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La Alcaldesa Bueno Secures Incredible Majority in Mogán

Mogán, May 29, 2023 – The often controversial incumbent, O Bueno, La Alcaldesa, has achieved an unprecedented and resounding victory once more in Mogán. The candidate who switched her party’s name, for these elections, to “Juntos por Mogán”, a local ally of the regionalist conservatives “Coalición Canaria” (CC), will once again assume the role of mayor. Her party has clinched a rather noteworthy 17 out of the 21 seats in the Municipal Council of this popular tourism destination located on the sunny southwest of Gran Canaria.

The Canary Guide Día de Canarias #WeekendTips 26-28 May 2023

 
What an interesting last weekend of May ahead. Weather predictions are showing some rain showers are likely across Gran Canaria. This extended #WeekendTips covers up to Tuesday, when all things Canarian are celebrated on the Día de Canarias. There’ll be some gorgeous Patron Saints’ festivities happening in San Fernando de Maspalomas as well as in Valleseco.

Fun Fact:
Valleseco literally means “dry valley” in Spanish, but is actually one of the wettest municipalities Gran Canaria. Nestling between the famous fresh water sources of Firgas & Teror, half way up the island’s mountainous northern slopes, this area is well known for its apple growers, cider and its weekly market

Six weeks since the unexplained disappearance of Anna-Karin on Gran Canaria

The authorities on Gran Canaria have been engaged in a rigorous search for Swedish tourist Anna-Karin Bengtsson, who went missing in the south of Gran Canaria around April 9. Her unexplained disappearance has caused her family much distress, with no clues to her whereabouts having emerged in the six weeks since they first realised her phone was no longer functioning.

The Canary Guide #WeekendTips 19-21 May 2023

 

An exciting May weekend ahead with abundant events and festivities taking place all around Gran Canaria. There are Patron Saints’ festivities for Motor Grande, in Puerto Rico de Gran Canaria, and in El Tablero in the municipality of San Bartolomé de Tirajana and up in the mountains of Artenara. There is also a two day lively exhibition event in Meloneras boulevard and the Rally Gran Canaria is held this Friday and Saturday.

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Historic families & women-friendly budget with changes for the Canaries in 2018

the Minister of Finance of the Canary Islands Government, Rosa Dávila and the President of the Canary Islands Government Fernando Clavijo,
The Government of the Canary Islands has approved the budget for the Autonomous Region for 2018, which has grown by 12.9% to €8.23 billion and will this year be the highest in the history of the archipelago.
In short :
• The accounts for 2018 amount to €8.239 billion , €938 million more than in 2017, an increase of 12.9%
• The extra financing of essential public services is to increase productive investment and employment, and provide tax reductions, which are the main priorities of budgets
• €5.8 billion have been allocated to essential public services, €439.7 million more than in 2017
• Healthcare increases of €231.7 million, education by €100.4 m and social policies by €99.5 million
• Investment grows by €318.2 million, +45%
• Debt has been reduced by €258 million
• The accounts include tax rebates of €124 million with €4.5 million destined to reinforce the fight against tax fraud

 
The Canary Islands become first community in Spain to eliminate taxes on women´s sanitary products
In regard to measures on income tax that will have an effect on the income statement of 2017 and actions on Indirect General Tax of the Canary Islands (IGIC) one highlight is the elimination of the pink rate – tampons, sanitary towels and compresses–, where the IGIC rate has changed to zero for the “extra cost that it has for women”, being the first community in Spain to eliminate the pink rate.
The tax reduction in the Canary Islands includes 18 measures, among which are deductions in daycare expenses of €400, which will benefit some 21,750 children in the archipelago;  deductions of €100 in the costs of school books, school materials, transportation and uniforms (benefiting 348,870 students); and the €250 discount for fostering minors – which equates foster children with adopted and biological children – (2,500 families).
A deduction of €500 for families that include people with disabilities or care dependents (41,700 families), as well as a 10% reduction on expenses for illness (dentist, oculist, pregnancy and childbirth, etc.)  for which it is necessary that the payment can be justified – ie has been paid by bank transfer or card–.
In addition, €100 will be deducted per single-parent family (helping 6,600 families); a 10% reduction for housing adaptation works for families with dependent or disabled people (41,700 families); a deduction of 10% for up to €7,000 of expenditure on works that contribute to the energy efficiency of main homes;  an improvement of 50% to the state deduction on donations to NGOs for social and ecological purposes, as well as a deduction of 15% on donations for cultural and research purposes (88,000 people).
Individuals who bill less than 30,000 will not pay IGIC (64,000 beneficiaries); also referred to is the proposed reduction of the IGIC rate from 7% to 3% for young people, under 35, who buy their first home (2,200 young people); reductions in telephone bills, both fixed and mobile, from 7 to 3 percent; and a reduction of the IGIC rate that is applied to works in renovation and improvement of a habitual (main) residence, also falling from 7% to 3% (6300 homes).

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