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Now it’s carnival time in Los Cristianos JUNGLE THEME
RYANAIR WARNING AFTER FIGHT ON TENERIFE PLANE
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HE International Carnival of Los Cristianos will kick off on March 21st, covering twelve days of programming for all audiences and culminating on April 1st with the Burial of the Sardine. The Mayor, José Julián Mena, said: “In 2018 the Arona Carnival had a level of participation that exceeded 125,000 people, with an economic impact of 6.1 million euros and 131 jobs, which places it as the second most important Carnival of the island and first of the southern region.” Councillor of fiestas, Pura Martin added: “It is a Carnival designed for residents and tourists, of great relevance.” The council has developed a mobile app, simple and attractive that will have all the information related to the Carnival. An application that includes the Carnival programme in five languages. Organisers also want it to be a safe carnival and there will be a Violet Point of information, prevention, accompaniment and counselling for all those women who require immediate attention or guidance on how to act in cases of sexual
violence. In addition, the education department will carry out an awareness campaign to sensitise and inform young people “in fun environments” and “promote healthy behaviours”. During the Day Carnival, the Municipal Addictions Unit (UMA) will have a stand, together with the Red Cross, in which different prevention workshops will be held. In terms of accessibility, the council will establish specific areas so that people with reduced mobility can enjoy the different events within the Carnival area. In addition, the most representative events will have the support of sign language. The main Coso carnival parade is on Sunday, March 31st but there is also a carnival of the day on Saturday, March 23rd and Saturday, March 30th with other events inbetween. See www.arona.org/Agenda/ ctl/Grupo/mid/429?id=79
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YANAIR has once again stressed that it will not tolerate any sort of unruly behaviour following a fight on one of its planes travelling to Tenerife from Glasgow.
A video of the confrontation between two men has gone viral, together with reports that one of the passengers tried to bite off the other man’s nose. Pictures have also been published of blood on the overhead lockers. There were children on board the flight who were said to have been very scared by the incident. Ryanair confirmed two men were arrested when the plane touched down at the south airport and the matter is now in the hands of the police. Staff on board have been praised for the way they dealt with the fight on the flight from Preswick on Saturday morning. A passenger who filmed the mayhem told the British press: “It all started over a woman not wearing her shoes going to the toilet. One of the cabin crew, a young woman aged about 24, was caught in the middle of it all. She was very scared but did a good job. A family with a young boy witnessed it all. It was a very scary moment as it was very confined.” A Ryanair spokeswoman said: “The crew of this flight from Glasgow Prestwick to Tenerife requested police assistance upon arrival after two passengers became disruptive in-flight.” “The aircraft landed normally and police removed and detained two individuals. We will not tolerate unruly or disruptive behaviour at any time and the safety and comfort of our customers, crew and aircraft is our number one priority. This is now a matter for local police.”
Tenerife unearthed as “nerve centre for illegal medicines”
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GENTS of the National Police and officials of the Tax Agency, in a joint operation, have arrested 18 people for the illegal sale of medicines as nutritional products through the internet. The arrests have been carried out in the provinces of Tenerife, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Granada and Alicante. The organisation operated from Tenerife, with a sophisticated online platform for offering adulterated nutritional products, and in Elche, where the logistics centre was located, with a warehouse for product delivery by parcel
service. Almost 400,000 doses of nutritional products have been intervened in which undeclared combinations of active ingredients such as sildenafil and tadalafine were masked, with a high risk to the health of consumers due to possible adverse effects that could be generated in people with various conditions.
The investigation began after police became aware of the marketing of illegal drugs that were distributed as food
supplements through the website.
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HERE has been another paragliding accident in Tenerife, on this occasion, sadly fatal.
The accident happened when the 30-year-old man, who was French, crashlanded in a ravine in La Caleta, within the Fasnia municipality in the north of the island. A call to the 112 emergency control centre activated a fullscale rescue involving the
police, Civil Guard, emergency rescue group and Canar y Emergency Service. “Just after 12.30pm, the Coordinating Centre for Emergencies and Security (CECOES) 1-1-2 of the Government of the Canary Islands received an alert in which it
Hiker, 72, rescued by fire crew
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HE GES helicopter was called in to rescue a hiker who fell ill whilst out walking in Santiago del Teide.
The incident happened in the mid-afternoon on the footpath of Tamaimo. The 112 emergency control centre received a call to say a man, aged 72, was suffering health problems and was unable to continue his journey. A fire crew joined the police and medics in the rescue. Once the man was located, he was airlifted to the Adeje heliport and then on to hospital.
was reported that a member of a group of paragliders had to land in the Puertito de Güímar. He had separated from the group in the direction of the area of La Caleta (Fasnia) and could not find them,” said a 112 spokesman. “As it is difficult terrain close to the coast, the GES helicopter was activated,
locating the paraglider in the ravine and proceeded to his rescue.” When found, the man was in cardiorespiratory arrest and medics tried to revive him whilst he was being flown to the north airport where a medical ambulance from the SUC was waiting. Doctors were unable to save his life.
Cyclist in ravine plunge
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59-year-old cyclist was seriously injured after plunging down a ravine in Tenerife.
The German man was riding in the area of Fasnia when the accident happened on the TF-28 at the top of the Barranco de San Joaquín just after 1pm. The 112 emergency control centre said he fell about 20 metres. He was rescued by firefighters and given treatment at the scene before being taken to hospital.
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ENERIFE Cabildo says it is committed to providing a multi-million euro motor racing track for the island in Granadilla despite becoming embroiled in a legal battle.
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The authority is taking action against the company Onda Rossa S.L. for “alleged irregularities in the execution of the constituted guarantee”. A spokesman explained: “The Insular Corporation resolved the contract in October 2017 due to the breaches in the execution of the work and initiated the corresponding seizure procedure of the guarantee constituted by Onda Rossa S.L. After making different notifications to the insurance company, the file was transferred to the legal counsel for the study of the actions to be carried out. In this way, and after raising doubts in relation to the authenticity of the guarantee, the Cabildo has decided to transfer this situation to the Prosecutor’s Office.” “The Cabildo, in all this process and as a result of the termination of the contract
with Onda Rossa SL, has not lost money and reiterates its commitment to build the International Motor Park of Tenerife with the aim of fulfilling a historical demand of the motor sector of the island and, at the same time, provide economic development and employment.” In this sense, on January 8th of this year, the file of the start of the tender for the works of the first phase of the north access to the International Motor Park of Tenerife for an amount of approximately 3.2 million euros was approved. The works are financed by the Island Council’s Strategic Development Framework (MEDI) and the Canar y Islands Development Fund of the Canary Islands Government (Fdcan) and has a deadline of ten months, starting from the day after the signing of the agreement.
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Costa Adeje puts its faith in top-quality leisure tourism
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OTELIERS in Tenerife believe it should be carnival all year round following the success of the 2019 celebrations in Santa
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Vice president of Ashotel, the hotel management group, Gabriel Wolgeschaffen, congratulated the entire organisation coordinated by the city council and the city of Santa Cruz for consolidating a national and international projection of this party. ”It is time to take a step further and set a formula that allows the growth of this brand as powerful and solid as the Santa Cruz de Tenerife Carnival, which makes us unique: a Carnival strategy 365 days a year,” he says. “We must blindly believe in the possibilities of this product and make it accessible to all visitors on the island and outside of it throughout the year, with diverse, fixed and / or
periodic experiences,” he said, adding: “No other city in the world has specialised in this business path that generates value all year round.” Ashotel has publicly shown its satisfaction with the good performance of hotel occupancy in the capital of Tenerife this Carnival which has just ended. “While we started with an average forecast of 90%, there were days that we reached 100%, like the piñata Saturday when there was not even a bed available; also the first weekend we were ver y close to 100%”, said Sr. Wolgeschaffen, who pointed out that the average of hotel occupancy in the edition of 2018 was 83%.
USIC is not only the food of love but the food of tourism, according to Adeje council which is using its top concerts and entertainment offers as a way of putting Costa Adeje on the international map. The campaign is being run under the slogan of “Happy Streets” and was officially presented in Madrid in front of leading business representatives. The event also included the launch of the 1st National Leisure Night Congress and the I Canary Leisure Congress. The programme “Happy Streets, look where you look at 360º leisure” started a year ago, integrated into a web platform that serves to make reservations and find information about all the leisure, cultural, entertainment and leisure activities of Costa Adeje. A wide and dynamic offer has been developed around it in which all the companies dedicated to leisure activities of the southern region of Tenerife, grouped under the seal of the Círculo de Empresarios del Sur de Tenerife (CEST), participate. Thus,
companies as renowned as Hard Rock, Siam Park, Farra Productions, Monkey, La Terrazza del Mare, Le Club and Creventy go hand in hand in this project, participating in the preparation of a calendar of acti-vities that for this 2019 offers more than 40 top-level ac-tivities, in addition to the permanent offer of restaurants, beach clubs and other consolidated establishments. The mayor of Adeje, José Miguel Rodríguez Fraga, chaired the event together with the councillor for tourism, Ermitas Moreira, the president of CEST, Roberto Ucelay and the secretar y general of the International Nightlife Association, Joaquim Boadas de Quintana.
During the presentation, the mayor explained that this municipality is ver y clear that it is no longer about more tourists arriving but offering excellence and quality. The showcase will be led by two world-class concerts, on June 15 and July 19 at the Costa Adeje Golf Course. The first is by the international group Il Divo and then Spanish tenor Celso Albelo and the Mexican Javier Camarena, together with the
Tenerife Symphony Orchestra. This event also served to present the 1st Nightlife Congress “Spain Nightlife” and the I Canar y Leisure Congress, which will make Adeje national leisure capital on 27 and 28 March. The congress, which will take place at the Hard Rock Hotel, will bring together the most important companies in the country and will serve to discuss issues of importance to the sector and its regulatory standards.
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HE Fred Olsen Tenerife Bluetrail 2019, a mountain race that takes place on June 8th, has opened the registration period for the fourth edition of the Bluetrail Challenge, a noncompetitive event aimed at people with some type of disability.
Granadilla unveils 200,000 euro scheme to revamp heritage museum
HE Ethnographic Museum of Granadilla de Abona will be the subject this year of a reform project that will make it a more modern, dynamic and participatory space. The Mayor, José Domingo Regalado; the general director of cultural heritage, Miguel Ángel Clavijo, and the councillor of historical heritage, Fredi Oramas, presented the plans in the building, located in the historic heart of the town and in one of the stately streets of the town, the emblematic ‘Architect Marrero Regalado’. The remodelling, which will take five months, will cost 196,072.80 euros, and intends, as José Domingo Regalado explained, “to update the installation with a more interactive and didactic exhibition, with a continued script on the histor y of the municipality, translated into several languages and with the integration of new technologies to give it more dynamism.”
He added that “it is an important day for Granadilla, because to talk about its history and heritage is to bet on its value and spread it not only among visitors and users in general but also in the face of future generations.” Miguel Ángel Clavijo highlighted “the special interest and sensitivity of the government group for the local heritage and its conservation. “Granadilla has an extraordinary richness that deserves to be disseminated,” he said. The property, which is located in an old typical Canarian house of the late 19th century on two floors, has a permanent exhibition but lacks a script and the panels are only in Spanish. The project includes a series of sections in the exhibition format, such
as an introduction, objectives, museographic script, visitor mobility plan, infographics and plans. The museological programme includes, on the first floor, welcoming rooms and on Granadilla Prehispánica; Aboriginal funeral world; conquest and acculturation; traditional rural architecture and a space on history and cultural heritage. In the inner courtyard there will be an experiential corner with the
Piazzi Smith telescope, and the upper floor will be dedicated to illustrious Granadilla residents, traditional festivals and astronomy.
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The organisation has established a quota of 100 places, which are 100% subsidised by the Cabildo, and those interested can register on the web. The Fourth Challenge Fred. Olsen Tenerife Bluetrail will be held on June 8th (6pm) and will consist of three routes. The first one, eight kilometres, will start at the San Pedro Viewpoint (Los Realejos), while the second one, 3.7 km , will start at Playa Jardín (next to Loro Parque). The third modality, 1.2 km, will have the exit arch
CHEQUE PRESENTATION
Early Birds support cancer bus
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HE Happy Days sports club in Costa del Silencio was the venue for a charity cheque presentation of 1,500 euros from the Early Birds Bowling Club to the AECC Tenerife Cancer Bus. The cheque was presented by Sheila Ball, vice-captain, with the money having been donated from the generous club members during the past year.
installed in the Casa de La Aduana. The arrival will be located in the Lago Martiánez area of Puerto de la Cruz, where the Ultra, Trail, Marathon and Media modalities also end. Participation in the IV Challenge Fred. Olsen Tenerife Bluetrail is open to all athletes over 18 years old with some kind of accredited disability, who are federated in any sports discipline, or who present a medical certificate that proves that they can face a challenge of this type. The race times of the participants will be recognised, which in no case will be exclusive, since the objective is to be able to make the journeys to the finish line at the Playa Martiánez in Puerto de la Cruz, each one overcoming its own difficulties. The Fred. Olsen Tenerife Bluetrail 2019 keeps open the registration period for the other modalities through the official web of the test. So far, 50% of those registered in the race are athletes from outside the archipelago, although the organisation expects the Canarian runners to increase their presence in the different modalities offered by the race (Trail, Marathon and Media).
New innovation for Guia de Isora
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HE municipality of Guía de Isora will have two new spaces dedicated to the practice of calisthenics, a system of physical exercises that are based on the body weight of the athlete.
This is the first infrastructures of this type that will be made available to the residents of the municipality and that are added to the supply of bio-healthy parks present in several areas of the municipality. Specifically, the new circuits for the practice of calisthenics will be installed in the Paseo de La Jaquita in Alcalá and in the Paseo de las Salinas in Playa San Juan. The works planned for the adaptation of the different spaces include the adaptation and integration of these provisions with the environment. Works are expected to begin in May. The execution period will be two months. The planned works will include the placement of a series of gymnastic elements built in galvanized steel anticorrosion. Specifically, it is planned to install, in each of the new spaces, three dominated bars of 1.80 metres in length, and with a diameter of 3.7 millimetres; a bar 1.5 metres long with a diameter of 33.7 millimetres; a standard monkey bar; a Swedish wall; two parallel bars adapted for wheelchair users; three tall parallel bars and two low parallel bars.
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Fire chiefs hail lower call-out rate after “educating the public”
GREATER SENSITIVITY
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ENERIFE’S Fire Consortium believes it is winning the battle to educate people about risks in the home, on the roads and out and about on the island. During 2018, a total of 4,063 interventions were carried out, which represents a ten per cent decrease in activity compared to the previous year, in which 4,479 services were registered. The 112 emergency control centre dealt with 19,342 calls from citizens who requested the services of firefighters, which is also a decrease of 0.49 per cent compared to 2017. The month with more activity was August with 1.997 calls answered. The figures were released by Tenerife Cabildo’s security councillor, José Antonio Valbuena; the insular director of security and president of the Fire Consortium, Javier Rodríguez and Chief Officer, Salvador Reyes. Sr. Valbuena said the decline in activity was due to greater sensitivity with respect to preventive measures. Sr. Rodríguez said 2018 was a year of full expansion for the Fire Brigade Consortium with
the implementation of many of the commitments acquired, for example, the renovation of the locker room, acquisition of vehicles, the start-up of a training plan and the purchase of a warehouse in Güímar for the installation of a new future base, among other investments. The most common incidents attended by the Tenerife Consortium during the past year correspond, as in previous years, to fires (1,754) occupying 43.17%, followed by the 609 rescues (14.9%) and 528 door openings corresponding to 12.9% of the total number of interventions. Regarding the level of risk, most of the services, coinciding with previous years, have been incidents of level II or moderate risk (2,737 incidents), while 1,322 interventions were level 1 or low risk, and only one per cent of the registered incidents were categorised as level 3 or
very serious risk to people or property. One of the most serious situations was the fire at the University Hospital Nuestra Señora de Candelaria in August 2018. “In this case it was necessary to deploy a total of 13 vehicles and 42 troops who worked to put out the flames with a successful outcome without registering any type of personal injury, despite the complexity of the emergency, “said Chief Officer Salvador Reyes. The Tenerife Fire Consortium extinguished 1,754 fires, a figure that also decreases slightly with respect to 2017. In this sense, the burning of stubble (481) and home fires (267) are still the main types of fires, followed by fires in containers (239) and vehicles (238). In fourth place, traffic accidents are maintained as the most demanded interventions with 5.8% of the total (236 incidents). Among the most demanded are 604 rescues of people. In this section, animal rescues, rescues in coastal areas and
services in mountain areas stand out. Likewise, last year’s report includes 105 incidents arising from damage to buildings, 31 services with hazardous materials and other incidents of damage caused by water or adverse weather events (FMA),
collaborations, technical inspections and preventive activities. The time slot where most incidents occur is between 8pm and 10pm and on Saturdays as the day of the week with more performances (mainly during the weekend
with respect to working days). Of the total figure, 3,635 (89.4%) correspond to services executed by professional firemen and 428 by volunteer firemen (10.5%) alone in levels 1 and 927 interventions in collaboration with professionals.
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ROMANIAN WOMEN
Adeje opens the biggest Shocked tourists have “park for all” in the borough luxury T watches stolen in “love” technique
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OLICE in Tenerife are warning tourists to be on the alert following a significant increase in pickpocketing of luxury watches using the “love” technique.
According to the National Police and Civil Guard, there have been about 40 cases since last October. Most have been in the south of Tenerife, in Los Cristianos, Playa de las Americas and Costa Adeje, up to La Caleta. Another two took place last week. The thieves particular target well-dressed men who are usually elderly. Some of the watches are worth between 30,000 and 80,000 euros, including Rolex. The thieves, always women and several of them of Romanian nationality, choose men who wear this type of high-end watch and who walk alone through the streets. After embracing them,
those involved get the men to place their hands on their breasts. They then take advantage of that moment of bewilderment to steal their watch. Although many cases have been reported in the south, this type of crime is not registered exclusively to the tourist destinations. At the end of December last year, National Police reported that two young women of Romanian nationality were arrested in Alicante and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, for having carried out “petty thefts” in Puerto de la Cruz, with four victims. One of them subtracted three watches for a total value of 19,000 euros.
HE Las Torres playground will reopen at the end of March and will be the largest inclusive park in the borough, completely adapted for people with mobility challenges and functional diversity in Adeje. This initiative has meant an investment of nearly 50,000 euros and is part of the overall vision of the council in terms of integrating all of the leisure and play zones in the borough. Esther Rivero Vargas, councillor for parks and gardens, said: “We have been aware that parks, gardens, green zones, play zones, plazas and public spaces need to follow an integration plan to allow access for all. This playground was one of our important challenges; we wanted to make sure it was a space in excellent condition, adapted and accessible to all, a playground that reflects our determination to ensure that integration plays a fundamental part in the creation of public spaces.” The new playground is open to all children of all ages, there are no barriers and it should encourage more interactive play and acceptance of diversities among all the children using the installations. All of the equipment is accessible at ground level, so can be used by everyone. Among the changes in the Las Torres playground is the installation of new equipment such as a basket swing, an active wall, a truck passage, a train, a multi-coloured little house and a swing adapted for wheelchair users, exclusively for children with mobility challenges. “This park, with the new inclusive equipment which means all children, including
those in wheelchairs, can enjoy the playground, will also directly benefit the users of the Los Olivos Functional Diversity Attention Centre, who, from now on, will have a park that is 100% adapted to their needs
and will facilitate interaction, fun, and cognitive and social development,” Esther Rivero Vargas added. Alongside the playground there will be a picnic area for families to relax and have a
snack, and sit together and enjoy the area as a community space. The tables are close to trees and with a perfect view of the playground which has fences and soft-fall surface material.
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Caitlyn Jenner revealed as one of This is how Santa the stars of Arona’s Pride festival Cruz Carnival hit
HE ARN Culture & Business Pride festival continues to announce new guests and attractions for its third edition to be held from June 18th to 23rd in Playa de las Américas.
The first names were announced by Arona tourism chiefs during the celebration of the ITB fair in Berlin, one of the most important in the world, where the municipality stressed its defence of diversity. Organisers are delighted to welcome Caitlyn Jenner, the former Olympic sportswoman and star of American television, who revolutionised the world when she announced her transition from male to female on her 65th birthday. Far from hiding, Jenner starred in several top-rated programmes to talk about her decision, generating a real social phenomenon, and has now announced her willingness to make the leap to politics to fight against transphobia. On her first visit to Spain, she will receive an Alan Turing LGTBIQ Award for her
commitment to the visibility of the transsexual collective. The presence in the festival of the stepmother of the Kardashian will be one of the great claims of the festival. Other names of a similar calibre will also be attended. They include Belgian director and screenwriter Lukas Dhont, the Sevillian artist Coco Capitán, the international model and activist who treats her sexual fluency Nyle DiMarco and the Chilean actress Daniela Vega, who
jumped to fame as protagonist of the film “A fantastic woman” by Sebastian Lelio and has become a reference in South America for the LGTBIQ collective. Also going to this third edition are well known as the writer and television presenter Boris Izaguirre, the actor Brays Efe and the artist Rossy de Palma, who already participated in the presentation of this third edition in Fitur, where it was also confirmed the celebration in 2020 of a major world congress. ARN Culture & Business Pride will maintain the structure that in only two editions has turned it into a benchmark event created to offer an international meeting point that attends the novelties of the sector from the most diverse points of view, always with free entrance, open and accessible in all its areas. In addition to the Beach Conferences, the RNA Networking will be held, a programme dedicated to offering a professional and
business platform for the LGTBIQ collective and which will become a precedent for a world summit called ARN LGBBIQ WORLD SUMMIT, which is already being worked on with leading companies in the sector. In this festival dedicated to culture and business with all its nuances, it will also offer a playful component with the concerts of ARN Music Festival and the sunset of ARN Sunset & Leisure, both in the idyllic surroundings offered by Tenerife south and whose musical programme will be unveiled soon. ARN Culture & Business Pride is a week of conferences, concerts, parties, art or networking among professionals in the sector. Adding its two previous editions, this festival has attracted an approximate number of 29,000 attendees in total, generating an economic impact of 1.66 million euros per year and receiving an investment return close to 150%.
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stabbing incident in Los Realejos is believed to have been prompted by a family dispute.
Police said they arrested a 59-year-old man in Puerto de la Cruz after a complaint was lodged about the attack. The victim suffered a wound to one arm and needed hospital treatment.
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ANTA Cruz Carnival has been hailed as a record-breaking success, attracting a million people to all its events and boosting the local economy by an estimated 35 million euros. The city council says the festivities hit “unprecedented heights”, both in the day and at night, with extensive media coverage and a massive profile on the social networks. The Carnival’s Facebook page was particularly successful, with more than 13 million people visiting over the last two months, nearly 9,000 new followers and videos played 1,513,154 times! The website carnavaldetenerife.com has doubled the number of visits this month, compared to last year, reaching three million. According to the estimates of the Development Society, the total economic impact generated by the Carnival in the city was around 35 million euros. In addition, 170,000 tourists visited the city during the two weeks of Carnival, which is an increase of 17,000 people over the previous year. Among them, there were 21,200 cruise passengers who arrived in Santa Cruz between March 1st and March 10th. The expenditure made by tourists amounted to about 11 million euros, above the 7.5 million registered in 2018. Four out of ten residents of Tenerife attended the Carnival on at least one day in Santa Cruz. The hotel occupancy data handled by the Ashotel Tenerife employers reveal a
100 percent occupancy during the Piñata Saturday and close to the full during the first weekend of the street party. The group considers that this edition has cemented the national and international character of the festival, declared of International Tourist Interest. In fact, many hotels hosted quite a few international groups. TITSA transported 706,606 passengers during Carnival 2019 iwhich represents 23.7% more travellers with respect to the last year’s parties. The day that more people travelled by bus was Saturday March 9th, coinciding with the celebration of the second Day Carnival. That day, 79,878 passengers used public transport, 28.6% more than in 2018. For its part, Metropolitano de Tenerife moved during the ten days of Carnival in the street to 258,855 people, with a decrease of five per cent over the previous year mainly due to work stoppages called in the tram. Naviera Armas, for its part, has reported the transfer of 22,000 passengers between Friday, March 1st and Sunday, March 10th, on its route between Las Palmas and Santa Cruz. Fred. Olsen transported 18,172 passengers from Agaete to Santa Cruz
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Travelling thief steals 38 phones during carnival
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22-year-old man has admitted travelling to Tenerife from the Spanish mainland specifically to pickpocket at the Santa Cruz Carnival.
Police have revealed that the thief had 38 mobile phones in his possession when he tried to fly back home from the north airport. Many of the phones were still active. The man, from Castellón, was arrested for theft. “The defendant was intercepted by the agents of the Civil Guard when he was about to cross the security filters of the airport to take a flight to the peninsula, carrying a troller-type hand luggage inside which 38 mobile phones of different makes and models were hidden, “ said a police spokesman. The man acknowledged that he had stolen them during the celebration of the Carnival in Santa Cruz.
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48-year-old man was found dead in an abandoned building in the urban area of Tacoronte.
According to police sources, an acquaintance of the victim discovered the body and alerted the emergency and security services. The deceased was reported to have been without a home and had occupied an abandoned garage. Local police from Tacoronte and the Civil Guard, as well as health personnel, went to the scene. The death was confirmed by a doctor from the health centre of the northern municipality. In principle, no external evidence of violence in the corpse was detected.
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ONTINUING the series of events for UK nationals on Living in Spain and Brexit, British Consul Charmaine Arbouin, Vice-Consul Helen Keating and the consular team will be updating residents with the latest information on Brexit and what this means for UK nationals living in Spain on Friday, March 22nd in Golf del Sur. The event is taking place at the Rendezvous Restaurant in the Winter Gardens complex at 11:30am. There is no need to register beforehand. The team will be covering a range of issues, including residency, registration, healthcare and pensions – so whether you have a specific question about living in Spain or simply want to know more about how Brexit might affect you, please come along and talk to them. Consul Charmaine Arbouin said: “As we move closer to 29 March, we will continue to do all we can to update citizens as and when we have more information. “In the meantime, I continue to urge all UK nationals living in the Canaries to ensure you are correctly registered and to stay up to date with the latest news, by signing up for email alerts and visiting the Living in Spain guide on gov.uk and following our Brits in Spain social media channels, including on Facebook.” These events are part of an ongoing programme of outreach and events being held across the country, details of which will be available on our Brits in Spain social media channels and in English language media. Advice for UK citizens living in Spain can be found here: gov.uk/living-in-spain. We recommend following our Brits in Spain Facebook page, and to sign up for alerts from the gov.uk page to ensure you are getting accurate information.
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HE most crazy and unique male marathon of the Puerto de la Cruz Carnival celebrated its silver anniversary in style.
The 25th edition of the Mascarita Ponte Tacón attracted a record attendance with more than 35,000 cheering the 441 participants on. Their requirement was the ruling to wear heels of at least eight centimetres whilst tackling the obstacle race! Most of the competitors donned spectacular fantasy costumes full of colour and imagination. Falls, sprains, split heels and lots of fun, form the ‘DNA’ of this unique and genuine test. The prize for the “Mascarita as a couple” went to ‘I am the first Canarian woman to step on the moon’.
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UNDAY 31st March is the day that has come to be known as Mothers’ Day, although it has no connection with the American day with the same name. In the tradition of the church it is more usually known as Mothering Sunday or Refreshment Sunday.
Roundabout to relieve traffic congestion in Santa Cruz
This action, which has a budget of more than 340,000 euros and a deadline of three months, will provide a solution to the high traffic density recorded in this area. The objective of this project is to solve the existing traffic problems at that point and, in addition, the work responds to a neighbuorhood demand. In
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prevent crossings from clogging and improve the level of service, they are nowadays insufficient. To solve the traffic problems that exist at this point on El Cedro street, the project includes the construction of a new roundabout. The project also includes the paving of sidewalks through and improvement of drainage and landscaping. In order to minimise disruption, it has been proposed to carr y out the work in three phases.
The name Refreshment Sunday seems to have come about because this Sunday is exactly halfway through the season of Lent. It’s a day when the church cheers up a bit, and maybe allows itself a few treats, before embarking on the most solemn part of the church’s year, as we approach Holy Week and Easter. There’s a special cake associated with this Sunday – simnel cake – which is a fruit cake made with layers of marzipan. Traditionally the cake is decorated with eleven balls of marzipan to represent the eleven disciples (Judas is missing) – an appropriate sweet treat for the temporary break in fasting. The idea of Mothering Sunday is closely related to this. On this day children in service used to be given time off to go back to their “mother” church and also to visit their families. Along the way they would pick bunches of wild flowers to take home to their mums, a tradition which has developed into something rather more profitable for today’s florists. Most churches today commemorate Mothering Sunday by offering small bunches of flowers to children to give to their mothers, or, indeed, to offer to every woman in the congregation. As Easter is late this year, I am guessing that UK churches will be having difficulty in finding all the daffodils they need. I am also reminded of the near disaster in my last parish when we had a joint service with the Methodists on Mothering Sunday. We agreed that the two churches would share the job of providing flowers. Unfortunately I failed to realise that when the Methodists talked about “making posies” they were referring to rather elaborate mini-bouquets. The Anglican version, with a couple of daffodils and some wild greenery, fell well short of expectations. Ecumenical working can be a hazardous business. And we mustn’t forget mother church. For Victorian children this would have been the church where they had grown up. Today, we use it to refer to the mother church of a diocese, that is, the cathedral. So on Mothering Sunday in this diocese, besides thanking God and praying for mothers, we also pray for the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in Gibraltar and Holy Trinity Anglican pro-cathedral in Brussels.
Happy Mothering Sunday to you. Our services: Holy Communion on Sundays at 9.30 am and 11.00 am and on Wednesdays at 10.00 am. Taizé worship on Thursdays at 5.30 pm: next service 28 March. Chaplain: The Revd Dr Paula Clifford Tel: 922 38 40 38; Email: paulaclifford4@gmail.com
A very happy ending for Chico NEW ADOPTIONS
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HIS gorgeous dog whose name is Chico had been in the refuge for ten years after being collected from the streets of Granadilla at two years old.
He is a lovely natured dog but for whatever reasons nobody wanted him. Well finally an older couple spotted him on the AktionTier website and fell instantly in love with him. We are so happy that finally he will know the true meaning of love and kindness that he so deserves. He has a full clean bill of health and whilst I was at the refuge visiting he even had his teeth cleaned ready for his new life. The six surviving puppies dumped in a plastic bucket outside a church are now up for adoption. Unfortunately no-one has shown any interest in them yet but let’s hope they find new homes soon. 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, 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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EET Esperanza. She was brought to K9 a few months ago by one of our volunteers. He had spotted her wandering the streets and spent five days trying to rescue her. On the fifth day he finally rescued her and brought her to us. She was extremely shy, scared and very thin. We gave her the name Esperanza. While she is still ver y nervous and shy with new people, she has begun to show her personality to us and she is the sweetest girl and so gentle. When she sees us in the mornings, she jumps out of her bed to say hello to us and you can tell she is happy to see us. Out walking and chasing lizards are two of her favourite things to do, which are typical characteristics of her breed, the Podenco. The Podenco is a breed of a dog from the Canary Islands and are generally used for hunting. Esperanza has such a sweet nature, it would seem she was abandoned, as no one has come looking for her. Do not be fooled by her slight frame, as when you take her for a walk and her lizard eyes take over, she literally moves boulders to catch them! Luckily, I have not seen her catch one yet (I am not sure how I would react haha!). If you come to K9 to either walk the dogs, or to adopt or
just to look at our dogs, and you walk through our kennels, you will always find Esperanza curled up in her bed. The noise of the dogs and all these new people, can be a bit overwhelming for her and she would love the chance to be taken to her forever home and to be shown that there are some really nice, loving people out there. Once she knows you and feels comfortable around you, she will begin to show you affection and you will know how grateful she is, when she finally jumps up on you to say ‘hello and thank you for looking after me’. She has a gentle nature and has been walked with a couple of our dogs, with good results. If you want to meet her, please have some patience and take the time to get to know her, you will not be disappointed.
A boxer cross ready to be adopted
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IGUELINA is now around 10 years old, she has spent her whole life being passed from refuge to refuge.
She is a lovely dog and very deserving of a good home. She loves walks and playing and acts younger than her age. Can you change her future? 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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A busy February for Canary airports
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HE eight Canarian airports received 3,586,108 passengers during the second month of the year, which represents an increase of 0.7% compared to February 2018. Of the total number of commercial passengers (3,556,254 ), 1,215,372 correspond to national traffic, which reflects an increase of 9.5%, and 2,340,882 to international traffic, 2.3% less than in the same period last year. The airports of the archipelago with the highest passenger traffic were those of Gran Canaria, with 1,125,524, remaining the same as the previous year, Tenerife Sur, with 953,642 (+ 2.7%), and César ManriqueLanzarote with 552,120 (+0 , 9%), occupying the third, fifth and eighth positions of the Aena network. They are followed by the Fuerteventura Airport with 429,397 (-10%); Tenerife North, with 392,118 (+ 9.1%); La Palma, with 111,007 (+ 6%); El Hierro, with 17,831 (+ 12.5%); and with the highest percentage increase La
Gomera, with 76.6% more and 4,469 passengers. Regarding the number of operations, 32,512 movements were registered, 2.3% more. Of the total, 16,772 were national (+ 6.6%) and 14,295 international (-2.7%). Merchandise traffic was more than 2,679 tons transported, 10.1% less than in February 2018. In the first two months of the year the number of passengers registered at Canarian airports amounted to 7,338,962, 1.2% more than in the same period of 2018. Of the total commercial passengers (7,282,872), 2,484,066 corresponded to domestic flights, increasing by 8.8%, and 4,798,806 to international flights, with a decrease of 1.5%. The number of operations registered during this period was 68,530 (+ 3.6%) and the traffic of transported goods amounted to 5,836 tons (-4.3%).
German man, 25, Tragic drowning HASHISH SEIZED dies in climbing fall off Telde coast Teenager “sold drugs near school”
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25-year-old German man died whilst climbing in Gran Canaria.
The man fell from a considerable height in the area known as the Cascada de Soria in the municipality of Mogan. The 112 emergency control centre received a call at 4.40pm to report the accident “from a high altitude” and sent medics, the local police, Civil Guard and rescue helicopter to the scene. Once located, the man was airlifted to the island’s University Hospital. Doctors found he had suffered serious injuries and there was nothing they could do to save his life. An investigation was opened to clarify the circumstances which led to the tragedy.
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70-year-old man who was spotted in trouble in the sea off the coast of Telde in Gran Canaria later died despite efforts to save him.
The tragedy happened just after noon at the beach of Salinetas. The 112 emergency control centre initially received a call to say a swimmer was in trouble about 200 metres from the shore and needed help. The rescue services were activated but a second call was then received, saying the man had been pulled from the water. On their arrival, medics found he was in cardiac arrest and started resuscitation which the crew of a medicalised ambulance continued. However, their efforts were unsuccessful and he was declared dead.
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GENTS of the National Police arrested a 19year-old man in Fuerteventura as the alleged perpetrator of a crime against public health.
Officers received anonymous information about the possible sale and consumption of narcotic substances in the vicinity of an educational centre in Puerto del Rosario. The man was found with 32 pieces of hashish prepared for sale, with a total weight of 64 grams and cash. This intervention is part of the Comprehensive Plan for prevention and response to consumption and drug retail trafficking in schools and their environments. The police investigation was carried out by agents of the Puerto del Rosario Police Station.
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doctor who came across the scene of a serious road accident in Gran Canaria tried to save a man’s life but could not revive him.
The valiant act happened in Las Palmas when the victim was reportedly hit by or ran into a car in a tunnel on the GC-23. Whilst the emergency services rushed to help, a person who identified himself as a doctor found that the man, aged 36, was in cardiorespiratory arrest and began to perform resuscitation . Medics then took over but could not obtain any results either and his death was confirmed. Firefighters from the Fire and Rescue Service of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria secured the area and local police regulated the traffic.
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Drivers facing more drug tests from Civil Guard
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ALF of the drivers who were submitted in the Canary Islands to a drug test by the Civil Guard of Traffic during 2017 gave positive readings, according to data provided by the Ministry of the Interior in response to a question from the deputy María of Carmen Hernández Bento (PP). According to the official traffic information, the Civil Guard made 3,698 drug consumption checks among the drivers of the islands during 2017, the last year for which there are complete data, twice as many as those carried out in 2016 (1,800). Of all of them, 1,789 (48.37%) tested positive for drug use: 1,279 to cannabis, 493 to cocaine, 168 to amphetamines, 89 to opium derivatives and 79 to methamphetamine (substance present in drugs such as “speed” or the “ecstasy”). By provinces, most of the tests (and positives) correspond to roads in Las Palmas: 2,646 controls, with 1,252 positive. Another 1,052 tests were made in the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, with 537 cases of drug use. In the same period, traffic agents did almost half a million breath tests in the Canary
Islands (499,646), 26,000 less than in 2016 (-4.96%). Of all the drivers subjected to a blood alcohol control by the Civil Guard on the islands that year, 6,207 tested positive, representing 1.24 percent of the total. Of the total alcohol tests, 336,027 were made on roads in the province of Las Palmas (3,383 positive) and 163,619 in Santa Cruz de Tenerife (2,824 positive). The data provided by the Ministry of the Interior in its response to Hernández Bento show that the blood alcohol controls carried out by the Guardia Civil in the Canary Islands have been reduced by half in five years, going from 1,008,365 in 2013 to 499,646 in 2017. In contrast, drug controls have multiplied by almost 60, growing from the 63 practiced in 2013 (with 53 positive, 84% of the total) to the 3,698 performed in 2017.
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Executive acts to cut health waiting lists
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HE Canary Government has approved a credit extension of two million euros for the hiring of primary and specialised care personnel for emergency care points, reinforcement of surgical areas and consultations of the Canary Islands Health Service ( SCS).
The objective, according to the Executive, is “to reinforce the actions of health care management” and “the work of the clinical services for the reduction of the waiting lists, both of consultations and surgical, and also improve the delay times. “In this way it will be possible to count on more personnel in the points of attention to the emergencies, to reinforce the surgical areas and the consultations,” said a spokesman. The Executive also authorised the spending of 3.7 million to buy bedding for the public hospitals of the islands. This material will go to “all public hospitals of the SCS” and the bidding will be carried out through an open procedure of adjudication and ordinary processing. By centre, the budget line is distributed as follows: 990,701 for the University Hospital of Nuestra Señora de Candelaria, 748,682 for the University Hospital of the Canary Islands, 735,273 euros for Doctor Negrín, 614,741 for the InsularMaternal Child Complex, 234,148 for the General of Fuerteventura, 211,835 for the one in La Palma, 161.769 for the Doctor José Molina Orosa (Lanzarote), 34,199 for the one in La Gomera and 14,127 for the one in El Hierro.
Cocaine gang smuggled drugs between Brazil and the Canaries
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The 35-year-old man suffered injuries to his back and one of his legs in the accident on the Camino Los Picachos in the municipality of Los Llanos de Aridane. The 112 emergency control centre received an alert to say he needed medical care. Fortunately, he landed in a place easy to access so did not need to be rescued first. The Civil Guard and police were also called in. He was transferred by ambulance to the General Hospital of La Palma. His injuries were described as “moderate” barring any complications.
The band used the so-called blind hook method to introduce it in Gran Canaria through maritime containers from Brazil. The investigation began on September 30th in the port of Las Palmas when agents of the Fiscal Detachment of the Civil Guard detected a vehicle that made suspicious movements in the exit control, thus raising the suspicions of the agents. After making the appropriate checks, the Civil Guard located hidden under the vehicle seat nine rectangular packages that had a weight of 9.9 kilograms of cocaine. The driver was arrested. Later, a container was discovered near the port with
its doors broken open and part of its merchanise lying on the floor. A man dressed in uniform of the storage company was also stopped as he tried to unload the cargo but once checks were made, it was verified that he had no employment relationship at all with the company in question and was arrested. The blind hook method involves hiding drugs or illegal merchanise inside legitimate containers without the owner’s knowledge. After the initial two arrests, an investigation was started by the Organised Crime and AntiDrug Team (EDOA) of the Las Palmas Command, with the objective of identifying the rest
of the gang’s components. Police discovered that the man arrested in the warehouse had been given the uniform by a third part who also provided him with precise instructions for the discharge of the narcotic substance. A short while later, officers raided a house in the municipality of Telde and arrested four people, one of them in Las Palmas and the other three in Telde for being the alleged perpetrators of the crimes of belonging to a criminal group and drug trafficking. All the detainees have all passed to the Instruction Court No. 4 of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
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Amputee Lee notches up two world rowing records!
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HE family of missing Gran Canaria youngster Yéremi Vargas who disappeared 12 years ago on March 10th, 2007 say they will never give up hope that answers will be found.
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MPUTEE Lee Spencer, whose row of the Atlantic nearly came to grief off the coast of the Canaries, has completed his marathon mission in double style! The 49-year-old former Royal Marine Lee Spencer, 49, whose right leg was sliced off at the knee by flying debris when he stopped to help at the scene of a car crash on the M3, smashed two world records. He became the world’s first physically disabled person to row solo and unsupported from mainland Europe to mainland America, as well as knocking 36 days off the ablebodied record for rowing the Atlantic, solo. Lee left Portimao, Portugal on January 9th and had faced numerous obstacles, including an episode when he was forced to row using only a compass, map and handheld GPS before coming in for an unscheduled pit stop in Gran Canaria for urgent repairs. His tiny boat was also circled by a shark during his 3,800-mile epic adventure when he battled huge waves, exhaustion, sleep deprivation and solitude. Messages of support had poured in from celebrities such as Frank Bruno, Joey Essex, Ross Kemp and Gareth Southgate. His wife Claire and son Billy were among those who greeted him in Cayenn just after midnight. Lee , who lives in Devon, was a Royal Marine for 24 years and survived three tours of Afghanistan and Iraq. He lost his right leg from the knee down when he stopped to help a motorist on
the M3 in 2014. He was hit by flying debris as he made his way to the stricken vehicle and his leg was severed in the impact. Despite his horrendous injury, he told another motorist how to make a tourniquet and even ordered the man’s young daughter to stand on his groin to block the bleeding artery. Just a year later Lee set-off to row the Atlantic Ocean in 2015 in a team of four injured veterans, Row2Recovery. The team became the first British military all-amputee team of four to row an ocean. “I don’t believe anyone should be defined by something they can’t do or their limitations,” he says. “It’s about rediscovering who you are, not redefining who you are and being labelled. I feel passionately about raising awareness of this and challenging these preconceptions. Disabilities var y and they aren’t just physical. I hope to inspire all those who seek to rediscover themselves and raise funds for two very worthy charities who have supported and inspired me. ” The double Guinness World Record attempt aimed to raise awareness and money for the Royal Marines Charity and the Endeavour Fund, which supports wounded, injured and sick Service Personnel and Veterans using sport and adventurous challenges as part of their recover y and rehabilitation.
Yeremi was seven when he disappeared from near his home in Vecindario where he was playing in a field but the mystery of what happened to him has never been solved. His family say every year that passes without him is worse than the one before. “We need to know where he is and see that justice is done,” his mother, Ithaisa Suárez told the Spanish press on the anniversay of his disappearance. Despite repeated appeals and new lines to follow up, the definitive explanation of what happened to Yeremi has never been solved. At one stage, a sex abuser in prisoner claimed responsibility. Also still missing from Gran Canaria is Sara Morales who disappeared shortly before Yeremi. Sara, aged eight, went missing on on July 30th, 2006. Any connection between the two incidents has never been established.
Jet2 Divorce rate increases Fuerteventura remains high in Canaries flights COURT FIGURES
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HE airline Jet2 announced in the framework of the ITB Fair in Berlin a weekly frequency growth of 18 to 22 from the UK to Fuerteventura during the summer of 2019. In total, the company will increase the capacity by almost 10% more with respect to to the previous year. Specifically, Jet2 flights will operate from the cities of Leeds, Newcastle, Manchester, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Belfast and London Stansted. Vice president and tourism advisor of the Cabildo, Blas Acosta welcomed the incor-poration of new routes and the increase in frequencies and insisted on “the need to continue betting on the increase of air connectivity with new destinations before the effects that could cause the resurgence of competing markets”.
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HE Canary Islands became the second community with more marital breakdowns last year, when an average of almost 15 separations were registered per day, the Superior Court of Justice of the Canary Islands reported. The archipelago recorded an average of 26.7 marital dissolution requests per 10,000 inhabitants during 2018, while in the whole national territory the average was 23.9 per 100,000 inhabitants, 2.8 points below the Canary Islands. The Canary Islands is only surpassed by the Valencian Community, with a rate of 27.9 demands per 100,000 inhabitants, 1.2 points more.
The community with the least civil lawsuits of this type was Castilla y León, with a rate of 18.6. The citizens residing in the islands presented during the past year a total of 5,686 disputes of matrimonial dissolution -that is, of claims of nullity, separation or divorce, both by mutual agreement and non-consensual-, which means an average of 15.5 up to date.
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HE Canaries registered a “warm” or “very warm” February in more than half of the archipelago and it was also the driest since 2012, according to the weather agency Aemet. Because some areas were cold, the anomaly of the temperature was just over 0.5 degrees. February was the warmest month in Pájara (Fuerteventura) since 1994 and in Alajeró (La Gomera) since 2002; while it was the warmest of the last ten years in places such as Tijarafe (La Palma), Las Mercedes (Tenerife) and in the municipalities of Gran Canaria of San Bartolomé de Tirajana and La Aldea de San Nicolás. The highest average temperatures of 18 to 20 degrees were recorded in coastal areas of the eastern islands, as well as south of the central and western. In the case of midlands they oscillated between 12 and 16 degrees, while in mountain areas they were recorded between 0 and 10 degrees. There were two episodes of
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“abnormally high” temperatures, the first occurring on February 11 and 14 - it was the longest in a month of February since 2004 - and reaching maximums of more than 30 ° in Sabinosa (31.7 °), Tazacorte and La Aldea de San Nicolás, as well as tropical nights in places like Agaete, Mogán, Tacorón, San Bartolomé de Tirajana, San Sebastián de La Gomera and Valverde. Regarding the second episode of “abnormally high” temperatures, it was developed between February 22 and 24 with maximum values of over 30 ° in La Aldea de San Nicolás (31.9 °) and Sabinosa. On the other hand, in moderate areas some moderate frosts were registered such as -9.6 ° on the 15th at the Teide Cable Car, at 3550 metres of altitude. As for the temperature of the
sea water in the area of the Canary Islands continued in its natural decline, down about 0.5 degrees compared to January but with a positive anomaly of about 0.2 degrees, continued to reach values slightly above the expected ones The highest were observed on day 28 and the lowest on day 15.
The shortage of rainfall in February has slightly increased the hydrological year deficit, which stands at over 35 per cent. The number of days of haze, which tripled the expected value in the reference period, was the second highest in a month of February since 1974, only below that of 1988.
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OLICE in Spain have discovered a stash of 400 kilograms of cocaine waiting to be smuggled into the UK.
The drugs were found in a warehouse in the Corredor del Henares district of Madrid. It is believed to have been brought into Spain through the coasts of Galicia by an organised gang and then moved to Madrid in a lorry. The stash was then hidden in an industrial building to await the “right time” to take it to Britain. Police say most of the cocaine blocks were stamped with a huge “M” logo whilst the rest were written by hand. “These packages were altered by the organisation itself, since it is very rare that this type of content is intervened with the logo drawn on it,” said a police spokesman. Further details have yet to be revealed but the investigation remains open and arrests are expected. The spokesman confirmed the cocaine was specifically for the British market.
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HE President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, met with representatives from the main environmental associations operating in Spain to hear their proposals now that the Strategic Framework on Energy and the Climate is in its public information stage. Sr. Sánchez discussed the adoption of measures with the five leaders aimed at
achieving an environmentallyfriendly and fair transition and combating climate change. The
topics of conversation included decarbonisation, the promotion of renewable energies, self-supply, sustainable mobility and development of the rural environment, as well as future challenges focused on biodiversity, health and pollution policies. The meeting was attended by Juan Carlos del Olmo, CEO
of World Wildlife Fund; Mario Rodríguez Vargas, Executive Director of Greenpeace Spain; Asunción Ruíz, Executive Director of SEO/ BirdLife; Francisco Segura, Coordinator of Ecologists in Action; and Blanca Ruibal, Agriculture and Food Department Manager of Friends of the Earth.
Cruise tourism still a boost for Spain T
HE number of cruise passengers visiting Spanish ports has grown by 7.9 per cent so far this year.
The figures show more cruise passengers travelled in January 2019 than in the same month the year before. Earlier this year, a total of 575,134 passengers passed through Spain’s ports despite a 5.8 per cent decrease in the number of ships stopping in the country. While the number of vessels fell from 221 to 208, a boost in travellers visiting Valencia and Bahia de Cadiz brought the overall figure up. Only Santa Cruz de Tenerife lost visitors, with an annual fall of 2.2 per cent and an overall figure of 134,766 passengers. Valencia doubled the number of travellers it received in January 2019 compared the January 2018, with 11,713 passengers; an increase of 119 per cent. Bahia de Cadiz received 53.9 per cent more travellers with a total figure of 21,768. The Balearics also boosted their figures, up 3.3 per cent to 69,564.
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Should Ibiza tourists pay a three euro N arrival tax?
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OTELIERS in Ibiza say every holidaymaker who arrives on the island should immediately pay a flat-rate entry charge of three euros at the island’s airport or port. The fee would replace the current tourist tax which equates to between 14 and 35 euros per person, per week depending on the standard of their accommodation. Ibiza’s Chamber of Commerce estimates the one-off payment per tourist would bring in about 15 million euros for the Balearic Government and should be taken seriously in view of plummeting holiday bookings amid Brexit fears and competition from Egypt and Tunisia. “We always said this was going to happen when the tourist tax was reintroduced in 2016,” said Chamber president, Carlos Marí Mayans. “We are losing competitiveness compared to other tourist destinations.” Ibiza, Mallorca and Formentera are all being hit by lower reservations for the summer, especially from the
British market. There is now a growing revolt against the tourist tax which, say hoteliers, needs to be scrapped in favour of something more acceptable. Ibiza’s Chamber of Commerce says not everyone who spends a holiday on the island pays the fee as many are shunning hotels in favour of illegal holiday lets where the nightly charge of between two and five euros does not apply because they are under the radar. “There are at least five million people who arrive at the airport each year so for a fixed fee of three euros, the island would collect 15 million euros,” said Carlos Marí Mayans. “The tax raised this way would not have generated any discomfort among the hoteliers who currently have to assume all the inconveniences or among
tourists since their total cost would be very low compared to the present tax.” The Chamber said the current tourist tax “penalises companies that are legal and pay their taxes, favours the fraud of all those who stay in illegal establishments and above all, makes us less competitive than other competing tourist destinations.” So far, the Balearic Government has shown no sign of wanting to scrap the tourist tax and says it will carry out special campaigns in the UK to encourage the British holidaymaker. But Ibiza hoteliers like the three euro entry charge idea and believe it could become a reality IF there is a guarantee that the money is spent on environmental tourist projects. The Chamber wants a special local commission set up to implement and manage the plan, with Chambers of Commerce being in charge of the tax, not the government.
ATIONAL police have set up a helpline as well as relaying a warning after discovering a new cybercrime which has tapped into people’s personal sex videos and broadcast them on line for money.
Two people have so far been arrested for spreading videos of a sexual nature in pornographic pages without the consent of their protagonists. “The arrested had profiles where, presumably, they broadcast the sequences and generated economic benefits of about 2,000 euros per month, one of them accumulating 57 videos that brought together some 85,000 daily hits,” said a police spokesman. The sequences were obtained during conversations in platforms of random videochat and it is believed there are hundreds of victims who have not denounced the facts because they don’t yet know about the recording and publication of the intimate videos. Any person who considers himself harmed by a similar event, can report the facts confidentially in the email
redesabiertas@policia.es, indicating in the subject “Networks 1-Operation Hunter”. The two people arrested are in Madrid and Tarrasa (Barcelona), both of whom were in possession of a large number of videos of numerous victims. The male detained in
Madrid also had child pornography on his devices and, among his numerous victims, his current partner was unaware that the videos of an intimate nature he recorded were finally published on pornography websites.
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HE Santalucia Group is to close more than 90 per cent of its Spanish call centres, affecting almost 900 workers.
According to Spanish media, the insurance company will focus its efforts on five locations in Madrid, Oviedo, Sevilla, Valencia and Hospitalet, and is offering all employees the chance to join these centres. The Santalucia Group announced it will close 53 of its 58 call centres. Union officials said the move is likely to affect women more than men, with 95 per cent of the 900 workers affected female. Employees have labelled the move, “dismissal in disguise,” claiming there will not be enough jobs at the five centres to support the affected workers.
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Formentera to start new car Balearic restrictions in July and August government ORMENTERA in the Balearics is to become the first in Spain to ban the arrival of caravans, camper vans and quad bikes during the summer as part of a major crackdown on pollution.
The entr y of cars and motorcycles will also be severely restricted with a daily ceiling being set by the local council. Drivers will have to pay a new charge of between one euro and 50 cents a day. The new rules will come into force for this July and August, the peak season when the island is traditionally flooded by sightseers. At first, only cars and motorcycles visiting from outside the islands will have to pay the fee. “This is a symbolic amount to monitor the operation of the system this first year,” said Formentera’s mobility councillor, Rafael González. Owners of hybrid vehicles visiting from outside the islands will get a 50 per cent discount whilst electric cars will be charged nothing. Formentera residents will not face a fee and those with a second home on the island will be exempt. Likewise, access will be free for residents of Ibiza who work in Formentera, authorised rental vehicles, the vehicles of visitors resident in Ibiza, Menorca or Mallorca, the disabled, emergency services and any vehicle linked to a vintage car club. Fees will be payable via a new website to be launched in April. Failure to do so will incur a fine of between 1,000 and 10,000 euros with checks being carried out through licence plate recognition at the port, in car parks, on rental platforms and by the police. The ceiling on visitor
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OVERNMENT officials in Mallorca and Ibiza have ruled out cancelling or suspending the controversial tourist tax despite an urgent plea from hoteliers to “help the Brits”.
vehicles that will be able to travel around the island during July and August will be a maximum of 2,280 cars and 230 motorcycles per day, awarded on a first come, first served basis. The quota for Ibiza residents visiting Formentera will be 220 cars and 20 motorcycles.
The total ban on the entry of caravans, camper vans and quads in July and August signifies, according to officials, “that we don’t want this type of vehicle circulating on our island.” Any owner of a camper van or caravan who made their July or August 2019 reservation before the announcement of
the restrictions will be allowed to continue their holiday. President of the Balearic Government, Francina Armengol has hailed the “pioneering” character of this project in Spain and also at European level, since “there is no such big island that has such a regulation”.
Worried members of the Group of Hotel Chains have formally asked the Balearic Government to scrap or at least suspend the tourist tax which was reintroduced in 2016 and then doubled in 2018. They say it is causing substantial damage to the islands and putting off British visitors in particular who are opting to go for cheaper deals in the so-called resurging markets of Turkey and Egypt. The case was backed by other hotel groups on the islands, including the Mallorca Hotel Federation which said: “It would be a good political decision to temporarily eliminate the ecotax.” During the tourism fair in Berlin, the Balearic president said: “The regional government does not propose to reduce or eliminate the tax on sustainable tourism this summer because we consider it a good instrument for the autonomous
Elephant head among stuffed animals seized during raids
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OLICE in Spain have dismantled a network which dealt in the illegal sale of stuffed animals of special protection, including parts of an elephant.
Many of them were in the hands of a taxidermist who was working on 20 specimens on behalf of the main suspect, a collector from Mallorca. Raids were carried out in Madrid, Navarra and Catalonia, as well as the Balearics, as part of the second phase of operation “Loxodonta”. In Madrid, agents of the Seprona of the Civil Guard investigated a person who acted as an intermediary, organising transactions of animals which were listed as endangered species. In Navarra, several parts of a naturalised African elephant were seized, specifically the complete head including the trunk, a pair of fangs and two ears. The first phase had been carried out in January when one person was arrested for an alleged crime of smuggling and another against flora and fauna. It culminated in one of
the largest seizures in Spain of specimens dissected and protected by International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora. The detained person was engaged in the sale through the internet of trophies of stuffed game whose trade is restricted or expressly prohibited by this agreement.
region. The tourist is in solidarity with the destination where he spends his holidays in which the collection of the tax on environment and infrastructure is reinvested.” She stressed that “German tourism understands the tax” but said new measures would be taken, both in the UK and in Germany, to encourage holidaymakers to choose the Balearics over the eastern Med. Germany is the main market for the Balearics, followed by the British, although both sectors showed a substantial decrease in 2018. The islands are being bolstered by a huge rise in the number of Spanish visitors. Hoteliers have been warning for months that better deals in Turkey and Egypt would impact on the British market and say their predictions are now coming true and will be aggravated by the UK’s exit from Europe.
PROTECTED SPECIES
More than 100 firearms were also seized, of which 36 lacked documentation, 18 of them were in perfect operation and four of them were forbidden weapons. In all, 70 animals or parts were confiscated which police say would have fetched more than 200,000 euros on the black market.
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Spain makes plans to improve Tourists tourism competitiveness continue to
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PAIN has created a new co-ordination committee to improve its tourism quality and competitiveness.
The State Secretariat for Tourism has pushed through the UNETUR initiative (Interinstitutional coordination committee for tourism standards and recognition). “This project seeks to contribute to maintaining our country’s leading position in the field of tourism, through the standardisation and application of diagnostics and manuals of good practices,” said a government spokesman. The initiative was promoted by the State Secretariat for Tourism, together with SEGI-TTUR, ICTE (Institute for Spanish Tourism Quality), the ITH (Hotel Technology Institute) and UNE (Spanish Normalisation Association). Among other goals and actions, UNETUR seeks to: • Coordinate the relevant institutions, identifying all those
flow to Spain and spending is up
stakeholders that could contribute to this project, a national benchmark of quality standards and recognition and of tourism competitiveness. • Support the 2030 Tourism Strategy though the identification of possible actions that
could contribute to its implementation. • Highlight Spain’s international leadership by exporting the methodology of the Smart Tourism Destinations and model of quality and competitiveness of Spanish tourism.
• Share knowledge and identify needs on matters of normalisation, boosting synergies between different institutions. • Promote the Q Mark and its recognition through dissemination actions and raising awareness.
Bank robbers used “Mother S of Satan” terrorist explosives
PAIN received 4.2 million inbound tourists in the first month of the year, an increase of 2.2 per cent on the same month of 2018, while spending rose by 3.6 per cent to 4.69 billion euros.
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gang which blew up a series of cash machines in Spain used the same type of explosive as terrorists in the attacks on Paris and Brussels, police have revealed. Triacetone Triperoxide (TATP) is known as “Mother of Satan” because of its ferocity and its use at banks could have endangered lives. The criminal group used home-made devices to carry
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out at least five robberies in Albacete, Valencia and Cuenca, causing great social alarm. Four members of the gang were caught as they prepared to blow up another ATM and a fifth was captured later. All are Romanian. Police seized 730 grams of this dangerous substance and further explosive material was found when a raid was carried out in Ciudad Real. “Faced with the seriousness of the events, a working group was created which allowed researchers to identify some of the possible authors who were then subjected to an intense and discreet surveillance,” said a spokesman. “It was found that this criminal group planned their actions exhaustively, always
These figures have been taken from the Inbound Tourism Survey (FRONTUR) and Tourist Spending Survey (EGATUR) drawn up by the Spanish National Statistics Institute. Furthermore, the average spend per day by tourists in January rose by five per cent to 138 euros. State Secretary for Tourism, Isabel Oliver, believes that these figures are positive given that “we began the year by meeting the target to maintain growth in the profitability and consolidation of tourism flows.” In the first month of the year, the main emitting markets were the United Kingdom (with 807,347 inbound tourists), Germany (with 515,989) and France (with 446,307). Significant increases were posted by the United States (up 25.5 per cent), Portugal (up 21.7 per cent) and Ireland (up 10.8 per cent). The Canary Islands was the most popular region with
close on 1.2 million inbound tourists, followed by Catalonia with 910,779 and Madrid with 584,387. Andalusia, with 573,496 tourists, was in fourth position. In January, the autonomous regions with the highest total spending figures were the Canary Islands (with 1.47 billion euros, up 1.3 per cent on the same period of 2018), Catalonia (with 944 million euros, up 4.5 per cent) and Madrid (with 772 million euros, up 19.8 per cet). It is also worth noting the spending increase in the Balearic Islands (up 19.6 per cent to 135 million euros). In terms of emitting markets, the United Kingdom posted the highest spending figure with 812 million euros in the first month of the year (up 7.9 per cent). This was followed by Germany, with 548 million euros (up 1.2 per cent), and the Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden), with 474 million euros (down 13.1 per cent).
selecting their targets in towns with a small population with ease of escape in the event of being detected, both by road or even by cross country,.” Their modus operandi was always the same, arriving arrived on foot to the bank branch, always at night, with hardly anyone around. One of the gang would keep watch
whilst two others placed an explosive device, using wiring and a small battery from a motorcycle. This would blow a hole in the bank wall, allowing quick access and they escaped with their haul in minutes. Police say this was the first time the use of “Mother of Satan” has been discovered in Spain but they are confident the gang has now been dismantled.
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Make sure your financial planning is in good shape At times like this, careful planning plays a particularly important role in securing your financial security over the long term, helping you weigh up which issues affect you most and establish how you can protect against them.
By Paul Montague, Partner, Blevins Franks
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OOD financial planning is about identifying steps you can take to protect and make the most of your income, assets and wealth. You can benefit most from reviewing your savings, investments, other assets, tax planning, pensions and estate planning together.
Personalised, expert advice While some choose a DIY approach, most people will benefit from an independent and expert review of their finances. After all, it is difficult to take a step back and look at your broad financial situation from a truly objective perspective, or fully understand the complex tax implications and changing rules. For the best results, take professional advice from an experienced financial adviser. They should use the necessary tools to thoroughly understand your unique situation, needs and objectives, including how you want to shape your legacy.
Protecting your wealth
Investment planning
Today’s economic and political climate presents many challenges to protecting and growing your capital. The prolonged period of low interest rates, for example, has made it harder to achieve decent returns on lower-risk investments, aggravated by creeping inflation. And Brexit uncertainty is likely to continue generating fluctuations in the value of the pound and euro.
While all investments – even bank accounts – carry risk, a suitably diversified portfolio can help manage risk within your comfort level. It is essential to establish a clear and objective view of your risk tolerance to determine the investment approach that will suit you. Your adviser is best placed to do this objectively through psychometric testing, for example, combined with their knowledge of your family’s situation and
your financial goals.
Understanding local taxation If you live in the Canary Isles, your financial planning need to be set up for Spain, not the UK. Ideally, your adviser should be based locally and have in-depth understanding of the Spanish tax regime and how it interacts with UK rules. A local adviser can react quickly and help you make adjustments if your personal circumstances change, or if there are Brexit developments or tax reforms that may affect you. If you decide to return to the UK at any point, they can help you navigate the tax regimes and residency rules of both countries.
The importance of regulation Make sure you only deal with an adviser that has suitable professional qualifications and is authorised by a reputable regulatory body, such as the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). They should also be authorised to give advice here in Spain. Remember: the sooner you review your financial planning and set up a strategic, long-term vision to protect your wealth, the sooner you can relax into a prosperous future in Spain.
All advice received from Blevins Franks is personalised and provided in writing. This article, however, should not be construed as providing any personalised taxation or investment advice.
Keep up to date on the financial issues that may affect you on the Blevins Franks news page at www.blevinsfranks.com
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As our web page states - We are not just a library. Apart from social events you may not be aware of the other activities we have on offer. TENERIFE HISTORY GROUP Don’t forget our new and interesting venture The History Group meeting fortnightly on a Thursday morning from 11am-12.30. Hosted by our president Ken Fisher. If you require further details Ken can be contacted on 639310682. COMPUTER CLUB - Having trouble with your computer, laptop etc our Computer Club is here to assist every Monday morning 10.00 - 12.30. Entry is free but there is a charge for any printing you may require.
ARIES (Mar. 21- April 20) You may have problems with children. You’re undergoing changes. You may not want to spend time around family or your home. Losses are likely if you get involved with uncertain individuals. TAURUS (Apr. 21- may 21) Put your efforts into job advancement. This is a turning point. Acknowledge your lover’s needs.
LITERARY GROUP - We also host a Literary Group on a Friday morning 11.00 - 1.00pm. If you have read a really good book recently or discovered a new author you think is brilliant come along and share your views with other members. Also poetry appreciation, writing and topical discussion. One euro per session. FILM CLUB - The Film Club takes place on the last Thursday of the month showing new releases and the occasional older ‘Classic’ suggested by members. Films start at 2.00pm. No admission fee, a small charge for interval refreshments. Library members only. There will be no film club in March but will resume in April. We welcome visitors to join us during our opening hours Monday and Friday 3pm to 5.30pm and Wednesday and Saturday 10pm to 1pm. Refreshments are served in the garden on Wednesday and Saturday mornings Discover more about us on Facebook, TripAdvisor and our Website ‘theenglishlibrary.es’. Did you know you can access Facebook through our Website. You will find us at Calle Irlanda 5, Parque Taoro, Puerto de la Cruz. Telephone 922 383 098.
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GEMINI (May 22-June 21) Don’t allow someone to do a job that was designated specifically for you. You should teach children some of your unique creative talents. Don’t be too pushy or demanding, or you may find yourself all alone. CANCER (June 22-July 22) Avoid any over indulgences. You may have difficulties with family members if you get involved in petty arguments. Don’t be too quick to blame others for your bad mood.
LEO (July 23-Aug 22) Your home environment may be volatile if precautions aren’t taken. Brunch, a long walk, or a quiet dinner will secure your position in the relationship. You can purchase items that will enhance your appearance. VIRGO (Aug. 23 -Sept. 23) Your self confidence will attract members of the opposite sex Don’t expect anything for nothing and you won’t be disappointed. Avoid letting family get involved in your personal life.
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TELL ME A SECRET JANE FALLON Holly and Rob spend most of their days together. They like the same jokes, loathe the same people and tell each other ever ything. So when single mum Holly gets a shot at her dream job after putting everything on hold to raise her
daughter, she assumes her friend will be dying to pop the champagne with her. But is she just imagining things, or is Roz not quite as happy for her as she should be? As Holly starts to take a closer look at Roz’s life outside their friendship, she begins to discover a few things that don’t add up. Who is the woman who claims to be her ally? Perhaps it was a mistake to tell Roz all her secrets. Because it takes two to forge a friendship. But only one to wage a war....
OLD BAGGAGE LISA EVANS It is 1928. Matilda Simpkin is a woman with a thrilling past and an uneventful present. In her youth, she was a militant suffragette. Jailed five times, she marched, sang, smashed windows and heckled Winston Churchill. But nothing since then has had the same depth the same excitement. Now in middle age, Mattie is looking for a new purpose. Giving the wooden club she still keeps in her handbag a
You could have trouble persuading others to accept your ideas and opinions. A romantic infatuation from your past may surface if you frequent places that you both used to go. Be honest in your communication and don’t lose your cool.
thoughtful twirl, she is struck by an idea - but what starts as a brilliantly idealist plan is derailed by a connection with Mattie’s militant past, one which begins to threaten every principle she stands for.
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Professor Jonah Mulray’s life is turned upside down when his wife, Megan, is killed in a car crash in Hong Kong. Although she lived and worked there half the year, Jonah’s never been. He lives a small, sheltered life, and his fear of flying has kept him in London. But now he has no choice but to cross the ocean to identify the body of the woman he loved. Not long after arriving in Hong Kong, Jonah makes a shocking discover y about his wife. Over the course of eight thrilling hours, Jonah is drawn deeper and deeper into a web of conspiracy as he comes to terms with this utterly alien and unfamiliar environment, battling to uncover the truth about his wife’s death.
You may feel a need to make changes to your legal documents. Don’t fall for damaging rumors, and refuse to get involved in gossip. Financial limitations may add to your depression.
Don’t donate more than you can afford in order to impress others. Discuss your objectives with partners or peers. Emotionally you won’t see things accurately.
CAPRICORN (Dec 22.- Jan. 20) Opportunities to make financial gains through investments look promising. Don’t make large purchases or investments. You should be on the road
AQUARIUS (Jan. 21 -Feb. 19) There could be opposition or temper tantrums on the home front. You can offer your mate a commitment or promise that will help stabilize your personal life. You don’t need to pay out in order to have fun. PISCES (Feb. 20-Mar. 20) Do not overspend on enter tainment. You could find that children will be a handful. Relationships will form if you get out and do things that you enjoy. You will not be pleased with family members who try to put demands on you when you just don’t have the time.
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HEN the Second World War broke out in 1939, Spain was in ruins, the country had been devastated by the civil war that had ended only months before, and a purge of the defeated Socialist government with its supporters was being carried out, so, under Franco, Spain remained neutral. But it was a curious sort of neutrality, Franco had received a lot of aid from Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy, the Axis powers. He owed them a huge favour for which Hitler expected something in return, and certainly Franco’s sympathies were with his fellow dictators. Indeed, when he met Hitler at the French border town of Hendaye he offered to join the war on the side of Germany, but cleverly he asked an extremely high price for Spanish participation, demanding huge amounts of food, and armaments, and a large chunk of North Africa for an empire. Hitler wanted Gibraltar, possession of which would bring the Mediterranean and North Africa under Nazi control, but Franco insisted that as a matter of honour ‘the Rock’ should only be taken by Spanish troops. In the ensuing
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debate he outmanoeuvred Hitler so that Hitler found the negotiations extremely frustrating and Franco impossible to deal with, famously saying after their meeting that he would rather have three or four teeth pulled out than meet Franco again. This brought Hitler ’s ‘Operation Felix’ to the fore in 1940-41, by which German troops would ‘intervene’ by entering Spain across the Pyrenees to take Gibraltar, while the navy would take the Portuguese Cape Verde Islands, Spanish Morocco, Rio de Oro and the Canary Islands. By taking the Canaries this would more or less ensure that Britain would be easily cut off from her Empire. But Franco procrastinated for so long, especially after Hitler’s failure to invade England, followed by the failure to take Moscow, that ‘Operation Felix’ was shelved.
In effect, Franco had saved Gibraltar for Britain. Then, as the war progressed and he saw which way the wind was blowing (in favour of the Allies), his biased neutrality shifted a little, but, even so, the Germans were permitted to construct submarine bases in the Canaries. Yet all the time, British and Allied prisoners of war who managed to escape reckoned they would be safe once they crossed the border from occupied France into Spain. Britain also had her eyes on the Canary Islands, because possession of them, in addition to the rest of the Atlantic islands, would ensure complete British control of the Atlantic. Churchill devised ‘Operation Puma,’ the code name for this plan that later changed to ‘Operation Pilgrim’ to achieve this. But this plan, like Hitler ’s, remained unfulfilled, especially after the Allied successes in North Africa and after the threat to Gibraltar had been removed. The Canar y Islands themselves were a hotbed of espionage during both world wars. Perhaps the most bizarre
spy story from Tenerife is from the First World War, when a German anthropologist, Wolfgang Kohler, set up house and laboratory in Puerto de la Cruz in order to study the habits of primates. Now, ‘as any fule kno,’ there are no apes on the islands, so his cover-story was weak to say the least. And residents of Puerto reported signals from submarines out at sea being answered from Herr Kohler’s house. Nevertheless his study, published in 1917, of the nine chimpanzees that he imported became a classic of its kind. During the Second World War, whoever the enemy might be, Tenerife had to protect itself and this meant constructing defences. The island became a fortress with, among other things, eleven heavily-armed coastal gun batteries. Where topographical conditions allowed, the batteries consisted of three parts, the gun battery itself was at the lowest level, a searchlight was at a middle level, and the observation and communication post was at a high level.
These systems became known to a certain Englishman, who was taken one day into one the installations, ‘somewhere in Tenerife,’ and not too far from Santa Cruz. Led by his Anglophile informants, let’s call them ‘Miguel’ and ‘Carlos,’ after climbing up a steep track they descended a short way down a scree slope and around an outcrop of rock to an small doorway that led to a whole network of rooms and passages that had been hollowed out of the hill top and lined with concrete to create a large bunker. After going down a winding flight of steps with a guard room to one side, the passage led past a dormitory to a lobby with a telephone room and mess room off in one direction and a small observation room in another. In the observation room, that had a central column on which to mount the telescope, from a slit that was almost invisible from the outside, a wide expanse of sea and air to the east could be watched so that anyone approaching,
friend or foe, would be seen and reported. There was a rifle rack prominently situated that had places for up to seventeen rifles. The rifles would have come into use only as a last resort, as a desperate, almost suicidal measure, because if the enemy had penetrated the island so close to the bunker as to pose a threat, he would by that time have gained a very strong foothold on Tenerife, and the only hope for the seventeen men would be to retreat into the hills to carry on a guerrilla war. The layout and details of the post were duly noted by the British agent, all ready to be reported back to England; but the knowledge came too late to be of use – by the time I was shown around the war had been over for seventy years. (For a full description of the Second World War defences of Tenerife, see ‘Aportaciones al la historia de la defensa de Tenerife en la segunda Guerra Mundial’, by Emilio Abad Ripol and Juan Antonio Castro Martin, Ediciones Idea, 2013.)
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How to get your child ready for a new pet Getting a new pet is really exciting for children. Encouraging your child to think ahead to what it will be like when their new pet arrives is a great way to get the relationship off to a good start. Channel that enthusiasm into some fun ways to plan for your new arrival with these top tips
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VERY pet needs a name, and choosing one could be a family activity. Encourage your child to get involved with the practical side of pet ownership by drawing up a shopping list of things your pet will need when they come to live with you. These could include a bed, food, toys, poo bags or litter trays etc. Write down some doggy, kitty, bunny or other pet dos (or rules), specific to the species’ needs. Not only can this be fun to do together, but it is something you can easily refer back to if needed once your pet has come home. Ask your child to think about how your new pet might like to be treated and note these down, eg do be gentle when stroking [cat’s name], do leave [dog’s name] alone when they’re asleep, do make sure [rats’ names] always have enough water. If you don’t like the sound of dos, how about promises to the pet instead? You could turn the dos or promises into a poster and decorate it or colour it in.
If your child is a little young to understand written rules about pet care, they may get used to the idea of looking after a pet by caring for a toy animal. There are some lovely toys available that come with accessories such as a bowl, lead, cage, and these are great for encouraging children to have empathy towards animals. If you’re bringing home a kitten, consider getting a cat toy before your kitten comes home. Ask your child to think about what the ‘pet’ might like, and encourage them to brush and feed the toy. Getting involved in choosing – or even making – a toy can help spark a conversation about why pets need to play. Bunny
holt holes and cat pom poms are great fun to make. If your child gets pocket money, see if they might like to save up to buy a toy for their new pet so they can welcome them into the home. Why not ask your child to write a letter to their new pet to let them know they are about to become part of a loving family? Start a scrapbook. Take pictures, add drawings, write stories, paint, and remember funny things in the scrapbook from the first day the pet came into the home. This will be something nice to look back on over the years as a family. Play the ‘If I were a pet’ game. Get your child to close their eyes and imagine the pet they are going to get. What would they like to have to welcome them into their new home? How would they like their new family to act? How might they be feeling on their first day and week in their new
home with new surroundings?
Fun facts Spend time as a family finding out lots of different things about the type of pet
you’re getting and create a poster. Discuss how this might help you understand your pet more and what their likes and dislikes might be. Pet hero. Encourage your child to be the new pet’s hero.
Let them help introduce the pet to family and friends that visit. Your child could discuss the pet play rules and take friends and family through fun facts before they get to meet the pet.
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The Oriental
Brunelli’s Steakhouse
Cafeteria Gourmet Plan B
Puerto de la Cruz
Puerto de la Cruz
Puerto de la Cruz
Inaugurated in 1996 by Queen Sirikit of Thailand, our Oriental restaurant offers Asian style ‘haute cuisine’, which includes a wide range of delicious dishes with the unique flavor of an essential continent within the international gastronomic scene. The menu changes regularly and offers the best of the delicate and tempting, yet sophisticated cuisine from Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, China and Japan. The unforgettable experience in El Oriental is also felt though the traditional decor of the restaurant, which reflects both the magic and fineness of Thailand, making this restaurant the ideal place for a perfect dinner.
Just 50 metres from Loro Parque and with beautiful views of the ocean, Brunelli’s Steakhouse is waiting for you to explore the delights of the palate. Inspired in the original American steakhouses, this restaurant is located at the former fisher village of Punta Brava, in northern Tenerife, and offers you the best quality meat – tender, juicy and with an incomparable texture. Flavors like you have never tasted before thanks to a specially controlled maturation and their ‘Southbend’ oven, unique in the Canaries and which cooks the meat at more of 800ºC, highlighting all its properties and making your dinner simply perfect.
“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
Edificio Aceviño 12, Puerta 6 La Paz Puerto de la Cruz
II Pappagallo
La Parrilla
Mamma Rosa
Puerto de la Cruz
Puerto de la Cruz
Playa de las Américas
Il Pappagallo restaurant perfectly combines the old art of making pasta dishes and innovative side dishes that will both delight diners. The menu has been entirely renovated to offer diners a modern culinary repertoire that matches our attention and love for details, as well as our passion for excellence. A varied buffet and a great selection of Italian specialties await you in its terrace overlooking the Atlantic, ideal to enjoy unforgettable sunsets and the tranquillity of the night during summer. In addition, our wine cellar houses the best Italian wines, chosen amongst the most traditional wines of the country.
The inmistakable Andalusian style of La Parrilla restaurant carefully decorates an architecture that blends rustic wood elements with southern Spain typical houses – an environment where diners live a gastronomic experience with the hallmark of excellence in restoration. The succulent cuisine with grilled meats, fresh fish and tapas challenge the most discerning palates in an evening paired with the best wines of the Canary Islands and Spanish Peninsula. In addition, our chef offers the freshest market daily. Enjoy the rustic setting and relaxed atmosphere of La Parrilla, which make this restaurant the perfect place for a romantic dinner or an entertaining encounter among friends.
Mamma Rosa is one of the longest established restaurants in the south of Tenerife and has an extensive menu and a modern ambiance which appeals to all ages. For more than 22 years, it has offered elegance, top-class cuisine, an excellent varied wine list and, of course, the service you would expect. The cuisine is described as classical Italian and Scandinavian with Spanish and French influences, blended together and cooked in a modern style. Part of the new approach is to offer a very extensive fish menu. As with the meat, the restaurant tries where possible to buy local produce and support the islands’ agriculture.
For reservations call 922 381 400 Avda. Richard J. Yeoward, 1 Puerto de la Cruz ( Hotel Botánico) www.hotelbotanico.com/service/il-pappagallo
For reservations call 922 381 400 Avda. Richard J. Yeoward, 1 Puerto de la Cruz ( Hotel Botánico) www.hotelbotanico.com/service/la-parrilla
For reservations call 922 794 819 Avda. Santiago Puig, Apartamentos Colón 2 Playa de la Américas www.mammarosa.com / mammarosa@mammarosa.com
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English Tea Room
Restaurante Gom
Tressardi
Los Cristianos (new) & Fañabé
Santa Cruz
Puerto de la Cruz
Very much a Tenerife business success story, Harriet's English Tea Room and Restaurant in Los Cristianos has a very welcome addition to its extensive menu - Sunday lunches for 9.95 euros which are served between 12 noon and 5pm. With a big sunny terrace and beautifully designed interior, this lovely restaurant is just a stone’s throw from the bus station at the San Marino building (ie turn left at the bottom of the bus station and it is 100 yards or so on your left, in premises formerly occupied by the Heritage bar). In addition to the fantastic Sunday roasts, with "proper" roast potatoes, you will find the most gorgeous food, all home-made and great British cooking, including all day breakfasts, mouthwatering cakes, salads, jacket potatoes, sandwiches and rolls, home-made burgers, pancakes, ice-creams, evening meals and numerous varieties of teas and coffees served in china pots and cups. There are also many gluten-free and diabetic options.
This iconic restaurant in the heart of Santa Cruz is definitely a place to head for if you enjoy stunning decor and high-end cuisine but at prices you can still afford. The food here is best described as a slice of home-made cooking with the taste and touch of nouvelle cuisine. The emphasis is on quality, freshness and naturalness where the raw product is the star, depending on what is available that day in the market. They offers a special menu for celiac and can help create food for anyone with a specific allergy. Weddings, etc are also catered for and there is always a dish of the day. You will find GOM within the Hotel Taburiente, located in front of Parque García Sanabria. Their opening times are Tuesday to Saturday from 13:00 to 16:00 and 20:00 to 23:00.
If you want to seek out a really good Italian restaurant at an affordable price with a lovely terrace, look no further than Tressardi. It offers a very varied menu including traditional Italian dishes, pizza and pasta with gorgeous fillings and sauces, meat dishes, fresh fish and crunchy salads. The desserts like tiramisu and panna cota are to die for! So if you want a good Italian restaurant for a family meal, a romantic dinner, a quick lunch when working or take away, Tressardi is your restaurant. A friendly and homely restaurant that has quality products combining fast food and well elaborated dishes for kids and grown ups. Depending on your choices the price can go higher but an average 15-16 Euros per person is what you can expect.
For reservations call 922 276 058 Calle Dr. Guigou,29 Santa Cruz www.hoteltaburiente.com
WINTER OPENING TIMES 15:00 -23:00 pm Wednesday closed Friday & Saturday: 15:00 -24:00 pm For reservations call 922 382 056 Calle Aceviños, La Paz, Puerto de la Cruz
Bar El Pincho
Sook
Restaurante Magnolia
Las Vistas, Los Cristianos
Santa Cruz
At Bar El Pincho you can enjoy good prices, good food, good service and a fantastic view of the ocean. They are winning fans because of the friendly staff you encounter and the delicious Spanish tapas. They have a great offer, a combination of tapas for two for only 9.50 euros. There is also a wide selection of main plates, such as steak, chicken and fish, all cooked with love and the best ingredients they can find. Do try their fantastic cocktails which they always try to improve. Try also the special dishes from the north of the island and the drinks. Reservations can be done between 10:30 to 20:00pm
Summer has arrived and the wonderful SOOK restaurant has devised a refreshing and appetising menu for the hot months. New mouth-watering dishes are home-made salmorejo with extra virgin olive oil, diced Iberian ham and bread croutons, avocado from our islands in tempura, served with sweet chilli sauce and soy, tuna tataki with seaweed salad and caramelised soy sauce and duck breast soft grilled, with papaya chutney. In addition, the air-conditioned restaurant continues to offer its refreshing desserts such as seasonal fruit salad with guava mayonnaise. SOOK is now also opening with its a la carte during the weekend, both for lunch and dinner. The opening times are 13:00 to 15:30 and 20:30 to 23:30 and for your convenience, there is a parking area. You might also like to try the full breakfast buffet open to the public from 7am to 11am from Monday to Sunday. Ideal to start a day of shopping or tourist visit to Santa Cruz. The price is 16 euros per person.
Puerto de la Cruz
For reservations call 922 712 791 Los Cristianos, San Marino building. Open daily from 9am to 11pm. Playa Fañabé,56 Central Commercial. Open 9am to 10pm, closes 5pm Saturday and Sunday
For reservations call 649 431 110 Paseo Las Vistas, Los Cristianos www.barelpincho.com
Avda. 3 de Mayo, 3 Santa Cruz Tel.: 922 294 500 www.hoteles-silken.com
Restaurante Magnolia has come a long way, starting life as a small intimate restaurant with an outdoor terrace to the finished article we see today, with the terrace now covered and well spaced tables inside. The kitchen is open plan and creates the most wonderful national and international dishes with an extensive menu of fish, shellfish, lamb, steaks, pastas. This venue is always busy and customers are full of praise for the Restaurante Magnolia as one of the finest places to eat on the island. The quality and service certainly stands out and the cost is very reasonable indeed. They are open every day from 13:00 - 16:00 and 19:00 to 23.30.
For reservations call 922 385 614 Avda. Marqués de Villanueva del Prado s/n Puerto de la Cruz www.restaurantemaganolia.com
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Donde Mario
La Bodeguita de Enfrente
Cuesta de la Villa
Cuesta de la Villa
Cuesta de la Villa
A great part of the fun of wining and dining in Tenerife is finding somewhere different and it’s well worth a trip out to Santa Ursula to the warm and inviting Donde Mario. Though from the outside you might easily pass by it, the inside is elegant and captivating. Restaurateur Mario Torres surprises us every day with his extensive use of produce in season, and his unbeatable experience with wines and cookery. Just try his Cherne warm salad, a super-healthy Canarian fish soup, or his Lomo de Vaca Morucha. You will be captivated.
Set in a series of old Canary houses, this restaurant is made up of a labyrinth of inter-connecting rooms leading off from the bar area in the centre. The atmosphere is reminiscent of an English country pub with its low ceilings with wooden beams and warm décor. The food is fundamentally Canarian. They grow most of their own produce at their allotment and only use olive oil to cook with. Their ethos is a simple one, only use the best, fresh produce and cook it with thought and care. The menu is described as Picoteo, slightly more than tapas without reaching the full-blown three-course meal status. It is delicious and affordable. “La Bodeguita de Enfrente” won the “II Gastronomic Awards Cruzcampo Gran Reserva El Día-Mesa Abierta”, which took place last year.
Why not try a touch of “picoteo”, the Spanish-style of eating where, as the name suggests, you pick a selection of dishes and share with your companions. You will find “El Calderito de la Abuela” in Santa Úrsula and it offers a unique and homely atmosphere combining Canary cuisine with modern creativity. In 2016, “El Calderito de la Abuela” won the “Best Canarian Kitchen Restaurant Award” in the first edition of the “El Dia-Mesa Abierta” Awards on July 28th. The exterior of this property belies what you will find inside as it is full of charm and carácter and there is an incredible view of La Orotava valley. “A gem” is how it is described.
For reservations call 922 302 760 Exit 31 TF-5, Carretera Provincial, 205 Cuesta de la Villa, Santa Úrsula www.labodeguitadeenfrente.net
For reservations call 922 301 918 Exit 31 TF-5, Carretera Provincial, 130 Cuesta de la Villa, Santa Úrsula www.elcalderitodelaabuela.net
For reservations call 922 304 585 Exit 31 TF-5, Carretera Provincial, 119 Cuesta de la Villa, Santa Úrsula www.dondemario.net
El Calderito de la Abuela
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Women feature in new Granadilla exhibition
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HE collective exhibition “Sorority” by Gara Acosta and the Tenique Cultural Association has arrived in Granadilla de Abona.
The pictorial and sculptural exhibition will be open until March 29th at the Ethnographic Museum. The authors point out that the title of the sample “Sorority” is a term used to refer to solidarity towards women who are linked in a context of sexual discrimination. For this reason, artists have been inspired and have developed their sensitivity on this issue, have tried to reflect
individually the position of women in the social, historical and cultural. Gara Acosta, artist from Tenerife, studied at the School of Applied Arts Fernándo Estévez de Santa Cruz and specialised as an illustration technician. She deepened her artistic studies in Bilbao. Artistically in her work, she values the natural feminine gesture
where she gives importance to the non-verbal language of the body and the gaze. The Socio-Cultural Association Tenique is a group of potters and artists who want to delve into the roots of the traditional trades of the Comarca de Chasna Isora. They are located in the El Capitán House Museum in San Miguel de Abona. The exhibition can be visited from Monday to Friday at the Ethnographic Museum in the town of Granadilla, from 9am to 2pm.
Granadilla gears up for Coso, masked ball and burial of the sardine
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ARNIVAL celebrations are in full swing in Granadilla de Abona as the Cuban theme continues until March 24th.
The programme of events has together groups from the municipality and different parts of the island with an outstanding team of local and international artists. Festivities began in Los Abrigos on March 15th, followed by a day carnival in El MÉdano the following day as part of the plan to bring the fun to all parts of Granadilla. The gala queen will be elected on Friday, March 22nd at 9pm, with performances by Granadilla groups and the soloists Juan Antonio El Charro, Patricia Donate and Kin, together with Los Cariocas and Rafael Flores “El Morocho”. The big carnival day or “Coso” is on Saturday, March 23rd at 5pm in the heart of Granadilla. The procession will leave from avenida Mencey de Abona to Los Hinojeros . Upon arrival, there will be a masked carnival dance with the ‘El Combo Dominicano’ orchestra and Tony Tún Tún’s stellar performance. The Granadilla Carnival will conclude with the Burial of the Sardine on March 24th, starting at 4pm from Ramón y Cajal square to Los Hinojeros, where, as a novelty this year, supporters will be able to enjoy the Fiesta Holi ‘Granadilla in Carnival Full Colours’ with the animation of ‘Vamos La Liamos’ and performances by Djs Sharken, Josue Leoni and Smile.
NEW INITIATIVES
The sweet success of honey in La Orotava
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A Orotava council, with the collaboration of the Cabildo de Tenerife, has recently published a small booklet under the title “La Orotava: A landscape of honey.”
It is an informative guide, published in Spanish and English, which offers interesting information about the history of beekeeping in general, the beekeeping activity on the islands and, specifically, on Tenerife, and also focuses on the socioeconomic importance of this activity in the Villa. This initiative of the Department of Agriculture and Livestock is included within a global project carried out by La Orotava council, in collaboration with other administrations, for the recover y, protection and projection of this sector. Thus, last year the Honey Extraction Centre was inaugurated, located in the Multiple Use Centre of Camino de Chasna. This space serves more than 100 beekeepers from the north
of the island. Mayor Francisco Linares said: “These initiatives are intended to value this important economic sector on which many families depend and to protect this natural product that has many benefits.” La Orotava is the municipality of Tenerife that has the largest number of beekeeping settlements and has been dedicated to it for centuries. Due to its extension, from the coast to the Pico del Teide, the municipality has numerous and different environments that allow the production of different honeys, both monofloral and multifloral.
Therefore the Villa offers “a unique biodiversity in the world, and a unique honey,” he added. Species such as the Retama del Teide, the Tajinaste Rojo or the Rosalillo de Cumbre, which are found in the Teide National Park, have a very high apicultural value. To this is added the presence of the Black Bee, which adds even more differentiation to the La Orotava honey. The honeys of La Orotava, made by traditional processes and craft techniques, and with a raw material of the highest quality, have won several awards, both at island and regional level.
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opera goes on the Religious music to fill the Verdi road in north and south churches and temples of Tenerife O the Canaries LA TRAVIATA
PERA is going on the road in Tenerife, visiting both the south and north of the island.
DIVERSE CONCERTS
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HE XIV Festival of Religious Music of the Canary Islands began on March 16th on Tenerife and Gran Canaria and will run until April 7th, making a tour of 13 churches and temples of all the islands. The programme, offering 14 concerts, will feature a repertoire by composers such as Bach, Vilvadi and Monteverdi. The initiative has the collaboration of the Government of the Canary Islands, the Cabildos of Gran Canaria, La Gomera, Fuerteventura, La Palma and Tenerife, and the municipalities of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Arrecife, Santa Cruz de La Palma, El Sauzal, Santa Brígida, Güímar and La Laguna. The festival opened its programne in Tenerife with the concert The Seven Last Words of Christ on the Cross, interpreted by the quartet SulCordas, in the church of San Pedro Apóstol de Güímar. Artistic director, Gregorio Gutiérrez said the festival had been very well received over the past editions and they looked forward to the participation of artists from different parts of the world. In Tenerife, the Festival of Religious Music will be developed, specifically, in the temple of Las Clarisas, in the churches of La Concepción and Santo Domingo de La Laguna. Güímar and El Sauzal will also host concerts in the churches of San Pedro and San Pedro Apóstol, respectively. Gran Canaria will have concerts in the temples of Monte Lentiscal and Santa Brígida and in the churches of San Francisco and Santo Domingo in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. The initiative will also reach the Church of the Assumption of San Sebastián de La Gomera, as well as Fuerteventura, the church of Antigua, and the church of San Ginés, in Lanzarote. The quartet Sul-Cordas will be repeated in the church of San Pedro Apóstol in Güímar, on Saturday, March 16th and in the church of Las Clarisas in La Laguna, on Friday the 22nd. Concerts will be at 8pm. Gran Canaria and La Palma will also host the performance of this quartet. Specifically, it will be at the church of San Francisco in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, on Saturday, March 30th at 7pm and in the church of the same name in Santa Cruz de La Palma on Sunday, March 31st at 12.30pm.
The quartet Sul-Cordas is a chamber music formation, directed by Gregorio Gutiérrez and whose interpretation has the added value of Carlos Álvarez, who will be the narrator within the work of Haydn. The formation arises from the Orquesta Sinfonietta de Canarias, whose members have been part of different orchestras of the world, such as the Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela, Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Symphonic Orchestra of Tenerife, etc. The Vocal Group Reyes Bartlet will interpret Esplendor Italiano, taking a tour of the sacred music of the 16th and 17th centuries, with works by Monteverdi, Palestrina, Vivaldi, Scarlatti, etc. La Gomera will host the performance at the Church of the Assumption of San Sebastian, on Sunday March 24th at 12.30pm,and also Gran Canaria will hold the concert at the church of Santa Brígida, on Sunday March 31st at the same hour. The group Estil Concertant, founded by Marisa Esparza in 1998, will offer a programme of Spanish baroque and classical composers, within its work of recovery of musical heritage. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria will host the concert on Friday, March 22nd in the church of Santo Domingo, while the church of La Concepción, in La Laguna, will be the host on Saturday 23rd. Both performances will begin at 8pm. The duo Intacta Maria will perform a repertoire of several authors (Sebastián Durón, José de Torres, Antonio de Cabezón, Pablo Bruna, among others) with works dedicated specifically to The Immaculate Conception. The church of Antigua, in Fuerteventura, will host the meeting on Saturday the 23rd, at 8pm and the church of San Pedro Apóstol, in El Sauzal, on Sunday the 31st, at noon. The soprano Cristina Barceló and the harpsichordist Vicent Bru will give voice and melody to this programme. Finally, Ensemble Caccini will feature the works of Vivaldi to Gubaidulina, C. Franck, Berlioz and Caccini. It is an unusual group, formed
by four of the most notable musicians in the Canar y Islands: Juan Pablo Alemán, cello; Arantxa Aguirre, accordion; Juan Manuel Díaz, violin; and José Luis Pascual, oboe. They will make a tour of the islands of Gran Canaria,
Tenerife and Lanzarote. For more information about the artists and the concert calendar, visit the web page www.musicareligiosacanarias.com or the Facebook profile of the Canarian Religious Music Encounter.
“La traviata”, a production of Opera de Tenerife performed entirely by professionals from the island, will take place on May 11th and 12th at the Magma Centre in Costa Adeje and on the 18th and 19th of the same month in the gardens of the former Hotel Taoro in Puerto de la Cruz. This initiative to decentralise culture and take it to other municipalities, outside the metropolitan area, is done through the Pocket Opera format. Details were presented by the insular director of culture, José Luis Rivero; Cristóbal de la Rosa, Deputy Minister of Tourism of the Government of the Canary Islands; Sandra Rodríguez, first deputy mayor and councillor for culture of Puerto council and the stage director of the work, Alejandro Abrante. Sr. Rivero explained that Ópera Pocket “pursues three objectives: the first is a local production with international quality made entirely in Tenerife, with professionals from the Canar y Islands, because part of the objective is also to improve and promote this type of work. The second is marked by the island president, Carlos Alonso, and is the relocation of cultural elements. It has been a challenge to think about how to take an opera outside the Auditorium of Tenerife and also in outdoor spaces. The third objective is to bring the opera to new audiences and new places.”
Alejandro Abrante stressed that they have taken into account Verdi’s wish, which was “that the work be represented in its current time and be faithful to the score.” Special mention was made of the students of the CIFP Las Indias, who, under the supervision of the official tailors, made the costumes for La traviata. La Laguna University was also thanked for its involvement. Sandra Rodrigue said: “We are delighted to receive an opera and for this to be done in the gardens of the former Hotel Taoro, an emblematic place in our town. It is a great opportunity to make visible a story like this in the feminist moments we live. “ Cristóbal de la Rosa, said that “we want the opera to attract both the tourist visitor and the citizen. We want to mix the tourist actions with the cultural ones looking for the Canar y Islands to be an experience-destination.” *Probably one of the bestknown compositions by Giuseppe Verdi, The traviata is based on an adaptation of the 19th centur y literar y success Camile by Alejandro Dumas. The heroic and feminine free spirit of the main character, Violeta Valery, was a scandal when it was premiered in 1853 as it deals with the courtesan falling in love with the young Alfredo and the problems they have to face as his father, Giorgio Germont, interferes.
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DIVERSE comes to Puerto in April
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HE facilities of Lago Martiánez in Puerto de la Cruz hosted the presentation of the first edition of DIVERSE, International Festival of Art & Equality to be held in April.
The preview was chaired by the councillor for culture , Sandra Rodríguez, who was accompanied by Nadia Castilla, producer and María Tomé and Izaskun Legarza, members of the organisation’s advisory committee. DIVERSE is a cultural festival born with the aim of raising awareness, educating and giving visibility to feminism and the LGTBIQ + collective from a feminist perspective, making use of the arts as a way of approaching the population to achieve the established objectives. In this sense, Sandra Rodríguez said that “Puerto de la Cruz aims to be an international reference as an equal tourist destination, based on culture; we want to be more supportive and tolerant, from a feminist equality proposal.” DIVERSE International Festival of Art & Equality will try to reach the citizens of Puerto de la Cruz and its visitors through a varied cultural programme that develops around literature, music, film, the arts and theatre. The Festival will also act as a meeting place between the arts and social movements that promote the transformation of society in values of equality and personal and collective freedoms, placing feminism and the problematic that the LGTBIQ + collective is continually facing in the focus of the debate. The programming of the festival will include presentations and signatures of books, colloquia and debates on themes related to gender such as: equity, diversity and feminism; artistic exhibition, concerts, cineforum, monologue; family activities (storytelling and workshops). In the same way, DIVERSE includes concerts, theatre, cinema, meetings with activists, artists and writers that will deal with various issues related to social movements that promote the transformation of society in values of equality and personal and collective freedoms. Family activities will be included with which to reach the little ones in a more didactic way such as storytelling and workshops in which both the little ones and their mothers and fathers interact from a feminist perspective and approach to the understanding and respect of the collective LGTBIQ + .
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Tegueste the place to be for wine and tapas
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HE municipality of Tegueste becomes a gastronomic epicentre with the celebration of the 12th edition of the Wine Route and the Tapa de la Villa, an already traditional event included in the “April, Month of Wine” programme.
The popular event will be celebrated between March 29th and April 17th and was presented by the Mayor, Manuel Molina who highlighted the cuisine of the town and its good wines. “It is clear that betting on events of this type is of vital importance for the hospitality industry in our municipality. It is a way to energise, to create a striking and different offer to attract other citizens to our municipality. In addition, it is a guarantee of success since we offer products and creations that have to be envied, “ he said. On this occasion there will be up to 14 establishments taking part: Bar La Cabaña. Rincon de Marino, Cafeteria Las Rostas, Bodegón Brasas El Parral, Tasca La Viña, Restaurant El Minister, Zenobio Meals House, Tempted Restaurant, Old Fountain Coffee Shop, Pizzeria You Like, Dagigi Pizzeria, Mencey Tegueste Cafe Bar, The Rumors Gastrobar, Mauro Restaurant and La Cantina del Mercadillo. A select participation that will also allow a tour of the different districts of the municipality. Each dish plus a glass of wine will be priced at three euros. For more information, interested parties can consult the council’s website (www.tegueste.es) where all the information about the participating bars, tapas and wine appears. People who complete the entire route will get a gift. The wineries that will participate in this year’s edition are La Jalada, El Púlpito, L’Ambora, Jesús Hernández González, La Zafra, Lomo Sapiens (red and white), Barreto, Mederos, Zapatero, Mateo Gutiérrez González, Llano El Pino, Carlos Rodríguez Gutiérrez and La Collera.
PUERTO ACTIVITIES
Show honouring eight greats rounds off women’s tribute
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UERTO de la Cruz celebrated International Women’s Day on March 8th but went one step further by organising an entire month of activities.
The programme has been co-ordinated by the Department of Equality, through the Municipal Centre for Women, under the motto “Only a feminist society guarantees real equality.” “The rights that women enjoy today have been conquered in the feminist struggles that other women who have preceded us have delivered with determination and conviction,” said equality councillor Diana Mora. “But real equality is not yet a fact and even some of the rights already achieved are currently threatened. In order to continue advancing in equality, it is necessary for women and men to be firmly committed to feminism,” Activities so far have included the so-called Violet Points at the Puerto de la Cruz carnival, a project to help
women into employment, a demonstration and a children’s festival. The IX Women Portraits Edition will take place on March 22nd in the Plenary Hall of the vouncil. In this edition, the work and dedication of four women will be recognised: Cándida Rosa González Perdigón, María Teresa Yanes Vega, Cristina López Córdoba and Juana
Rosa Arbelo. To finish the activities developed during the month of March, on the 30th, the Timanfaya Room will host the theatrical show “Ocho nombres”, directed by Tazirga García. This will tell the stor y of eight important women in the history of Puerto who left their mark, standing out for being ahead of their times and for their personalities.
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If you have a lot of stress in your life, find ways to reduce it, such as learning a few time-management techniques or talking to your boss about changing your working hours. Introduce regular exercise and time to yourself. These are positive changes. Taking control of your time in this way can effectively reduce stress. If you have feelings of anxiety along with your stress, breathing techniques can help. Try this breathing exercise for stress.
Use humour and enjoy yourself
Try to see the funny side of situations and you’ll often be able to cope better. Jokes have a way of making worries seem less important. Doing things that you enjoy is also good for your emotional wellbeing. Simple activities like watching sports with a friend, having a soak in the bath, or meeting up with friends for coffee can all improve your day. Doing something you’re good at, such as cooking or dancing, is a good way to enjoy yourself and have a sense of achievement. Try to avoid things that seem enjoyable at the time but make you feel worse afterwards, such as drinking too much alcohol or eating junk food.
Boost your self-esteem Self-esteem is the way you feel about yourself. The best way to improve your self-esteem is to treat yourself as you would treat a valued friend, in a positive but honest way. Notice when you’re putting yourself down, such as thinking, “You’re so stupid for not getting that job”, and instead think, “Would I say that to my best friend?”. You probably wouldn’t. Tell yourself something positive instead, such as: “You’re a bright person, you’ll get the next job”.
Limit your alcohol intake When times are hard, it’s tempting to drink alcohol because it “numbs” painful feelings. But it can exaggerate some feelings
and make you feel angry or aggressive. It can also make you feel more depressed.
Choose a well-balanced diet Making healthy choices about your diet can make you feel emotionally stronger. You’re doing something positive for yourself, which lifts your self-esteem. A good diet helps your brain and body work efficiently, too. Aim to have a balanced diet that includes all the main food groups.
Do some exercise Even moderate exercise releases chemicals in your brain that lift your mood. It can help you sleep better, have more energy and keep your heart healthy. Choose an exercise that you enjoy. If it helps, do it with a friend or listen to music. Adults should aim for 150 minutes a week.
Get enough sleep Around seven to eight hours is the average amount of sleep an adult needs for their body and mind to fully rest. Writing a “to do” list for the next day before bed can organise your thoughts and clear your mind of any distractions.
Talk and share Communication is important, whether it’s with a friend, family member or counsellor. Talking things through helps you to release tension, rather than keeping it inside. It helps strengthen your relationships and connect with people. Lots of people find talking to a counsellor about things that are troubling them very helpful.
Build your resilience Resilience is what allows you to cope with life’s ups and downs. Making something worthwhile out of painful times helps your resilience grow.
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Dental veneers and why the movie stars choose them
These surface blades that are placed on the tooth surface achieve a perfect result instantaneously smile with which we are not completely at ease to have a star-like star on the big screen. George Clooney, Cristiano Ronaldo and Penélope Cruz are some of the celebrities who have opted for this treatment, getting some
perfect smiles. It is important that, in the case of considering them, ask for both opinion and treatment from a serious and experienced dental centre since this treatment has been perfected very recently and it
is now when it begins to become popular. “We should point out that the veneers are an aesthetic method and not a solution to more complex oraldental problems,” insisted the medical director of Artedental.
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How to minimise motion sickness
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ENTAL veneers are thin sheets of porcelain or composite, a synthetic paste very similar to the tooth tissue, adhering to its surface and restoring the visible part of the smile. They are a good and immediate solution to aesthetic problems such as teeth not as white or as aligned as you would like. This method has become popular thanks to its recurring use among the Hollywood stars, getting through it spectacular smiles. Víctor Cubillo, medical director at Artedental, says that this treatment “does not pose any kind of damage to the original tooth”, on which the sheets are adhered. The choice between porcelain and composite, and of course, the number of veneers to be adhered, will vary the final price. Composite veneers are more economical and practically do not require carving of the tooth. On the
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OTION sickness is feeling sick when you travel by car, boat, plane or train. There are things you can do to prevent it or relieve the symp toms.
other hand, porcelain veneers, despite having a higher price, are also more resistant, and can hold between 20 and 25 years in good condition and achieve optimum results, since they are manufactured by hand and tailored in a laboratory. In this case, it will be necessary to crimp the tooth slightly before the placement of the sheets. The problems that can be corrected through these “stickers in the teeth” are quite diverse and sometimes they can be solved with this same method: from correcting the size and shape of the teeth, whitening the smile permanently, hiding the blemishes or divide between the teeth and cover the teeth
aged or in poor condition. The adhesion of the sheets is made by the use of a special resin and very resistant, being a painless treatment and, in normal conditions, will be fixed in the same consultation. Smile is a fundamental part of our identity, being one of the most colourful elements that is offered to others. That is why our self esteem depends to a large extent on feeling comfortable. The dental veneers can be an immediate solution to the discomfort of a
Motion sickness is caused by repeated movements when travelling, like going over bumps in a car or moving up and down in a boat. The inner ear sends different signals to your brain from those your eyes are seeing. These confusing messages cause you to feel unwell. Minimise motion by sitting in the front of a car or in the middle of a boat, look straight ahead at a fixed point, such as the horizon, breathe fresh air if possible (for example, by opening a car window) and/or close your eyes and breathe slowly while focusing on your breathing. Distract children by talking, listening to music or singing songs. Break up long journeys to get some fresh air, drink water or take a walk. Try ginger, which you can take as a tablet, biscuit or tea. Don’t read, watch films or use electronic devices, don’t look at moving objects, such as passing cars or rolling waves, don’t eat heavy meals, spicy foods or drink alcohol shortly before or during travel and certainly avoid fairground rides if they make you feel unwell! A pharmacist can help with motion sickness. You can buy medication from pharmacies to prevent motion sickness, including tablets (dissolvable tablets are available for children), patches which can be used by adults and children over ten or try acupressure bands although these don’t work for everyone. Your pharmacist will be able to recommend the best treatment for you or your child.
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Sailing club shows off new equipment
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HE Municipal Nautical Sports School of Guía de Isora is delighted to have new equipment.
It includes new cables, pulleys, lifejackets, weights, rudders, floats and so on, all designed so that users of the school can enjoy the optimum of conditions. “The passage of time and the use and contact with sea water of these materials required a comprehensive renovation of the equipment of the school,” said sports councillor José Rivero Jiménez. The purchases represent an investment of almost 15,000 euros, courtesy of Guia de Isora council.
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La Orotava residents urged to use new sports parks
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ESIDENTS of La Orotava have been urged to use the new bio-health parks for the free practise of outdoor sports.
The local council says it is committed to provoding more of these facilities in the municipality and there are already four. The first was in the Plaza Pedro Perdomo del Mayorazgo and is used daily by many people. Another has been created in the district of Benijos at a cost of 140,000 euros and will have facilities for walking, running or jogging around the site. There are also seven appliances in the new park in the area of Villas El PinalitoLas Cuevas and this is echoed in the Plaza Pepita Jiménez in the neighbourhood of La Luz. For both facilities, the economic support of the insular institution has been provided. Tenerife Cabildo has also
Entries open for La Laguna’s traditional swim
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A Laguna council has opened the registration period for the XVI edition of the Travesía to Bajado-Punta del Hidalgo Nado which will be held on July 20th.
This open event is being organised by the sports department with the collaboration of Intersport, Coca Cola and Skoda Canarias. Competitors will earn points if needed for the II Edition of the Canary Islands Open Water, organised by the Canary Islands Swimming Federation. Thie swim has been celebrated for 15 years with an average of 300 swimmers. It is the second biggest event of its kind at regional level, just behind the the Crossing to Nado El Río (Lanzarote). The challenge to overcome will be to swim a kilometre and 900 metres from Bajamar to the fishing refuge of Punta del Hidalgo in a maximum of an hour and a half. Registration can be made online at the website www.deportelagunero.com or in person at the offices of the OAD itself from Monday to Friday from 9am to 2pm until July 17th. The maximum capacity is 800 people. The price is 12 euros until June 30th and from 16 euros as of July 1st.
invested in the adaptation of a sports park in the area of Carmenaty but in this case aimed at the practice of calisthenics, a sports activity on the rise.
In the coming months, the centre of Candelaria del Lomo will also have a biosaludable circuit, with a calisthenics zone Councillor for services Felipe David Benítez said these
facilities were being used more and more, not only by the elderly, but by athletes or people who simply want to perform exercises outdoors and at their own pace.
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Swimmers Los Realejos all set to praised for welcome popular rally Pontevedra L success OS Realejos council hosted the presentation of the 35th edition of the Orvecame Norte Rally, which will have the municipality as a starting and finishing venue. The appointment will be held on March 22nd and 23rd.
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HE Mayor of Santa Cruz, José Manuel Bermúdez welcomed at the town hall a representation of athletes belonging to the Tenerife Master Swimming Club to congratulate them for the achievements in the last Spanish Winter Master Championship celebrated in February in Pontevedra.
At the event, which was attended by the president of this sporting entity, Marcos Cabrera, Sr. Bermudez highlighted “the spirit and the will of this group of swimmers to continue practicing, practically every day, whatever their age.” “I admire their firm determination to stay in top shape through contact with the pool, which also means gaining quality of life. And I also take this opportunity to thank them for the victories they have recently achieved at the national level,” he said. The representation of the Swimming Club Tenerife Master informed the Mayor that, in the meeting held in Pontevedra, they obtained the second place in the general female classification, the third in the male and the second in the joint. However, the Santa Cruz club finished in first place in the virtual medal table, being the one that received the most prizes from the 145 participating entities and also beat seven national records. Similarly, the Swimming Club Tenerife Master has also managed to place 30 of its swimmers within the world ‘top ten’ in the respective tests that make up the schedule of competitions. During the next months, the members of the club will focus their preparation on the Spanish Summer Master Championship, which will take place in Tarragona from July 11th to 14th.
The event was chaired by the councillor for sports of Los Realejos, Benito Dévora, accompanied by the president of the Escudería Daute Realejos, Celestino Díaz Pérez, as the organising entity, the insular councillor of roads, Ofelia Manjón, and the federation presidents of motoring of Canarias and Tenerife, Benito Rodríguez and Francisco Negrín, respectively. There was also representation, either of mayors or councillors, of the other eight northern municipalities that provide collaboration with this motor competition, as well as by the municipalities of Santa Ursula, La Guancha, La Orotava, El Tanque, Icod de los Vinos , La Victoria de Acentejo, Garachico and La Matanza de
Acentejo. During the ceremony, details were given of the schedule and the routing planned for this edition. The vehicles will remain concentrated from 3pm on Friday, March 22nd, in front of Orvecame-Norte in the San Jerónimo de La Orotava Industrial Park for the
technical verifications, taking the course towards the closed park of Doctor Antonio González de Los Realejos Street around 5.30pm. Saturday March 23rd will see the start the competitive day at 08:15 hours from the New Road link between Realejo Alto and La Cruz Santa after the
corresponding briefing of the race director and safety review. The 2019 rally consists of a total of 308 kilometres subdivided into three sections. It is estimated that the trophies will be handed out at around 7pm on Saturday 23rd at Doctor Antonio González de Los Realejos street.
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N March 24th, the registration period ends for the XXIII edition of the Half Marathon of Las Galletas with reduced prices in the three distances ie five euros the 5km, ten euros for the 10.8km and 15 euros for the distance of 21km for federated athletes or with a “Plus Runner” card.
For the rest of the participants, the cost over the distance of 5km is five euros, in the 10.8 km it is 13 euros and the test of 21km is 18 euros Entries can be made on the web (mediomaratonlasgalletas.com). One more year the circuit where the race takes place will be closed to traffic, so the Municipal Sports Board of Arona recommends that users residing in the area of Las Galletas, Las Rosas, La Estrella and especially El Fraile take note of the closing times, which are expected to take place from 8.30am to 11.30am. The day before the event, on Saturday, April 6th from 10am to 8pm at the Plaza Paulino Suances Romín de Las Galletas, the dorsal of the race and the runner’s bag can be collected.
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Washing, repairing and spraying cars Can you wash, repair or spray your car on the public road?
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HE law is clear and the answer is no. Article 4.2 of the Reglamento General de Circulación, states that it is prohibited to throw, deposit or abandon on the road objects or materials that can cause an issue with the circulation of the traffic, stopping or parking; make using the road dangerous or deteriorate it or the installations.
The issue isn’t with the dirt itself rather with the products used to clean, tools used to repair and noxious chemicals used to spray. It is assumed that all road water will eventually end up in either the sea or rivers which so any product or noxious chemical is mixed with the water will end up harming the environment. The law distinguishes three types of fines: very severe, severe and not severe. It depends on each town hall as to what fine would be applied, however the fines can range between very severe 500 euros to 3.000 euros, severe 750 euros to 1.500 euros
and not severe from 30 euros to 120 euros. Another thing to remember is that it is the owners who would be fined NOT the person carrying out the work. Repairing and spraying cars on the side of the road has a whole load of other issues attached to is. All oil and liquids from vehicles HAVE to be disposed of correctly, it cannot by law, be put in the bin or allowed to drain into the road. Spraying cars without the use of proper equipment and purification has major environmental impacts and major health impacts as the pollutants are being inhaled by passers-by and the chemicals are going straight into the atmosphere without being purified.
Can you wash, repair or spray your car in a communal garage? Here the law is a bit more ambiguous. It could be considered
a miss-use of communal areas, more so if you use communal water or electric. Article 394 of the civil code states that each member of a community has the right to use communal areas, so long as the use is appropriate and so that its use doesn’t hinder or harm the interest of the community or other community members. Again, here with regards to repairing and spraying the law is clear all liquids have to be disposed of and spraying has to be carried out with the correct purification equipment it can’t be allowed to be absorbed directly into the air.
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British demand for Spanish property in 2018
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RITISH demand for property in Spain rose 12% last year to 10,178 purchases recorded in the Spanish Land Register, back above the pre-Brexit referendum record of 10,156 in 2016. Although British demand fell in 2017 after the referendum, it appears the British shrugged off Brexit fears last year and returned to Spain in record numbers.
The next two charts, showing British demand for Spanish property by quarter and the annualised change each quarter, illustrate how British buyers declined significantly in the two quarters immediately after the referendum took place, and by as much as -28% in the last quarter of 2016, but then started recovering to increase by double-digits in most quarters last year.
As a result of the recovery in British demand, the UK’s share of the foreign market for property in Spain has been steadily increasing from a low of 14% in Q1 2017 to 17% at the end of last year, though not yet back to the levels it was prior to the referendum, as foreign demand from other sources has also increased significantly since then. More than any other factor, the weakness of Sterling compared to the Euro explains the decline in British demand in the months after the Brexit referendum. Once the Pound stabilised at a lower level British demand also stabilised and then began to grow again, though property professionals report that budgets at the lower end declined as many buyers simply adjusted expectations to match their lower purchasing power, rather than abandon their intention to buy in Spain altogether. At the high end of the market there has been little change in budgets, I’m told. People with money tend to be well diversified. Feedback from my network of trusted estate agents in Spain provides more insight into British demand for Spanish property in 2018. “Although Brexit has had a massive negative effect on low and middle market sales, we are seeing more requests from buyers from the UK lately,” says Conor Wilde, head of Found Valencia, an agency specialising in quality homes in the Valencia City area. “There is absolutely no doubt that people from the UK still wish to buy a property in Valencia. We have a growing list of buyers from the UK who wish to complete on property once they have clear indication of what’s going to happen with Brexit. Over the past four months we have been consistently showing more property to British buyers. These British buyers in return will revisit Valencia once Brexit has settled. And since the news last week that the Spanish Government plans to safeguard the rights of British people living in Spain we have seen a dramatic increase in enquiries from the UK. But I feel it is still too early and that we will not see a large sales change until this Brexit fiasco is over.” Written by Mark Stücklin Mark Stücklin is a Barcelona-based property market analyst and consultant, and author of the 'Spanish Property Doctor' column in the Sunday Times (2005 - 2008).
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Spacious 2 bedroom apartment with lounge/dining room, fitted kitchen, bathroom, fully furnished and terrace with views of La Gomera and the sea. Garage space included. Community swimming pool and lifts.
Attractive 2 large bedroom apartment with lounge, dining room, fitted kitchen, fully furnished, 2 bathrooms, utility patio and large terrace with wonderful sea views. Garage included. Community swimming pool.
180.000 €
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Romantic 3 bedroom flat with pool
Elegant 2 bedroom apartment in a popular shopping street in the centre
180.000€
380.000€
ICOD DE LOS VINOS
ICOD DE LOS VINOS
Canary style one-family house for nature lovers
Large detached country house with magnificent views
195.000€
498.000€
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GENOVÉS
Ideal aparment in a quiet residential area with sea views
Unique Finca for private or commercial use near Icod de los Vinos
139.000€
690.000€
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Chalet with sea views, garden and swimming pool. 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms. 168sqm. Plot: 1200sqm. 350.000€
Apartment in Puerto de la Cruz with views to Puerto, sea & swimming pool. 2 balconies, 1 bedroom,1 bathroom, garage & store room. 70sqm. 150.000€
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Chalet with mountain views, garden and swimming pool. 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 203sqm. Plot: 500sqm. 405.000€
1 bedroom apartment on second floor, with two lifts, garage and community garden. 100.000€
2 bedroom apartment with 2 bathrooms, 2 balconies, store room & garage. Swimming pool & views to Teide, Puerto & sea. 140.000€
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Chalet with views, sauna, garden and garage. 2 bedrooms, 2 + 1 bathrooms, 164sqm. Plot: 432sqm. 350.000€
Chalet 278sqm, 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, kitchen, dining room, laundry room, garden terrace. Plot: 1000sqm. 360.000€
Apartment 64sqm, 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom, 2 balconies, swimming pool, views to Teide, Puerto de la Cruz and sea. 90.000€
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Beautifully presented, top floor apartment situated in the popular and centrally located complex of Tamara. Easy access with minimal steps, this property comprises of one double bedroom, one bathroom and lounge with open plan kitchen. Large terrace with wonderful sea views benefiting from all day sunshine. Pleasantly furnished. Tranquil area. Complex with two communal swimming pools and low community fees.
Beautifully maintained apartment situated centrally next to the Church square in Los Gigantes. Based on the top floor, this property comprises of one double bedroom, one refurbished shower room and lounge with open plan kitchen and dining area. The terrace is accessible from the lounge area and offers views of the church square. Pleasantly furnished. Within walking distance to all local amenities.
PRICE: £150,000
PRICE: €130,000
TPS2044 Fantastic, centrally located apartment situated in the complex of Hibisco II in Los Gigantes. Based on the first floor in the complex, this property comprises of two double bedrooms, two bathrooms, lounge and open plan kitchen. A large terrace surrounds the property benefiting from all day sunshine and pleasant views. Offering amazing potential, this property is a must see. Low community fees. Within walking distance to all local amenities.
PRICE: £175.000
TPS3338 Extremely spacious apartment situated in the tranquil and residential street of Calle Palmera offering easy access with no steps. The front of the property hosts 2 double bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, kitchen and an open plan lounge/dining leading onto an extensive terrace offering panoramic views. The rear of the property boasts another double bedrom, bathroom, sauna and open plan lounge and dining area overlooking the private swimming pool. Extensive terraces, gardens and a garage for 2 cars. This property offers excellent potential and must be seen.
PRICE: €380,000
TPS2035
TPS3332
Fantastically positioned duplex apartment in Los Gigantes. Situated on the sought after Calle Palmera, this property is constructed over two levels offering amazing sea views. Comprising of two double bedrooms, one shower room, large lounge with dining area and a separate kitchen this property offers great potential. The main terrace accessible from both the lounge and dining room boasts panoramic views of the sea, cliffs, and harbour. Large front terrace with potential to add further accomodation. Large garage included situated at the entrance of the property. No community fees.
Beautifully presented townhouse style property situated in the sought after Calle Palmera in Los Gigantes. Constructed over 5 levels this property boasts large garage with direct access to the property, three spacious double bedrooms, two bathrooms, one of which is an en suite, cloakroom, separate kitchen and lounge. Two spacious terraces and an additional roof terrace all benefiting from fantastic views and sunshine. No community fees. Located in a tranquil cul-de-sac.
PRICE: £395,000
PRICE: £325,000
TPS4303
TPS4348
Spacious villa situated in the tranquil urbanization of San Francisco just minutes outside of Los Gigantes. Modernly furnished this property boasts three double bedrooms, two bathrooms, and an open plan walk through lounge, dining room and kitchen. Extensive terraces surround the property offering a private heated swimming pool and wonderful sea views. Garage attached.
Extremely well presented villa situated in the tranquil urbanization of San Francisco, just outside Los Gigantes. Comprising two bedrooms, two refurbished bathrooms and an open plan lounge with dining area and fully refurbished kitchen, this property is also pleasantly furnished. Extensive terraces surround the property with a private swimming pool and outside dining area fully equipped with mosquito screens and sun blinds. Additional studio apartment with its own private entrance. Lock up garage.
PRICE: £595,000
PRICE: €565,000
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