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Canary Islands Government will carry out PCR tests for residents flying back over Christmas from Spanish mainland
The Canary Islands Government will carry out PCR tests for residents of the islands who wish have them when returning to the archipelago from the mainland for Christmas, the Regional Minister for Health, Blas Trujillo, said today. The Ministries of Health and Transport are working to reach agreements with regional laboratories, in order to carry out the tests at origin, said Trujillo. "The tests will be carried out on all residents, not only on students", although this is the largest group...
King Felipe VI of Spain will isolate for 10 days following COVID-19 close contact
King Felipe VI of Spain, 51, will have to stay in mandatory isolation for at least ten days after finding out on Monday that a person with whom he had close contact has tested positive for COVID-19. The royal household has had all the head of state's official activities suspended, the Zarzuela palace has reported. The Casa del Rey has clarified that Queen Letizia and her daughters, the Princess of Asturias and the Infanta Sofía, will be able to continue their...
Mogán mayor Bueno’s migrant case against the Spanish Government swiftly dismissed as “not relevant”
The magistrates Court of Instruction number 2 for San Bartolomé de Tirajana on Monday swiftly dismissed proceedings initiated by the mayor of Mogán Town Council, who filed complaints regarding the migrant situation on the Aguineguín harbour, which has made headlines around the world. Following the judge's in-person visual inspection at the Red Cross camp last Friday, judicial authorities declared that the facts described in the Mogán Town Hall's denuncia (complaint) does “not meet the...
Canary Islands expect a surge in Christmas bookings as England Lockdown lifted December 2
The UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has announced this evening that the latest lockdown restrictions will be eased from December 2nd, however announced tiered restrictions that are expected to be in place until at least March. Though the UK remains marked as a high-risk territory by the ECDC, and therefore anyone travelling from there needs to be tested before flying to spain, travellers are expected to be allowed to go on holiday once again so long as they do not live in a tier 3 area,...
“Moroccan immigration and blackmail” writes President of Gran Canaria Cabildo
As well as a regional government, and local councils (municipios), the Canary Islands also has an added political layer of Island Councils (Cabildos Insulares). The Cabildo de Gran Canaria is our island's representative government, made up of every local mayor and representatives of all the major parties. The current president of the island Cabildo de Gran Canaria, since 2015, is Antonio Morales (from the Nueva Canarias party - NC). In a strongly worded statement, on his own personal blog,...
The Canary Islands working with Madrid to include antigen tests before December 2
The Canary Islands Government have expressed their hope that coronavirus standards with England can be "harmonised" with the Spanish Ministry of Health to include antigen tests as well as PCR results in rules for travel through Spanish ports and airports by December 2. If agreed then this would come just in time for the expected relaxing of restrictions currently imposed in England, and other parts of the UK, in the face of their second wave of the pandemic. The UK are still currently deemed...
Maspalomas roundabout fail leaves car abandoned beneath GC500 roundabout
This crashed car abandoned beneath GC500, the old national road that connects Vecindario on the southeast of Gran Canaria to Puerto de Mogán on the southwest, was reportedly found "parked" this morning under the roundabout between the Parque Sur Maspalomas and the Holiday World theme park. First reports say the occupants simply stepped out of the vehicle and left the scene, with no evidence of any emergency services having been called. Questions are now being asked as to whether the vehicle...
The Canary Islands: lowest infection rates, new cases per hundred thousand, in all Europe
The Canary Islands have the very lowest Covid-19 infection rates in all Spain, and are among the lowest across Europe by a country mile. The archipelago have, however, just reported their 20,000th case, detected since the coronavirus pandemic began back in the spring. In fact this weekend the accumulated total stands at 20,002, with 15,422 of those having already recovered from the infection. 319 people have died and 4,261 cases remain active across the islands, out of a population of more...
Canary Islands appeal to Spain to include Rapid Antigen tests as well as PCR results for tourists coming from high risk zones
The Canary Islands Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce, Yaiza Castilla, in the Regional Parliament this Friday, has appealed to Spain's central Government for an expansion to the list of diagnostic tests, required to enter Spain from a high risk country, to also include rapid antigen tests. Castilla is doing what she can to try to salvage the main winter season, as Spain prepares to impose, as of Monday 23 November, potential fines on anyone arriving from a high risk zone without the...
High Court invalidates Puerto Rico de Gran Canaria urban planning permits not legally administered
The Canary Islands High Court has ruled that the urban planning permits, used by the Mogán mayor and her CIUCA party, supported by PSOE, to authorise several major new developments in Puerto Rico de Gran Canaria, the framework for which had been granted just as they entered office in 2015, were not legally administered. Despite the deficiencies having been pointed out and serious concerns raised by their opposition (PP and Nueva Canarias) during the April 17 2017 plenary, the governing group...
