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1,850 kilos of cocaine intercepted near the Canary Islands
Policia Nacional intercepted a sailboat in waters near the Canary Islands transporting approximately 1,850 kilos of cocaine, in a joint operation with customs officials. Three crew members were arrested, an English national and two French. The operation, called 'GRU', began in 2015 when Customs Surveillance by the Spanish Tax Agency and National Police initiated investigations into a criminal organisation dedicated to the trafficking of narcotics by sea using sailboats....
World´s first self-erecting marine wind turbine arrives in Jínamar, in view of the capital Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
It travelled through the night at just over one knot, begins the unassuming report in Spanish language daily La Provincia, and by 6.50 am on Thursday morning, even before dawn, it reached its final destination at the PLOCAN Canary Islands Oceanic Platform, in the Jinámar bay at the southern entry point to Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, beside the GC-1 main motorway. One more iconic structure heralding the capital's imminence, this time an experimental wind turbine built...
Regional High Court rules in favour of new Water Park development in Playa del Inglés
The Administrative Chamber of the Superior Court of Justice of the Canary Islands (TSJC) have endorsed authorisations granted for the construction of the new Siam Park Gran Canaria water park in the El Veril basin, between the GC1 motorway and Playa del Inglés, in the southern municipality of San Bartolomé de Tirajana. The TSJC announced that the Chamber confirms the order of Court number 4 on October 23, 2017 that rejected a request from the collective Turcon-Ecologists in Action to suspend...
Gran Canaria’s Tamadaba Sky Walker goes viral over Agaete
A video of tight rope walking dare devil and acrobat, Kevin Vega, crossing a Tamadaba ravine, in the ancient north west mountains of Gran Canaria, with a panoramic view of the port town of Agaete in the background, has seemingly gone viral. The slackline walker directly challenges the forces of nature as he crosses the expanse, using little more than a "slackline" and a simple harness at the top of the Tamadaba Natural Park, more than 500 meters above sea level. In the background you can...
Dead fish washing ashore in Playa del Inglés
Dozens of dead fish washed up on the coast of Playa del Inglés this Thursday, in the southern municipality of San Bartolomé de Tirajana. Around noon, several bathers reported that dead fish had appeared without explanation on the seashore, near kiosk number seven, towards the Punta de Maspalomas , . After inspecting the beach, Local Police found more than sixty dead fisch. Councilman for Beaches and Care of the Coast, José Carlos Álamo, explained that they were a kind of fish that fishermen...
The Canary Guide “San Juan” Weekend Tips 22-24 June 2018
It's San Juan, one of the biggest celebration weekends on Gran Canaria and throughout Spain, and that entails many traditional fiestas, midnight dips in the sea and various rituals with bonfires and fireworks. Every municipality and neighbourhood is likely to have their own bonfire, as this year there is no fire alert, unlike last year, but there are strict rules to be followed. Saturday 23 June, Santa Maria de Guía I Fiesta de la Cerveza Canaria The ancient northern...
The Canary Guide events : Vintage cars in Teror
The beautiful mountain town of Teror will host a "classic" event with their very first Grand Villa de Teror Vintage car contest on Saturday 30 June. Plaza de Nuestra Señora Del Pino and Calle Real will feature 40 "vintage" cars between 10:30 to 14:00 in an event organized by the Canarian Classic Car Club, with the collaboration of the local council of Teror enlivened by a concert by swing band Brave Missy & The Cavaliers, starting at 11:oo in the morning. Considered...
152 migrants rescued 200 nautical miles south of Maspalomas
The Salvamento Maritimo (maritime rescue) vessel Guardamar Talía rescued the occupants of an open boat, some 200 nautical miles (370.4km) south of Maspalomas de Gran Canaria over the weekend and set course for the island, according to the Maritime rescue twitter account, after the free floating vessel was located by the Sasemar 103 Search and Rescue plane, based out of Gando air base. In total 152 people were rescued from the boat, of them 3 were women and 3 children....
Air accident simulation exercise at Gran Canaria airport
AENA, together with health, emergency, security and rescue services throughout the island, held an air accident simulation on Tuesday, June 19. After several months of planning, holding various meetings, the different security measures to be taken into account were established in the simulation, in which not only the airport's own facilities were mobilised, but also a large number of external resources. This exercise consisted of a simulated aeroplane accident near the head of the runway on a...
Subsidies to install solar panels in homes and residents communities of Gran Canaria announced
The Cabildo de Gran Canaria has set the deadline for those wishing to request aid to install photovoltaic panels in homes for self-consumption using clean and affordable solar power offering up to €150,000 to cover up to half the project costs, an opportunity that the island government is urging anyone already thinking about the advantages of being powered by the sun to take full advantage of, like so many homes in Germany and the United Kingdom do without even having a...
