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MASSIVE DRUG-SMUGGLING GANG FINALLY THWARTED IN TENERIFE
HASHISH LANDED ON BEACHES EVERY MONTH
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PANISH police have uncovered one of the most active criminal organisations in the introduction of hashish into the Canary Islands following years of landing the drugs on holiday beaches, many times in broad daylight and in front of stunned sunbathers. The Civil Guard says the gang introduced about three tons of hashish per month into
the archipelago, including in Tenerife, Lanzarote and Gran Canaria.
A spokesman said they were so brazen that they didn’t care if tourists saw what they were doing and didn’t even bother to pick beaches in more isolated areas. They were finally caught trying to land another stash of hashish on the beach of Venegueras in the south of
Gran Canaria. “The drug traffickers even went to the extent of staking the location out, arriving at the beach several days in advance and posing as campers,” said a spokesman for the Civil Guard. Eight people then carried the 47 bales off a semi-rigid boat into a parked van and then used a series of cars as “shuttles” to transport the
hashish to another hiding place to await distribution. Eighteen people have been arrested, all but one of them being remanded in custody, and including the Moroccan leader of the organisation, aged 35 and identified as MS.Police said he protected himself so well that he often had up to 20 bodyguards surrounding him. Tenerife was the main
destination for the marijuana which was smuggled over from Morocco. “The gang had extensive contacts throughout the islands and they were paid high levels of commission,” said the spokesman. Those arrested include the skippers of boats used during the operations and a Spanish woman living in Lanzarote.
could not reveal his whereabouts until close to his arrest. Through a device established in different areas of the island, he was intercepted in the vicinity of the airport. The man has been charged with a total of 29 crimes for participation in a criminal organisation; illicit trafficking
in drugs, narcotics and psychotropic substances; illicit trafficking in arms, ammunition and explosives; money laundering; cybercrime; homicide and aggression with serious injuries; kidnapping, illegal detention and taking of hostages and robber y organised with weapons. His criminal group introduced large amounts of co-
caine and hashish in the United Kingdom and other countries of the European Union and noted for the great violence with which they acted, using firearms. The crimes against him are punishable by some 100 years in prison.
Organised crime boss finally arrested A
GENTS of the National Police have arrested at Tenerife South airport a British citizen subject to a European order of arrest and delivery for drug trafficking and organised crime. The judicial authorities of Edinburgh were looking for this man, aged 35, for his alleged participation in the illegal activities carried out by a major international criminal organisation that, between 2011 and 2018, operated in the United Kingdom, Iceland, the Netherlands, United Arab Emirates, Portugal, Spain, China and Mexico, among others.
The fugitive was in the south of Tenerife from where he carried out the activities of direction and control of the criminal group.
Due to the numerous security measures that he took, and the large amount of resources available to him, the investigative work
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“BEST START”
New Year boost for unemployed in Puerto P UERTO de la Cruz closed the year adding a new employment plan that allows 43 long-term unemployed in the municipality to be hired for a period of one year. This new project of employment, ‘Pebes 2018’, has a total cost of 715,772, 28 euros, and is subsidised by the Canary Islands Employment Service (SCE), with a contribution of 365,787.49 euros, while the local council contributes the remaining 349,984.79 euros. The project is intended for the temporary hiring of longterm unemployed people, with special difficulties of insertion in the labour market in a situation of socio-labour vulnerability. “With this extraordinary
measure of urgency, we wanted to respond to the economic and social difficulties that certain families of Puerto are going through and which present greater difficulties for their employment,” said the Mayor , Lope Afonso. During the month of December, the council approved two employment plans, almost consecutive, which has allowed 84 long-term unemployed to be hired. “There is no better way to close the year than to help 82 families in the municipality,”
said Sr. Afonso. Seven administrative assistants, a construction foreman, seven masons, six painters, a plumber, eleven construction
workers and ten cleaning workers make up the new workforce that has been incorporated into the different municipal services and posts.
Plaza improvement pledge by Santiago del Teide council S
ROLLING PROGRAMME
ANTIAGO del Teide council continues to carry out the renovation work on El Retamar square in its plan to improve the recreational infrastructures for the municipality, given that the functionality and accessibility of most of them as well as their finishes have marked the passage of time and do not meet current standards.
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The Mayor, Emilio Navarro and the First Deputy Mayor and Town Planning Councillor, Ibraim Forte, recently visited the works carried out in this enclave of El Retamar. The actions to be carried out in this square consist of the execution of a new access ramp on the side that leads to the street in the plaza, the improvement of pavements, the replacement of handrails and points of light and the
creation of a new access to the Platform of the Hermitage. From the starting point of the current access stairs, a new access ramp is made to the street counterpart with which it adjoins, so that maximum length is achieved with the minimum height to be saved. With the new pavements and this ramp, the plaza acquires a north-south dimension focused towards the hermitage, taking advantage of the unevenness
Man falls into the sea
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PUERTO ACCIDENT
MERGENCY medics had to go to the rescue of a man who suffered symptoms of drowning after falling into the sea in Tenerife.
He fell in the rocky area of Playa del Castillo in Playa Jardín, Puerto de la Cruz in the early evening on New Year’s Eve. The Canary Emergency Service attended, together with a doctor and nurse from the local health centre, National and Local police. The 112 centre was told a man had fallen into the sea in a rocky area of the beach. His symptoms were described as “moderate” and he was taken to a local health centre.
space next to the ramp to provide a small garden space and a bench. After the works carried out in the Plaza de Tamaimo and Las Manchas, work is now being carried out in the El
Retamar neighbourhood while, later, the squares of El Molledo, Arguayo and Valle de Arriba will be reformed in the idea of the government group to improve said municipality.
A million euros won in Tenerife!
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OOD fortune fell in various locations in Tenerife, as well as in other parts of the Canary Islands, thanks to the second prize in the El Niño lottery.
The ticket series number was 61,776, purchased by various people in Granadilla de Abona, Las Galletas, San Miguel de Abona, Poris de Abona, Arico, San Cristobal de La Laguna and Playa de las Américas. One of the winning points of sale was the petrol station in Granadilla de Abona located at Km 54 of Autopista del Sur, for the third year, in fact! The win was also celebrated in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Santa Cruz de La Palma, San Sebastian de la Gomera, Teror (Gran Canaria) and Tías (Lanzarote), as well as Fuencaliente (La Palma). In total, the draw left 1,050,000 euros in the archipelago on five of the eight islands. Further afield, there were lucky winners in Toledo, Benidorm, Santander, Burgos and Palma de Mallorca, amongst many others. The number 61,776 was endowed with 750,000 euros per series, bringing 75,000 euros for each tenth of a ticket purchased.
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“BILL DISPUTE”
Three Brits arrested in Costa Adeje
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TRIPLE AGREEMENT
Fundraising leads to help for storm-damaged park
Major fire in Granadilla garage
HREE Brits were said to have been arrested in Costa Adeje following reports of an altercation in a seafront restaurant.
Police were called amidst allegations of a dispute over the bill. The three men were said to be aged 59, 37 and 20 years and had been eating in the restaurant with others when some sort of row broke out over the bill of 270 euros. Various objects were then thrown around the restaurant, according to a police statement, including chairs, ash-
trays and cutlery and something struck one of the staff, causing an injury. Police arrested one man outside the restaurant and the other two in the reception of the hotel where they were staying. The detainees, together with the report prepared by the National Police, were placed at the disposal of the competent judicial authority.
TACORONTE ACCIDENT
Man’s arm slashed by propellor
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man practising spearfishing in Tenerife was rushed to hospital after his arm was slashed by the propellor of a boat.
The 112 emergency control centre was alerted to the accident in Tacoronte and sent medics, the police and Civil Guard to the scene. The man, age not given, was found to have a moderate injury to his arm. Having already being taken by rescuers to land, he was transferred in a medical ambulance of the SUC to the University Hospital Complex of the Canary Islands. An investigation was subsequently opened.
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A Laguna council, the financial institution La Caixa and the Rotary Club Association La Laguna recently signed an agreement whereby the bank has approved a grant of 10,000 euros for the replacement and improvement of the children’s park of Bajamar. The facility was damaged as a result of the storm that hit the municipality between November 17th and 19th. Those present at the signing of the agreement were the Mayor of La Laguna, José Alberto Díaz; representatives of the La Caixa Foundation, Francisco Santana and Stij Gebruer; president of the Rotary Club La Laguna, Gustavo Armas; as well as the president of Interact Decroly, Virginia Alonso. This initiative for the replacement of the Bajamar Children’s Park was created by the initiative of the Interact Declory group, integrated within
the Rotary Club of La Laguna, which, seeing the damage that the area suffered because of the storm, decided to start a series of actions to recover this installation.. After several meetings, and sponsored by the Rotary Club, the young people asked the La Caixa Foundation for a total of 10,000 euros for the replacement of the said playground, an amount that the bank granted. After the signing, the mayor of La Laguna, José Alberto Díaz, highlighted the “solidarity of our young people in extreme situations and of service to others.”
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EMBERS of the Tenerife Fire Brigade Con sortium, based in the San Miguel park, in tervened in the extinction of a fire in the garage of a building on calle Llano Navajas in Charco del Pino, Granadilla. The crews were called out by the affected party, who, through the Central de Coordinación de Bomberos de Tenerife, reported that there was a fire, with a lot of black smoke, in a garage. Once in place, the troops confirmed that it was a motorhome garage, attached to a house, affecting several vehicles parked in the interior, plus a large number of different materials with high thermal load.
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PIONEERING APPROACH
Arona plans Cabildo backs work to help people with Down syndrome with free municipal wifi as part of new centre “intelligent T destination” project
ENERIFE Cabildo and the Association Tinerfeña Trisómicos 21 have celebrated the start of works on the first specific centre for people with Down syndrome of the Canary Islands.
This is backing for more specialisation in the care of people with disabilities on this island, with a new resource that will have all the necessary support for integration and a normalised life. The financing planned for its construction exceeds one million euros, of which the Island Corporation, through the Institute of Social and Social Care (IASS) allocates 500,000 euros. The presidents of the Cabildo de Tenerife and the Government of the Canary Islands, Carlos Alonso and Fernando Clavijo, respectively, participated in the act of placing the first stone together with the Minister of Employment, Social Policies and Housing, Cristina Valido; the Minister of Finance of the autonomous Executive, Rosa Dávila; the insular councillor of social action, Coromoto Yanes, and the insular director of the IASS, Juana Reyes. Sr. Alonso recalled the Cabildo’s intention to develop resources that allow the personal autonomy of people with disabilities. “This is one more step in the direction so that all the activity carried out by the association as a day centre is developed in better conditions and, on the other hand, have a residential module that moves in that direction of promotion of autonomy,” he said. Fernando Clavijo praised the work of the Association
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RONA council will invest 700,000 euros to continue with the deployment of public access fiber optic, free in all its facilities and municipal spaces.
Tinerfeña Trisómicos 21 and stressed that the new centre “is a non-existent resource so far in the Canar y Islands, ranging from early care to the residence of adults.” This resource is the beginning of a comprehensive project for Tenerife, which will span several years and in which specialised and comprehensive rehabilitation care will be offered to this group. In this sense, the Asociación Tinerfeña de Trisómicos 21 already has several projects underway; both day and residential care, always covered for financing its maintenance in collaboration agreements with the Cabildo and the Canary Islands Government for the provision of services in residential centres, day and night to people in situations of dependency and, in general, to elderly or disabled people. It is a construction located in the municipality of La Laguna, on Camino del Medio Street, 59 (in the Coromoto
area). It will be distributed in four modules: two of them will house the classrooms, offices, speech therapy, physiotherapy, early care and occupational workshops; a third module that will house shared use spaces such as a gymnasium, auditorium, dining room and kitchen and the fourth module will be for a mini-residence. The new property that will be put into operation will bring together all the activities and therapies that the association is already developing, in a dispersed way, between several facilities. Likewise, it will cover the concerns and needs that currently cannot be answered due to lack of space. This association supports the independent life of people with Down syndrome in Tenerife and their families. To this end, it has always had the support of the Cabildo, through the IASS, with the aim of promoting a life alternative for adults with Down syndrome, providing a structured system
of training, preparation and provision of professional support and search for natural supports in normalised environments, orienting them to the achievement of a higher level of autonomy and independence within the family and social environment. Their ultimate goal is that they have their own space in which to develop a personal life project.
The authority says this will allow a better connection for users and streamlining of administrative tasks, in addition to being another step in the strategy of digital transformation. One of the plans has just received 3.3 million euros from the State, to which will be added another 2.4 million that the municipality will contribute. “With this investment, the municipality intends to have a high quality network in its facilities, be it cultural and civic centres or sports centres and study halls, among others, and for this it will provide the necessary financing and sign an agreement with the Cabildo de Tenerife, in order to facilitate the inclusion of Arona in the insular telecommunications ring,” said a spokesman. It is also one more step in the modernisation and conversion strategy of Arona to an intelligent tourist destination, for which it presented a specific plan to the State Government that will involve an investment of almost 5.7 million euros. euros, of which Arona will provide around 2.4 million euros. Councillor of the modernisation department, Francisco Marichal, stressed that “Arona is travelling, in an intense way, a path towards its conversion into an intelligent tourist destination, for which it is necessary to start up various projects. “
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Puerto park takes on new appeal with major renovation
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UERTO de la Cruz has a new renovated park. This time the one located on calle Armador and recently renovated by the local council.
The old elements have been replaced by children’s elements adapted for all types of people, including those with some disability and for elderly people, in this case with biosaludable elements. The Mayor, Lope Afonso said these actions are “totally necessar y ” in the urban centres since they generate “recreational areas with elements of children’s games and biosaludables elements
that all residents of the municipality of any age can enjoy.” These actions have been completed with the installation of a technical pavement based on “artificial grass that complies with the regulations for the application of playgrounds, while improving the safety conditions of the aforementioned facility,” explained councillor for general services, Ángel
Montañés. He revealed his department is working on a “new plan to improve municipal playgrounds” and stressed the “effort that has been made in the municipality to reform and update several parks in the municipality as they are in the zones from the Plaza del Charco, La Vera, Las Dehesas, etc.” The total investment to which the action has risen is around 38,000 euros, including the children’s play elements, the technical pavement and the biosaludable elements.
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FLIGHT BOOST
Tenerife expects more USA Adissur plans visitors with new link via Portugal new project in south of Tenerife T
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HE Adissur association is a civil entity that provides comprehensive care services to people with functional diversity and support for their families. It began in Gran Canaria in 2008 and since 2016 has been active in Tenerife, in the facilities provided by Guía de Isora council. For 2019, Adissur will continue developing its activity in the southern municipality. On this occasion, it will be with a project called Integral Attention Service for Families and Persons with Intellectual Disability, subsidised by the Canary Islands Employment Service. They will offer inclusive leisure services, speech therapy, special education, family respite, social support and guidance to families. In open days held at the end of November, Adissur invited the citizens of the entire region to know more about their activity and join the different projects that it organises. For Melanie Herrera, social worker in charge of the project,
“knowing the work we do is important, our goal is to help as many people as possible.” Councillor for Social Services, Cathaysa Vargas said: “It is essential to collaborate between organisations of this type and the council to strengthen the resources for attention to disability with which we already have and expand the number of families that can benefit from it.”
HE airline TAP Air Portugal will launch a new flight between Lisbon and the Tenerife South airport starting next June 15th.
The connection will run daily and will be linked to the one that, with two weekly frequencies, the Binter company already offers between the Portuguese capital and the island. TAP Air Portugal specifies that the new connection, which will be provided with an Airbus 320 and whose tickets are available for sale on its website, will allow a wide range of links with all of Europe to and from the island.
Paraglider crashlands in car-park
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EDICS were called in to help a wounded paraglider after he fell during his landing in La Palma.
The 112 service said the 41-year-old man suffered various injuries to the lower extremities of a moderate nature. The accident happened in the parking area of Charco Verde of Los Llanos de Aridane.
At the same time, it will make possible a increase of travellers; to Tenerife from the United States and Canada, where the airline has reinforced its presence with flights from the cities of New York, Boston, Miami and Toronto, to which in June Chicago, Washington and San Francisco will be added. The vice president and
insular councillor of Tourism, Alberto Bernabé, highlighted “the importance of an airline such as TAP Air Portugal betting on the island with this new flight, which demonstrates the strength of our destiny.” Sr. Bernabé explained that “both this connection and that of Binter will allow us to bring more Portuguese tourists - and
of other nationalities through the connections with Lisbon to the island, for which we are developing an important promotional work in that market with actions with tour operators and associations of travel agencies, as well as with Promotur-Gobierno de Canarias, entity with which we have a joint campaign in the media of that country.”
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Loro Parque teams up with Danish university for echolocation study
Cabildo takes action to protect Los Gigantes cliffs
ENERIFE Cabildo is to reinforce the environmental protection measures of the Los Gigantes cliff in order to safeguard the natural values and biodiversity of the surroundings of Santiago del Teide, especially in the Special Conservation Area of Teno-Rasca. Technicians from the environment department recently held a working meeting with technical staff from the Government of the Canar y Islands and the Ministry for Ecological Transition to improve coordination between administrations. The meeting also served to take stock of the work done in the area during 2018 and lay the foundations of the action plan for this new year. The vice-president and adviser of Environment, José Antonio Valbuena, highlighted the “great work” done by the body of Environment agents of the Island Corporation and advanced that in 2019 a new edition of the campaign of citizen awareness on biodiversity will be launched and the species that inhabit this point of the island, as is the case of the osprey. Another of the objectives of the environment department for this year is to increase the radius of action in the work of monitoring and environmental monitoring of these cliffs and encourage responsible behaviour in the development of tourism,
recreational and sports activities that take place in this area of the coast. Last year’s citizen awareness campaign included the publication of an illustrative booklet in several languages with advice in which it was recommended to avoid high intensity noise or public address, not anchoring less than 250 metres from the coast and avoiding the areas of greatest fragility to do hiking activities.
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ORO Parque, in its continuous commitment to scientific research, has recently begun to collaborate in research on the echolocation of orcas, a key sense that favours their orientation and the location of prey for hunting. There is not much information on whether it is a behaviour that cetaceans learn or if it is innate, nor is there data on the moment in which it appears in their development,
so that the zoo, recognised as the best in the world, will contribute to providing information on a feature that is vital to their survival. Loro Parque is working with
FIRE ALERT
Firework causes damage to houses and land
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HE emergency services were called out to an incident in La Victoria on New Year’s Eve when a firework caused damage to property and land.
The incident happened just before 10.15pm in calle Santo Domingo. The 112 control centre was told that some sort of pyrotechnic device had generated a fire. Firefighters, the Civil Guard and the police all went to the scene. No injuries were suffered by anyone in the area but the fire affected two palm trees, stubble and two houses which suffered glass breakage and other damage. Police subsequently launched an investigation. No details were given about where the firework was set off ie on the land itself or whether it had gone astray from elsewhere.
the University of Southern Denmark in a study with the calf of Morgan, the rescued whale, in order to try and establish when echolocation begins in the young orcas. The first experiments have already begun. Echolocation is the location of an object through the reflection of sound waves, used by animal species such as bats and cetaceans and in sonar systems. In both bats and dolphins, echolocation skills have been studied for decades, and although there is a deep understanding of their capabilities and use, it is not clear how it develops. In the case of dolphins, recordings under animals in human care indicate that echolocation may develop after about three to four weeks, although other studies indicate that it may take much longer. About young orcas, however, there is no information whatsoever, and some knowledge would help to better understand and protect these animals with more
reliable risk-assessments on the impact of marine noise, its possible consequences, and even age estimates, based on sound recordings. Thus, by recording the calf periodically, one can begin to understand the development of its echolocation capacity - when it begins and how this sense evolves until it matches that of an adult orca. In addition, thanks to the opportunities offered to science by the possibility of having access to an orca calf in a controlled environment, Loro Parque is also collaborating with the University of Zurich in a study on learning more about orca communication - another rather unknown subject, wherein we will investigate how the calf adopts and uses the communication sounds of the group dialect. Another Norwegian research group will study the existence of identification marks on orca calves, which will help to identify and track these animals more accurately in nature.
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Health comes first in La Laguna with new street apparatus
Santa Cruz opens its second biggest dog park
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A Laguna is distributing several bio-health devices in different areas of the municipality.
The initiative has involved the investment of 15,000 euros with the goal to “improve the quality of life of our residents,” said the Mayor of La Laguna, José Alberto Díaz. Specifically, the local council is installing a total of 23 pieces of equipment in seven public spaces of the municipality such as the Tranvía, La Candelaria, San Jerónimo, Taco, Los Andenes, San Juan Bautista and El Cardonal squares. . Among the gymnastics equipment are the rudder biosaludable (which improves and increases the circulation of the arms), the ski (for a cardiovascular training to exercise arms and legs), the bars (improves the muscular condition of abdomen and back) and the so-called pony (improves cardiac and
pulmonary capacity), among others. Councillor for works and infrastructures, Candelaria Díaz said that “besides living longer, the important thing is to do it with the highest quality of life and physical exercise plays a fundamental role. The apparatuses of the bio-healthy circuits have been designed to meet certain needs and to delay the onset of the effects of aging in old age.” “ With the correct and adequate use of the biosaludable circuits it is possible to increase and maintain joint mobility, improve muscle strength, improve coordination and improve respiratory, cardiovascular and digestive functions, as well as the cognitive, sensory and motor functions of the brain.”
ANTA Cruz has seen the opening of its second biggest dog park.
It was opened in the district of Las Delicias by the Mayor, José Manuel Bermúdez. The canine park covers 1,100 metres of surface and 134 perimetre and is located adjacent to the Yumbo Shopping Centre. Sr. Bermúdez explained that this dog enclosure “is the second largest in all of Santa
Cruz and has been equipped with a perimeter fence and different agility modules so that dogs can stay in shape. Similarly, this new recreational area has a water source at the entrance, seats and bins.” The fourth deputy mayor and councillor of the District OfraCosta Sur, Dámaso Arteaga, indicated that the opening of
MIDNIGHT TRAGEDY
Boy, 3, chokes to death on grape
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three-year-old boy died after he choked to death on a grape whilst celebrating an oldage Spanish tradition to see in the New Year.
The child was with his family who marked the arrival of January 1st at midnight with the “12 grapes” ceremony where all the fruit is put into the mouth at one time whilst making wishes for the year ahead. The tragedy happened in Gijón in northern Spain during celebrations to mark the end of 2018. With the clock ticking to midnight, the horrified family realised the little boy was choking on one of the grapes. They called the emergency services and the police arrived at their home and rushed the youngster, who was not breathing and had no pulse, to hospital. However, medics could do nothing to save him despite prolonged efforts which lasted more than an hour. The family is of Ecuadorian origin and the little boy has been identified only as Tiago. In the house were the little boy’s mother, an uncle, a grandmother and an older brother.
this space “responds to a demand from residents of the area, who wanted to have an installation of these characteristics for their dogs. We trust that, with its entry into service, the Las Delicias park will be dynamic and will see the traditional uses that it had until now expanded.” The canine park of Las Delicias has some rules of use that are exhibited at the
entrance. Among the most important are the prohibition of entry of dangerous dogs without the use of the muzzle, the obligation to collect droppings and deposit them in the containers installed for that purpose, respect for the vegetation, avoid its use during the hours in which there is no sunlight and that each dog is accompanied, at all times, by its owner or responsible.
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Arrests on Dublin flight
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HREE people of Georgian nationality were arrested at the airport of Fuerteventura while trying to take a flight to Dublin with falsified Lithuanian identity documents. The staff of an airline called in the police when the trio tried to board with papers which were obviously counterfeits. The detainees, a 45-year-old woman and two men of 27 and 49 years of age, without a police record, are accused of a crime of forgery.
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Man hurt and residents trapped by fire
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69-year-old man was seriously injured in a house fire in Tenerife over Christmas.
The emergency happened in Avda. Ángel Romero in the municipality of Santa Cruz. The Canary Emergency Service, Tenerife firefighters, local and national police and Civil Protection all attended. Whilst firemen controlled the blaze, instructions were given to people trapped in the upper part of the property who could not get out because of the large amount of smoke on the staircase which blocked their escape. The man injured suffered serious face burns and was taken to hospital.
LA PALMA
Death of hiker after fall
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hiker has died after a fall in La Palma.
The emergency services were called to Los Tilos Park in the municipality of San Andrés y Sauces to help the man, understood to be about 70 years of age. The 112 centre was told he had fallen from a considerable height in the area of Los Cascada and was seriously injured. Medics tried to save his life but there was nothing which could be done because of the severity of his injuries.
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Bonus for Adeje residents as local charges abolished
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DEJE council is to cancel a number of local charges approved in the December council meeting.
Residents will not have to pay to register on the “padrón”, for travel certificates or residency certificates among others which, until now, were only free of charge if carried out online. According to the report presented to the council meeting on December 28th, the aim of the change is “to speed up the process involved in administration contracts. With the elimination of certain charges, we will reducing the time needed to manage money in the public offices”. The decision was taken, says the local taxes councillor Epifanio Díaz Hernández, because “in this way we can also free up human resources, allowing those people, who at the moment have to dedicate a lot of their time dealing with the cash payments for these measures, now being able to spend more quality time dealing with the public.” Other local charges will be modified, including the removal of vehicles illegally parked and placed in the municipal car lot. The new cost will be adjudicated in line with the cost of the services of the company who remove the cars. The manner of payment will also be refined and the person affected by a car being removed can make a direct payment by card though a bank ATM or a transfer (payment cannot be made in cash). “The council’s aim is to, in a short space of time, eliminate all cash payments and establish a homogeneous system of payments online or through transfers, and ideally encouraging more people to deal with the council through its online system,” says councillor. Finally, at the same council meeting, a new system of cancelling direct debit for the public was approved. Story courtesy of englishtimeadeje.com
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Arona looks to a tourism future of quality rather than quantity A
RONA has entered a new era in its tourism strategy to lead and strengthen its competitiveness in the coming years.
The Mayor, José Julián Mena, together with tourism councillor David Pérez, professor of the University of La Laguna and president of the Spanish Association of Scientific Experts in Tourism, Eduardo Parra, and professor and researcher Francisco Calero presented the Strategic Plan of Tourism Competitiveness of Arona, which lays the foundations of this industry for the coming years. The strategy is based on sustainability, digital transformation and its natural spaces and heritage, without forgetting its traditional product of sun and beach, all marked by a growth in excellence and quality, instead of quantity, capturing new profiles of potential visitors. Sr. Mena explained that Arona has been providing a tourism strategy for three years after a long time without clear guidelines, giving a 180 degree turn with the aim of being a competitive destination when there is a change of trend in the arrival of tourists. This strategy has been possible thanks to the transversal work of different areas, from Tourism to Economic Promotion, through Public Works and Services, Heritage, Culture, Urbanism or Youth, among others. “Arona does not want to live from past times,” he explained, “but wants to mark and lead the way to its competitiveness in the coming years.” The mayor recalled that this strategic document is presented “at a key moment, in which the drafting of a new General Plan begins, shortly after having unlocked the El Mojon Partial Plan and after having achieved the approval of the transformation plan digital with an investment of almost 5.7 million euros, 3.3 million of which will be contributed by the State Government. The plan, which will be presented to social, business and political agents, identifies a set of challenges for the tourist municipality, as well as strengths and opportunities, which in the case of Arona are in products linked to sports and active tourism , sustainability, cultural and environmental heritage and gastronomy. David Perez stressed that “today is a day to congratulate ourselves because we have fulfilled what we said in November 2015 that we were going to do in tourism. In these years, Arona has regained prestige and reputation and we continue to work with the aspiration of being a national reference, to shine again”. “All the necessary elements are in the cauldron,” he assured, “from the digital transformation to the commitment to sustainability through the Biosphere certification, the fact of having been founding members of the Canary Islands Tourist Association and the National Alliance of Tourist Municipalities of Sun and Beach or the affiliation to the World Tourism Organisation”.
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ten-year-old child was injured after suffering a fall on a footpath in Tenerife.
The accident happened near the Recreational Park La Caldera in the municipality of La Orotava. The youngster suffered different moderate trauma, excepting complications, and was taken to hospital.
NEW ROUTES
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ENERIFE has opened three new direct air connections with France in December, specifically with Toulouse, Nantes and the Orly airport in Paris. The Easyjet company will operate during this winter season a direct flight with Toulouse with two weekly frequencies (Wednesdays and Saturdays), after opening in September another route with Nice ever y Monday and Friday from Tenerife South. In addition, from December 22, a new connection will begin with Paris Orly by Transavia, a company that also offers a route with Nantes from this month. Both these last two connections and the one in Nice will operate throughout the year. The president of the Cabildo, Carlos Alonso said it was “excellent news” as these new air connections “will allow us to consolidate as a tourist destination in other French regions besides Paris, from where we already have direct flights.” He stressed that “from the Cabildo we will continue working to improve connec-
tivity because it is a strategy that seems indispensable, a long-term effort that is paying off and that places our airports at the same level of connectivity as other large European aerodromes such as Dusseldorf, Madrid, London Heathrow or Barcelona.” For his part, the vice president and insular councillor of Tourism, Alberto Bernabé, details that the Cabildo, through Turismo de Tenerife, is car r ying out various actions to promote these new flights as press visits with important media such as “L Express”, “Radio France Info”, “Le Monde”, “Maisons Côte Sud” and “Le Figaro” or presentations of the des-tination at the airports of Toulouse and Paris Orly. “The French market is of great interest to Tenerife, which is also showing an excellent performance this year, where 5.1 percent more tourists are counted until October,” said Sr. Bernabé.
FACIAL INJURIES
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38-year-old man was rushed to hospital with serious injuries after he was attacked with a sewer cover.
He suffered cuts and fractures to his face in the incident in La Cuesta area of La Laguna. Prior to the attack, there had been an altercation in the same vicinity involving two groups of young people. Shortly afterwards, the 38-year-old man was approached by another man and struck in the face with the metal cover. Four young people of different ages were interviewed and a 20-year-old man arrested as a result.
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E hope that all our ‘ Friends ‘ enjoyed the Christmas festivities, and hope that 2019 will prove to be a happy and healthy year for all our members. The Car Boot Sale held at All Saints’ Church in December went very, very well - it is a great source of income for our charities. We are always very pleased to receive articles to sell, and if anyone has anything to donate to us, please contact Cheryl or Brian on 922 33 32 77. We need more to sell more !! Please note that the next Car Boot Sale will be held on 12th January - do come along and support us.
Our future events are :
On 19th February there will be a lunch at the ever popular Masaru Hotel in La Paz. The price is 16 euros, and the time 1.00 to 1.30 p.m. PLEASE NOTE that our Annual General Meeting will take place at the Teide Mar Hotel, also in La Paz, at 6.00 for 6.30 p.m. on Tuesday 26th February. There will be a buffet after the meeting for the price of 5 euros.
Tuesday, 5th February. A coach trip to the South of the Island, with lunch at Scampi’s if desired - If you prefer, there will be a couple of hours to explore, or swim. The price is 10 euros for the coach, which will leave
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
REFUGE HELP
Another busy year lies ahead for Accion del Sol
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ERNA is a Labrador cross and urgently needs a home. At 10 years old she is struggling in the refuge. She is great with people and kids and would be better as an only dog.
The Centro de Proteccion Animal de Tierra Blanca is located off the TF1 motorway, about half way between Las Americas and Santa Cruz, by the restaurant Los Chasneros, just 200m above the motorway. They do not ask for adoption fees, only a donation of food and photos to let them know how the dog is getting on in his/her new home. Call Rachel on 629 031 273.
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New Year’s Eve tragedy in Fuerteventura
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HE year 2018 was very busy for the refuge with more than 500 dogs being brought to us by Protection Civil, 180 of these dogs were microchipped and many were reunited with their owners.
We can never stress enough the importance of microchipping your dog and ensuring that the contact details are correct and updated when appropriate. We would also like to wish all our friends of Accion Del Sol a very Happy New year and we look forward to seeing you all in 2019. Please 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, as well as 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
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HERE was tragedy in Fuerteventura on New Year’s Eve when a woman drowned and a man narrowly escaped with his life when he tried to save her.
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The woman was swept away by a wave on Los Molinos Beach in Puerto del Rosario. The accident happened at 4pm. The Emergency and Salvage Group of the Government of the Canary Islands, a rescue helicopter, firefighters of Puerto del Rosario, Maritime Rescue, the Canar y Emergency Service, Civil Guard and Local police all attended. A spokesman for the 112 service said: “An alert was received at the Coordination Centre for Emergencies and Security (CECOES) 1-1-2 in
which it was reported that a woman had been dragged by a wave. The 1-1-2 immediately activated the necessar y emergency resources. The man, at the initial moment of assistance, presented moderate polythusions, and was transferred by ambulance from the SUC to the General Hospital of Fuerteventura.” The rescue helicopter located and recovered the woman’s body some 500 metres from the coast. No further details were given about the woman’s age or nationality or about the man so it is not known if they were together.
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Canaries aim to cement position as leading European destination
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HE Canary Islands’ Plan for Tourism 2025 has brought together professionals in a work table in which the challenges faced by the tourism sector were discussed. The appointment, programmed by the Tourism Department of the Government of the Canary Islands, had the collaboration of agents related to the governance of the promotion, who tried to develop a common road map that favours the sector and that adapts to the new needs and customers who visit the archipelago. The coordinator of the table, Manuel Luis Hernández, explained that “in the session there has been the representation of commercial departments of accommodation, complementary offer, activities and experiences to make an analysis of what we face, the weaknesses, the strengths and market opportunities in tourism promotion.” The director of Promotion of Tourism of the Canary Islands and participant of the table, Elena González, considers that “it is ver y interesting to exchange views with other agents that participate in the same sector but from other areas that make up the global
offer of the destination.” “Times, needs and customers change, so it is essential not only the preparation of the Plan, but to have these work tables where all share our contributions,” she said. The Government of the Canary Islands, through its Ministr y of Tourism, is working on the preparation of this new Plan with the collaboration of around 1,500 experts from different sectors related to tourism in order to enrich this strategy through the experience of social agents both public and private. The participation process has different phases, among which are personal interviews, technical roundtables on specific topics, cross-cutting tables in seven of the islands and electronic voting in real time. The Canary Islands Plan for Tourism 2025 aims to consolidate the position of the Archipelago as the first European region in tourist
overnight stays and as an autonomous community that contributes the most employ-
ment to tourism, integrating in turn sustainability concepts of the destination.
CHRISTMAS DAY
Swimmer saved from sea
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man nearly drowned in Lanzarote on Christmas Day.
He was pulled from the water in the nick of time when spotted in the sea off the beach of Las Cucharas in Costa Teguise. The 56-year-old man who, at the initial moment of care, showed signs of moderate drowning, except for complications, was transferred by medical ambulance from the SUC to the Doctor José Molina Orosa Hospital. The Canary Emergency Service, Civil Guard and Local police all attended. Lifeguards had rescued him just after lunchtime on December 25th.
CANARY FIRST
New health network aims to share knowledge
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EALTH chiefs have presented “Canarian Health Network”, the first health network in the islands.
This project, framed in the Commitment for the improvement of Public Health in the Canary Islands, is designed as a space of exchange for health professionals. The project aims to be the first ‘social network’ for health professionals in the Canary Islands to be conceived as a knowledge network in which to promote networking and promote the exchange of concerns and knowledge among all those interested in quality healthcare in Canary Islands. It is about providing professionals with a common space for personal and professional growth in which to share projects, experiences, research, success stories, collaborations, professional opportunities, etc. In this sense, Red Sanidad Canaria will be accessible through the web https://www.red.compromisosanidadcanaria.com, in addition to health workers, for all those people linked to the health sector, whether or not currently residing in the Canary Islands, since it is a project constituted in an increasingly globalised context in which professionals move in an increasingly wider geographical area and where knowledge is increasingly dispersed, varied and multidisciplinary.
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El Hierro strikes up another first with radon gas study E
L Hierro has become the first island in the world to measure radon gas in its buildings and public infrastructures.
A research study of the University of La Laguna, pioneer worldwide, determines that the buildings and public infrastructures of the island are well below the concentrations of radon gas allowed by the European Directive Directive 2013/59 / EURATOM , so the valuation is positive. Details were released in a press conference attended by the first vice president of the Cabildo, Juan Pedro Sánchez, the project coordinator, Juan
Carlos Santamarta, and the director of Human Resources of the Herrera Institution, Juan Francisco Pérez Sr. Sanchez said he was pleased with the excellent results of the study for the public administrations of El Hierro, which frees them from the thresholds considered harmful by the presence of this gas. “We must also congratulate ourselves that this study of the island’s tourist centres, such as the Pozo de la Salud Hotel-
Spa or the Ecomuseum of Guinea in the El Golfo Valley, with a volcanic cave of great geological interest visitable, have also been free of the harmful effects of this gas, “said the first vice president of the institution. Juan Pedro Sánchez congratulated the research team of the University of La Laguna for the work carried out, being pioneers at the island level throughout the world, as well as the facilities and coordination developed from the Human Resources area of the El Hierro Cabildo. Radon is a radioactive gas
“UNACCEPTABLE SERVICE”
Island furious over ferry delays between El Hierro and Tenerife
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RESIDENT of the Cabildo de El Hierro, Belén Allende, has once again reiterated her demands to the Ministry of Public Works and Transport of the Government of the Canary Islands to guarantee strict compliance with the maritime schedules established in the Public Service Obligation (OSP) with El Hierro, as incidents that affect connectivity continue to occur. In particular, she has denounced yet again, as she formally did last November 8, the arrivals and departures of the ship that covers the OSP of El Hierro from the port of Los Cristianos. In fact, as a result of the delays that occurred on November 14 and 27, claims were made through the Insular Consumption Office of the Cabildo de El Hierro, which has responded positively with compensation in favour of the claimants by the department of Naviera Armas customer service.
In this regard, the president pointed out that she will not tolerate this kind of delay in an essential public service such as this maritime OSP that guarantees the connectivity of the island of El Hierro, which in recent days has been reduced by services, such as the case of receipt and delivery of luggage, which forced passengers to take their belongings on foot. “Intolerable damages are being caused to passengers, transporters, tourists and users who have to endure some
intolerable economic discomfort and damage,” Belén Allende states. The Cabildo will reiterate in writing these complaints in the operation of the public service contract with El Hierro. It affirms that the Government of the Canary Islands and the operating shipping company, Armas, must understand once and for all that while other islands have alternatives in their maritime connections, El Hierro has as its only means of connectivity a single ship and a single company, so any incidence has serious side effects. “The schedules are to be fulfilled, and only meteorological and technical circumstances duly accredited, are the only ones that can cause delays, “ she said then.
of natural origin that can be concentrated inside homes and infrastructure when certain conditions are met. This gas comes from the decay chain of uranium-238 and is the largest source of natural exposure to radiation of people (50% of the total).
Radon does not usually present high levels in the open air and exposure to high concentrations of radon occurs, mainly, by inhalation in poorly ventilated rooms in which it can be accumulated. The World Health Organisation (WHO) considers
radon the second cause of lung cancer, only behind tobacco. Therefore, the WHO warns of the importance of determining if our workplace is exposed to radon concentrations that exceed the limits recommended by public health agencies.
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FIREMEN PRAISED
Hospiten presents new rescue equipment in La Gomera
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HE Canary Islands’ emergency centre tripled its activity during New Year’s Eve.
The Emergency and Security Coordinating Centre registered a total of 1,004 incidents which almost tripled the average of other nonholiday nights in December. The eastern islands registered 543 incidents between 9pm on December 31 until 8am on January 1, while the figure for the western islands was 461. By type of incidents, the more numerous were those related to citizen security, with 418, followed by health services, with 351. However, the fire extinction sector registered the greatest increase in activity compared
to another day in the same time zone, multiplying by ten, mainly due to the use of pyrotechnic material. In this sense, among others, a fire in a house in the area of La Minilla, in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and the vegetation that caused damages in two houses in the municipality of La Victoria Tenerife, both originated by the use of pyrotechnic devices. Interventions in accidents and rescue experienced the second highest increase compared to any other night in December, specifically four times more, although none of the incidents was serious.
Couple found dead in their home
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OLICE have ruled out violence after the bodies of a German couple were found in their home in Gran Canaria.
The husband and wife, both in their 60s, were discovered after neighbours raised the alert as they had not heard or seen them for some time. It is believed the man probably died first and the woman passed away later because of lack of care as she was dependent on her husband. They were found in Los Llanos, in the district of Vecindario (Santa Lucia de Tirajana). The fire brigade had to break into the property.
OSPITEN Sur has delivered rescue material to the Association of Voluntary Firemen of Valle Gran Rey, in La Gomera, within the framework of its Corporate Social Responsibility policy.
The president of the Volunteer Firemen of Valle Gran Rey, Juan Elías Bello, and the head of the Park, Guillermo Barroso, were present at the event held at Hospiten Sur. On behalf of the group, the Manager of Hospiten Sur, Rafael Martínez and the medical director, Dr. Tomás Febles were also present. Rafael Martínez said he was delighted to be able to collaborate with different groups and organisations with a clear vocation of service to society. “This equipment will help them with the great work they have been doing for the past six years on the island, helping and contributing to the safety of residents and tourists who visit it. Therefore, we hope to continue collaborating on more occasions, “ he added.
Guillermo Barroso expressed thanks for the donation and explained that the rescue equipment was going to provide them with a better quality of assistance and security, especially in those rescues in which the helicopter cannot access due to the orography of the island. This collaborative action by Hospiten is part of the
corporate social responsibility policy that the Group is continuously applying and with which it intends to collaborate with the Canarian society and improve the quality of life of the most sensitive groups. The Hospiten Group is an international health network committed to providing a service of the highest quality, with 50 years of experience. It
has 20 private medical-hospital centres in Spain, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Jamaica and Panama, and more than 100 ambulator y medical centres, under the Clinic Assist brand. It is chaired by Dr. Pedro Luis Cobiella and attends annually to more than 1,700,000 patients around the world, and has a staff of more than 5,000 people.
the signs of the place to visit”, enriching in this sense not only the knowledge of the resident population but also the experience of those who visit the island. It is also “an obligation of the local corporations to protect, preserve and disseminate all this heritage to bequeath it to the future,” said the president of the corporation. One of the rooms houses one of the jewels of the island’s historical heritage: the mummy of an ancient inhabitant of Lanzarote. There are also touch screens, which show different sites of cave paintings, and 360-degree images, which will facilitate the possibility of a virtual tour of different archaeological sites.
Another of the spaces in this room is devoted to buried history, in which the incidence of natural phenomena is revealed in the investigation of the island’s past, emphasising volcanic eruptions. Underwater archeology is also present and there is a special section dedicated to explaining the pirate attacks suffered by the island between the 14th and 18th centuries. The Archaeological Museum of Lanzarote can be visited from Tuesday to Friday from 10.30am to 5pm and Saturdays from 10.30am to 2pm. The entrance fee will be three euros for the general visitor and one euro for the insular resident, although admission will be free until January 8th.
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HE Archaeological Museum of Lanzarote is now a reality after the opening of the side naves of the emblematic building on Fajardo Street in Arrecife. Pedro San Ginés, President of the Island Council of Lanzarote, and Isaac Castellano, Minister of Culture and Tourism of the Canary Islands Government, together with the
General Director of Heritage, Miguel Ángel Clavijo; the president of the Board of Directors of the Tourist Centres, Echedey Eugenio; and the adviser of Historical Patrimony of the Corporation, Carmen Rosa Márquez; among others were responsible for inaugurating the first phase of a project which has generated much controversy over the last five years. “The reasons for the purchase were none other than the recovery of the emblematic building of the capital, unique for its architecture and the enhancement of our rich archaeological and ethnographic heritage, found on the island dating from the aboriginal time, and ancestral culture,” said the Cabildo president. More and more exhibits will be added in the future and information provided in several languages. This is an “identity” project, said the president, in which visitors to the island “can find
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Fuerteventura signals tough new controls to safeguard Isla de Lobos F
UERTEVENTURA Cabildo is to implement tough new measures to make such the picturesque Isla de Lobos is safeguarded for the future and not ruined by too many tourists. The little island is just a short boat ride from Fuerteventura and is thought to have a history stretching back to Roman times. It is less than five square kilometres and has only a handful of facilities but at one stage, became so fashionable that protest groups were counting as many as 2,000 tourists on Saturdays and Sundays. Visitor numbers also shoot up at Christmas and Easter. Furious environmentalists said many of the boats being
used to transport holidaymakers were illegal and it was becoming “an obligation” for anyone staying on Fuerteventura to visit Lobos free of charge but without making any sort of contribution in return. The tiny island is rich in marine biodiversity and endemic species of plants and birds but apart from that, campaigners say there is nothing for tourists to do except “picture opportunities” which are ruining it.
Cocaine seized in Gran Canaria club
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GENTS of the National Police have arrested in San Bartolomé de Tirajana two men of 30 and 46 years of age, without police records, as alleged perpetrators of a crime against public health. The detainees were employees of an “after hours” located in the municipality and kept behind the bar, next to the cash register, 16 packages containing cocaine. In addition to the manager of the premises, a doorman was arrested for raising the alert about the police presence. Nine clients carried some kind of narcotic substance.
Island leaders had already slapped a limit of no more than 200 visitors at any one time but this was being ignored. Now, the restrictions are to be tightened up even further, together with a charge for anyone who wants to step foot on the protected land. Fuerteventura’s local government has confirmed the tighter controls over the number of visitors will come into force from the first fortnight of 2019. “ With the 200 limit in mind, the aim is to guarantee the preservation of this unique space and natural park,” said
a spokesman. “Maintaining the Isla de Lobos is very expensive for us.” He also confirmed they were processing a tax ordinance that will allow charging a small fee for access and enjoyment of the islet of Lobos. The collection will go to conservation work, cleaning and monitoring of this natural space. At the moment, the fee hasn’t been decided. In 2019, there will be two archaeological excavations on two sites on the islands including the beach of La Calera, also known as Concha , where there is evidence that the Romans might have collected molluscs for purple dye.
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Spanish residents taking more trips home and away SPENDING UP
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PANISH residents made 65.6 million trips in the third quarter of the year, 2.6% more than in the same period of 2017, and their total spending amounted to 19.06 billion euros (up 4.6%), according to data from theResidents Tourism Survey drawn up by the National Statistics Institute. The State Secretary for Tourism, Isabel Oliver, considers these figures to
be ver y positive and welcomes the fact that “trips by residents in Spain are following the same upward trend in spending as those of inbound tourists, since this is a sure sign of the economic recovery of our country and of the resilience of the tourism sector”.
Destination
The main destination of 89.2% of all trips was another part of Spain (up 1.5%), while the remaining 10.8% chose to travel overseas (up 12.2%). 60% of all trips were for leisure (up 2.2%). 31.1% of trips were to visit family or friends (up 2.6%). 5.3% were business trips (up 4.9%).
Spending Spending on trips within Spain rose by 9.3%, with average daily spending of 40 euros. Spending on trips aboard rose by 9.3%, with average daily spending of 90 euros.
January-September 2018 In the period spanning the first nine months of the year, residents made 2.3% more trips than in the same period of 2017, 1.4% more within Spain, and 11.6% more aboard. Total spending rose by 6.8%, with a 4.1% rise in trips within Spain, and a 12.6% rise in trips overseas.
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PANISH exports of goods rose by 3.8% in the period January-October on the same period last year, amounting to 238.58 billion euros.
Imports rose by 6.3% to 266.6 billion euros. Consequently, the trade deficit for the first 10 months of the year stands at 28.02 billion euros, 33% up on the figure recorded for the same period of 2017 (changes calculated from the provisional data for the previous period). The coverage rate - ratio between exports and imports - stands at 889.5% (91.6% in
Januar y-October 2017). In terms of volume, exports rose by 0.7% since prices, approximated by Unit Value Indices, increased by 3.1%. Imports rose by 1.9% since prices increased by 4.3%. The non-energy balance posted a deficit of 7.01 billion euros (deficit of 3.78 billion euros in first 10 months of 2017) and the energy deficit rose by 21.6% to 21.02 billion euros
(from 17.29 billion in 2017). Growth in Spanish exports between January and October (3.8%) coincides with that of Italy (3.8%) but is less than Germany (4.1%), France (4.4%) and the United Kingdom (7.9%), and less than the Eurozone average (5.2%) and the European Union average (5.3%). Exports to China rose by 12.1%, to the United States by 9% and to Japan by 5.4%. All sectors enjoyed export growth. The capital goods sector (which accounts for
FLOOD DISASTER
Tennis ace Rafa Nadal donates a million to Mallorca
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ENNIS ace Rafa Nadal has become even more of a hero on his home island of Mallorca after giving one million euros to help in the aftermath of the devastating floods which claimed 13 lives in October. The mayor of Sant Llorenç, the district most badly affected by the devastating freak weather, has confirmed the donation. “It is help from a special person for all of us, who shows his love for our land and his neighbours every day, always showing it where he is and showing it in all aspects because he is one of us,” said Mateu Puigròs. “We know of his immense affection and humanity which is as great as his talent and his results, we have seen this on
and off the tennis courts,” added the mayor as he thanked Nadal in a video message. So far 1.6 million has been collected in the municipality, to which the generous donation of a million euros has been added. Nadal had earlier shown his hands-on approach the day after the October 9th disaster when he joined in the massive clean-up operation. His action became an image that went around the world. The tennis star, who was
brought up on the Balearic island and still has a home in in Porto Cristo, just eleven kilometres from the disaster area, has said that the funds raised from a charity golf tournament he organised would also go to victims of the floods. In addition to the Mayor’s verbal confirmation, a statement posted on the local council’s Facebook page said: “Do you already know? We are proud to have this great tennis player and person on our island. We do not get tired of thanking you. A gesture that surpasses any expectation. Thanks Rafael Nadal for this contribution that all the residents of the town thank you for.”
19.7% of the total) grew by 1.1%, the automobile sector (15.8% of the total) grew by 0.6% and food, drinks and tobacco (15.9% of the total) grew by 0.4%. For their part, imports also grew in all sectors. Imports of capital goods (20.5% of the total) rose by 1.6% year-onyear, energy products (15% of the total) grew by 20.2% yearon-year, chemical products (15.3% of the total) grew by 8.6% and the automobile sector (12.6% of the total) grew by 3.9%. Exports to the European Union (65.7% of the total) rose by 3.8% in the first 10 months of the year, as did exports to the Eurozone (51.5% of the total, while those to the rest of the European Union (14.2% of the total) rose by 4.1%. Exports to third countries (34.3% of the total) also rose by 3.8% in the period, with increases in exports to Africa (5%), North America (4.2%), Asia excluding the Middle East (2.9%) and Latin America
(0.2%). In contrast, exports to the Middle East fell (down 1%), as they did to Oceania (down 0.5%). By country, there were noteworthy increases in exports to Singapore (up 49.5%), Algeria (26.7%), Egypt (26%), the United States (4.2%) and Morocco (4%), while exports fell, particularly to Peru (down 14.5%) and the United
Arab Emirates (down 12.6%). The autonomous regions with the largest growth in exports were Navarre (13%), Cantabria (10.2%) and the Balearic Islands (9.3%). In contrast, those with the largest declines in exports were the Region of Madrid (down 2.7%), Castile and Leon (down 2%) and Aragon (down 0.8%).
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NE of the most famous holiday destinations in Spain wants to introduce its own tourist tax as the controversial daily charge appears to be showing signs of the “domino effect” across the country. The Basque region of Gipuzkoa and its capital of San Sebastián is the latest district to accept the advice of the Spanish Government which is in favour of a tourist tax but has decided to leave it to individual locations to make the final decision. Gipuzkoa is Spain’s smallest province, covering just 760 square miles, but attracts over one million holidaymakers a year because of its stunning scener y, miles of walks alongside the Cantabrian Sea and the Bay of Biscay and its location only 12 miles from the French border. San Sebastian has gained international recognition through a series of
events, including a film festival, and currently boasts some of the top restaurants in the world. Visitor numbers have grown to a record level for the last seven years in succession but Gipuzkoa feels it is time to try and limit the numbers and ask tourists to make a contribution back into the environment. “It’s time to decongest San Sebastian,” said a council spokesman. The so-called eco or tourist tax is being defended as “the best way to distribute the wealth that tourism brings.” The charge has to be approved by the Basque
Terrorist suspect was planning long-range missile base
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FFICERS from the General Intelligence Commissariat of the National Police, in collaboration with the Provincial Intelligence Brigade of Barcelona, arrested a dangerous foreign terrorist fighter, M.E.M., 33 years of age and of Moroccan nationality, in Mataró for his alleged membership of the terrorist group DAESH.
Parliament but it is contained in a report which details the way ahead for the region, together with deseasonalisation to achieve better occupancy throughout the entire year. The strategy has taken 13 months to draw up and has been passed by Gizpuzkoa’s General Council.
Provincial deputy of culture and tourism, Denis Itxaso said they were committed to the ecotax so that the public money could be used “to improve the competitive of the destination” and “achieve the objective of sustainable tourism”. Other Spanish resorts are also talking about introducing a tourist tax but the common thread is a call for most of the money to stay WITHIN the resorts and not benefit the region as a whole. Barcelona and the Balearics already charge holidaymakers a nightly rate but other hotspots like the British favourite, Benidorm aren’t in favour. There is currently no such charge in the Canaries.
The arrest took place under an International Arrest Warrant for extradition purposes issued by Morocco with the collaboration of the Diréction Général de la Surveillance du Territoire (DGST) and the National Intelligence Centre. The detainee is an alleged Jihadi fighter who left Morocco in May 2014 to join up to the ranks of DAESH. According to the investigations, M.E.M. underwent military training for the terrorist group with the aim of planning the development of a long-range missile base in Syria. The knowledge acquired at this terrorist group’s training camps in the use of weapons and his extreme radicalism made him a real threat capable of carrying out a terrorist action. His training as a Mujahidin allowed him to travel illegally throughout Europe, finally ending up in Spain. He used aliases and, furthermore, as is
characteristic of foreign terrorist fighters, lacked identification that could confirm his true identity, since this tends to be destroyed when arriving in a conflict zone to avoid being recognised as members of DAESH in the event of capture by military forces. According to the investigations, the detainee had illegally entered the country in June 2018, and resided in Barcelona in already occupied dwellings so as not to leave any kind of record. However, the officers managed to detect his presence, observing how he adopted security measures in line with his training in his daily movements, among others, by retracing his steps and monitoring his surroundings through reflections in shop windows of commercial premises and building entrances.
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Spain welcomes CO2 emissions for heavy vehicles S PAIN’S Secretary for the Environment, Hugo Morán, has welcomed the agreement reached in Brussels at the European Union Council of Environment Ministers to reduce CO2 emissions for heavy vehicles. He said it was a “decisive” step for the EU to regulate, for the first time, and as soon as possible, the emissions targets in the transport sector. “The agreement is good news because it allows negotiations to begin with the European Parliament and the European Commission to firm up a definitive decision on the emissions targets for heavy vehicles. It is fundamental to
set clear limits so that we can meet our commitments in the fight against climate change. At the same time, this offers a framework of certainty to industr y, opening up opportunities to improve competitiveness, underscoring innovation and generating quality jobs,” he remarked. The Council decision proposes a 15% reduction in emissions for heavy vehicles by
2025 and a 30% reduction by 2030, subject to review in 2022. The agreement includes a system of supercredits, with discounts for vehicle manufacturers of zero or low emissions, and a loan and debit system which allows a manufacturer to offset low performance of specific annual emissions with the target for another year. A penalty system is also proposed for those manufacturers that exceed their reduction target in two phases: 4,000 euros for each excess gram of CO2/t/km between 2025 and 2029, and 6,800 euros as from 2030.
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OUR Brits have been arrested on the Costa Blanca and a fifth is being sought for supplying “Monster” marijuana on a daily basis to British tourists specifically in the holiday resort of Benidorm.
The men, aged between 31 and 64, face prison for crimes against public health, money laundering, falsifying documents, illegal possession of guns and belonging to a criminal group. Police say the Brits, including the ringleader described as “extremely dangerous”, distributed the marijuana by order to British clients. The arrests took place in the towns of Guardamar del Segura, Los Montesinos and Rojales, in the south of the province of Alicante. There is an international search and detention order on the fifth fugitive Briton.
Brits planning a holiday to Mallorca or Ibiza “should be granted a visa”
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OURISM leaders in Mallorca and Ibiza have criticised the Spanish Government for being “too passive” over the possible detrimental effects of a no-Brexit deal on the islands’ tourism industry.
Police became suspicious after spotting a large quantity of manure outside a luxury villa and believed it was probably being used to cultivate marijuana. They also spotted a succession of vans leaving virtually on a daily basis towards Benidorm.
The gang cultivated indoor crops of marijuana of the variety “Monster ” that, according to the Civil Guard, produce twice as much as a normal plant and give increased effects, Police believe they were involved in other drug supplies as raids on three properties
also revealed 250 grams of an elite substance called tucibi or pink cocaine, as well as a pistol, ammunition, 10,000 euros in cash, two vehicles and a boat. A villa where the marijuana was being grown has also been impounded. All four Brits have been remanded in prison without bail..
Hit and run victim had stab wounds
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HE Costa del Sol has been hit by another brutal murder after a man was stabbed several times and thrown out of a vehicle into the path of an oncoming car.
The victim’s nationality has yet to be revealed but he is believed to be between 35 and 40 years of age. It is another shocking violent incident in the Malaga district where locals and British tourists have already been caught up in reprisals as part of an ongoing drugs war between rival groups. There have been knee-cappings, fatal shootings in popular restaurants, stabbings and bombings during retaliations which police have confirmed are all connected to drugs. Agents of the National Police are investigating the circumstances of the death of a man whose body was found with numerous signs of violence. According to the first investigations, the victim, who has not yet been identified, and who apparently is between 35 and 40 years old, would have been thrown from a moving car with several stab wounds and subsequently would have been hit by a car.
They say the government’s attitude is unworthy of the Balearic tourism sector and millions of British visitors could be lost, as well as air connectivity seriously dented. The Confederation of Balearic Business Associations (CAEB), the Tourism Commission of the Chamber of Commerce of Mallorca, the Hotel Business Federation (FEHM) and the Mallorca pressure group, PIMEM are all behind the criticism, according to Spanish newspaper Ultimahora.es They claim the Spanish Government’s contingency plan to cushion the negative effects of a UK exit without agreement only refers to British residents in Spain and vice versa, issues related to aviation (Iberia) and the customs device for trade and fishing quotas in the waters of the United Kingdom. Nothing is said about tourism, despite being the main source market for Spain, they claim. President of the CAEB, Carmen Planas, has sent a letter to the Minister of Industry, Commerce and Tourism, Reyes Maroto to express their concern. “As you know, in the Balearics, tourism from the United Kingdom is fundamental for our main industry. Before a hypothetical departure without agreement on March 29, we have a very serious concern about what may happen with the movement of people, “she said. It also emphasises the need for visas for British citizens in case there is no agreement between London and Brussels and on air traffic rights. The CAEB says it is very concerned about the air issue, saying: “On the thorny question of connectivity, everything points to things not being as before.” Carmen Planas said the European Commission was warning that the situation “will not be the same as it is now. That is why we ask the Government for maximum information”. The Association of Hotel Chains (ACH) and the FEHM have requested an urgent meeting with the Secretary of State for Tourism, Bel Oliver, in Palma to clarify these issues. The PIMEM has added: “You have to be proactive and look for alternative markets to the British, because if there is something clear, it is that tourism will be affected by ‘Brexit’.” Vice president of the FEHM, María José Aguiló stressed that in the contingency plan “the Government has put little effort in everything related to tourism and this worries us. Moreover, no information flows from Madrid.”
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Terrorist scare at famous Barcelona tourist spot
B Police find cannabis farms inside articulated lorries!
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OLICE in Spain discovered two cannabis farms being cultivated inside a pair of articulated lorries!
The trailers were more than 12 metres long and were deliberately set up to be mobile to make sure distribution of the marijuana could be immediate, as well as to hide the operation from the authorities. Three people have been arrested for crimes against public health and defrauding an electricity supply. The cannabis farms inside the lorries were so specialised
that they had 50 heat lamps, a dozen fans for ventilation, four air conditioning units and a complex irrigation system. “From the outside, you could detect nothing,” said a police spokesman. The trucks were discovered inside a warehouse in Albolote, Granada. A third plantation was located on the upper floor of the same warehouse. In all, 1,128
marijuana plants were seized, 700 of them growing inside the lorries. Police also seized a laptop, eight mobile phones and various equipment designed to promote the artificial growth of ‘cannabis sativa’ plants and its subsequent processing. The investigation began in August as a result of various information obtained about a criminal organisation dedicated to the distribution of marijuana.
ARCELONA’S famous Sagrada Familia basilica was at the centre of a terrorist scare just days after police stepped up security in the city amidst fears that a Christmas attack was being planned. The Mossos d’Esquadra arrested a French citizen as he tried to enter the temple with five magazines for a ninemillimetre gun in a suitcase or backpack. Security officers stopped him as he went through metal detectors. It is understood no gun was found though there are reports a weapon was discovered in a nearby car. The man is claiming he was invited to a private mass after going out for shooting practice and had “forgotten” he was still carrying ammunition. Officers with the Catalan police arrested him for illegal possession of arms. Spanish newspapers say the ammunition was detected inside a suitcase when the detainee crossed the security arch that protects the monument. This incident came after the
Catalan police reinforced surveillance and spot checks in crowded areas of Barcelona for fear of a possible terrorist
threat during the Christmas holidays. The security forces maintain the anti-terrorist alert at level 4 out of 5.
Nautical companies “used as fronts for laundering drugs money”
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HE Civil Guard has dismantled in Andalusia an organisation dedicated to the laundering of proceeds from drug trafficking. Two nautical companies based on the Costa del Sol and the Bay of Cádiz have been closed and their administrator is already in prison.
Operation Dolmen was initiated following two seizures of 5.5 tons of hashish in Malaga and Cádiz, for which 20 people were arrested. A subsequent financial investigation linked the suspects to the nautical companies that supply highend vessels to criminal organisations dedicated to the traffic of hashish. In the development of the operation, the Civil Guard has
carried out eight searches in the towns of Cadiz, San Fernando, Puerto Real, Chiclana and Jerez de la Frontera and one in Estepona (Malaga). As a result of these records, 120,000 euros in cash and two semi-rigid high-speed boats have been seized. In addition to the two companies, there are a total of 69 people involved in the crime of money laundering, some of
them linked to other nautical activities in the Campo de Gibraltar. “The large amount of money allowed the administrator to have an economically viable company and acquire various real estate properties. This person would have laundered in the last five years funds from drug trafficking worth 2.75 million euros.” said a police spokesman.
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A PUERTO POINT OF VIEW
Social media engulfs Puerto council but is it a good or bad thing? I
have been sorting through some old paperwork, you know, the sort of thing you only do when you are really bored, like over Christmas, for instance. Anyway I came across some newspaper cuttings of my early attempts at this column. I used to keep them then, I don’t know why, for posterity perhaps, I don’t keep them now. The thing is I was surprised to see that I have been doing this since 2011. To be honest I am amazed that they have put up with me so long. My articles were much shorter then, I obviously had less to say back then. Less to moan about some would say and I won’t disagree, although I prefer to call it constructive criticism, basically the same thing. Do I moan more now, or is it that there’s more to moan about? I would like to think the latter, but common sense is telling me that there has always plenty to moan about; it was just that in my early days I didn’t really know where to find it. Now I think I am much more town hall savvy and know how to wheedle out the little gems, little titbits previously hidden from me deep within the bureaucracy. Of course, I have been aided and abetted over time by the dramatic rise in social media and the popularity of the ‘selfie’, a word which I initially thought was meant to be a shortened and more trendy adaptation of the term ‘self portrait’, but a word however, that I now think is more likely to imply self promotion, self importance, or even in the most extreme cases self obssessiveness, if such a term exists. It does, I googled it, although spell-check struggled with it for a while, until I nearly got it right, far too many S’s for my liking. Social media is a great tool in the right hands, an easy economical way to get news and information to the masses when used in the correct manner, and the Puerto de la Cruz administration welcomed it with open arms and wholehearted embraced it, more especially so, our current town hall incumbents. It was great for a while, through a couple of official town hall sites we were treated to a whole wealth of information, information which had never seen the light of day before, information that was previously only privy to the inner circle , the select few, only those who needed to know. Not any longer, it was all out there for everyone to see and of course it drew both supporters and detractors and unofficial sites were spawned, the ‘we love you, you can do nothing wrong’ group and their alter egos the
‘nothing you do is good enough for us’ gang. I like to think that I sit comfortably on the fence between the two, but I am kidding myself really and recently I find my sympathies and allegiances leaning more to one side. I will leave you to decide which way, it shouldn’t be too difficult. As I said it was great for a while, information was posted, too much, more often than not, and usually repeated, and supported by a few choice photos designed to enhance the post, to make it easier to get the desired message across. Then it changed, I can’t quite remember when, let’s say about three and a half years ago, if I can’t be more exact. It must have been around the time the new council members were sworn in. I’m sure they must have all been issued with new iphones, because all of a sudden we had information overload, with the majority of it unnecessary. I hadn’t even known the names of many of the previous administration, but I soon learned who the new ones are and could easily recognise them in the street. The informative posts still flowed thick and fast, and as in the past there were a few relevant photos attached, only now however, alongside them, numerous photos of the ‘appropriate councillor’ or the ‘councillor responsible’ and his or her hangers on, started to appear. Our public servants, voted into office by our good selves, were set to become personalities, minor celebrities if you like, every one of them a potential z lister. The photo opportunity, to coin a phrase, had arrived in Puerto de la Cruz and was about to become a prominent part of council business. And so it continued at a pace, plenty of information being reported on social media as long as there was an opportunity to promote themselves, and coalition partners were happy to rub shoulders as long as it was information which showed them in a positive light, or at least, what they thought to be in a positive light,. As a consequence any press of a negative nature was left to the opposition to highlight, and therefore more difficult to find. Don’t ever expect Puerto’s town hall to come top of the poll when it comes to transparency. I have to say it was a big turn off for me, forced to troll through endless photos of the town’s elite to find what I was
looking for, but I’ve persevered and have put it down to progress, it is a product of how society is today. However, I am not quite convinced that ever ybody wants to be continually in the limelight, and am sure the town still has a few public employees working diligently, ok maybe that’s a bit strong, but almost certainly working away in the background not wanting to be noticed. Yet as this administration has dragged on ( I never realised before just how long four years really is) and their ‘star turn’ as it was, rising tourist numbers year on year, has come grinding to a halt. Now other departments within the town hall, no longer content to cling on to tourism’s apron strings have started pushing to be noticed. So where once everyone was happy to use the generic social media site, this no longer was the case and fractures have started to appear as individual departments started their own sites. Patently aware that the day of reckoning in May 2019 is creeping ever nearer, everyone it seems is jockeying for position, trying their utmost to make themselves appear indispensible, so now instead of just one or two sites, from which to glean my information and material, I am faced with trolling through sports, culture, works, commerce, social, fiestas, security, tourism, and so on (to cover any I missed). If that is not enough to contend with, to bulk out their own sites they then started sharing each other’s posts. Worse still, in my opinion that is, council business is now appearing on individual political party pages, it is now a case of look what we are doing for you our trusting members, and no longer look what the council is doing as a collective. Blatant electioneering if ever I have seen it. The final nail in the coffin for me as far as the council’s social media use is concerned is the use of video posts, a particular pet hate of mine. There is nothing worse for me than logging into my page feed to be met an ear bashing from some totally inappropriate soundtrack used to support a post. What a turnoff, I can’t hit the ‘off’ button fast enough. Yes, now there is an obsession with the ‘video post’. At first these were quite amateur, an iphone waved about trying to capture an event, enough to make anyone who suffers from motion sickness begin to feel queasy. More recently however, outside help has been
Another photo opportunity as the council unveils a new model of digital and interactive communication for visitors employed, the professional video makers have taken over at the taxpayers’ expense I’m sure, and with the relevant councillor often on screen in the starring role. So now our councillors’ transformation is complete. It may have taken them almost all their four year term, but at last they have arrived. They have gone from plain old Joe Public fresh off the street, to public servant, a position with status, to wannabe minor celebrity and finally to video film star, with the odd foray into local television and radio thrown in for good measure. But have they done enough for the townspeople of Puerto de la Cruz while they have been carving out their own particular niche. Are we now all their groupies, smitten by the progress they have made? Have all their promises been met? Well, I am sure the rose tinted glasses brigades, who see no wrong, are more than happy, but I am not sure they have done enough to curry favour with the majority. We will find out in May, but at the ver y least they will have enough to pad out their cv if they are forced to result to job hunting. I am looking forward to this year, to the forthcoming local elections. Politics in general throughout Europe is in turmoil, but will that be reflected in little old insignificant Puerto de la Cruz. Will PP be able to consolidate on their successes of 2015? Will PSOE the real winners of 2015 do just a little bit better and take control? Will CC who lost so much ground in 2015 be able to bounce back? Will ACP, the only real alternative, continue to grow? The ballot boxes are not that far away and the electioneering will soon begin in earnest. Stalled projects will miraculously be completed. Bold promises will be made.
El Tren may even be resurrected. It’s all good fun as long as you don’t take it too serious. However, I do have a worry, with the fiasco better known as Brexit still up in the
air, the UK could easily crash out of the EEC with no deal in March and overnight I could become an alien. Bad as that may sound, there is worse, I might lose my right to vote, I’ll be disappointed if I do.
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THE TATTOOIST OF AUSCHWITZ HEATHER MORRIS
ARIES (Mar. 21- April 20) Try not to take others for granted. Tempers could get out of hand today. Your emotional stability may influence the changes taking place in your personal life. TAURUS (Apr. 21- may 21) Pleasure trips will be emotionally favorable. Take the time to do your job correctly or you may find yourself looking for a new one. Give everyone in the house a physical chore that will help burn off some of the excess energy. GEMINI (May 22-June 21) You can expect to experience delays or additional red tape if you deal with institutions. Try to satisfy both of your needs. Your practical approach to life may charm someone who has been observing you. CANCER (June 22-July 22) Monitor your budget carefully to avoid unnecessary stress. Consider making pleasure trips or par ticipating in enter tainment that will require energy. Joint ventures might prove to be unfavorable. LEO (July 23-Aug 22) Your attitudes are changing rapidly. Large organizations may try to talk you out of your hardearned cash. Someone you work with may be withholding valuable information.
VIRGO (Aug. 23 -Sept. 23) Try to stay calm and do the best you can. This is not the best day to visit relatives who get on your nerves. New projects may lead you into a dead end.
LIBRA (Sept. 24 -Oct. 23)
In 1942, Lale Sokolov arrived in Auschwitz-Birkenau. He was given the job of tattooing the prisoners marked for survival - scratching numbers into his fellow victims’ arms in indelible ink to create what would become one of the most potent symbols of the Holocaust. Waiting in line to be tattooed, terrified and shaking, was a young girl. For Lale - a dandy, a Jack-thelad, a bit of a chancer - it was love at first sight. And he was determined not only to survive himself, but to ensure this woman, Gita, did too. So begins one of the most life-affirming, courageous, unforgettable and human stories of the Holocaust: the love story of the Tattooist of Auschwitz.
OH MY GOD WHAT A COMPLETE AISLING THE NOVEL EMER McLYSAGHT & SARAH BREEN
Living ‘Down Home’ with Mammy and Daddy, Aisling commutes to her pensionable job in Dublin and stays two nights a week with her boyfriend of seven years, John. But she wants more. She wants a ring on her finger. She wants the hen night with the Willy straws. She wants the big house with the utility room of her dreams. When a week in Tenerife doesn’t result in a proposal, Aisling decides she’s had enough. It’s time for a change. A new start, a love triangle (well, more of a square) and some home truths force Aisling out of her comfort zone and into a life she never imagined.
THE ROOSTER BAR JOHN GRISHAM They dreamed of changing the world. Instead they’re facing a mountain of debt and no hope of a future. Mark, Todd and Zola are starting to realise it’s not even worth graduating from law school. They’re better off hanging out at The Rooster Bar, plotting how to dodge the loan sharks.
But maybe there’s another way. Maybe they know enough about the law to pass as lawyers. Because it turns out the crooked hedge fund billionaire who owns their law school also runs the bank that arranged their student loans. And it’s time justice was served. Even if that means taking on the FBI...
BODYGUARD DVD - DS440 If you missed this series on television it really is a must see. Set in and around the corridors of power, Bodyguard tells the stor y of David Budd (Richard Madden), a heroic but volatile war veteran now working as a Specialist Protection Officer for the Royalty and Special Protection Branch of London’s Metropolitan Police Service. When he is assigned to protect the ambitious and powerful Home Secretary Julia Montague (Keeley Hawkes), Budd finds himself torn between his duty and his beliefs. Responsible for her safety, could he become her biggest threat.
Don’t make mountains out of molehills if you want to avoid conflict. You can make changes to your living quar ters, but not everyone will be pleased with your efforts. Consider selling your homemade crafts at the flea market. SCORPIO (Oct. 24 - Nov. 22) You need activity. You will be in an overly generous mood today. Get busy.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23 -Dec. 21) Find out what they’re up to, and see if you can pick up where you left off. You will find the perfect outfit if you shop today. Try to stay calm and do the best you can.
CAPRICORN (Dec 22.- Jan. 20) Relationships will be emotional today. You will have good ideas for home improvement projects. You need to take a long, hard look at yourself and your personal situation.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 21 -Feb. 19) Make some notes regarding the changes that you should make. Money can be made if you use your ingenuity. Be cautious when dealing with coworkers. PISCES (Feb. 20-Mar. 20) Stubborn about making changes around your home. Travel will enhance romance and adventure. Your ability to deal with humanitarian groups will enhance your reputation.
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Don’t kill your pet with kindness! People are getting fatter and it is affecting our pet’s health as well.
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E love our pets and like to give them the little indulgences that we enjoy, so pets are gaining weight too. And we like our pets to be “well-rounded” – most pet dogs have considerably more body fat than dogs in the wild, but wild and feral dogs are often closer to the way a fit dog should look. Being overweight can have lasting consequences and can even be fatal. Studies have shown that overweight dogs do not live as long and are more prone to illnesses that spoil their quality of life, such as arthritis, breathing difficulties, heart problems and diabetes. There is a genuine risk of killing your pet with kindness. The way the body works changes considerably in overweight animals. Once an animal is overweight, the working speed of the body slows and they are less active so they do not need to eat much to maintain their weight. It is rare for medical problems to cause obesity in dogs.
The high cost of snacking... A slice of buttered toast to a cocker spaniel provides about a sixth of the daily calorie requirement – or two bags of crisps for a person A sausage to a Staffie is the equivalent of one and a half chocolate bars to a person A chocolate digestive to a Jack Russell is almost the same as a portion of chips to a person Fortunately dogs cannot buy chocolate on the way home from work, nor do they have to recover from “bad hair days” with chocolate bars at tea break! Responsible owners should learn to resist soulful eyes. Dogs are scavengers in the wild and it is natural for them to eat everything they find – whether they are hungry or not. Begging for food is a trick that they quickly learn to exploit and it is our fault for giving them treats when we are eating. Only giving them treats “now and then” makes things worse. The scientific name for this is “variable reinforcement” and it is why people play fruit machines, the occasional win makes up for all the losses. The cure is for all the people in the house to learn never to give treats when eating, or to shut the dog in another room at mealtimes. And do not let your dog follow small children who are snacking and “hoover up”. There is a lot of variation in the energy that different individuals require daily, and feeding packets tend to recommend an over-generous
daily amount. Do not be alarmed if your dog generally seems to have quite a small appetite, but do consult your vet if there is a sudden loss of appetite. If you are concerned about your dog’s weight, consult your vet. The guidelines below give an indication of how to find out if your pet is the right weight.
Start young
There is evidence that chubby puppies become fat adults. Breeds likely to get joint problems such as poor hips (hip dysplasia) are more likely to develop these problems with overfeeding. Feed your puppy the minimum amount for the body weight recommended on the packet, and monitor body shape as your dog grows. Ask the vet to check at vaccination time. If an otherwise healthy, happy dog seems reluctant to eat do not be tempted to offer different foods or human foods to coax his or her appetite. You may cause your pet to become a fussy eater. Dogs fed human foods often over eat and become overweight, even on foods relatively low in fat, such as chicken. However, if your dog eats nothing at all for more than 24 hours, contact your vet for advice.
Is my dog overweight?
You cannot tell by weighing a dog and looking at tables of “right weight for breed” because all individuals are different. The only way is to look at body shape and assess body fat. Does your pet have a potbelly? Viewed from above, does your dog have a waist – that is, does the body taper after the rib cage? Can you easily feel your dog’s ribs? No waist, a bit of a paunch, and a wellcushioned ribcage means it is time to take action. The average “chubby” pet is usually at least 15 per cent overweight.
The next step
It is best to start with a trip to the vet. Although increasing exercise is not enough on its own, it is helpful, although your pet will need a check-up for medical conditions that could interfere. Using a special calorie-controlled food from the vet is usually the most effective way of losing weight and well worth considering.
Many vets run weight control clinics providing regular check-ups. They are often free of charge, and help to ensure that the diet is working, and that weight loss is not occurring too rapidly.
A food diary
Make a record of everything – including table scraps and treats – that your dog eats for a few days. This is often valuable in highlighting “extras” that your pet is getting. A dog that does not seem to eat much dog food probably still has an appetite for sausages and chocolate biscuits!
Weight watchers!
With calorie-controlled food from the vet, you will be advised how much to feed daily. This will be for the target weight – not the current weight – of your dog. It is best to weigh food out daily, at least to start with. Many dry diets come with calibrated scoops but it is easy to overfill these. You can reduce hunger by feeding two or three times a day, so long as you don’t go above the daily recommended amount. If you must feed treats, either take these out of the daily ration, or choose low calorie items, such as a piece of carrot, apple, or rice cake. If you are not using one of the recommended “caloriecontrol” foods, but just reducing the amount of normal food, the diet is less likely to be successful. You can
try buying a “light” (or “lite”) diet and feeding threequarters of what is recommended on the packet for your dog’s “target” (ie the right, slim) weight. This is usually about 15 per cent less than the current weight, but if you are unsure, check with your vet. However, many of these diets are designed to avoid weight gain, but they are not “reducing” diets to promote weight loss. If your pet is not losing weight after two months, you should consider changing to a diet from the vet. Remember non-fattening treats too, such as going for a walk, playing a game or simply stroking and giving attention. They last longer than food, help to strengthen your relationship more – and are good for your health too!
Going to the gym? Don’t expect to walk or run off the calories; dogs are very active creatures, so achieving the equivalent of a “human gym workout” is practically impossible! Increasing exercise alone is not enough, although it is helpful. Start gradually, and be especially careful with elderly pets, particularly in hot weather. Older pets should see the vet first. Little and often is the safest way to start. Try to take your dog out at least twice a day, and start to introduce active games – ambling down the road on a lead is not going to burn off many calories. Increase the activity level at
home as well. Buy toys in which you can hide food, such as buster cubes, but remember to deduct the “treat” from the daily food allowance.
How long will it take? Most dogs that look overweight are at least 15 per cent overweight. So a dog of 40 kilogram(s) (88 pounds) may be six kilogram(s) (13.25 pounds) overweight, and a 12 kilogram(s) (26.5 pounds) dog may be 1.8 kilogram(s) (four pounds) over. A safe rate of weight loss is one per cent weekly. In the example above the larger dog should be shedding 1.6 kilogram(s) (3.5 pounds) over a month, and the smaller 0.48 kilogram(s) (one pound). Confused? Look for a vet with a weight clinic! When your dog reaches the target weight, take another look. Is your pet “in shape”, with a waist and a slender tummy? Can you feel the ribs easily? If not, continue with the diet. If the dog is now perfect, do not slip back into old habits, even though your pet may now be more active. You can increase feeding a little – say by ten per cent – and weigh your pet every fortnight to check that the weight is not creeping back. Diets are available that are reduced in calories, but not restricted enough to reduce weight, but which – correctly fed – will stop it creeping back on. Ask your vet for advice.
The diet isn’t working...
Drugs to help with weight loss are now available from vets. However, they are an aid to slimming and cannot be used indefinitely, so lifestyle changes are still essential. There may be mild side effects (such as diarrhoea) but they could be especially useful where weight loss is essential to help a medical problem. All dogs are different, so if yours is not losing weight on the diet, it may be that your dog burns calories slowly. The daily food intake is above your dog’s energy needs and needs to be reduced further. Consult your vet for advice – but first, check that everybody in the house is sticking to the diet. It only takes one person who “feels sorry” for the dog and is cheating to ruin the whole diet! Explain that they are putting the dog’s health at risk and may be reducing life expectancy.
Treats you can give Giving treats, other than for training, is not essential – and for any dog, they do not have to be large! A “treat” should always be given in portions no bigger than the nail of your first finger! Many dogs like crunchy, raw vegetables, such as a piece of carrot or cucumber, or even a piece of rice cake. If you are feeding a dry food, when you weigh out the daily “ration”, set aside a few biscuits from this and give throughout the day.
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NEW OPENING TIMES from 9:30am to 2:00am
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.
“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. Their cooking is a fusion between Italian and Canarian cuisine although they also offer a variety of international dishes. They also specialise in cocktails as they have a qualified barman. Gourmet Plan B can also offer you a catering service for events and beautiful occasion cakes (pick-up at restaurant). Find this little gem in La Paz in a quiet area near the “El Mirador”. Open every day from 9:30am to 2:00am, closed on Wednesdays
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
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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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Jazz Corner welcomes the best musicians to new series of club concerts
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HE Jazz Corner of the Alfredo Kraus Auditorium rekindles its popular neon light that will shine between the months of January and June six times, to welcome the best jazz musicians, with local representation included.
Popular women’s choir releases new album of LAS DIVAS carols
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new album of carols from one of the most outstanding groups of the islands has just come to light: LAS DIVINAS, formed entirely by women, who have been doing an outstanding job for 30 years in their native island, La Palma, presenting at the Christmas dates a wide and varied repertoire of Christmas carols.
The disc is titled “Anthology, 30 Divine Christmases” and has been edited by the Canarian Popular Culture Centre, which also made possible the two previous recordings of the collective “Singing to Christmas” and “Following the Star”. As usual, the repertoire of Las Divinas is varied and responds to the idea that has always defined the group: a combination of the traditional with the modern, and the Canary with the universal. The disc has an original design, with images by photographer Jorge Lozano Van de Walle and graphics by Marcelino J. Pérez Arteaga, from the Design Department of the Canarian Popular Culture Centre. LAS DIVINAS of Santa Cruz de La Palma began their journey in Christmas 1988 with nine members and a short repertoire. They left in the early hours of the nine days that preceded Christmas Eve, a long-established tradition on the island of La Palma, to surprise their family and friends with their songs. Over the years and moved by the illusion of celebrating in an altruistic way Christmas, the group has been increasing, year after year, currently counting on 32 women and a wide repertoire.
The Ken Morris Quartet, Yul Ballesteros Canarian Quintet, Shayna Steele, Gaia4 and Paolo Fresu, Aubrey Logan and Peninké Big Band and Nitai Hershokovits Trio are the components of the Jazz Corner poster for the 2019 edition. As last year, the Auditorium has designed a series of season tickets to attend several of the cycle concerts with advantages in terms of the price of the entry. Thus, if tickets are purchased for four of the six proposed appointments, the price of the subscription is 50 euros; 60 euros in the case of five concerts and 75 euros, if the complete package of the six concerts is purchased. The subscription can be purchased at the ticket offices of the Alfredo Kraus Auditorium and the Pérez Galdós Theater, at its regular time as well as on the websites of both institutions. The cycle opens with Ken Morris, one of the American jazz vocalists of the moment.
Norris has enough experience, technique and knowledge to face the challenge of playing the music of the great John Coltrane, but also of the most beautiful melodies and jazz classics. In this visit, he forms a quartet with Jasper Somsen (double bass), Bela Meinberg (piano) and Joost Lijbaart (drums). The concert will take place on Saturday, January 12 at 9pm in the Sala Jerónimo Saavedra. On Saturday, February 2nd, also at 9pm., the Jazz Corner will have a Canarian flavour with the guitarist Yul Ballesteros. They accompany him, forming with him the Canarian Quintet, José Alberto Medina (piano), José Vera (sax), Tana Santana (double bass) and Suso Vega (drums). Jazz made in the Canar y Islands, of the highest level. The voice of Shayna Steele is the third appointment of the Jazz Corner in the month of March. The vocalist and composer of New York will
demonstrate in the Jazz Corner of the Alfredo Kraus Auditorium the vocal strength for which she is recognized. She will be accompanied by David Cook (keyboards), Ross Pederson (drums), Brian Cockerham (bass) and Errol Cooney (guitar). It will be Friday, March 8 at 9pm. The ardent and intense character of the Argentine music, mixed with the refinement of the Japanese musical tradition is the proposal for the month of April. The Jazz Corner receives on Saturday, April 13 at 9:00 pm, the exceptional quintet that emerged from the meeting of two important symbols of Japanese jazz, Aska Kaneko and Tomohiro Yahiro, and the Argentine musicians Gerardo di Giusto and Carlos Buschini, who form Gaia Cuatro, joined by the prestigious Italian trumpeter Paolo Fresu. In May, there will be a double session with Aubrey Logan and Perinké Big Band.
SIX EVENTS
This concert is on Friday May 3 and Saturday, May 4 at 9pm. And finally, on Saturday, June 8 at 9pm, the Jazz Corner will close this edition with the concert of the pianist and composer Nitai Hershkovits forming a trio with Or Bareket (bass) and Amir Bresler (drums). Hershkovits is considered a prodigy for his original compositions and interpretations. As usual, the quality of the artists that will be on stage at the Rincón del Jazz in this edition means that this cycle has become a meeting point for all jazz lovers and a reference for professionals. It is the most sophisticated jazz club in the city where the public can have a drink listening to the best music. Tickets for these concerts can be purchased at the Alfredo Kraus Auditorium and the Pérez Galdós Theater, from 10am to 3pm as well as in the web pages www.auditorioteatrolaspalmasgc.es and www.auditorio-alfredok.
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Help Adeje agromercado with its 2019 solidarity pledge
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HE group of producers that make up Agromercado de Adeje have renewed their commitment to solidarity and you too can help.
The friendly face of agriculture will become a reality in 2019 with numerous food collections that will be donated to the “Asociación San Juan”, “Elderly Centreof Adeje” and “Asociación Arca de Noé”. Throughout all the months of 2019, the producers of the Agromercado de Adeje will carry out a collection of fresh products and of the land that, immediately, will be transferred to the entities mentioned. The collection of food will take place every Sunday and are open to citizen participation. “This gesture of solidarity is not new,” said the councillor responsible for the environment, Esther Rivero Vargas, who also recognises and makes visible “the work of all farmers who voluntarily
and selflessly for ten years lead the Agromercado . They make this social contribution to collectives and entities that also work to improve the quality of life of other people .” The group of producers of Agromercado has highlighted
that the primary sector has always been closely linked to citizenship, so they understand that collaborative work, support and assistance are fundamental pillars in the construction of a more equitable society.
In this line, the councillor has pointed out that “the farmers and agriculture Agromercado de Adeje perform this work and shows solidarity from the beginning of the activities of the market itself, for this group sharing is part of its own essence, therefore, every Sunday they gather food from the land, vegetables, fruits, vegetables, eggs, cheese, etc., and prepare it so that those who need it can have access to fresh products, vital in good and healthy food.” Finally, Rivero Vargas pointed out that “throughout the year we can contribute to improving the quality of life of people and what better way to do it than helping those who need it with first quality, fresh and quality products.”
NEW EXHIBITION
Artist discovered when just four shows his lifetime work
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A Casa de la Cultura de San Agustín in La Orotava will host between January 11th and 27th an exhibition of abstract works by Carlos Lechado (Lechadinsky).
The 53-year-old self-taught painter was born in Los Realejos and lived in La Orotava from a very young age. He began his career as a child and had his talents recognised in San Agustin as a young artist of four, appreciating his wonderful attitude in drawing. When he turned six, he moved to live in La Orotava and continued studies at the public school Santo Tomas de Aquino, getting the second prize for drawing when just eight. From these dates he would dedicate himself to drawing comics, landscapes and large murals.
Over time, he discovered lyrical abstraction, influenced by Fauvism and expressionism, taking his style to the pure and hard abstract, paintings that since then he paints and enjoys his work. Now his style is abstract expressionism (informalism), It is an abstract non-geometric art, which claims the materiality of painting and its many technical possibilities. This form of abstractionism rejects the figurative and nonfigurative form, so it assumes colour as its subject and subject of the painting.
Artist invites viewers to “see the light”
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HE Argentine-Spanish artist Guillermo Vázquez Zamarbide exhibits until February 1st in the old Santo Domingo convent the pictorial work “Giro a contraluz” in which he invites the viewer to delve into the light that surrounds his works.
The exhibition, organised by the Department of Culture of the City of La Laguna, directed by Atteneri Falero, may be visited from 11am to 2pm and from 5pm to 8pm., Monday to Friday, and Saturday mornings. The painter explains that the pictorial exhibition is formed by 33 oil paintings, worked with a spatula, of small and medium formats. “Each of them is a metaphor charged with a message, not always rational, that invites us to move freely in its paths and atmospheres, and to be surprised by its contradictions, certainties and feelings,” he explained. The palette of chosen colours, the earthy ones and the blue ones, coincide with the elements with which they live together and are part of the invitation to introspection proposed by the author. The name of the exhibition alludes to the moment in which when seeing the light in front one can not see well and as a consequence it slows down the pace and thinks well of the movements that it must do. According to the author, the feeling he wants to generate in the viewer is to “decelerate from the dream programme of life that guides society and think if it is really what we want to do and with whom we want to do it.”
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Hundreds of thousands of people celebrate Three Kings’ Parade across Tenerife
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ENERIFE celebrated its most magical night of the year with hundreds of thousands of people turning out from north to south for the traditional Three Kings’ Parade. They arrived by all modes of transport, including by helicopter, but no matter how they made their appearance, the crowds of people made up of people of all ages, whether residents or tourists, were totally enthralled by the Spanish tradition. Melchor, Gaspar and Baltasar made their way through the streets, with Santa Cruz leading the way with an estimated turnout of 240,000 people. The Three Kings arrived during the afternoon at the city’s Heliodoro Rodríguez López Stadium in front of almost 17,000 people before starting their ride through the streets of the capital. The parade featured a massive display of characters, more than 1,000 in fact, with inflatables and floats. Thousands of children took to the streets in Puerto de la Cruz for an equally spectacular display. More than 15,000 people gathered in the municipality to enjoy the traditional cavalcade which struck up a record this year for the greatest number of decorations. Eight floats, giant light horses, children’s storytelling
characters, traditional figures, gifts and more than 400 people accompanied the Magi from the East who departed from the Castillo de San Felipe. Over two hours, the Kings received more than 100 children, who were able to deliver their letters to the Magi and make their request for personal gifts. For the fourth consecutive year, and through a request from the Platform for an Accessible and Diverse Puerto de la Cruz, the council marked a space in front of the Church of La Peñita reserved for children with reduced mobility and functional diversity, a place where the delegation stopped on the road to greet them in a special way. Once in the Plaza de Europa, Their Majesties were received by the Children’s Choir of the British School Tenerife, to later perform the adoration of the Child Jesus. At the end, the Three Wise Men were able to address the thousands of children who from the first hours looked forward to seeing the Kings from the balcony of the Town Hall, where they were
received by the mayor, Lope Afonso. Thanks to new technologies, the Cavalcade was seen all over the world. Those who could not be present in Puerto de la Cruz followed it through the social networks, via streaming, through the profiles of the council’s social networks and fiestas. There were also three giant screens in different points of the route. In Adeje, the Three Kings arrived in the municipality in a helicopter which took them from the East to the Municipal Football Field, where they will received by the mayor, José Miguel Rodríguez Fraga, who gave them the key to the magical city. Thousands of people enjoyed a show by the Beanky Ballet and the School of Rhythmic Gymnastics, which served as a prelude to the Great Cavalcade of Kings. During the procession, more than 600 kilos of sugar-free candy were distributed. Sweets free of allergens were also handed out during the Three Kings event in Los Cristianos with the Three Kings leaving from the Cultural Centre and arriving in the esplanade of the Casa del Mar, where they collected the letters of the little ones. A large team of professionals ensured the fun and safety of the more than
20,000 attendees. These festivities were reflected the length and breadth of Tenerife in all sorts of formats with the Three Kings always as the stars. Nearly 240,000 people, major and small, were surrendered to the magic displayed by Their Majesties Melchior, Gaspar and Baltasar in the streets of Santa Cruz, before starting their night journey through the homes of the city. The mayor, José Manuel Bermúdez, delivered this afternoon to the Magi the master key of all the houses of Santa Cruz in the welcome ceremony held at the Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez López, crowded with enthusiasm. The delivery of the key, in any case, was only possible after the boys and girls defeated the evil witch Paulina and allowed the mayor to fulfill his role with Their Majesties Some 600 dancers and extras participated in a bright and colorful show, followed with great expectation by the 16,652 people gathered in the Heliodoro - last year they agreed to 13.900 - they did not stop for a moment to cheer and cheer the Magi. Although it is usual for tickets to sell each year to be sold out, in this edition there
has been the greatest effective public attendance at the Stadium, which gradually accessed the site and without queues being registered at doors that were opened at 3:30 p.m. Nor has there been any incidence or complaints regarding tents where families had to leave the baby carts, as a slogan. After this warm reception, the Cabalgata de Reyes began, which still runs along the main roads of the Tenerife
capital in an unprecedented display of characters - more than a thousand - inflatables, floats or rolling elements. The groups of the Carnival have been added one more year to the Cabalgata de Reyes, providing the dose of happiness and animation that only they know how to display. The Parade of Kings of Santa Cruz de Tenerife has been included this year by the newspaper El Mundo among the twenty best in Spain.
La Orotava’s sweet event proves a record-breaker!
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A Orotava’s great tradition of creating and serving a massive dessert was yet again another huge success.
In fact, on this occasion, it was another record-breaker since the Roscón de Reyes, besides being very good, measured 310 metres and weighed 700kg. Of the 364 elaborated pieces, almost 4,000 portions were distributed, which were sold for one euro with a solidary purpose. Some 600 litres of chocolate were also distributed. In this sweet event, a reference on these dates, some 6,000 people gathered. This spectacular, organised by the Department of Economic Development, was made possible thanks to the great work of the Panificadora León and the Dulcería la Mano Buena.
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OST insect bites and stings cause small reactions that are confined to the area of the bite (localised reactions). They can usually be treated at home. However, if your symptoms are severe, see your GP as soon as possible.
Removing a sting As soon as you have been stung by a bee, remove the sting and the venomous sac if it has been left in the skin. Do this by scraping it out, either with your fingernails or using something with a hard edge, such as a bank card. When removing the sting, be careful not to spread the venom further under your skin and do not puncture the venomous sac. Do not pinch the sting out with your fingers or a pair of tweezers because you may spread the venom. If a child has been stung, an adult should remove the sting. Wasps and hornets do not usually leave the sting behind, so could sting you again. If you have been stung and the wasp or hornet is still in the area, walk away calmly to avoid being stung again.
Basic treatment Most insect bites and stings cause itching and swelling that usually clears up within several hours. Minor bites and stings can be treated by washing the affected area with soap and water, placing a cold compress (a flannel or cloth cooled with cold water) over the affected area to reduce swelling and not scratching the area because it can become infected (keep children’s fingernails short and clean) See your GP if the redness and itching gets worse or does not clear up after a few days.
Additional treatment If the bite or sting is painful or swollen, you can also wrap an ice pack (such as a bag of frozen peas) in a towel and place it on the swelling, take painkillers, such as paracetamol or ibuprofen (children under 16 years old should not be given aspirin),use a spray or cream that contains local anaesthetic, antihistamine or mild hydrocortisone (1%) on the affected area to prevent itching and swelling or take an antihistamine tablet to help reduce swelling (antihistamine tablets are available on prescription or from pharmacies).
If local swelling is severe, your GP may prescribe a short course of oral corticosteroids, such as prednisolone, to take for three to five days. If you have an allergic reaction after a bite or sting, even if it is just a skin rash (hives), you may be prescribed an adrenaline pen (called an auto-injector) by your GP and shown how to use it. You will also be referred to an allergy clinic to see an immunologist for further tests and treatment.
Blisters If you develop blisters after being bitten by an insect, do not burst them because they may become infected. Blisters do not often cause pain unless they rupture (burst), exposing the new skin underneath. If possible, use an adhesive bandage (plaster) to protect the blistered area.
Infected bites See your GP if the bite or sting fills with pus and feels tender to touch, your glands swell up and you feel unwell with flu-like symptoms. Your GP may prescribe oral antibiotics (medicines to treat infections caused by bacteria). You will need to take these as instructed, usually two or four times a day for seven days.
Allergic reaction If you have swelling or itching anywhere else on your body after being bitten or stung, or if you are wheezing or have difficulty swallowing, you will need emergency medical treatment. Call the emergency services immediately and ask for an ambulance. If you have the symptoms of a systemic reaction (SR), it could lead to anaphylactic shock. If you experience anaphylaxis, you may need to have an adrenaline injection, antihistamines, oxygen or an intravenous drip (a drip directly into a vein).
Allergy clinics If previous insect bites or stings have caused a large skin reaction, such as redness and swelling of over 10cm (4 inches) in diameter, your GP may refer you to an allergy clinic. The criteria for referring someone to an allergy clinic may vary depending on what is available in your local area. Immunotherapy (desensitisation or hyposensitisation) is a possible treatment option if you are allergic to insect bites or stings, although it is more commonly used for wasp or bee stings. It involves being injected with small doses of venom every week and being observed to check for an allergic reaction. Your body soon becomes used to the venom (desensitised) and will start to make antibodies to prevent further reactions. When a high enough dose has been reached, the injections will be given monthly and could last for a further two or three years. Your immunologist will decide how much venom is injected and how long the injections need to continue for.
Ticks If you have been bitten by a tick (a small arachnid), remove it as soon as possible to reduce the risk of getting a tick-borne infection, such as Lyme disease (a bacterial infection that causes a rash).
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ARTEDENTAL EXPLAINS
Why your teeth alignment affects much more than your bite Do you suffer from migraines, neck pain or insomnia without apparent explanation? The answer could be in your mouth.
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NE of the most common problems in dentistry, an incorrect bite, is far from being just an aesthetic issue. It can be the source of problems as varied as bruxism, headaches, fatigue, joint disorders, cardiovascular and cervical problems, jaw pain, gingivitis, respiratory disorders, dental hypersensitivity, insomnia and even erectile dysfunction. And the list keeps increasing. Researchers from the University of Barcelona and the University of Innsbruck (Austria) have revealed that malocclusion, the technicality that defines a bad bite, also affects the control of posture and balance, as there is “a reciprocal influence between the trigeminal nerve and the vestibular nucleus, responsible for the masticatory function and the balance control respectively, and also between the masticator y and cer vical muscles”. This discovery is fundamental for athletes, whose bite can affect both their performance and the prevention of injuries. So extensive are the conditions that the dental industry is increasingly interested in finding the remedy to something that seems so simple: that a patient bites optimally, that is, that the lower jaw is aligned and fits correctly with the upper . In general, the solution for this problem goes through orthodontics or dental orthopedics. However, a previous analysis is essential to de-
termine which are the points where the contact between the teeth is not adequate. In addition to observation, radiographs are essential. The problem in this case is that the traditional occlusal adjustment systems were not able to show the intensity of the bite at each point, nor the time at which contact occurs, which gave incomplete information for the development of a treatment suitable. But technology is also advancing by leaps and bounds in the dental industry. The T-Scan scanner from the company Tekscan has achieved that a dentist is able to detect both the intensity of the bite in each contact and the moment of said contact. Dr. Víctor Cubillo, director of the Artedental clinic, in Puerto de la Cruz, is a frequent user of T-Scan. Cubillo confesses that this scanner has become an indispensable item in his clinic, one of the few in Tenerife that owns it. “It allows you to visualise in 2D and 3D the distribution of strength, identify what neither the patient nor the experienced dentist are able to detect by traditional
methods, and its effect is immediate in the oral health status of the patient”, explains the director Artedental doctor And in the dental industry, the technological leap is qualitative, and not only for malocclusion. CAD-CAM technology, for example, allows to design and create customised prostheses in a
completely mechanised process. Likewise, there is already a technology capable of accurately describing the movements of the teeth and even the evolution of the mandibular bones, and 3D printers and scanners are inexorably making holes in dental laboratories. The interest in developing
solutions for malocclusion is not trivial. “Only 2% of the population has a correct mastication, including patients treated with orthodontics, since not only the teeth intervene but the tem-poromandibular joints, muscles and ligaments. It affects the stability of natural teeth and their good prognosis, the
durability of fillings, cro-wns, implants ... “explains Dr. Cubillo. “Its effects are very annoying and painful, and the variety of practically invisible devices or braces that now exist in the market has contributed to adults deciding to undergo this treatment,” concludes Amaya Sáez, Artedental director.
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Veteran swimmers praised for Slovenian success
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ANTA Cruz has been honouring medal-winning swimmers who flew the flag for Tenerife in Slovenia.
Arancha Aránega, Carlos Bremón and Sergio Morales won several prizes at the continental meeting held in the Slovenian city of Kranj. The mayor of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, José Manuel Bermúdez, received the three athletes who won a medal at the last European Swimming Master Championship. Arancha Aránega was awarded the gold in the women’s category of more than 60 years in the distance of three kilometres in open waters, while her partner in the Tenerife Master Swimming Club, Carlos Bremón, conquered the silver in 200 butterfly and the bronze in 100 butterfly in the male category over 70 years. Sergio Morales, from the Santa Cruz Sports Group, completed the achievements of
the Santa Cruz sportsmen with the bronze medal in the 800 metres free test for over 45s. Sr. ermúdez conveyed to the swimmers his pride for having achieved “such magnificent results in a sports discipline that has reported a good number of successes to
the sport of Santa Cruz in recent years.” Similarly, the mayor was also interested in their training methods and congratulated them “for the dedication that involves taking time to perform a sport activity at these ages and optimise it with the achievement of results
at the international level.” The mayor also informed the athletes of the plans of the City of Santa Cruz for swimming pools to advance the bidding, next February, of the Sports Complexes of Cuesta Piedra and Tíncer that will house 25metre pools inside .
Arona backs sport with increased grants
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RONA council has advanced the payment of subsidies to the sports clubs of the municipality, so that they start the year with budgetary availability.
In total, 711,109.8 euros has been paid, 80,000 euros more than last year and an increase of 77.8% with respect to the end of the previous mandate. Of this amount, half goes to girls, boys and young people from the base teams of all sports disciplines. A total of 20,500 euros is also being allocated to the institutes for integration and community action through sports activities, aid which this year will benefit the IES Cabo Blanco, Los Cristianos, Las Galletas, Guaza and Ichasagua. The sports federated base teams will receive 288,541.40 euros, to which is added the 41,300 euros of the official categories of age, the 239,968 euros of the federated teams of base football and the almost 41,300 of the federated senior football teams, in addition to the aforementioned grants to the IES and the technification of the teams. The Mayor of Arona, José Julián Mena, explained that “clubs are the main agents that promote sports in the municipality, so it is essential to collaborate with them and support them so they can improve and continue to provide a service that it results in the health and quality of life of the residents, but, above all, of the youngest ones to whom, in this way, we educate in a healthy lifestyle.” Sports councillor, Juan Sebastian Roque, stressed that “the practice of all sports disciplines in the municipality, both for the aid we are providing to clubs, and especially to the base, as a the improvement of the facilities, is experiencing an authentic revolution, after many years of deterioration and loss of investment momentum. We have a situation that can be improved and the results are obvious .”
La Laguna pledges to update skate park
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A Laguna is aiming to improve the safety of the popular skate park in La Vega, as well as installing new ramps.
The bid guideline is for almost 187,000 euros and the period for submitting proposals ends on January 17th. The execution period of the works once awarded would be about four months. The skatepark where this intervention is planned consists of a series of prefabricated obstacles arranged on a concrete slab. Councillor for works and infrastructure councillor Candelaria Díaz says that “due to its state of conservation as
well as its characteristics, both regular users and municipal technicians have considered that it is an insufficient facility at present.” “For this reason, we have considered that it is necessar y to provide La Laguna, and more specifically those located in the Parque de La Vega, with new ramps conditioned to current safety measures and requirements for the practice of this sport,” she explained. Therefore, based on the
characteristics of the facilities and their users, an improvement has been projected based on the type of skate track of the type called Ramp. The improvement of the installation consists in the removal of the existing prefabricated structures and replacement with new ramps built in situ and the improvement of the pavement. It also includes the expansion of the area dedicated to this sport that would come to have 876.40 square metres. There will be a series of obstacles built in concrete above ground of different heights and radii of curves to
create a variety of routes. Benches and litter bins will also be replaced, together with bike stands, informative poster, and the decorative painting of the running surfaces. The Parque de La Vega, with more than 22,000 square metres of surface, has a water garden equipped with more than 80 species of plants and water lilies of 20 different varieties. It has a complete climbing wall, basketball courts, table tennis, BMX circuit and children’s areas. It is one of the most important parks in the city, where many families usually attend, especially on
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San Juan de la Rambla honours 50 top athletes
Canary Government puts its weight behind traditional lucha sport
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HE president of the Canary Islands, Fernando Clavijo, received three of the winners of the first Canary Wrestling World Cup in their respective categories, a championship that was held at the Sports Centre of Gran Canaria.
Alberto Zamora and Fatou Rafaela Gueye won the men’s and women’s youth category, respectively; while Mamadou Cámara, from Mali who was only 16 years old when he arrived in Tenerife, was proclaimed champion of outstanding category. Fabían Rocha and Estefanía Ramírez were crowned champions of the World Cup. The President, together with the Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sports, Isaac Castellano, and the Director General of Sports, José Francisco Pérez, showed their appreciation to these athletes who are also the future of Canary fight or lucha. “They have not only been the first to win a Canarian World Cup, they have also demonstrated how sport is a teaching of life, an activity through which to share experiences and culture with fighters from other parts of the world,” he said.
Fernando Clavijo insisted that “thanks in part to them this autochthonous sport is more alive than ever and has a future, and is a source of great pride for the entire Canarian society”. The President of the Canary Islands highlighted the effort made by Mamadou Cámara to overcome the difficulties he has faced since he was very young, since he arrived in the islands in a patera, and praised the determination of Fatou Rafaela Gueye, who represents the hard way that women have travelled for equality in the Canarian struggle. Alberto Zamora had words of encouragement and told him to continue working to become a champion of the first categor y. And he recognised the dedication and successes of Fabían Rocha and Estefanía Ramírez, first absolute champions of the Wrestling World Championship.
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OR the first time, the most outstanding athletes of San Juan de la Rambla were gathered together to receive thanks for their contributions to the local sport and taking the name of the municipality throughout the world.
The local council through its sports department, directed by the councillor Priscila Díaz, met with 50 local athletes in order to pay tribute with a double thanks, On the one hand, to publicly acknowledge the contributions made by each for the sporting development of the municipality and on the other in gratitude for having brought the good name of the town to every meeting or competition. This “First Sports Gala of the town of San Juan de la Rambla” brought together, and for the first time in the history of the municipality, athletes recognised for their careers and good work in terms of motor, athletics, cycling, ryder, football , dominoes, karate, baseball, paragliding and multidiscipline. In the same way, the Gala served as a prologue to the new programme of the Municipal Sports Pavilion, which after the rehabilitation and improvement works carried out by the Cabildo in collaboration with the council, reopens its doors with the novelty that this time it will be of public access and free use. Just this reason gave rise to Priscila Diaz announced during the gala “that is already prepared an extensive programming in various doctrines and for all audiences that will start in January.” The gala featured the performance of the acrobatic group Circus Royal Schweizer and the presence of the president of the Cabildo Carlos Alonso, the sports councillor Cristo Pérez and the Insular Security Director Javier Rodríguez. María del Pino Fuentes served as a master of ceremonies.
CD CISNEROS ALTER
Commendable second in Spanish Volleyball Cup
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OR the second consecutive year, CD Cisneros Alter has won second place in the Men’s Alevin category of the Spanish Volleyball Cup, which was held in Guadalajara.
The Tenerife team, trained by Aique González and Saulo Sánchez as a delegate, was made up of Adriaan Bernard Kegel, Antonio Tabares Expósito, Iriome Fernández Medina, Miguel Gutiérrez Riera and Pablo Sánchez Morales. All of them competed at an excellent level during the championship and fought until the last moment in the tiebreaker game against CV Leganés, who finally opted for Madrid by a tight 1 to 2, with partial 22-25, 26 -24 and 7-15. On the other hand, the male and female children of Cisneros had the worse luck, finishing 16th and ranked 22nd in group III, respectively. On the same dates, the Spanish Cup of clubs was played in the Cadet and Juvenile categories in Valladolid, where Cisneros achieved a ninth place in the case of the male Cadet, and 29 for the female category. In turn, the junior male finished fifteenth and the female in the twentieth position of his group.
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S the title says there are all too often costs, other than the agreed purchase price, that one incurs when buying a car whether privately or from a garage or even a brand-new car!! We have all seen the big billboards advertising brand new cars where they state “desde (from) 8995 euros” for example. This price is to grab your interest and is normally for the very base model, without matriculation (registration costs) being shown. There is always small print on the billboard stating something like subject to terms and condition, certain conditions apply and often this price is only IF YOU TAKE FINANCE to purchase. With many new cars sold now you do not even have a spare wheel as standard and this often is not mentioned and/or is either added onto the cost of the car or simply ignored and the buyer is left without a spare wheel and knows nothing about this until they actually NEED one! Turning to the purchase of a secondhand car there are normally three costs that you should be aware of. Firstly, there is a Tax (Impuesto) payable to be able to complete a transfer of a car. The tax is currently 5.5% (this is subject to change annually but sometimes remains at the same level for a number of years) of the Official valuation of the car which is obtained from the Tax Office i.e. AEAT. It is prudent to remember that it is the official valuation and not the price you are paying that this tax is based on. If you for example you buy a car privately at a cost of say 3500 euros, it is highly likely that the Official valuation would be lower. If you do not pay the taxes on the official valuation, the Tax office will in due course issue you with a fine for undeclaration and you
would have to pay the difference, plus a fine, for under declaration and late payment of such. The next cost is that of the Tasa payable to Tráfico in order to complete the transaction. There is absolutely no way around avoiding this charge. Unless you are fluent in Spanish, know where to find all the necessary forms and information to do this, it is advisable to engage the services of a Gestoria or an Official Tráfico Collaborator who carries out these types of transactions on a regular basis as they will have all the necessary knowledge, the correct information and will be able to advise you if there are any potential problems. Of course, this comes at a cost and can var y. An official
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Tráfico Collaborator can normally do the transfer quicker than a Gestoria and often if they are working in the vehicle business they will be more experienced than a Gestoria who deals with a much wider variety of transactions. It is also important to mention that Tráfico are streamlining from February those who are able to carry out such transactions, so make sure that the person you are going to use is an
Official (and registered) Tráfico Collaborator. These changes do not affect an individual doing the transfer on their own behalf, however Tráfico insist that the buyer is present and often will only speak to that person and not to a translator who may be present. When purchasing a secondhand car from a garage, often the transfer cost is included, as it is in the
interest of the garage to not only protect their customer but also their reputation, how often have you heard people say “I bought my car from XYZ garage or person six months ago and I don’t have any paperwork” A car with no paperwork is really worthless as unless you have the documentation to PROVE that you are the legal owner i.e. the Ficha Técnica and Permiso de circulación in your name then the vehicle in the eyes of the
Spanish Law is not yours, even if you have paid for it in full. Having said that there will be a short period of time after your purchase where you will not have the official documents as, as is normal in Spain, all the relevant authorities require sight of original documentation and in the case of a car transfer this is no different. As we all know Spain works on a mañana basis, so you have to be patient but sure that all is in order.
Spanish home sales up 17% in October as Catalonia rebounds
The number of Spanish home sales inscribed in the Land Registry in October rose by 17% compared to the same month last year, show the latest figures from the National Institute of Statistics. There were 39,600 Spanish home sales inscribed in the Land Register in September, and 43,536 if you include subsidised homes (known as VPO), all according to the latest figures from the INE, based on source data from the Spanish Land Registrars’ Association. New home sales were up 15% to 7,971 and resales up 17% to 43,536. New home sales don’t include off-plan sales, which will only show up in these figures after the homes are delivered. Sales growth was particularly strong in Murcia, up 53%, and Seville province, up 50%. Growth was also strong across the board in Catalonia, and Barcelona in particular (+31%), as buyers shrugged of worries about the Catalan independence drive that depressed sales in October last year. The only regions where sales fell were in the Canary and Balearic Islands, where a shortage of homes for sale in the latter region is bound to be a party of the story. So demand for homes in Spain continues to grow robustly as we head into the last quarter of the year, as illustrated by the following charts.
Written by Mark Stücklin Mark Stücklin is a Barcelona-based property market analyst and consultant, and author of the 'Spanish Property Doctor' column in the Sunday Times (2005 - 2008).
He can be reached by email on ms@spanishpropertyinsight.com.
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