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The Saint: Las Palmas Vs Deportivo La Coruna
- 30/10/17 - Images courtesy of UDLasPalmas.es LP entertain Deportivo after more disappointment away to Villarreal last weekend losing 4-0. But they did beat tonight's opponents away on Thursday night, in the away leg in the Copa Del Ray cup match, winning 4-1. Let’s hope for same result tonight. LP our still 3rd from bottom in La Liga but a win tonight would move them above tonight’s opponents. 5mins in and first attack by LP, ball gets played to Remy but his shot hits the side netting at...
Milestone time for Shearwater chicks right now
Each year at this time, hundreds of shearwater (pardela) chicks fall or crash ashore while learning to fly for the very first time. They can become easily disoriented by the nocturnal lights of human activity. Without help, most do not know how to take flight again. More than 50 shearwaters were released this Monday 30 October, at Playa de la Laja near the capital Las Palmas, to meet the sea for the first time. The release coincided with the Pardelas del Cabildo Campaign, an activity that is...
Events : Noche de Finaos – Halloween on Gran Canaria 2017
A most traditional celebration this week on the island, where families gather and tell each other stories of the family members long departed, ancestors of note, parents, grand parents and the occasional spooky ghost story. Of course American ideas have seeped in over recent years, but the more traditional Canarians will see this as a great opportunity to reconnect with the past and munch on freshly roasted sweet chestnuts as the community gather together to celebrate mid autumn. Whether its...
Mogán forced to close part of the GC-500 for at least two months
The Municipal Town Hall of Mogán are being required to close the GC-500 coastal road, linking Arguineguín with Patalavaca to traffic, starting on Monday, November 6, due to new Works Inspection requirements. The closure is to be maintained for at least two months, until the completion of works between kilometre 28.8 (the whale's tail roundabout) and kilometre 29.92 (Patalavaca roundabout). Traffic is to be diverted along the GC-1 main motorway. The closure of the road, which the town hall...
Air Europa begin inter-island flights between The Canary Islands
Air Europa this Monday, October 30, start to operate flights between the individual Canary Islands. The third largest Spanish airline is headquartered in Majorca, a subsidiary of Spanish travel and tourism company Globalia, and a member of SkyTeam. One of their three ATR 72-500 aircraft assigned to the new routes is already on Gran Canaria, while the other two were also scheduled to arrive in the archipelago on Sunday. Two planes, with capacity for 68 passengers, will start the inter-island...
Vueling connecting Gran Canaria with two new routes
Vueling, the Spanish low-cost airline announced last week that this winter season they will be opening two new routes to Gran Canaria. Granada, the south Andalusian city, in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains, with two flights a week, starting from December 4; and Lyon, the capital city of France’s Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region will fly weekly from 4 November. In addition to the Ginebra route from Switzerland, which began operating last summer, these new routes add to the winter...
More Saharan dust and heat expected Friday and Saturday on Gran Canaria
This has been the warmest October on record for 30 years, and it looks like the end of October heat wave is not yet ready to leave the Canaries, with the next few days expected to remain hot and dusty. The prediction from the Spanish State Meteorological Agency (AEMET) indicates that the Saharan dust suspended in the air over the last few days will continue through to at least Friday, October 27, with the afternoon expected to be particularly intense. The general forecast for the last Friday...
Four men arrested, suspected of gang-raping a tourist
The Judicial Police Team (EPJ) and the Guardia Civil of Puerto Rico-Mogán, have this week detained four men with the initials ME, AA, IY and BA, aged between 26 and 32, as the suspected perpetrators of a heinous sexual assault and abuse carried out in the early hours of December 26, 2016 at a southern shopping and leisure centre on Gran Canaria . The investigation began as a result of the victim's report of a crime, filed the same day, stating that an individual had raped her, after driving...
The Canary Guide Weekend Tips 27-29 October
Well its a very warm last weekend of October ahead, with Halloween just around the corner, the shops are filled with commercial stuff like pumpkins and costumes to celebrates the eve of All Saints' Day next week. Many festivities are happening around the island also on Monday and Tuesday, particularly the local day of the dead, Finaos, where families gather to tell stories of the dearly departed and remember their more recent ancestors. Wednesday, 1st of November is a National bank Holiday, so...
Gran Canaria Weather: High temperatures return with more desert dust
Summer just does not want to leave the island of Gran Canaria. After a few days of temperatures having returned to seasonal norms, with some weak and occasional autumn rains, mainly on the north of the island, the hot weather and Saharan calima dusts are set to return to the islands this week. From Tuesday a mid-Atlantic storm expected over the Azores, looks likely to pull a mixture of humidity from the Mediterranean and then Saharan dust from our nearest desert neighbours that looks set to...
