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Southern Mayor Conchi calls on citizens to report crimes, even involving migrants, and not just post on social media
The southern mayor Conchi Narváez in San Bartolomé de Tirajana, has openly encouraged citizens of the southern municipality to report any criminal acts committed, including those they suspect have been perpetrated by immigrants "and not only posted on social networks." Her municipal town hall is responsible for several areas including Maspalomas, Playa del Inglés and San Agustín. Narváez has today indicated that only in this way will she be able to request...
Canary Islands High Court TSJC annuls modernisation plan that authorised Siam Park Gran Canaria Water Park Maspalomas
The long running and much beleaguered Loro Parque group project to build a Siam Park Gran Canaria Water Park has been dealt a serious blow, many months after the company had warned that the investment project could no longer be maintained without movement forward, particularly in the face of the global pandemic. The Canary Islands Superior Court of Justice, our regional high court, (TSJC) have ruled to annul the Plan for Modernisation, Improvement and Increase of Competitiveness in the area of...
Stranded Fred Olsen ferry, the Bentago Express, spends fifth day aground at Agaete harbour
The work in the port of Agaete, on the north west of Gran Canaria, to free the Fred Olsen ferry, the Bentago Express, which ran aground last Thursday night, and transfer it to the Port of Las Palmas has continued now through its fifth day. The fast catamaran had been attempting to dock on Thursday night when a mixture of strong winds, from Storm Filomena, and a reported engine failure left the passenger ferry, carrying vehicles and passengers on board, with one of its hulls ruptured and...
Young man detained after throwing garden furniture at police on Monday night in Puerto Rico de Gran Canaria
The Mogán Policia Local have arrested a presumed minor on charges of disobedience, resistance and attacking authority having allegedly taken part in altercations following some sort of fight on Monday night at an apartment complex in Puerto Rico de Gran Canaria where unaccompanied minors, legally in the care of the regional government, are being temporarily accommodated. Having been identified by local police the youth was then seen throwing garden furniture from a balcony terrace. Mogán town...
Alleged theft from Arguineguin port shrine under investigation
The Mogán town hall has this Friday denounced the alleged theft of various offerings, decorative trinkets and "jewelry" displayed in the port shrine to the Virgen del Carmen, located in the Arguineguín dock which is thought to have taken place before daybreak on Thursday, January 7. In a statement, the town council condemned the crime saying that according to the complaint filed by the Arguineguín Fishermen's Association, the alleged theft took place between...
All crew and passengers safe after night aboard ferry that ran aground in the Gran Canaria port of Agaete
All crew and passengers have been declared safe and well, after spending the night aboard a Fred Olsen ferry which ran aground, at around 9pm on Thursday, after the vessel had struggled with high winds and rough seas in Gran Canaria's Northwest port of Agaete. For several hours this Friday morning, two tugboats tried to move the stranded passenger ship into the port of Agaete, they were later joined by two more tugboats. All attempts made to release the vessel have been so far...
Weather: Gran Canaria issues snowfall alert
Following a week of rain and wind across the archipelago and the Spanish State Meteorological Agency AEMET predictions of potential snowfall, reported earlier this week, the Cabildo de Gran Canaria has today activated the Insular Emergency Plan in the event of the snowfalls expected on the summits, issuing a snowfall alert from 8pm on Friday evening. The Island Government reported the snowfall alert on social networks expecting temperatures continuing to drop making snow more likely from...
New covid restrictions and curfews for Gran Canaria and Lanzarote limiting gatherings to four people or less
The President of the Government of the Canary Islands, Ángel Víctor Torres, has said this Thursday, January 7, that while infection rates on Tenerife have at last improved slightly, the data on Gran Canaria, El Hierro and La Palma have all worsened. The president explained that this has forced some Canary Islands to have to take additional measures, announcing new covid restrictions and a three level alert system. President Torres announced the approval of a...
Newsbrief: 1-1-2 Canarias calls decreased by 7.4% over the New Year
The Canary Islands' 1-1-2 Canarias Centre for Coordination of Emergencies and Security (CECOES), coordinated 909 incidents over the New Year, compared to the 982 dealt with last New Year's Eve, a 7.4% decrease. This decrease in generalised activity was of course primarily due to prevention measures established by the Government of the Canary Islands on travel and gatherings, to reduce the risk of contagion and the spread of COVID -19. Incidents related to citizen security were the only ones...
Weather: Strong winds alert and rain all week across The Canary Islands
The Government of the Canary Islands, through the General Directorate of Safety and Emergencies, have declared a Wind Alert from January 4, the winds alert and rain forecast take into account the information provided by the Spanish State Meteorological Agency (AEMET) and other available sources. Moderate southwest and west winds - strong and gusty. Variable average speed 30 - 60 km/h. Maximum gusts in prediction of 70-110 km/h, with the greatest winds and gusts expected in the midwest...
