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Tenerife has been at the centre of international press attention following the disappearance of a British woman, 28-year-old Amy Louise Gerard
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HE search for missing British woman, Amy Louise Gerard who went missing in Tenerife appears to have ended in heartbreak.
Amy, who worked at Loro Parque with the whales and dolphins, disappeared after a night out in Puerto de la Cruz on November 29th. Although her family and friends had not heard from her for four days, there was always that glimmer of hope that she would be found alive and well. But as the Tenerife News went to press on Tuesday afternoon, police confirmed the very tragic news that the
body of a woman had been spotted and retrieved from the sea. Official identification was pending on our deadline and an autopsy was to be carried out to determine the cause of death. The Civil Guard and 112 emergency control centre confirmed the body was floating 150 metres from the coast of Puerto de la Cruz near the parking area of the pier, next to the lighthouse.
The only other aspect they could confirm was that it was a woman. There were very traumatic scenes as the body was recovered by the rescue ser vices and ever yone’s hearts went out to Amy ’s family, including her mother and sister who had flown over from Grimsby in the UK as they awaited formal identification. The body was spotted by the 112 helicopter and brought back to the pier in Puerto on one of the rescue boats. Amy disappeared on a night out with work friends
for a birthday on Thursday 29th November. She had left the Irish bar Molly Malone in Puerto de la Cruz at approx 12.20am with her boyfriend
but they became separated. Her disappearance was described as “extrememly out of character”. A desperate appeal was
put out for any information whilst a land, sea and air search was carried out.
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Puerto presents a packed festive programme
Police called to baseball stadium
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HE emergency services were called out to a baseball stadium in the north of Tenerife after a man suffered a fall.
He injured his shoulder in the incident which happened in the mid-afternoon in calle Burgado, Puerto de la Cruz. The 112 emergency control centre sent medics and the local police to the scene following an alert and found the man, who was 68, had fallen into the stadium. Exactly how has not been clarified. He was given initial treatment before being taken on to hospital. His injury was described as “moderate”.
Fatal accident in Barranco de Las Torres
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HE Barranco de Las Torres was the scene of another paragliding accident but on this occasion, it ended in tragedy.
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BOUT 100 activities make up the programme that Puerto de la Cruz has organised for Christmas.
The official ceremony to switch on the Christmas lights took place on Saturday to kickstart a whole series of events and special attractions which last until January. Puerto’s Mayor, Lope Afonso highlighted the quality of the activities and said Puerto would enjoy “an attractive, competitive, exciting and stimulating Christmas for the commercial activity that also depends on many jobs in this campaign, thanks to the support of private initiative. “ One of the most awaited acts for the smallest of the families was presented by the
president of the Association Ya Vienen Los Reyes, Sandy Reina, in charge of performing the Three Kings’ Horseman on January 5th. This year the Association is committed to “enlarge the ride”. “We want Puerto de la Cruz to become a magical place,” said Sandy Reina. The programme will be available in two formats: digital and physical. “The first one is hosted on Puerto council’s website and on the Facebook page” Fiestas Puerto de la Cruz “, and the second will be distributed over the next week by local businesses and places.
Medics and the police rushed to the popular sporting location in Adeje following a call which reported that a paraglider had crashed into the mountainside. Sadly, the injuries he received were so severe that the emergency services were unable to save his life and he was declared dead at the scene. Thee Barranco de Las Torres is in the El Cerrillar district of Adeje. The Emergency and Rescue Group (GES), with the rescue helicopter, and the Civil Guard attended. helped by the local police.
Couple arrested with false passports
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Georgian couple were arrested with false passports at Tenerife Sur Airport.
National Police said the detainees were a man of 38 years and a woman of 24 who intended to board a flight to Ireland. The agents of the National Police, prior to boarding the flight, identified them after an inspection of the passports. A second inspection, using technical means available at the airport, confirmed the first impression of the police.
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AMBASSADOR’S VISIT
Pledge for Brits in Tenerife after Brexit The ambassador of the United Kingdom in Spain, Simon Manley, and the Mayor of Arona, José Julián Mena, met in the municipality with residents and a large part of the British community, which in Arona stands at 7,688 people, to explain to them and discuss the effects that the exit of the European Union from this country, the so-called Brexit, could have.
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HE event, which was held at the Villa Cortés hotel in Playa de las Américas, was attended by both foreign residents who could be directly affected by Brexit and other inhabitants of Arona interested in knowing the repercussions that this could have on tourism, the most important industry of the municipality and the whole of the Canary Islands. Prior to this meeting, Mr. Manley, together with Sr. Mena, met with mayors of the Southern Region, as well as with representatives of business organisations such as CEST, CIT Sur and the Association of Entrepreneurs of Arona. José Julián Mena underlined during the opening of this meeting that “the historical, commercial, emotional and human relationships that the municipality and the islands have with the British people will not be affected by political decisions” although he explained that “it is obvious that a mechanism of these characteristics will have economic effects that are
difficult to anticipate”. This was one of the main reasons why Arona welcomed the presence of the ambassador of the United Kingdom in Spain so he could throw light on the situation to be faced in the coming months and years. For his part, Simon Manley explained that “the Canary Islands has a special relationship with the United Kingdom for a long time”. “Over the centuries, many Britons, including merchants, artists and writers, have made the Canar y Islands their home,” he said. “Last year, the trade of goods between the United
Kingdom and the archipelago exceeded 200 million euros.
In 2017, more than five million British tourists spent their
holidays here. We want to preserve and improve them in
the future, “said Simon Manley.
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UNICEF INITIATIVE
La Laguna’s pride as Child Friendly status approved
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HE Mayor of La Laguna, José Alberto Díaz, has received in Oviedo the distinction that accredits La Laguna as a Child Friendly City.
This initiative led by UNICEF recognises “the political commitment to childhood in the medium and long term and the path of real transformation undertaken by and with children”, explained the president of the Spanish Committee of the aforementioned entity, Gustavo Suárez Pertierra. These awards recognise local governments that design public policies based on the Convention on the Rights of the Child, which promote child and adolescent participation and promote partnerships for children at the municipal level. La Laguna thus joins the 274 local governments throughout Spain that are committed, within their management, to putting children’s rights at the centre of their public activity. José Alberto Díaz expressed the pride of La Laguna of being recognized as a Child Friendly City by UNICEF and pointed out that this distinction represents an important social and institutional commitment to fulfill all the objectives established by the Childhood and Adolescence Plan approved by UNICEF and the council this year. The mayor added that being a Child Friendly City implies “working on the design and implementation of effective public policies to improve the well-being of children, defending their rights, encouraging their participation, including the gender perspective and creating more livable spaces and safe for all and all.” The work for the elaboration
of the Plan of Childhood and Adolescence of La Laguna lasted several months, directed by the department of Social Welfare and Quality of Life and in coordination with the local organisations and with the boys and girls of the municipality, to lead the continuous process of implementing policies and measures that improve the welfare of children and adolescents in the municipality. A work, which in the case of La Laguna has also expanded to meetings with groups of grandparents, grandmothers and fathers and mothers, as well as teachers from schools in the municipality and professional and social groups that work directly with children. All local governments recognised as Child Friendly Cities have launched a Local Childhood Plan that targets the five objectives of the initiative, so that cities are places where children: have access to
quality social services (health and education), they live in a clean and safe environment, they can enjoy their family life, play and leisure, are respected
and treated in a fair way in their neighborhoods and their needs are taken into account in laws, policies and decisions that affect them.
TACORONTE ACCIDENT
Tragedy as man trapped between car and wall
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man has died after being run over by his own vehicle in Tenerife.
The tragic accident happened in calle Barranco de San Juan in Tacoronte just after 12.30am at night. The 112 emergency control centre received an alert to say the man, aged 60, was trapped between his car and a wall. The Canary Emergency Service attended with a basic life support ambulance and a medical ambulance, together with the local police and Civil Guard. Members of the Tenerife Fire Department Consortium also attended to free the man. However, due to the injuries he had receied, medics could only confirm his death.
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Santa Cruz pledge over old part of the city
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EPRESENTATIVES of the commercial sector of Santa Cruz de Tenerife want to see more made of the properties in the city’s historic quarters. They want the city council to take advantage of the elaboration of the new General Plan of Ordination to favour the districts of El Toscal, the Old Santa Cruz and Los Hoteles. The business representatives said General Plan is a vital tool for the revitalisation of the capital of Tenerife and, in particular, for the more traditional neighbourhoods that are located in the urban and historical centre of Santa Cruz. In this sense, they argued that the policy of housing rehabilitation and construction of new buildings in these three historical environments will return the vitality to the heart of the city, where a good part of the retail trade they represent is based. The first deputy mayor, Zaida González, and the town planning councillor, Carlos
Tarife, shared this strategy with the merchants and, in particular, the head of the Department acknowledged that the rehabilitation and recovery of town planning in the old town is one of the main challenges assumed by Santa Cruz in the short and medium term. Similarly, representatives of the Market of Our Lady of Africa asked the council to take the market into account in future planning of the city. Zaida González thanked the merchants’ associations for their suggestions and encouraged them to present formally as many contributions as they deemed appropriate in the period of public information open at this time, as well as in the different phases foreseen for the drafting and approval of the new General Plan.
Early-morning crash on TF-1
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RAFFIC was substantially held up after an accident on the TF-1 in Tenerife.
It happened just before 7am on the southbound carriageway near San Isidro. The 112 control centre was told there had been a collision between a car and a motorcyclist. A 38-year-old man suffered multiple cuts and bruises and was taken to hospital in the south.
Fire in abandoned building
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IREFIGHTERS of Tenerife were called out to extinguish a fire in a house in Santa Cruz.
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The alert was raised just after midnight and concerned a property on the road to El Rosario in the capital. Smoke had been spotted coming from an abandoned building. The firefighters found the fire had started in the garage.
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Beach may get new staircase in 2019
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AUTISM HELP
Apanate moves closer to the public with new HQ G RANADILLA de Abona is now the official head-quarters of the new centre of the Association of Parents of People with Autism of Tenerife (Apanate). The local council, through the Department of Social Services, has given a location in the core of San Isidro where coverage is already provided and responds to the needs of those affected by this disease throughout the island, but especially the municipality
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HE Mayor of La Orotava, Francisco Linares, assures that the El Rincón Consortium has agreed to award the work of the access stairway to Los Patos beach “before the end of 2018”. The intention of this body is to “tender as soon as possible” this work budgeted at about 500,000 euros, “after only two companies submitted to the public tender.” “It’s a project whose award process will be easy and we hope that in the first quarter of 2019 we can see the work already underway,” said Sr. Linares. “The work has to be done calmly, in an almost
artisanal way, since it’s about vertical work on an unstable cliff, you have to be meticulous. Executing it is not easy, since, for example, the materials will be lowered by hand.” After six consecutive summers without a staircase, Sr. Linares said he preferred not to set a deadline: “We do not know what will happen when we start working on the rocks of the cliff,” he says,
referring to the landslides that have already forced the council to stop and completely reconsider the first work awarded in 2014. This action was entrusted by 106,000 euros in July 2014, but a collapse forced it to be paralysed a few months later to redefine the entire action, whose cost has shot above 500,000 euros. The whole process of preparing the new project, processing reports and permits and bidding for the work has taken more than four years.
and from the south. The mayor, José Domingo Regalado, attended the opening ceremony, together with the councillor for Social Services, María de la O Gaspar; the president of Apanate, María del Carmen Díaz; and the councillor of patrimony, Fredi Oramas, as well as technical staff of the association and parents of those affected. José Domingo Regalado stressed the importance of having places and services of these characteristics, where those affected have the necessary support, advice and care of professionals in the field. Also, he took the opportunity to congratulate Apanate for its work and conveyed the support of the council in such commendable work. For her part, María de la O Gaspar highlighted the valuable benefit that this non-
profit association has been carrying out for more than 20 years and that from now on it is closer to the population of the municipality that needs it and the rest of the region. María del Carmen Díaz thanked the support shown and the predisposition of the council and said that this will allow better coverage and closer proximity of the service to families in this part of the island. The location of this association is on Calle Princesa Guajara, in local 8A, in San Isidro.
Apanate emerged in 1995, from the hand of a group of families with children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) who, faced with the lack of specialised services in the Canar y Islands for this disorder, decided to embark on this path of association. Thus, the affected families, together with a professor from the University of La Laguna, found what is now Apanate, which has more than 180 members and a team of volunteers and practices that, day by day, make comprehensive care possible.
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TOURIST AREA Fire breaks out in Arona promotes Two Brits basement ADEJE ALERT special events as arrested with false part of additional 50 euro notes attractions TOURIST INTEREST
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WO British men, aged 20 and 21, were arrested by police in the early hours of the morning for the use of counterfeit 50 euro notes in the tourist area of Playa de las Americas.
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property in Adeje had to be evacuated after fire broke out in the basement.
Tenerife firefighters were called out to calle Cuba as a result of a 112 emergency call. The crew based at San Miguel de Abona attended, together with volunteers from Adeje. The property had to be ventilated as a result of the fire which originated in an electrical installation. Police also attended.
A patrol was activated to go to avenida Rafael Puig Llivina as a street vendor of sub-Saharan origin alerted the security body that a couple of tourists tried to buy glasses and a hat from him. He believed a 50 euro note they tried to give him was false and had noticed they had a wad of other 50 euro notes. Police intercepted the two Brits who at first tried to walk away fast. They were searched and officers found 23 counterfeit 50 euro notes. The suspects were arrested and taken into custody in Tenerife south police station.
SCEPTICS DEFEATED
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RONA attended the World Travel Trade Market , the main tourist fair of the British market and one of the most important in the world, to promote the destination in the context of uncertainty generated by Brexit. Fifty per cent of tourists who visit Arona come from the United Kingdom, which means more than 700,000 Britons a year. To this must be added nearly 8,000 Brits who live in the municipality, being the largest foreign population, for many years, but now relegated to second position (after Italy). The WTM World Travel Market was regarded an opportunity to strengthen British tourism in the expectation that it may be diverted to competing destinations such as Greece, Turkey, Egypt or Tunisia. Councillor for tourism, David Pérez said: “The fundamental question is whether the transit of people would be affected,” adding that “it is of vital importance to know what would happen if the United Kingdom finally left the European Union, and if this would result in a weakening of the pound. with respect to the euro, losing economic thrust. “
In addition to strengthening relations with the United Kingdom, the Tourist Board promoted the municipality for two events that are more than consolidated and have been an important tourist interest. ARN Culture and Business Pride boosts the LGTBIQ platform through culture, technology, business, science, art and leisure. Plans are already being made for the third edition for June 2019 and it has received a great reception among tourists and residents. The Day of Traditions held each autumn is also seen as a day that aims to maintain the commitment, with the Biosphere certification, to preserve the identity, culture, tradition and sustainable objectives of the municipality. A way of transmitting that Arona is much more than a destination of sun and beach, with the aim of putting in value both the historical heritage of the centre and the cultural legacy of Arona.
Archaeologists make amazing finds in ancient cave T
HE Cueva de Bencomo, the archaeological treasure located on the slopes of Tamaide, between the municipalities of La Orotava and Santa Úrsula, never ceases to amaze archaeologists and historians. Cleaning followed by archaeological excavation has brought to light the relics that it hid despite the fact that there were many who denied that within it, something of value was preserved since there was hardly any sedimentation. Among them, Luis Diego Cuscoy, father of the archaeology of Tenerife, who left his passage on the rock in
Photo by Fran Pallero 1837. The efforts to rescue the caves were championed by the director of the Heritage of the Canary Islands Government, Miguel Ángel Clavijo and his counterpart in the Cabildo de Tenerife, Josefa Mesa. The first archaeological excavation will end next week after intense work and with a surprising discovery: archaeological remains before the XV century although it is not yet possible to specify exactly what time. Undoubtedly, this is one of the most important findings made in Tenerife, awaiting the results that will provide
the analysis of pieces of incalculable value for researchers. Among them, two seals, one of them of bone, probably goat, which is in a ver y fragile and cracked state because the chemical compounds generated by the deposit of manure, which in this case, accumulated for centuries, has leaked to the materials. Several pig teeth were also rescued, a valuable element of guanche cattle because their skin was good and thick to make “It is necessary to study if one of the caves could have been used as a deposit,
since the ceramic fragments that have appeared correspond to pots and large vessels, classified as amphorops, which were used for food storage. In addition, there is a handle in the form of a tongue and several verticals,” a spokesman explained. The team also found stones tools, especially obsidian, which is of very good quality, so it is deduced that it was moved by the Guanches from Las Cañadas, since there are the best quarries of this volcanic rock. Another of the jewels was a wooden trunk.
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Arona and CEST join forces again over “unacceptable” traffic congestion
ABANDONED PROPERTY
Roof and front of house collapse
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IREFIGHTERS were called in after the partial collapse of an abandoned house in Tacoronte in the north of Tenerife.
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RONA and the local business association, CEST have reiterated their concern about traffic jams and have exchanged common proposals on mobility. The Mayor of Arona, José Julián Mena, together with the councillor for works of the local council, José Luis Gómez, met with the Circle of Businesses and Professionals of the South of Tenerife (CEST), represented by Roberto Ucelay and other members of the association , to deal jointly with the demands of the municipality on road issues, both agreeing that the planned works be tendered by the Government of the Canary Islands and Tenerife Cabildo. They agreed that traffic congestion is one of the main problems of the municipality and the region. However, both the council and CEST believe the proposals or solutions that the municipal corporation itself and businessmen have contributed to improve access to populations such as Los Cristianos, Guaza
or Las Américas have not been addressed by the higher institutions and the mobility problems are increasing and creating an unsustainable situation. Both parties share the analysis and concern about the situation of mobility and roads in what they describe as an “emergency situation”. “There have been no works that really provide solutions and those that have been executed have been solely for maintenance and improvement of the road surface,” they claim. Sr. Mena reminded the CEST representatives of the repeated requests and demands that Arona council has made to the Government of the Canary Islands and the Cabildo to work on solving the problems of the important traffic jams that the south suffers on the TF-1 highway and in the accesses
to the different populations, contributions that “have not been taken care of by any of them, that not only have not done a single important work in these three and a half years, but, in addition, do not have written projects or a integral mobility model.” The mayor shared the concern of the CEST and has stressed that “this situation makes the daily life of our residents very difficult and also for the workers who arrive from other parts of the island and threatens to strangle the economic development of the south, since areas as important as the partial plan of El Mojón, which will mean significant
investments, both for the municipality and for the whole of theTenerife.” “Today, there is no solution for the traffic, only patches, despite the fact that the Cabildo has concrete proposals on the table from Arona council,” he said. Sr. Mena pointed out four points of particular concern to the municipal corporation: access to Guaza, Los Cristianos and Las Américas, as well as the extension of the highway, which “is more than obvious that it has been small for the traffic it has and that It finds itself totally paralyaed at rush hour or when some event occurs in it “.
After checking no-one was trapped, they helped with the cleaning-up operation. The roof and part of the front of the building had collapsed but fortunately, it was separated from the main road by a fence which stopped debris falling into the carriageway. The incident happened on the Carretera General del Norte, very close to the well-known ‘Bar Malele’.
HIKING TRAGEDY
Hiker dies despite prolonged efforts to save him
Man attacked T in El Fraile
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RONA police have been investigating an incident in which a man suffered a knife wound in El Fraile.
The incident happened in calle Gran Canaria at 7.40pm in the evening. The man, aged 36, suffered head injuries of a “moderate” nature and was taken by ambulance to the health centre in Los Cristianos. Police, medics and the Civil Guard were called to the scene following a call to the 112 emergency control centre reporting the assault. The circumstances have not been revealed but this is not the first time there has been trouble in El Fraile and it might have been drugs-related.
HERE was tragedy in Buenavista del Norte when a 68-year-old man died whilst out hiking.
The 112 emergency control centre was contacted for help in the late morning after the man suffered problems in the area of Baracán and lost consciousness. The Canar y Emergency Service attended, together with the Emergency and Salvage Group, rescue helicopter, police, Civil Guard and a doctor from the local health centre of La Guancha. “From the first moment, the coordinating doctor of the SUC present in the Operative Room of 1-1-2 gave instructions to the alertant to carry out basic cardiopulmonary resuscita-
tion until the arrival of the emergency resources, considering that he was in cardiorespiratory arrest,” said a 112 spokesman. “The GES helicopter located the affected person, proceeded to his rescue and transferred him to the helisuperfice of La Guancha while the rescuers continued carrying out basic cardiopulmonary resuscitation.” These efforts continued both on the journey and in hospital but despite all the efforts, the patient could not be revived and his death was confirmed.
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DEDICATION RECOGNISED
Mountaineers honour Tenerife firefighters
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HE Teneife Mountain Federation has officially recognised the work of the Tenerife Firefighters Consortium.
In the framework of the III International Week Lagunera de la Montaña and 50th Anniversary of the Tenerife Federation of Mountaineering, the Tenerife Firefighters Consortium represented by the president, Javier Rodríguez Medina, received a recognition for their work, dedication and effort in mountain rescues. During the conference, veteran Tenerife mountaineers were also honoured, reflecting 50 years of experiences in a sport whose field of play is nature. Among them was the firefighter of Tenerife, Eduardo Muñoz, who showed his audiovisual projection of his trip to Alaska.
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New interactive website for Santiago del Teide residents
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ANTIAGO del Teide has a new municipal citizen participation portal “Santia-GO”.
The Mayor, Emilio Navarro with the councillor of citizen participation, Ibrahim Forte and website designer, Alejandra Verde presented the new platform to residents and representatives of various organisations. It intended to serve as a tool to help residents suggest, propose or vote on different public initiatives. Young people from the municipality sung a special
song for the website and after its workings were explained, there was poertry from Alicia León. Sr. Navarro said it is a tool that seeks to encourage the participation of residents, involving them in the management of the municipality, providing initiatives, ideas, proposals and also constructive criticism that will help all to build a better Santiago del Teide.
Paraglider crashes after take-off
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paraglider needed hospital treatment after suffering a fall in Tenerife.
Firefighters were called in to rescue the 48-year-old man of German nationality who, at the initial moment of assistance, presented a moderate lower limb trauma. The accident happened in Taucho, Adeje in the mid-afternoon just after the paraglider had taken off. The GES helicopter rescued the injured person and transferred him to the heli-fire area of the fire department where an ambulance was waiting to take him on to hospital.
“This portal has taken a year to develop and today, thanks to the work of the Citizen Participation department led by Ibrahim Forte, it has been born with enthusiasm and with the aim of making citizen participation real, active and alive in our town,” he said. The new web platform that is already operational can be accessed through the address: www.santia-go.es. To participate, you only have to register on the platform.
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ANTA Cruz will promote sustainable mobility in the five districts of the municipality through the development of a project to provide the capital with 50 charging points for electric vehicles.
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UERTO de la Cruz is positioned at the forefront in the Canary Islands in the development of European directives on waste management after the council approved a proposal to change the tax ordinance of the Household Garbage Collection Fee. This new ordinance will reward lodging establishments that perform proper waste management.
Puerto de la Cruz manages, annually, 23,000 tons of waste, approximately, of the mixed fraction. “It was considered absolutely necessar y to introduce a payment criterion for the rate based on the generation of garbage,” a council spokesman explained. “In this way, we offer entrepreneurs in the tourism sector an incentive that encourages them to pay the fee for the management they make of those amounts of mixed fraction they generate.” The new rate is formed in such a way that it contains “a
fixed rate, which will be fixed each annuity, currently 13.10€, which will be multiplied by the number of beds. To this is added a variable factor that only computes when the number of containers collected quarterly exceeds the average of those collected in the same period in this type of establishments. Those hotels, tourist apartment buildings, pensions, holiday rental apartments and hospital centres without container rooms, and therefore using the public roads, will have to pay a fee of 55.60 euros per bed per year.
Seventh deputy mayor and councillor for the environment, Carlos Correa said this initiative “will multiply the possibilities for this type of sustainable transport with electric vehicles in our capital”. He presented the scheme to representative of the Association of Users of Electric Vehicles (AUVE), Héctor Rodríguez in order to exchange information about those areas of Santa Cruz where it would be more necessary to implement this type of recharging devices . “We are working on the start-up of charging stations for electric vehicles in La Marina Street, two parking spaces in the municipal offices of La Granja, another two in Ofra, two more in the headquarters
of the Unit of the Natural Environment (UMEN), in Casas de la Cumbre, and another point in Roque de las Bodegas,” said Sr. Rodriguez. It is aimed to go out to tender with a project that will contemplate up to 23 recharging points on public roads, with distribution throughout the municipality, especially in areas close to health centres, shopping areas and training centres. Some of them will also be located in the vicinity of taxi stands, in order to encourage the entry of electric vehicles in this sector of public transport. These points would be added to the dozen that are already contemplated for their execution in the car parks of the César Manrique Maritime
Park as part of the Sustainable Road project, including two fast-charging places. With the entry into service of all of them, the capital will have 50 charging points for electric vehicles with ones already operational at the headquarters of the City of Santa Cruz, La Marina, Tres de Mayo and the two that exist in the interior of the headquarters
of the Local Police of the capital. The meeting also served to set the bases for the creation of a platform for managing them, in which users of electric vehicles can know their availability status or even make a reservation to recharge through a website or the creation of a computer application for mobile phones.
COMMUNITY
The English Library receives honours
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T was a great honour for the English Library to receive the prestigi o u s Paco Afonso award for multicultural visibility.
The award is in memory of Paco Afonso, Mayor of Puerto de la Cruz from 1979-1984. Paco Afonso tragically lost his life while visiting the island of La Gomera to assist with fires ravaging the island at that time. The library committee were delighted to receive the award The award was presented by Representatives of the POSE. Domingo Perera and Marco Antonio Gonzalez
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RADITIONS come thick and fast at this time of year. Some of them are ancient, others we create ourselves, whether as families or in the churches. In my last parish I used to ask the congregation to bring one of their Christmas presents to show us at the family service on Christmas morning, and it was always fun to welcome the children with their new toys. But over the years this became an opportunity for the dads to show off their new jumpers as well. I am not sure that this impromptu fashion show is a tradition that my successor will have wanted to continue. We are now in the season of Advent, a time of reflection and of spiritual preparation for Christmas. This is marked in the church, not by chocolate calendars (which would be nice), but by an Advent wreath. This has four candles for each of the four Sundays in Advent and a central candle which we light on Christmas Day. These candles are not there
for decoration. Each Sunday we light a fresh candle to focus our thoughts on the important people in biblical history whose lives pointed to the coming of Jesus Christ. So on the first Sunday in Advent we remember the patriarchs, those founding fathers of the Jewish faith, of whom Abraham is the best known. The following week it’s the turn of the Old
Testament prophets, who foretold the birth of the Messiah. And in weeks three and four we have John the Baptist and the Virgin Mary. On Friday 21 December at 6.00 pm we have our Carol Service, which will follow the traditional form, originally created by King’s College, Cambridge. I remember hearing this on the radio as a child, and the opening words of the bidding prayer still send shivers down my spine: “Beloved, be it this Christmastide our care and delight to prepare ourselves to hear again the message of the angels, and in heart and mind to go even unto Bethlehem and see this thing which is come to pass, and the Babe lying in a manger”. We will have a crib in church of course. Some churches have a tradition of
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Christmas boxes needed at Accion del Sol
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WO very lovely girls, Julia and Laura made two dogs at the refuge very happy by taking them out for a walk and giving them lots of love and affection which besides obvious needs such as food water and veterinary care is all they want. The dogs love going out for a walk so please do come and walk some of the lovely dogs in our care. We do have again a large number of puppies at the refuge and we urge you all to please adopt not buy a dog or puppy and please do castrate or sterilise your dog to help the ever growing number of abandoned dogs on the island. With Christmas just around the corner, we have started a campaign to ask our friends and supporters of Accion Del Sol to donate a shoe box of goodies for the dogs such as dog treats, tinned dog food for our older dogs, puppy milk, dog toys and dog chews . We
also have a shortage of small, medium and large dog collars which we would also welcome. Marion and her team do such an amazing job at the refuge so I thought it would be great to bring some Christmas cheer to the 230 dogs at the refuge. You can deliver your box personally to the refuge on the 20th of December between 14.00 and 17.00 or call 687905511 to arrange for your donation to be collected. Please do write your name on the box so that we know who kindly donated to the dogs. We would like to thank you in advance for your help and support.
Do call the refuge on 664321219 or 602463242 between the hours of 8am -17.00 if you can help in any way. We are always in need of tinned dog food for our older dogs blankets, towels, sheets, dog toys, and collars and leads, if you have any of the above to spare they would be very much appreciated at the refuge, or visit Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday afternoons from 14.00-17.00pm and Saturdays 13.00- 16.00. We are situated directly under the Eolica Parque exit 52 on the TF1 north bound which is after the after the El Medano junction . Head for the giant windmills on the coast and we are the buildings on the right hand side or email the refuge at teneriffa@aktiontier.org or visit our Facebook page , action tier Accion del SOL
placing the baby and the manger in the stable on Christmas Day. I won’t forget the year when I was about to start the midnight service in an unfamiliar church and the churchwarden came rushing up to me in some dismay. In a loud stage whisper she said “Baby Jesus is still in the drawer”. That, though, is part of the joy of this time of year: the things that can and do go wrong, and no one really minds, because it’s Christmas. A reminder that our midnight service on Christmas Eve begins at 11.30 pm and there is just one service on Christmas Day, at 10.00 am. Please come and join us. Our usual service times are: Sundays, 9.30 am (a quiet traditional service of Holy Communion) and 11.00 am (our main sung Communion service); and Wednesdays, 10.00 am (Holy Communion). Chaplain: The Revd Dr Paula Clifford Tel: 922 38 40 38; Email: paulaclifford4@gmail.com
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N Saturday 24th November, the Friends manned a stall at the Christmas Fair held at Alvaro’s Tennis Club in El Botanico, Puerto de La Cruz, the proceeds of which will go to our charities, as do all those from all our social events. Our thanks go to all those who participated. On Tuesday, 27th November approximately 45 persons travelled to Iceland on one of our frequent coach trips to the south of the Island.Most of the Friends lunched at Scampi’s to enjoy their excellent Fish and Chips (not forgetting the mushy peas !) .Those who wished to do their own thing had two hours in which to swim or shop. We then carried on to Iceland to buy our Christmas goodies. There will be another opportunity to visit the South in February when we shall be calling at El Medano prior to Iceland.
Future Events :
On Tuesday December 11th our Christmas Dinner at the Restaurant El Padrino, la Paz. 7.00 for 7.30 p.m., members 26euros. Tuesday 15th January - New Year’s lunch at the Restaurant Ruen Thai, Hotel Puerto Palace. 1.00 for 1.30 p.m., members 20 euros. Follow us on Facebook - For more information or to book for these events, please contact Maureen on 922 341 979, or Jean on 922 384 809.
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ARSON ARREST
Suspect “travelled to Gran Canaria to torch expartner’s car”
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OLICE from Gran Canaria and Madrid arrested a man of 31 years and resident in Madrid for allegedly torching vehicles belonging to two of his ex-partners. In a statement, the Benemérita explained that these fires took place in the capital of Spain in 2014 and another during the month of September in Gran Canaria. It was precisely this last case that led to the start of the investigation, as the victim reported that she believed that her ex-partner was harassing her on social networks and that during the early morning of September 9th, her vehicle had been torched. “Although in the first instance there was no evidence to show directly that her ex-partner was harassing her on social networks or involved in the burning of her private vehicle, the first investigations uncovered elements and circumstances that made us
suspect that the fire had a criminal origin,” said a police spokesman. Experts found it was deliberate. It was also found that a man in Madrid had taken a flight to Gran Canaria the day before the vehicle was burned, returning to Madrid after the incident and had spent 16 days planning it. In addition, the detainee was injured by burns on the face and body with gasoline allegedly used as an accelerant in the fire. These events led to the reopening of another similar case that occurred in RivasVaciaMadrid in 2014, where the defendant could be involved in the burning of another of his ex-partner’s vehicles.
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El Hierro tells AENA to “open your eyes” over island airport
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PAIN’S airport authority AENA has been told to “open your eyes” and recognise the growth of El Hierro’s airport.
Island president, Belén Allende says the authority must “eliminate all the blockages that prevent a normal development of air connectivity, according to the needs and figures in the movement of passengers and aircraft, which requires the urgent execution of a master plan that facilitates its present and future expansion.” Belén Allende said the current system led to repeated delays and even suspension of operations at certain times over the weekend. The island president urges AENA to determine what changes, if necessary, are required in the control, approach and lighting systems of the runway, so that the airport can operate in night hours and thus offer more flexibility of schedules to airlines and their users. El Hierro has criticised the investment policy of AENA so far, describing it as “patchy”. “A passenger terminal that at times is too small for us, completely inadequate car parks that do not represent quality, service and airport image, in short, facilities that could have been used in the past centur y, but which currently require urgent remodelling,” said Belén Allende. The Cabildo also says the Government of the Canary Islands lacks involvement. “I hope the Canarian
Executive will adopt with the same passion and interest the airport deficiencies from El Hierro that we have seen in recent days with the TenerifeSur airport terminal,” said the island president. Belén Allende described as “an historic record” the transit
of passengers at the airport of El Hierro that already reflect the statistics of the first 10 months of this 2018, with figures that exceed 207,000 people , and that contrasts with the 2017 that reached 199,000 passengers, a figure that was also a record.
The average monthly growth is 31%, with an average of 20,000 passengers per month. Significant is also the fact that the month of July this 2018 exceeded in passengers to the month of July 2017, when the Bajada de La Virgen was celebrated, by 20% more.
La Gomera issues 40,000 paper bags in new environment campaign
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HE second phase of “La Gomera, free of plastic” has been launched by the island’s Cabildo with the distribution of 40,000 paper bags.
The insular institution is aiming to improve sustai-
nability and minimise the impact of plastic on the environment. Tourism councillor María Isabel Méndez said the project is included in the La Gomera Strategic Tourism Plan to “reduce to a minimum the footprint left by both tourists and residents in the island’s geography.” These 40,000 paper bags are in addition to the 80,000 distributed in the first phase of the project “La Gomera, free of plastic”, which aims to reduce the number of single use bags distributed in the establishments of the island. María Isabel Méndez highlighted the success obtained in the first phase, making it possible to replace more than 120,000 bags in the last six months. “A stage of distribution has been
programmed with which to reach all the municipalities of the island and to introduce the paper bags in the establis hments,” she explained. The bags are reusable ecofriendly paper. Likewise, it clarifies that the plastic bags that are removed from the establishments will be processed with the objective of reusing this material permanently. “We are a destination that strives for excellence and quality in its services, from t h e p e r s p e c t i v e o f s u stainability, so these measures make those who visit us value us even more,” she said. The Cabildo has called for the participation of the business sector and thus contribute to the campaign that aims to raise society’s awareness of the relevance of this type of measure in the island territory, which is also a Biosphere Reserve.
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man died after his car overturned on the Lz2 in the municipality of Tias in Lanzarote.
The tragedy happened just after 11pm and brought the full range of emergency services to the scene. The 112 centre was told a vehicle had overturned and that its sole occupant was injured . The driver, aged about 29, was trapped inside the vehicle. Medics could only certify his death due to the severity of the injuries he had suffered. His body was released from the wreckage by a fire crew.
Paraglider crashlands in Lanzarote MOUNTAIN AREA
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HE emergency helicopter was needed to rescue a paraglider who crashlanded in Lanzarote.
Medics said the man, aged 40, had suffered such serious injuries that his transfer to hospital by land was impossible. The site of the accident was in a mountain area near Famara in Teguise and was difficult to access. Medics, police, the fire brigade and the emergency teams all helped in his rescue.
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66-year-old woman suffered a head injury when she fell whilst hiking in Fuerteventura.
The accident happened in the late morning on the footpath of Punta Leandro in the municipality of Antigua. The Canary Emergency Service, police and rescue teams were all alerted as a result of a call to the 112 control centre. Firemen and emergency personnel stretchered the woman to a waiting ambulance and then on to the General Hospital of Fuerteventura. Her head injury was described as “moderate”.
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PIONEERING SCHEME
Lanzarote offers unlimited bus travel card for just 20 euros a month
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HE price of public transport in Lanzarote will no longer be a reason for not using the service as of now, thanks to the implementation in the island of the Resident Canary Bono of just 20 euros a month.
Lanzarote Cabildo started the scheme on December 1st in order to promote mobility in the most sustainable way. The monthly travel voucher will allow unlimited travel for the interurban transport of passengers from all over the island and also for the users of the buses of regular passenger transport in Arrecife. The latter is thanks to the agreement between the town council and the Cabildo. Details of the pioneering scheme were presented by the president of the Cabildo, Pedro San Ginés and Minister of Transport and Mobility of the institution, Patricia Pérez. Sr. San Ginés said: “This 20 euro bono card is an extraordinary reduction in the price of the ticket, as never seen before in public transport.” He explained that this price on the island has been achieved “as a result of the increase in the economic contribution of the Canary Islands Government to the Cabildo that reaches 2.4 million euros of the CanaryState agreement for the support and promotion of transport collective on the island of Lanzarote.” With this contribution from the regional government, “the Cabildo of Lanzarote will lower the final price of the ticket for residents, with a fee that will be applied linearly to all users, in order to encourage the use
of public transport in front of the private vehicle, which will result in -in turn- in the reduction of energy consumption and the emission of polluting gases in the displacements by land transport, “said the president. Patricia Pérez thanked the public service concessionaire, Intercity Bus, “that has also been a participant in this advance and great change for users of public transport on the island” and detailed that “the implementation of this bonus will be an important saving for them, benefiting especially the workers of the island who daily move between the different municipalities.” In this regard and as an example, they explained that for a resident who goes daily, five days during a month, from Arrecife to Haría and returns, the cost until the date of service would be 126 euros (100.8 with the application of a current 20% discount for resident rate). Someone who makes the daily trip from Playa Blanca to Arrecife would be paying about 144 euros without resident discount (115 euros with current discount). From now on, the pass to
travel on public transport throughout the island, including Arrecife buses, will be 20 euros, with unlimited travel, so the savings in this case will be 106 euros for those who make the trip to daily from Arrecife to Haría and 124 euros from the capital to Playa Blanca and vice versa; that is, the traveller will pay a sixth of what he has been paying so far. In the case of students or other groups, which to date benefited from 50% and 30%, respectively, they will also notice the cheapening of the price of the ticket in a
considerable way. The recharge of this bonus will be monthly with a flat rate of 20 euros. The bonus can be requested from December 1st at the offices of the Arrecife bus station, in the new Information Office of the Bus Interchange, which is located in the vicinity of the Cabildo, or on the web www.arrecifebus. com. Those interested must submit a DNI, a copy of the certificate that accredits the Canarian residence and a passport photograph.The price for the issuance of this bonus will be two euros.
Canaries opt for “quality tourism experiences” CULTURE LINK
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HE Canary Government has launched a search for new ideas for unusual tourist attractions, such as the creation of “experience routes”.
The Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sports wants to encourage sustainable tourism products and servces in any of the eight islands of the archipelago. Grant aid is available to municipalities, town halls, metropolitan areas, commercial companies or municipal public foundations. Deputy Minister of Tourism, Cristobal de la Rosa explained that “the projects that are chosen by the Ministry must value resources linked to the territory, natural heritage and culture of the Canary Islands.” “All this,” he said, “with the aim of diversifying the tourism offer through experiences linked to our culture and identity, as well as helping to create tourism products and services that are truly quality experiences.” The total amount allocated for this purpose will be 200,000 euros, with a maximum allocation of 20,000 for each project. The activity related to this financing will have to be completed before December 31, 2019.
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HERE was drama in Lanzarote when several people were stabbed on the same night by a man who used extreme violence.
Police in San Bartolomé were able to arrest the suspect, aged 35, who robbed his victims at knifepoint. The first person was stabbed in Avenida de Playa Honda at 1am in the morning and suffered neck and face wounds. Police say the attacker approached his 30-year-old victim who was riding a bike in the area and engaged him in conversation. He then struck him twice in the neck and forehead and fled from the scene on the bicycle. The man attacked had lost a lot of blood by the time the emergency services arrived and was rushed to hospital
with serious injuries. The attacker was arrested and the bike recovered. It then came to light he had struck twice before on the same night, again using violence and intimidation in Las Palmas. He cut one 65-year-old woman in the shoulder and then robbed a 60-year-old foreign tourist who suffered the loss of a tooth as a result of a punch by the same individual at the time of robbing him and in retaliation for not carrying any item of value when she was assaulted. The man was remanded in custody pending a court appearance.
GENTS of the National Police arrested 79 people in a macro operation against the production and distribution of paedophile material on the internet. It is one of the most important operations against child pornography carried out to date in Spain, both due to the high number of detainees (78 men and a woman) as for the identification of the victims and the enormous amount of material intervened. Thanks to the investigation, a 27-year-old youth who worked with minors was arrested in Madrid for distributing videos of paedophile content and a woman who abused her daughter and niece has been located and identified in Peru. A total of 45 laptops, 113 hard disks, 25 mobile phones, 38 USB sticks, more than 300 DVDs and other computer
Seal of approval for 930 active tourism companies
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HE Government of the Canaries has created a census of active tourism companies that operate in each of the islands, with the register now containing 930 fully registered companies.
Each one complies with Spanish and European directives, confirmed Director General of Tourism Infrastructure of the Canary Islands Government, Héctor Suárez, during the inauguration of the IV Professional Active Tourism Seminar held in Gran Canaria. “Thanks to this rule, new professions and activities of active tourism have a legal framework that offer security guarantees to tourists, businessmen and women, and all those who practise them,” he said. “Thus, they cover diverse activities and some
well-known ones, such as hiking, paragliding, bicycle itineraries, scuba diving or surfing, and other more modern routes such as segway, paintball, paddelsurf, survival, quad routes, routes in buggies or Tibetan bridges “. Of the 930 business on the register, 161 companies are operating in Gran Canaria, 166 in Fuerteventura, 132 in Lanzarote, 336 in Tenerife, 62 in La Palma, 27 in La Gomera
and 20 in El Hierro. Another 26 are pending. Sr. Suárez said the Government of the Canary Islands would “continue to promote active tourism as an essential part of our communication in Europe and, throughout the world, through the internet.” Online platforms include Reserva de la Extremosfera, Non stop Training, Estrella and www.holaislascanarias.com.
equipment were stored in the autonomous communities, in which tapes of pornographic content were stored. In Januar y 2016, the investigation began, which lasted until November of this year given its complexity and in which 79 individuals were finally arrested. One of the arrested, 57 years old, was detained for the continued crime of sexual assault on a child under three years and for the production of paedophile
material from 2010 to 2013. The detainee obtained access to the girl when her parents could not take care of her for work reasons and therefore left her in his care. Among the material that was intervened, hundreds of images were found that showed the continued sexual abuse to which a woman subjected two girls, eleven and four years old. In addition, in the framework of the present inves-
tigation, a woman resident in San Sebastián was also arrested. Police intervened six laptops and 22 DVDs containing a huge amount of child pornographic material which she distributed to other internet users. The arrests were made in Galicia, Asturias, Cantabria, País Vasco, Aragón, Cataluña, the Balearicss, Valencia, Murcia, Andalucía, Castilla-La Mancha, Madrid and the Canaries.
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“GRAB TECHNIQUE”
Tourists warned about muggers on motorbikes
BREXIT EXPLANATION
Prime Minister hails
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agreement over Gibraltar S PAIN’S Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez says the country has reached an agreement on Gibraltar that amounts to “a triple shield with which it can definitively address the future of Gibraltar over the coming years with the United Kingdom”.
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OLICE in Mallorca are warning tourists riding bicycles about bag snatches by robbers on motorcycles stalking along bus and bike routes. At least eight holidaymakers have already fallen foul of the “grab” technique which has also been hitting other tourist hotspots in Spain. Two suspects have been arrested in Mallorca’s capital of Palma after they homed in on tourists, usually women, who ride around the resort with their handbags or purses placed in the bike’s basket. The method is always the same. A moped or motorcycle is used to trail the tourists on bikes and their possessions are quickly snatched when they are overtaken in the bike lane. The motorcycle then speeds off and
disappears amongst the traffic. Similar snatches have been reported elsewhere in Spanish holiday resorts. The victims are always foreign tourists who are taken completely by surprise. “They are snatching purses or bags containing personal documentation, money, mobile phones, bank cards etc,” said a police spokesman. “On some occasions, the cards are then used to make purchases in commercial establishments.” The two suspects arrested in Mallorca are aged 17 and 19.
In an official declaration, he explained: “Before explaining the content of this solution, I wanted to share the reasons why the Government of Spain has opposed Brexit in recent days. The question of Gibraltar is key for Spain, for territorial integrity, for national sovereignty; these are elements present in the identity of our country, which is why we defend our national interests and have been firm and decisive in the defence of general interests.” He continued: “Gibraltar is not only a territor y to be decolonised, as recognised by international law and the United Nations, but also since Spain joined the European Economic Community back in 1986, Gibraltar has enjoyed ver y significant European growth, which has led to it being among the leading economies per capita in the world. This is due to a series of aspects, firstly to an exceptional regime under British law, given that it belongs to the United Kingdom, and secondly to access to the internal market of the European Union. This has had negative consequences on the surrounding region, on Campo de Gibraltar. Those who have visited the region can perfectly well see the enormous differences between Campo de Gibraltar and Gibraltar itself. And for the government, the prosperity and progress of Campo de Gibraltar is also a State affair, as well as one of national sovereignty and territorial integrity.” Sr. Sánchez said once the United Kingdom finally withdraws from the European Union, the political, legal and even geographic relationship between Gibraltar and the European Union will be passed over to Spain. “Hence, the national interest is the joint prosperity of Gibraltar and Campo de Gibraltar and Spain as a fundamental pillar of what the future relationship will be with the rest of the European Union,” he said. The most important aspects of this declaration are as follows: Firstly, it excludes Gibraltar from the general negotiations between the European Union and the United Kingdom. This will allow Spain to directly negotiate with the United Kingdom on Gibraltar. Secondly, it demands the prior agreement of Spain for the negotiation of any agreement by the European Union that applies to Gibraltar. This means that we guarantee that the scope of future negotiations on relations with Gibraltar are in our interest and in line with our policy on Gibraltar. Thirdly, the Government of Spain has attained a joint letter from the Presidents of the European Commission and of the European Council, ratifying Spain’s demands. In short, and by way of summary, Spain has achieved a triple shield, an historic triple shield, with which it can definitively address the future of Gibraltar over the coming years with the United Kingdom.
Pensions falsified after death of relatives in massive fraud BOGUS IDENTITIES
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ATIONAL Police, in collaboration with the Secretary of State for Social Security, have uncovered a fraud of almost 6,000,000 euros through the improper collection of pensions of deceased persons. The agents have arrested nine of the 46 people identified in ten autonomous communities as alleged perpetrators of a total of 53 crimes of falsification of documents, fraud and misappropriation. Most of those involved were relatives of the deceased, although there have also been cases of friends or roommates. In order to get money following the death of the pensioner, they falsified death
certificates and even the signature of the deceased, in order to make cash withdrawals. One of those involved received benefits illegally for almost 20 years, posing as a nonagenarian. In order to achieve this, he took advantage of his similar physical characteristics with the deceased, disguising himself as an older person and using a walker. The investigation began
after receiving several complaints, in different parts of the countr y, which reported possible fraud to the General Treasury of Social Security. With the first inquiries it was found out that they were relatives or friends of deceased pensioners who continued to illegally collect their pensions. Police located similar cases in 17 Spanish provinces -A Coruña, Albacete, Alicante, Barcelona, Burgos, Cádiz, Las Palmas, Madrid, Malaga, Murcia, Ourense, Pontevedra, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Seville, Tarragona, Valladolid and Vizcaya.
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Spain to “maintain strong growth in 2019”, say forecasters
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HE Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and the European Commission forecasts point to Spain maintaining strong growth in 2019.
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HE Spanish Government is to amend the law so that banks pay mortgage tax.
President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, announced in a press briefing that “Spanish people will no longer pay mortgage tax, but rather banks will”. Pedro Sánchez announced that the Council of Ministers will approve a Royal Decree-Law to amend Section 29 of the Property Transfer Tax and Stamp Duty so that banks pay this tax. The government will take this measure following the ruling by the Judicial Review Division of the Supreme Court to “reject the appeal lodged and return to the criteria whereby the taxpayer of Stamp Duty for mortgage loans is the borrower”. The change will come into force when it is published in the Official State Journal. Pedro Sánchez stated that “the government respects the work and independence of the judiciary, but regrets the ruling handed down”. The government, added the President of the Government, “has a commitment to legal certainty and to citizens’ interests”. For
that reason, he asserted, “the government will guarantee a foreseeable and stable scenario in the interests of all the operators involved”. In the same vein, the President of the Government reported that the government will send Parliament a proposal on the creation of the Independent Authority to Protect Clients of Financial Products, which will seek to strengthen protection against abuse, improve the capacity to resolve conflicts and guarantee legal certainty. Stamp Duty is regulated under Royal Legislative Decree 1/1993, of 24 September, which approved the recast text of the Property Transfer Tax and Stamp Duty. This tax is assigned to the regional governments. The levy applied in each region under the system varies between 0.75% and 1.5%. Navarre and the Basque Country apply a levy of 0.5%. This tax is applicable, among other circumstances, on the execution of a mortgage loan.
The forecasts by the two bodies on the Spanish economy are in line with those of the government. Both the European Commission and the OECD forecast that Spain will maintain strong growth, higher than the European Union average, of 2.6% for this year and of 2.2% for next year, just 0.1% lower than the government’s forecast. Both bodies forecast a significant decline in the deficit in 2019. The OECD’s forecast coincides with the government’s estimation of a 0.9% reduction and a deficit of 1.8% of GDP. For its part, the European Commission forecasts that the deficit will fall by 0.6% to 2.1% of GDP. In both cases, these are much higher reductions than for the other
large EU economies. As the European Commission acknowledged, its forecast is “cautious” because Spain has still not presented the General State Budget. It must be taken into account that this ex ante phase of fiscal supervision evaluates the Plan, which justifies the prudence of its analysis. The figures contained in the Plan submitted by the Government of Spain are within the margin of flexibility provided for in the Stability and Growth Pact. As Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis pointed, the difference in the calculation is due to the fact that “it has not been possible to take into consideration all the measures that have not been legislated on”. To the
same end, Commissioner Pierre Moscovici pointed out when the autumn forecasts were published that in this phase of the fiscal supervision cycle, it is absolutely normal for there to be a certain divergence between the estimates of different bodies. At any event, Spain will come out from under the corrective arm of the Stability and Growth
Pact in 2019, in other words, it will exit the Excessive Deficit Procedure. The evaluation by the European Commission of the Spanish Budget Plan responds to greater demands under this preventive arm in line with those made on other countries, such as France, Belgium, Portugal and Slovenia.
Bank ATM raid left notes strewn in the street!
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Spanish street was paved with gold after a “dangerous” gang of bank robbers blew open a locked safe and left bank notes strewn in the road!
Police said the gang specialised in blowing up bank cash machines and are believed to be responsible for at least nine incidents, most of them in Madrid. “They put the lives of people at risk, both whilst placing explosives in the ATMs and whilst fleeing at speed,” said a police spokesman. The gang is believed to have netted significant amounts of cash, gaining 20,000 euros in one raid alone. Police started an investigation after linking a string of ATM attacks in the capital, always using stolen cars which were later abandoned. In one of the incidents, their getaway vehicle was chased by patrol cars and two suspects were arrested. Police found a guitar case inside containing tools. Two other men were later arrested in their homes, one of them trying to run away despite being nearly naked. He was caught when he stopped to pick up 7,000 euros of the stolen money in his living room! Blood found on some of the bank notes which had littered the road after one of the safe busts matched his and he was found with a deep cut on his arm. During raids, police found around 1,000 fake two euro coins and explosive equipment, as well as marijuana plants. “The investigation remains open,” say the Spanish police
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OLICE have seized for the first time in Spain a huge haul of base oil for the manufacture of speed as part of a massive drugs operation.
The drugs were hidden in a shipment of flowers from the Netherlands under the disguise of plastic bottles of liquid plant fertiliser. Nine people have been arrested in Bilbao, Burgos, Cuenca, Madrid and Torrevieja (Alicante) among which are the suppliers of the narcotic drug and those responsible for its adulteration and distribution Police found 52 litres of the oil which would have produced more than 200 kilograms of speed once treated. The investigation, codenamed Operation Garden, began more than six months ago and focused on two people of Spanish origin known to the National Police for their relationship with drug trafficking. “This allowed us to see how this group made periodic shipments of this drug from the Netherlands to northern Spain, where they intended to create a laboratory for its treatment and adulteration in order to release the product as soon as possible and transfer the substance to the distribution network that they had. They counted on vehicles with compartments for the transport of the speed,” said a police spokesman. Thanks to the investigation, it was possible to identify the remaining members of the criminal group, including the entire distribution network that the group had created in the northern and central areas of Spain. They carried out the importation of the drug by hiding it in a shipment of flowers from the Netherlands. Once arrived in Bilbao, they tried to hide it in a warehouse the organisation had rented in the town of Balmaseda (Vizcaya).
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Police free 13 women forced into prostitution
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GENTS of the National Police arrested ten people in Malaga and dismantled a network of trafficking in human beings for the purpose of sexual exploitation. In the operation, 13 victims were released who were captured in their countries of origin, Nigeria, but upon arrival in Spain, were told they had to repay a debt of 35,000 euros through prostitution in Guadalhorce and Fuengirola, (Málaga). The network was led by a woman who acted as a link between Spain and the branch of the network based in Nigeria. “The commitment for the payment of 35,000 euros was made through the rituals of voodoo or jujú with which they were intimidated making them believe that they could go mad or die if they did not, both they and their close relatives,” said a police
spokesman. “These rituals were performed in Nigeria but also occasionally repeated in Malaga, thus ensuring the control of the victims without it being necessar y to have continuous monitoring.” The victims were forced to practise prostitution mainly on public roads - specifically on the promenade of Fuengirola and on the Guadalhorce polygon of Málaga - every day of the week for long days without the possibility of choosing the clients. In addition, they had to deliver the money earned to their traffickers on a weekly basis. Exceptionally, some of the victims were transferred to a hostess club in the town of A Coruña.
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HE forecasts by Turespaña for the end of 2018 and the start of 2019 point to growth in both spending and the arrival of inbound tourists. This is reflected in the Outlook Report on International Tourism to Spain for the fourth quarter. The Report forecasts a 2.5% rise in spending and a 2.1% rise in the number of visitors. The tourist spending outlook is positive for most markets, including those that are showing a slight decline in the number of tourists. Portugal has a particularly buoyant outlook in the coming months, with forecast growth above 14% in both indicators, followed by the United States and Italy, with growth of more than 6%. For the State Secretary for Tourism, Isabel Oliver, “these are very positive figures that confirm we are heading in the right
direction, and again show the strength and leadership of our countr y in terms of tourism in a much more competitive environment than in previous years”. Tourism chiefs say the forecast for an increase in tourist numbers in the coming weeks will allow Spain to close 2018 with a ver y similar number of inbound tourists to last year - barely 0.1% down - a significant figure when taking into account that the last two years have set new records in the number of visitors.
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Lobster, the first mobile operator in Spain to offer a service completely in English Targets British expatriates, and other English speakers, who reside in Spain. A market which to date has been largely untapped and is estimated to comprise some 1.5 million people Lobster wants to be the benchmark for the English-speaking market in Spain, with its offering based on “English, easy and effortless” so that the subscriber will be able to enjoy a service and customer experience “like home” Lobster will be available online and through its Customer Contact Centre from December and due to be available in physical stores from early 2019 Lobster is the registered brand of Zinnia Telecomunicaciones, a Spanish company and part of the Gibtelecom Group The project has seen an investment in systems, infrastructure and Zinnia Telecomunicaciones of over 4 million euros The Zinnia Telecomunicaciones team is made up of executives with extensive experience of the Spanish mobile market
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OBSTER, the new mobile operator, will launch its services in the coming days with a unique proposition which is a differentiator in the Spanish market. Lobster will be the first mobile operator in Spain to offer a service that is completely in English to its customers. Lobster will mainly target British expatriates, and other English speakers, who reside in Spain, located mainly on the Mediterranean coast, the Balearic and Canary Islands. It is estimated that there are over 1.5 million English speakers residing in Spain. Lobster wants to be the benchmark for this market, and grow rapidly in the coming years. After extensive market research, the Lobster brand was created to establish an emotional bond with British values and service. The DNA of the Company is “English, easy and effortless” together with a personality that is authentic and straightforward. Its offering is based on simplicity and understanding the customer so that they will be able to enjoy a service and customer experience “like home”. Why the name Lobster? We think it’s something different and refreshing that can be associated with the good life. After all, sun and wonderful food is to be found in Spain! It is very easy to become a Lobster customer, just identify yourself and provide a
payment method through a totally secure process for paying month by month, and you’re good to go. From December signing up for the service can be done online or by calling the Customer Contact Centre for free. In early 2019 this will also be possible through an extensive network of specialised retail outlets and other points of sale. The Lobster management team was formed at the beginning of this year with three industr y leading directors with extensive experience of the telecommunications sector in Spain. It is led by Gabriel Miguez, Executive Board Director-Managing Director, previously General Manager of Yoigo and Telefónica, Tony Watts, Marketing Director, and previously Product and Offer Director at Yoigo, as well as Alfonso Rodríguez, Sales Director, and previously the Commercial Director at Lebara. “ We have a unique proposition in the market based on creating an emotional bond with Englishspeaking expatriates, with
competitive tariffs, and a team with the necessary experience to lead the project to success. With Lobster we will meet the needs of expatriate customers who are currently underserved when it comes to mobile services,” said Gabriel Miguez. Lobster is a registered brand of Zinnia Telecomunicaciones, a Spanish Company and part of the Gibtelecom group, whose parent is the leading telecommunications company in Gibraltar. Over 4 million euros has been invested in the systems, infrastructure and the company to date. Jansen Reyes, Director of Technology at Gibtelecom, has been responsible for leading the technical deployment and other necessary requirements for Lobster to be able to operate in the Spanish market. “Lobster
is a very important project for the Group. I am convinced that as well as being a commercial success in Spain, it will create important synergies with Gibtelecom.” Lobster uses Telefónica coverage to provide the best quality national service, with the rest of the technological Infrastructure supplied by Gibtelecom. The Customer Contact Centre, exclusive to Lobster, will have agents that communicate with customers in native English. It will provide a high quality service for the entire English speaking community, as well as handling calls and providing documentation in Spanish for those customers who prefer. Lobster will launch a simple proposition of competitive and innovative tariffs, which will be announced shortly.
ABOUT LOBSTER Lobster is the first Spanish mobile operator for British expatriates, and other English speakers, who reside in Spain. Zinnia Telecomunicaciones, a Spanish company and part of the Gibtelecom Group, will be responsible for operating and commercially launching Lobster. Zinnia Telecomunicaciones has the financial and business support of Gibtelecom, the main operator in Gibraltar providing fixed lines, mobile and TV, as well as business enterprise services. The Group also has submarine cable and European fibre network investments, and runs data centres through its subsidiary, Rockolo Limited.
Money in the Bank or Money in a Bond, make an informed choice The majority of us keep money in a bank account, why? Because it is easy, relatively secure, and easily accessible. There is also a deposit protection scheme in place which covers the amount in your bank account up to €100,000 or £85,000. So far, so good? This means that if a bank or building society cannot meet its obligations and subsequently fails, or becomes insolvent, the maximum compensation you will receive will be £85,000 or £170,000 for a joint account (husband and wife). What about growth on your savings? Returns are not good, interest rates are hardly inflation beating and your hard earned cash is not really being put to work for you. In fact, the average savings account is paying less than 1% per year and some have reduced to 0.2 or 0.1% So how does this look in reality? Consider this:
£20,000 in an average savings account with a gross interest rate of 1% will pay £20,000 at 1% per annum equalling £200 per year before tax
What is the alternative? A Spanish Tax Compliant Bond Setting up a Spanish tax compliant bond is no more difficult than setting up a bank account. Once you have invested you have easy access to your money: regular and one-off withdrawals, to suit your needs.
The returns over the last few years have been: 2013 7.6%
2014 7.5%
2015 10.3%
2016 6.5%
2017 7.8%
The growth on a Spanish tax compliant bond is free of tax until a withdrawal is made. Even then only the growth is subject to tax. Any tax due is paid directly to the Hacienda and no Modelo 720 declaration is required for holders of this kind of bond. The bond can also be held jointly so there should be no liability to succession tax on the first death. The bond is backed by an AA rated financial institution which is subject to a strict legal and regulatory environment, to European Law, and having to comply with all applicable European directives and regulations and to meet European solvency margins. Under EU law, assets are to be used to repay policy holders should the company be wound up. Please remember that not all bonds are Spanish tax compliant. If you would like further information about the Spanish tax compliant bond, please give us a call for a no obligation chat. Sebastian & St James International Financial Advisers Limited: advice based on integrity, trust and experience.
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We hope you all have your raffle tickets by now if not they are still on sale in the library. Don’t miss the chance to win an Amazon Fire Tablet plus many more wonderful prizes just waiting to be won. FILM CLUB: Our Film Club will resume on Thursday January 24th. Film to be announced - watch this space. The management committee and library volunteers would like to wish you all a very Happy Christmas and to those of you travelling to visit family and friends have a safe journey. We look forward to seeing you all again in the New Year. The Library will be open as normal over the Christmas and New Year period. The Computer Club will also be open as usual on the 24th and 30th December. We welcome visitors to join us during our opening hours Monday and Friday 3pm to 5.30pm and Wednesday and Saturday 10pm to 1pm. Refreshments are served in the garden on Wednesday and Saturday mornings Discover more about us on Facebook, TripAdvisor and our Website ‘theenglishlibrary.es’. Did you know you can access Facebook through our Website. You will find us at Calle Irlanda 5, Parque Taoro, Puerto de la Cruz. Telephone 922 383098.
the new owners. Anna and Austen McDonald, an Irish couple, are preparing to enjoy retirement to the full. But the demands of family cause problems they have never foreseen and shake their marriage to the core. SallyAnn Connolly Cooper, a fiesty Texan mother of two young teenagers is recovering from her husband’s betrayal. La Joya becomes a place of solace for Sally-Ann in more ways than one. Eduardo de la Frente, a haughty Madrileno, has set out with singleminded determination to become El President of the complex’s management committee. But pride comes before a fall. Jetta Sauer Perez, a sophisticated German who aspires to have her very own apartment in La Joya, works hard to reach her goal. Then the unthinkable happens.
RESERVOIR 13 JON McGREGOR
Midwinter in the early years of this century. A teenage girl on holiday has gone missing in the hills at the heart of England. The villagers are called up to join in the search, fanning out across the moors as the police set up roadblocks and a crowd of news reporters descends on their usually quiet home. The search for the missing girl goes on, but so does everyday life. As it must.
time, it soon becomes clear that Hawthorne is hiding some dark secrets of his own.
ARIES (Mar. 21- April 20) Make decisions about your professional objectives. Social events held in your home will be successful and entertaining for all. Offer love and affection instead of conflict and rejection. TAURUS (Apr. 21- may 21) Be prepared for an active but rewarding day. Real estate investments will be extremely profitable in the long run. Don’t be too eager to dismiss someone who works under you.
GEMINI (May 22-June 21) You will find that you can work progressively at improving yourself today. Overindulgence could cause problems for you with your loved ones. You will feel the limitations if you have been overdoing it. CANCER (June 22-July 22) Unexpected visitors will be a welcome surprise. Travel in pursuit of pleasure and knowledge. You may want to take a serious look at your goals and objectives.
LEO (July 23-Aug 22) Put financial speculation with family members or friends on the back burner for now. Build on friendship rather than starting out in an intimate encounter. Problems with in-laws may cause friction in your personal relationship. VIRGO (Aug. 23 -Sept. 23) You’ll meet new friends if you try new activities. Be prepared for an active but rewarding day. It will do you some good.
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THE WORD IS MURDER ANTHONY HOROWITZ One bright spring morning in London, Diana Cowper – the wealthy mother of a famous actor - enters a funeral parlour. She is there to plan her own service. Six hours later she is found dead, strangled with a curtain cord in her own home. Enter disgraced police detective Daniel Hawthorne, a brilliant, eccentric investigator who’s as quick with an insult as he is to crack a case. Hawthorne needs a ghost writer to document his life; a Watson to his Holmes. He chooses Anthony Horowitz. Drawn in against his will, Horowitz soon finds himself at the centre of a story he cannot control. Hawthorne is brusque, temperamental and annoying but even so his latest case with its many twists and turns proves irresistible. The writer and the detective form an unusual partnership. At the same
Focus, and concentrate on yourself and your future. Find ways to make extra cash. Start making things or reusing rather than buying ready made. Real estate should be lucrative for you.
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In a beautiful southern Spanish town where the sea sparkles and orange blossoms scent the air, the gates of a brand new apartment complex La Joys de Andalucia, glide open tp welcome
After seven years in a high security prison David Collins’ conviction for the murder of his wife is overturned due to a technicality, or as his lawyer puts it an “appalling miscarriage of justice”. Able to start his life again and begin to rebuild relationships with his family and friends, David vows to regain custody of his children and bring the guilty to justice. As a new investigation is launched, dark secrets of abuse, affairs and money troubles rise to the surface. From jealous sisters to disgruntled lovers, these secrets rip fragile relationships apart at the seams. But one question remains: is David Collins truly innocent?
Your involvement with children will be most rewarding. You need to spend time with friends and family. You should take good care of your health; get lots of rest.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 21 -Feb. 19) Visitors may relieve the tension. You can make money if you put your savings into conservative investments. You have to believe in yourself and your talents. PISCES (Feb. 20-Mar. 20) Look into intellectual and physical games that will test your abilities. Do things with your children and avoid situations that make you feel as if you’ve neglected the ones you love. Take the initiative and go after your goals.
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Do Puerto hotel owners need more financial help for regenerations?
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LL the talk of how Puerto de la Cruz has become so busy once again, yet two hotels in the town have recently closed with a loss of over 300 rooms and their closure hardly raised a murmur among official circles. The Dania Park built in the early 1970s had always been a popular hotel, yet the company who had managed the building for the last five years failed in their efforts to negotiate a renewal to their contract with the property’s owner and rumours were there were differences over the level of repairs the building needed. So despite their willingness to continue the company was forced to close the doors at the end of October with a loss of 53 jobs. The Xibana Park, a hotel of about the same age, but one with a more chequered past, as it has closed before, was forced to close its doors in November, under different circumstances, yet with a lot of similarities. The hotel’s management company was approaching the end of a five year contract and in the process of renegotiating a new contract; again there was a level of repairs needed to the building. However, in this case closure was forced upon them by the town hall after structural surveys of the building proved it to be unsafe. A smaller hotel, but its closure still left a further 25 employees looking for alternative employment in an industry where it will not be easy. The thing that puzzles me is for years I have been reading of the regeneration plan for Puerto de la Cruz, of which modernisation of the hotel stock was to play a big part. And yes a number of hotels have undergone transformations in recent years; so much so, I have always assumed there has been some form of government funding
available to them. Of course, I might be wrong; however, I fail to see how you could expect hotel owners to drive the regeneration of the town without providing some form support. If so, how are two seemingly viable businesses, albeit operating in tired buildings, both obviously in need of regeneration, allowed to fall through the net without ringing alarm bells beforehand. Or perhaps the owner or owners of two buildings needed them empty before regeneration could begin.
Visitor numbers Still they say that every cloud has a silver lining and try as much as they have this year the town hall has had little to crow about where visitor numbers are concerned. At least now with more than 300 fewer rooms it will improve their occupancy figures, and they do love to quote favourable statistics. However, sadly, I think they will be keeping quiet about the unemployment figures for a while. Enough said, moving on.
Small mercies? The Minister of Tourism from Madrid has allocated a paltry €1 million from her budget towards projects in Puerto de la Cruz. I suppose we should all be grateful for small mercies and doff our hats to show our due respect, and at least, it is better than we ever get from Costa’s, from them it’s only promises. Anyway what are we going to spend the money on, after all €1 million doesn’t go far,
especially when talking about capital projects? New loos, showers and changing rooms for the three beach areas that make up Playa Jardin, a project that has been talked about for so long I was sure that they already had the necessary ‘readies’ to pay for it. So now it seems they do all €345,000 of it and the work is to be completed in two months. Don’t build your hopes up too soon I’m sure they mean within two months of it starting not that it will be completed within the next two months. €281,179 (it seems such an exact amount I am sure it was deliberate) is also going to be spent on the Playa Jardin complex, on what are described as ‘ver y visible works’, so noticeable improvements I assume, but then the area has been neglected for so long any work would be visible. The specifics are a bit vague, some improved access and a general ‘tarting up’, or what most people would term routine maintenance, something there never seems to be a contingence for in Puerto de la Cruz budgets. It is a shame there is no money for the bandstand kiosk, if they don’t intend to use it the very least they could do is make it safe and give it a lick of paint. The third project is the restoration of calle de Agatha Christie, a small walkway in La Paz which meets the ill fated cliff top coastal path that has been undergoing renovation on and off for years. A new project that I think is a bit controversial given that the pathway was in good repair before being used as an access route by both construction companies who have worked on the coastal path. Surely returning calle de Agatha Christie to its previous
condition was a prerequisite of the original contract, or if not it should have been. But now they are going to shell out again, €373,820 to “redefine the walk to highlight its scenic and historical qualities”. What a load of waffle! In other words it is more likely going to get the standard cheap grey concrete slab makeover that Puerto de la Cruz has become well known for. So that’s it the money is spent, or is it? I am sure there are one or two of you who have done the maths and realised the sum total for the three projects is €999,999 leaving just €1 still to spend. Just enough to buy someone in the town hall a coffee, enough that is as long as they don’t visit the world renowned coffee shop opposite. Remember the road through the Martiánez being closed for so long as they carried out improvements. Well, it has been closed again since then, I think, on three different occasions, in fact every time we have had heavy rain and a waterfall has come cascading down upon it from La Paz up above, bringing all kinds of assorted debris with it. Not the
town hall’s fault this time, no, this is down to Cabildo who have most probably tried to shift the blame onto the ‘water authority’, or whoever else it is responsible for drainage. I suppose someone is, but given what happens whenever it rains I sometimes wonder. Not that the waterfall is a new phenomenon, it has happened in the past, every time we’ve had a prolonged exceptionally heavy deluge. However, what I and everyone else who lives in Puerto thought was that solving this problem was part and parcel of the road refurbishment project, evidently not. Finally, this has to end somewhere and where better than with a prime example of the left hand not knowing what the right hand is doing. A couple of weeks ago some workmen arrived unannounced at the Muelle in Puerto de la Cruz and began to knock a wall down to make way for a ramp. Of course, this caused a lot of consternation amongst the locals, claiming that the wall was over 200 years old and part of the town’s heritage. The ‘save the wall brigade’ was duly resurrected, we
haven’t heard from them since the San Telmo wall was knocked down. Anyway the councillor for urbanisation arrived allegedly claiming the works were illegal and work was stopped. The next day the town hall issued a statement on social media saying the works came under the jurisdiction of the Canarian ports authority who were building a ramp to provide better access for people with mobility problems, an initiative they were rolling out throughout all the ports. So someone at the town hall obviously knew all about it beforehand. There have been conspiracy theories as to the true use of the ramp, which I won’t go into for fear of being libellous, but what I will say is whatever its use what is the sense of building it right next to ramp which that has been in existence for years, over two hundred years, if the age of the wall claims stack up. Anyway after a Mexican standoff lasting about a week, giving everyone a chance to get their stories right, work has resumed. Don’t you just love Puerto de la Cruz.
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Fitness programme and ongoing training for your horse M
OST horses and ponies will benefit from being kept fit by taking part in an activity that they are suited to and trained for.
Whether leisure hacking at the weekend, fun rides, or more intensive training for equestrian competitions, regular exercise helps to maintain a good physical condition, promotes a healthy heart and lungs and stimulates an active mind. By working together on fitness and training, both rider and horse can benefit from an understanding relationship with mutual benefits. Whether it be hacking at the weekends or competing regularly, it is important to take into account the natural abilities of the horse as well as the rider’s own abilities and ambitions. Consideration should be given to what the horse is good at and enjoys, as well as what it is physically capable of achieving. All horses and ponies should be kept sufficiently active to maintain their health and well-being. New horse keepers need to be realistic about the demands they may make on the horse and ensure it has a sufficient level of fitness and training to be healthy and happy, without becoming too demanding or difficult for a novice rider to manage.
Preparing for work
Before embarking on a new exercise or training programme, it is advisable for the horse to have a thorough veterinary health check to confirm that it is sound and healthy, especially if the horse has been out of work for some time. If a horse is unshod and will be doing a lot of roadwork, it will probably need to be shod in the future. Whether shod or unshod, horses in work require more frequent hoof care by a farrier to ensure good foot balance and reduce the likelihood of hoof problems. A professional saddle fitter should be engaged to check that the saddle fits well and the rider should be prepared to have this re-checked once the horse becomes fitter, since many horses will change shape once they are in work. All tack should be checked for safety and fit; leather and stitching can soon perish if it has not been looked after correctly. Badly-fitting tack can cause behavioural problems in a horse as a response to pain or discomfort, as well as actual physical injuries. If a horse shows an aversion to being caught or tacked up or behaved differently when worked, this may indicate a tackfitting or ridden problem. A rider that is unbalanced in the saddle – sits heavily or crookedly – can affect the balance of the saddle and cause the horse discomfort. It is equally important that riders improve their own level of fitness and riding skills.
Progressive fitness
Each horse is an individual and will need to be managed as such. A fitness programme and ongoing training must be tailored to meet the needs of the horse and rider. The key to any fitness programme is to start with little and often, gradually increasing the level of work and, if necessary, adapting the horse’s care and feeding accordingly. Horses being ridden for non-competitive pleasure and leisure
activities may not require any significant change in their management, as long as the horse has a routine to which it is suited. In other words, if a horse is happy living out with shelter and adequate grazing, this may not need to be changed. It is helpful to record the horse’s achievements in a diary so that its progress can be monitored, noting whether a horse felt tired or gave the impression that it had plenty of energy. The diary can be used to record any setbacks or gains or when plans could not be carried out due to unforeseen circumstances. All aspects of a horse’s health should be recorded and a weigh tape should also be used regularly to monitor the horse’s weight. Check the horse’s skin carefully where the tack touches it, since unfit horses will be unused to wearing tack and may get sores and rubs very easily. If left undetected, minor signs may soon become a significant problem.
On the road Riders and horses should always wear fluorescent high visibility clothes when hacking out on the roads. Horses may benefit from wearing knee boots, especially when engaging in roadwork. It is important to remember that an unfit horse is more likely to brush (strike one leg with another), so brushing boots are advisable to protect the legs from injury.
Training on the ground It is important to train a horse to be good to handle and lead in-hand. This will help when you receive visits from the farrier and the vet, and is important to practice for loading into a horsebox or trailer. This training is achieved through consistent and considerate handling. Plan to spend time with the horse when it is not being ridden. It is particularly important to spend time grooming the horse, which will help with its training because it will be expected to stand still and move over when asked.
Lunging Lunging is useful for exercising and training a horse, and can be beneficial in teaching the horse balance, suppleness and responsiveness. It is also useful in the winter when the weather is bad or it is too dark to hack out. Incorrect or excessive lunging can create problems both physically and mentally and must be approached considerately following appropriate instruction.
Long-reining Long-reining is a good way of developing balance, confidence and obedience in a horse. A greater level of skills is required of the handler to ensure safety, and consequently long-reining should only be used following appropriate training and risk assessment of the reactiveness of the horse.
Ridden training Regular lessons from an instructor will benefit both horse and rider, helping to improve riding skills and develop a range of activities and exercises that can be incorporated into individual schooling sessions. The best riders in the world have trainers who help them to improve both their riding and the horse’s way of going. It is always helpful to get another opinion on how the horse is working to ensure correctness is achieved.
Ongoing training Whatever level a horse has been trained to in the past, it will require ongoing training to improve suppleness and balance and continue to develop and maintain an equilibrium in the relationship between rider and horse.
DUSKY VISION
Can pets see in colour? D
IFFERENT animals can see different kinds of colour from a broad range of spectrums. Some see very little colour, while creatures such as bees and butterflies see more than us as humans. But what about our pets – which colours can they see? The answer isn’t as simple as you’d think, because colour doesn’t actually exist. Colour is our brains’ way of processing light wavelengths. Light hits our eyes and special cells (photoreceptor cone cells) turn it into nerve impulses which are then passed to the brain and processed into the various colours. Human eyes also have more than 120 million rod cells that process low level light and the shape of objects, but not colour. This all makes it incredibly difficult to test whether our animals see in the same colours that we do. There is a common misconception that dogs can only see in black and white. Dogs can, in fact, see a wide array of colours but the range is more like that of a human
who has red-green colour blindness, seeing various shades of blue, yellow and green. This is because humans have three cones (photoreceptor cells) in their eyes; blue, red and green whereas dogs have two; blue and another that falls between the human red and green cone. However, these colours do not affect a dog’s sight. In fact, dogs have more rods in their eyes than humans, which allow for better vision in very low light. Dogs also have an additional secret weapon, a reflective mechanism – a retroflector called the tapetum lucidum. This means that your dog’s eyes reflect the light that goes into their eyes back out, allowing a much more detailed view of the world after dark.
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The Oriental
Brunelli’s Steakhouse
Cafeteria Gourmet Plan B
Puerto de la Cruz
Puerto de la Cruz
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. On 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 ever y day from 12:00pm to 2:00am, closed on Wednesdays
Edificio Aceviño 12, Puerta 6 La Paz Puerto de la Cruz
II Pappagallo
La Parrilla
Mamma Rosa
Puerto de la Cruz
Puerto de la Cruz
Playa de las Américas
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.
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 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
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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English Tea Room
Restaurante Gom
Tressardi
Los Cristianos (new) & Fañabé
Santa Cruz
Puerto de la Cruz
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.
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.
If you want to seek out a really good Italian restaurant at an affordable price with a lovely terrace, look no further than Tressardi. It offers a very varied menu including traditional Italian dishes, pizza and pasta with gorgeous fillings and sauces, meat dishes, fresh fish and crunchy salads. The desserts like tiramisu and panna cota are to die for! So if you want a good Italian restaurant for a family meal, a romantic dinner, a quick lunch when working or take away, Tressardi is your restaurant. A friendly and homely restaurant that has quality products combining fast food and well elaborated dishes for kids and grown ups. Depending on your choices the price can go higher but an average 15-16 Euros per person is what you can expect.
For reservations call 922 276 058 Calle Dr. Guigou,29 Santa Cruz www.hoteltaburiente.com
WINTER OPENING TIMES 15:00 -23:00 pm Wednesday closed Friday & Saturday: 15:00 -24:00 pm For reservations call 922 382 056 Calle Aceviños, La Paz, Puerto de la Cruz
Bar El Pincho
Sook
Restaurante Magnolia
Las Vistas, Los Cristianos
Santa Cruz
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.
Puerto de la Cruz
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 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
Restaurante Magnolia has come a long way, starting life as a small intimate restaurant with an outdoor terrace to the finished article we see today, with the terrace now covered and well spaced tables inside. The kitchen is open plan and creates the most wonderful national and international dishes with an extensive menu of fish, shellfish, lamb, steaks, pastas. This venue is always busy and customers are full of praise for the Restaurante Magnolia as one of the finest places to eat on the island. The quality and service certainly stands out and the cost is very reasonable indeed. They are open every day from 13:00 - 16:00 and 19:00 to 23.30.
For reservations call 922 385 614 Avda. Marqués de Villanueva del Prado s/n Puerto de la Cruz www.restaurantemaganolia.com
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Donde Mario
La Bodeguita de Enfrente
Cuesta de la Villa
Cuesta de la Villa
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
El Calderito de la Abuela
“SUNDAY BRUNCH” from 11:30 to 14:00pm
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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Fantastic festive decorations set the scene for Santa Cruz Christmas
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ANTA Cruz is organising more than 200 events to celebrate Christmas and there will be a lighting show to match no other!
The city recently unveiled its festive decorations at an event in which the Mayor, José Manuel Bermúdez and the singer Laura Low symbolically operated the switch of the 2.5 million LED bulbs that will adorn the capital during the holidays. The Mayor, accompanied by members of the municipal corporation, thus gave the kick-start to a Christmas programme with more than 200 events in all districts of the municipality. Sr. Bermudez said that the city council has put all its enthusiasm and commitment into making Santa Cruz look nicer, if possible, and wished the commercial sector a good campaign. In addition to the lighting, the Bethlehem portal was also inaugurated, as well as the royal mailboxes and the Rinconcito Navideño, all located in the Plaza de La Candelaria. During the inauguration of the lighting, Laura Low
performed several musical pieces in a performance in which the group Ni 1 Pelo de Tonto and the RG Jazz Orquesta also partici pated. The Christmas lighting is composed of 2.5 million LED bulbs. On this occasion, the decorated areas of the city increase with respect to 2017, going from 98 streets and squares from 2017 to 105 this year. The installation includes 168 arcs composed of 550
decorative elements that will be formed by 590,000 leds. Some 450 Christmas motifs will also be installed in the lampposts, with 416,000 LEDs, as well as 32,000 metres of luminous garlands and 150 decorative elements for the trees with 72,000 LEDs. With respect to 2017, the decorations with the neonLED system are increased by ten per cent. The elements chosen for this Christmas are adapted to the appearance of each street,
square or green space. Highlights include, as main novelties, the tunnel of 90 metres formed by 5,000 metres of LED garlands and equipped with 120,000 bulbs that runs through the front of the Plaza del Principe to nine metres high. In the same way, the calle de Castillo has been equipped with Christmas decorative elements of engraved methacrylate. Each of them has been back-lit with the new LED system called Tipe-Light.
ICOD ATTRACTION
Nativity scene dedicated to Cave of the Winds tree of Icod de los Vinos)and its surroundings, wineries and the world of wine and a scene
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HE traditional nativity scene with a twist can be seen in Icod de los Vinos.
Once again, it has been created with the expert hands of La Laguna artist, Santi González Arbelo. He has more than 30 years of experience in making wonderful nativity scenes, known in Spain as “belens”.
The Belén de (La Casa de Las Semillas) de Icod de los Vinos can be seen between now and January 7th. This year, it is dedicated to the Cave of the Wind although with many typical Canary Islands featueres, the El Drago (famous dragon
also for the encounter of the Christ of La Laguna with the Virgin of Candelaria.
EMERGING ARTISTS
Visitors to Merkarte invited to vote for favourites
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ENERIFE Cabildo has organised the 15th edition of Merkarte, the Art Market, which will be held from December 3rd to January 5th at the Círculo de Bellas Artes de Santa Cruz de Tenerife. This activity offers the most recent creations of 35 young Canarian artists at affordable prices ranging from 40 to 500 euros. Details of the new edition of Merkarte were presented at a press conference by the insular councillor of youth, equality and historical heritage, Josefa Mesa, who has influenced the 15 years of history of this activity. Many of the artists who have taken part have since consolidated their career, with the event serving to promote the talent of more than 450 authors. As in previous editions, visitors to the exhibition will have the opportunity to vote for their favourite artists by pressing a button placed on the panel or
showcase where the works are located. Each vote will be reflected immediately on the adjacent screens located in each of the rooms. The public prize for the eight most voted artists will consist of the organisation of two exhibitions and the partition into the activity “Merkarte en gira”. Merkarte, the Art Market, will remain open to the public from December 3 to January 5 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. and from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. (Tuesday to Friday) and on Saturdays only during opening hours. in the morning. More than 4,000 people visited the exhibition last year, in which the artists raised around 15,000 euros.
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EXTENSIVE PROGRAMME
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Guitar takes centre-stage in Gran Canaria T HE Alfredo Kraus Auditorium in Gran Canaria and Guía council are jointly organising the “Maestro en Guitarra” concerts, within the XXIV International Classical Guitar Encounter “Ciudad de Guía”. This year’s edition of the Masters in Guitar cycle is highlighted by the absolute prominence of three female performers: Margarita Escarpa, Evangelina Mascardi and Helen Sanderson. The Auditorium is joined on this occasion by the XXIV International Classical Guitar
Encounter “Ciudad de Guía” a worldwide reference in this instrument that is held annually in this municipality of Gran Canaria The concerts will take place on December 5th, 6th and 9th in the Chamber Hall of the Alfredo Kraus Auditorium in the Gran Canaria capital and
on the 4th, 7th and 8th in the Casa de la Cultura de Guía. José María Ramírez, coordinator of the meeting and one of the interpreters and professors, highlighted the high quality that this appointment is taking every year and almost unavoidable for lovers and professionals of classical guitar. In addition, he valued the participation of conservatories and music schools on the island. The twenty-fourth edition of the
Guitar Encounter will once again feature an extensive programme of activities, from individual classes, chamber music, guitar orchestra and two interesting presentations by Laura Vega (‘Woman and Guitar) and the luthier Yuna Park (‘ The construction of guitars’). For more information about the classes, those interested can contact the director of the Meeting through the email jmramirez78@yahoo.es
Discovering the jewels of biosphere reserve
ANAGA ON FOOT
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HE Santa Cruz Sustainable Foundation has edited a video in which it shows some of the routes carried out this year within the “Anaga on foot” initiative which celebrated its fourth edition by offering a programme of guided tours through the Reserve of the Biosphere between May and September. The video, which lasts for three minutes, was presented at the XIV Seminar on Thematic Hiking, Valuation of Heritage and Local Development held in Taganana, dedicated in this edition to the community care of roads and their environment. The routes of the “Anaga on foot” project, which is already being prepared for the fifth edition in 2019, include, for a small fee, insurance, guide interpreter and transport from Santa Cruz to discover some of the jewels hidden in the Biosphere Reserve .
Concerts with a Christmas flavour in Puerto
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HRISTMAS will have a special role in the Matinee Concerts of Puerto de la Cruz planned for December.
The popular Sunday concerts are organised by the Cultural Association Reyes Bartlet and take place in the Timanfaya Room, always at noon. The concerts on December 2nd and 9th were well attended as always. On Sunday, December 16th, at the Puerto de la Cruz Bach Festival, the concert of the Global Piano Studio students will be scheduled, entitled “Anna Magdalena Bach’s notebook, 1725". On December 25th, Christmas Day, which this year falls on Tuesday, there will be another session of Matinees. That day the pianist of Serbian origin Dusan Anastasijevich will be responsible for entertaining this special morning with the Christmas Concert. For Tuesday, January 1st, Reyes Bartlet has planned the New Year Concert by Matinee at the Timanfaya Hall, in charge of the collaborators of the Tenerife Trombone Quartet cultural entity.
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FESTIVE COMPETITION
Los Realejos becomes an open-air museum
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HE Department of Education of Los Realejos, directed by Sandra Pérez, continues to develop its mural art project in the eight public schools in the municipality.
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RANADILLA has launched a window-decorating contest aimed at businesses in the municipality with the aim of boosting the local economy this Christmas.
The initiative is aimed at commercial and service companies. Employment councillor, Yanira González said the contest aims to boost the Christmas window dressing and encourage purchases in the small Granadilla de Abona shops. The decorated shop windows should be displayed from January 5th to January 10th. Prizes will be presented for three zones, that of Los Abrigos and El Médano; San Isidro and Granadilla.
Murgas to convene in La Orotava MUSICAL GROUPS
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A Orotava is to host the XXVII Contest of Murgas del Norte 2019 between February 17th and 23rd, it has been announced.
The tenth children’s contest for musical and singing groups will be on Sunday, February 17, at the Teobaldo Power Auditorium. The contest of adult murgas will be done in three phases on February 18th, 19th and 20th, also in the Teobaldo Power, but the final will be on Saturday 23rd at the Plaza del Quinto Centenario. In this edition, there will be eleven adult murgas and seven children’s groups.
ART EXHIBITION
Art exhibition at the English Library, Puerto de la Cruz
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RITISH born Krysia Zaruby Claxton is a qualified proficient artist who has had exhibitions here and in UK. she describes herself as a mature student of life with artwork described as powerful and inspirational.
Krysia’s controversial piece “The Flagulation of a Saint” represents ; Self Sacrifice, Self Discipline, Self Denial and Determination.Other subjects are portraits, life studies and Nature, which she hopes people will enjoy viewing and want to treasure the experience. The exhibition will be at the English Library at Parque Taoro from the 5th to the 19th of December. Check library opening times on the advert see on this same page.
The Canarian artist Víctor Pacheco (Kob) has already made the murals of the CEO La Pared de Icod el Alto, CEIP Agustín Espinosa, CEIP San Sebastián de Realejo Bajo (pictorial work that had to be done on an interior wall when the building was integrated into an area catalouged as an Asset of Cultural Interest), CEIP Mencey Bentor of La Cruz Santa and CEIP La Montañeta, culminating these days with the CEIP Palo Blanco and in the absence of the CEIP Toscal Longuera and CEIP Pérez Zamora, with which it will close the global beautification project of the
realejeros colleges. The mayor of Los Realejos, Manuel Domínguez, insists that “the municipality is becoming an authentic open-air museum by lending its walls in some way to these outstanding artists, in charge of translating into them new outlines for a modern city where educational spaces must have special relevance “.
The mayor recalls “the multipurpose building, the old Municipal Market, the facade of the Social and Cultural Centereof La Cruz Santa, the side wall of the La Montaña sports centre, the Poeta Antonio Reyes square in Icod el Alto, the dedicated mural to the illustrious realejeros José de Viera y Clavijo and Antonio González, as examples of some of these works of urban art “.
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The subconjunctival injection T
HIS article contains the information about the conditions, results, risks and limitations of a subconjunctival injection.
The injection
It is performed on the patient, while installed on the back, in a sterile environment, under surgical microscope. Anaesthesia: it is done by an injection of anaesthetic in the site of injection. Technique: Chronologically, the steps of the procedure are: Disinfection, anaesthesia by an injection in the area of the injection, injection in the sub conjunctival or sub tenonian space. The total duration of presence in the clinic is approximately 30 minutes. The time spent in the operation theatre is 15 minutes of which 5 minutes occur under the operation microscope.
Usual postoperative course The postoperative course is simple and lasts some days: foreign body sensation, redness of the white area of the eye.
Complications of the operation Although it is perfectly standardized and followed by good results, this type of operation is no exception to the general rule that there is no surgery without risk. It is not possible for your eye doctor ophthalmologist to ensure formally the success of an intervention.
Patient should be aware that During the anaesthesia and sometimes
despite the anaesthesia, during the operation itself, there is a hazard of discomfort and, although very rarely, even pain. This risk depends on the patient’s responsiveness to the anaesthetic molecule. It is unpredictable. In any local anaesthesia and all surgical procedures, there is a hazard of local complications, bleeding and infection and general intolerance that can lead to a severe shock. The risk of these complications is unpredictable. It is so exceptional that it is impossible to quantify.
To what must the patient be careful to, before, during and after the operation? THE EVENING BEFORE THE OPERATION: Any make-up should be removed. The hair and face, especially the eyelids and eyelashes, and the whole body should be washed with shampoo or soap then rinsed generously. The same thorough washing and rinsing should be repeated then the whole body should be dried with a clean towel. The sleep
should be done with clean nightclothes and bedding. It is advisable not to take any Aspirin and other blood fluidifying drugs the day before and the day of the operation. Aspirin and other blood fluidifying drugs may be taken the day after the operation. The matter of Aspirin and other blood fluidifying drug should be discussed with the patient’s General Practioner. THE DAY OF THE OPERATION AND DURING THE WEEK FOLLOWING IT: On the morning of the day of the operation, upon awakening, any make-up residues should be re-removed carefully. The thorough double shower, as described above, should be repeated. Clean underwear and clothes should be worn. The breakfast and regular medications, except Aspirin and other blood fluidifying drugs, should be taken. All regularly taken medications should be brought to the Eye Clinic. During the operation, the patient is requested to keep calm and strictly follow the instructions given by the Eye Doctor. After the operation, the Eye Doctor prescribes eye drops or eye ointment, to be put on the operated eye, usually during 7 days. The presence of an aiding person is advised during the remainder day of the operation. A little bleeding and swelling (haematoma) of the eyelid should
not worry nor keep the patient from following the treatment. In case of pain, one to three Paracetamol tablets per day, for up to three days, may be taken. It is, as always, strongly advised not to rub the eyes. If a protection is placed on the eye, it should be kept throughout night sleep or nap. The plasters should be changed after each application of ointment. The plasters stick best on a skin previously washed with soap or a gently rubbed with an alcoholic perfume. Visual activities, professional and of leisure, are allowed as long as dirt and dust do not reach the eye. Wearing sunglasses is, as always, advisable when exposed to sunlight. The patient should contact the eye doctor immediately in case of Breathing difficulties. General malaise. Fever. Persistent bleeding. Persistent strong pain, lasting more than 2 hours. By Dr SAFFIEDINE, Eye Doctor in Playa De Las Américas.
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ARTEDENTAL WARNS OF CHRISTMAS EXCESSES
Brushing your teeth? Better before sleep than after dinner W
ITH Christmas around the corner and all the meals, lunches and dinners associated with it, it is important to take into account the importance of taking care of teeth so as not to end the season with infections, breakages or unnecessary pain. If you also already wear a denture, orthodontics or implants, you should reinforce hygiene and caution. To begin with, a fact that was made public in mid-November and that reflects the importance of oral hygiene. In Denmark, a nurse in training, Anita Tracey, has carried out an experiment in hospital patients based on oral hygiene. Brushing their teeth four times before an intervention and reinforcing hygiene during the post-operative period, patients with coronary and pulmonary diseases reduced their hospital infections from 12.5% to 6.2%, that is, by half. If we add to this that, after a year in Europe, 37,000 people die due to hospital infections, this experiment is very important. The Artedental hygienist team, in Puerto de la Cruz, gives us a series of tips to be prepared on these dates, based on the main problems that are often encountered during and after the Christmas holidays. Since I could not start any other way, the most important guideline is to brush your teeth before going to bed. Why not after eating? Because we may have ingested acids that, with the brush brushing, can damage the enamel, weakening the teeth and making them more sensitive. That is why it will be better to do it just before sleep and when it has been at least an hour after the meal. Adapting to a routine in this case is fundamental. Rinse the mouth with water or consume sugar-free gum for the production of saliva also reduces the effect of acids.
Avoid sweets
Sugar is one of the great enemies of oral health, causing cavities, the most common pathology in dentistry. Therefore, if you are going to eat sweets, it is better to do so during meals than to distribute your consumption throughout the day, when you will not brush your teeth. Of course, if you can, you have to avoid soft drinks with sugar at all costs.
Caution with hard foods.
Biting hard nougat, nuts, seafood or even ice cubes can cause slight breakages that crack the teeth. These cracks can increase with time and fracture or function as a waste settlement and therefore promote infections. Fractures also damage enamel, fillings, crowns and bridges. Beware of products that stain enamel. Certain foods contain chromogen, an element that adheres to enamel and stain teeth. If they are going to indulge, the best thing is extreme hygiene. Some of them are wine, coffee, certain dark sauces such as soy or cola. Visit the dentist. It is essential to go to the dentist at least once a year for prevention, but if at this time you feel any pain or discomfort, do not let it go. Visits to professionals resolve problems in advance that will get worse over time, and a pain is already a sign that something is not right in the mouth.
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HREE days of solidarity football to close the year 2018. This is what the different football clubs of Adeje and the local council have proposed for December 28, 29 and 30 at the Municipal Football Field.
A total of 204 soccer teams will participate, consisting of seven members of the Prebenjamín, Benjamín, Alevín, Niño, Cadet and juvenile categories of the Aguilas Atlético, Fañabé, Armepalmas, Atlético Chenet, Costa Adeje and the Adeje Municipal Soccer School. Almost 2,000 participants, since each squad is composed of between seven and ten participants who will compete for a cause of solidarity. Each child who participates should contribute a kilo of non-perishable food that will be destined for the Food Bank. In addition, adults who also want to contribute and participate in the football marathon may collaborate with the donation of one euro that will go to the Spanish Association Against Cancer. “It has been an initiative of the clubs themselves, their coaches and their managers, which has found support from the municipality, as our purpose and one of our main objectives is to encourage participation, coexistence and solidarity,” said sports councillor of Adeje, Adolfo Alonso, who added that “it is a transversal policy of the lines set by our mayor: to encourage sports, coexistence and seek solidarity actions for just causes”. The initiative also collaborates
with different companies such as Coca Cola, Chinea Distributions, Guai supermarkets, Enjotas and Fuente Alta, as well as the Cabildo and the organising clubs. But this is not all. The closing of 2018 and the entrance in 2019 will have a full sport activity in Adeje thanks to the celebration of other six major events during the months of November, December and Januar y. The recently completed Costa Adeje Karate Championship, in which a dozen clubs participated with more than 100 registered athletes, is complemented by the upcoming celebration of the Iberostar Bike Experience 2018 Cycling Challenge; the first Bote Silva Futevolei Tournament, Swin Silvestre Costa Adeje Swim, the Herö Trail Adeje 2018 mountain race, the Rhythmic Gymnastics and Dance
Christmas Gala or the VI Open Tennis Open Tournament, at the Puerto Colón Club, between December 9 and 16th. The Cycling Club Fortín de Adeje is responsible for organising, for one more year, the Iberostar Tenerife Bike Experience 2018 Challenge, a cyclo-touring test that takes place on the highway and has a distance of 97 km. This will be on December 8th from the Iberostar Grand Hotel Anthelia of Costa Adeje, with ascent to the Teide National Park and finish in Costa Adeje. “This cycling race is one of our sports banners along with such events as the Youth Soccer Tournament, the ACB match ever y summer or ever ything related to grassroots sport and training,” commented the councillor who praised the work of the Club Fortín de Adeje. Also in December, on the
16th, Serfay Sports Club organises the first “Bocha Silva” tournament in Futevolei. This championship was born with the idea of being a benchmark of this sport at regional and national level and for this will have the presence of the best couples of futevolei in Spain, among which Juan López (No. 1 of Spain and international with the selection ), Carlos Mazza, Aitor Ancín, Facu Agüero, Sergi Tala, Dani Sáez and Nelo. In total, the organisers have the participation of about 20 couples to play the tournament in which the first three couples will receive trophies. The futevolei is a sport born from the fusion between volleyball and football, which takes place on the beach, in sandy fields, always simulating the characteristics of a volleyball court. This modality is especially important in countries such as Brazil, Paraguay and Spain,
MAR RADAZUL
Sailing club confirms its superior position
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AILING club, Club de Mar Radazul has risen with the first Absolute position in the final general classification of the 2018 insular ranking of the Optimist C Class. In addition to the trophy of absolute winner, the club won the trophy of the first classified of the Sub 11 categor y, surpassing all the sailors of greater age belonging to the Sub 13 categor y. The second position in the classification was occupied by the regatta of the Club de Mar Radazul Lorena Correa Ibáñez, being also the first female absolute classified, as well as the first of the Sub 13 category. The third place was occupied by Diana Castillón Anadón, also belonging to the Club de Mar Radazul, being also the second female absolute and Sub 13 classified. In view of the results obtained, it can be affirmed that the Club de Mar Radazul, has been the dominating team of the ranking disputed throughout the year 2018. Other sailors equally
belonging to the Club de Mar Radazul, and who have also participated in the ranking have been; Lucia Frugoni Yoon, in 14th position, Hugo Valeiras Álvarez in 19th position, Daniela Gómez Ocete, in 25th position, Ane Prados Cámara, in 28th position, Lucía Prados Cámara, in 44th position and Juan Narbona Pinto, in 49th position. Most of the sailors who have participated in this ranking, will promote from now on to the upper Class, the Optimist B Class, fulfilling the training and promotional objective pursued by the Optimist C Class, with which they will have considered completed his initial stage in the world of Lightweight Racing regattas, in which for most of these young sailors, it will be a long career linked to this sport and the sea.
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HE Perez Soto Citizen Centre, in Taco, La Laguna, hosted the fourth round table of the conference “Challenges and opportunities of eSports in the Canary Islands”. Promoted by the foundations of the Sports Club Tenerife and the Sports Union Las Palmas, the objective was to exchange opinions and experiences that help to understand this activity.
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HE Anaga Solidarity Trail has opened the registration period for its seventh edition.
This non-competitive mountain race, organised by the Santa Cruz Sustainable Foundation, will be held on December 23th over 14 kilometres. The event consists of the ascent and descent to the Pico del Inglés from Valleseco. Councillor for the environment, Carlos Correa, explained that the race “takes place through an environment without equal in Santa Cruz, along 14 kilometres and with 1,011 metres of positive height gain and 1,016 metres of negative height, an average gradient of 11, 5% in the increases and 11.9% in the areas of descent, although there are some points where these values reach even 50%”. Councillor for Sports, Verónica Meseguer, said that this race “promotes sports of a popular nature, saying goodbye to the
year in Santa Cruz through the practise of sport both by federated athletes and those who are not. It is not about competing but about sharing, about enjoying together for a solidary purpose”.
The test will start at 9am from the facilities of the Island Sports Centre Tenerife (Cidemat) in Valleseco and to participate it will be essential to donate a toy before taking the exit. The money raised with the donations in this year’s edition will be allocated to the Parkinson’s Association.
In this fourth work session, Olga Alegre, professor of Educational Research and PhD in Psychology and Journalism, and Antonio Cabrera, director of Gaming Experience, discussed with the attendees, and those who followed the roundtable by streaming, the different aspects that this activity offers as an educational resource and, as Olga Alegre emphasised, “as an open door to important possibilities for inclusion”. Olga Alegre noted that “eSports eliminate barriers, multiplying opportunities for people with disabilities.” “Elements such as functional diversity have an open door in this field,” said the professor of Educational Research. “Sports and undoubtedly e-Sports develop socialisation and strengthen
self-esteem.” “Entering a game brings with it entering society, and with it also values such as solidarity, tolerance, discipline or respect for certain rules and behaviour guidelines,” said Oga. “The only difference between traditional sports and e-Sports is the passage of time. With electronic sports,we have an excellent starting point for inclusion.” Antonio Cabrera high-
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ET your walking boots on again, it’s time for the 2018 Walk For Life.
Adeje council is inviting you to participate in this solidarity event that takes place every year, between the municipalities of Adeje and Arona, to raise funds for the fight against breast cancer. This year the walk on Sunday, December 16th will start at 11am from Avenida de Las Américas Golden Mile, Compostela Beach Zone in Arona, to Plaza Salytien in Costa Adeje. Tour of the walk: starts at Avenida de Las Americas Golden Mile, Compostela Beach Arona Zone. Continue along Avenida Rafael Puig, towards Avenida V Centenario (Adeje), turning along Avenida de los Pueblos, towards Avenida Eugenio Domínguez Alfonso, passing through Pueblo Canario, ending at Plaza Salytien in Costa Adeje. The objective of this solidarity action is to sensitise society in the fight against breast cancer, to make visible the problem and the continuous fight of women and men suffering from this disease. “We count on your participation,” say the organisers. The event is from 11am to 3pm.
lighted that video games allow important developments in the educational field. “Proof of this,” said Sr. Cabrera, “is that we have successfully developed formulas that increase the attractiveness of educational curricula in the eyes of students and that constitute a very interesting support for teachers.” In this sense, Antonio Cabrera said that in the case of the Canary Islands, the activity and industr y surrounding videogames “is especially interesting, because in this case, economic diversification is encouraged”. As in the round tables held previously in both Gran Canaria and Tenerife, promoted by both foundations and sponsored by the Government of the Canary Islands, the speakers agreed on the convenience of multiplying the actions that help spread the opportunities and also the risks involved in the appearance on a daily basis of many young people and adults of this new technological reality.
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The L sign on cars in Spain W
E have all seen cars being driven around, sometime erratically and sometimes very slowly with a Green L sign displayed in the back and may have thought quite innocently that the person driving is a learner driver. Sadly this is not the case and this sign denotes a “new� driver i.e. one who has recently passed their test and who must therefore for a period of time adhere to various rules and regulations that do not apply to experienced drivers. This is quite the opposite to the procedure in the UK where drivers learning to drive have to display an L sign and take it off once they have successfully passed their test. Officially this sign is known as a V13 sign and must be displayed by all new drivers for a minimum of a year, its purpose is to advise other road users of the fact that the driver has very little experience and
perhaps it is wise for the experienced drivers to take more care and be more cautious around these vehicles. This sign must by law be displayed on the left hand rear side of the vehicle except in the case of motorcycles and disabled drivers and tricycles, where allowances are made but they must still be displayed on the rear of the vehicle concerned. Previously new drivers displaying this sign had to adhere to slower speed limits but the law was changed in 2011 to permit them to travel at the same limits as experienced drivers but of course subject to any relevant speed limits that applied to the
road on which they were travelling on. There is one element however that is much more restrictive for new drivers and that is the limits of alcohol permitted to be consumed or be in their blood. In the UK the limit for novice or new drivers is 0,25 milligrams per litre but in Spain this is much lower at 0,15 milligrams per litre of exhaled air. Many insurance companies in Spain have a nil tolerance on alcohol for new or young drivers and often have restrictions on the hours that they are permitted to drive. This does not apply to all companies but there are several who have adopted either or both of these restrictions, one assumes for various reasons, to reduce their risk, to help avoid drink driving and to reduce accidents in dark situations. Another difference is in the
points system. Experienced drivers are given 12 points (rising to a maximum of 15, 1 per year clear of violations) and new drivers are limited to 8. In the UK points are added to your licence for traffic offences whereas in Spain the points are deducted from your total until you reach zero when you have to then sit (dependent on the violation and circumstances) a rehabilitation course in order to re-apply for your licence. This is normally only a theory course and only certain driving schools carry these types of courses out. TrĂĄfico hold a list of Driving schools permitted to provide these courses and of course in most circumstances not only will you lose points and potentially your licence but you will incur a fine as well. As we have already said the sign acts as a warning to
experienced drivers to hopefully treat them with caution, patience and understanding in order for these drivers to gain experience. Drivers caught by the police without displaying
the sign face a fine something that most would want to avoid. If a car is shared by a novice and an experienced driver then the L sign should be removed when being driven by an experienced driver.
Q3 KEY NUMBERS: Spanish home sales up 11% in September 2018
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OREIGN demand for property in Spain increased by 5% to 16,142 purchases recorded by the Association of Spanish Land Registrars between July and September, according to their latest report. The next chart shows annualised growth in foreign demand for Spanish property per quarter over the last four years. Q3 was the lowest level of growth in any quarter in the last four years or more.
The overall Spanish property market increased by 11,9% with 133,295 sales recorded in the period, driven by a 12.8% increase in local demand As a result of local demand growing faster than foreign demand, the market share of foreign buyers fell to 12%.
Foreign demand by nationality in Q3 broke down as follows:
The biggest increase in demand came from Morocco, up 34%, followed by the UK, up 16%, suggesting that the initial shock of Brexit has worn off, and if anything left the British even more keen on property in Spain. The biggest fall came from China, down 15%, driven by factors I will discuss in a separate article. Written by Mark StĂźcklin Mark StĂźcklin 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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60082588. Guia de Isora house, 338m2 construction, major construction project, large garage, overgrown garden. 233.900 EUROS Club Atlantis, San Eugenio Front line furnished bungalow consisting of 2 bedrooms with fitted wardrobes, 2 bathrooms, fully fitted and equipped kitchen, lounge-diner, utility room, store room, terrace & garden.
Ref: C1813
480.250 Euros
Mirador del Sur, San Eugenio Alto Spacious detached villa with private heated swimming pool, double garage, terrace, garden, 4 double bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, fitted wardrobes, fully fitted kitchen & utility room. Many extras
Ref: D1733
795.000 Euros
Laguna Park II, Torviscas Alto The complex has 24 hrs reception, laundrette, supermarket & a beautiful swimming pool with a pool bar. The apt has 1 bedroom, lounge, kitchen & 2 terraces (back & front).
Ref: B1672
126.000 Euros
73901923. C/ Monaco, Los Cristianos: 3 bedroom, 1 bathroom apartment with a lounge-open plan kitchen, terrace off the lounge, plus a very large roof terrace. 271.000 EUROS 60299026. LOS CORARES, AV.SAN FRANCISCO, Los Cristianos: 3 bed, 3 bath town house built on 3 floors and with underground parking underneath. Private pool. Gardens. 430.800 EUROS
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ESTATE AGENTS Calle Flor de Pascua 33 , Los Gigantes I Tel.: 922 862 901 I www.delmargigantes.net
Balcon de Los Gigantes Puerto Santiago Fully furnished 2 bedroom apartment with fitted kitchen, lounge,2 bathrooms 1 en-suite and large terrace with pool views. Community pools and lifts.
159.000€
Club II - Los Gigantes
El Marqués - Puerto Santiago
Arenas Negras - Playa La Arena
Attractive 2 bedroom duplex apartment with fitted kitchen, lounge/dining room, shower room, fully furnished and large terrace with stunning cliff and sea views. Community pool and lift.
Excellent 2 bedroom duplex with lounge/dining room, fitted kitchen, 2 bathrooms 1 en-suite, fully furnished and large terrace with sea views. Community heated pool.
One bedroom apartment with living room, fitted kitchen area, shower room, furnished and terrace with wonderful sea views. Community pool and lift.
189.000 Euros
210.000 Euros
99.000 Euros
Jacaranda - Los Gigantes
California - Puerto Santiago
Jardín del Sol - Playa La Arena
Villa Bajamar - Playa San Juan
Furnished 1 bedroom apartment with lounge/dining room, fitted kitchen, bathroom, fully furnished and large terrace with beautiful sea views. Heated community pool.
Spacious attractive 2 double bedroom apartment with lounge/dining room, fully fitted kitchen, 2 bathrooms 1 en-suite, well furnished, patio and large terrace. Lock up garage and heated community pool.
Excellent 3 bedroom apartment with lounge/dining room, separate fitted kitchen, bathroom en-suite, shower room, fully furnished & large terrace with wonderful views. BBQ, Jacuzzi & parking. Community pool.
Duplex style 4 bedroom villa with lounge/dining area, large fitted kitchen, 3 bathrooms 3 en-suite, conservatory, funished, outside cloak room and terrace with wonderful sea views. Private pool and garage.
159.000€
£175.000
360.000 Euros
875.000 €
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TPS4330 Beautiful, well presented villa situated in the heart of the San Francisco Urbanization. Constructed over two levels this property comprises of three double bedrooms, three bathrooms, lounge, kitchen with dining area and office area. Extensive terraces surround the property and benefit from all day sunshine, a private swimming pool and the most magnificent views. Garage with utility room and direct access to the property. Tranquil area.
795,000 POUNDS
TPS4327 A superb villa in a corner position. Built over two levels this property offers spacious living accommodation with four double bedrooms two with en suites. The lower level with the largest bedroom is currently being used as a TV lounge and gymnasium. All four bedrooms have access to their outside terraces and all accommodation throughout the villa is beautifully furnished. The extensive terraces and gardens host a secluded private swimming pool with totally panoramic views. Complete with large garage. Situated in the tranquil urbanization of San Francisco.
695,000 POUNDS
Local - TPS0194 and TPS0195 Two commercial premises measuring thirty square metres and thirty five square metres situated just behind the main road in the centre of Los Gigantes. Offering potential of any business opportunity. Both now available for 200.000 EUROS
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TPS4338 Beautifully furnished and presented detached villa in the quiet residential urbanisation of San Francisco just outside Los Gigantes. The property boasts large lounge-dining room, separate well fitted kitchen, three double bedrooms and three en suite bathrooms. Fully fitted with air-conditioning, electric shutters and fly screens throughout. Extensive terraces and lovely gardens with swimming pool, outside kitchen, BBQ and eating area. Garage with direct access to the property. Magnificent sea views. Tranquil location
775,000 POUNDS
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