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TAORO HOTEL SET TO REOPEN IN 2021

Facelift revealed

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HE famous Taoro hotel in Puerto de la Cruz is set to reopen in 2021 after a 25 million euro facelift.

Tropical Turística Canaria and Tenerife Cabildo have combined forces to kick-start its new lease of life and a new chapter in its history which began in 1890.

The Cabildo is providing 15 million euros of the total cost of the works which are scheduled to last 24 months After the rehabilitation, the hotel and its surroundings will recover its original splendour and will be another boost for Puerto’s position in the tourist market.

The establishment will have a five star rating and will be

operated by TTC under the brand My Way Meaningful Hotels, the hotel management brand of the group.

The My Way brand already includesTenerife Tropical Garden Hotel, in Adeje, and the exclusive holiday resort Las Terrazas de Abama, in Guía de Isora.

“With this project, we are going to give a new life to the establishment after having abandoned its hotel activity in the 70s and will contribute significantly to the transformation of Puerto de la Cruz,” said Rafael Noblejas, general

director of Tropical Hotels Group. “We have always believed in Tenerife as a destination and will continue to bet on the present and future of this beautiful island.”

Domingo del Campo, CEO of My Way Meaningful Hotels, said the management proposal for the Taoro Gran Hotel “will be based on the three fundamental pillars of our organisation: uniqueness, quality and environmental, economic and social sustainability.”

TheTaoro Gran Hotel project bears the stamp of Canarian architects Virgilio Gutiérrez and Eustaquio Martínez, responsible for the rehabilitation of this emblematic building.

How the hotel will look. Impression from architects Virgilio Gutiérrez and Eustaquio Martínez.

INVESTIGATION UNDERWAY

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More than 100 emergency personnel spent two days bringing the fire under control, at one stage digging trenches with a bulldozer to stop the flames spreading even further.

Thanks to their efforts, they managed to stop the fire from reaching pine forests in the municipality of San Juan de la Rambla just 200 metres away from the flames.

The thick black smoke and flames were clearly visible from many parts of the island.

The cause of the fire could be attributed to “many things”, according to fire chiefs.

It is believed to have started between the so-called trails 22 and 23 of the National Park Around 20 hectares of land - equivalent to 20 international rugby pitches - was destroyed in the shadow of the volcano. This includes shrubland and bushes.

More than 100 personnel were involved in the operation and helicopters were used to drop water. Army bulldozers were also brought in.

The fire broke out in the Cañada de los Guancheros in the Teide National Park, one of Tenerife’s biggest tourist attractions. The visitor centre was used as one of the bases for the fire fighting operation.

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COMMUNITY NEWS

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CANARY ISLANDS NEWS

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SPANISH NEWS

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OUR COLUMNISTS

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HEALTH MATTERS

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New pacts on the cards after Canary elections KEY RESULTS

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LLIANCES are once again on the cards following the local elections across the Canaries.

The PSOE scored a bittersweet victory, gaining the most votes in the archipelago but needing support from other parties to form a government.

There will now be days, if not weeks, of negotiations over the new presidency.

The PSC-PSOE was the most voted force in 38 of the 88 municipalities of the archipelago, ahead of CC-PNC (15) and PP (14). Citizens only took a one-time victory in Tacoronte.

The consistories of Santa Cruz de La Palma, Valverde, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and Puerto del Rosario fell on the side of the PSC-PSOE and, finally, that of Arrecife went to CCa-PNC. Back in Tenerife, the Canary Coalition led the counts in Santa Cruz de Tenerife and San Cristóbal de La Laguna, but without majorities.

The rest of the insular institutions remained in balance. In Tenerife, Carlos Alonso (CC) tied with Pedro

Martín (PSOE) eleven councillors. Lope Afonso’s PP, with four, was third with a slight advantage over Po-demos-Si Can-Equo and Ciudadanos (2).

Although with eleven councillors each, as the nationalists obtained more votes, Carlos Alonso is likely to be for the second consecutive term president of the island corporation.

In Adeje, the mayor José Miguel Rodríguez Fraga gained his ninth absolute majority, with the PSOE getting 95.24 per cent of the votes.

Canary Coalition (CC) won again in the Tenerife capital of Santa Cruz, with the Mayor José Manuel Bermúdez increasing his personal vote.

“Dear friends, we have won the elections in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, we have taken more votes than in 2015 and more councillors than ever,” he said after the voting was declared.

“I want to thank many people from my heart and for the trust they have given us. The citizens have re-warded the management carried out in the city council, We are going to lead a majority that gives Santa Cruz stability.”

La Orotava hits the heights of recycling

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A Orotava has notched up a regional record after new figures show it recycles more paper and cardboard than the average of municipalities in the Canary Islands.

Each inhabitant of La Orotava generates around 470 kilos of waste per year. As for paper and cardboard, La Orotava collected 13.05 kg per inhabitant, per year, compared to 12.30 kg in the autonomous community. In the recycling of packaging, progress continues, with a collection of 6.56 kg per inhabitant compared to the regional 9.50 kg.

The glass collection rate increased by almost 13% (some 45,000 kilos), which meant a total of 400,098 kilos. In addition, 80,885 gross kilos were collected from the garment and footwear containers of the municipality, 3,000 kilos more than in 2017.

Linked to these data, the weight of the waste collected from the organic waste container went from 18,775 tons to 18,039 tons. say, it dropped almost 4%.

Also, in the last two years the council has acquired more recycling bins. To date, La Orotava has 135 blue containers (of paper and cardboard), 112 yellow containers (plastic containers, cans and tetrabriks) and 234 green containers (made of glass).

The municipality has 20 containers for used domestic oils.

With respect to 2017, last year 83% more oil was collected, going from 3,873 litres to 7,107. The company with which the council has signed the agreement, Ataretaco, also offers to remove the oils from the home of those who can not go to these points. Those interested can call the phone number 922 235 172, and the company will indicate the day and time of collection.

La Orotava also has a pick-up service (furniture, appliances such as refrigerators or washing machines, loose wooden boards ...). To use it you must call 922 322 541. This service does not include the collection of electronic waste such as televisions or computers, which must be taken to the clean point located in the San Jerónimo Polygon.

New sensors to prevent more blazes?

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ENERIFE is planning to install sensors around the entire forest crown of the island with the aim of preventing and fighting fires in a more effective way.

President of the Cabildo, Carlos Alonso said it is a very novel system and will be unique in all of Spain.

In order to carry it out, the Cabildo must sign an agreement with the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities, which is already negotiated, through which the nearly seven million needed to start it will be financed. In this way, the Cabildo will contribute one million euros to the project, while the rest will be financed by the Ministry from the Feder funds.

The Cabildo hopes the agreement is signed in the summer,.

The project includes the installation of radio sensors. In addition, high capacity telecommunications structures will be located in the monitoring towers already installed and will redirect the data to the supercomputing infrastructures that the Cabildo already has.

The data collected by this system will be used to establish “models that allow the prevention of risks”. The project also includes the development of a Fuel Map, through which the areas with the highest risk of being affected by a fire in certain conditions will be known.

Sr. Alonso commented that “we have been working on it for years” and affirmed that from his point of view “it is an important advance” at a time when the risk to the island of forest fires has increased due to climate change.

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COMPANY’S GIFT

New plaza at Hotel La Chiripa

Island will get 61 free wifi hotspots

CONTRACTING STAGE

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HE German company Investment Managment 18.12, owner of the Hotel La Chiripa located in the Taoro area of Puerto de la Cruz, has started work on a public square of 3,000 square metres annexed to the tourist establishment.

The creation of this new space is part of the agreement established with the Urban Development Consortium for the Rehabilitation of Puerto de la Cruz for the renovation of this accommodation establishment within the framework of the Modernisation and Improvement Plan for the tourist town.

The work on the new square, located on calle Bélgica, will create a widening of this road and a parking area. The

square, which has a favourable report from the disability group Sinpromi, will be located on the aforementioned street on the corner to camino Las Tapias.

The space will maintain the existing native vegetation, which will be complemented with jacarandas, Canarian palms, lemon trees and magnolias. Once the works are completed, the company will cede the space to the Puerto council.

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ENERIFE Cabildo is about to approve the contract for services for the installation, commissioning and maintenance of an insular network based on wireless technology (WiFi points) in different open spaces of the municipalities of Tenerife for an amount around 537,000 euros.

The Insular Network of free Wi-Fi hotspots consists of 61 points distributed in the touristic municipalities, in the most visited places on the island and in five Titsa exchanges. The decision was adopted at the last session of the Governing Council under the presidency of Carlos Alonso.

This initiative of the “Tenerife 2030” department was launched in a coordinated manner with the tourism department as a pilot project in 37 points of the municipalities of Arona, Puerto de la Cruz, Adeje and Santiago del Teide. They were chosen because 88 per cent of the tourist beds are in them and later it was decided to expand to other points such as the Teide National Park, Anaga Rural Park and Teno Rural Park that have a large influx of people. Likewise, Titsa has five points in different transport exchanges.

The network is free and the user, whether resident or visitor, has to give minimum data when connecting to the network (nationality or place where he is staying, among others).

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Bankruptcy scam on Tenerife leads to two arrests

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ATIONAL Police have arrested two people and are investigating three more as alleged perpetrators of a crime of belonging to a criminal group and misappropriation committed on Tenerife.

The purpose of the group was to obtain an illicit profit from the alienation of assets of companies involved in bankruptcy proceedings.

The investigation began at the end of 2017 at the request of the Public Prosecutor ’s Office.

Police discovered the existence of a structured criminal group within which different members fulfilled tasks that were facilitated by the profession developed by each one of them.

The insolvency administrator assumed the bankruptcy proceedings designated by the courts. Prior to this and through another member of the group, an expert in the profession, valuable assets were minimally priced with the purpose of being purchased at a very low price by another component of the organisation.

The investigation of the National Police has located sales of assets of the insolvent companies worth 350,000 euros that were sent to countries of the African and American continents in order to make it difficult to trace and locate them.

The proceedings have allowed the discovery on the island of Tenerife of a construction company that, without resolving bankruptcy, would have acquired machiner y and vehicles worth 180,000 euros. The companies that were in voluntar y bank-ruptcy of creditors had a total volume of assets of around 150 million euros.

The actions have been carried out by the Economic and Fiscal Crime Group of the National Police of Santa Cruz de Tenerife.

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More roads to be asphalted in Puerto

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UERTO de la Cruz council says it has managed to execute the asphalting of the main streets of the municipality foreseen in the Asphalt Strategic Plan.

After the cancellation of its outstanding debt, the authority has been able to invest close to three million euros in the improvement of roads in this legislature.

Councillor of works and services, Angel Montañés said: “The study of asphalting has served as a guide to define, in the coming years, the renewal of roads in order of priority, according to the density of traffic, the wear and the current state.”

He said he was “satisfied” the council had the right tools to deal with the public works of the municipality with the speed that the population demands.

The mayor of Puerto de la

Cruz, Lope Afonso said: “The regeneration of the municipal roads has been a priority. In spite of the economic difficulties, the council has managed to renew the largest road surface of municipal ownership in the last 40 years.”

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Señalizaciones Villar will now carry out the asphalting of 14 new roads in the municipality.

The streets to be executed are those of San Antonio, Calle Nueva, Calle Picasso, Calle Miró, Calle Zurbarán, Calle Olivera, Calle Concordia, Calle Pensamiento, Calle Isla de La

Palma, Calle Isla de Lanzarote, Calle Isla de La Gomera, Calle Flamboyant, Amapola street and Tabaiba street.

The works, which will start in the first week of June and will run for a maximum period of six weeks, will involve a total investment of € 435,506.29.

NEW CONNECTIONS

Record number of air routes for Tenerife

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ENERIFE will have direct air connections this summer with 150 airports, through 325 routes operated by 60 companies, according to the data collected in the Aena timetable guide for the two island airports.

The season, which began on March 31st and will continue until October 26th, will offer around 5.6 million arrivals air seats, a figure that has not been reached in previous summer seasons.

Particularly noteworthy is the behaviour of the peninsular connections, where the regular forecast includes an increase of more than 100,000 more places of arrival compared to the previous summer, with a total close to 1.4 million regular places.

In international connections, air capacity improvements are made from French, Russian, Portuguese and Austrian airports as well as from Sweden, Denmark and the Czech Republic, among others. To this positive data is added the forecast of stability from the British market, despite the uncertainty and challenges that Brexit is generating to airlines.

As for the routes, Tenerife Sur has released five new connections in the first weeks of the season: Lyon and Nantes, operated by Easyjet; Maastricht, with Corendon; Reykjavik with Neos and from Nuremberg Tui Fly, to which will be added from June 15th the new route operated by TAP from Lisbon.

In the case of Tenerife North, the beginning of summer has seen the opening of eight new connections. Six are from Vueling (Coruña, Granada, Zaragoza, Valencia, Alicante, which are transferred from TFS, and their new Lisbon route); one from Norwegian (Bilbao) and another from Binter (Vigo).

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TWO VENUES

Peter Pan musical flying in to Tenerife

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HE world of Peter Pan and the country of Neverland will arrive in a musical format, within its world tour, at the Infanta Leonor Auditorium in Los Cristianos on June 28, at 7pm.

The event has been organised by Arona council’s culture department and Makaron Management and Cultural Projects.

Peter Pan, the musical, combines special effects, 3D projections, fascinating lighting, choreography, acrobatics and songs to the rhythm of rock, blues and soul.

Tickets to attend this spectacular musical in Los Cristianos are now on sale at the portal www.arona.org. Shortly, they will also be available at the Cultural Centre of Los Cristianos, from Monday to Friday from 9am to 2pm and, on June 28th, two hours before the start of the show.

This production, directed at the whole family, will also be

performed in San Cristóbal de La Laguna, in the Teatro Leal, on June 29th (with two performances at5pm and 7.30m) and June 30th (only function at noon), with the collaboration of the municipality of La Laguna. Tickets can be purchased at www.entrees.es and at the theatre box office.

Based on the original production of Theatre Properties, Peter Pan, the musical has been one of the most acclaimed shows of this genre for almost 20 years.

With more than four million viewers in its more than 4,500 performances worldwide, the characters of the famous novel

by John Barry returns with the adaptation of Ymedia

International Events, for the enjoyment of the family audience.

With the artistic and musical direction of Tomás Padilla and César Belda, respectively, Peter Pan, Wendy, John and Michael return to live adventures with the Indians, pirates and lost children of Neverland and to confront Captain Hook.

The Peter Pan World Tour, the musical is being developed by the United

Kingdom, Mexico, Colombia, Uruguay, Portugal and Spain.

The work was awarded the Max Prize for Performing Arts as the best work of musical theatre in 1998.

In Peter Pan, J.M.Barrie captured the preservation of childhood innocence and turned this story into a classic of universal literature that promotes family values and has been dreaming for children all over the world for decades.

CITIZEN’S SERVICE

Extra police patrols coincide with new El Fraile office

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OLICING is to be stepped up in the areas of El Fraile, Las Galletas, Costa del Silencio, Palm Mar, Guaza, Cho-Parque La Reina and Guargacho.

The extra patrols coincide with the opening of the citizen’s security office of El Fraile-Las Galletas in El Fraile civic centre.

It will be manned by the local police of Arona and the Civil Guard and in its first phase, will be open Monday, Wednesday and Friday to expand their coverage depending on the availability of agents, a measure that is accompanied by the reinforcement of controls and patrols of both bodies, both in the day and night. The

Canary police will also be taking part.

The implementation of this security office was agreed at the request of the residents of this area of the municipality and was approved at a meetinf of the Local Security Board held in September in El Fraile with the presence of the Mayor of Arona, José Julián Mena, and the delegate of the Government in the Canar y Islands, Elena Máñez.

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Cabildo progresses three major roundabout projects

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ENERIFE Cabildo is advancing the procedure for the execution of three new roundabouts in the south of the island.

The roundabouts are planned at Chayofa (in the municipality of Arona), El Médano (Granadilla de Abona) and Guargacho (Arona and San Miguel de Abona). The three intersection improvement projects represent an investment of more than 1.4 million euros.

Specifically, in the case of the Guargacho roundabout, the Cabildo gave its initial approval in the plenary session of the roundabout project at kilometre 2 + 150 of the insular highway TF-652, as well as the declaration of urgent occupation of the goods and rights affected for the execution thereof. The new roundabout of El Médano will improve the entrance to this town in the municipality of Granadilla. Specifically, this infrastructure will be executed at the intersection of highway TF-64 (Bajada to El Médano) with TF-643, which connects with Los Abrigos.

In the case of Chayofa, in Arona, the new roundabout is projected at the intersection between Carretera General del Sur (TF-28) and access to

this population centre. The project has a budget of about 420,000 euros and a deadline of ten months. Access to the Chayofa nucleus at kilometre 92 + 350 of the TF-28 highway currently presents a problem of road safety when making turns to the left, despite its prohibition, due to the low visibility of the area. Precisely, to solve this problem, the action plans to transform the intersection into a roundabout of 20 metres outside radius.

The project planned for the new roundabout of Guargacho has an execution budget of 487,000 euros and a deadline of six months. The action foresees the roundabout at kilometer 2 + 150 of the insular road TF-652, which connects the towns of Las Chafiras and Las Galletas, as well as those of Oroteanda Baja, Las Rosas and Guargacho, in the municipalities of San Miguel and Arona.

In order to alleviate traffic at the new junction, a bypass lane has been laid from Olimpia Street that avoids the roundabout and directs traffic directly towards the TF-652 towards Las Chafiras.

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9.30am to 1.30pm on the days specified.

Two robberies with violence in Puerto

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OUR people were arrested for two robberies with violence in Puerto de la Cruz

The defendants assaulted an Italian tourist, stealing 50 euros, and then also attacked two other young people to target their phones.

The four arrested are aged between 19 and 25.

Police were called in by a tourist who reported that his friend had just been the victim of an assault and that those involved had fled to the bus station.

The Italian tourist accompanied them to the place where his friend was lying after being the victim of a robbery. He explained they were followed from a bar and his friend was pushed against a wall and hit.

When police went to the bus station, two teenagers said four criminals had taken their phones, after physically assaulting them.

The four were arrested after a police chase and the stolen telephones recovered nearby.

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chase in Four arrests Police Major works Costa del Silencio in Puerto for T begin on “hugging” TF-217 thefts T HERE was drama in Costa del Silencio when police were involved in a midnight chase and three officers were injured.

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OLICE arrested four people who had chosen Puerto de la Cruz as a target for the so-called “hugging technique” which has been hitting tourists across Spain.

The two men and two women were all of Romanian nationality and aged between 22 and 26. All of them had a police record for belonging to a criminal group specialised in this type of crime.

In fact, one of the detainees, with 26 police records, had two arrest warrants issued by both courts of the towns of Valencia and Fuengirola, and another of the Civil Guard Corps of the town of Onteniente in Valencia for three crimes of theft. In addition, this woman was recognised as the alleged author of a crime of stealing a high-end watch valued at 8,000 euros committed in the town of La Orotava. The second of the detainees was also wanted and their arrest ordered by two courts in the towns of Villajoyosa and Madrid.

The hugging technique involves approaching a target, usually elderly, and chatting to them before asking a question and then embracing them as a way of saying thankyou. However, the thief takes advantage of the distraction to steal valuables, such as jewellery and wallets.

It began when members of the local police of Arona were carrying out a routine control of cars and people in the residential and tourist areas of the town.

They spotted a car which was not displaying headlights and signalled for the driver to stop. However, he ignored the instruction and fled at full speed.

Police then gave chase, during which the man being pursued collided with their Ford Focus and also crashed into some containers in avenida José Antonio Tavío.

The patrol car also collided with another vehicle during the pursuit and the wanted driver took advantage by trying to escape on foot. Shortly afterwards, he was detected and arrested but three officers were hurt.

The 25-year-old man was arrested for the crimes of disobedience and resistance, reckless driving, driving without proper permission for the vehicle he used and assaulting agents of the authority.

Police officer saves woman

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local policeman from Santa Cruz saved the life of a woman who was threatening to jump from the top of a building.

The drama happened in calle Calvo Sotelo street when she was stopped sitting on a balcony edge.

The officer talked to the woman who eventually decided to climb down and embraced him afterwards in thanks.

ENERIFE Cabildo has started work on the rehabilitation of the General Carretera del Norte (TF-217), on its way through the municipalities of La Matanza, La Victoria, Santa Ursula and La Orotava.

The project, which will be executed by the company Transformaciones y Servicios S.L, has a term of six months.

The road rehabilitation of the TF-217 is carried out along some eleven kilometres of the road, specifically between kilometre points 0 + 241 and 11 + 122).

The project includes, in addition to the conditioning of the asphalt in the whole section, improvements in the drainage system and signalling.

It also includes the rehabilitation of 28 bus stops existing on TF-217 (11 in La

Matanza, eight in La Victoria and nine in Santa Úrsula), in such a way as to guarantee accessibility. The work also includes the provision of a new elevated pedestrian crossing, located at kilometer 7 + 080 (Santa Úrsula) and the improvement of existing pedestrian crossings, in addition to the conditioning of the road margins.

As for the drainage, in addition to the rehabilitation along the road, a concrete action will be carried out at the La Matanza roundabout located at p.k. 2 + 500, to solve the problem detected in this point.

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FLAT FIRE

POLICE TIP-OFF

Dramatic scenes in Santiago Cocaine smugglers del Teide

intercepted in Canary waters

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WO people were injured when a fire in Santiago del Teide led to dramatic scenes.

Firefighters from San Miguel de Abona and volunteer firefighters from Santiago del Teide were called out at 9.40pm to extinguish flames coming from a flat in the Arenas Negras building on calle Ana María.

On their arrival, the Local Police had already evacuated the whole building and the firemen proceeded to extinguish the fire and ventilate

the property that had a large accumulation of equipment.

Medics treated two people: a 78-year-old man of German origin, who had moderate face burns and smoke inhalation poisoning, who was transferred in a medical ambulance to the University Hospital Nuestra Señora de Candelaria, and a 52-year-old man who presented moderate smoke intoxication and was taken to the

Emergency Service of Alcalá and, later, to the University Hospital of Nuestra Señora de Candelaria.

The same firefighters had to return at 4.27am because the flames had been re-

kindled in the building and were affecting the adjoining houses. The extinction culminated successfully and without any further injuries at 8.08am. The Civil Guard also attended.

Disability champion to speak in Adeje SUMMER UNIVERSITY

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ABLO Pineda Ferrer, teacher, writer and actor, is known to be the first European with Down syndrome to obtain a university degree.

He will be the inaugural speaker of the XXVII edition of the Summer University of Adeje with the lesson “First person diversity.”

The opening ceremony will take place on Friday, July 19th at 11 am at the Adeje Convent and will be attended by new management teams from both the University of La Laguna and Adeje council, which are currently in separate electoral processes.

Pablo Pineda is undoubtedly one of the most influential people with functional diversity in Spain and Latin America. As a speaker, he has spoken to commissioners around the world in forums such as the UN and the ILO as the representative of the 1000 million people with functional diversity in the world.

Pablo Pineda was born in Malaga in 1974 and since 2010 has worked as a diversity consultant at the Adecco Foundation developing different tasks of dialogue, awareness and training aimed at companies and society in general with the aim of eliminating barriers that hinder the participation of people with disability in the labour market.

SANTA CRUZ

Man dies in roof fall

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OLICE have been investigating the death of an Italian man who fell from the roof of a building in Santa Cruz.

The incident happened in calle San Francisco de Paula just before 11am.

A caller contacted the 112 emergency control centre to say someone had fallen from the top of operational room of a multi-storey building.

Medics attended but could only confirm his death.

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ATIONAL Police agents have intercepted a vessel loaded with 1,500 kilos of cocaine as part of a joint operation with the British N.C.A, the French Customs, the Judicial Police of Portugal and the Federal Police of Brazil.

The vessel, a fishing boat without a flag, left Brazil for Spain and was destined for the national and European markets. The fishing vessel was boarded on the high seas in the Canaries by GEO agents, with the collaboration of the Spanish Navy and the Air Force.

The investigation began last January when police became aware of the existence of a South American drug trafficking organisation based in Spain, which was preparing to send and receive a large consignment of cocaine.

In the course of this investigation and as a result of the daily collaboration maintained with the main AntiDrug Agencies, links were detected between operational information from several countries. Since then, the

National Police has led the coordination of international research.

At the beginning of April, the mother ship that transported the drug from South America to Spain was detected, so the collaboration of the Spanish Navy and its METEORO Maritime Action Ship was requested.

The fishing vessel was located last week and approached by the agents. It was a fishing boat without a flag with seven people on board who were arrested. In a first safety inspection 50 bags of 30 kilograms each were intervened, distributed in five pallets, with an approximate weight of 1,500 kilograms.

The ship was towed to the port of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria for a more detailed inspection.

Turtle saved after becoming stuck in sea DIVERS’ ALERT rubbish

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GENTS of the Group of Specialists in Under water Activities of the Civil Guard rescued a specimen of loggerhead turtle that had been trapped and injured between garbage and waste thrown into the sea on the south coast of Tenerife.

The turtle was rescued from the rubbish, moved by boat to Puerto Colón and then delivered to the Wildlife Recovery Service of the Cabildo de Tenerife for its cure and subsequent reintegration to its natural habitat.

This type of actions is increasingly common, the Civil Guard warned in a statement: “Marine animals are often trapped between rubbish, garbage thrown into the sea and abandoned fishing gear.”

In this case, the rescue of the loggerhead turtle occurred on May 18th, on the occasion of a submarine fishing competition in the area of Caleta de Adeje, in which the Civil Guard agents performed security tasks.

Some of the sports diving practitioners found the turtle trapped between rubbish.

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Frantic mum locks Santa Cruz gets latest technology baby in car! drone for emergency situations

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HERE was 30 minutes of anguish for a frantic mother who inadvertently locked her baby in her car.

The incident happened in Santiago del Teide when the woman was dropping her child off at a nursery.

She got out of the car, leaving the keys inside, and accidentally activated the central locking system.

Needless to say, she became very distressed and the baby, less than a year old, began to cry inside.

Police were called and in view of the situation, decided to break a window to rescue the youngster.

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IVIL Protection in Tenerife is adding a new “weapon” to its arsenal in the shape of a latest technology drone.

The device works in a record radius of 20 kilometres from its base, with a range of 40 minutes and equipped with night visibility sensors.

Santa Cruz city council presented the new unmanned aerial vehicle which will be

SOCIAL ALARM Heroin sales detected in Santa Úrsula

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OLICE have dismantled a heroin outlet in Santa Úrsula. Agents of the Civil Guard arrested two men, aged 61 and 27, both living locally, and have seized drugs and other items.

Officers had been detecting since last March a considerable increase in the consumption and sale of heroin in a district of the municipality of Santa Ursula, creating great social alarm among residents who had complained about the unrest they were feeling.

For this reason, efforts were intensified to locate possible points of sale and people related to drug trafficking.

Investigations carried out by the investigating agents confirmed that heroin consumption was actually increasing and all the indications were that two people living in the area were engaged in small-scale heroin trafficking.

Both were kept under surveillance and were stopped in a vehicle with six grams of heroin and three doses of crack. .

A later search of their homes revealed precision scales and various wrappings of those commonly used for the distribution of narcotic substances.

used in the capital in emergency situations, providing this unit with cuttingedge technology for civil use, unique in Tenerife for its competence and capacity.

The first deputy Mayor and security councillor, Zaida González joined technicians of the construction company (Aeronautica SDLE) to see the new drone, which joins the two Civil Protection of Santa Cruz already has.

“With this new drone we give a very important quality leap,” said Zaida Gonzalez, “since we are talking about a device that has been specifically built to meet the needs of the Civil Protection service and far exceeds the performance of the usual drones of commercial origin.”

The council noted that the new drone (UAV Chira K18) operates with a maximum flight radius compared to its base of 20 kilometres

compared to the one or two kilometres of the common drones, has a flight autonomy of 40 minutes and is endowed with advanced sensors and processors that give its cameras high quality visibility, both day and night.

The new drone will enter into service once the future operators complete a period of learning in the operation of the machine.

Among the applications of this aerial resource are search and rescue missions, the rapid detection and

monitoring of fires, the location of accidents in areas of difficult access and support in situations of natural disaster.

The drone has required an investment close to 20,000 euros, is built in carbon fibre, light metals and composites; it has a height of 31 centimetres; a maximum takeoff weight of five kilos; a maximum flight speed of 80 kilometres per hour and 40 cruise speeds; and can operate in a range of temperatures between -20 and +60 degrees Centigrade.

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RE you doing anything on Saturday 1st June between 3pm – 7pm? If not, why not come down to our latest fundraiser and help us raise money for K9.

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HY Kingdom Come”. Those words will be familiar to very many English speakers who learned the Lord’s Prayer in school, even if they have hardly ever attended church since. We use the traditional words, with “thy” and “thine”, at all our services, including funerals and weddings, and when people of other nationalities are invited to join in using their own languages, the shared rhythm of the words means that we keep together most of the time. Even if you don’t know the words, those rhythms are instantly recognisable.

Now, though, “Thy Kingdom Come” has taken on a new significance. Three years ago the Archbishops of Canterbury and York used those words when they invited Anglicans across the world to pray for more people to come to know Jesus, in the eleven days between Ascension Day (May 30th this year) and Pentecost Sunday, formerly known as Whitsunday. In just three years that invitation has grown into an international and ecumenical prayer movement.

This year churches from 65 different Christian denominations in 114 countries around the world will be joining in.

A short while ago, when the Archbishop of Canterbury visited Pope Francis in Rome, the Pope recorded a special video message on the Archbishop’s phone, giving his support to the movement: “we walk alongside you in prayer”, he said. And the full video will be shown in London’s Trafalgar Square on Pentecost Sunday, where thousands of Christians are expected to gather.

A praying church is a living, powerful church. This year there’s an invitation to all of us at All Saints and beyond to pray

specifically for five people, that they might come to know Jesus for themselves.

The Archbishop has written this: “I came to a living faith in Christ at University through the encouragement and prayers of my peers but what I learned later on was that I had also been prayed for, every week, for 18 years by a close family friend”. Without that “close family friend”, the leadership of today’s Church of England might look rather different.

You don’t have to be in a church to pray. Sitting in a park or garden, or in a favourite armchair – wherever you feel comfortable – is just as good.

Now the sun is back with us, why not give it a go.

Find out more about Thy Kingdom Come on the website: www.thykingdomcome.global Our services: Holy Communion on Sundays at 9.30 am and 11.00 am (German service at 5.00 pm) and on Wednesdays at 10.00 am.

Chaplain: The Revd Dr Paula Clifford Tel: 922 38 40 38; Email: paulaclifford4@gmail.com

The Wigan Pier have kindly agreed to let us come down for the afternoon and have also got a few acts lined up for the afternoon. If you have never been to one of our fundraisers, why not come down and support us! You are guaranteed to have a lot of fun and meet some new people also.

There is a lot of entertainment planned such as live acts, a raffle, a tombola and other activities. The live acts confirmed to perform on the day are Lisa Cowley, Carol Slater, Carol Singer, Christopher James and Ann Marie Dorrity. We, at K9 are so grateful to them and to the Wigan Pier for giving us this opportunity to raise awareness about K9, but also to raise money for our puppy Reina, who flew to Sweden a couple months ago. For those that do not know the story of Reina, she was a young puppy who was flying to Sweden with her new forever family. Arriving in

Sweden turned into a nightmare as her chip could not be read, even though it had been put in by a vet and checked. Things were not looking good for her. We were given different options to try and rectify the situation such as sending her back to Tenerife, putting her in quarantine or putting her to sleep, which of course we were not going to let happen.

We choose to put her into quarantine, but this came at an expensive cost and we are currently holding fundraisers to pay this expensive bill. Reina spent 21 days in quarantine in Sweden and was happily reunited with her new family at the end of April. The cost of Reina being kept in quarantine was over €2,500 but worth every cent, if it meant that Reina could stay in Sweden and also be reunited with her new family. Now, we need to raise he money for the bill, which is why this fundraiser

came about.

Please come along and support us on the 1st June from

3pm. We would be so appreciative for any support you can give.

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HIS little ten year old guy was found wandering the streets of Guargacho.

We can never understand how people can do this to their pets. The love from a dog is unconditional, a friend for life who asks nothing more than food and love. We have so many beautiful dogs at the refuge patiently waiting for their day to come for adoption, all with their own sad story to tell.

Our dogs love to go out for a walk so if you do have some spare time during our opening hours, then do come and visit us and make a dog very happy . They love some exercise and tlc.

We can never express the importance of having your dog microchipped and with the correct updated telephone number so we can return your pet back to you as quickly as possible without causing unnecessary stress to your pet. It is also law that your dog is registered with the local town hall where you live.

Please do call the refuge on 664321219 or 602463242 between the hours of 8am -17.00 if you can help in any way. WE are always in need of tinned dog food for our older dogs, as well as blankets, towels, sheets, dog toys, and collars and leads. If you have any of the above to spare they would be very much appreciated at the refuge, or visit Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday afternoons from 14.00-17.00pm and Saturdays 13.0016.00.

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.

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Mystery spheroid is donated to Canary museum after cave find R

ELIC HUNTERS have been asked to “look around their homes” in case one of their finds turns out to be of national or international interest.

The appeal follows the donation by a private individual of a “spheroid” shaped stone to the Benahoarita Archaeological Museum in La Palma.

Airton Rodríguez found the object by chance about ten years ago in one of the caves of the ravine of Fernando Porto, in the Cave of Water, in the Villa de Garafía.

Minister of Culture and Historical Heritage of the Island Council of La Palma, Primitivo Jerónimo applauded the donation and stressed the importance of any other individuals donating their finds for conservation and study.

“These type of pre-Hispanic objects are goods of public interest that belong to us all and should not be part of private collections,” he says.

The archaeological piece is a spheroid of gray basalt that is about six centimetres high and a maximum thickness, in the central area, of 5.5 centimetres.

It has an oval shape and its base has been lowered in such a way that it can stand up. On the contrary, the other end ends in a point. It is decorated by six wide grooves that run the entire surface from the base to the pointed end, forming broad bands.

According to the director of

the Benahoarita Museum and the archaeologist of the Cabildo, Jorge Pais, the piece is very similar to another spheroid that was donated by Joaquín Toepcke from Hopya Grande, Villa de Garafía, which, after touring the world, was rescued in the municipality of Frontera, in El Hierro. At the moment this piece is one of the madayas (“beautiful thing that there is to see”) and it is shown in the permanent exhibition room of the Benahoarita Archaeological Museum.

Jorge Pais points out that benahoarite spheroids are

lithic pieces made of basalt and gabros. Its peculiarity is that they are decorated by deep grooves that form different motifs (meanders and spirals) or have been carved in a circular, ovoid, pear-shaped.

Regarding their meaning, many theories have been suggested ranging from a throwing weapon to a weight or idol.

“Its strange shapes, its precious finish, its accused polish and its scarcity lead us to think that it could be a kind of power symbols or amulets that confer prestige and protection to its owners. Its strange forms, as well as its decoration, makes it a unique piece in Canarian archeology” he says.

INTERNATIONAL ACCLAIM

Silbo film shot in La Gomera receives standing ovation in Cannes

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HE film La Gomera (“The Whistlers” in its international title), directed by CorneliuPorumboiu and filmed in La Gomera, wowed the audience at its world premiere in the official section of the prestigious Cannes Film Festival.

The Grand Theater Lumière saw a standing

ovation for the great work of this filmmaker, a regular visitor to the festival, but competing for the first time for the Palme d’Or. A delegation of the Tourism Council of the Cabildo de La Gomera, which has supported the film in all its stages, was present at the premiere.

“Welcome to La Gomera, the pearl of the Canar y Islands” is how this frantic film begins, in which the protagonist, a corrupt policeman who collaborates with the mafia, travels to La Gomera to learn the whistle, the ancestral language of Gomera.

The Council of Tourism of the Cabildo de La Gomera collaborated with this production, both in the selection of locations and in the coordination of the shooting. A delegation re-

presenting this institution, formed by the production professional Odile Antonio Baez and the master whistler Kiko Correa, attended the premiere to show their support.

Kiko Correa was responsible for teaching the language to all the actors: “We were working for two weeks before filming, four to six hours a day, and on the recording itself, and their willingness and commitment was very surprising.”

The protagonist actor Vlad Ivanov has learned the basics of the whistle: “It was hard work, but the best moment was when we shot in La Gomera and we saw how the local people used it. They answered us.”

The director has confessed that he started creating this story when he encountered Silbo and the island. “I was surprised by this language and I created a story for ir and for the main character of Cristi.

That’s how I started to shape this movie.”

“The acceptance of the film

has been incredible and the whole room was fascinated by the whistle,” says Odile

Antonio Baez, from the delegation of the Cabildo de La Gomera.

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False products worth more Entries open for Lanzarote’s annual wine run than one million euros seized in Playa del Inglés

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HE authorities in the Canar y Islands have warned they will not tolerate the widespread sale of counterfeit football tops and similar well-known brands to unsuspecting tourists.

Their alert follows the arrest of 20 men and three women in the municipality of San Bartolomé de Tirajana, in Gran Canaria, for the sale of counterfeit material whose value exceeds one million euros.

Many of the detainees have police records for acts of similar characteristics and this time they are accused of alleged crimes against industrial and intellectual property.

The police investigation was initiated after officers were told of the alleged sale of counterfeit items in various positions in two shopping centres in Playa del Inglés.

The agents carried out inspections in these establishments, in which they had the collaboration of an expert from the Antipiracy

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HE registration period to participate in the eleventh edition of the Wine Run Lanzarote, to be held on Sunday, June 16th, will remain open until Monday, June 10th.

Commission of the Ministry of Culture.

Police seized 80 boxes of large dimensions with products that were found to be counterfeit and whose market value would reach 1,083,535 euros.

Among the counterfeit effects intervened by the agents were a large number of garments, watches, bags and badges of recognised commercial brands.

The police investigation culminated in the arrest of the 23 suspects who were iden-

tified as responsible for all the posts in which the counterfeit products were seized, as alleged perpetrators of crimes against industrial property.

Once the corresponding police reports were completed, they were sent to the competent Judicial Authority together with all the items intervened. The police intervention was carried out by agents of the Local Brigade of the Judicial Police of the Maspalomas Police Station.

Elderly woman robbed at bank ATM

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OLICE have repeated their “take care” warning after an elderly woman was robbed seconds after she had withdrawn money from a cash machine.

The theft with violence happened in Gran Canaria and was recorded on a CCTV camera.

Footage shows how a middle-aged stocky man stood behind the woman, who

was by herself, as she typed in her code. She appears to be war y as on a couple of occasions, she takes a look over her shoulder to look at the man who is standing very near to her.

Once the money was withdrawn, the man quickly pushed the woman and got away with the cash within seconds.

The cash machine was in Las Palmas and the man was later arrested for theft.

Police say anyone using a cash machine should be very alert and be aware of anyone loitering with intent.

Those interested in participating can formalise through the link http:// www.lanzarotewinerun.com/ en/inscriptions/ their request to participate in any of the three modalities: the long race of 23 kilometres, short race and walk (both of 12 kilometres) for which there are already more than 650 registered in total.

The ‘Lanzarote Wine Run & Traditional Cuisine Festival’ is organised by the Cabildo de Lanzarote, Regulating Council of the Denomination of Origin

Wines of Lanzarote, Yaiza City Council and Club La Santa.

As a prelude, on the afternoon of Saturday, June 15th at the Plaza de Uga, there will be a Traditional Cooking Festival, in which throughout the weekend you can taste excellent local food and wine products.

Once again, the event will have a strong solidarity character by allocating part of the collection obtained by the inscriptions and sale of drinks to the project ‘Save La Geria’.

Through this initiative, the

Cabildo of Lanzarote promotes the economic, cultural, environmental and touristic sustainability of the landscape of La Geria, through the enhancement of vineyard cultivation, the promotion of wine tourism and hiking and the recovery of traditional trails and degraded spaces, among other actions.

In this sense, it is worth noting the work of Grevislan, special employment centre of the Association of People with Disabilities of Lanzarote (Adislan) that promotes the labour and social insertion of people with disabilities and that for years has been carrying out recovery tasks.

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widespread scam has been detected in Gran Canaria where customers, many of them foreign tourists, were charged twice or even more for purchases in bazaar-type shops.

One of the incidents involved a holidaymaker who thought she was buying a tablet and a phone card for 62 euros in total. She gave the shopkeeper her card to pass through the automatic card reader but was told it hadn’t gone through and needed to be repeated.

When the unsuspecting customer returned home to her own country, she discovered that 2,475 euros had been taken from her account without her authority.

The Civil Guard of Puerto Rico-Mogán have since investigated the person believed to be responsible for the fraud committed at the end of last year.

This type of scam is not an isolated incident, however. Since 2015, the Civil Guard has received complaints about 18 similar thefts amounting to 54,145 euros in total. Police have arrested, investigated or identified 38 people for allegedly being involved.

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Fears grow that Valley Gran Tragedy on Fuerteventura Rey is target of an arsonist beach

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shocking fire on picturesque La Gomera has reinforced a view that an arsonist could be at work in the municipality of Valle Gran Rey.

The blaze affected 20,000 square metres of land and led to the evacuation of several houses and three apartment complexes, some of them being used by tourists.

The authorities have praised the swift actions of the emergency services for controlling the fire before it spread even further. Fortunately, no-one was hurt and there was no damage to any properties.

However, there are fears that it was started on purpose and follows on from another fire a few weeks ago.

The Mayor, Angel Piñero voiced “his sincere gratitude, on behalf of residents and the corporation, for the effectiveness and predisposition of Civil Protection, volunteer firefighters of Valle Gran Rey, the Environment Brigade of the Cabildo, the Police Local, Civil Guard and other groups that collaborated to stop the advance of the flames, as well as all citizens who helped and collaborated for hours.”

He added: “Valle Gran Rey is suffering sabotage and intentional arson for months.

The Civil Guard will investigate the causes of this event, but what is clear is that the town does not deserve what is happening.”

The fire began during the night on the coast of Valle Gran Rey and affected an area of 20,000 square metres.

The flames were detected at 10pm in the place known by residents as Quiebracanilla, next to the road that leads to Playa del Inglés, about 200 metres from the coast.

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HE rescue of two people from the sea in Fuerteventura ended in tragedy.

The emergency services had received a report saying that lifeguards on the beach of Jandía in the municipality of Pájara had pulled a man and woman in trouble from the water.

One of them, a Dutchman aged 80, had symptoms of drowning and was in cardiac arrest so they had already started resuscitation.

The Canary Emergency Service (SUC), with a medical ambulance and basic life support ambulance, together with the local police and Civil Guard, all rushed to the scene. Medics continued with the resuscitation but with no success.

The woman, also of Dutch origin, needed treatment on the beach for exhaustion and anxiety but did not need to be taken to a health centre.

DEALER ARRESTED

Guillermo Barroso said the fire “was very virulent” in the first hours, due to the existence of “strong gusts of wind”.

At one stage, the flames threatened to spread towards the apartment complexes of

El Guirre, Los Tarajales and El Cieno. Because of this, they were evacuated, together with several houses, and parked cars were removed.

The first fire was recorded in this municipality a few

weeks ago at a private property in the area of El Altito.

There has also been continuous sabotage carried out against the drinking water supply network during the last months.

Pair stole statues from cemetery for scrap

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group of people gathered by some caves in Gran Canaria alerted police to possible drug sales.

Their suspicions proved correct as a 38-year-old man was arrested with 96 doses of crack.

The Civil Guard of Santa María de Guía (Gran Canaria) said he had a background in drug offences.

Officers had been carrying out patrols in an area known as El Lomo San Antón when they spotted a crowd gathered around a well-known drugs spot.

The suspect showed signs of nerves and threw away a white plastic bottle which was later found to contain crack amounting to 10.1 grams.

Robbery gang travelled to other islands to sell haul

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HIEVES have been caught stealing statues from gravestones in Las Palmas.

The two men, aged 36 and 47 and both with extensive police records, had targeted a cemetery in Las Palmas.

Police said their haul, taken from about 40 niches and tombstones, was valued at 11,000 euros. The pair sold off part of it for scrap.

The investigation was triggered by the complaint of the head of a cemetery in the city of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, reporting that 100 statues and bronze items had been stolen.

Police located two individuals who had sold some of the stolen bronze objects.

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HE Civil Guard has detained three people on suspicion of committing several robberies with force at homes in the municipality of Tuineje, on the island of Fuerteventura.

Two are aged 21 and the other is 18.

According to the investigation, they entered up to 17 homes after smashing windows or forcing open doors and got away with a variety of effects, including computer equipment, tools, cash and jewellery.

The Civil Guard began the investigations at the beginning of the year, as between January 19th and February 28th, it was aware of nine robberies in the interior of houses, then between March 1st and 19th, another four were committed and finally between from April 1st to 24th, several others were targetted, amounting to a total of 17 criminal acts, all carried out with the same modus ope-

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The Civil Guard has collaborated with the National Police of the localities of Puerto del Rosario, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and Santa Cruz de Tenerife to locate the stolen effects, giving positive results in the first two.

The detainees, once they had committed the robbery, travelled to different locations to proceed with the sale of the stolen goods. Thus, it has been possible to recover two generators, a television, power tools, computer equipment and several pieces of jewellery.

The Civil Guard continues with the investigation, not ruling out “more arrests and the clarification of other similar criminal acts.”

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Take control of your finances in an uncertain world Tougher tax rules may also follow a change in government, including the possibility of a new wealth tax on higher-value UK assets.

A locally-based adviser can advise about asset protection and taking advantage of tax-efficient opportunities in Spain.

By Paul Montague, Partner, Blevins Franks

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HEY say the only certainties in life are death and taxes – this has never seemed more true!

However, there are some things you can be sure of and control to your benefit today.

Taxation of assets

The way you structure your assets and wealth can make a difference to your tax bill.

There are Spain-compliant investment opportunities that offer tax efficiency while also providing benefits like currency and income flexibility. Meanwhile, expatriates who favour UK-centric assets and investments are more likely to see increased taxation with Brexit, as some non-EU/EEA assets are treated differently.

For example, if you sell a Spanish home to buy a British property once the UK leaves the EU/EEA, you may no longer be eligible for capital gains tax relief.

At any time, the UK can potentially increase the tax burden for non-residents, as we have seen recently with UK property.

Taxation of pensions

A similar threat hangs over pensions. Today, UK pensions can potentially be accessed by Britons abroad without UK taxation, but the recent 25% ‘overseas transfer charge’ may indicate things to come. Currently, EU residents are only affected if transferring UK pension funds to Qualifying Recognised Overseas Pension Schemes (QROPS) outside the EU/EEA, but the scope may increase after Brexit.

Once you no longer live in Britain, you may find fewer advantages to keeping UK pensions where they are. Take regulated pensions advice to establish the most suitable approach for your circumstances and goals now, before the tax-free window potentially closes.

Investments

Diversification is the key to minimising risk. A portfolio made up of a mixture of asset types from different countries, regions and market sectors is best placed to ride out turbulence and produce positive returns over time. Conversely, if you mainly hold UK assets, your returns will be more vulnerable to the fortunes of sterling and the British economy.

Of course, you need to make sure your investments offer the right balance of risk and return for your peace of mind. An

experienced financial professional can use the appropriate tools to create a clear and objective risk profile for you.

Estate planning

Death is unavoidable, but with good estate planning we can control who receives our legacy and when.

Even after Brexit, you can override Spanish ‘forced heirship rules’ by applying the law of your nationality to your estate through the EU regulation, ‘Brussels IV’. While this would ensure your legacy is distributed according to your written wishes, beware the potential tax implications.

If you are seen as UK-domiciled, your estate may be liable to UK inheritance tax as well as succession taxes in Spain and wherever you own assets. Explore how you can restructure your wealth to reduce tax liabilities while ensuring your chosen heirs receive your gift at the right time.

With careful tax, pensions, investments and estate planning, you can steer your financial future in the right direction. Crossborder financial planning is complex and needs to be designed around your specific circumstances and wishes, so take specialist advice for the best results.

Summarised tax information is based upon our understanding of current laws and practices which may change. Individuals should seek personalised 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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“MAD” SITUATION

The amazing story of the baby’s rattle found in a Franco victim’s grave

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HE mysterious discovery of a pink and yellow baby’s rattle found next to the remains of a woman killed by firing squad during the Spanish Civil War has finally been solved, 83 years after her death.

Archaeologists were stunned when they unearthed the perfectly preserved toy in 2011 during excavation work in Palencia, Spain.

The rattle was in such good condition that they couldn’t believe it had survived 83 years but it turned out to be genuine.

Extensive research revealed it was taken by mother of four Catalina Munoz to her final resting place in 1936.

Now, after all these years, her son has been tracked down, still alive at 83, and his daughter is planning to reclaim the rattle and keep it to tell her own children the fascinating story of the woman who was defiant to the end.

The story of Catalina Munoz has been documented by several archaeological societies who tracked her son down.

Her grave, together with other victims of Franco, was found under a children’s park in Palencia. Various relics were

Madrid room prices soar 2,000 per cent for Champions League final revealed, including a comb, crucifix and even a laxative tin, but it was the baby’s rattle, shaped like a flower, which broke hearts again.

Archaeologist Alfredo Gonzalez-Ruibal told Spanish newspaper El Pais which unravelled the fascinating story: “It was like new and did not look like it dated all the way back to the Spanish Civil War (1936 to 1939)”.

Others on the dig “thought it was a joke” but tests showed it was made of celluloid, a plastic developed in 1870 widely used in ever yday objects until the 70s of the 20th century.

Archaeologists say it is the

most striking and moving object found so far during the hunt for Franco victims and is the only one of its kind recovered in the exhumation of more than 700 graves in Spain.

Catalina Munoz was 37 years old when she was executed for alleged military rebellion and came from the village of Cevico de la Torre, about 30 kilometres from Palencia.

She had four children at the time of her death, including an eight-monthold baby son, the child who grew up to be Martín de la Torre Muñoz. She was arrested in August 1936, a

Terrorist fears as knifeman steals van

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month after the Spanish coup of July 1936 which marked the beginning of the Civil War. It is believed she was still wearing her apron when she was marched away by the firing squad and had the rattle in her pocket.

His daughter, Martina, 57, intends to reclaim the rattle and keep it in an urn.

She recently visited a monolith in the town which features the names of the victims found in the mass grave and said: “I felt a very strange feeling of emptiness but on the other hand I am very happy to be able to recover my grandmother and bring her back.”

MADRID PANIC

hocked tourists thought a terrorist attack was being carried out in the centre of Madrid.

There were scenes of sheer panic after a man stole a van at knifepoint and then crashed it in the middle of a busy street, smashing into three motorcycles and a shop window.

Hundreds of people took to the social network sites to say a terrorist had struck, forcing police to issue an urgent bulletin saying this was NOT the case.

“In relation to the video that is circulating on social networks about an incident in Plaza Mayor, it was an attempt to steal a delivery van,” the police clarified in a message of calm. “During the incident, the van collided with three motorcycles and a shop window. The assailant is stopped.”

The van owner had left the keys in the vehicle and went off to make a delivery when the knifeman, believed to be of North African origin, approached. The delivery driver saw him, returned to try and stop him and a struggle broke out, during which he was threatened with the knife.

This is one of the busiest areas of Madrid, especially for tourists.

The man was arrested and taken into custody.

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ESIDENTS of Madrid are set to rake in thousands of pounds by renting out their homes - often with the families still living there! for the Champions League final between Liverpool and Tottenham on June 1st.

Hotels have confirmed they expect occupancy to rise to as high as 98 per cent, with prices going through the roof.

But people living near the Wanda Metropolitano stadium are offering a “cheaper” alternative which will save the day for the thousands of supporters travelling to Spain from the UK whilst lining their own pockets at the same time.

One room just a ten minute walk from the ground is being advertised for 1,200 euros, even though the bed is an inflatable mattress! Another apartment of 90 square metres is available for around 6,000 euros whilst a room in a shared house is 925 euros.

If you don’t mind travelling, attic accommodation for five people is available in Barajas for 1,450 euros and the price gets cheaper the further you go away from the stadium.

Spanish newspapers are describing the pricing situation as “madness” but the offers ARE being snapped up within days of being advertised on the internet.

Owners are demanding contracts, identity papers, bonds and deposits and in some of the cases, say guests will have to share the accommodation with the

families who have no intentions of moving out - but they will help show them the sites of the city.

Hotels and tourist apartments have multiplied their prices by up to 2,000 per cent for the finals and in the very top hotels, a night is as much as 3,500 euros, provided there is still one available.

Hotel leaders say that in all types of accommodation, occupancy will not fall below 90 per cent, with the average expected to be 95 per cent despite the prices.

The average occupation for Friday, May 31 is 95 per cent, while for Saturday, June 1, it is 96 per cent.

The Hotel Business Association of Madrid admits that the establishments are at “market highs” and that there has been price increases but does not specify how much they have increased. In the last five finals of the Champions, the RevPAR of the hotels in the cities that hosted the event grew by an average of 200 per cent.

Even owners and hoteliers admit the prices are “exorbitant” and have grown because none of the teams in the final is Spanish. Therefore, fans have no choice but to travel to Spain and spend at least one night in Madrid.

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Sweets, cakes and sugary beverages banned from schools in Balearics

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HE Balearic Government has announced tough new rules over the type of food served to school-children as it fights obesity and encourages a healthier lifestyle.

The decree is based on the Mediterranean diet which is proved to reduce mortality due to cardiovascular diseases and some types of cancer.

Public and private educational centres, public health centres and public health administrative facilities must abide by various menu regulations.

Thus, the decree provides for the use of seasonal products as raw material in catering services and in the

dining rooms of these centres, as well as the use of genuinely Mediterranean culinar y preparations and traditional recipes of Balearic cuisine.

The new rules cover what food can be served and how often ie pulses once or twice a week in the case of starters and for main courses, the inclusion of garnishes containing mixed salads three or four times per week; and potatoes, vegetables and pulses, among others, once or twice a week. Regarding

PALMA TRAGEDY

Unions warn of mental workload of airport security staff

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NIONS are warning about the occupational risks faced by security workers at Spain’s airports.

Their alert follows the death of a woman employee at Palma airport following an altercation with a passenger. The tourist had tried to get back in through an unauthorised door after having a smoke outside and the security guard’s leg got caught. She died during an operation to rectify it.

The union USO says the tragedy should remind the employers of “the precarious situation in terms of the assessment and prevention of occupational risks” and an increase in work accidents in recent years.

“The death of this worker was caused by a psychosocial factor, the aggressiveness of the passenger,” claims the USO. “In the airport security sector, AENA has been deriving a greater workload from the airport’s security and services companies, which, in many cases, must assume a greater volume of work with the same personnel. This supposes a greater mental workload and an increase in the possibility of psychosocial risks for the workers.”

A statement from the union continued: “Psychosocial risks are one of the main factors of occupational diseases and they are capable of creating different musculoskeletal disorders and other psychosomatic symptoms due to stress arising in workers that appear over time. Currently companies are becoming aware of this type of risk and psychosocial evaluations are being carried out, through questionnaires made to workers, based on different methods.”

“From the USO, we believe that situations like this one could be avoided with a greater dialogue and better management with the appropriate means, through a more realistic assessment of the risks to which the worker is subject. As our campaign logan states: “Without evaluation, there is no prevention.”

desserts, fresh and seasonal fruits are recommended four or five days a week; other desserts - preferably yogurt, fresh cheese, buckwheat and dried fruit - can be given once or once a week.

The government is emphasing the use of virgin olive oil for cooking and salad, the presence of water as the only drink, the prioritisation of white and lean meats, or the alternation of white and blue fish. Precooked croquettes or

pizzas can be offered up to three times per month and sausages and hamburgers or other meat preparations, at most, four times a month.

Alternative menus must be guaranteed in the case of gluten intolerance.

Sugary beverages, industrial pastries and sweets are strictly banned.

Inspectors will be checking to see if the new rules are being introduced within the time limit of one year.

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COUNTERFEIT COINS

Archaeological sites plundered and relics forged in massive scam

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EIGHT ARRESTS

Moroccan gang charged up to 6,000 euros for people smuggling

HE Civil Guard has recovered more than 30,000 objects of archaeological interest, most of them from sites in Spain.

Among the material intervened, in addition to the authentic pieces, there are many counterfeit objects which in many cases were sold on as genuine.

The operation has resulted in the arrest of ten people in different locations in Cáceres, Cádiz, Granada and Seville.

Twelve metal detectors were also seized. Their use is prohibited in certain areas as they are considered one of the greatest threats to the survival of archaeological heritage, even above the construction of buildings.

“It is necessar y to emphasise that these objects are extracted without any scientific methodology, totally disturbing the archaeological deposit from which they come, losing forever its true historicalcultural value,” said a police spokesman.

The operation was initiated after investigators detected numerous objects of archaeological interest put on sale through the internet, which has become the largest platform for the legal sale of this type of material, but also a place where you can sell objects that come from of the commission of crimes of expoliation, and ultimately of illicit trafficking in cultural property.

In addition to online, many of these pieces were sold to trusted customers and buyers in good faith, who were really victims of a crime of fraud.

Among the items recovered is a large quantity of old,

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OLICE have made another wave of arrests for human trafficking between Africa and Spain.

authentic and counterfeit coins, as well as diverse archaeological material in metal and ceramics, such as Roman and Phoenician amphoras, busts and various remains of a mosaic of Roman

origin of great size.

These objects are being catalogued to determine which are real or counterfeit.

“Operation NORBA, is a clear example of the permanent involvement of the Civil

Guard in the defence of the Spanish Historical Heritage and the fight against criminal groups that focus their activity on the pillaging of archaeological sites, as is the case,” say the police.

Police seize thousands of bottles of falsified wine COUNTERFEIT LABELS

This latest gang is believed to have been responsible for smuggling illegal immigrants from Morocco, charging them between 3,500 and 6,000 euros each.

Once in Spain, they were housed in “safe” homes of the network, and after payment of another 1,000 euros by relatives, they were distributed to different areas of the Spanish and European geography.

In the operation, two minors have been released and eleven people arrested, eight in San Pablo de Buceite, Cádiz; one in Algeciras, Cádiz; one in Torrelavega, Cantabria and one in Marbella, Malaga.

The investigation began in Pamplona when a migrant told police he had travelled from Tangier with 12 other people in a smal boat or “patera” to

Spain. They had to transfer to an inflatable rubber boat to get to the beach in the town of Tarifa. Here, he was picked up by two Moroccan brothers, considered the main members of the organisation in Spain, and transported in vehicles to a farm. They spent several days in the custody of the network and once the 1,000 euros had been received, he was transferred to a bus station where he was provided with a transport ticket .

Police found that the network captured both adults and minors, all of them from Morocco.

“The dismantled network trafficked 50 immigrants of Moroccan origin, several of them minors,” said a spokesman.

TWELVE RAIDS

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HE Civil Guard has arrested four people and is investigating another six for their involvement in a massive wine fraud believed to have affected some two million bottles.

The wine was being served up in restaurants, with diners believing they were drinking well-known brands from the Castilla and León denomination.

But the wine had actually been falsified by the criminal network, filling wine bottles with a cheap variety and using counterfeit labels.

Police carried out eleven raids in different buildings and homes located in the provinces of León, Ourense, Lugo and Pontevedra and are not ruling out further arrests.

Items seized included several hundred thousand falsified labels, effects and a total of 335,000 euros. All the affected wine that had been placed on the market has been intervened.

Biggest-ever seizure of crystal meths in Spain

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ATIONAL Police agents have intervened 337 kilos of synthetic drugs and have dismantled a network of drug traffickers operating in the north of Spain.

The seizure of 178 kilos of crystal meths made in this operation represents the greatest apprehension of this drug in Spain to date.

In addition, police have arrested 12 people and made 12 records in homes in La Rioja, Álava, Navarra and Cantabria in which they have seized more than 300 kilos of synthetic drugs (159 kilos of speed and 178 kilos of crystal), 52 kilos of marijuana, 672 pills and more than 30,000 euros.

One of the main investigators had a solid infrastructure for large-scale drug trafficking, managing three points of sale and a point of drug custody in localities of La Rioja and Navarra.

The leader of the criminal organisation, based in the area of Vizcaya-Cantabria, was a well-known drug dealer on a large scale in the northern area of Spain, and had a history of drug trafficking, criminal group membership and illegal possession of weapons. .

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Lobster, the only all-in-English mobile operator for expats in Spain The mobile company which wants its customers to stay because they are happy with the service, not because they are tied in!

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T’S a buzzword everyone seems to be talking about Lobster. But what on earth is it?

In a nutshell, it’s a new mobile phone operator based in Spain but offering a service completely in English!

Now that has to be great news for all expats who live here but haven’t fully grasped the language.

Launched in 2018, it’s going down a storm with Brits in

we want to be the benchmark for them,” says the team.

“Right now we have thousands of happy customers and growing. We are available in over 300 retail stores, mainly on the Mediterranean coast, and on the islands... basically where the sun and the expats are!”. A

“Great telephone support, fantastic website and excellent value call packages!”

Tony Marshall Spain and other English speakers too.

“Great telephone support, fantastic website and excellent value call packages,” is the glowing testimonial of one delighted customer.

“Excellent service and brilliant bundle packages.

Good app to keep you up to date on usage too,” says another.

Everything is in English, honestly. The really excellent Lobster website, the app, customer billing information, advertising, all in English And perhaps the most important thing, the Customer Contact Centre agents are all native English speakers (open seven days a week from 9am to 9pm).

Incidentally, Lobster can also handle calls and provide documentation in Spanish if a customer prefers.

One of the company ’s slogans is “Flippin’ brilliant!” and that is certainly the reaction of the thousands of happy customers who have already signed up with Lobster.

“It’s estimated that there are over 1.5 million English speakers residing in Spain and

customer can also sign-up online on our website lobster.es or calling our customer contact centre for free on 1661.

Of course, there are lots of mobile operators on the market but Lobster appears to be winning people over because of its simplicity and easy set-up.

“I’ve had my SIM card a month now and so far it’s been one of the best I’ve ever had, internet is great and the staff are really helpful. Would definitely be recommending this company to everyone,” says one user.

All you need to sign up is a

contracts or no paperwork.

With Lobster there are no commitments. This is something which is very important to the company, wanting customers to stay with them because they are happy with the service, not because of nasty lock-ins or termination fees.

The Lobster tariff plans are tailor-made for British expats and other English speakers.

There are three plans, all with unlimited calls and texts in Spain, to the UK, and other countries. The only difference between the plans is the amount of data you get. So whether you just send the odd WhatsApp, or are glued to YouTube videos all day, Lobster has a tariff plan which is right for you!

The plans start from just 12€ per month, and pretty

way, Ireland, Denmark, Portugal, Gibraltar and the USA. You can keep your existing Spanish number if you already have one or have a brand new one.

Lobster is currently running a “try us and see” promotion. Just sign-up and you get your first month’s plan completely free

“Excellent service and brilliant bundle packages. Good app to keep you up to date on usage too.”

Mª Nuria García-Alizadeh much everything is included for that price which means you can easily control your

“Good service, good price well worth having.”

Keith Beardsmore valid ID, passport, NIE, or similar, and a credit or debit card, which doesn’t have to be a Spanish credit or debit card. As simple as that and you’re good to go. No lengthy

Marketing Director Tony Watts thinks Lobster is abso-flippin-lutely great!

monthly spend with us.

As well as unlimited calls and texts back to the UK, all plans include unlimited calls and texts to Germany, The Netherlands, Sweden, Nor-

with no commitments.

Lobster has full national coverage in Spain, running on the Movistar network and gives you super-fast data up to 4G. They have great international coverage too.

If you are going back home for a few months to spend time with the family, or for whatever reason, then no problem, you can park your number for free when you are away from Spain for up to 12 months and have it available again when you get back.

So just one question still to be answered. Why the name Lobster?

“We think it’s something

different. It brings to mind the good life. Spain has sun and

great food, what more do you want!” the company explains.

Some facts about Lobster Lobster launched service in 2018. It was almost two years in the making with an investment of over four million euros to get Lobster ready for launch making sure that everything was right, the branding, the advertising, sales channels, and so on.

Lobster is a registered brand of Zinnia Telecommunications, a Spanish company and part of the Gibtelecom Group. It has the financial and business support of Gibtelecom, the leading telecommunications company in Gibraltar. Basically, Gibtelecom is the BT of Gibraltar.

The head office is in Madrid The Lobster management team is formed by ex-directors from Yoigo and Lebara with a great amount of experience in the sector.

Want to give Lobster a go? You can sign-up online on the website lobster.es or call the Customer Contact Centre for free on 1661, or go to one of the more than 300 retail stores where Lobster is available.

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The guarantee of quality at Taller Aleman Heiko

NEW SERVICES

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OPULAR mechanic Heiko is building on his already-excellent reputation with new offers which will interest all motorists.

“Taller Aleman Heiko” used to be in Guargacho but is now continuing its success with new premises in Las Chafiras which has allowed the business to expand and to offer additional services.

Due to the demand of customers for European tyres of quality, the garage has acquired the latest generation machinery for tyre assembly and balancing so from now on can offer a new tyre changing service.

Taller Aleman Heiko has also now partnered with the CGA group which allows it to offer a workshop guarantee throughout the Spanish and Portuguese territory. This is interesting for customers who travel between islands or who usually go to the peninsula with their car.

“They also provide us with the certifications and technical data to carry out the maintenance and repairs of the latest generation cars so that they do not lose their warranty,” Heiko explains.

“The guarantee we offer to our customers continues as before, that is to say we extend

it to three months, which is what is determined by law to mechanical workshops to make them official. This is possible since our spare parts are from leading brands which have a guarantee like that offered by the best official houses.”

Heiko is German but speaks perfect English which is so handy for the British community here.

The garage in a unit on the industrial estate of Las Chafiras just behind Lidl supermarket.

Heiko and his wife look forward to welcoming customers old and new with their continued ethos of honesty, fairness, up front prices with no shocks at the end, politeness and nothing is too much trouble.

Heiko can help with fleet cars as well as private ones.

Their contact details remain the same (922 734 316 and 637 407 444) if you need to ring them for instrutions on how to get to the new premises.

The address is Calle Hermano Pedro 141 nave C12, Las Chafiras.

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X marks the spot but what difference will your vote make?

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HIS month I thought might talk a bit about (yawn) the local town hall elections. The thing is about a fortnightly paper and with me writing once a month is that very often before I get a chance to talk about something it is already old news.

I am writing this before polling day because, believe it or not, I do have a deadline, whereas the paper isn’t printed until after so we should already know the result.

I hope therefore all you foreigners (non Spanish) followed my example and took a few minutes out of your day last Sunday to go and place their vote. I was going to say to put an X in the relevant box, but of course it doesn’t work like that here, they have this weird and wonderful system whereby you put a sheet of paper listing the candidates for the party you are voting for into the appropriately coloured envelope, white for those voting for the town hall (Ayuntamiento).

This is the reason, in case you have been wondering, why so much seeming repetitive literature has been dropping through your letterbox, each party providing you with the voting envelope with their own list of candidates already conveniently enclosed. It is easy enough for those of us who thankfully are only eligible to vote for the town council, but a bit confusing for those facing five, yes five, separate elections, that’s 5 lists of candidates for each party and 5 different coloured envelopes.

So what are the five? Firstly the town council (Ayuntamiento), the lowest ranking authority, though you wouldn’t think it so to listen to some of the local councillors. Next the Tenerife government (Cabildo) who are the most important authority for Puerto de la Cruz as they are the source of most of the funding for capital projects in the town. Then the government of the Western Canary Islands (Gobierno) based in Las Palmas, Grand Canaria and in Santa Cruz.

Finally there is the government of all the Canar y Islands (Parlamento) based in Santa

Cruz. What a lot of salaries, no wonder there is so much red tape whenever they want to do anything. four different tiers of administration and then don’t forget everybody answers to the national government in Madrid, whose elections were last month.

Still, I’m missing one, oh yes, of course, the European Elections, easily forgotten, polling in Spain is on the same day as the other elections.

As I said I am writing preelection, so I have to say I assume I did my bit for local democracy by casting my vote, baring an accident it is safe to say I have.

Not that my vote will make the slightest bit of difference, but I will feel that I have contributed and at least it gives me the right to moan about the result, which I’m sure I will at some point regardless of the outcome. There are 21 council seats that make up Puerto’s Ayuntamiento; therefore the magic number to gain control is 11. So by the time this paper hits the shelves we will know the names and parties of the fortunate 21 but I very much doubt we will know who will be in power, unless one party achieves the almost unimaginable and gets an outright majority. No, most probably the wheeling and dealing to form a coalition will have begun behind closed doors, a process that can take weeks if 2015 is anything to go by.

Proportional representation is in principle the fairest voting system. A voting system completely alien to we Brits (and Americans obviously), we vote for a person rather than a party, (apart from the European elections, where turnout is traditionally low). So seats here are allocated on an individual party’s percentage of the vote, which invariably means in Puerto de la Cruz’s case that there is no outright winner. This creates what used to be called a ‘hung parliament’ in the UK, an unusual term , but one that appeals to my sense of humour , when I hear it used I automatically think that some most probably should be.

Because at this point I don’t know the result I will use the last election in 2015 as an example. Seats won were as follows, (PSOE) 7, (PP) 7, (CC) 4, (ACP) 3. PSOE polled the most votes and narrowly missed out on what probably would have proved a decisive 8th seat, however, the real negotiating power belonged to (CC) and boy did they use it, going against their own party ’s national agreement they sold out to the highest bidder, (PP) in this case,

and the rest as they say is history.

In this election (2019) Ciudadanos (C’s) enter the fray so the 21 seats could quite easily be divided across more parties. You could even get the scenario where neither of the 2 front runners gains power, with a coalition of the remaining smaller parties forming a majority.

There are strong signs that the populists are gaining ground in Europe with voters turning their back on traditional parties, so it will be interesting to see if any on these feelings have filtered down to Puerto de la Cruz. There were certainly signs they might be with over 1000 residents in Puerto voting for ultra right party VOX in Spain’s National Election last month, which seems amazing to me.

So at the end of the day I will have made my choice, but I can’t honestly say it will make a dramatic difference to the town whoever is in power. Perhaps, a bit more transparency, some more realistic targets, honesty about what is achievable, but I am sure the town will be just as cash strapped in the next four years as it has been in the last, and dependent on outside funding for the ever growing list of capital improvement projects.

After more than three years of relative inactivity we’ve had months of frenzy, white paint has been splashed over all the road edges, the new gardeners have valiantly tried to put right three years of neglect, the new street lights have been rolled out across the town and are getting dimmer, efforts to keep the town cleaner aren’t really working, some tarmac has gone down on roads, but probably not where it was most needed, and small vote earning projects have taken place in some of the outlying areas, but is it enough?

What capital projects have been completed in the last term? San Telmo, but that was nearly finished before they came to power, calle Quintana, the bus station which is not quite complete, the same goes for the ‘coastal path’. Phase one, a minor part of the San Francisco building is complete, and the

children’s park in La Paz where work is still ongoing long after it should have been completed.

But what else? This list is not as long as the one promised. The new swimming complex was to be open by the end of 2018.

The regeneration of Playa Martiánez has been promised every year, a desperately needed car park was to be built under Plaza de Constitution, Phase 2 of Parque San Francisco was due to start immediately after phase one .

So what of the next four years, more of the same as far as promises go it appears, with one party even claiming that if you vote for them again Puerto will see its new port built, and not the watered down version, the whole package with room for cruise liners. I can’t quite see that happening somehow, especially as it would take 8 to 10 years to build. Perhaps that claim is a vote winner, tell them what they want hear, you can also renege on it at a later date and blame outside interference in the project again.

Personally I think the whole project is a white elephant and the years of disruption it would cause would outweigh any eventual benefit. Just look at Garachico; has their port brought much prosperity to the town?

Perhaps though I have got it all wrong, the port may well be part of the master plan now that Taoro is to be restored to all its splendour and reopen as a ‘luxur y ’ hotel. All those billionaire visitors will need somewhere to park their floating palaces. Excuse me if I am unable to conquer up the right images, but to support a ‘luxury’ hotel you need a town in the same image. Puerto doesn’t quite come up to scratch, it’s more 3 star than luxury, not that there is anything wrong with that, the town is what it is and they should be content with that and start sorting out the necessities and realities before dreaming of grandeur.

At least the view in Puerto will have changed; the rogue’s gallery looking down on us from every lamppost should hopefully have gone if they are as diligent at removing them as they were at putting them up. I would like to think they will be disposed of responsibly, but I have my doubts, landfill here we come, quite a fitting epitaph for the vast majority of them.

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THURSDAY JUNE 27 - FILM CLUB - 2.00pm - STAN & OLLIE Laurel and Hardy — the world’s greatest comedy team — face an uncertain future as their golden era of Hollywood films remain long behind them. Diminished by age, the duo set out to reconnect with their adoring fans by touring variety halls in Britain in 1953. The shows become an instant hit, but Stan and Ollie can’t quite shake the past as long-buried tension and Hardy’s failing health start to threaten their precious partnership.

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TENERIFE HISTORY GROUP Our History Group will be on vacation until Thursday June 27th 11.00 - 12.30.

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from life, from a story she thinks she’s escaped. But her remote existence is going to be threatened when people come looking for the house’s owner, rogue pharma entrepreneur Jack Harkness, soon people with questionable motives will be asking Blake the sort of questions she can’t - or won’t - answer.

THE TEMPTATION OF FORGIVENESS DONNA LEON In 1958, Sylvia Blackwell, fresh from one of the new post-war Library Schools, takes up a job as children’s librarian in a run-down library in the market town of East Mole. Her mission is to fire the enthusiasm of the children of East Mole for reading. But her love affair with the local married GP, and her befriending of his precious daughter, her neighbour ’s son and her landlady ’s neglected grandchild, ignite the prejudices of the town threatening her job and the very existence of the library with dramatic consequences for them all.

PANIC ROOM ROBERT GODDARD High on a Cornish cliff sits a vast uninhabited mansion. Uninhabited except for Blake, a young woman of mysterious background, currently acting as housesitter. The house has a panic room, cunningly concealed, steel lined, impregnable - and apparently closed from within, even Blake doesn’t know it’s there.

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WHY MUMMY DRINKS GILL SIMS It is Mummy’s 39th birthday. She is staring down the barrel of a future full of people asking if she wants to come to their advanced yoga classes, and polite book clubs where everyone claims to be ‘tiddly’ after a glass of Pinot Grigio and say things like ‘Oooh gosh, are you having another glass?’ But Mummy does not want to go quietly into that good night of women, with sensible haircuts.

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You will want to complain about the injustice that is going on, Don’t jump too quickly if someone tries to make you join in on their crusade. Your bankbook will suffer and your restrictions will put a damper on your relationship.

Efforts made to improve yourself will turn out to your satisfaction. Ideas may sound good, but be careful if people are just looking for handouts.

Empty promises will cause upset.

LEO (July 23 - Aug 22) Minor accidents could occur if you don’t take precautions. Be careful; you may upset someone you live with if you don’t consult with them. Your ability to deal with others will help you accomplish your goals.

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LIBRA (Sept. 24 - Oct. 23) Don’t turn down offers that include sports activities or children. You should socialize with clients or upper echelons of your industry if possible.

You need a day to rest and relax with the ones you love.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24 - Nov. 22) Your partner will blow situations out of proportion. Try not to allow others to burden you with additional responsibilities. Protect your interests legally if necessary.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23 - Dec. 21)

Important information is leaking from inside the Venetian Questura, and Commissario Guido Brunetti is tasked with uncovering the culprit. But before Brunetti can begin his investigation, a friend of his wife’s comes asking for his help, fearful that her son is using drugs. A few weeks later, the woman’s husband is found unconscious at the foot of a bridge. Following various contradictor y leads, Brunetti navigates his way through Venice’s underworld in an attempt to understand who is responsible for the vicious attack.

But as he gets closer to discovering what happened, Brunetti is faced with a difficult truth: sometimes, the best intentions lead to the darkest of consequences....

CLEANING UP DVD - DS457 A new series. Sheridan Smith stars as office cleaner Sam, one of an invisible army working every night in London’s financial centre, dreaming of a better life.

But, struggling with an online gambling addiction, she’s going under. One night, hidden in plain sight, she overhears an illegal trade being made. This lucrative stock market information could be the break she needs. Armed with a copy ‘Trading for Dummies’ and her gambler ’s nerve, Sam has everything and nothing to lose - but how far will she go to turn her fortunes around?

You can make career moves that will bring you a much higher income. You need to spend some time reflecting on past experiences and involvements. Your emotions have been pulled out of shape and you need to do a little backtracking.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22. - Jan. 20) Get back into the swing of things. Don’t promise to deliver the goods if you aren’t positive that you can meet the deadline. There’s a good chance that they won’t come back.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 21 - Feb. 19) You may have problems with skin, bones, or teeth if you haven’t been taking proper care of yourself. Someone close to you will get upset easily if you are insensitive to their needs.

PISCES (Feb. 20 - Mar. 20) Organize your day to avoid any setbacks that might ignite temper flare-ups. Don’t put your professional reputation on the line. You will upset your partner if you have spent money on things that aren’t necessary.

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Driving licence codes.

What are they and what do they mean?

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OU may or may not have noticed that on the reverse of your licence there are sometimes codes against certain categories. We are sure that most people don’t take any notice and/or don’t know what they signify but you can avoid getting a fine if you are aware of restrictions that you may have on your licence.

The front of the licence is pretty much self-explanatory but for ease we will explain all.

1) This shows your surname or names 2) Shows your Christian name or names (sometimes known as given names) 3) This is your date of birth and place of birth 4) a – Is the date of the start of this particular licence b - Is the date of expiry of the licence c – Province of issue 5) Your NIE/DNI number 6) Your photo 7) Your signature as put on the application form 9) Categories permitted to drive 10) Start date of the original licence (not the start date as shown at item 4a if the licence has been exchanged from another country or renewed) 11) Expiry date of the licence 12) Codes, these are what are known as the “hidden codes” 13) Previous licence numbers The hidden codes used under section 12 could be: 01.01. You must wear glasses

01.02. You must wear contact lenses 01.03. You must wear safety glasses 02. You are required to wear a hearing communication /aid 03. You need a prosthetic /orthotic limb 05. Driving restrictions for medical reasons 05.01 you may only drive in daylight 05.02 You are restricted to within a radius of x km around the place of your residence/region 05.03 You may only drive without passengers /pillion riders 05.04 Restricted to maximum permitted speed of X kph

05.05 Driving only permitted with passenger hold a driving licence 05.06 Without trailers 05.07. Not permitted to drive on motorways 05.08. No alcohol permitted. Zero tolerance So, have a look and see what restrictions if any you have. If you have a 01 code and have had a sight rectification operation and no longer need glasses, you will need to do an extra medical exam and submit that to Tráfico to have the restriction removed.

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SERIOUS DIGGERS!

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ERBILS are fascinating pets and will fit in well with most families. They are inquisitive, rarely bite and are found in many colours.

There are about 90 species, but the Mongolian gerbil is the one kept as a pet. They are sometimes mistaken for mice or rats, but they actually look and behave differently. Gerbils have long, hairy tails and, as you’ll find out, are serious diggers!

Because gerbils originate from desert and dry grassland areas they do not produce much urine and waste, so it’s fairly easy to keep their environment clean and free from smells.

They are very sociable and should not be kept alone. However, they breed from three months old and can produce a litter of four to ten babies every 24 days, so it’s best to keep pairs or small groups of the same sex.

Only buy gerbils from a knowledgeable breeder or good pet shop where the assistants know how to care for them and are able to handle the gerbils confidently. They should be in clean accommodation of ample size (see right) with food and fresh water available. Cages should also have beds and bedding.

Babies should not be sold until they are at least five to six weeks old.

Males become sexually mature at 70 to 80 days old and females at 86 to 109 days. Females can become pregnant again within 24 hours of giving birth, so it’s important that males and females are kept separate in pet shops. The staff in the shop should be able to show you how to tell the difference between males and females. If staff aren’t sure, you may end up with a pregnant gerbil.

Gerbil cages and living spaces

In the wild, gerbils live in underground tunnels up to 3m long with several entries and chambers. The best way to mimic this natural habitat and keep them happy is to house them in a large tank or old aquarium with a secure wire lid and plenty of material for them to dig and tunnel into. Wire cages are unsuitable because the bedding will be kicked out. You can also get gerbilariums or tanks with cage additions which are ideal for this type of pet.

Two gerbils need a minimum floor surface of 40cm x 75cm, by at least 30cm tall because they are such good jumpers. Keep

the tank or aquarium away from draughts and direct sunlight or heat. As these little animals are active during the evening – and occasionally during the day – you may not want to keep their tank in a bedroom. You are not likely to disturb them, but they may disturb you!

Gerbils need a thick layer of dust- extracted bedding to dig into. Organic soil or peat are great natural beddings for your gerbil along with meadow or Timothy hay, plus shredded paper for nesting. Don’t use fluffy material as this can wrap around gerbils’ limbs and injure them. Gerbils also like a nest box – but not made of wood or plastic, which they’ll chew. A clay flowerpot cut in half makes a good sleeping area. A dust bath of chinchilla sand (available from most pet shops) should be provided so the gerbil can keep its coat clean and in good condition.

What food do gerbils like?

Most gerbil owners like to feed commercial mixes as the basis of their pets’ diet but they should also be given fresh vegetables and fruit. Earthenware or stainless steel feed bowls should be used. Don’t worry about them burying their feed bowl under their bedding, as it’s natural for them to store and hoard food.

Gerbils enjoy apples, carrots, broccoli, sprouts and cauliflower.

Lettuce can be given occasionally but only in very small amounts.

Don’t feed potatoes, rhubarb or tomato leaves as these are poisonous. Also ensure your gerbils have a constant supply of fresh water. This should be provided in a free-access water bottle fixed inside the tank because water bowls will be tipped over and buried.

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ELPING garden birds can be as rewarding for you as it is for them. By using bird tables and hanging feeders, you can bring wild birds right up to your window!

What should you feed garden birds?

Suitable seeds and grains (like nyjer, millet, oats, and sunflower seeds).

Only feed peanuts if they ’re unsalted, fresh and sold for human consumption or by a reputable feed shop. To protect chicks from being fed whole nuts and choking, provide peanuts in good quality mesh feeders.

Cooked pasta or rice, boiled potatoes, cheese, uncooked and unsalted bacon rind, raisins and sultanas.

Net-free fat or suet balls attract a wide range of species and provide a great boost of calories.

Apples, pears and soft fruits are popular and are a great autumn food.

Insects such as mealworms or waxworms.

Be careful! Grapes, sultanas, raisins and some artificial sweeteners are toxic to dogs.

Attract wild birds to your garden Feed the birds in your garden, and help attract new ones, with our wild bird feeder range, including bird feeders, wild bird food and bird baths.

When do they need extra food?

Birds will benefit from being fed during some of the hardest times of the year - not just in the winter months.

Fresh water is essential Keep water bowls full of clean water and make sure bowls and feeders are placed far away from bushes and other areas where predators might hide.

Many garden birds die each year through the transmission of diseases. It’s important to clean all feeders weekly - water containers daily - and dry them

before refilling.

Simple tasks like rotating feeding and drinking areas will help reduce the transmission of disease.

Keep wildlife safe from pets

When feeding wild animals in your garden, help keep them safe from cats with our tips.

Place feeders up high, well above the height which a cat can access and away from cat perches such as branches and walls.

Ensure bird tables are away from any cover that cats could use for stalking prey and instead in open areas and if mounted on top of a pole use material such as metal that cats cannot climb.

Avoid leaving food on the

ground as this can leave small mammals and birds vulnerable to cats.

Bird boxes with features

like steep roofs to stop cats sitting on top of them and waiting.

Provide refuges for small

mammals such as log, stone and compost piles, or purpose built refuges like toad and hedgehog houses.

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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

Restaurante Magnolia

Puerto de la Cruz

Puerto de la Cruz

Puerto de la Cruz

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

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

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 922 381 400 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 922 385 614 Avda. Marqués de Villanueva del Prado s/n Puerto de la Cruz www.restaurantemaganolia.com

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Your dining experience around our restaurants

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English Tea Room

Restaurante Gom

Tacoa Restaurant & Brewery

Los Cristianos (new) & Fañabé

Santa Cruz

El Sauzal

Very much a Tenerife business success story, Harriet's English Tea Room and Restaurant in Los Cristianos has a very welcome addition to its extensive menu - Sunday lunches for 9.95 euros which are served between 12 noon and 5pm.

With a big sunny terrace and beautifully designed interior, this lovely restaurant is just a stone’s throw from the bus station at the San Marino building (ie turn left at the bottom of the bus station and it is 100 yards or so on your left, in premises formerly occupied by the Heritage bar).

In addition to the fantastic Sunday roasts, with "proper" roast potatoes, you will find the most gorgeous food, all home-made and great British cooking, including all day breakfasts, mouthwatering cakes, salads, jacket potatoes, sandwiches and rolls, home-made burgers, pancakes, ice-creams, evening meals and numerous varieties of teas and coffees served in china pots and cups. There are also many gluten-free and diabetic options.

For reservations call 922 712 791 Los Cristianos, San Marino building.

Open daily from 9am to 11pm.

Playa Fañabé,56 Central Commercial.

Open 9am to 10pm, closes 5pm Saturday and Sunday

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.

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

Different types of craft beers can be enjoyed here. At the moment, for instance, they have ten!

Two are the most recent, namely “Winter Porter” and a “Tajinaste”, with Teide floral honey.

Specialities: a wide range of snacks, delicious salads, smoked food, various types of sausages, Geman grills and roasted knuckle of pork. Also home-made desserts. And new on the menu: vegan cuisine.

This super brewery/restaurant is even more popular because it sells its bottled beer to the public who can walk here just like they can to other bars and restaurants!

Carretera General del Norte, 122, El Sauzal Open daily from 13:00 to 23:00, Frid. & Sat. until 12:30am Wednesday Closed. Tel: 922 56 41 73

OPENING AGAIN ON THE 1st AUGUST

Bar El Pincho

Sook

Tressardi

Las Vistas, Los Cristianos

Santa Cruz

Puerto de la 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.

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

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.

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

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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

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Korean pop sets its sights on Tenerife

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LP Tenerife 2019, the largest technology and new trends event in the country, is to host the TLP KPop Championship national championship.

The event, sponsored by Tourism of Tenerife, will bring together the best Korean choreography teams.

K-Pop is one of the most avant-garde trends followed by a young audience. Korean pop drama also extends to Japanese pop (J-Pop), with a huge following online as well.

TLP Tenerife 2019 will be held from July 15th to 21st at the Tenerife Trade Fair Centre under the organisation of the sociocultural association Innova7 and the Cabildo de Tenerife - through the Tenerife 2030 area and INtech Tenerife. The meeting has a 24 hour open area where 2,000 people enjoy the greatest connection in the country and the telepera experience. The area open to the public is the TLP Summer-Con, while TLP Esports brings together professional and amateur videogame competitions and TLP Innova offers specific training in areas close to technology.

This year, one of the highlights of TLP Summer-Con is TLP K-Pop Experience, an initiative of TLP Tenerife to promote Korean pop in Spain. The prize will be the possibility of travelling to TLP Tenerife Summer 2019, with transfer and stay included, and a place in the national final of the TLP K-Pop Championship national contest thanks to the support of Turismo de Tenerife.

TLP K-Pop Experience is a qualifying championship consisting of two phases. A first phase of preselection and another one of voting. In the first phase, interested national groups will upload a video cover of K-Pop to twitter with the hashtags # TLP2019 and #TLPKPopExperience. After this first phase, 15 will be selected. Of all the participants, a jury will select ten. The process of selecting the first phase will be completed with the five participants with likes in their publication.

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INTERNATIONAL IMPACT

More top names are added to ARN Culture & Business Pride 2019 festival

Organisers of the ARN Culture & Business Pride 2019 festival in Playa de las Americas in June have announced new arrivals in the form of Yellow Mellow, Trinity The Tuck, Angela Ponce and Boris Izaguirre

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HE event, promoted by the Tourism Board of Arona council and to be held from June 18th to 23rd, had already announced the participation of personalities such as Caitlyn Jenner, Neneh Cherry and Miss Caffeina in the Concert for Human Rights.

This will be the third edition in Playa de las Américas and it is already making a great impact at international level through a combination of activism, business, culture and leisure, empowering the collective LGTBIQ +.

The programme includes multiple artistic, social and cultural themes, led by leading personalities of the LGTBIQ + collective.

The Beach Conferences and the ARN Networking will account for much of the activity of the week, all of them with free entr y, and being the prelude to the first LGTBIQ + World Summit 2020, which will make Arona the international headquarters of the collective for more than seven days.

Speakers at the Beach Conferences will include the renowned scientist and publicist Eduardo López Collazo; the Nobel Peace Prize winner, Carlos Umaña; and the environmentalist and candidate for mayor of San José de Costa Rica, Federico Cartín.

Spanish artist Coco Capitán and the singer, actress and writer Roberta Marrero will also be present.

On Saturday June 22nd,

Transvisibility will be treated from the social-political point of view by activist and politician Carla Antonelli; the international model Ángela Ponce; the Oscarnominated actress and lyric singer, the Chilean, Daniela Vega; the director and dancer, Ana Jiménez; and by the Transgirls association. That same day you can also enjoy another topic of vital importance in the acceptance and normalisation of the LGTBIQ collective: The Media as a Visibility platform.

There will also be top speakers on June 19th, with guests including the latest winner of the Talent Show RuPaul’s Drag Race, Trinity The Tuck visiting Spain for the first time.

On the 20th, the RNA Culture & Business Pride incorporates one of the great novelties in this edition: the Speed Meetings with a business and cultural focus, free of charge . Those interested may consult and exchange opinions and questions with the international athlete Victor Gutiérrez; the director of Shangay magazine, Alfonso Llopart; the prestigious lawyer Natalia Martos; and Juan Julià, Javier Cid and Julio César Calvo, among others.

During the same weekend, there will also be room for these exchanges and business approaches. Deputy Francisco Polo, lawyer Natalia Martos and investor Bernardo Hernández, who headed Flickr and Yahoo, will explain pros and cons of the digital business in their Digital Biz networking. Oriol Pamies, together with the influencer and activist Yellow Mellow, will talk about the resources and possibilities that we can find within the Digital Artivism.

Finally, and as another of the novelties presented by the RNA Culture & Business Pride in this edition, the girls of Devermut, Oh Mami Blue and Lesbicanarias, will be responsible for opening a section with various activities focused on the consonant L. In addition to the activities and programming already presented, the festival has a Music Festival for Human Rights, on June 21st and 22nd with the participation of Neneh Cherry, Miss Caffeina, Hercules and Love Affair, Nancys Rubias, Putochin Maricón and others and an international awards ceremony called the Alan Turing LGTBIQ + Awards, where former athlete Caytlin Jenner, film director Lukas Dhont, Chilean actress Daniela Vega, and Nobel Peace Prize winner Carlos Umaña will receive awards.

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Concert turns spotlight on rheumatic diseases

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HE municipality of La Orotava, and specifically the Teobaldo Power Auditorium, hosts the 3rd Solidarity Symposium on June 7th, starting at 8.30pm.

Cari Hernández Robles, a resident of La Orotava with systemic sclerosis, a rare, rheumatic and autoimmune disease, and organiser of the event with her family, explains that with this concert “we want to make these diseases visible and investigate them”. Thus, money collected goes entirely to the Asociación Reuninves del HUC. Rheumatic diseases are the leading cause of physical disability in the Western world. There are about 250 rheumatic diseases.

This year, artists giving their time are: Eladio Torres, Parranda Bentahod, Kako Gorse, Jueves band, Cari and Alfonso, and the great tenor Nestor Galván.

Tickets are at 10 euros and the points of sale: Confectionery and coffee Taoro “Casa Egón”; Multi-shop Fariña and Wehbe in La Orotava and La Laguna.

The theme of this edition is “Surrendering is not an option!”

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PIRÁMIDES DE GÜÍMAR

Heaps of stones or created with a purpose? You decide!

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HIS year marks the beginning of the third decade of the existence of the Pirámides de Güímar which celebrated its 20th anniversary last year.

During these first two decades, the Ethnographic Park has received two nominations for the European Museum of the Year Award, granted by the Council of Europe, in addition to becoming a Botanical Garden in 2017.

Today, visitors can take a tour of the ethnographic museum, the Auditorium, numerous cultural exhibitions

and tens of thousands of square metres of botanical garden, including ‘living samples’, such as the Poisonous Garden, which collects more than 70 species of toxic plants from around the world, or the Sustainable Garden, developed in collaboration with the University of La Laguna, which serves as a model of how gardens can be created in our archipelago in a sustainable way.

In addition, the route around its six stepped pyramids is complemented by four self-guided outdoor routes: the Wolfredo Wildpret Botanical Route, the Export Products Route, the Cultural Route and the Volcanic Route.

The Ethnographic Park Pirámides de Güímar was founded in 1998 by the renowned Norwegian researcher Thor Heyerdahl, who was responsible for safeguarding the pyramids from an urban plan, creating the Ethnographic Park to ensure its study and conservation.

The existence of the Güímar step pyramids first came to wide public notice in the early 1990s. The information reached the anthropologist Thor Heyerdahl.

Heyerdahl, who dedicated much of his life to researching the cultural origins of ancient civilisations throughout the world, carefully studied the Güímar pyramids. The similarity of these structures to those in Sicily, Mexico, Mesopotamia, Polynesia and

Peru induced Heyerdahl to settle in Tenerife to study the structures in situ.

Various theories exist as to the origin and age of the pyramids. Some researchers maintain that they were mere heaps of stones left by farmers clearing the land for cultivation. Heyerdahl on the other hand related the existence of the pyramids to ancient civilisations on the island, arguing that the construction details of the pyramids resemble the architectural principles used in the Old and New Worlds, and therefore could not be the product of a mere accumulation of stones.

You can read more about the ethnographic park (in English) together with all other information on http://www.piramidesdeguimar.es

LOS BAMBONES

Musical group is star of new exhibition in Carnival museum

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fascinating new exhibition has opened in the Carnival Museum in Santa Cruz.

The event turns the spotlight on the musical group, Los Bambones which was formed in 1982 in the La Laguna district of El Cardonal.

It looks at its history over more than three decades and the inspiration and desire of its members during this time.

Los Bambones is the first “murga” group to stage such an exhibition which goes under the title “Mi vida es ser un bambón” (“My life is to be a bambón”).

The exhibition coincides with the reopening of the Casa del Carnaval and its updating following the 2019 Carnival which proved yet another huge success in Santa Cruz. It is

installed in the multipurpose room, named after Luis Hormiga ‘Suspi’, who was a member of this murga and founder of the Carnival Culture Classroom. He died in 2015.

During the next three months, visitors will have the opportunity to see documents such as songbooks and draft murga lyrics, newspaper reviews, posters, costumes, CD and identified designs of their fantasies, as well as audiovisual elements.

The opening was attended by the Mayor of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, José Manuel Bermúdez, along with the councillors of fiestas and

economic promotion, Gladis de León and Alfonso Cabello, respectively, as well as the councillor for economic promotion and development of La Laguna, Candelaria Díaz The director of Los Bambones, Primi Rodríguez, thanked the city council for “granting this space to show a part of our essence,” as well as praising the work of those who have taken part in its assembly and the collaboration of the staff of the Casa del Carnaval.

He also had words of recognition for “the old and the current members of the murga, because without them there would not have existed any of our more than 30 years of history.”

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ANTA Cruz will become the heart of the archipelago to celebrate Canary Islands Day. In fact, the city council has already started a wide programme of activities which will conclude on Thursday, May 30th. More than 500 cultural, sports, folkloric and educational events are part of the offer designed by the City Hall to celebrate the day of all the Canarians.

The Mayor of the city, José Manuel Bermúdez, announced these initiatives together with the councillor of fiestas, Gladis de León; the Minister of Agriculture of the Government of the Canary Islands, Narvay Quintero; the councillor of tourism of the Cabildo de Tenerife, Alberto Bernabé; the artist Luis Morera; and the director of Los Sabandeños, Benito Cabrera.

Sr. Bermúdez showed his gratitude to Morera and Cabrera, “two symbols of Canarian culture who will accompany us on a day in which we are proud to be different, of our identity and in which we are going to make it visible on the streets of our city. It is a day that excites me greatly because Santa Cruz will become that day the capital of the Canaries, thanks

to the talent of our people.”

De León, meanwhile, stressed that the programme includes multiple concerts “with Los Sabandeños, the humour of Kike Pérez and Los Gofiones, who return to Santa Cruz 28 years after their last concert. We invite everyone to come, to enjoy that magnificent day and to share with us the many activities we have prepared.”

Quintero said that the primary sector “with our cheeses, our wines and our livestock is the main ambassador of our culture, our history and our traditions in a day to claim our identity.”

Highlights still to come include: On Wednesday, May 29th, the programme will feature two other musical acts in the capital, the first in the Plaza

del Príncipe, at 7.30pm which will start the concert of the Band of Music Friends of Art of San Andrés, which commemorate its 50th anniversary, and the second, in the Plaza de La Candelaria, where the Young Singers concert will take place, at 9.30pm.

One more edition of the Ferris Wheel, Wine and Gastronomy Fair, on Wednesday the 29th, starting at 7pm and on Thursday the 30th, starting at 11.30pm in the surroundings of La Noria street.

Six wineries of the Designation of Origin Tacoronte Acentejo will participate.

The events on the 30th will begin at 10am and end at 8pm with the concert offered by Los Sabandeños, in Plaza de la Candelaria, with free access.

A pyrotechnic exhibition will put the finishing touch to the scheduled events.

The Plaza de España will become a multifunctional space where various activities will be held throughout the day.

There will be displays, music, traditional sports, gastronomy, pottery, crafts, animals, children’s entertainment, Canary jewellery and much

LA TEMPLANZA

Extras needed from La Laguna and La Orotava

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HE Agency of Employment and Local Development of La Orotava is looking for 500 extras, men and women, between three and 80 years of age for the filming of the series of “La Templanza” television, which will be shot in La Orotava and La Laguna during the month of August.

A fundamental requirement is that the interested parties reside in one of these municipalities of Tenerife, since they will be able to “travel and have full availability of the indicated days”, the text reads.

The latter is the only requirement, since a specific profile is not sought to recreate scenes of nobles, bourgeois, day labourers and servants from countries such as Cuba or Mexico.

“Temperance” will be set in the year 1860, so it is necessary that men do not have very short hair and it is preferable that they have a beard or mustache, that is, that hairdressers can cut or touch up. For them, it is only required that they have long hair without modern cuts.

It is not necessary to have experience, but whoever masters some special ability could get to say a phrase. Also, as reported by A.E.D.L. La Orotava, “the work is remunerated according to the figurative agreement and is registered in the Social Security for the day worked.”

All interested people can register now through the following link: www.accionimam.com/ web/AI/registro.php

more.

The acts corresponding to Thursday, May 30, will be broadcasted through the

streaming system, in high definition, through the Facebook Live of Fiestas de Santa Cruz and the rest of the

municipal profiles, as well as at www.santacruzdetenerife.es and www.fiestasdesantacruz .com

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Joint pain, stiffness and swelling: reactive arthritis?

genitourinary medicine (GUM) clinic or other sexual health service. These clinics can often see you straight away, without a GP referral.

If your GP thinks you have reactive arthritis, they may refer you to an arthritis specialist (rheumatologist). They may also refer you to an eye specialist (ophthalmologist) if you have problems with your eyes.

Treatment usually focuses on using antibiotics to clear any STI that may have triggered the reactive arthritis, using painkillers such as ibuprofen to relieve joint pain and stiffness and/or managing any severe or ongoing arthritis, usually using medications such as steroids or disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs).

Most people start returning to normal activities after three to six months. Symptoms don’t usually last longer than 12 months.

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Staying healthy: your exercise guidelines

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EACTIVE arthritis is a condition that causes redness and swelling (inflammation) in various joints in the body, especially the knees, feet, toes, hips and ankles.

It usually develops after you’ve had an infection, particularly a sexually transmitted infection or food poisoning.

In most cases, it clears up within a few months and causes no long-term problems.

Men and women of any age can get it, but it’s more common in men, and people aged between 20 and 40.

Symptoms of reactive arthritis

The most common symptom of reactive arthritis is pain, stiffness and swelling in the joints and tendons, most commonly the knees, feet, toes, hips and ankles.

In some people it can also affect the genital tract, causing pain when peeing, or discharge from the penis or vagina and/or the eyes, causing eye pain, redness, sticky discharge, conjunctivitis and, rarely, inflammation of the eye (iritis).

See an eye specialist or go to A&E as soon as possible if one of your eyes becomes very painful and the vision becomes misty. This could be a symptom of iritis and the sooner you get treatment, the more successful it is likely to be.

Most people will not get all the above symptoms. They can come on suddenly but usually start to develop a few days after you get an infection somewhere else in your body.

Causes of reactive arthritis

Typically, reactive arthritis is caused by a sexually transmitted infection (STI), such as chlamydia, or an infection of the bowel, such as food poisoning.

You may also develop reactive arthritis if you, or someone close to you, has recently had glandular fever or slapped cheek syndrome.

The body’s immune system seems to overreact to the infection and starts attacking healthy tissue, causing it to become inflamed.

But the exact reason for this is unknown.

People who have a gene called HLA-B27 are much more likely to develop reactive arthritis than those who don’t, but it’s unclear why.

When to see your GP

If you have symptoms of reactive arthritis, you should see your GP, especially if you have recently had symptoms of an infection – such as diarrhoea, or pain when peeing.

There’s no single test for reactive arthritis, although blood and urine tests, genital swabs, ultrasound scans and X-rays may be used to check for infection and rule out other causes of your symptoms.

Your GP will also want to know about your recent medical history, such as whether you may have recently had a bowel infection or an STI. If you think you might have an STI, you can also visit a local

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O stay healthy, adults aged 19 to 64 should try to be active daily.

Doctors say this should be at least 150 minutes of moderate aerobic activity such as cycling or brisk walking ever y week and strength exercises on two or more days a week that work all the major muscles (legs, hips, back, abdomen, chest, shoulders and arms) The alternative to this is 75 minutes of vigorous aerobic activity such as running or a game of singles tennis every week and strength exercises on two or more days a week that work all the major muscles (legs, hips, back, abdomen, chest, shoulders and arms).

You could mix of moderate and vigorous aerobic activity

every week – for example, two x 30-minute runs plus 30 minutes of brisk walking equates to 150 minutes of moderate aerobic activity and strength exercises on two or more days a week that work all the major muscles (legs, hips, back, abdomen, chest, shoulders and arms) A good rule is that one minute of vigorous activity provides the same health benefits as two minutes of moderate activity.

One way to do your recommended 150 minutes of weekly physical activity is to do 30 minutes on five days every week.

All adults should also break up long periods of sitting with light activity.

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Excessive mouth rinses can cause tartar, dental stains or major problems T

HE feel of your mouth after the use of a rinse is indisputably. Nice if you enjoy the pleasures of hygiene: a wave of freshness, the smell of a disinfectant product and a blast of cleaning. You must recognise it: it can be addictive.

However, the General Dentists Council warned at the end of April about a worrying increase in the number of people using the rinse without prescription. In 2015, the Council already announced that the increase had risen from 23 per cent in 2010 to 63 per cent in 2015. Did you know that you should ask the dentist for its use?

The president of the General Dentists Council, Dr. Óscar Castro Reino connects this increase with the excessive advertising of these products on television but feels “the publicity of mouth rinses is not clear and is confusing citizens about its correct use. Many are using the mouthwash as a substitute for brushing, when in no way must it must be like that.”

The Council stresses that the right thing is to brush your teeth at least twice a day for

two minutes with fluoride toothpaste and then floss or brush your teeth.

Mouthwashes are often used to prevent bad breath and achieve a deeper cleaning.

However, these sometimes contain a proportion of alcohol between 18 and 26 per cent which can create not only burning but intoxication if swallowed too much.

“The objective of brushing is to clean the teeth and gums, not disinfect the mouth. The oral flora is as important as the gastrointestinal. It helps to start digestion and self-regulates to maintain balance and deter the proliferation of harmful bacteria. We do not shower with Betadine or disinfectant soaps, it would lead to skin disorders due to imbalance in the flora; using a rinse excessively could also damage that balance,” specifies Víctor Cubillo, medi-

TREATMENT ADVICE

Cooling down in the heat

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OLLOW these four steps if you encounter someone who is suffering from heatstroke:

Move them to a cool place.

Get them to lie down and raise their feet slightly.

Get them to drink plenty of water. Sports or rehydration drinks are OK. Cool their skin – spray or sponge them with cool water and fan them. Cold packs around the armpits or neck are good too.

Stay with them until they are better.

They should start to cool down and feel better within 30 minutes.

cal director of Artedental, the expert clinicwith more than 15 years of practice in the municipality of Puerto de la Cruz.

Talking about mouth rinses, Castro points out that “effectively, they have many benefits, but they must always be used under the dentist’s prescription because they are specific for each clinical situation (infections, sensitivity

dentin, halitosis, gingivitis, etc.). For this reason, he adds, prolonged use can have consequences such as the appearance of tartar, stains, undesirable teeth or major problems.”

Population studies of the Spanish Society of Periodontics (SEPA) show that these hygiene methods, as a complement to brushing twice a day “would help patients get

better result. However, he emphasises that mouthwashes with chlorhexidin can tint the teeth and the tongue, alter the sense of taste, affect the oral mucosa, encourage the deposit of calculus gingival, produce allergic reactions, reduce oral flora and favour the appearance of resistances if it is used for long periods of time. These side effects appear in different degrees

and intensity depending on other factors related to the areas of people’s lives (brushing, smoking, coffee, etc.)

“Mouthwashes can help solve a problem in a timely manner. The risk is they are abused and that is why it is necessary that the dentist indicates how to take them and the duration of treatment,” Castro explains.

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Police set up new protocol to prevent corruption in tennis

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ONAY González (29:49) in men and Raquel Arostegui (36:15) in women were proclaimed winners of the 10 kilometres of XLII Cross María Auxiliadora held in La Orotava.

With 1,600 runners, it is one of the most participative popular tests of the Canary Islands.

Runner Jonay lowered the record of the race by four seconds.

In the distance of ten kilometres, second was Héctor Afonso González (31:01) and Ricardo Hernández (31:13) while in females, the podium was completed with Amada de Jesús Sánchez (38:06) and Gema González (40:51).

The victor y in five kilometres in men corresponded to Alejandro Amador Rodríguez (14:26), who surpassed Santiago Sosa (15:31) and Eliseo Serrano (15:38).

In the women’s category, the winner of the five kilometres was Carla Salazar (18:59), followed by Patricia Reverón (19:20) and Nadia García

(19:26).

The San Isidro Salesianos School was in charge of the organisation, with the collaboration of La Orotava council, various organisations and collaborating companies, together with a large group of collaborators.

Both the start and the finish line were located next to the Salesian San Isidro School and the participants, as in previous years, went through different streets and then took the road to La Luz, to the limits of the municipality of Los Realejos.

This athletic event had as a novelty this year the new design of a representative trophy for the test. The organisation delivered up to 130 trophies for the different categories, in addition to cash prizes for the first classified in the categories of 10 and 5 kilometres.

HE Civil Guard and the Royal Spanish Tennis Federation have established a protocol on the prevention of corruption and protection of integrity in tennis.

The objective is to put into operation a mechanism for communication and exchange of information on the control of betting markets over matches, as well as other fraudulent activities.

General director of the Civil Guard, Félix Azón, and the president of the Royal Spanish Tennis Federation, Miguel Díaz, signed the collaboration which will also control doping and other crimes that may affect the integrity of the sport.

Sr. Azón said he was sure the protocol will promote “the good work of both institutions” and has highlighted “the rigour and quality in sport” as a common goal of this firm. He also recalled the success of

the Civil Guard in the operation Bitures, with which a criminal network dedicated to illegal gambling in tennis was dismantled.

Among other actions, the Royal Spanish Tennis Federation is committed to designate a point of contact within the framework of its AntiDoping and Integrity Commi-

ttee that will be responsible for receiving and sending information on fraud and predetermination of results in official competitions of tennis and other illicit activities.

In addition, it will collaborate with the Civil Guard in the training activities organised by that body in order to fight against corruption and promote

integrity in sport.

On the other hand, it will share information regarding the control of the betting markets, in order to detect the corresponding alarms of any tennis match over which the index of suspicion of manipulation is high, according to the information provided to the RFET by its international advisors.

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Guía de Isora calls for roofing at all its sports courts

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UÍA de Isora council is demanding roofing for the sports spaces of the educational centres located in the municipality.

Their call also asks for the urgent repair of the sports court roof of the IES Alcalá after the damage of the storm of December 2018.

The demand was first transmitted to the Government of the Canary Islands in 2015 .

At the beginning of this mandate, the city council transferred to the regional government the need to provide CEIP Almácigo with a roof, located in Guía de Isora, and after having a meeting with all the centres, the claim was extended to the rest. In spite of having the promise of the Ministry of Education, the works demanded by the educational centres have still not been realised.

“Four years have passed since we made the request and the Government of the Canary Islands has not started one of the promised works,” says Ángeles González, councillor for education.

With this improvement, an answer would be given to the problems posed by the management teams of the 13 educational centres in Guía de Isora. Both on rainy days and in those of intense sun, the normal development of physical education and recreation classes for students in outdoor spaces is impeded. In addition, new multipurpose spaces for activities would be generated.

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HE fourth Binter NightRun of Santa Cruz proved another outstanding success and there are more challenges to come in the series.

The night race brought together 3,430 runners, 30 per cent more than last year, and distributed more than 7,500 euros in cash Ouais Zitane and Teresa Urbina were proclaimed winners of the ten kilometres, while Hugo Rodríguez and Irene Lorenzo won in the 5km.

The event was promoted by Santa Cruz city council and DG Eventos, with the route taking in some of the emblematic places of the capital such as the Plaza de España, General Serrador bridge, Nuestra Señora de África market and Chicharro square.

Ouais Zitane, an athlete of Moroccan origin settled in Spain, stopped the clock in 29:17 ahead of Chakib Lachgar, 20 seconds, and Mourad El Bannouri, 23, second and

third, respectively. Teresa Urbina also took the victory to be the fastest in the two laps to the circuit with departure and arrival in calle Bravo Murillo.

She climbed to the first step of the podium with a time of 33:40 followed by Rkia El Moukim (34:29) and Atteneri Tur (34:46).

Zitane and Urbina received 1,000 euros as a reward for their effort, with cash prizes going to the top ten men and women.

The party started at 8:15 pm with the warm-up by Fit Combat in the Plaza de Europa, epicentre of the event next to the Plaza de la Constitución, and half an hour later the 2,211 runners of the five kilometres set off.

A light and sound show with numerous animation points distributed along the route

helped them complete their objective.

The inclusive and supportive character of the Binter NightRun was reflected through the 30 athletes with disabilities who demonstrated their strength and shared the premise that the impossible does not exist.

In addition, the organisation has raised funds through registrations in favour of the Spanish Association Against Cancer that contribute to the commendable work carried out in Tenerife and throughout

the country.

The Tenerife capital will now be watching Palma de Mallorca, since on September 28th, the Binter NightRun Mallorca SER Runner will take place with the 5 and 10 kilometre races. Subsequently, on November 16th, it will be time for the seventh Binter NightRun Las Palmas de Gran Canaria with the 10,000 and the Half Marathon.

Registrations to participate in both are open through www.binternightrun.com.

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HE Marina del Sur in Las Galletas, located in the municipality of Arona, will be the scene of a new edition of the Canary Islands Underwater Photo Championship.

The event will be held within the framework of the fair Fenáutica 2019 between June 7th and 9th. The 17th edition of the Guanche’s CUP regatta will take place that same weekend.

In this edition of the Canary Islands Underwater Photo Championship, 13 teams from Tenerife, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote and La Palma will take part. The first dives will take place on June 7th and 8th, while the projection of the works and the trophies will

Swimming courses offer 2,000 places

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ANTA Cruz city council has opened the registration period for the summer swimming courses which will take place during the months of July and August in the Municipal Pool Acidalio Lorenzo.

The initiative offers more than 2,000 places aimed at children aged between four and 13 years.

Sports councillor, Verónica Meseguer said: “This wide offer is divided by age groups that are associated with a certain schedule in order to try to reconcile work and family life, so necessary for many families during the summer school holidays.”

There are 480 places for children aged between three and five. The courses for that age group will last 30 minutes and will be taught, Monday through Friday in the mornings, from 11am to 2pm and in the evening shift, between 4pm and 7pm.

The remaining places have been reserved for the group between six and 13 years of age. In this case, the courses will last 60 minutes and the hours offered are from Monday to Friday, from 11am to 2pm and in the evening shift, between 4pm and 7pm.

The registration fees will be 28 euros for a month and 54 euros for both July and August.

There are discounts for general large family (21 euros for a month and 40.5 euros for two months) and for special large family (7 euros for a month and 13.5 euros for two months).

Registrations can be made in the offices of the Municipal Sports Service, located on avenida de Bélgica, 3 (bajos edificio Chapatal) from Monday to Friday, between 8.30am and 1.30pm.

take place on Sunday, June 9th.

In the case of the Guanche’s Cup, it will again include in its programme the categories of cruising and sailing and the participation of more than 50 sailors. The delivery of prizes to the winning boats will coincide with the last day of Fenáutica, in the main stage of the event.

Another of the highlights of the Fenáutica programme will be the inauguration of the official stand of the Underwater Photo and Video World Championship, which will also be held in Marina del Sur from September 17th to 22nd and will bring together about 200 athletes from more than 20 countries.

To these sporting events must be added the already confirmed presence of Pedro Ripol in Fenáutica 2019, the first Spaniard to paddle an ocean, who will share his 2001 Atlantic experience.

Fenáutica 2019 has the support of the Economic Promotion and Tourism areas of the City Council of Arona, Tenerife Tourism, Tenerife Sports, Binter, Aequor Spa, Marina Rubicon and Puerto Mogán.

Real estate investment funds and tax breaks in the sights of left-wing parties negotiating the next Government

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Acting President Pedro Sánchez (left) meets Podemos General Secretary Pablo Iglesias

OME Spanish real estate investment opportunities are going to get riskier as left-wing parties negotiate the next Government with policies to reduce returns and boost taxes.

The Spanish socialist party won the largest number of seats in the recent General Election but will likely need the support of the Podemos hard-left party to form the next Government.

Higher public-spending priorities, and a visceral dislike of capitalism on the hard-left suggest that tax breaks for real estate investors will come under fire, and make Spanish property investment a riskier proposition.

The Socialists have already indicated they plan to review tax breaks for landlords who rent to long-term residents as one of several ways to increase Government revenues. This could hit small investors who own a few properties and rent them out long-term.

The far-left Podemos party see most real estate investors as “speculators” and “vulture funds”, and get particularly worked up by funds and developers backed by foreign capital. Podemos have made housing affordability one of their key issues, and blame investors for rising housing costs in areas

of high demand such as Barcelona, Madrid, and the Balearics.

Podemos are demanding the end of tax breaks for Real Estate Investment Trusts, known as SOCIMIs in Spain, which get tax relief for investing in rental homes for three years or more. SOCIMIs are designed to encourage investment in rental housing,

which is a tricky business in a country where eviction of nonpayers is slow and expensive.

Podemos blame SOCIMIs and other investors for rising housing costs in hot markets, rather than high demand. The rental sector is a capital intensive business, and without SOCIMIs there would be less investment in rental housing, meaning few homes and lower quality – all bad news for renters.

Though nothing is yet certain, it’s likely the next Government will be some sort

of coalition between the Socialists, Podemos, and perhaps some nativist parties from the Basque Country and Catalonia. In which case SOCIMIs and real estate investment tax breaks will almost certainly come under fire, all of which could undermine confidence in the Spanish real estate market, especially among foreign investors who value legal stability as well as returns. This will weigh on the market at a time when it already looks like it’s running out of steam.

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

He can be reached by email on: ms@spanishpropertyinsight.com.

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