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Puerto Rico de Gran Canaria restaurant robbed three times in one night by what seems to be the same group of individuals

Puerto Rico de Gran Canaria restaurant robbed three times in one night by what seems to be the same group of individuals

In the early hours of Sunday morning, in the tourist resort of Puerto Rico de Gran Canaria, there was, allegedly, a restaurant robbed three times over a 7 hour period, by what seems to have been the same group of people, in the south-western Gran Canaria municipality of Mogán. This is a crime that should never have occurred, particularly at so well established and loved a restaurant, during some of the hardest times most have ever seen on the island.  Some Mogán business owners have over...

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€17.5m Canary Islands Rental Assistance aid package announced, accepting applications only until March 5

€17.5m Canary Islands Rental Assistance aid package announced, accepting applications only until March 5

The Canary Islands Government Ministry of Public Works, Transport and Housing on Friday presented their new rental assistance aid package for 2020-21, through the Canarian Institute of Housing, with a budget of €17.5m in financing collaboration with the Ministry of Mobility, Transport and Urban Agenda. The subsidy is intended to guarantee access to rental housing for the most vulnerable sectors of the population in the Canary Islands as well as young people who wish to access their first...

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More Guardia Civil needed at Canarian airports to effectively deal with citizens coming from the UK, says AUGC

More Guardia Civil needed at Canarian airports to effectively deal with citizens coming from the UK, says AUGC

The Canarian delegations of the Unified Association of Guardia Civil (AUGC), one of the many unionised associations that represent their members among the Spanish Civil Guard, have said, in a statement last week, that the Guardia Civil's General Directorate should increase the workforce at the main airports of the Canary Islands archipelago by a magnitude of five or six times the current deployment, so as to be able to guarantee they can effectively deal with the entry into force of the United...

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Gran Canaria Level 3 alert – basic Do’s and Dont’s

Gran Canaria Level 3 alert – basic Do’s and Dont’s

The Minister of Health of the Canary islands Government announced on Saturday in a live press conference that starting from 00:00 on Monday Gran Canaria will go to Alert Level 3. The minister, Blas Trujillo, appealed to citizens' sense of responsibility to comply with the measures. Here are the basic rules and regulations for Alert Level: You can find the latest COVID-19 data for The Canary Islands, updated daily, for mobile devices here, or a more feature rich version for desktop devices...

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Suspected perpetrator of several thefts in and around Puerto Rico apprehended and charged

Suspected perpetrator of several thefts in and around Puerto Rico apprehended and charged

The Puerto Rico de Gran Canaria Guardia Civil Main Post have said in a statement that they recently detained a 25-year-old with numerous prior police records, as the alleged perpetrator of several thefts from homes and businesses in and around the popular resort town in the southwestern municipality. Investigations began last November 2020, after a considerable increase in criminal activity was observed in Arguineguín and Puerto Rico. Specifically, a robbery...

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Levels of alert restrictions now in force on Lanzarote and Tenerife could also be extended to Gran Canaria from Monday

Levels of alert restrictions now in force on Lanzarote and Tenerife could also be extended to Gran Canaria from Monday

Lanzarote has entered alert level 3 for coronavirus, in line with Tenerife which has been under special restrictions for some weeks and is now seeing significant reductions in new infections. Those same restrictions will now probably be applied to Gran Canaria which is currently at Level 2 (if the situation on the island being reviewed on Saturday still merits the increased restrictions, the new levels of alert will be applied from Monday). Though new infection...

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Coronavirus infections continue to rise in the Canary Islands

Coronavirus infections continue to rise in the Canary Islands

Though still in a much more favourable position than most places in Europe, the constant monitoring of infection rates across the islands has shown some reasons for concern, particularly on Lanzarote and potentially Gran Canaria too. Coronavirus infections continue to rise in the Canary Islands: this Thursday there have been 357 new cases and four deaths...

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Gran Canaria COVID alert level under review as worsening data comes in of increasing infection rates

Gran Canaria COVID alert level under review as worsening data comes in of increasing infection rates

The Canary Islands Government Minister of Health, Blas Trujillo, held a press conference this Thursday afternoon to announce new measures to combat the coronavirus pandemic here on the islands following 357 new infections having been announced, with Gran Canaria having gained significantly more new cases than on Tenerife over the last 24 hours, who in turn are continuing to bring their new infection rate down. Following the weekly review, Lanzarote now moves to level 3 alert for Covid while...

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News report of Arguineguín altercation, resulting in one migrant arrested, also lists multiple reports of disturbances in Puerto Rico

News report of Arguineguín altercation, resulting in one migrant arrested, also lists multiple reports of disturbances in Puerto Rico

There has been a sudden increase in reports of altercations involving migrants. A news report this morning, following altercations earlier this week, has described new incidents, on Wednesday night, involving migrants currently being housed temporarily in empty tourist establishments on the south of Gran Canaria. Three security guards are said to have been injured, one of them badly, with one migrant arrested by the Guardia Civil as one of the alleged aggressors. Two Red Cross volunteers have...

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