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3 tourists from UK arrested for verbal aggression and abuse aimed at 2 other travelers
It has emerged today that Guardia Civil officers from the Security Detachment at Gran Canaria Airport arrested three foreign tourists, with the initials RDJ, LW and KT, aged between 25 and 28 years old, on February 9, all suspected of a crime against fundamental rights guaranteed under the Spanish Constitution, specifically discriminatory behaviour against two people simply because of their sexual orientation. The Guardia Civil investigation began on the 8th, when the victims who suffered the...
3 suspected of Puerto Rico apartment thefts arrested
The Civil Guard have been investigating three people suspected of thefts from Puerto Rico apartments on the south of Gran Canaria The Guardia Civil in Puerto Rico-Mogán have been investigating three individuals, who answer to the initials SMC (35 years of age and of Spanish nationality ), NA (37 years old and foreign) and SL (27 years of age and foreign), suspected of being the alleged perpetrators of robbery with force in the well known tourist resort town of Puerto Rico, in the southern...
The Canary Guide Weekend Tips 16-18 February 2018
A gorgeous Gran Canaria winter weekend is in sight! This weekend is dedicated to Carnival with multiple celebrations going on simultaneously. So many events to go and enjoy, and on Saturday, it's the biggest parade day on the Island, the Las Palmas cabalgata, Carnival Parade through the capital, and partying into the night. This would be also...
Gran Canaria urges EU to withdraw gas financing and promote renewable energy in the Canary Islands
The president of the Cabildo de Gran Canaria, Antonio Morales, has sent a letter to the president of the European Investment Bank, Werner Hoyer, and to the president of the European Parliament, Antonio Tajani, and the president of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Junker, in which he openly questions the €125 million loan granted to the multinational company Redexis to introduce, consume and burn gaseous hydrocarbons in the Canary Islands and urges that this funding be withdrawn and used...
An unusually cold January in the Canary Islands, with a touch of snow and more sunshine than usual!
January in The Canary Islands saw the lowest maximum temperatures on record since 1969, along with heavy rains, snow, hail and strong gusts of wind that exceeded 130 kilometers per hour in some places, according to the latest Climatological Report from the Spanish State Meteorological Agency AEMET. Thermal behavior during this first month of 2018 has been colder than normally expected in almost 60% of the Archipelago, including a good part of the eastern islands, almost the entire coastline of...
Comics and Superheroes will star in the Carnival Costa Mogán, 20-25 February 2018
Would you like to experience Carnival on board a real parade float? Check the bottom of this page... The Carnival Costa Mogán 2018 officially starts on Tuesday, February the 20th. The theme this year, decided by citizen vote, is dedicated to Comics and Superheroes. Carnival, primarily held in the southern tourist-cum-fishing town of Arguineguín, is probably the most international festival held in the municipality and has in previous years brought together more than 20,000 people to celebrate...
Mogán to build a recreational park for all in Puerto Rico with an investment of €1.2 million
The Mogán town hall have confirmed the project to build an urban park in Puerto Rico, the tender for which, they say, has already been awarded and will start construction by the end of March. The works have a budget of more than €1.2 million, financed entirely by the Town Hall, and will take approximately 8 months to be completed. The Puerto Rico recreational park is to be built on a plot of 10,100 square meters located between the residential area of Motor Grande and the tourist resort area...
Noisy demonstration by construction workers outside Puerto Rico hotel
A Gran Canaria hotel chain has in recent weeks reopened the former Portosol hotel under the name of the Nachosol Atlantic , in Puerto Rico, after a comprehensive renovation of all the facilities and the services it provides. The remodeling was to give the building a fresher, more up-to-date look, better adapted to the modern day tourism reality of the Canaries. The hotel, located on Calle Fuerteventura number 15, was originally opened in 1988 as a complex of 34 apartments and now, after...
Three arrested in Puerto Rico after swindling an 85 year old tourist who came straight back to denounce them
The Guardia Civil arrested three people in Puerto Rico de Mogán (Gran Canaria) for cheating a tourist using what has affectionately become known as the "Tablet Scam" offering a touch screen device for a bargain price, but then allegedly charging the victim's credit card with €3,090 on the day he returned to his country, despite being told the device had only cost him €15. Several rogue shop workers in recent months have been arrested in various tourist resort towns of the Canary Islands and...
The Canary Guide weekend Tips 9-11 February 2018
A peculiar weekend ahead with unpredictable weather facing Gran Canaria several planned events have been rescheduled. Let's hope for the best... but just in case it is certainly a good idea to double check just before heading to any event planned for the outdoors. The Almond blossom festival in Tejeda already rescheduled once for this weekend, after adverse weather on the mountain caused delays, has been postponed once again but this time there is no confirmed date that they will try again....
