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93 people drowned in the Canary Islands region during 2017
Downing deaths last year were more than double the number of road deaths in the region. 93 people died by drowning in the Canary Islands during 2017, making the archipelago the worst autonomous community in Spain, having the highest number of deaths by drowning last year, according to the National Drowning Report prepared by the 'Real Federación Española de Salvamento y Socorrismo'. The Canary Islands was once again the Spanish territory with the most drowning victims, just as it was in 2016,...
Weather Warning: Very rough seas predicted along all canary islands coastlines on Sunday
The Government of the Canary Islands General Directorate of Security and Emergencies has announced an alert for heavy seas throughout the Canary Islands from 03:00 on Sunday. The alert is in direct response to the Spanish State Meteorological Agency, AEMET, who have forecast adverse coastal phenomena issuing an orange advisory for most of the coasts of the Archipelago. This Saturday there have been rains at several points around Gran Canaria, and an Atlantic cold front is expected to move in...
The largest photovoltaic plant in Gran Canaria will produce clean energy in the north from March
The largest photovoltaic facility to have been built on Gran Canaria will be operational by March of 2018 say the Cabildo, and will prevent more than 320 tons of CO2 from being discharged into the atmosphere. In addition, it is the first publicly owned solar plant to be built on the island, as it is the result of a collaboration between the Cabildo de Gran Canaria, the Commonwealth of the North and the Town Council of Gáldar. The project has a budget of €770,000 contributed by the Cabildo...
SBT Council undertakes improvements to the municipal kennel
The City of San Bartolomé de Tirajana has begun "integral improvements" to the Municipal Kennel located in Tarajea, having authorised a first phase investment of €18,000. The mayor, Marco Aurelio Pérez Sánchez, and Councilor for Public Health, Francisco Pérez López, recently visited the facility to check on progress at the facility following its reopening in 2016 after more than six years being closed. The municipal shelter, now managed by Snoopy Veterinary Clinic, has a capacity of 25 places...
Gran Canaria airport’s new record facilitating 13 million passenger journeys in 2017
Gran Canaria Airport received it's 13 millionth passenger journey for 2017 on December 27th, breaking all previous records, exceeding last years record by nearly one million passenger journeys. The figure, announced by AENA, the Spanish Airport Authority, includes all flights dealt with by the airport, both departures and arrivals, so the Cabildo de Gran Canaria estimates that some 6.5 million individual passengers have travelled through the airport, 70% of whom are thought to have been...
Events: Reyes de Magos “The Three King’s” on Gran Canaria
This is the most magical time of the year for Spanish kids. The tradition here is that Los Reyes Magos, known as the Three Wise Men or the Three Kings in English, are actually the ones who bring children their gifts on the Day of the Epiphany, which is the 6th of January. This is the day when Melchor, Gaspar and Baltazar bring their gifts. They arrive in a bewildering number of ways, some by boat, by air, by camel, by parachute, by helicopter, by bike and Street Parades in every major town...
Fire in Mogán brought under control
A fire which broke out this afternoon in the Barranco de Mogán, near the Red Cross post at the entry to Mogán Pueblo, has been declared under control by emergency services who spent the afternoon tackling the blaze which, although quite close to housing on the outskirts of the picturesque little village, seems to have only affected avocado trees, sugar cane and farm implements, much of which is still smouldering away. A Gobierno de Canarias helicopter, deployed to the scene around 13.00 this...
Gran Canaria’s main animal shelter to have a veterinary training centre in 2018
Gran Canaria Cabildo's Insular Animal shelter will, from the first quarter of 2018, include a veterinarian education centre, newly created in collaboration with the island's official College of Veterinarians de Las Palmas and the University of Las Palmas. The creation of this centre is one of the progressive novelties presented by the Cabildo for the continuing improvement of the management of abandoned animals on Gran Canaria coinciding with the first year following the management change at...
Bus Accident Near Maspalomas – Only Driver Injured
A bus driver is in hospital this afternoon after having allegedly succumbed to fatigue, striking something, possibly a tree, near the Parque Sur de Maspalomas causing him to be thrown through the driver's door of his vehicle to the road, leaving the bus still moving, until it collided with a palm tree in the square of the gardens of the old town hall, beside the main Maspalomas Policia Local offices. According to initial reports only the driver was on the bus. Three Policia Local units, two...
Fire in Mogán
Reports are coming in of emergency services being deployed to Pueblo de Mogán, the administrative capital of the municipality of Mogán, after a fire broke out in an area next to the village just before 1300. A Canary Island government helicopter is at the scene bringing water from a nearby reservoir as fire crews try to bring the blaze under control. Police and ambulance services have also been deployed to the scene. There is currently no information regarding the cause of the incident nor...
