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New Health Clinic in Playa de Mogán expected to be available by September
The Minister of Health of the Canary Islands Government, José Manuel Baltar, visited the construction site of the highly anticipated Local health Centre in Playa de Mogán at the end of February with the current mayor, Onalia Bueno, and several members of the municipal government group. The facilities are expected to be available from September. The new clinic is being built on a plot ceded by the Council of Mogán in 2006 and is to have an area of 573.78 square meters...
Events : Playa de Mogán to hold 9th Quick Painting Contest on April 13
The seaside tourist area and neighborhood of Playa de Mogán will once more fill its streets this Saturday, April 13, with brushes and easels to celebrate the ninth edition of the popular Rapid Painting Contest organised by the Town Hall of Mogán. The event will bring together artists of various nationalities who must carry out a single work, in a short period of time, free style in techniques, that deals with the landscape, monuments or people of this Mogañero enclave....
Gran Canaria ranks number 1 favourite destination for TUI customers across Europe this Easter
Gran Canaria has been named as the favourite destination for European customers of TUI, the world's largest tour operator, this Easter, according to a study published in the TUI Vacation Atlas, made from their reservations. TUI's analysis indicates that the Nordic countries, Norway, Finland, Sweden and Denmark, also choose Gran Canaria as the number one destination ahead of the rest of the islands in the archipelago, the Balearic Islands or Greece. [adrotate...
Maspalomas announces bid for EuroPride 2022
Five Pride events are competing for the right to host Europe’s main LGBTI celebration in 2022. The organisations are from Barcelona (Spain), Belgrade (Serbia), Dublin (Ireland), Maspalomas (Spain) and Variações & ILGA Portugal (Portugal). EuroPride 2022 will be the 30th anniversary of the first EuroPride, and the 50th anniversary of the first Pride events in Europe. EuroPride has been hosted in more than twenty cities across Europe, beginning in London in 1992, and...
Plane crash simulation drill to be staged this week in San Bartolomé de Tirajana
Gran Canaria's southernmost municipality, San Bartolomé de Tirajana, is set become the scene for an aerial accident simulation drill exercise. The #Canasar 2019 maneuvers, carried out by the Air Force through the Canary Islands Rescue Coordination Centre, belonging to the SAR, are to be held on April 10 at an as of yet unknown location. The civil authorities value this type of exercise, essential for all emergency departments so as to be in optimal readiness to act when necessary, in itself a...
The Canary Guide Weekend Tips 5-7 April 2019
It's the first weekend of April and there are few big fairs happening around the island and still time to enjoy some Carnival celebrations. The island has had a covering of beautiful greenery due to some long needed rain over the passing week, and the early arrival of the Springtime April showers. The weather forecast for the coming weekend foresees a possibility of rain, especially in the north and mountain areas, so be wary of adverse weather possibly causing cancellations or postponements...
New flying boat to connect the two Canarian capitals, just 30 minutes each way
A company named Canary Islands WIGs (Ciwigs) aims to start a fast transport service from Las Palmas de Gran Canaria to Santa Cruz de Tenerife that will operate out of existing ports using low-flying ships, that will take less than half an hour to complete the journey. All that currently stands in their way is the need for specific regulation and guidance on how these crafts are to operate. These vessels that look like aircraft, however from a legal standpoint, they are in fact...
Rental advertisement in Puerto Rico denounced for discrimination: “No Canarians, no Moroccans”
An advertisement for a rental flat in the highly desirable resort area of Puerto Rico de Gran Canaria has been publicly denounced as "racist and discriminatory". The advertisement was listed on a well-known online web portal offering an apartment in the south of Gran Canaria, however specified that they did not want offers from Canarians or Moroccans. Although the advertisement specifically said in capital letters "NO CANARIOS, NO MARROQUÍES" it seems the advertiser was more than...
Mogán works to erradicate ‘El Trile’, the shell game, along with the cardsharp fraudsters
The Local Police of Mogán on Monday, March 25, launched a special operation to put an end to the scourge of the "trileros", the 3-card tricksters sometimes to be found down in Playa de Mogán, as well as a few other areas around the municipality. A detachment formed by several agents of Local Police will maintain a pressence in the area of Playa de Mogán "daily, constantly and permanently", to prevent the cardsharp trileros from operating, with the aim of definitively expelling the practice...
Truck overturns after impact with motorway sign on GC2
Early this Tuesday morning a truck apparently clipped a large overhead motorway traffic sign, overturning and losing its load on the GC-2 motorway, on the north coast of Gran Canaria, the Department for Roads of the Cabildo of Gran Canaria reported over twitter. The accident took place near El Pagador on the road heading towards Agaete. Because the vehicle lost its load on the road, for safety reasons, road workers had to close it to traffic for several hours creating...
