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Moving elderly to modified tourist apartments temporarily suspended pending resolution of complaint from Mogán Town Council mayoress
We reported earlier this week on the need for care accommodations for the elderly being provided for by an old holiday apartment complex on the south of Gran Canaria. On Friday it came to light that the Canarian Health Service (SCS) has now temporarily halted the transfers of individuals still occupying beds in public hospitals despite having been medically discharged, to the innovative new transit facility on Gran Canaria meant "to temporarily solve the social problem they are facing." The...
Gran Canaria Weather: Temperatures rising with warnings for Sunday, and Monday and into next week
The General Directorate of Public Health of the Canary Government has issued a red warning for Gran Canaria this weekend due to the risk of high temperatures exceeding 34ºC. Santa Cruz de Tenerife will also likely experience a heatwave, although it will remain under the level for yellow alert. Additionally, Fuerteventura will face a new episode of heat, with maximum temperatures expected to reach up to 36ºC in the shade. An alert for the heightened risk of forest fires has also been declared...
The Canary Guide #WeekendTips 28-30 July 2023
It's going to be a jam packed last weekend of July on Gran Canaria. John Malkovich is in Las Palmas for one night only! A few of the biggest and most popular summer events and fiestas are happening, or just starting up, across the island. The weather forecast looks great and there are so many events and festivities to see and explore. Here are just our top picks! The last of the main events for the Virgen del Carmen festivities will take place this weekend. The island's biggest celebrations...
Ageing with Dignity: The Need to Create Sustainable Solutions for Elderly Care in the Canary Islands Sunshine
The need for care homes and suitable sheltered accommodation for the elderly, particularly foreign elderly residents on the island, is a pressing concern throughout the Canary Islands region. Many elderly individuals, including foreign retirees who have chosen the island as their retirement destination, require socio-sanitary care and assistance as they age. However, the shortage of available spaces in care facilities and the lack of proper sheltered accommodations have become significant...
The Puerto Rico “Pack” convicted of gang rape in a park
The Provincial Court of Las Palmas has sentenced four men to between 36 and 42 years for the gang rape of a woman in a Puerto Rico park, in the municipality of Mogán on the southwest of Gran Canaria , on the night of February 26 2021. The leader of the group was sentenced to 12 years for each of the two crimes of rape charged against him, and six years for each of the three penetrative sexual assaults as an...
LATEST ON THE FIRE AT THE SUMMIT OF GRAN CANARIA 🔥
390 hectares affected. The perimeter is 13.5km long about 66% of which has been stabilised. The fire is divided into sectors from head to tail, with their respective heads of sector and assigned units in: 👉 Left flank: 70% controlled 👉 Right flank: 80% controlled 👉 Head 🔥 On the left flank with a head, the work last night has been concentrated, stopping the progression towards Valsequillo. 🔥 Containment work has been carried...
Guardia Civil investigate forestry workers as possible source of Gran Canaria Fire
The Guardia Civil's SEPRONA unit, from the Las Palmas Command, in collaboration with the Fire Investigation Brigade (BIIF) of the Cabildo de Gran Canaria, are investigating a 29-year-old man as the alleged originator of the fire forest that started yesterday in the area called Cortijo de Las Huertas in the municipality of Tejeda, in the mountainous summit area of Gran Canaria. The fire began early on Monday...
Gran Canaria Fires: A night of worry followed by a morning of optimism, LPA airport unaffected and operating normally
It's an undesirable club to be in, but yesterday afternoon the Summit of Gran Canaria joined Mallorca, Greece, Algeria and Italy in tackling summer wildfires in what is turning out to be an unusually dry and hot year. The president of the Cabildo de Gran Canaria, Antonio Morales, and the coordinator of the firefighting teams, Carlos Velázquez, explained last night that the fire was barely advancing, adding that a large part of its perimeter, along the right flank, is under control, and that...
Gran Canaria Fire spreads as trade winds send hot ash and embers flying
The fire that broke out on the summits of Gran Canaria, just after 1pm this Tuesday afternoon, has already affected approximately 200 hectares (primarily pine forest and shrub lands). Despite the fact that large parts of these areas have been previously subject to precautionary "prescribed burns" and some preventive grazing, which has helped to slow down the fire, the fire fighting teams have not managed to control the blaze as quickly as they had hoped, and it has spread beyond the point of...
Forest Fire on the summits of Gran Canaria
Early in the afternoon of this Tuesday, a fire outbreak was declared on the summits of Gran Canaria, in the municipality of Tejeda. Specialist firefighters managed to get to the scene quickly, while other land and air resources are already operating in the area, but as it is an area with abundant vegetation and as there is wind and low humidity, the flames are reportedly spreading rapidly throughout the area,...
