by Buzzers - 4 years ago
Party-goers and bars in three of Spain's top tourist hotspots could face fines of up to £510,000 after authorities introduced new laws to crack down on binge-drinking. The Balearic Islands' officials say it is the first law of its kind in Europe and will outlaw organising and promoting pub crawls...
by Buzzers - 4 years ago
The Udyco of the National Police, the Eco of the Civil Guard and the Customs Surveillance Agency jointly carried out this Thursday a macro anti-drug operation in different parts of the island of Gran Canaria. The detainees could include National Police agents. This joint operation was carried out...
by Buzzers - 4 years ago
The trial is expected to last for 25 days starting in Lanzarote and finishing in Gran Canaria. Ten people are accused with a request for 15 years in jail for Juan Francisco Rosa the owner of the winery. Altogether 17 people have been charged in the case which revolves around the excesses of under...
by Buzzers - 4 years ago
In spite of the bad tourism figures and the setbacks suffered with the collapse of Thomas Cook and the closure of the Lanzarote base of Ryanair, the arrival of tourists to the island has only dropped by 1.2% in December and 0.5% throughout the year. The number of travelers by airports during the...
by Buzzers - 4 years ago
About ten people were admitted last Saturday to the Molina Orosa Hospital after suffering intoxication due to a possible involuntary use of cannabis. According to those affected, the drug could have been hidden in a paella they shared that afternoon at a restaurant in Arrecife. Shortly after the me...
by Buzzers - 4 years ago
Ryanair has carried out its threat and closed its bases this morning. Workers had not received their letter of dismissal, something Ryanair should have done 15 days ago by law. Until yesterday only six cabin crew had been relocated as well as 25% of the pilots. The rest of over 300 workers were u...
by Buzzers - 4 years ago
The president of the Canary Islands, Ángel Víctor Torres, announced on Saturday that until the central executive agrees to eliminate the pharmaceutical co-payment, his cabinet will seek an administrative formula for pensioners who receive less than €18,000 p.a. do not pay anything for their medic...
by Buzzers - 4 years ago
New Years's Day started with a bang in an ice cream parlor on Maritime Avenue. A driver drove a car into the ice cream shop located in front of the Arrecife Yacht Club. The event took place around 08.30. For reasons that are unknown, the vehicle crashed into the protection fences and one of the t...
by Buzzers - 4 years ago
A special stretcher was used today in a rescue of a 79 year old German man who suffered a fall at the pier of Muelle Chico in Puerto del Carmen. The rescuers had to form a chain to use the stretcher in order to get him on to firm ground. After removing him from the rock he was taken to Molina Oro...
by Buzzers - 4 years ago
A young man, whose age is unknown at this time, has died, drowning on Saturday afternoon on the Nido de las Águilas beach, in the Parador area, in Puerto del Rosario. He was suffering from apnea (during apnea, there is no movement of the muscles of inhalation). The incident happened around 17:00,...
by Buzzers - 4 years ago
UPDATE: 02.01.2020 - The taxi driver has since died in hospital from his injuries.The driver of the car involved in a crash with a taxi in Playa Blanca on Christmas morning tested positive for drugs and alcohol, as confirmed by the Civil Guard. According to witnesses to the crash, the vehicle in w...
by Buzzers - 4 years ago
39 people have been arrested in the provinces of Pontevedra, Orense, Zaragoza, Toledo, Madrid, Santa Cruz de Tenerife and Las Palmas. Civil Guard, National Police with the Tax Agency have been investigating for more than a year and have managed to completely dismantle an important criminal network,...
by Buzzers - 4 years ago
The accident took place at 9.50 pm on Friday night when Semi Hernández hit a palm tree in Las Palmas Avenue, Costa Teguise. He had a heart attack and the Emergency Services were unsuccessful in trying to save him. He was 32 and a footballer of several Lanzarote clubs, including the UD Lanzaro...
by Buzzers - 4 years ago
The Canary Islands Agency for the Protection of the Natural Environment has initiated the demolition of a single-family house built illegally in the Protected Landscape of La Geria 20 years ago, after the Supreme Court refused to save the construction even though the Tinajo City Council granted it a...
by Buzzers - 4 years ago
The Ministry of Public Works, Transportation and Housing of the Government of the Canary Islands has opened the new stretch of the Costa Calma-Pecenescal highway, in the municipality of Pájara, after works are completed. The official opening of a segment of the road was attended by numerous politici...