiencies that will be assessed by the Evaluation Committee) who are registered in the municipality. The project’s programming will be 15 weeks, from June 18th to November 29th, plus a second call in 2019 from January 14th to May 16th. The participation of about 1,200 women from the municipality is expected. It is an initiative in which the council finances the free collective transport of women from 55 years of age to Las Teresitas beach for leisure and sports activities two days a week. The programme has the collaboration of the Red Cross, which promotes physical activities that develop in the sand and on the beach.

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“NO TRUCE”

Santa Cruz continues onslaught over false mobility parking badges

The council stressed there would be “no truce” and they would continue to review the cards on public roads and punish those who “perform this type of unsupportive behaviour”. “It’s incredible that there are still people who do not have the least respect for others and photocopy cards to park where they do not belong, “ said Zaida González . In the latest seizures, six of the cards were used by people who were not the owners of the same; another seemed to be issued by the Catalan autonomous administration, although there was no title holder; and the rest were

Gang smuggled women into Tenerife for prostitution

OLICE in Santa Cruz have withdrawn in the last weeks another 14 photocopied cards for parking in the places reserved for people with reduced mobility (PMR). It means that so far this year, 65 fraudulent cards have been intercepted. In addition, police have also begun to withdraw some cards, with the appearance of being issued by the City of Arona, which are being used for identical purposes in the streets of the capital of Tenerife, although they appear ascribed to vehicles and not to people. First deputy mayor and councillor for citizen security, roads and mobility, Zaida González congratulated the police for “continuing to stand firm in this battle to defend the rights of people with reduced mobility.”

SWIFT ACTION

OLICE in Santa Cruz have arrested three people aged between 25 and 55 in connection with the trafficking of human beings for the purpose of sexual exploitation.

multiple copies of several people holding the aforementioned cards. In the case of the cards that seem issued by the City of Arona, the agents note that the

curious thing is that some people who carried these documents indicated that they had been provided by their company to be used by any worker.

They also face charges of illegal immigration and belonging to a criminal group. Their victims travelled from Venezuela to Santa Cruz posing as tourists although they knew this was false. They were constantly controlled by one of the leaders of the group and two of them have been freed. The investigations began in October 2017 when the National Police was informed through the official website of the Police, Human Trafficking Website, that two young women of Venezuelan nationality had been captured in

Unions and officials horrified after vandalism attacks on ambulances

EALTH officials have expressed their utter disgust at two major incidents of vandalism which put more than a dozen ambulances out of action. The incidents occurred in La Gomera and Tenerife and an investigation is underway to find the culprits and whether or not the two could be connected. This is not the first time such vandalism has occurred in the Canaries. There were two similar attacks in Gran Canaria. In all of the cases, it was patients urgently awaiting transport who suffered the most, let alone the time and

cost of the repairs. The unions have joined the Ministr y of Health in condemning the vandalism. One of the most recent incidents happened in the early hours of the morning in Puerto de la Cruz when ten vehicles for non-urgent medical transport were targetted, as well as an ambulance. The ten vehicles are those that take patients to rehabilitation, consultations and diagnostic

tests, while the ambulance is assigned to the Canary Health Service (SCS). The vandals slashed or let down the tyres and broke the windows. More than 30 patients in the north of Tenerife were left without transport and the ambulance that covers the area of the Teide National Park was rendered unusable. The Non Urgent Sanitary Transport on the island of La Gomera was also affected when the lights of three ambulances were smashed. These too are used for daily

transfer of patients to health centres for different treatments. “These circumstance forced the cancellation of scheduled transfers of 26 rehabilitation patients, as well as four consultations, prioritising transfers of hemodialysis treatments, which are vital.” said a spokesman. In the earlier attacks in Gran Canaria, eight ambulances were incinerated by vandals and a few days later, three other ambulances and a transport van were set on fire in an open space located within the municipal district

of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, although on that occa-

their country for the practice of prostitution on Tenerife. Police said the victims were going to begin to practice prostitution in a rental apartment but this was avoided thanks to the rapid police action. This operation is part of the National Police Plan against Trafficking in Human Beings for the Purpose of Sexual Exploitation, launched in 2013. Since then, the National Police has activated the telephone line 900 10 50 90 and the mail addresses @ police. is to facilitate citizen collaboration and the denunciation, anonymous and confidential, of this type of crime.

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Old road to be recovered Walk for Life Foundation for first time needs backing for new T BRA project HELPING RECOVERY

DISUSED PATH

HE recovery of an old road lost in the 70s progresses at a good pace in Guia de Isora.

The trail will connect Las Fuentes with Tejina again, having been ccupied entirely by flora, mostly rushes and weeds, making it impossible to use. Members of the Aveti residents´association visited the path and praised the work carried out by the workers of the Extraordinary Social Employment Plan. Its president Norberto Torres praised the work, saying: “It will allow us to retrace paths that had fallen into disuse and many people who were born after the 70s do not even know about.” Guía de Isora has made a special effort to recover the old roads as part of a plan to boost the mid areas of the municipality and open them to new economic opportunities. The old road originally started from the seed that gave rise to the core of Tejina de Isora, the Lomo of Tejina, and ended in the hamlet of Las Fuentes, known colloquially as the granary of Guía de Isora. After the construction of the road, the hamlet was depopulated because it was no longer necessary to live in the area to work in it, so the roads were also falling into disuse.

NDEROING a mastectomy is a trauma many women are going through but in Tenerife, help is always on hand if needed.

One of the leading lights is the Walk for Life Foundation which gives its support in so many ways and has now revealed a new initiatige. Its president, Brigitte Gypen recently presented the BRA project to the Adeje health councillor Amada Trujillo Bencomo, with which a new specially adapted bra will be donated to ever y women who needs to undergo a mastectomy. “To ensure a rapid recovery, particularly after such a invasive procedure such as a mastectomy, one of the important elements to take into consideration is the use of a bra following the operation, one that is made to fit each patient, made from a particular material that isn’t abrasive, that closes in front, is comfortable and can be adapted to suit the needs of each woman,” she explained. Amada Trujillo Bencomo pointed out that “the council has always been ready to offer and improve services which impact directly on the quality of life of individuals. To that end we have improved the integral service to ontology patients on offer, a preventative lymphedema diagnostic service, a transport option for patients who need treatment in hospitals and a water-based programme to help prevent lymphedema. All of these services are in partnership with the Spanish Cancer Association with whom we have worked closely over the years. One in every eight women

will suffer from breast cancer. That’s according to the cancer observation unit of the AECC, the Spanish Association against Cancer, and who have reported that 1,132 cases of breast cancer were diagnosed in the Canary Islands in 2017, an increase over the numbers for 2016. The BRA project was born out of this reality, and works to meet a real and existing need, to give these women who have had a mastectomy something that is essential to their recovery. To make the BRA project a reality, funds are needed for the acquisition of these adapted bras, the campaign administration, promotion and letting people know about the project, delivery of the bras, etc. The Foundation can depend on a number of donations that have been received from various sponsors and other individuals, and are also happy to accept more voluntary (and anonymous if so desired) donations. Brigitte Gypen assures that “any monies given to the Foundation are used strictly and only in the fight against cancer and legally declared to the state, and anyone can check to see that all donations are properly registered.”

CABILDO’S RESCUE

Work finally starts on ill-fated senior centre in Guía de Isora

ONG-awaited work to finish an old people’s home in Guía de Isora has finally started again.

The local council had to give the building to Tenerife Cabildo to complete the works after 20 years of waiting. The estimated time for the work is ten months and the centre will accommodate about 100 older dependents of the entire southern region. The Mayor, Pedro Martín

said: “This facility has been one of the most important demands of the municipal government team because it is a ver y necessar y service for the elderly of Guía de Isora and also for the rest of the region.” In 2015 half of the building was already built, when the State passed the law that

prevents municipalities from investing in works such as a residence for the elderly. The council therefore agreed to hand over the management to the Cabildo. “Given the lack of action by the Government of the Canary Islands, we were forced to invest in these facilities at the time, although it was not our responsibility. We need assistance services for people who live longer and whose families can not attend at home, “ said the Mayor, The future senior centre will have 75 residential and 25 day care centers. Once the extension works are completed, the IASS will have to equip the centre and put it into operation in the following

12 months. The centre, of about 1,200 square metres, will have four floors (two of them already built), double and single rooms and various multipurpose spaces (dining rooms, infirmary, playrooms and open patios). All the rooms have views to the west side of the island (with the sea in the background) and the main services, as well as one of the terraces, are focused towards the main entrance avenue to Guía de Isora. The residence will have about 250 square metres to host events and a chapel. The architects in charge of the winning project of the contest are the brothers Lavín Della, of the Studio Lavin Architects.

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MULTI FUNCTIONAL SPACES

Four new car parks take shape as part of Adeje’s “future vision”

LA LAGUNA

Two arrested for string of robberies

DEJE council has embarked on an 18 million euro plan to develop new infrastructures and improve tourist facilities relating to mobility.

Affecting Costa Adeje, they are included in the Strategic Plan for Sustainable Investments, which is integrated into the Adeje 2020 project. Key projects will include the construction of up to four new car parks in the centre of Adeje and the conditioning of some roads considered key to municipal development. The Mayor, José Miguel Rodríguez Fraga presented details recently with the councillor for works and services, Carmen Rosa González Cabrera and the municipal technical manager, Román García Higuera. “The works are instruments to develop policies oriented to people. With this mobility plan, we intend to solve one of the main demands,” said the Mayor. “The works have been

staggered over time with the aim of causing the least inconvenience to residents. In the strategic mobility plan, we have established that the priority is people in front of vehicles, so we are going to generate spaces for them, such as a large avenue at the entrance of Adeje and a bike path from the coast to the historic centre.” He added: “ We have started the asphalt plan for the remodelling of the roads of the districts and Costa Adeje with a budget of almost four million euros. “ Sr. Fraga said the implementation of this Strategic Plan responds to a vision of the future for Adeje and had been made possible by budget stability. Carmen Rosa González Cabrera said that regarding

parking, “these are open, functional buildings, designed for people, which end with a square at street level, with children’s elements and in the case of Los Olivos even with a sports area. It is, in short, about creating parking for easy access to shops, administrations, homes ... but also meeting spaces and coexistence. “ The design of the car parks has taken into account that they are functional, accessible, equipped with new technologies, energy-efficient, with light sensors, places for cars of reduced mobility and supply for electric cars. “For this reason, the work we present has the challenge of offering efficient, sustainable, urban-integrated works, where the pedestrian is the absolute priority and in which ever y cent of investment has an impact on the improvement of the quality of life of citizens,” she said.

In the area of Casa Fuerte, very close to the Plaza de España and the town hall, the first of the public car parks is almost finished. This work has cost more than three million euros, financed entirely by the council and will provide 200 new places. The Los Olivos car park is already under construction. Costing 3.2 million, it will be fully integrated into the environment with a series of first level infrastructures for public use. These two car parks are already a tangible reality, says Adeje council, but there will soon be movement on two others, which will be located on the ground floor of the Emigrante Plaza, at the back of the Town Hall, and in La Postura, where there is currently a public outdoor parking, which will be replaced by a multi-storey enclosure with space for almost 500 cars.

WO people have been arrested for committing half a dozen robberies in La Laguna.

Police say two of the six crimes were committed in the same pharmacy and another was a robbery with violence. Both men, aged 24 and 30 and with numerous police records, were identified and apprehended late at night in the entertainment area of the town known as El Quadrilateral. Two women had contacted the police to report a robbery with violence. The “modus operandi” to access the establishments consisted of forcing the doors with a lever or breaking some window glass with a manhole cover. Police managed to recover two jackets and a mobile phone.

Czech caught selling drugs near shopping centre

RONA police detained a 51-year-old man, of Czech nationality as the alleged perpetrator of a drug trafficking crime.

The intervention was carried out by agents of the Canine Unit (UCPP) and the Police Prevention Unit (UPP) in Playa de las Américas near a shopping centre. Police had been tipped off that drugs were being sold in the area and the police dog Dana picked out a suspect milling around tourists and residents. When his backpack was searched, officers found a plastic container containing about 30 small bags of marijuana ready for sale. They were labelled and, in some cases, also indicated their weight. They also seized about 1,000 euros in cash that supposedly came from the sale of cannabis.

Mother and child struck by car

six-year-old child and 30-year-old woman were both injured afer being involved in a collison with a car.

The accident happened on Avenida José Antonio Tavío in Costa de Silencio just before 8.50am. The woman suffered moderate hip trauma whilst the child had minor cuts and bruises. Both were taken to hospital.

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“MUNICIPALITY NEGLECTED”

Harsh criticism as El Medano loses Blue Flag status

MAJOR GRANTS

Boost for Puerto’s fight against poverty

UERTO de la Cruz has obtained three grants worth 127,498.12 euros that will fund programmes for the fight against poverty.

The aid has been granted by the Ministry of Employment, Social Policies and Housing of the Government of the Canary Islands, through the Canarian Federation of Municipalities (FECAM) and will be directed to the families or units of

RANADILLA has been severely criticised for “lack of investment” following El Medano’s loss of its Blue Flag beach standard.

Municipal government group spokesman, Jacobo Pérez said the situation was “unfortunate” after a hard year like 2017 which resulted in the closure of the beach derived from a specific event of contamination of the bacteria E. coli in the coast, as also occurred in the municipalities of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Güímar and Candelaria. In 2010, he said, Granadilla de Abona was the municipality with the most flags of the

Canary Islands with three blue flags “that have been lost year after year due to the lack of investment in the last decade, especially in sanitation and hydraulic improvements of a socialist government “. He claimed the last work carried out was in 2008-2009 when hundreds of thousands of euros were invested for the expansion of the flow and drainage capacity of the sewage. “But despite this, we still

have the best coastline of Tenerife and natural beaches, with a new lifeguard service in the wide bathing area since the summer of 2017; beacon pioneer in the Canary Islands to delimit the bathing area and water sports, new signage and improvement of seasonal services (hammocks and umbrellas), without forgetting that the new project is being drafted for the remodelling of the Paseo Nuestra Señora de Rojas de El Médano,” he said. The government group says money is being spent on the wrong things and claimed there was “much neglect and abandonment of the municipality.”

cohabitation of the municipality with minors in their charge. Puerto’s Mayor, Lope Afonso, said they were delighted to obtain “new resources” from other administrations to back their social welfare efforts. “Ever ything we can contribute to the families and residents of our municipality, especially those who are experiencing it worse at this time, will always be a little something,” he said. The first grant, worth 70,638.75 euros, will develop social intervention projects through social workers, which will identify beneficiaries who are going through a situation of labour exclusion in order to cover through special courses, specialisation and/or adaptation of the curricula that allow them to integrate into the jobs’ market. This aid will be designated to 502 residents of Puerto, aged between 18 and 60

years who can attend the different courses that will be developed in various areas of the municipality. The second aid granted, for a total of 33,245.89 euros, will be allocated to the programme of the fight against child poverty. It is estimated that this subsidy will be directed to a total of 42 families of the municipality approximately. Similarly, it is estimated that it will cover the needs of 62 children. Finally, Puerto council has obtained a last line of subsidy

with an amount of 23,613.48 euros that will go to families in social exclusion of the municipality and will be delivered for basic needs, such as: food, clothing, water payment and / or light, personal hygiene products, transportation expenses, pharmacy, etc. Thanks to the collaboration between administrations, we can carry out this type of “aid aimed entirely at social and labor inclusion that, from the municipal administration, we cannot cope unitarily,” said Víctor Manuel Cabo.

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Arona presses for “urgent” remodelling of Las Galletas seafront

PURCHASE HOLD-UP

RONA is asking the State to complete the expropriations and start the works to reform the seafront of Las Galletas.

The government group is reminding central government that the work already has a drafted project and that it is waiting for a single purchase. Both should be included in the General State Budgets this year to start work as soon as possible. “The integral reform of the second phase of the Paseo de Las Galletas already has a drafted project and is in the absence of a single expropriation, which was already informed by the General Directorate of Coasts in 2017,” said a spokesman for Arona council. “Therefore, the execution of the project is only pending the political will of the Government of the State with the inclusion of both parties expropriation and executionin the General Budgets of this year.” The reform of the coastal walkway of Las Galletas consists of two phases. The first of these, the most complex of all, goes from the Red Cross post to the sports dock and consists of the extension of the beach, the disappearance of the Atlantic Avenue and the diversion of traffic through the camino Finca de Don Virgilio. The second phase covers from the sports dock to Punta del Viento and has a maximum bidding budget of 3.061 million euros. The project already drafted would involve the modernisation and total reform of the promenade, changing the road, expanding it in those areas that have been subject to expropriation, eliminating architectural

barriers and providing it with new street furniture, so that both residents and visitors have a new high level public space. The works contemplate demolitions, earthworks, changes of pavements, installation of irrigation and sanitation water, new public lighting, as well as new elements of gardening and urban furniture. The institutional motion explains that “the importance of the execution of the project is evident, since it will allow the reform of the coastal walk and, therefore, the free transit in this place, which will make possible its public use”. The Mayor of Arona, José Julián Mena, underlined the importance of all the political groups represented in the Arona Council taking on a project like this “for the common interest of the municipality as a whole and, especially of those who live in Las Galletas, since this project will allow this nucleus to enjoy a quality public space and will contribute to the economic relaunching of this area.” Sr. Mena explained that “the integral reform of the Paseo de Las Galletas has all the elements to get under way

as soon as possible if there is political will on the part of the central government for its

inclusion in the General Budgets of the State of this year.”

Hiker airlifted to hospital

IREFIGHTERS from Icod de los Vinos and volunteers from Ycoden-Daute had difficult terrain to overcome when a walker fell and hurt herself in Tenerife.

The GES helicopter had to drop them into the zone of a rural trail in Garachico following the alert just after 7.30pm. They were told that a woman had fallen and was unable to continue as she had suffered a minor injury to a leg. Once the injured hiker had been reached, she was given treatment, put on a stretcher and airlifted by the helicopter to the helisurface of La Guancha. From there, the woman - aged 58 and from Belgium - was taken by ambulance to hospital.

JAPANESE INSPIRED

A touch of Atlantis comes to Loro Parque with unique underwater garden

ORO Parque will soon be opening an underwater garden unique worldwide.

This submerged garden, of unprecedented delicacy and spectacular beauty, will be open to the public from the end of May in the “AquaViva” exhibition. This Japanese-style underwater garden is the first of its kind to be built in the world and awakens feelings reminiscent of Atlantis, the famous legendary underwater city. “With this never-beforeseen commitment, the Loro Parque company consolidates its dedication to offer its visitors innovative proposals, which are unique in the world and always designed with excellence as a prerequisite,” a spokesperson explained. This innovative underwater exhibition is inspired by Japanese forest landscapes and the majestic mountain ranges of the Asian mountains and has been created using the “aquascaping’” technique. Unique in the world for its complexity, innovation and beauty, it will convey depth and balance in the purest Zen style and will captivate fans of flora and fauna alike.

It stands out not only for its complexity, but also for the species used in its creation and for the distribution of the plants and their luxuriance. The latter is a key aspect, as many of them have to adapt to the growth of their leaves in a submerged space, evoking a level of aesthetics cared for to the millimetre, similar to the art of pruning and maintaining a bonsai. Thus, visitors will marvel at the complexity of the flora, totally alive and in all its splendour, as the display design has eliminated any inert element that is simply decorative. Through this innovative underwater garden, Loro Parque, as a wildlife conservation centre, wants to emphasise the importance of maintaining the balance of the natural environment ecosystems that represent the wonders of nature. The exhibition will be open to the public from Friday, June 1st, after its official opening on Thursday, May 31th.

BINTER FLIGHTS

Tenerife promotes its appeal in Portugal

ENERIFE has been reinforcing its presence and appeal as a holiday destination in Portugal.

Tourism chiefs say the launch of a new flight between Lisbon and Tenerife by Binter “opens the doors to an interesting market for travellers”. The airline and Tenerife Tourism recently participated in a promotional action of the island in Portugal. Accompanied by seven companies in the tourism sector, the Tenerife representation hosted workshops and a presentation of the attractions of Tenerife to 100 Portuguese travel agents. The action has counted on the collaboration of the OTS of Lisbon. Tourism councillor, Alberto Bernabé, said: “For the Portuguese, the island offers multiple options for a vacation, as well as being a near destination for them.” The companies of the Island that participated in the action were Canarias Viaja, Volcano Experience, Adrián Hotels, Hard Rock, Vincci Hotels, Pyramids of Güímar and Soltour.

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Annual dream holiday for UK, Polish and Spanish children

All Saints church news

OR many consecutive years, Tenerife Isla Sur Lions Club has boldly sustained their ¨DREAM-HOLIDAY´ events programme to offer very outstanding joy and happiness to many underprivileged people from around Tenerife, mainland Spain and from various parts of Europe wherever there is need.

LL Saints Church is a little piece of England tucked away in Parque Taoro, Puerto de la Cruz. The church itself is a typical example of British Gothic Revival Style, with pairs of lancet windows to the side aisles.

For the 2018 events, about 45 UK, Polish and Spanish youths from Malaga with their helpers were the beneficiaries for this year‘s Dream Holiday. For seven days, the various groups stayed in Arona Sol hotel in Los Cristianos from where they followed a planned trip to Aqualand, Siam Park, Loro Parque, El Castillo de San Miguel, Teide, Ferr y to La Gomera and other side events both in and out of their hotel. The ferry-trip to La Gomera was a really unforgettable day where they had a tour of the entire island with stops at all the important and historical

places and events within La Gomera. For the youths and helpers, in their own words“The best holiday of their lives”. Later in May, the Tenerife Isla Sur Lions Club scheduled yet another Dream-Holiday to Malaga with underprivileged youths from various locations

in Tenerife. Groups from OROBAL, ATELSAM and from VALLE COLINO travelled to Malaga under the Club‘s sponsorships. The Club‘s president Norman Goodall, holiday chairman Prakash Udhwani and the treasurer, Edna Goodall accompanied these

groups to Malaga together with their helpers. The aim for such events is another way to positively impact on the less privileged people in our communities. Suh events brings loads of joy and happiness to all that are fortunate to participate in such yearly Dream-Holiday Events!

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HESE two lovely girls initially came to the refuge as part of the educational programme that we run for the schools and colleges to educate children on animal welfare. They now regularly visit the refuge to play with the puppies and walk some of the many dogs in our care.

Special adoption

A few weeks ago, a lovely couple who were in Tenerife on holiday found a dog abandoned on the streets of Arona. They duly called the police and the dog was collected by Protection Civil and taken to our refuge. The couple later in their holiday visited the refuge to see how the dog was recovering. They fell in love with him and decided that they wanted to adopt the dog and contacted an English company in Kent to later collect the dog after the legal 21 days had passed. We made all the necessary treatments and paperwork for the dog to travel. The dog was escorted door to door by the company who provided an excellent service and now the dog is enjoying his new life in England. It really gives us so much happiness when we find such amazing people to adopt the dogs. Please do call the refuge on 922778630 if you can help in any way.

The Sanctuary has a floor of patterned clay tiles and features a very large reproduction of “The Light of the World” by Holman Hunt which was given to the church as a memorial in the 1930s. The church also features stained glass windows. The most remarkable is the west window with its vibrant colour depicting representative figures of Prophet, Apostle, Archbishop and Martyr, all encompassed by the words of the Te Deum. All Saints Church is well worth a visit. It is usually open Tuesday mornings , Wednesday for a Service of Holy Communion at 10am, and of course Sunday mornings for two Services 9.30am, Traditional Service of Holy Communion and our Sung Eucharist Service at 11am. Everybody welcome .

The last Car Boot of the season will be held on Saturday June 2nd. Gates open at 11am in the church grounds. Our Car Boots are always extremely popular for the coverted pitch in which to sell your wares. Refreshments and snacks are available plus many stalls with a variety of wares. All Saints Church would like to thank everybody for their support over the season. If you would like further information re pitches please phone Wendy Sanderson on 922320978. Rayco our church organist continues to hold Choir lessons on a Tuesday evening in the church from 8pm to 10pm . The Chaplain at All Saints Church is Reverend Dr Paula Clifford. If you would like to speak to her please phone the Parsonage on 922384038

Pawnee needs a home

AWNEE is a Bel-gian Shepherd cross. He is only just over 1 year old so a young dog with energy so would suit somebody active or a family.

He is intelligent and has a lovely nature and is very sad to have been left in the refuge, crying every day. If you would like to adopt Pawnee please contact Rachel on 629 031 273. Or visit the refuge direct. Tierra Blanca is located just off the TF1 motorway, about half way between Las Americas and Santa Cruz, by the restaurant Los Chasneros, just 200m above the motorway. They do not ask for adoption fees, only a donation of food and photos to let them know how the dog is getting on in his/her new home.

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PERFECT BACKDROP

as island chosen for new criminal drama

Fundraiser for Brenda Boost for El Hierro

9 are pleased to announce that we are hosting a fundraising event on the 9th June, from 3pm till 6pm at Polygon Bar in Los Cristianos, near The Arona Grand. This event is to raise funds for Brenda’s operation.

Our lovely dog Brenda suffered an accident while chasing after a ball, in which she fell and snapped her cruciate ligament. Although this injury does not cause her any pain, she needs an operation to repair it. Brenda is a lovely dog around 5 years old and she is up for adoption (see photo). If you would like to know more about her or meet her, don’t hesitate to come and visit! Ideally Brenda will recover better in a foster home after her operation, so please contact us if you are interested. In other news, K9 received a very pleasant surprise for St George’s day! We were invited to the Amarilla Golf Club for their tournament. During the afternoon, K9 president Elsie was presented with a cheque for €3288.50 by the Golf members after a fantastic year of fundraising. We would like to say a massive thank you to all the members of the club, this money will go to fund flea and tick prevention for all of our dogs. It will also be used to tidy up some of the kennels.

Meet Our Dogs

We have many dogs - in all shapes and sizes – waiting patiently for their loving, safe and secure forever homes. You can see them all – their stories and pictures – on our website at www.k9tenerife.com Go to “K9 dogs/Dogs waiting for homes”. Why not visit us at K9 Refuge on Calle Chimbesque between Las Chafiras and Las Zocas any day of the week between 10:00 and 14:00. Alternatively, you can get in touch by telephoning

L Hierro has been chosen as the setting for a new criminal drama which, island leaders hope, will bring it international recognition.

us on 667 638 468 or emailing info@k9tenerife.com You will also find stories of our dogs, their antics and heartwarming re-homings on facebook by following Diary of a K9 Tenerife Dogwalker and also K9 Tenerife. Also, to see daily photos of the walks that take place at K9, like the facebook page Voluntarios del Refugio K9.

Ways you can help

If you wish to support K9 animal refuge and contribute towards the safe rescue and adoption of abandoned dogs and cats of Tenerife, we would be very appreciative. There are several ways to help: you can buy our merchandise (T shirts, vests, key rings, wristbands and more) at K9, you can sponsor one of our wonderful sponsor dogs via

our website, you can donate either money via our website or in cash at our refuge or food and other items which help us look after our dogs and cats. Also, you can become a volunteer dog walker by calling us or simply popping by any day during our opening hours. Remember to keep an eye on our website or Facebook page for any fund raising events which you may like to attend. Also, why not come along to our charity shop in Alcala? Where you can buy or donate second hand items and all funds go to the animals of k9. K9 are often looking for people travelling to Germany and other locations to accompany dogs which have found new homes outside of Tenerife. If you think you can help, please contact us ASAP.

“Hierro”, which will be aired on Movistar+ in 2019, is a series created by Pepe Coira. It will consist of eight episodes that will be recorded in the Canary Island over 15 weeks. El Hierro will host the team of professionals and artists, including a large number of Canarian actresses and actors, such as Mónica López, Yaiza Guimaré, Kimberley Tell, Luifer Rodríguez, Mari Carmen Sánchez and Antonia San Juan, along with the Catalan actor Juan Carlos Vellido. A press conference was led by Belén Allende, president of El Hierro, accompanied by the leading man, Darío Grandinetti, Domingo Corral, director of Fiction of Movistar +, Alfonso Blanco, producer of Portocabo, Olivier Bibas, producer of the French Atlantique Productions and Isaac Castellano, Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sports of the Canary Islands Government. Belén Allende said: “El Hierro is, with this series, not just a natural film set but a source of inspiration, a protagonist in itself of a plot that will largely revolve around our own idiosyncrasies as a

people and in which the viewer can contemplate the rich natural and cultural heritage of this island, beacon of sustainability in the Atlantic. An island with a soul. “ “Hierro” is an original Movistar + series in coproduction with the Galician producer Portocabo, French Atlantique Productions and ARTE France, whose director of fiction Olivier Wotling said: “ARTE is proud to participate in the international coproduction of’ Hierro ‘with its Spanish partner Movistar +.” “After working with Norway, Denmark and, more recently, in Germany and Italy, we continued our journey of European coproductions with the election of a Spanish project. Together with Atlantique Productions, we are proud to collaborate with Portocabo in this television drama. The high

quality of the scripts won us over immediately, as well as the complex and ambivalent characters, to which magnificent landscapes are added as a backdrop.” Olivier Bibas, of Atlantique Productions has highlighted that “Hierro” is “a step forward in our ambition to produce European TV series with a strong local hook that also have the ability to travel around the world.” Isaac Castilian, Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sports of the Government of the Canary Islands stressed that “the choice of El Hierro for this shoot is further proof that the Canary Islands is positioning internationally in this sector, not only for its unparalleled offer in tax incentives but also for its locations, opening the way, in an increasingly prominent way, in the filming of series for television, which is also a sector on the rise today.”

Driver burnt when car explodes

75-year-old man was rushed to hospital with serious burns after his car burst into flames in El Hierro.

The vehicle careered off the road to La Caleta in Valverde in the late morning and then caught fire. A team from the Cabildo’s environmental group put out the flames and attended to the man who was the sole occupant of the car. He was stabilised at the scene before being taken on to hospital. His burns were described as severe.

Car plunges off mountain road

45-year-old woman suffered chest injuries where her car plummeted more than 20ft off a road in Gran Canaria.

The accident happened on the GC-2, at the height of Tinoca, leading to Las Palmas in the early afternoon. The 112 emergency control centre was told that a car with someone inside had come off the road. A fire crew attended to secure the vehicle and free the woman who was taken to hospital with “moderate” injuries barring complications.

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Unusual Lanzarote seafront ruin to be restored

INTERNET DANGERS

Parents alerted after man arrested for child grooming

OLICE have issued urgent warnings about the dangers young children face from grooming over the internet.

CHURCH AGREEMENT

ANZAROTE is planning to turn the spotlight on its ecclesiastical heritage by restoring old churches and chapels.

The Cabildo has signed an agreement with the Diocese of the Canary Islands and one of the first projects will be the ruined modernist-style house of Caleta de Famara. Its first owner, Luis Ramírez called the unusual property the “little hotel” and on his death in the middle of the last century, left it to the church. The peculiar building has a semi-elliptical facade and is decorated with an octopus, crabs, shells and starfish. Nothing has been done to it and the architecture is now beginning to crumble. The new agreement pledges “the protection, conservation and restoration of goods of cultural interest and/

or catalogued of ecclesiastical ownership located in the island of Lanzarote”. It was signed by Cabildo president, Pedro San Ginés, and the vicar general of the Diocese of the Canary Islands, Hipólito Cabrera González, accompanied by the Minister of Historical Heritage, Carmen Rosa Márquez. The president said the agreement “goes beyond creeds or religious criteria, it is about protecting and preserving the rich architec-

tural heritage and patrimonial and cultural assets treasured by the Diocese on the island of Lanzarote.” The Casa de Luis Ramírez is in the coastal town of Famara, in the municipality of Teguise. It is intended that in future and once restored, it will be used as a social and cultural centre. Other projects will be tackled over the next two years. A special commission will be set up to oversee all the work.

The renewed alert follows the arrest of a 25-year-old man in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria for the alleged crimes of sexual abuse, corruption of minors and child pornography. The investigation began as a result of the denunciation of a woman who told police officers how a stranger insistently asked to meet her 11-year-old daughter for sex through three profiles created in a well-known social network. Officers managed to identify a total of 43 girls aged between 11 and 15 years with whom he had made contact. He sent them instant messaging conversations proposing intimate meetings and exchanging photos and videos of sexual content. The minors were identified in different Spanish provinces such as Las Palmas, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Barcelona, Valencia, Zaragoza, Jaen, Huelva, Salamanca, Murcia, La Coruña, Toledo, Valencia,

Almeria and Alicante. “The detainee acknowledged to the agents that he had abused a 13-year-old girl he met through social networks and to whom he lied about his name and age, arriving to arrange an appointment in which they had complete sexual relations in a locality of the island. The man said he believed he had made the child pregnant and that he gave her 30 euros to have an abortion,” said the police. The police warn: “We are faced with a case of grooming when an adult conceals his or

her identity through social networks, usually pretending to be a minor, with the aim of gaining the trust of another and obtaining photographs or videos of sexual content. Once the victim receives them, the threats to access sexual encounters begin.” “We stress the importance of parents reviewing the use that their minor children make of social networks, configuring parental control tools and electronic devices, as well as educating them in the responsible use of the internet.”

MONEY LAUNDERING

Police arrest eleven in multi-million euro tax fraud scam in Gran Canaria

GENTS of the National Police with the collaboration of the State Agency for Tax Administration have dismantled two organisations allegedly specialised in tax fraud and money laundering.

The two business structures supposedly generated huge economic benefits through the diversion of capital from important companies engaged in construction. The organisations are based in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and Madrid. A total of eleven people have been investigated as alleged perpetrators of crimes such as money laundering, against the Public Treasury, forgery and fraud. Nearly 100 works of art, 27 vehicles, 280 real estate properties and eleven banking products have been seized or frozen. “The investigation, initiated in 2015, detected a possible fraud to the Public Treasury of almost three million euros committed through the issuance of false invoices from important companies engag-

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organisations allegedly manipulated the billings of various companies from previous fiscal years, with the presumed purpose of evading the treasury’s action, as well as the use, apparently in an orchestrated manner, of different people as frontmen as owners. “These companies, it seems, were unified in order to create a complex network of companies whose purposes were the issuance and collection of invoices of doubtful credibility and the generation of debts between them, displacing a huge flow of funds in cash between them,” said the police.

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OBSTRUCTIVE ATTITUDE

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updated for first time in 60 years

Seven companies raided in La Palma seafront to be 2m euro social security fraud GENTS of the National Police have carried out an operation against fraud in Gran Canaria and Fuerteventura to the General Social Security Treasury (TGSS). Officers investigated seven individuals and eight commercial premises, of which seven were involved in the fraud of 2,596,627.07 euros to the Social Security system. Those responsible for the crime have turned out to be mainly the managers of the businesses, figureheads or people from their family environment. The investigations started after detecting numerous cases in which several groups of companies had stopped paying the workers’ contributions, presumably with fraud and misappropriation of those allocations. In all cases, a patrimonial report has been made of the people involved, revealing hidden assets through third parties or screen companies, whose purpose was to prevent the execution of the localised assets. “It is noteworthy that these

companies are mainly engaged in hotel operation, in which a company performs the work of this operation supporting the expenses of the same - social charges with workers, etc. while tour operators are used or companies in which people from the family environment (figureheads) are used to conceal the income or profits obtained from said hotel operation, “ said a police spokesman. The investigating authorities said the companies involved

made no effort to pay the debt and showed an obstructive attitude. “The companies kept workers in the Social Security

system, continuing the business with the consequent activity and the perception of income in cash,” said the police.

SURPRISE FIND

Anonymous donor delivers shoebox with archaeological remains

2019.

The project will give a newlook to the section that goes from the first roundabout (next to the north entrance of the Port) until its intersection with the avenue of El Puente and is valued at 1,900,000 euros. It is all part of the overall plan to renovate the coastal front of the island’s capital city and the creation of a new beach. President of the Cabildo, Anselmo Pestana said: “After almost 60 years with the same physiognomy, we are going to undertake a remodelling of a living space for Santa Cruz de La Palma that will inevitably lead to a new conception of the relationship of the city with its new beach.” The Mayor of Santa Cruz de

La Palma, Sergio Matos added: “The coastal front of our city deserves to have modern urban conditions and more in line with an island capital that coexists with the sea and that receives the arrival of up to 250,000 cruise passengers a year.” “Thanks to these works, the comfort for pedestrians crossing the avenue Marítima will be improved by widening the sidewalks, giving priority to people facing traffic, since the lanes will be reduced to two. In addition, between 80 and 90 parking areas will be created in the area closest to the coast and will provide the entire avenue with new lighting.”

Man dies after car crash with bus

A Palma’s Cabildo recently received an anonymous delivery of more than 100 archaeological pieces used by the original inhabitants of the island. The Ministry of Culture and Historical Heritage found them deposited in a shoebox at the entrance to their department with no reference to the person who made the delivery or the place where they were discovered. Local councillor Primitivo Jerónimo said they appreciated the gesture of this person who has chosen not to identify himself, while insisting on the importance of those who find or keep preHispanic vestiges delivered to the Cabildo or the Benahoarita Archaeological Museum (MAB) , where they

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will be guarded, studied and conveniently treated for their conservation. “Unfortunately, the Historical Heritage Service encounters situations in which remains of this type are found among garbage or discarded waste of any kind,” he said. According to the director of the MAB, archaeologist and head of Historical Heritage in the Cabildo, Jorge Pais, the delivered lot is composed of 112 ceramic fragments and a lithic utensil (gray basalt dike). The aboriginal ceramic specialist, Domingo Acosta Felipe, assisted the museum

20-year-old man has died after his vehicle overturned following a collision with a bus in Lanzarote.

The driver was trapped inside his vehicle and a fire crew had to release him from the wreckage. Medics tried to save his life but without success due to the injuries he received. The accident on the LZ-2 near the cemetery in the municipality of Tías just after 7.30am in the morning. in the inventory, which showed that this deliver y contains pieces from 8 different archaeological phases, most corresponding to IIIa and IIIb, between 650 and 1050, approximately. “ They could come from a deposit of great interest of which, unfortunately, due to the nature of the delivery, we do not know any data. We can only certify that they are

Benahoarite remains and that, in all probability, they were found in an outdoor field because all the samples have the earthy colour characteristic of materials that have been in contact with mud for a long time,” he said. The Cabildo would still like to hear from the person who anonymously donated them so they can identify the site and do further research.

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RESTAURANT BOOST

Canary visitors “surprised” by the local gastronomy

NEW UPDATES

Experts to look at vaccination programme H

EALTH chiefs in the Canaries have set up a new vaccine technical group.

The group of experts, which includes the scientific societies involved in vaccination, will be responsible for reviewing, analysing and updating the vaccination schedule for children and adults of the autonomous community. The new group will give support to a work team that had been operating for years and that now sees its composition expanded, giving access to all the scientific societies that are related to vaccines. Experts say vaccines are a measure of control of great impact against certain communicable diseases and both are constantly changing. Members will represent all sectors of the medical community in the Canaries, including doctors, public health orfficials, nurses and pharmacists.

ISITORS to the Canary Islands love the gastronomy but restaurants are not top of the list in their reasons to visit, say tourism chiefs.

An online study was carried out based on the opinions of two million tourists who visit the archipelago. It found the Canaries leads the way in Spain for gastronomic appeal and surprises many holidaymakers whose expectations had not been very high. The overall score for their gastronomic experience came out at eight and a half out of ten. “Although our tourists do not present an outstanding concern for the gastronomy in their decision phase of the trip, their gastronomic experience during the visit is highly

satisfactory, which helps to reinforce the identity of the islands and it contributes decisively in the recommendation and prescription of these visitors,” said Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sports of the Government of the Canary Islands, Isaac Castellano. The survey showed that after their trip, about 40 per cent of tourists made mention of their enjoyment of the gastronomy. Sr. Castellano said this showed restaurants were an important part of the Canary appeal and updates and modernisation were therefore essential.

ANNUAL CAMPAIGN

Lanzarote collects shoes for solidarity

ANZAROTE has sent about 2,000 pairs of solidarity shoes to the most disadvantaged young people of Equatorial Guinea.

This fifth edition of the campaign was again organised by the Cabildo with the Martínez Hermanos Foundation and the Conejero Basketball Club. Thanks to the collaboration and generosity of the population of Lanzarote, in 2018, 1,955 children of Equatorial Guinea will be able to practise sport with appropriate footwear and for daily activities. In the Zapatillas Solidarias 2018 campaign, 36 educational centres of Lanzarote participated, as well as 26 sports facilities of the town halls and private centres that also wanted to join the campaign, as well as other collaborators and companies. In total, 1,729 pairs of sports shoes and 226 pairs of other footwear have been prepared and sent to Guinea. Cabildo president, Pedro San Ginés thanked everyone for their support, including the organisers, collectors, deliverers and all those who spent hours washing, sorting, repairing and packing the shoes.

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IRISH ARRESTS

Massive haul of cannabis hidden in 20 tons of lettuce!

British Embassy marks Royal wedding with charity diplomas

PANISH police made the discovery on the Costa del Sol and it took them five hours to find all the drugs which amounted to 170 ki-

los.

Five people have been arrested, all of them believed to be Irish and suspected of being part of a larger criminal organisation which regularly sent marijuana to Ireland from Malaga. A police spokesman confirmed: “Agents of the National Police, the Civil Guard and the Garda Siochana of Ireland have intervened, on the A-45 road towards Cordoba, 170 kilos of marijuana hidden between 20 tons of lettuce destined for Ireland.” “The drugs were detected at kilometre 51 of the Malaga motorway after five hours of searching. Thanks to this operation against drug trafficking, the criminal organisation that operated on the Costa del Sol has been dismantled, five people involved in the plot have been arrested and four registrations have been made in the provinces of Malaga and Almeria.” The investigations began in April when National Police

agents received information from the Garda Siochana in which they warned of the settlement on the Costa del Sol of an organisation made up of Irish citizens who were exporting narcotics to their country. With the first inquiries, officers identified several of those involved, some of them settled on the Costa del Sol and others sent to Ireland to supervise a shipment. Police then received a tipoff about another delivery and intercepted the cannabis and lettuces on the motorway. Four properties were raided in Malaga and Almeria. Police say they are confident the organisation has now been dismantled. They also seized three vehicles, a truck type trailer, three computers and ten mobile phones. The 20 tons of lettuce was sent to the food bank of Lucena and Córdoba.

T was party-time for the British Embassy in Spain as the world joined in celebrations for the Royal wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.

Reflecting the couple’s own stye, the embassy marked the occasion in Madrid with British citizens and others who have made an outstanding contribution to their local communities across Spain. Through the award of a diploma, the Ambassador acknowledged the invaluable work of community organisations such as Cancer Support Mallorca, the University of the Third Age U3A and the

Samaritans in Spain; church groups and cemetery foundations such as the British Cemetery Foundation Madrid; military organisations such as the Royal British Legion, British associations such as the British Hispanic Foundation or the British Ladies Association; and news outlets such as Costa Blanca News, EuroWeekly News and SUR in English. British educational institu-

tions and Spanish town halls also received awards, as well as some honorary consuls and British citizens that have collaborated on public awareness campaigns. “This wonderful event illustrates the enormous breadth and depth of the contributions made by British people working with our local partners in almost every corner of Spain,” said Ambassador Simon Manley. “For example, we have community groups that work with the elderly and the unwell, the Royal British Legion, church

groups, community groups, British schools representing the 55,000 children who study in British schools across Spain , and of course, our local partners, from Town Halls and our Honorar y Consuls. It has been an honour to meet such a huge range of inspirational people and celebrate this Royal wedding together.”, Following the presentation of diplomas, the attendees were able to watch the wedding service, screened live on various TVs through BBC coverage.

Police dismantle Spain’s largest synthetic drugs lab HALF-BURIED BUNKER

HE Civil Guard has dismantled the largest synthetic drug laboratory in Spain.

Police seized 432 kilograms of MDMA, 337 of amphetamines, 522 of PMK (main precursor of MDMA) and about 7,000 of other precursor and processing substances, all valued at more than 100,000,000 euros. The lab had the capacity to produce five kilograms of “crystal” per day, about 1800kg a year Five raids were carried out, including the laboratory in Alicante. Police said the substances it contained were so dangerous, it had to be dismantled by EUROPOL experts. Six people have been arrested, four of them Spanish and the other two of Belgian nationality. The investigation began last year after police were told of a gang in the Levante area dedicated to the distribution of large quantities of narcotic substances throughout the national territor y, mainly heroin. “After numerous police

efforts, both nationally and internationally, against this criminal organisation, it was found that one of its members had contact with a new collaborator who would be responsible for the supply of “crystal” so they could expand their catalogue of products amongst its customers,” said a police spokesman. The lab, the biggest of its kind found to date in Spain, was set up in a half-buried garage/ bunker disguised to look like a farm implements’ store. It was near to the home of one of the members but far enough so that

no-one could detect noise or smells associated with the production of crystal. Police also discovered that the gang had acquired two kilograms of speed in Benidorm where another lab existed to process it before sales. “Many of these substances intervened presented a high degree of toxicity and flammability, such as methanol, to which the variations of humidity, pressure and thermal or mechanical changes can alter their explosive properties,” say the police.

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Police presence to be Spain gets ultraincreased in tourist tough on plastic bags areas T HE Spanish Government has approved the Royal Decree on the reduction of consumption of plastic bags.

PAIN’S Interior Minister, Juan Ignacio Zoido, has announced an increase in police presence in tourist areas within the Safe Tourism Plan for the summer campaign this year. It will also mean an increase in surveillance and preventive control in the streets of urban and interurban communication, stations, ports, airports, hotels, beaches and campsites. The Plan aims to increase the prevention of safety in the places with the greatest tourist affluence, traditionally in the territories included in Operation Summer, which are those corresponding to the autonomous communities of Andalusia, Asturias, Canarias, Cantabria, Comunidad Valenciana , Galicia, the Balearic Islands,

Madrid and Murcia, “although they can be included more if there are reasons that justify it”. These measures will be in force during the months of July and August, although in the case of the Balearic Islands it will also be extended throughout the month of September. A key point within the Secure Tourism Plan is that carried out by the different SATE (Foreign Tourism Assistance Services) distributed throughout the Spanish, insular and peninsular

geography. Specifically, 25 offices, which serve tourists in their own language and offer advice both to file complaints and to make the necessary arrangements, for example cancellation of credit cards or contact with embassies. Likewise, Sr. Zoido has highlighted the Alertcops application that allows direct and immediate communication with the FCSE in more than 100 languages thanks to a chat with automatic and bidirectional translation.

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Mallorca hotels fined for overcrowding

OURISM inspectors have slapped fines totalling more than half a million pounds on 32 hotels in Mallorca for overcrowding.

The tough sanctions follow daily inspections and a specific campaign during August 2017 when a sample was taken in 40 hotels. This alone lead to infringements being spotted in 22 of them. The tourism department of the Balearic Government says overcrowding is strictly against the rules and any hotel faced with an overbooking situaton is required by law to put guests in alternative accommodation. “In no way should a room have more people in it than allowed,” said a spokesman. “The exception is extra beds for young children and cots.” The fines total 621,000 euros and range between 15,000 euros and 55,000 euros per establishment depending on the severity of the offence. The hotels will have a chance to appeal. The hotels are allowed to put additional beds in rooms only for children under the age of 12 and cots for toddlers up the age of two. “In no other case is it allowed to exceed the number of authorised places,” said the tourism department. “Owners are obliged in the case of overcrowding to provide other accommodation in an establishment in the same area, of equal or superior quality, and in conditions similar to those agreed.” The law also dictates that the owner has to meet the cost of travel to alternative accommodation, any difference in price and any other expenses.

The proposal of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Food and Environment was accepted by the Council of Ministers and is seen as “the first step to free our nature of plastic waste and sensitise consumers of the importance of reducing the consumption them.” Different measures are being considered to make Spain one of the three European countries (together with France and Italy) that prohibits light and very light plastic bags (except for compostables). It will also become the only one in the EU that establishes a minimum content of recycled plastic for thick bags (more than 50 microns). “This Royal Decree seeks to protect our nature as one of the main objectives of this

Government to have a free environment of plastics and waste,” said Environment Minister Isabel García Tejerina. The new regulation is also realistic with the sectors, to which it grants a sufficient period to adapt to its precepts. By virtue of this Royal Decree, as of July 1st, 2018, all bags must be collected. Exceptions are the very light bags that are supplied as primary packaging for bulk food (necessary to avoid food waste) and thick bags that

have a percentage of recycled plastic equal to or greater than 70 per cent to encourage the use of recycled plastic. In addition, since January 1, 2021, light and very light plastic bags are prohibited. In addition, from January 1, 2020, thick plastic bags must contain at least 50 per cent recycled plastic, to promote the use of recycled plastic. Likewise, fragmentable plastic bags are prohibited, due to their content in additives that suppose a high environmental impact.

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“ACTION NEEDED”

Benidorm “losing Brits” to resurging markets

OTEL leaders in Benidorm are calling for urgent action after warning they are leaking Brits and in danger of losing a big slice of their main holiday market.

New figures reveal that in the first two weeks of May, the traditional start of the season, the number of British tourists plunged by five per cent. According to the hotel management group Hosbec, the rest of the international sector is also down compared with last year and the blame is being put on the resurging markets of Turkey, Egypt and Tunisia . According to “BigDataHosbec”, hotel occupancy in Benidorm was 81.6 per cent in the first half of May, which represents a decrease of 2.2 points compared to 2017. This drop is only being offset by the recuperation of the Spanish market which plummeted last season but has now bounced back to show an increase of eight per cent in the number of overnight stays. Hosbec says Benidorm “must work for the diversification of markets” and step up its promotions in the UK to recover lost holidaymakers. “The opening of tourist destinations in countries such as Turkey, Egypt and Tunisia is diverting traffic from European tourists to them,” said the hotel group in a statement. “The most important effect is found in British tourism, where we observe that there is a flight to other destinations or to other business models (illegal accommodations) in the lower part of purchasing power.” Despite the drop, the United Kingdom remains the main market in the city of Benidorm with a share of 49.5 per cent. Spain is next with 40.3 per cent. The third sector on the list is Belgium with just 3.6 per cent, followed by Holland 2.4 per cent and Ireland 1.6 per cent. France, Portugal, Iceland, Poland, Norway, Russia, Germany and Sweden represent only a tiny share of the market. By category, 4 star hotels show the worst occupancy they have registered, while the 3-star segment has grown in popularity since 2017.

HIGH FINES

Rental book warning for holiday home owners in Mallorca

RIVATE home owners in Mallorca who rent their properties out to holidaymakers will face fines of up to 30,000 euros if they breach new administration rules. From June 1st, all owners of tourist homes carrying out an official rental activity will be required by law to keep a registration book and enter details of EVERYONE who stays, including their names and nationalities. These will then have to go to the National Police or the Civil

Guard, a procedure already followed by hoteliers. If they don’t complete the record books, the penalty range is between 601 and 30,000 euros, they are being warned. The authorities will also have the power to stop the owner renting out for six

months and in the case of repeated breaches, the suspension could be extended to two years. Total closure is also possible. Even “minor” mistakes in filling out the record books, such as not getting a holidaymaker to sign, could incur a fine of between 100 and 600 euros. The new rules apply to all those private owners who are properly registered with the

authorities and openly declare their lettings. It’s estimated that 14,500 rooms are involved. Owners on the popular holiday island are said to be “living in dread” of the tough new rules and say they are being penalised for being honest in the first place whilst there are thousands of other people who rent out their homes “under the radar” and

TWELVE ARRESTS

Gang forged residencia cards for prostitutes

ATIONAL Police agents have dismantled an organisation dedicated to the counterfeiting of Foreigner Identity Cards.

Twelve Colombian citizens have been detained - six in Madrid, four in Barcelona, one in Pamplona and another in Mallorca - accused of various crimes such as belonging to a criminal organisation, fraud, documentary falsification or infringement of the immigration law. The gang was based in Madrid and the main plaintiffs of the false documentation were women, also of Colombian nationality, who practised prostitution in Barcelona. The counterfeiters came to charge 6,000 euros for each card, in the case of highquality copies. The investigations began when an agent detected a Foreigner Identity Card in a documentation control, which turned out to be a high-quality

counterfeit. The modus operandi was to combine a series of legal residence procedures with the preparation of different types of facsimiles of Foreigner Identity Cards and stamped stamps of the Schengen area in passports, depending on the characteristics of the administrative situation in Spain of each applicant of the illegal document. The process ended when the organisation gathered enough information and material to prepare a copy of the residence card, which they gave to their recipients in exchange for several payments that were made throughout the development and amounted to a total of about 6,000 euros.

are getting away with it. The government blames the increase in private rentals on what is described as “mass tourism” in Mallorca and the

inability of local people to afford to rent flats long-term because owners get more money by letting out to tourists.

BRIBERY ADDED

British fugitive had 75 false identities

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Brit arrested on the Costa del Sol for a string of heists was found to have 75 false identities, police have revealed.

The British fugitive also now faces prosecution for bribery after offering police officers 500 euros to let him go! The man, whose age or identity has not been revealed, was wanted in connection with robberies on armoured vans. A European Order of Detention and Delivery had been issued by the UK. He was arrested by chance when police were carrying out routine checks of cars in Marbella. Paperwork he handed over to the officers did not tally with their records and it came to light that he was wanted by the UK authorities. He was found to be in possession of 75 different false identities and faces charges for document falsification as well as bribery, robbery and the illicit possession of weapons and explosives.

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even if you have only contracted third party cover. Most insurance companies compensate the total loss with the sale value of the vehicle but bear in mind that after three years of your car ’s life, depending on the car, it may have depreciated by up to 50% or more, so your compensation won’t be that good! On the other hand, choosing the right insurer can make a big difference. In the case of Liberty Seguros, within the first two years after buying your new vehicle, you will be compensated with the value of your car as if it was new. And from that point on:

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HUGH AND JEFFERY SALVIN The name of Reverend Hugh Salvin will be familiar to a lot of people in Alston, Cumberland. He left his name in Salvin House, opposite the Cumberland Hotel, and generously founded the former Salvin Schools in the Butts, one for girls and one for infants.

Ensign in the 7th Battalion of Reserve and next as a Lieutenant in the 4th (King’s Own) Regiment of Foot on the 5th February 1805.

UGH Salvin, RN, MB, was vicar of St. Augustine’s for about eleven years until his death in September 1852. Less well known, in fact almost invisible, is his twin brother Jeffery. In temperament the brothers could not have been more different; Hugh was very gentle and sensitive, while Jeffery was a soldier. After living apart for most of their lives, the twins spent their last years together in Alston. Hugh and Jeffer y were born in June 1773 into the Salvin family of Croxdale Hall in the Parish of Esh in County Durham. Hugh seemed destined for a career in medicine until his extremely sensitive nature made him abandon that and he went instead to Cambridge University to study to become a clergyman. In about 1808 at the mature age of 35 he was appointed curate of Gateshead, where he remained for fifteen years until he received an appointment as a Royal Naval chaplain on 26th December 1823 at the age of 50. On that day he went on board HMS Cambridge to become the ship’s chaplain. HMS Cambridge, under the command of Captain Thomas Maling, set sail for South America early in Januar y 1824 with a total of seventytwo passengers, to take British Consuls to the newlyindependent republics of Argentina, Uruguay, Chile and Peru. After a three-year voyage the Cambridge returned to England in May 1827, then in 1829 Hugh Salvin published the journal he had kept while on board. (This is available online) Romance entered late into Hugh’s life, and on 2nd May

During the Peninsular War against France he served in Spain under Wellington with 1/4th Regiment of Foot from August 1808 to January 1809. He was transferred to serve among 40,000 troops in Holland on the Walcheren expedition, which lasted from July to August 1809 but failed to capture Antwerp from the French. The next year, in 1810, for his services Lieutenant Jeffery Salvin of the 4th Foot was among those gazetted “To be captains of companies without purchase”. As Captain Salvin he returned to Spain in November 1810 where he served until April 1814. By then he had taken part in most of the major battles and had been wounded three times, at Salamanca, San Sebastian and Nivelle. From Spain in 1814 he was sent straight to North America to fight in the Battle of New Orleans in January 1815, where he was wounded once again.

1840 in Gateshead, Rev. Hugh Salvin, RN Chaplain, married Julia Alice, the eldest surviving daughter of the late Anthony Surtees of Hammersley Hall. Hugh was 67, Julia was 33. Almost exactly a year later, on 24th May 1841, Hugh was presented by the Admiralty to the living of St. Augustine’s church at Alston. He soon showed his compassionate, caring nature when, on 21st November 1843, he gave glebe land in the Butts and spent his own money in building a Church of England Girls’ School. This was followed a few years later by an additional classroom and the construction of the Infants’ School that also served as a church hall when it was opened in August 1851. Together they became known as the Salvin Schools. Hugh Salvin was typical of the well-heeled of Alston Moor, when on New Year’s Day 1852 he gave the inmates of the workhouse a dinner of roast beef with buns, and in the evening tea, coffee and spice cake. But that year, on 28th September 1852, Hugh Salvin died at the age of 79. Although he was from a landed family

Reverend Hugh Salvin, R.N., M.B. in County Durham, he chose to be buried here in the north east corner of St. Augustine’s church yard, as near as could be to his beloved schools. He might actually have been buried in the same plot as his brother, which is next to the north east

corner of the church, rather than the north east corner of church yard. Certainly Hugh’s epitaph is on Jeffer y ’s gravestone, while the memorial tablet in the church remembers his “many benevolent and charitable acts” and his “gentle and

guileless spirit”. Hugh’s twin brother Jeffery could not have had a more different life; he was a soldier who had fought at the front in the Napoleonic Wars. He is first mentioned on 27th March 1804 as an

At some time he retired and came to live in Alston with his brother, Hugh, until his death on 29th November 1850, aged 77. On a wander around a churchyard, many headstones with their inscriptions are seen and passed by, and it’s easy to forget that these are not just names and dates, but real people with stories to tell, as this one has proved.

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Home and away: spot the differences between the UK and Tenerife!

O be honest, with my deadline looming, I have been in a bit of a quandary over what to write this month.

Having spent almost two weeks out of the last four in the UK, I would feel a bit of a fraud if I simply wrote about what has been going on in Puerto de la Cruz. It was suggested by the editorial team that due to my recent visit I could write a comparison between life in the UK and my life now in Puerto de la Cruz. Ok, here goes, but first a few ground rules, and to put everything in context, my life in Tenerife, as I see it, relates to Puerto de la Cruz, so some of my thoughts and experiences may differ to those of you living in other areas of the island. Likewise, my life in the UK is based on the place I visit each year, a small country town roughly the same size and population as Puerto (without the tourists), situated about 120 miles due west of London. When you tell people in the UK that you live in Tenerife there is a general feeling that your life is all sun, sea and sand. Oh, you haven’t got much of a tan I have been told more than once. Living here is not a permanent holiday and Puerto de la Cruz does not provide the all year round sunshine that

they used to advertise. Yes , overall it is warmer than the UK , but over the years you acclimatise and whereas I used to be in shorts all year round now it is six or seven months and the all year tan is not a priority. Add apartments without central heating or insulation and the balmy 10 to 12c winter evening temperatures are in reality a lot chillier than you think. I visit the UK in the spring, it is my favourite season, with spring flowers and trees coming into leaf, and once the clocks have changed the light early mornings, the best time of the day. In the UK the four seasons are still clearly defined by the growing patterns, spring, summer, autumn, winter, all quite separate. Here whilst it is good to have flowers in bloom all year it does blur the edges to the seasons, so much so, in Puerto we now seem to only have two with winter lurching straight into summer and dark mornings throughout. I miss the changing UK seasons, apart from winter that is, but Puerto de la Cruz

and the north of Tenerife is not a bad substitute, besides, snow and ice are overrated, even so in that regard if I need a annual ‘fix’ there is always Teide. As far as lifestyle goes the most obvious change is the pace of life, it is much slower here, there is less urgency. Supermarket visits during my recent visit to the UK are a prime example of how frantic people make their life, so much rushing to get things done, how busy their lives must be to need to almost run whilst doing the shopping and even more so over the bank holiday weekend. Food shopping here is a joy by comparison. Of course, the slower laidback pace of life can have its disadvantages especially in an official capacity. It is rare to accomplish anything in a single visit. Frustrating as it can sometimes be you can’t fight it, just go with flow and remember that mañana doesn’t necessarily mean tomorrow, it just doesn’t mean today. By far the biggest change for me was having more time on my hands, time that there is a real need to occupy. I walk a lot. The UK has some beautiful scenery, but the north of Tenerife has such a variety and

all within an hour’s travelling, coastal paths, mountain walks, cliff top, farmland, pine forests, dense woodlands, wilderness. Everything you could want for apart from a riverside walk, something I do miss from the UK. I choose not to have English television , I don’t miss it, a resolve which is enforced by my annual visits to the UK, early evening TV viewing with my mum involves watching a succession of soaps , and that’s every weekday evening, there is no respite. Not that I have any stomach Spanish TV either. For me the irregularity and length of the commercial interludes make any programme virtually impossible to watch, and of course their peak viewing period when the better programmes are aired is much later than in the UK. No good for me, I am an early to bed, early to rise kind of person. As a consequence I read a great deal , far more than in the UK where I never found the time and obviously I write, though more for fun than for financial reward. What are the differences in driving, now you are opening up a can of worms. The biggest are in the driving practises. Only using the outside lane of a roundabout, why? Sorry, but I can think of no logical explanation. Then there is their excessive use of the horn. Easily explained this one, it is all down to impatience. Not indicating? Now surely that can’t all be down to bulbs gone, although saying that every other car seems to be missing a break light.

However, to me the biggest difference between driving here and in the UK is the lack of courtesy shown to other drivers and pedestrians. Failing to stop at pedestrian crossing, see it all the time. Changing lanes or giving way on the motorway at junctions to help those joining, doesn’t often happen. Considerate parking, not a chance, bus stops, loading bays, yellow lines, pedestrian crossings, pavements, all become fair game when parking, as no one seems to want to walk any further than they possibly have to. Blocking the road by stopping to have a chat with someone on the pavement, think nothing of it. It all goes on here and on a daily basis. It doesn’t happen in the UK, where drivers are far more considerate, apart from perhaps when lanes converge at roadworks where drivers tailgate the car in front to prevent drivers from the outside lane slotting in. Have never understood why, maybe that’s when UK drivers show their true colours. Food, the biggest change since moving to Puerto de la Cruz is the way my diet has evolved. Today I eat a far more Mediterranean diet and fish and shellfish have almost replaced red meat. I think that in general people have become more conscious of what they eat and fruit and fresh local grown vegetables are now a prominent feature in my diet. I cook far more now, which is obviously a contributing factor and favour

lunch as my main meal. Whereas back in the UK while preparing meals for my mum I found myself almost obliged to cook for the evening and meals that must surely be considered a traditional staple, meat boiled vegetables and potatoes. Meals that had to been eaten before the soaps started and, of course, she didn’t want to eat any of that ‘foreign food’ or words to that effect. I am a fan of the farmers markets in some of the nearby towns, buying vegetables direct form the people who grow them seems the right thing to do and they are fresher and cheaper. I find no problems with getting everything I need from the local supermarkets so am always somewhat surprised when I hear of people trundling down the TF1 to stock up with British brands. However, I make one exception, baked beans; of course, they have to be Heinz. People, this was always going to be the most contentious of topics and perhaps one which I should avoid. Luckily, whilst I haven’t run out of words I have run out of column inches so this will be very brief. I am a firm believer of please and thank you and of being respectful of a person serving me and expect that courtesy to be reciprocated. On my trips to the UK I find that generally to be the case, here I have to say that is quite often not the case. However, I find myself making allowances, in the UK of course I am a native, but were I to be Johnnie Foreigner would I still get the same respect.

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Allan McIntyre Arona joins SEAT’s growing SUV line-up

wheel, SEAT media system, radio with DAB reception, Bluetooth audio streaming and hands-free phone operation, fiveinch colour touchscreen, USB port Aux-in, SD card slot, steering wheel-mounted controls and air-con with dust and pollen filter. You don’t get a spare wheel in what is a good-sized boot – 400 litres expanding to 1,280 litres with rear seats folded and loaded to the roof. There is an emergency tyre repair kit and handy plug-in tyre inflator that I found useful when the tyre pressure monitoring warning informed me I had low pressure on one of the rear tyres. The Arona comes with a choice of three petrol engines – 1.0-litre with 95ps and 115ps

95ps and its power came through a five-speed manual gearbox. I’ve sampled this threecylinder turbo petrol before and it never fails to impress. It needs a bit of work going up and down the gears at times but is much perkier than you would imagine. Speed is gathered quickly enough with a standstill to 62mph time of 11.2 seconds and this model has a top speed of 107mph. It was never too noisy and offered good mid-range acceleration when required. The Arona is ideal for town driving and it was also a surefooted performer when tackling winding roads, with great agility and grip. Ride comfort in what is a

motorway speeds. Fuel economy figures are impressive – 57.6mpg combined, 67.3mpg extra urban and 46.3mpg urban. If you’re looking for a small SUV make sure the Arona is on your list. It’s already made an instant impact in the UK – helping SEAT to achieve a 14.47 per cent year to date sales increase by April. The overall market declined by 8.82 per cent over the same period in 2017. The newly-arrived Arona grabbed 999 of April’s sales as SEAT notched up 23,705 new car registrations during the first four months of 2018 – up 2,997 on its 20,708 sales for the same period of last year. That made SEAT the fastest

outputs and 1.5-litre 150ps – and 1.6-lire diesel units also with 95ps and 115ps, My model was an SE 1.0 TSI

spacious cabin, up front and back, was also top notch and there was little wind, road or engine noise when cruising at

growing volume car brand in the UK up to April as overall sales dropped from 972,092 to 886,400.

EAT has stepped up its battle for sales in the compact crossover market.

A second SUV arrived in the UK earlier this year – the Arona being a baby brother to Ateca. And the Spanish branch of the Volkswagen Group is set to expand its SUV family with a seven-seater due later in 2018. I loved the Ateca when I attended its launch back in September 2016 and it has become a popular choice in this market. And I was equally impressed by the Arona after my recent first drive in it. Based on SEAT’s new Ibiza hatchback – another little favourite of mine – the Arona has a high driving position and has greater ground clearance. It has a robust, distinctive crossover look and doesn’t lack style with its two-colour roof/body. My test model’s Desire Red metallic body and Monsoon

Grey metallic roof drew plenty of admiring looks. There are no options available in the six trim levels – SE, SE Technology, FR, FR Sport, Xcellence and Xcellence Lux. Buyers get what they see on the spec sheet and SEAT doesn’t come up short on that front. The majority of press test cars are top-of-the-range models and can have thousands of pounds worth of extras on them. But my test model was an entry-level SE – and I wasn’t disappointed with the level of equipment on this. It included 17-inch alloys, cruise control, automatic head-lights, LED daytime running lights, body colour door handles and mirror housings, electrically adjustable door mirrors. The interior with its blue

cloth upholstery didn’t disappoint and its spec included chrome trim details, height and reach-adjustable steering

Which type of fuel? I

F you are thinking of changing your car maybe the type of fuel that it uses should now be a very important factor, when making your decisions in an attempt to reduce you carbon footprint. The most common types are still petrol and diesel; however, hybrids, electrics and hydrogen cars are up and coming in the market. Petrol is divided in to two main areas, Sin Polmo 95 and Sin Polmo 98. The 95 and 98 stands for the research octane ratings, the higher the rating the better performing the petrol is. All manufacturers build their engines to work with a certain type of petrol; many handbooks do not tell you what fuels are better for your engine. The exact petrol needed can be found out via technical data normally held by garages and mechanics. Petrol engines are normally quieter and cheaper to repair than their diesel counterparts but are less environmentally friendly. Diesel or as it is referred to here, gasoil, has lower C02 emissions and some high performance diesel fuels are available here. Diesel has high engine efficiency but is louder than its petrol equivalent. Diesel is more economical for drivers who do more kilometres. Hybrid combines a rechargeable electric system with a fuelbased engine. Usually the electric battery is recharged by the internal combustion engine or from the kinetic energy adsorbed when braking. This results in impressive fuel economy and better efficiency, they have lower fuel consumption, lower C02 and other pollutant emissions, however they are very expensive and not as readily available as petrol and diesel cars.

Hydrogen cars convert chemical energy of hydrogen in to mechanical energy to give the car its power; it has no C02 or other emissions and is environmentally friendly. Hydrogen however is highly flammable, difficult to obtain and store safely. Electric cars need to be charged via your electrical supply or at garages that have the facility. The charging time will vary for each make and model. There are no emissions from these types of vehicles and they are very quiet and have good acceleration. They do however require a lot of electricity and have a short range, approximately 75 kilometres. Most have a top speed or around 70 km/h. This would be a suitable vehicle for someone who only travel short distances in and around town. Bio-diesel These are produced from the oil of crops such as oilseed rape, sunflower and soybeans. Can be used as a 5% fraction in existing diesel engines with no need for modification. Using bio-diesel will reduce the amount of CO2 your engine

produces by up to 60%, resulting in lower pollutants entering the environment. However, bio-diesels do produce oxides of nitrogen which has a tendency to form a smog. Higher amounts than 5% additions can be used with the engine requiring limited modifications but this may affect vehicle warranty.

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All you need to know about FIV in cats F IV in cats is a condition similar to the virus that causes AIDS in people, although there is no risk of people catching AIDS from infected

cats.

It infects the white blood cells of the immune system, killing or damaging them. A healthy immune system is needed to fight infections and monitor for cancer in the body; so infected cats have a greater risk of disease and infection from other viruses and bacteria. Once a cat is infected, then infection is permanent. Just as in human HIV infection, carriers of FIV may show no symptoms of the disease for years. Between two to five per cent of the UK cat population is thought to be infected, but there is a lot of regional and local variation. Un-neutered male cats are more at risk.

What are the symptoms of FIV infection? The symptoms following infection with the virus are usually mild. The cat may have a mild fever for a few weeks and there may be enlargement of the lymph nodes (the little lumps often referred to as “glands”). But often, cats infected with FIV appear completely normal. Months or years later, as infection progresses, the cat may develop fever, lethargy, poor appetite and weight loss. Any recurrent illnesses may suggest that the cat has FIV – or another virus, such as FeLV . Common signs include long-lasting or recurrent diarrhoea, a runny nose and sneezing (rhinitis), inflammations of the eye and recurrent skin infections. They are also more likely to get some types of cancer.

How do FIV cats get infected? The virus passes from cat to cat in saliva, usually through biting in fights. Un-neutered male cats are considerably more at risk of getting FIV because a single bite may be enough to infect a cat. And a cat can be infected by biting an FIV-infected cat. About one-quarter of the kittens born to an infected mother will be infected and there is a small chance that the virus can be transmitted through sharing food bowls and by cats licking each other during grooming.

How do you know if a cat is infected? Infected FIV cats are identified by a blood test that looks for antibodies to the disease. For reasons not yet fully understood, these antibodies cannot fight off the infection. However, the commonly used tests are not completely accurate, and cats that test positive should be confirmed using a different test from a commercial laboratory. A few FIV cats that have the virus will test negative even though they are infected. There are several other considerations with the blood test. It cannot be used for kittens under 20 weeks born to an FIV-infected mother. Some of these kittens will have antibodies from their mother to FIV but are not infected with the virus, and these antibodies interfere with the test. If it is not known whether the

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mother is infected, it is best to wait until a kitten is older than 20 weeks before testing. In addition, it can take up to 12 weeks after catching the virus before the blood test can detect that a cat has the virus. If you are worried that your cat is infected (for example, following a cat fight) you should wait for 12 weeks before testing. Finally, sick cats may not produce antibodies, so they may also test negative.

Is there a FIV cat vaccine? There is no vaccine available currently in the UK. A vaccine is used in the United States, but it is not reliable and it does not work against all the types of FIV. It also poses problems for vets because a vaccinated cat will test positive for FIV.

My cat is infected – do I really need to keep him indoors? FIV cats with the virus can obviously infect others, so it is responsible to keep an infected cat indoors – and it is better for the cat as well, since it reduces the chances of catching an infection. Alternatively, the cat may not have to be kept indoors; it may be possible to fence in a garden, for example, so the cat cannot get out. However, the virus is spread mainly by fighting, so it may be enough to reduce the chance of fights. Especially in areas where there are not many cats, infected females pose less of a risk, as they tend not to roam and they fight less. Neutering males reduces their urge to roam and fight. But it is obviously better for the health and welfare of cats in general if FIV-infected cats are kept out of contact with others.

How serious is it? Do FIV cats have to be put to sleep?

Recent studies have indicated that FIV may not reduce a cat’s lifespan, and cats may live for many years after being infected. However, it is unpredictable, as some cats develop severe and multiple infections. It is important to try and protect cats with FIV from catching other diseases, as they are more vulnerable than other cats. They should not be fed raw foods that might carry bacteria, such as raw eggs or meat, and it is better to keep them indoors. Hunting should be discouraged.

I have other cats in my household. What should I do? Infected cats are a possible source of infection so other cats in the household should be FIV-tested. Ideally, all FIV-positive cats should be isolated or rehomed where there will be no contact with other cats. However, as the risk of transmission by social contact such as sharing food bowls and mutual grooming is low, many owners decide to continue keeping all their cats together. Feed cats using separate food bowls, as large amounts of the virus are present in saliva. Litter trays and food bowls should be disinfected after use to kill the virus. The virus dies outside the cat within a few hours so infection is not easily carried on objects.

Can infected FIV cats be treated? Provided an infected cat is healthy, treatment is not necessary – there are no drugs that can “cure” a cat from the virus. Measures should be taken to protect the cat from infections. Regular vaccination to protect against illnesses such as cat flu is a good idea, although you will need to discuss with your vet whether a particular version of the vaccine is needed. Furthermore, there is some evidence that repeated vaccination can speed up the development of symptoms. If you can keep your cat isolated, it may be better not to vaccinate – again, discuss with your vet. Good quality flea control with a product bought from the vet also reduces the chances of contracting some cat diseases. If the cat appears unwell, see a vet as soon as possible, since drug treatment for infections is likely to be necessary. Regular veterinary check-ups – say at six-monthly intervals – may be helpful. It is also a good idea to monitor your pet’s weight monthly. Weight loss can be a sign of deterioration. In some situations, some cats that are unwell, and especially those with sore mouths (gingivitis), may benefit from the use of antiviral products that are used for human AIDS patients, such as AZT. However, this is expensive, and cats need regular blood tests for side effects. Interferons can be used, and are sometimes effective in relieving symptoms. Many other products have been suggested for use, but there is no proof that they are effective. Treatment with drugs that affect the immune system (immunosuppressive drugs such as steroids) should be used with caution. Griseofulvin, a common treatment for ringworm, should not be given. All cats with FIV should be neutered, as this removes the stress caused by coming on heat and reduces the desire to roam and act aggressively towards other cats. Information courtesy of Blue Cross animal charity in the UK.

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Your dining experience around our restaurants

The Oriental

Brunelli’s Steakhouse

Cafeteria Gourmet Plan B

Puerto de la Cruz

Inaugurated in 1996 by Queen Sirikit of Thailand, our Oriental restaurant offers Asian style ‘haute cuisine’, which includes a wide range of delicious dishes with the unique flavor of an essential continent within the international gastronomic scene. The menu changes regularly and offers the best of the delicate and tempting, yet sophisticated cuisine from Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, China and Japan. The unforgettable experience in El Oriental is also felt though the traditional decor of the restaurant, which reflects both the magic and fineness of Thailand, making this restaurant the ideal place for a perfect dinner.

Just 50 metres from Loro Parque and with beautiful views of the ocean, Brunelli’s Steakhouse is waiting for you to explore the delights of the palate. Inspired in the original American steakhouses, this restaurant is located at the former fisher village of Punta Brava, in northern Tenerife, and offers you the best quality meat – tender, juicy and with an incomparable texture. Flavors like you have never tasted before thanks to a specially controlled maturation and their ‘Southbend’ oven, unique in the Canaries and which cooks the meat at more of 800ºC, highlighting all its properties and making your dinner simply perfect.

For reservations call 922 381 400 Avda. Richard J. Yeoward, 1 Puerto de la Cruz ( Hotel Botánico) www.hotelbotanico.com/service/el-oriental

For reservations call 922 062 600 In front of Loro Parque Puerto de la Cruz www.brunellis.com

“Fantastic food and drink at reasonable prices. What more could you ask for!” is just one of the accolades given to his buzzing bar/cafeteria in Puerto. It is run by owners Umberto and Brian, two Italians with more than 15 years’ experience each in cuisine. They specialise in Italian pizza/foccacia genovez and all the dishes are home-made with the emphasis on healthy food. Nothing is fried. Ön Sundays, there is a buffet brunch from noon to 5pm: juices, pasta, pizza, etc. Their cooking is a fusion between Italian and Canarian cuisine although they also offer a variety of international dishes. They also specialise in cocktails as they have a qualified barman. Gourmet Plan B can also offer you a catering service for events and beautiful occasion cakes (pick-up at restaurant). Find this little gem in La Paz in a quiet area near the “El Mirador”. Open every day from 9am to 10:30 pm, closed on Wednesdays

Edificio Aceviño 12, Puerta 6 La Paz Puerto de la Cruz

“SUNDAY BRUNCH” from 11:30 to 14:00pm

II Pappagallo

La Parrilla

Puerto de la Cruz

Il Pappagallo restaurant perfectly combines the old art of making pasta dishes and innovative side dishes that will both delight diners. The menu has been entirely renovated to offer diners a modern culinary repertoire that matches our attention and love for details, as well as our passion for excellence. A varied buffet and a great selection of Italian specialties await you in its terrace overlooking the Atlantic, ideal to enjoy unforgettable sunsets and the tranquillity of the night during summer. In addition, our wine cellar houses the best Italian wines, chosen amongst the most traditional wines of the country.

The inmistakable Andalusian style of La Parrilla restaurant carefully decorates an architecture that blends rustic wood elements with southern Spain typical houses – an environment where diners live a gastronomic experience with the hallmark of excellence in restoration. The succulent cuisine with grilled meats, fresh fish and tapas challenge the most discerning palates in an evening paired with the best wines of the Canary Islands and Spanish Peninsula. In addition, our chef offers the freshest market daily. Enjoy the rustic setting and relaxed atmosphere of La Parrilla, which make this restaurant the perfect place for a romantic dinner or an entertaining encounter among friends.

For reservations call 922 381 400 Avda. Richard J. Yeoward, 1 Puerto de la Cruz ( Hotel Botánico) www.hotelbotanico.com/service/il-pappagallo

For reservations call 922 381 400 Avda. Richard J. Yeoward, 1 Puerto de la Cruz ( Hotel Botánico) www.hotelbotanico.com/service/la-parrilla

Restaurante La Esencia Puerto de la Cruz Ivan and Chris, well known from their first restaurant Mil Sabores started a new project , La Esencia , a small confortable restaurant in a cosy athmosphere next to lago martianez . Every sunday is brunchday and you can enjoy all the buffet , cavas , coffee , teas and juices for 18,50 euros. The restaurant opens from Tuesday to Saturday from 18.30 and is closed on mondays. You can enjoy the mediterranean specialities, like lamb shoulder, fresh fish, prawns, the famous “Tapas”, homemade bread and desserts.. “La Esencia” is located between Café de Paris and Café Berlín in Puerto de la Cruz, in the small street Calle Uruguay .

Calle Uruguay 5 Puerto de la Cruz Reservations 922 076 678

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Harriet’s

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English Tea Room

Restaurante Gom

Tito’s Bodeguita

Los Cristianos (new) & Fañabé

Santa Cruz

Puerto de la Cruz

This iconic restaurant in the heart of Santa Cruz is definitely a place to head for if you enjoy stunning decor and high-end cuisine but at prices you can still afford. The food here is best described as a slice of home-made cooking with the taste and touch of nouvelle cuisine. The emphasis is on quality, freshness and naturalness where the raw product is the star, depending on what is available that day in the market. They offers a special menu for celiac and can help create food for anyone with a specific allergy. Weddings, etc are also catered for and there is always a dish of the day. You will find GOM within the Hotel Taburiente, located in front of Parque García Sanabria. Their opening times are Tuesday to Saturday from 13:00 to 16:00 and 20:00 to 23:00.

Tito’s Bodeguita situated on the premises of the San Nicolás Hermitage, you will find a stunningly beautiful, fully restored old Canary house with its traditional white and black pebble-dash exterior. The double doors at the entrance give way to a large flowerdecked interior patio, the bar, indoor dining area, wine cellar and small church to the left. How many restaurants do you know that boast a church? The interior patio is idyllic and typifies all the best features old Canary architecture has to offer, very few straight lines, overhanging balconies and wooden beams. The bodeguita is run by Tito and Ari (brother and sister) who are ready to help you with a menu of your choice and wine, local, national or international, from the large cellar. There is plenty of parking and the premises are disabledfriendly. The staff are also bilingual.

Very much a Tenerife business success story, Harriet's English Tea Room and Restaurant in Los Cristianos has a very welcome addition to its extensive menu - Sunday lunches for 9.95 euros which are served between 12 noon and 5pm. With a big sunny terrace and beautifully designed interior, this lovely restaurant is just a stone’s throw from the bus station at the San Marino building (ie turn left at the bottom of the bus station and it is 100 yards or so on your left, in premises formerly occupied by the Heritage bar). In addition to the fantastic Sunday roasts, with "proper" roast potatoes, you will find the most gorgeous food, all home-made and great British cooking, including all day breakfasts, mouthwatering cakes, salads, jacket potatoes, sandwiches and rolls, home-made burgers, pancakes, ice-creams, evening meals and numerous varieties of teas and coffees served in china pots and cups. There are also many gluten-free and diabetic options.

For reservations call 922 712 791 Los Cristianos, San Marino building. Open daily from 9am to 11pm. Playa Fañabé,56 Central Commercial. Open 9am to 10pm, closes 5pm Saturday and Sunday

For reservations call 922 276 058 Calle Dr. Guigou,29 Santa Cruz www.hoteltaburiente.com

Camino del Durazno,1 Puerto de la Cruz Motorway Exit 35 Tel.647 933 433 / 922 089 436 www.titosbodeguita.com / info@titosbodeguita.com

CLOSED from 1st June to the 31st July

Bar El Pincho

Sook

Mamma Rosa

Las Vistas, Los Cristianos

Santa Cruz

Playa de las Américas

At Bar El Pincho you can enjoy good prices, good food, good service and a fantastic view of the ocean. They are winning fans because of the friendly staff you encounter and the delicious Spanish tapas. They have a great offer, a combination of tapas for two for only 9.50 euros. There is also a wide selection of main plates, such as steak, chicken and fish, all cooked with love and the best ingredients they can find. Do try their fantastic cocktails which they always try to improve. Try also the special dishes from the north of the island and the drinks. Reservations can be done between 10:30 to 20:00pm

Summer has arrived and the wonderful SOOK restaurant has devised a refreshing and appetising menu for the hot months. New mouth-watering dishes are home-made salmorejo with extra virgin olive oil, diced Iberian ham and bread croutons, avocado from our islands in tempura, served with sweet chilli sauce and soy, tuna tataki with seaweed salad and caramelised soy sauce and duck breast soft grilled, with papaya chutney. In addition, the air-conditioned restaurant continues to offer its refreshing desserts such as seasonal fruit salad with guava mayonnaise. SOOK is now also opening with its a la carte during the weekend, both for lunch and dinner. The opening times are 13:00 to 15:30 and 20:30 to 23:30 and for your convenience, there is a parking area. You might also like to try the full breakfast buffet open to the public from 7am to 11am from Monday to Sunday. Ideal to start a day of shopping or tourist visit to Santa Cruz. The price is 16 euros per person.

Mamma Rosa is one of the longest established restaurants in the south of Tenerife and has an extensive menu and a modern ambiance which appeals to all ages. For more than 22 years, it has offered elegance, top-class cuisine, an excellent varied wine list and, of course, the service you would expect. The cuisine is described as classical Italian and Scandinavian with Spanish and French influences, blended together and cooked in a modern style. Part of the new approach is to offer a very extensive fish menu. As with the meat, the restaurant tries where possible to buy local produce and support the islands’ agriculture.

For reservations call 649 431 110 Paseo Las Vistas, Los Cristianos www.barelpincho.com

Avda. 3 de Mayo, 3 Santa Cruz Tel.: 922 294 500 www.hoteles-silken.com

For reservations call 922 794 819 Avda. Santiago Puig, Apartamentos Colón 2 Playa de la Américas www.mammarosa.com / mammarosa@mammarosa.com

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Brunelli’s Steakhouse welcomes the summer with a new menu

The restaurant also has a blackboard with suggestions for the day that is updated regularly and according to seasonal changes

RUNELLI’S, the best steakhouse in Tenerife, has welcomed the good weather by launching a new menu, with novelties that neither the faithful to their dishes nor the new diners will be able to resist.

Located in Puerto de la Cruz, in front of Loro Parque, the best zoo in the world according to TripAdvisor, it offers a unique gastronomic experience in the Canary Islands. The new additions include a gazpacho, which inaugurates the season of cold soups, some Ibérico ham croquettes, and a 45-dayold Galician “rubia” steak that stands out for its juiciness. In addition, a blackboard has been introduced, which is updated every two or three days, with suggestions of the day adapted to each season. Since its opening in September 2015, two and a half years ago, this establishment, in the style of the typical American steakhouses, has revolutionised the gastronomic offer of the archipelago with its impressive variety of meats - the best cuts cooked in a very special way. Brunelli’s has a unique oven in the Canary Islands: the Southbend, capable of cooking the meat at 800º temperature, caramelising it and getting it to maintain all the flavour, as well as a juicy texture. Its offer is completed with an excellent wine list, among which the Brunelli’s - the house wine - varied desserts, attentive service and the possibility of contemplating the best sunsets on the island from its large open terrace to the sea. A large window offers views of the Atlantic Ocean unique in the world and of incalculable value. During its short career, Brunelli’s has earned the best gastronomic reviews and has even been a finalist for prestigious awards of regional relevance, such as Qué Bueno Canarias. It has also established itself as a restaurant of reference among its customers: through the celebration of gastronomic events and theme nights, it has become an institution, not only to enjoy the best meats, but also for personal and professional appointments .

Donde Mario

La Bodeguita de Enfrente

El Calderito de la Abuela

Cuesta de la Villa

A great part of the fun of wining and dining in Tenerife is finding somewhere different and it’s well worth a trip out to Santa Ursula to the warm and inviting Donde Mario. Though from the outside you might easily pass by it, the inside is elegant and captivating. Restaurateur Mario Torres surprises us every day with his extensive use of produce in season, and his unbeatable experience with wines and cookery. Just try his Cherne warm salad, a super-healthy Canarian fish soup, or his Lomo de Vaca Morucha. You will be captivated.

Set in a series of old Canary houses, this restaurant is made up of a labyrinth of inter-connecting rooms leading off from the bar area in the centre. The atmosphere is reminiscent of an English country pub with its low ceilings with wooden beams and warm décor. The food is fundamentally Canarian. They grow most of their own produce at their allotment and only use olive oil to cook with. Their ethos is a simple one, only use the best, fresh produce and cook it with thought and care. The menu is described as Picoteo, slightly more than tapas without reaching the full-blown three-course meal status. It is delicious and affordable. “La Bodeguita de Enfrente” won the “II Gastronomic Awards Cruzcampo Gran Reserva El Día-Mesa Abierta”, which took place last year.

Why not try a touch of “picoteo”, the Spanish-style of eating where, as the name suggests, you pick a selection of dishes and share with your companions. You will find “El Calderito de la Abuela” in Santa Úrsula and it offers a unique and homely atmosphere combining Canary cuisine with modern creativity. In 2016, “El Calderito de la Abuela” won the “Best Canarian Kitchen Restaurant Award” in the first edition of the “El Dia-Mesa Abierta” Awards on July 28th. The exterior of this property belies what you will find inside as it is full of charm and carácter and there is an incredible view of La Orotava valley. “A gem” is how it is described.

For reservations call 922 302 760 Exit 31 TF-5, Carretera Provincial, 205 Cuesta de la Villa, Santa Úrsula www.labodeguitadeenfrente.net

For reservations call 922 301 918 Exit 31 TF-5, Carretera Provincial, 130 Cuesta de la Villa, Santa Úrsula www.elcalderitodelaabuela.net

For reservations call 922 304 585 Exit 31 TF-5, Carretera Provincial, 119 Cuesta de la Villa, Santa Úrsula www.dondemario.net

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Fiesta time in La Orotava before “Big Week” and famous carpets

IESTA fever has already hit La Orotava in preparation for the so-called “Big Week” from June 4th to 10th.

Festivities began on May 15th with a broad programme encompassing about 100 events culminating on June 10th with the most popular and beautiful Romería in the Canary Islands. Details were presented by the Mayor Francisco Linares and fiesta councillor, Delia Escobar who highlighted some of the main novelties such as the amusement fair in the area of San Agustín. The Big Week begins on Monday, June 4th with the traditional Recital of Los Sabandeños in the Plaza Franchy Alfaro and continues on Tuesday, June 5th with the reading of the proclamation. June 6th will see the presentation of the Wine Harvest 2017 of the Valle de La Orotava Denomination of Origin, which moves to the Mercedes Pinto Avenue and will have capacity for 8,000 people. The Big Day of La Orotava is the ‘Thursday of the Carpets’ on June 7th, the day of Corpus Christi, one of the most significant days for Villa. It starts at 7am with the ringing of bells and the celebration of the Eucharist, followed by the creation of the floral carpets through the streets of the historic centre. Throughout the day thousands of people will visit the Villa, not only enjoying the making of these carpets with religious motifs but also the magnificent tapestry of the Town Hall Square, made with sand from the Teide National Park for more than a month. At 6.30pm, the solemn Eucharist will be celebrated in which there will be ecclesiastical authorities and representatives of the Government of the Canary Islands, Cabildo de Tenerife and of the different town councils of Tenerife, who will also participate in the later procession of the Blessed Sacrament along the carpeted path . The popular events of the weekend will end these emblematic celebrations. The dance of magicians, Friday, June 8th; the livestock fair and the Rise of the Saint, on Saturday, June 9th; and the programme closes on Sunday June 10th with the great pilgrimage in honour of San Isidro Labrador and Santa Maria de la Cabeza. Sr. Linares expressed his thanks for the work of all the people, entities and groups that contribute their bit to the development and success of these parties, as well as all those who are

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Capital’s park hosts painting exhibition

participants in them. In this line, he estimated that during the big days more than 150,000 people pass through La Orotava, many from different parts of the planet, so these holidays are open to the world and are international. Thus, the Major Festivities of the Villa are a reference in the Canary Islands. He also highlighted the work carried out by the Mixed Commission of the Festivities and the days of citizen participation that are celebrated so that all add and contribute ideas. On the other hand, said that despite the thousands of people who enjoy the festivities of La Orotava, “these are very safe”, and to ensure that security is another year with an important device agents to ensure the order and the tranquillity.

“HISTORIC MOMENT”

Milestone art exhibition features La Laguna artists

IX local painters of recognised prestige have come together to contribute 24 works in a collective exhibition in the Casa de los Capitanes: La Laguna 6.4.

They are Ana GarcíaRamos, Lola del Castillo, Consuelo González, Arminda del Castillo, Elena Lecuona and Graciliana Montelongo, who initially started the idea of this magnificent exhibition. All women and all from La Laguna, they range in age from 55 to 87 and have exhibited in various national and international venues. The Mayor, José Alberto Díaz, said at the opening ceremony that “the works that can be seen here attest to the defined

ISITORS to the Garcia Sanabria park in Santa Cruz will be able to admire beautiful paintings until June 10th.

Members of the collective “Impresiones” are presenting a selection of their work created from last October to date, a period in which the members of the Residents’ Association of Azorín attended classes taught by Florentina Pérez. The exhibition includes about 40 works of varied themes. Among them, there are different corners of Santa Cruz, flowers, dancers and stylised portraits. The techniques used have been, mainly, watercolours and oils. The Impresiones collective was created in 1996 by several

members of the Azorín Residents’ Association, some learn the basic techniques of this art, while others perfect the knowledge already acquired. As usual, the courses conclude with an exhibition in which the students exhibit a selection of their best creations. On this occasion, the works of Sebastián Llacer, Milagros Plasencia, Carmen Morales, Carmen Palenzuela, Vicky García, Ana Rosa, Carmen Delia, Jose Miguel, Miguel A. Sanz, Ana Ramón and Florentina Pérez herself are shown.

personality, formal mastery and artistic passions of each of them. But in addition to this fundamental value, the interest of La Laguna 6.4 is in showing us the relationship of six painters with their own work.” Councillor Flora Marrero indicated that it was a

historic moment since “it breaks with a glass ceiling” with this exhibition. “For the first time there is an exhibition of painters and only of laguneras in the Casa de los Capitanes. Women who sign with a name, and not under a pseudonym, “she said.

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Piano festival shows there are no borders in music

ROM a world of flags to a festival without borders. With this philosophy comes the second edition of the International Piano Festival organised by the Auditorium Foundation and Theatre with the La Isleta Factory. Under the slogan “The world on a piano”, the event runs from June 1st to 9th with six concerts and two master classes which will focus on the piano as an instrument of great versatility and its performers. With a line-up composed of both national and international referents, as well as young promises of the archipelago, the festival spotlights on the

idea of the piano and its music as a universal language that transcends nationalities and cultures. The American pianist and composer Bill Dobbins will be in charge of kicking off the festival with a master class on Friday, June 1st. This renowned teacher will share the stage that same night in the Inaugural Concert with Marco Mezquida, one of the most

promising pianists of the jazz scene, and also protagonist of the second day of the festival with the work “The dreams of Ravel”. On Wednesday, June 6th, Canary artists will star in the concert “Four in Four”. In it, the piano abandons its image as a solitary instrument to be played by four hands by the interpreters Ernesto Mateo, Tania Rodríguez, Luis Sánchez and José Alberto Medina. Pianissimo is the title of the concert on Thursday, June 7th, with the pianist Augusto Báez whilst Mexican Mark Aanderud will offer his new work entitled “I Covered the Light”. They are joined by the interpreter Rodrigo G. Pahlen with a piano repertoire of tangos and milongas.

On Friday 8th, the young Russian talent Mikhail Saprychev will be followed by Federico Lechner with his particular tribute to Claude Debussy on the centenary of his death. This II International Piano Festival will conclude on Saturday, June 9th with a master class in piano blues taught by Lluís Coloma and a closing concert, by Coloma himself and the Canarian pianist José Luis Castillo. The festival will have a special subscription of 60 euros for all the concerts at the Alfredo Kraus Auditorium in Las Palmas or individually.See the web pages www.auditorioteatrolaspalmasgc.es and www.auditorio-alfredokraus.com

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“Casa del Carnaval” showcases more memories of yesteryear

ANTA Cruz has been enriching the “Casa del Carnaval” or Carnival House with new content and more attractions.

The Mayor, José Manuel Bermúdez presented the latest contents and exhibitions of this new “museum” which is dedicated to the most popular and international festivities of the capital of Tenerife. “Although our Carnival does not fit in any House,” the mayor acknowledged, “this space has already become the home of all carnival fans, a point of reference for those who visit us throughout the year, and also in an information centre and fundamental documentation about the Carnival.” Sr. Bermúdez was accompanied at the inauguration of this renovation of the House by the ninth deputy mayor and councillor for Economic Promotion, Alfonso Cabello; the councillor of Fiestas, Gladis de León; the three queens of the last edition of the festivities and numerous Carnival groups. The mayor stressed that the best reflection of the good reception of this offer is that since its inauguration more than 17,000 people have come to know and enjoy the Casa del Carnaval. The attraction features posters, videos, magnificent costumes, a video wall , documents, programmes, trophies and paintings. The Casa del Carnaval is located on Calle Aguere and is open to the public.

Nautical delights as Las Galletas stages sea festival

LL things nautical come together in the port of Las Galletas on June 2nd and 3rd for “Fenáutica 2018”, the grand fiesta of the sea.

This new edition will bring together more than 40 leisure and sports activities for all those people who want to spend some fun days by the water. And what better place thatn the Marina del Sur in Las Galletas where the fantastic promenade and all its restaurants and cafes are just yards away from the shore. The event not only includes a nautical fair but the sixth edition of the Guanche’s Cup regatta. “Therefore, in this new voyage, nautical, sea, tourism, sport, leisure activities and fun are again combined ... all aimed at a varied public that includes companies specialised in the nautical sector and lovers of sports and nautical activities , tourists and local population,” a spokesperson explained. Access to the public will be free and the organisation has arranged more than 7000

square metres for exhibitions on both land and sea. The exhibition space will also be reserved for companies in the tourism sector, nautical services, electronics, accessories, nautical sports activities, diving, fishing and charter, there being also other spaces reserved for the celebration of games, concerts, performances, craft shows, workshops and talks, without forgetting gastronomy. Likewise, the sixth edition of the Guanche’s Cup will be held on the same dates, a regatta that will host competitions in the form of cruises and in the Optimist and Laser categories, thus promoting the world of sailing and sailing among the public of all ages and bringing together a large number of nautical clubs in the archipelago. More information on http:// www.marinadelsur.es

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NEVER FEAR, THE PLAYSCHEME IS HERE

Why summer doesn’t have to mean stress for busy parents!

UMMER is nearly here and although that spells great news for kids as they escape school for three months, it also presents the usual headache for parents. Every mum and dad knows the dilemma. You have to work, there’s no way you can take all those weeks off and you don’t have anyone to help out. But never fear, the playscheme is here! If you haven’t taken advantage of one of these before, please do so. It not only gives you peace of mind that your child is being well lookedafter but also opens up new opportunities for your offspring as well. They can make friends, learn a new skill, know how to interact with other children and gain the understanding of independence as well. And all at a cost that is affordable. Many playschemes offer extras such as transport, meals and even extended hours so please do ask the organisers.

It is always best to opt for a certified scheme which is being run by an organisation you know or which is established in Tenerife. That way you know everything is covered, such as the proper tuition, care, the right number of monitors and insurance. Here we feature some of the playschemes you might like to look at for the coming months. Here is one mum’s story: “I have always worked full-time and love my career AND my family. Most of the time, if help is needed for perhaps a day or an afternoon, I could usually find someone to help. But living away from my family and parents was always a big handicap.” “I had always felt a bit nervous about putting my child into a playscheme, feeling a little bit guilty and somehow opting out

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of parenthood. But I need not have worried. My son just loved the playscheme he went to and couldn’t wait to get there and dragged his feet when it was time to leave!” “It taught him new skills and

independence and he made new friends, some of whom have remained so for years after. So I would not hesitate to recommend using a playscheme. Just choose wisely and carefully to give

yourself and your child total peace of mind.” One big piece of advice, however, is to book up NOW. Don’t leave it to the last minute. If you are thinking about what to do this summer,

then you can bet that other parents are doing the same. You don’t want to leave it too late and then find out all the places have gone. Happy holidays!

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Laser treatment for retinal disorders This article contains the information about the reasons, conditions, results, risks and limitations of the laser treatment for retinal disorders.

WHY LASER THERAPY?

USUAL COURSE

Because the following conditions may lead to visual, sometimes permanent, loss of vision for which laser treatment is one of the most appropriate treatments: * Rip or hole in the retina: The presenting symptoms of this lesion are usually the perception of recurrent lightning, “black rain”, floating spider web, threads, flies or dots. Sometimes the lesions are discovered fortuitously during a routine ophthalmological checkup. The goal of treatment is to create a solid scar around the lesion in order to prevent a retinal detachment. In some conditions, a more extended treatment, such a 360º circular dam, may be proposed. * Diabetic retinopathy: After several years of evolution, diabetes may cause significant disorders in the retinal circulation. Diabetic lesions may be responsible for severe visual loss and, in extremis, to a complete anatomical disorganization of the eyeball. Laser treatment can be proposed to treat individual lesions. If there is a risk of bleeding in the vitreous, an extended treatment of large areas of the retina (pan photocoagulation) may be proposed. * Macular edema: Occurs in age related macular degeneration, lens implanted eyes, myopic degeneration of the central area of the retina etc. Laser treatment aims to dry the lesion and to stabilize the vision. * Other retinal diseases: Retinal vein occlusion, eye tumor, angiomatosis, macro aneurysm, central serous chorioretinopathy, etc.

In the vast majority of the cases the treatment is well tolerated. The patient leaves immediately after treatment and resume normal activities. There is no specific eye care after the laser treatment. In specific cases, the ophthalmologist prescribes anti-inflammatory eye drops. Control will be necessary at a date stated by the ophthalmologist.

THE LASER TREATMENT The laser beam uses rays of light that carry a large amount of energy to be delivered in a specific location of the eye. It can coagulate abnormal vessel, destroy tissues and create a scar. The laser treatment is performed on an outpatient basis after the pupils have been dilated by the instillation of eye drops. Anaesthesia of the eye is obtained by the instillation of anesthetic drops. The patient sits in front of the laser machine. Laser impacts are applied with or without interposition of a lens placed on the eye. The whole procedure time does not exceed 20 minutes per session. When the lesions are numerous or extensive, the treatment is carried out in several sessions separated by several days to several weeks.

COMPLICATIONS OF THE TREATMENT The mild complications are: * Glare, due to the laser session itself and to pupil dilation, will be felt throughout the examination and lasts 2 hours. It is advisable to have sunglasses when leaving the Eye Clinic and not to drive as long as this glare is noticeable. * Arterial hypotension may occur in susceptible individuals. It disappears quickly by lying down. * Extended pupil dilation, lasting several days. It is annoying by the glare it induces. This risk is unpredictable and very rare. * Pain: Retinal laser photo-coagulation causes very little or no pain. Laser impacts may be painful if the retina is inflamed. In such a case, the parameters of the impacts are adjusted to reach the effective and most tolerable level. * Irritation of the cornea (superficial keratitis): It is a rare hazard, occurring in less than 1% of the cases. Promptly treated, it cures generally in 24 to 72 hours. * Alterations to the peripheral visual field. They are inevitable, inherent to the effect of the treatment. * Conjunctival bleeding due to the contact lens: rare, benign, disappears in few days. These incidents are of no concern. If the patient have experienced any of them in previous similar conditions, it is advised to report them to the Eye Doctor. The severe complications of retinal laser photocoagulation are rare: * Alterations to the medial and central visual field. They occur, inevitably, when the laser impacts must be placed in the center or on the mid periphery of the retina. They can impede, immediately or a few days to years after the laser treatment, good peripheral vision such as driving a car, especially in night conditions. * Macular edema: This hazard is due to the accumulation of water in the center of the retina. It is a distance reaction to laser impacts and is responsible of a loss of the detail vision, lasting a few weeks to several months, sometimes permanently. It can occur especially in chronically poorly treated diabetics where the treatment has to be extensive, covering the entire mid and peripheral retina. Its risk is less than 1%. * Crisis of acute glaucoma. This risk is inherent to all dilation of the pupils. It is exceptional and not quantifiable. * Misplaced impact, reaching the middle of the center of the retina. This incident can permanently reduce details vision. It is extremely rare and occurs in restless, undisciplined patients who do not control their eye movements and their bodies. To avoid this, the patient is asked to keep the most calm and compliance during this examination.

It is often necessary to repeat the treatment in order to consolidate it. This treatment does not prevent the appearance of other lesions, especially in chronically poorly controlled diabetes. This treatment does not allow recovery of visual acuity. At most, it can prevent a possible additional fall of the visual acuity. It is impossible to quantify the rate of the stabilization of the vision because the success depends on the location, extent, depth and aggressiveness of the lesions. These factors are too variable to allow statistical studies.

PRECAUTIONS TO BE TAKEN

Shocks of the head and rubbing the eyes should be avoided until healing is complete. A change in the Aspirin or blood thinners treatments may be requested from your Family Doctor. If in doubt, please ask your ophthalmologist for additional information.

YOU SHOULD CONTACT YOUR OPHTHALMOLOGIST IMMEDIATELY IN CASE OF

* Pain, severe sensitivity to light, redness, tearing, secretions, swelling of the eyes or eyelids * Sharp decrease of the vision. * Perception of floaters with flashes of lightning, a black rain or a motionless large dark spot. By courtesy of Dr. SAFFIEDINE, ophthalmologist in Playa De Las Americas.

LIMITATIONS OF THIS TREATMENT In most cases, lasting healing of the lesion is achieved.

Allergies, lethargy, auto-immune disease, cancer… Can they be related to ´leaky gut´

HE world seems to be filled with more and more people suffering allergies, autoimmune diseases and digestive ails. Could this be over diagnosis? Hypochondria? Fashion? Or are we actually suffering more?

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 32 increased amounts of sugar and salt, as well as eating food that is flown from every corner of the planet so that we can eat the same thing every day! We are also bombarded with chemical and toxic waste in water, in the air we breathe, and in the food we eat. There are the microwaves, wifi, mobile phones and other invisible enemies, that seems to be causing harm…and let’s not forget that we are also far more sedentary, with television, computers and other gadgets in our work and home, and with an increasing number of people now owning cars, so walking is of the past! It is hardly surprising therefore, that we are having more problems with our health. Our bodies are simply not evolved enough (yet) to deal with this bombardment of harmful agents, and so strange things are happening to us. In the last article, we looked at the whole digestive system, and I briefly described ´leaky gut´ which is classified by malfunction in the intestinal tight junctions in the digestive tract, allowing larger-thanusual particles to pass from the digestive system into the bloodstream. When this occurs, the balance of inflammator y immune responses is disrupted, leading to chronic inflammation and poor immunity.´ (Ref. https:// draxe.com/7-signs-symptomsyou-have-leaky-gut/). This means that a person with allergies, asthma, autoimmune disease, cancer, or any other disease known to stem from inflammation and disruption of the healthy immune system could have leaky gut, and this may well be the underlying cause of the disease. For this reason treating the gut can lead to alleviating symptoms, and see a return to health. What causes the intestinal membrane to become impermeable? Zonulin is a protein that causes the tight junctions between the cells open. This allows larger particles (toxins, bacteria, gluten etc) to enter directly into the blood stream, causing local or whole-body immune response. What are the symptoms? Bloating, cramps, gas, pain, food sensitivity, autoimmune diseases, skin problems, thyroid problems etc. are just some of the signs of leaky gut, but this is not an exhaustive list, and as you can see these symptoms could be confused with many other issues. Are

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Calimas and allergies and how they affect oral health

there any medical tests? There are tests that can be performed to test the permeability of the intestine wall. These include testing for zonulin levels in a blood sample; a simple mannitollactulose test, that uses sugars to test whether the gut wall absorbs these sugars (that it should not do if the gut wall is healthy); the for food sensitivities – the more you have, the more likely your gut is not working properly. What can cause a leaky gut? There are many things that can cause a leaky gut, and these include: poor diet, stress, lectins (a protein found in seeds, grains and potatoes), unhealthy bacteria (dysbiosis – more bad bacteria than good!), antibiotic use, infections, alcohol, radiation exposure, formula milk in new borns, aging and several vitamin and mineral deficiencies. How to heal a leaky gut? There are several adjustments that you can make to your lifestyle and diet that can greatly help a leaky gut. Remember to get help from a professional. What is really important is to cut out those foods from your diet you know are not good for you! Ditch the processed, ready-made foods, and go for wholesome, home cooked goodness. Here in Tenerife we are spoilt for delicious veggies, so go out to those local markets and enjoy! Include exercise and meditation to your daily routine, as well as drinking plenty of water. If you have serious health issues, the healing process will take longer, and you may find food adjustments hard, but you can do it! Remove lectin from your diet, as well as any other foods you may have a sensitivity to. Gluten and lactose can be big players in poor gut health, so try cutting them out for a while to see how you feel. You may want to supplement with vitamins A, D, B complex, zinc and iron. Introduce healing foods:

Bone broth, kefir, a probiotic that gives you healthy bacteria in your gut; fermented vegetables, other probiotics that provide organic acids that allow good bacteria grow; coconut oil; wild caught fish that has high amount of omega 3 that is easy to digest; sprouted flaxseeds; steamed vegetables like coli flour, cabbage, broccoli, squashes. As you can see, gut health is vital for our whole body – only recently is main stream medicine catching up with this, which is quite unbelievable. I am sure that we will see more scientific evidence being published in the future that will influence greatly treatment guidelines in main stream medicine in the future. I certainly hope so! This article is just a top line of information, and hopes to provide food for thought! In the next article we will look at detoxing the liver. For more information on my cooking and nutrition workshops or consultations you can go to Kaos Factory Project in facebook, or email me at K aosFactor yProject@gmail.com Author: Gemma Ortiz Genovese, BSc (Hons), MSc, Kaos Factory Project

HOSE hypersensitive to mites, pollen and other allergens associated with the weather should be rubbing their hands to say goodbye to spring to make way shortly for the summer.

But, a warning for those with allergies: in the islands, the seasons are not as marked as in the continental zone and therefore a clear seasonal component of the allergies in the Canary Islands does not exist except for the spring pollen rebound. In addition, here a meteorological phenomenon very associated with respiratory allergies is experienced and can occur at any time of the year: the haze. The calima originates when the dust of the Sahara is dragged towards the islands by the oriental winds, being in suspension during hours or even days. The air is clouded and visibility reduces as a result of this dust, which mainly affects people with allergies or respiratory problems. A little known aspect is how these conditions can have consequences for oral health. According to the College of Dentists of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, allergies can affect not only the respiratory system, but also oral health. By combating allergen agents such as dust or pollen, the immune system fills mucus in the hollows of our head, and the larger ones are precisely the maxillary sinuses. These are located just above the

mouth, and when filled with mucus they press the roots of the upper molars, causing pain or greater sensitivity to cold and heat. Dr y mouth is another common effect of allergies. When the nasal passages are blocked, there is no other way to breathe through the mouth, causing dryness due to the absence of saliva. Paradoxically, the lack of saliva is also a side effect of the intake of antihistamines that fight allergies. Saliva is essential in the control of oral infections. On the one hand, it protects the surface of the mouth and teeth; and on the other, it maintains the PH level, and it dilutes and eliminates sugars. In their absence, the risk of caries or bad breath increases. The hygienists of the Artedental Clinic, in Puerto de la Cruz, recommend first going to the dentist if you experience any of these symptoms, but also list a series of tips to mitigate the effects of allergies in the mouth: Hydrate. Drinking water and non-sugar liquids counteract the effects of dry mouth

and helps eliminate excess mucus. Gargling with salt water. Salt also helps eliminate excess mucus. Gargling with the mixture of one tablespoon of salt in a glass of warm water can improve this symptom. Take care of oral hygiene. You have to brush your teeth at least twice a day if you suffer from dry mouth. Flossing is also beneficial for these cases. Consult the specialist. The visit to the dentist should be supported with the consulta-tion of a doctor who treats allergies. In the Canary Islands it is presumed to have the best climate in the world, but this also has its consequences. In addition, the heat increases the cases of allergies and respiratory problems, so it can also affect oral health. Protecting the mouth is essential for our well-being, because poor care can cause not only decay, but periodontitis, tooth loss, cancer and even cardiovascular diseases. Do not underestimate the annual visit recommended by dentists, as it can prevent any of these diseases.

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Lucky 13 as sport shows solidarity

INTERNATIONAL APPEAL

Binter NightRun marks third edition with record turnout

HE Binter NightRun of Santa Cruz celebrated its third edition captivating the 2,800 participants who joined their steps in the night race of the city.

PORT has once again helped families in need, thanks to students from 13 schools in Tenerife.

Sixth grade students of CEO Leoncio Rodríguez in El Rosario presented non-perishable food collected during the II Solidarity Olympics to the local council’s department of social services. First deputy mayor, Maria de los Angeles Rodriguez, thanked all those involved in this solidarity act that will benefit the families with limited resources of the municipality. Head of studies, María Dolores Oliva, attended the presentation ceremony; together with the secretary, Quintín de la Cruz, and the teacher of Physical Education, Gloria Machín. The II Solidarity Olympics had the participation of 13 schools from different municipalities of the Island, including the CEO Leoncio Rodríguez.

SPORTING SPECTACLE

Coorganised by the city council and the company DG Eventos, Jonay González and Aroa Merino were proclaimed winners of the distance of 10 kilometres, while Joel García and Irene Lorenzo climbed to the first step of the podium in the 5km. With 300 registered more than in 2017, the event has become one of the most popular in Tenerife. Thousands of residents and visitors saw Jonay González shatter the record with a time of 31 minutes and 15 seconds ahead of Francisco Cabrera Galindo (31:17) and Agoney Díaz (31: 40), second and third, respectively. Aroa Merino (34:31) inscribed his name to the track record as the fastest of this 2018, followed by Sonia Prieto (38:32) and Ana Begoña González (42:20). Also, Ayoze Sánchez (14:35) won in

International athletics in Playa de las Americas

RONA is preparing to receive a new edition of the International Meeting of Combined Athletics Events on June 2nd and 3th at the facilities of the Antonio Domínguez stadium in Playa de Las Américas. This edition will be marked by the participation of several athletes of international level and promises to be a great sporting spectacle. For this edition, athletes from different countries will meet, both in the male and female categor y. France, Estonia, Portugal, Belgium, Croatia, Great Britain,

Portugal, Brazil, Ireland and Spanish athletes will compete in the disciplines of Decathlon (Men’s Trial) and Heptathlon (Women’s Test). Among the group of athletes who will meet at Arona in this international event is Romain Martin from France (holder of a personal mark of 8,138 pts),

Ruben Gado (finalist in the Heptathlon indoor track world championship) and Canarian Jonay Jordan. In the women’s section, in action will be the Brazilian Vanesa Chefer, who was already the winner of the meeting in 2015, and the Portuguese Lacabela Quaresma (both with marks over 6150 points) as well as the current world champion U18, the Spaniard Maria Vicente, who also holds the world record of 18 Pentathlon indoor track.

handbike. He was joined by Juan Antonio Cabrera (16:24) and Gilberto Torres (16:57) in the new CaixaBank Trophy category. For his part, Joel García of Clator Orotava surpassed himself in the 5 kilometres. notching up 15:40, seven seconds ahead of Hugo Rodríguez (Bikila) and Jairo

Paule (Trivalle), both with 15:47. In addition, Irene Lorenzo won the double for Clator Orotava after occupying the first podium with 18:45 followed by Paula Martín (18:58) and Susana Prieto (19:06), from CEA Tenerife 1984. The appeal of the race is such that it attracted 350

participants from the rest of the archipelago and 22 countries were represented, such as Finland, Cuba, Venezuela, the United Kingdom, Germany, France or the United States, among others . There were also 25 athletes taking part in the race for those with disabilities for the CaixaBank Trophy.

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Granadilla All set for Granadilla Triabona, with crawling race backs sports too! with highest T budget

HE Granadilla test of La Espíritu Triabona 2018 stands out as one of the highest in athletic quality, both on and off the asphalt, of all those held previously. The municipality of Tenerife will host on June 2nd a new edition of La Espíritu Triabona, which this year will feature two exceptional godparents: Jonay Gonzalez from Icod de los Vinos and Buenavista athlete, Agoney Díaz, both in the ranks of Bikila Canarias club. Jonay is, without a doubt, one of the best athletes on the national scene and has an infinity of championships and has victories in renowned tests. He has achieved great marks such as 3: 44.31 in a 1500 m., 7: 51.96 in a 3000 m., 13: 39.79 in a 5000 m., 30:15 in a 10000 m. and 1:05:26 in half marathon. Jonay González is the best of the new century in the distance of 5km. He was the first Canarian to break the 14 minute barrier in that distance with a time of 13.58.69, achieved in

the Catalan town of Gava. On two other occasions, Jonay improved the Canarian record during participation in international meetings held in Belgium. 13.45.48 in 2008 and 13.39.70 in 2009. As far as the distance reigns, the godfather of La Triabona Spirit 10 km will be the athlete of the Canary Islands Bikila Agoney Diaz, one of the best middle distancers of the Canary Islands. He too has notched up great times, including 1: 53.52 in 800 m. 2014/2015 season, 3: 52.06 at 1500 m. campaign 2012/2013 and 8: 30.09 in a 3000m also in 2014/2015. Agoney Diaz, with a mark of 32:43, was the fastest in the 10kilometre circuit just two weeks ago in La Laguna. The event will take place from 4.30pm from the Plaza de San Antonio de Padua with the

youngest run and La Baby Run (crawling race), followed by the 5 and 10km races. Apart from Jonay González and Agoney Díaz, some of the most popular

athletic faces of Tenerife, such as the Olympian José Carlos Hernández, Ayoze Pérez and Nacho Martín among others have confirmed their places. See also www.triabona.com

Arm wrestling success for Canaries

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RM wrestlers have put up a shining display in the Spanish Championships.

The 27th edition was celebrated in Lugo (Galicia) and the Canarian team, made up of the members of the ‘Teide Sur’ team of Granadilla de Abona, won first places. Daniel González, Eduardo García, Daniel Marck, José Antonio Torres, Felipe Santana, Francisco Gutiérrez, Juan José Miranda and Pablo Serrano were the representatives from the Canary Islands who participated in the different categories individually; leaving with five champions, two runners-up and one in a fourth place. Granadilla’s councillor for sports, Sara Cano congratulated the athletes and encouraged them to continue competing and to represent the municipality and the Canaries in the different sports competitions they attended. These Canarian athletes are part of the only club in the Canary Islands in this sport, which was established in 1994, so next year celebrate 25 years of success in this sport.

RANADILLA de Abona has allocated to sports one of the largest budgets by a municipality for this purpose on the island of Tenerife.

More than 1.5 million euros is the forecast for this year which includes the increase of subsidies, maintenance works and improvements in football fields in general and support for grassroots sports. First deputy mayor, Marcos González said it is a “clear commitment” to those who practise any sports discipline, of which they are around 30, and the general sport of the municipality. The budget line this year exceeds that of 2017 by almost 160,000 euros, highlighting the increase in subsidies for competitive competition, which went from 80,000 last year to 100,000 euros in 2018.

Sports councillor Sara Cano says the money will be invested in the maintenance of sports facilities in general and 140,000 euros on the improvement of the El Médano football field. With regard to soccer teams, a total of 188,000 euros have been budgeted for Aguabuey, Galácticos Hermano Pedro, Unión Deportiva Médano, Charco del Pino, Raqui San Isidro, and Akeki Unión Deportiva Granadilla. Other sports being backed are basketball and Canarian wrestling, rhythmic gymnastics, badminton, martial arts in general, among many other modalities.

Foreign demand, led by UK, helps lift Spanish property market to postrecovery high in first quarter of 2018

Spanish home sales in the first quarter were the highest they have been since the market turned the corner towards recovery in 2014, and growing foreign demand contributed to the increase, led by the British. There were 128,990 Spanish home sales inscribed in the Land Register in the first quarter of the year (chart above), an increase of 13.4%, according to the latest property market report just released by the Association of Spanish Property Registrars, known locally as the Registradores. “This volume of quarterly sales was the highest in the last thirty eight quarters, and you would have to go back to the third quarter of 2008 to find a bigger figure,” explain the Registradores in their latest report.

Foreign demand for Spanish property in Q1 2018 Foreign demand hit a high of 16,833 purchases in Q1, up by 13.2% compared to the same period last year. Spanish property is clearly still seen as a good investment by buyers from all over the world, led by the British.

Foreign demand by nationality UK nationals purchased more homes in Spain than any other foreign nationality in Q1 2018, with 2,451 acquisitions in the period, followed by the Germans with 1,316, and the French on 1,290. As a result, the UK’s share of the foreign market was 14%, followed by Germany and France with just above 8% each. So even after Brexit, the UK market is still almost double the next biggest market, and bigger than Russia, China, and Italy combined. That said, 44% of buyers came from the “rest of the world” in a sign of the increasing global diversification of demand for property in Spain.

Written by Mark Stücklin Mark Stücklin is a Barcelona-based property market analyst and consultant, and author of the 'Spanish Property Doctor' column in the Sunday Times (2005 - 2008).

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Extremely well presented duplex apartment situated in the complex of Avenida Apartments in Los Gigantes. Based on the top floor this property has been constructed on two levels. The first level boasts lounge with open plan kitchen and dining area, double bedroom and shower room. The upper floor comprises of the master bedroom suite, with bathroom and balcony offering amazing views. The main terrace from the lounge offers magnificent views of the area, cliffs and sea, right out to La Gomera. Garage space also included within the complex. Well maintained complex with swimming pool and lift. Ref.: TPS2018

Fantastically positioned apartment situated in the sought after complex of Sansofe Puerto. Offering easy access direct from the street this property has been well maintained and comprises of double bedroom, bathroom, kitchen with breakfast bar and open plan lounge with dining area. Terrace with amazing sea views. Well maintained complex with two heated communal swimming pools. Close to all local amenities.

Well presented apartment situated in the complex of Residential Playa Arena. Based on the second floor this property comprises of three bedrooms, two bathrooms, lounge with dining area and a separate kitchen also with access to a balcony. The main terrace is accessible from the lounge/dining area and offers wonderful sea views and all afternoon sunshine. Well maintained complex with heated swimming pool, lift and gardens. Parking space and storage room also included. Easy access. Tranquil area. Ref.: TPS3329

Drastically reduced beautiful apartment situated in the centrally located complex Tamara in Los Gigantes. Constructed over two levels this property has been fully refurbished and is extremely unique. Boasting two double bedrooms both with en suite shower rooms, separate cloakroom, living area and kitchen this property is also sold fully furnished. Terrace outer facing with views of the famous cliffs and sea right out to La Gomera. Complex with two communal swimming pools and gardens. Garage included. Must be seen. Ref.: TPS2825

Extremely well presented villa with extensive terraces & magnificent views. The lower level boasts a large fully equipped kitchen, sitting room, dining room, cloakroom & a double bedroom with dressing room & an en suite shower, convenient for most people with reduced mobility. The upper level comprises a large double bedroom with dressing room & an en suite bathroom. The master suite, complete with dressing room & bathroom has a jacuzzi bath & walk-in shower etc. Both upper bedrooms offer access to individual terraces benefiting from all day sunshine & spectacular views over the cliffs, marina & La Gomera which can be enjoyed from every angle. Ref.: TPS4356

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Spacious apartment situated in Los Gigantes. Fully furnished, this apartment comprises of lounge-dining room, fitted kitchen, two bedrooms and two bathrooms. Magnificent sea, cliff and marina views can be enjoyed from the large terrace which also benefits from all afternoon sunshine. Centrally located. No community fees.

Extremely well presented penthouse apartment situated in the Flamboyant complex in Los Gigantes. Based on the top floor this property offers easy access with minimal steps. The apartment comprises of lounge with dining area, separate kitchen, one double bedroom, one bathroom and also an upper level boasting another bedroom and bathroom. Two terraces offer all day sunshine and magnificent views out to sea. Well maintained complex with heated communal swimming pool. Must be seen. Ref.: TPS2015

Front line apartment with panoramic views of the harbour, sea and cliffs situated in the complex of Cornisa in central Los Gigantes. Fully refurbished and pleasantly furnished this apartment is also fantastically positioned. Comprising of two double bedrooms, one shower room, lounge and open plan kitchen this property also offers easy access to the communal swimming pool. Great size terrace with magnificent front line views. Garage available. Must be seen.

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Fully refurbished apartment situated in the small community of Sol y Mar in central Los Gigantes. Based on street level this property offers easy access with no steps and comprises of one double bedroom, one bathroom, lounge and open plan kitchen with breakfast bar. Great sized terrace with wonderful sea views also benefiting from winter sunshine. Completely refurbished. Centrally located within walking distance to all local amenities. Must be seen.

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