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Siam Park Gran Canaria work to channel the El Veril ravine begins this week
The works for channeling southern Gran Canaria's El Veril ravine, the large area of waste ground between the GC500 old national road at Playa del Inglés and the main GC1 motorway, in preparation for the long awaited Siam Park water park project, is to begin "immediately" said chief executive Kristhoff Kiessling last week, confirming initiation of work on the hotly contested and widely anticipated new tourist attraction. This initial part of the preparatory construction work will last four...
Disrupted: People trafficking network that brought hundreds of sub-Saharans to the Canary Islands
An investigation by the National Police initiated in 2014 has led to the dismantling of an active criminal organization dedicated to encouraging irregular immigration of sub-Saharan citizens from El Aaiún (Disputed Territory of Western Sahara) to the Canary Islands, by means of pateras (wooden open boats). Two of the ringleaders have been arrested in Moroccan territory by the Gendarmerie of the Kingdom of Morocco under an International Order of Detention issued by Telde's Court of Instruction...
Clavijo: “The application of article 155 also does not fix the problem”
The President of the Autonomous Canary Islands Government, Fernando Clavijo, has this week called for dialogue and peace, as well as reform to the Spanish Constitution because, in his opinion, the application of Article 155 "neither fixes the problem" nor can it be ignored that there are more than two million Catalans who want independence from Spain. The Autonomous Government of Catalunya, The Generalitat, attempted to hold a long-time promised referendum on October 1st regarding a question...
The Canary Guide Weekend Tips: October 20-22
The perfect mid october weekend to visit our capital city with our full highlight list of events going on over the next couple fo days. There is a traditional pilgrimage offering (Romeria) happening in the city centre, Triana Celebra Excelencia, a beer festival in Parque Santa Catalina, and pirates for the family event in San Cristobal on the outskirts of the city as well as a lot of wedding stuff at Infecar. On the south there is a lovely wine and tapas night in San Fernando, a solidarity...
The first rains of autumn arrive in the Canary Islands
Temperatures in the Gran Canaria capital, Las Palmas, over the next couple of days are expected to drop to between 21˚ & 25˚C according to predictions from the Spanish State Meteorological Agency AEMET, with moderate winds from the northeast, gusting at the summits to in excess of 60 kilometers per hour. In the waters around the archipelago winds from the north or northeast of force 3 to 4 are expected reaching force 5 at times, occasionally choppy seas with 1 to 2 meter waves from the...
Spanish political parties move to curb unpaid overtime
The Spanish political parties Unidos Podemos - En Comú Podem - En Marea, PNV and the UPN have all supported a proposal admitted in the recent plenum meeting of the Congreso de Los Diputados (Spain's lower house, similar to the house of commons in the UK) to process a PSOE bill (proposal of law) that looks to compel companies to keep a record with the hours worked by each employee. Regardless of the votes of Esquerra Republicana or the PDeCAT, who were understandably absent during the debate on...
The Saint: Las Palmas V Celta Vigo
16/10/17 - Images courtesy of UDLasPalmas.es After the last home match against Leganes, Las Palmas coach Manolo Marquez has become the third La Liga manager to leave his job this season, calling a surprise news conference on Tuesday 26th September to announce his resignation after losing four of the first six games of the campaign. Las Palmas were 15th in the League with six points. Marquez had never coached a top-flight side before landing the job in July after leading the club’s reserve...
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The water supply in Mogán smells of chlorine!
"This is one of the many expressions that have been used by residents of El Horno neighborhood in recent days when they turn on a tap and get bleach instead of water," say the opposition Partido Popular (PP) de Mogán on social networks, according to reports from Spanish language news portal MaspalomasNews.com. "For weeks, the residents of this town in the Arguineguín ravine have been complaining about the amount of chlorine contained in the water supply," they add. The opposition party, led...
‘Ophelia’ the closest hurricane to the Canary Islands ever recorded
'Ophelia' has been named as the hurricane to come the closest ever to the Canary Islands since records began, say climatologists. The warm African winds currently over the archipelago may well have acted as a buffer that helped ensure 'Ophelia' did not come any closer, protecting us from its tail end. Some suspect that Ophelia herself was the cause of that hot air being sucked up from the African interior. The now level 2, Ophelia, will make her closest approach to the peninsular coasts of...
