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Friday 13th January 2017
PARK GOES LEGAL
ne hundred and eighty four thousand euro of bills over materials for a suspended new park project in the El Chaparral and La Siesta area of Torrevieja have been put into the hands of a judge, after a complaint was received by the chief financial prosecutor in Alicante. The fourparty coalition running the authority claims that there were improprieties over orders and contracts under the previous Partido Popular-run council. Torrevieja’s employment councillor, Víctor Ferrández (pictured), speaking on Monday, said amongst the issues of concern were a falsified signature and that no formal contracts had been found for the project, with deals conducted via telephone and e-mail.
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Forty-eight people from the Mediterraneo employment workshop had been involved with the 40-thousand-square-metre area, which should have been finished at the end of 2015, with skateboard facilities, and water fountains, as part of the reinvigoration of a former piece of wasteland. Before local elections in May 2015, the PP-run council claimed that the project was all running to schedule and would be finished before the end of that year, but was halted by the new coalition authority who said that invoices for materials were not produced and the project had run out of money. Last October, PP Councillor Carmen Gómez submitted a motion calling on the council to make provi-
BY ALEX TRELINSKI sion for the completion of the project to be paid for by the 2017 budget. She said that over 2,400 La Siesta and El Chaparral residents had signed a petition calling
on the work to be completed. Gómez said this week that the latest developments all pointed to the “incompetence” of the coalition-run council.
RECOVERING DIVERS
35-year-old female diver is lucky to be alive after being trapped for five hours in the caves of Isla Plana in the Mar Menor. She was rescued by a specialist Guardia Civil diving team, and transferred to Cartagena’s Santa Lucia Hospital for treatment in the facility’s hyperbaric chamber. The experienced Russian diver was discovered after an extensive rescue operation last Friday in a dangerous diving area which has seen five people lose their
lives since the early nineties. Further up the coast, a working diver operating in the seas of San Pedro del Pinatar had to be rushed by ambulance to the hyperbaric chamber at Cartagena, after suffering with suspected decompression. The man remained concious after last week’s incident, but was suffering pain in his legs, and after being taken by his work boat to San Pedro, he was transferred to the facility at Cartagena.
XMAS GIFT HUNT
Well done to everybody who entered our Christmas Competition to find the little presents. We had some fantastic prizes on offer, all donated by our supporters. Have a look through The Courier to find their adverts and see the great products and services they offer. If your name is listed below, you have won a fantastic prize. Look inside to find out what. Chas & Rebecca, Playa Flamenca. Julie Fairest-Hawksworth. Gemma Ford. Steve Bellamy. Catherine Mather. Dave Drummond. Tony Wagstaff. Joan Bates. Beryl Chadwick. Orlanda Ashe. Well done to everybody who took part and cominserations to those who didn´t win a prize.