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Foundation Investigated for Alleged Mismanagement of Public Funds Meant for Care of Unaccompanied Migrant Minors

The 7th Investigative Court of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria has opened a preliminary investigation into the Social Response Foundation Siglo XXI and four of its directors. The Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office in Las Palmas filed a complaint against them, alleging crimes that could include forgery of commercial documents, mismanagement, and embezzlement of public funds. The investigation aims to determine whether this nonprofit organisation, and its officials, could have misused public funds intended for the care of unaccompanied migrant minors, during the migration crisis of 2020 that was precipitated by the pandemic confinement on the islands, leading to a build up of arrivals having to be assessed and cared for by the Canary Islands Regional Government, using hotels left empty due to the lack of tourism. The estimated amount involved in the alleged misuse stands at around €12.5 million between 2020 and 2022 on Gran Canaria alone.

 

Canary Islands Expect Rain and Potential Storm Weather Next Week

The Canary Islands are preparing for a change in the weather next week, as a significant increase in cloud is expected bringing higher probability of rain. The effects of a powerful storm forming in the Atlantic Ocean are likely to extend to the Canary Islands as well as neighbouring Madeira and The Azores.

 

The Canary Guide #WeekendTips 2-4 June 2023

June is here and that means that summer is just around the corner. The Patron Saints’ festivities in honour of San Juan de Bautista and San Antonio de Padua are just getting started on Gran Canaria, and in Pueblo de Mogán the main Romería pilgrimage for San Antonio El Chico is this first Saturday of June, as well as the start of the build up to those in Arucas, Santa Brígida and Moya. This weekend also brings the biggest outlet fair shopping experience back to INFECAR and a collectables fair in Gáldar.
OPERATION KILO is this weekend, at all participating supermarkets, asking you to add a few non-perishable food items to the Food Bank collection boxes to help families in need.

Vox Enters Canarian Politics, Stage Right: Anti-Migrant, Anti-Feminist, Anti-Green, Anti-Autonomy, Anti-LGBT, Anti-Multiculturalism, Pro-Franco politics find a foothold on The Canary Islands

The Canary Islands were unable to avoid the rise of the far right on Sunday, unlike in 2019, writes Natalia G. Vargas in Canarias Ahora. Vox, which previously had no representation on the islands, managed to make its presence felt in several municipalities and councils this May 28. They also secured seats in the Canary Islands’ regional parliament, securing four deputies. “Defending what is ours, our own, and fighting against insecurity” were the slogans that underpinned Vox’s campaign in The Canary Islands, along with “family, employment, and freedom.” This rhetoric, coupled with an electoral program that was repeated across all local elections in Spain, proved sufficient. Dozens of cities and towns on the islands welcomed their first far right candidates of the modern democratic era into Canarian politics, with urban areas serving as their main strongholds.

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.

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Mogan town hall’s new “AVALON” music festival unexpectedly postponed till September 2019

AVALON. LGTBIQ+ an Association of Liberal Entrepreneurs and Professionals in the Canary Islands have announced on the 3rd of May, with only 5 days to go, that the Avalon Gran Canaria Music Festival they have organised with the support Mogán Town Hall has been cancelled until September quoting “force majeure”.
The event focused towards the LGBTIQ+ community was clearly set up to try and benefit from the May influx of people who attend the Pride events in maspalomas every year, an estimated audience of around 10,000, in spite of organisers trying to claim many more, however for reasons that are not yet clear Avalon have had to cancel their event in Mogán, presenting it as an opportunity to offer a bigger show and with greater capacity and hoping to better promote the planned conferences and a Gala event, which were originally scheduled to be held between May 8 and 12, at the same time as the more established event in Playa del Inglés.
The organisers have offered their guarantee to anyone who has already purchased tickets for the concert, that their tickets will be valid for the new dates, which have yet to be announced, saying that those who wish to be reimbursed, should contact the sales service they bought from, through the email.

The event was launched with the backing of the local Mayor only a couple of months ago, though few other details have emerged since that first announcement.

 

AVALON. LGTBIQ+ an Association of Liberal Entrepreneurs and Professionals in the Canary Islands have announced, with only one day to go, that the Avalon Gran Canaria Music Festival they have organised with the support Mogán Town Hall has been cancelled until September quoting “force majeure”.
The event focused towards the LGBTIQ+ community was clearly set up to try and benefit from the May influx of people who attend the Pride events in maspalomas every year, an estimated audience of around 10,000, in spite of organisers trying to claim many more, however for reasons that are not yet clear Avalon have had to cancel their event in Mogán, presenting it as an opportunity to offer a bigger show and with greater capacity and hoping to better promote the planned conferences and a Gala event, which were originally scheduled to be held between May 8 and 12, at the same time as the more established event in Playa del Inglés.
The organisers have offered their guarantee to anyone who has already purchased tickets for the concert, that their tickets will be valid for the new dates, which have yet to be announced, saying that those who wish to be reimbursed, should contact the sales service they bought from, through the email.

The event was launched with the backing of the local Mayor only a couple of months ago, though few other details have emerged since that first announcement.

 

AVALON. LGTBIQ+ an Association of Liberal Entrepreneurs and Professionals in the Canary Islands have announced, with only one day to go, that the Avalon Gran Canaria Music Festival they have organised with the support Mogán Town Hall has been cancelled until September quoting “force majeure”.
The event focused towards the LGBTIQ+ community was clearly set up to try and benefit from the May influx of people who attend the Pride events in maspalomas every year, an estimated audience of around 10,000, in spite of organisers trying to claim many more, however for reasons that are not yet clear Avalon have had to cancel their event in Mogán, presenting it as an opportunity to offer a bigger show and with greater capacity and hoping to better promote the planned conferences and a Gala event, which were originally scheduled to be held between May 8 and 12, at the same time as the more established event in Playa del Inglés.
The organisers have offered their guarantee to anyone who has already purchased tickets for the concert, that their tickets will be valid for the new dates, which have yet to be announced, saying that those who wish to be reimbursed, should contact the sales service they bought from, through the email.

The event was launched with the backing of the local Mayor only a couple of months ago, though few other details have emerged since that first announcement.

 

AVALON. LGTBIQ+ an Association of Liberal Entrepreneurs and Professionals in the Canary Islands have announced, with only one day to go, that the Avalon Gran Canaria Music Festival they have organised with the support Mogán Town Hall has been cancelled until September quoting “force majeure”.
The event focused towards the LGBTIQ+ community was clearly set up to try and benefit from the May influx of people who attend the Pride events in maspalomas every year, an estimated audience of around 10,000, in spite of organisers trying to claim many more, however for reasons that are not yet clear Avalon have had to cancel their event in Mogán, presenting it as an opportunity to offer a bigger show and with greater capacity and hoping to better promote the planned conferences and a Gala event, which were originally scheduled to be held between May 8 and 12, at the same time as the more established event in Playa del Inglés.
The organisers have offered their guarantee to anyone who has already purchased tickets for the concert, that their tickets will be valid for the new dates, which have yet to be announced, saying that those who wish to be reimbursed, should contact the sales service they bought from, through the email.

The event was launched with the backing of the local Mayor only a couple of months ago, though few other details have emerged since that first announcement.

 

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