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The Saint: Las Palmas v Elche
1/4/19 After a good away performance last week against Granada, where LP let slip their lead once again at the last minute for another draw. Las Palmas entertained Elche on Sunday, who are 2 places below them in mid table. After a slow start to the game, LP wins corner in the 7th minute. Ten minutes later the first shot of the match falls to Rafa Mir but his effort goes high and wide. Not much action for the entire first half, just plenty of misplaced passes and...
Head-on collision between two vehicles causes a dangerous rollover in the GC-500
A dramatic head on collision took place at 09.00 this Tuesday morning on the GC-500 old national road though, of the five people who were in the vehicles, including three children, only the two drivers suffered any injuries, reported to be minor.The accident was between two vehicles on the southern coastal road, by the Barranco del Balito, near Puerto Rico de Gran Canaria. One vehicle overturned on the edge of the security barrier over a cliff edge. Fire Men from Puerto Rico and...
Puerto Rico tourist complex prohibits new owner from accessing apartment for residential use, citing Tourism Rental Law
Residents who ignore local politics, and don't care for warnings about changes to new laws should probably take note of this latest turn in the Tourism Rental Property Law saga, in Puerto Rico de Gran Canaria...A Dutch woman has apparently been refused entry to her new apartment in a designated tourism complex located in Puerto Rico, in the southern Gran Canaria municipality of Mogán, which she bought with her partner at the end of February, because, according to the tourism...
Newsbrief: A man in critical condition after falling from a ladder in San Fernando de Maspalomas
A man fell from a ladder this Friday morning on Avenida Gáldar, in San Fernando de Maspalomas, suffering a serious head injury, according to a report from the 1-1-2 Canary Islands' Government's Coordinating Centre for Emergencies and Security. Due to the severity of his injuries, the man had to be transferred in an SUC Canarian Emergency Services medical ambulance to the Insular University Hospital of Gran Canaria in the capital, Las Palmas. The event took place at 09:34. The man was painting,...
The Canary Guide Weekend Tips 29-31 March 2019
The last weekend of March, just as Spring starts it seems Summer is just around the corner, or at least it will be 1 hour closer with the clocks Springing forward, from 2am to 3am between Saturday and Sunday, perhaps for the last time, if the European Parliament has its way. Carnival celebrations in Arguineguín, Mogán are coming to a head, as well as opening and continuing in other towns this weekend, with plenty of other events going on around Gran Canaria to be...
Gran Canaria Weather: Rain due to arrive on Gran Canaria this Friday afternoon
Spanish State Meterological Agency AEMET has issued a yellow advisory warning for rains expected interrupt the blue skies of the south and to cross the whole of the island this Friday afternoon and into Saturday continuing on the north of the island and inland, though the south should clear up as we move through the weekend. Cloudy intervals look set to punctuate the normally sunny south of Gran Canaria with the probability of occasional showers, particularly heavy in...
Gran Canaria Weather: A little bit of a wet start to the weekend, rain a little heavier on the north, clearing into Sunday
Occasional showers this Thursday, predicted by Spanish State Meteorological Association AEMET, on Gran Canaria mainly inland throughout the middle of the day, could be strong in places. Rain less likely elsewhere. Temperatures with few changes. Variable wind weak, with breezes along the coasts. Cloudy skies continue on Friday, particularly on the north of the island. Occasional showers again in inland areas, possibly quite strong in places. There is a low probability of some...
Drunk English woman dragged off plane on arrival in Fuerteventura
A heavily inebriated English woman had to be removed from a plane by the Guardia Civil on arrival at Fuerteventura Airport. The Ryanair plane had flown from London Stansted Airport. As the video shows, Civil Guard agents forcibly removed the woman pulling her up from her seat while she defiantly wails "I do not need an ambulance." The drunken woman had begun to argue with another passenger, when flight attendants were forced to intervene and asked someone sitting...
No changes expected for tourism rentals regulations, at least for the moment
The Canary Islands will not change the current regulations on holiday home rentals at this time, at least not during this legislature. The socialist party PSOE announced last Thursday that they will request a postponement of the debate around the bill after negative opinions were expressed by the Advisory Council of the Canary Islands Regional Government. The decision leaves too little support for the proposed changes to the law to go ahead, as this week's parliament plenary will be the last...
Pre-alert declared for rainstorms incoming
The Canary Islands’ Government’s General Directorate of Security have activated pre-alert status for all emergency services due to rainstorms due to begin today across Gran Canaria. Yellow advisories were issued over the weekend. Since early hours of Monday morning the western islands of La Palma and El Hierro have seen downpours which have advanced through the day to La Gomera, Tenerife and are now set to arrive on Gran Canaria. The storm could leave up to 15 liters of water per square meter...
