euro weekly news - costa del sol 7 - 13 april 2016 issue 1605

For sale: baby shoes, neverworn. Six simple words whichallow you to imagine a story,the background, emotions andpeople behind it.

Investigators in the Costa delSols picture-postcard village ofCasares are now trying to piecetogether their own story, andunravel the tragic mystery of ababy girl found dead in a hugelandfill site.

Forensic teams have now re-vealed that the little girl wasborn alive and had suffered in-juries before her death, whilepolice officers have launched amassive manhunt for the miss-ing mother.

The search has now expand-ed across the Costa del Sol withofficers combing hospitals andclinics for any clue whichmight lead to her whereabouts.

Their task is especially ardu-ous as the huge rubbish tiptreats hundreds of tons of wastefrom all across the Costa delSol. The little girl was discov-ered a few days after her deathmeaning that she, and hermother, could have come fromMarbella, Mijas, Fuengirola, orany number of populous places.

Allowing for the possibilityof a home birth, police are also

questioning pharmacy workers,who may have dispensed cru-cial drugs to the mother or fam-ily.

Yet despite throwing all oftheir resources behind the case,the riddle of identity continuesto baffle police who have nowcalled upon all residents of theCosta del Sol to come forthwith any information that couldbe valuable and contact theGuardia Civil by phoning 062.

With the little girl perhapsbeing the victim of infanticide,and a mother possibly in urgentneed of medical attention, it isvital that the local communitybecome involved in bringingthe details to light.

Present in our beautiful, tur-bulent fireball of a world foronly a few fleeting moments,we have no idea where shecame from, nor who she mighthave become. Only by finding

her mother can we hope to seeher time on earth evolve be-yond six simple words.

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A shallow graveHUGE search across Costa del Sol for missing mother of abandoned baby

By Matthew Elliot

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Nature strikes

THOUSANDS of people attended the vi-brant Natura festival in Malaga whichsaw an incredible array of natural and or-ganic products on offer. Vegetarianmeals, delicious cakes and raw chocolatewere among the culinary treats served.

One of Spains biggest organic festi-vals, Natura ran for three days from April1 to April 3 and hosted hundreds of stalls,each dedicated to their very own speciali-ty. These ranged from lucky charms andcrystals, to an exotic range of teas, and abewildering array of foods, supplements,potions, concoctions and smoothies.

There was a separate zone which sawlectures and films devoted to variousecological and organic causes.

Spain is actually home to one of thelargest vegetarian and environmentalmovements in the world, with new healthand well-being shops opening up everyday.

By Matthew Elliott

STALLS ranged from lucky charms to crystals

ORGANIC POTIONS: New health and well-being shops are opening up daily.

A WORKSHOP highlightingthe dangers of the sun (inSpanish) is taking place onApril 7 at 6pm in Fuengiro-las Casa de la Cultura. Theevent is mainly aimed at run-

ners and how to protect skinwhilst running in the sun.

A number of dermatologyspecialists will be giving in-formation on customisingsun protection.

Dangers of sun

THE University of Malaga has tied with another nine uni-versities for seventh place on a ranking of the best Spanishhigher education centres carried out by BBVA bank. Al-though its teaching was reported to have improved thisyear, it lost points in terms of investigation due to a lack offunds.

Far from the best

ONE hundred and thirty seven companies on the Costa delSol were awarded with the Sicted Tourism Quality Certifi-cate on Tuesday (April 5).

The certificates aim to guarantee that the services whichare provided are of excellent quality and give tourists peaceof mind.

Andalucia is now the Spanish region with the most townswith Sicted-certified establishments.

Costa wins award

LOCAL NEWS

OUTRAGE and despair in equal mea-sure greeted the controversial arrest ofa British couple, who ran foul of thelaw when trying to save a pregnantdonkey they reported as being in adreadful condition of neglect.

Peter Singh and his wife Jean run asmall charity dedicated to rescuingabused animals in Spain and across Eu-rope, and have previously attracted theunwelcome attention of the Local Po-lice.

Alerted to the plight of a donkey Pe-ter described as pregnant, blind in oneeye, with a hoof like a tennis ball, andmalnourished such that she was mereskin and bones, the couple felt therewas no choice but to take drastic action.

The following day they sneakedthrough the unlocked gate of the farmin Fortuna, Murcia and quietly re-

trieved the distressed animal with theintention of returning to their base inPinoso, Alicante to seek urgent medicalcare for her.

What happened next has ignited furyacross the British expat community andanimal lovers in fearsome numbers.

Upon their arrival back in Pinosothey were greeted by a Local Police carlying in wait, attuned to their plans, andwhat Peter has told EWN was an ag-gressively racist tirade from an officerof the law.

The couple were reportedly told togo back to England before being uncer-

emoniously detained for hours whilecharges of animal theft were drawn upand a court date set in motion.

Condemned to a local stable, over-flowing with horse excrement, no helpwas proposed for the pregnant donkey,nor further investigation launchedagainst the owner.

Peter and his wife will now pay theowner and take custody and care of thedonkey and two others. They havebeen overwhelmed by the limelight andare now considering moving else-where.

Peters story is in many ways a pow-

erful metaphor for the cultural collisionthat continues to throw an occasionalspanner in the works of British-Spanishrelations. Whether its bullfighting orthe donkey taxis of Mijas, British peo-ple have long championed the battleagainst animal cruelty.

And it is in moments of heated cul-tural clashes that racism and bitternessrear their ugly heads, after lying unspo-ken in the shadows.

But had Peter been Pedro, and thedonkey rather been a lamb on a Lan-cashire farm would the story have beenso different?

Is breaking into someones propertya step too far? Where do you draw theline? More to the point where shouldwe collectively draw the line?

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One mans beast is another mans equal

By Matthew Elliott

Your papers,your views

Sordid affairIt makes my blood boil that themayor of Pinoso can condonesuch cruelty to animals andtreat a man in this way. Sortyour policeman out and bethankful you have a caring guylike Peter whos taking theseneglected animals in. Nastasha

Legal leadDisturbing treatment towardsPeter and Jean in their attemptto rescue this donkey. Howev-er, legally theyve taken the an-imal without consent. Even theRSPCA are not legally allowedto enter private property andconfiscate animals. Hopefullytheir good intentions will bemade aware to local authori-ties and charges will bedropped. Karel

Rotten eggsI have worked with severalSpanish charities while I livedin Spain and there are some ter-rible prejudices towards theEnglish, often in the smallerhamlets. Peter and Jean are tru-ly amazing in what they do, butthere are some very sad, sadis-tic people out there, police in-cluded, who like to push peoplearound, using their position tointimidate. Viviene

Joint forceMaybe for future cases likethis, the couple would be wiseto work in conjunction withone of the local Spanish animalcharities. They could advisethem of the best way of goingabout it without getting them-selves into trouble. Hopefully,all of the publicity will bring anend to all of this. .J Gorman

Skewed priorIf this isnt discrimination Idont know what is. Its a crimein Spain to mistreat animals sowhy has this law not been en-forced on the owner? This mandeserves a medal. Its a dis-grace, he should be let off andthe owner summoned. Lynn

Our readers have been ex-pressing their views on anarticle regarding theBritish couple arrestedwhile trying to save a don-key in Spain, which fea-tured on our website.

Here are just a few of yourcomments and remember welike to hear from everyone re-gardless of which side of thefence you may sit.

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WHEN injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty

The Euro Weekly News is proud to contribute 100 to helpPeter and Jean with the costs of saving the donkey and her un-

born child. If you would like to help, contact them [email protected] for details.

DREADFUL CONDITIONS: Donkey was mere skin and bones.

Turn over to page four to seethe other side of the story.

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The other side of the story

EURO WEEKLY NEWS re-cently had the opportunity tocontact both the mayor ofPinoso, Lazaro Azorin, and theChief of the Local Police,Quintin Mohedano, to heartheir versions of the events.

Mayor Azorin was not inPinoso last week when theevents took place.

He was, however, adamant inhis assertion the Local Police ofPinoso work hard to protect therights of all citizens of Pinoso,regardless of their race or na-tionality.

He stated that he believes thework of Peter and other animalcharities is admirable and im-portant, and supports it whole-heartedly, but that he does notcondone illegal behaviour.

In regards to the situation ofPeter and the donkey, he statedthat even if the intention wasgood, the action was incorrect.

Meanwhile, Police ChiefMohedano pointed out that Pe-

ter and his wife failed at anypoint to report the situation tothe Local Police or any animalprotection service. He empha-sised that the actions of Peterand his wife were illegal, justlike the theft of any other per-sonal property.

He vehemently denied thefact the police had treated Peterin a racist manner, and notedthat Peter spoke very littleSpanish and may have mis-construed the situation.

He also disagreed with Pe-ters assertion that the donkeyhad been abused. He acknowl-edged that the animal had prob-lems with its hoof and eye, butsaid that these issues were at-tributable to age.

He further went on to under-line that the decision to pay2,000 to the owner of thedonkey was a decision reachedbetween the two men, and thatthe responsibility of the policein such situations is simply toreport illegal situations to theappropriate legal authorities.

CHIEF of police and mayor weigh in on the events of last week

By Sam Croft

MAYOR LAZARO AZORIN: Recently spoke with the Euro Weekly News.


Art loversAN exciting exhibit of theworks of a young awardwinning Hungarian artistwill go on display at Fuen-girolas Casa de la Culturafrom today until April 28.Hajnal Miklos watercolourworks represent bonds be-tween humans and nature.

Golf eventEXCLUSIVE Marbellagolf courses will be pro-moted this weekend at theMadrid Golf Experienceevent, the most importantof its kind in Spain. Golfplayers, managers,brands, and club repre-sentatives will attend.

Easy peasy A TRANSPORT mobileapp, named Moovit, whichhas taken the world bystorm has now addedMalaga to its list of cities,meaning people can nowplan journeys much easier.

NEWS EXTRA

UNEMPLOYMENTfigures for March re-leased this week werepositive, with 3,581fewer jobless people onthe books in MalagaProvince, probablythanks to this yearsearly Easter.

In fact the March re-sult, which saw the to-tal number of peopleregistered in theprovince as out of workfall to 180,429, wasone of the best in all ofAndalucia where theregional fall was of6,543 people.

Compared to March2015 there were 11,470fewer jobless peopleregistered at the end oflast month, a 6 per centyear-on-year decrease.

Easterjobsboost

ON Thursday April 1, Local Police werealerted by neighbours to the fact that threemen were breaking in to a house located inCalle Castilla, near Avenida Carlos Hayain Malaga City.

Police quickly arrived and spotted oneman outside of the property keeping watchand following his detention, they saw twomore running to hide in the garage of thehouse, but as the police approached theyturned themselves in to the officers andwere arrested for attempted burglary.

Apart from the surprise of the ease ofthe arrest, there was another awaiting theofficers who upon exploring the house fur-ther found a state-of-the-art marihuanaplantation, equipped with all the necessarytools from humidifiers to air filters andmore than 500 plants.

The investigators quickly assumed thatthe incompetent trio knew exactly whatwas in the house and that the plants were

in actual fact their target and although thiscould not be proved unless the burglarsmade a confession, the officers were surethat this was the case.

Due to the importance of the find, the

National Police were alerted and theycommenced enquiries in order to identifythe owner of the house who it later turnedout was actually in prison awaiting trial onan unconnected matter.

NATIONAL POLICE were alerted and commenced enquiries

Burglars make ahash of things

By John Smith

SURPRISE FIND:Police found plantsin the house.


PROVINCE councils ask for DGT collaboration

Councils mergefor better safety

NightmareincidentA VIOLENT hit and run hasseen a man in Marbel lacharged with at temptedmurder, after he reportedlyran over his victim next tothe deputy mayors office inLas Chapas, then backed upto strike him again.

Witnesses immediatelycalled police and ambulanceservices, who arrived on thescene and the vict im wasswiftly taken to hospital.

Lucki ly they also man-aged to write down the li-cense plate number of theassailants car, and, livingclose by, he was arrestedwithin hours.

MARBELLA Council has an-nounced that a new residentsservice point has been openedat its offices in Nueva Andalu-cia.

The new service will beopen from 9am to 2pm to pro-

vide local information and ser-vices.

Youths, in particular, will bepleased to know that the officewill enable them to check onYouth Department events andactivities, request youth cards

or register for courses.Residents will also be able

to book and pay for use of mu-nicipal sports facilities and ac-tivities there.

To contact the service pointby call dial: 952 761 604.

Residents service point

THE Costa del Sol and Malaga Province coun-cils have asked the Spanish DGT traffic authori-ties for collaboration, in order to try and reducefatal traffic accidents following a bad 2015 forlocal roads.

One of the ideas on the table is to create ageneral board to focus specifically on the fight to

reduce accidents, the DGT has reported.Most of the accidents in the province last year

happened on the streets of towns and villages,the authority has reported, and there were 17deaths on the roads, seven more than in 2014.

The authorities consider that unless somethingis done 2016 could be another black year, andstress that so far four pedestrians have been hitand killed in the province.

By Eleanor Hawkins

COLLISIONS: There has been 17 deaths on local roads this year so far.

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Star powerDESPERATE HOUSE-WIVES actress Eva Lon-goria will be in Marbellathis summer to support theGlobal Gift charity founda-tion at their charity galadinner, on July 17 at theMelia Don Pepe hotel.

Killer caughtA MAN was arrested byNational Police officers inMalaga acting on a war-rant issued by France, foralleged manslaughter. Hehad been sentenced to 30years in prison and hadfled to Tunisia beforereaching Spain.

Past regretsCORRUPTION scandalscould cost Marbella 20million this year accordingto Mayor Jose Bernal.Stretching back more thana decade, the inquiries passon legal fees and debts tothe present administration.

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MARBELLA residents are up in armsabout youngsters drinking alcohol inpublic places, most recent ly in theFrancisco Norte sports facility.

The sports facility is currently un-dergoing refurbishment work but thishasnt put off the thirsty youngsters,eager for the perfect spot to indulge intheir underage drinking escapades. Lo-cal residents have complained over the

youths throwing parties in the con-struction site.

The site is also being damaged asthe youths paint the walls and scatterlitter around. Calls for the council tobe more vigilant have been made.

TORREMOLINOS SafetyDepartment has launcheda safety programme incollaboration withMAPFRE insurance com-pany.

To commemorate thelaunch, they are hosting anevent next Friday April 8and Saturday April 9,which will consist of sev-eral activities and familyworkshops, and will takeplace in the car park ofPablo Ruiz Picasso cultur-al centre.

The event will last from10am to 8pm on bothdays, and it is aimed forpeople aged three and up-wards.

The public will bebriefed on fire drills andfirst aid, as well as havethe chance to participatein bike safety workshops.

A bouncy castle forchildren and a police dogexhibition will be amongstthe many other activities.

Safety workshop

By Emily Chettle

Drinking in publicLOCAL youths drinking habits causes concern to Marbella residents

TROUBLED YOUTH: The youngsters have been giving residents problems with their anti-social behaviour.


OFFICIAL Cambridge English Language Assess-ment exams will be held in Torremolinos in thefuture, following an agreement signed by the lo-cal council with the University of Malaga onTuesday (April 5).

In addition, Torremolinos Council and the Al-liance Francaise, an organisation that aims to pro-mote French language and culture around theworld, agreed that the linguistic examinations forthis institution will also begin to take place in Tor-remolinos in the near future.

Culture Councillor, Aida Blanes, said thatthanks to this initiative, those interested in takingpart in these exams will not have to travel outsideof Torremolinos any more. The exams will takeplace in the Pablo Ruiz Picasso Cultural Centrestarting from next June.

Following on from this, Alliance Francaise rep-resentative, Emilio Ortega, said that other kinds ofagreements may also be reached with Torremoli-nos in order to bring more of their cultural activi-ties to the town.

ENGLISH exams to be available in the town

Torremolinos to becomeCosta language centre

SEVERAL councils inMalaga Province will haveto give back money to theSpanish Treasury becausethey have not met the rev-enue expectations of theSpanish Government.

According to the law, allof Spains councils annuallyreceive a portion of the taxrevenue from the SpanishGovernment. This amountdepends on an estimationmade each year by the gov-ernment to predict whatpercentage each councilshould collect from the tax-es.

Issues arise when a coun-cil collects less money thanexpected. In the case of adeficit, they will have to re-turn the total amount pro-vided to them by the Span-ish Government.

This is the scenario thatoccurred in several towns inthe Malaga Province in2013, as the financial crisismade Spanish tax incomesfall. The councils of Malagaprovinces affected by thiswill have to return a total of21 million because theydid not meet their tax objec-tives for that year.

Some of the 18 towncouncils of the Costa delSol who have to refund var-ious amounts of money tothe Spanish Governmentare: Malaga (11 million),Marbella (1.3 million),Estepona (1.2 million),Torremolinos (893,939),Fuengirola (558.459),Benalmadena (275,268),Mijas (241,884) and Al-haurin de la Torre(211,724).

Government toask councils formoney back

Home helpMIJAS has announced itwill support the future con-struction of 1,062 state-sub-sidised homes near Torre-blanca del Sol, with an aimto solving housing prob-lems for local residents.

Double talkTHE primary school inNueva Andalucia andMalaga City's VictoriaKent primary school willjoin the provincial bilin-gual schools network forthe 2016/2017 academicyear, the Education De-partment has announced.

House fire NEIGHBOURS had to beevacuated on Thursday,March 31, from theirhomes on Calle San Javier,Las Lagunas, after a firebroke out. There were noinjuries or damages to be-longings after a sofa fire,the fire service announced.

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KEITH SPITALNICK will take part in the Malaga half-marathon as part of his epic journey

THE one common denominator that binds allshapes and colours of British society is a solid,deep rooted support of charitable causes, sayslong-term expatriate Keith Spitalnick as he pre-pares for this weekends Malaga half-marathon.

It will be Keiths second 13-mile run in oneweek, with only a few days to recuperate fromlast weekends exploits in Madrid, and formspart of an epic 1,500 kilometre journey he willundertake to raise much-needed funds for theButterfly Children (DEBRA).

A very rare occurrence, Butterfly Skin is aninherited condition that affects roughly 1,000people in Spain and their families. It is extreme-ly painful for those who have it and can causeuntold emotional agony for parents and closefamily.

With skin so fragile it is comparable to thewings of a butterfly, just the slightest touch cancause a serious blister, making hugs and every-day human contact difficult. With many differ-ing degrees, the condition can also affect thebody internally, leading to severe physical painand disability.

It is precisely the rarity of Butterfly Skin, andthe unfortunate lack of awareness, that inspiredKeith to become a road warrior fighting for thecause. Having now run 436 kilometres, andraised close to 1,000, the Marbella-based char-ity are delighted to have their very own ForrestGump aboard.

The devoted team at the Butterfly Children

(DEBRA) acknowledgethe terrific supporttheyve received fromkind-hearted expats,especially important as they only receive7 per cent of their funding from the state.

With the funds that Keith raises they will beable to continue their vital work supporting peo-

ple with Butterfly Skin and their familiesthrough some particularly hard times. Togetherthey contribute nurses, psychologists and socialworkers to help normalise the lives of peoplewho often feel alone, fragile and frightened.

Keith is terribly modest about his own impact,cheerfully describing his pro-ject as a balding, middle-aged mans attempt to run1,500kms in 365 days. But heis drawing attention to a beau-tiful cause, a charity which isdoing everything it can to lenda voice to the voiceless, andhelp the Butterfly Children fi-nally flourish in a human em-brace.

You can make a differencetoo, simply by following Keithsprogress on his wonderfully light-hearted online account of his ad-venture at www.gofundme.com/1500km-challenge. You can also

visit the www.butterflychildrencharity.com to seethe considerable work of this very special chari-ty.

Run, Forrest, run! By Matthew Elliott

EPIC JOURNEY: Keith Spitalnick is planning to run 1,500kms in365 days to raise money for the Butterfly Children (DEBRA).


CONTRACT has been awarded to Hermanos Campano SL

Caminito del ReyGrandparentsarrestedA PAIR of overzealous grandparents were arrested afterbecoming embroiled in a school yard brawl betweentwo four-year-olds.

Wasting no time, the grandmother allegedly marchedup to the mother of the other child, punched her, andpulled her hair with no thought for fair play.

When the police finally arrived, the grandfather, per-haps feeling outdone, put up a grand show of resistancethat saw him also carted off to the police station to ex-plain himself. School management at the Blas Infanteprimary in Ciudad Jardin, Malaga, are now consideringwhat action they will take against the greying rascals.

Buried in BenahavisTHE Guardia Civil is currently investigating the discoveryof a corpse found in El Paraiso residential area in Bena-havis. The mans hands had been tied and it has been al-leged that he had died from a gunshot wound to the head.The police are now investigating the murder.

The man was discovered on Tuesday March 29 when aworker, who was taking debris out of a house, found thebody. The body had been buried close to the surface in thegarden of one of the neighbouring houses in the residentialarea.

Police were quick on the scene and confirmed that thecorpse was in a decomposing state. After exhuming thebody, officers took it to the Malaga Legal Medicine Insti-tute, where it will go under a post-mortem examination.

THE contract to manage the Caminito delRey for the next four years has beenawarded to Hermanos Campano SL for areported 300,000 per annum, and thewalk itself will reopen on April 22, withthe first tickets being made available on-line on April 18.

Prospective visitors will need to be veryquick in making bookings through theoriginal website www.caminitodelrey.info,which is being retained by the new man-aging agents as only 10 per cent of theavailable tickets will be sold to the generalpublic at a cost of 10 per person.

The lions share of the tickets will beshared between local businesses and tour

operators, with schools receiving agreater percentage than the public atlarge.

On the positive side, it is expected thatconsiderable funds will be expended onimproving the visitor experience duringthe life of this contract with the introduc-tion of a tunnel, a waterfall and two visi-tor centres.

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CAMINITO DEL REY: Will reopen on April 22, with the first tickets available from April 18.

By John Smith

WITH spring now upon us there are far moregolden opportunities to explore the terrific natureof Spain and the Costa del Sol. If youre lookingto do something a little different, actually verydifferent, from the norm then take a trip inlandfor a scientific tour of a wild wolf habitat.

At first it might be a tough sell to your partner,although any children would likely jump at thechance, after all wolves are dangerous animalsthat would devour us in a heartbeat if they could,right? Well the short answer is no and the truth isfar more fascinating and complex than you couldpossibly imagine.

Based in Antequera, a lovely drive less than anhour from the coast, the Lobo Park is a uniquescientific park that is dedicated to protectingwolves and providing them with a raw naturalhabitat. The Lobo Park shuns the idea of profitand exists purely as a sanctuary and means ofconnecting humans and wild wolves so that wedeepen our understanding of them.

There are incredible guided tours in English,German and Spanish during which you can seefor yourself the mesmerising dynamics of a wolfpack. You will catch a glimpse of three differentspecies in the wild, Alaskan, Eurasian and Iberianwolves, something only a very few people in his-tory can say that they have done.

The key thing to remember is that this is not azoo and that a wolf kept captive in a zoo is, un-

fortunately, a different beast altogether. At theLobo Park, the staff take tremendous care to al-low them to be as free as possible, while helpingthem overcome their natural shyness of humans.

It makes the Lobo Park one of the only placesin the entire world where you can see differentwolves in all of their natural glory.

So why not do something different with yourday? The Lobo Park tours are absolutely fascinat-ing and filled with thought provoking facts and

trivia, while the sight of wolves is some-thing you and your partner or family will betalking about for years to come.

To arrange a tour, or to find out more, youcan visit their website at www.lobopark.com,email the Lobo Park at [email protected], oryou can them a call on +34 952 031 107 toarrange an experience you certainly wont forget.Guided tours are at 11:00, 13:00, 15:00 and16:30 except Wednesday.

An adventure awaits youWILD wolves and beautiful nature are just around the corner

NATURAL HABITAT: Catch a glimpse of three different species in the wild.

AlaskaTundra Wolf.

contact the Lobo Park in Antequera today on+34 952 031 107, email them [email protected], or visit their websitewww.lobopark.com. A lifetime of memoriesawaits.

Guided tours are at 11:00, 13:00, 15:00 and16:30 every day except Wednesday.

FOR A NIGHT TO REMEMBER, OR FOR ADAYTIME GUIDED TOUR:


AT one time, this area wasknown as the Costa delCrime, and because of unusu-al extradition rules, had morethan its fair share of Britishcriminals who came to enjoythe proceeds of their activi-ties and the lifestyle in thesun.

Whilst many have left andothers have been arrested, onewho first arrived in Marbellain the 1990s has decided thathe would turn his knowledgeof criminal activities and

those involved with them intoa highly successful business,where he can advise and offerlegal support to expats whofall foul of Spanish law.

His business JaCogLaw,which was set up in 2012, ex-ists to steer those in troublewith the law through the intri-cacies of the Spanish system,and he has been particularlysuccessful with this enterpris-ing and innovative activity.

Forty-five-year-old JasonCoghlan makes no secret ofthe fact that he used to workon the wrong side of the law,

and has had a number ofprison sentences followinghis expulsion from theMarines when just 20.

Now, he has a successfulbusiness not just in Spain butalso in Thailand and is in theprocess of expanding to Pak-istan as well. If people can af-ford him, then he will workwith the silly child who hasdone something stupid likegetting involved in a fight orbeing found drunk, or he canassist those whose careers of-ten see them in trouble withthe law.

He doesnt accept sex of-fenders under any circum-stances but when he doeswork with someone, he givesthem good advice as towhether their defence is cred-ible and their case iswinnable. Sometimes, hemight try to bargain down toa less serious offence, but arecord of 183 successful de-fences shows why his busi-ness is so successful.

Now, he finds himself thestar of a new VICE documen-tary, together with his friendand business colleague Anto-nio Flores of Lawbird, Walk-ing Heavy: Britains MostNotorious Reformed Crimi-nal, which looks at JasonCoghlan and what makes himtick.

The 45-minute documen-

tary makes fascinating view-ing and can be found on theinternet, but readers shouldbeware that the language andthe actual story are quitestrong, so please view withthis in mind.

Jason commented on thefact that he was to be featured

in this documentary saying:JaCogLaw was the bestmove that I have ever made,and every day when I get upfor work I have got a bigsmile on my face because Ilove what I do Life hasnever been this good - as mydad always says!

Theres a young guycalled Bradley who featuresin my new film and he is aprime example of what makesme feel good about the workthat I do I hope that youenjoy the movie and I apolo-gise for my bad language inadvance!

JASON COGHLAN turned his knowledge into a successful business

Crime can pay if you are cleverBy John Smith

SCIENTISTS have issued a re-quest to the national governmentthat the Sierra Bermeja mountainsin Estepona be deemed a nationalpark and be certified as such.

I f the marvel lous mountainrange is officially recognised as anational park, it will automaticallybe entitled to far greater protectionmeasures from the various vulturecapitalists and resource pillagerswho often target such sites.

With a vast expanse reachingacross 40,000 hectares, Estepona isblessed with a myriad of naturalcharms and residents would cer-tainly embrace their purity beingmaintained and cherished.

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DOCUMENTARY: Jason Coghlan and Will Fairman, director/producer ofthe Vice film on location in Manchester.

SCIENTISTS REQUEST: Mountains to be certified as a national park.


CONSERVATIVES ABROAD, Cos-ta del Sol group understand thatthere is some confusion amongstpotential voters in the area as towhat is fact and what is fiction asfar as the Brexit referendum is con-cerned, and are holding an openmeeting with speakers from bothsides at Tamisa Golf Hotel, Fuen-girola on Wednesday Apri l 13 at1pm, with free admission whils tdrinks and tapas will be provided toattendees.

They say in a press release thatthere is no doubt that the UnitedKingdom is approaching one of thebiggest decisions to be faced in alifetime. In the 1975 referendumover 67 per cent voted to remain inthe EU (Common Market) and un-der 33 per cent against on a 65 percent turnout.

The Conservative Party is splitwith a number of high profile mem-bers in the Brexit camp. In fairnessDavid Cameron has allowed mem-bers to vote according to their con-science. Ironically, in the 1975 ref-

erendum i t was Labour that washopelessly spl i t by two to oneagainst. This time it is the turn ofthe Tories to be split.

Many expats now living in Spainare concerned as to how and

whether a Brexit vote will affecttheir life and benefits here. Respect-ing both sides of the argument, Con-servatives Abroad have arranged theopen meeting with speakers on bothsides and there will also be an op-portunity to ask questions.

If a property is no longer ownedin the UK and providing one has notlived abroad for more than 15 years,details can be obtained from the lastconstituency where there was enti-tlement to vote. It is not too late toregister to vote in the referendum,details available on www.electorialcommission.org.uk but do ensure thatyou register as an overseas voter,not a UK based voter as at least oneof our readers did by mistake.

For enquiries regarding the eventand to book a space, please contactJudith on 628 193 260 or John on639 197 165.

POTENTIAL voters can attend an open meeting to hear speakers from both sides

Brexit advice and adrink in Fuengirola

By John Smith

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENTS: There are two, this one is in Strasbourg.

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A YOUNG Irishmandied in Torremolinoson March 30 afterfalling into a swim-ming pool.

Apparently the mandrowned but it will stillneed to be confirmedby the post-mortem ex-amination.

The incident oc-curred around 7pm in ablock of holiday flatslocated on Calle Jaen.Emergency Serviceswere alerted that theman, 21, had fallen intoa swimming pool andwas unconscious.

National Police offi-cers and medical work-ers went to the scene ofthe accident but wereunable to help the man,and he was pronounceddead on the scene.

Irishmandies inpool


School worksALTOGETHER 173 im-provement and mainte-nance jobs have been doneat schools in San Pedrosince June 2015, the coun-cil has announced. Workincluded everything fromfixing water pipes to prun-ing trees.

Post awardsSEVERAL MalagaProvince post offices, onein Malaga City and therest in Axarquia, have re-ceived awards for out-standing service, takinginto account indicatorsincluding quality of deliv-eries and service.

Top qualityBENALMADENAS Hol-iday Resort hotel complexhas become the first on theCosta del Sol to receive aSabor a Malaga (Taste ofMalaga) quality certifi-cate.

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THE Malaga Film Festival is almost under-way with the opening presentation kickingoff proceedings. On April 5, the introducto-ry speeches were made for the 19th annualFilm Festival of Malaga, which will takeplace from April 22 to May 1.

The presentations were led by the mayor

of Malaga and other representatives fromthe city council, who unveiled the festivalschedule of 1,785 films that will be shownacross different categories such as Spanishfilms, shorts, documentaries and LatinAmerican films.

Growing in popularity every year, the

film festival yet again aims to be a big suc-cess as it will host a mix between Spanishand International actors and directors withyoung talent being promoted.

Tickets for the festival are now availablefor sale through the website www.festivaldemalaga.com

MALAGA has been foundto be the Spanish Provincewhere the greatest propor-tion of workers wagesgoes to covering mortgagepayments, a new study hasrevealed.

Whereas in Madrid orBarcelona mortgage hold-ers need 22 per cent oftheir salaries to pay themonthly instalments, inMalaga the study by Tinsaproperty appraisal compa-ny revealed the average is33 per cent.

However, rather thanproperty prices this iscaused by salary levels,which are lower than thenational average in Mala-ga.

MORE than 40 secondary school studentsfrom Malaga, France, Austria, Greece andGermany paid a visit to Marbella TownHall on Wednesday April 6 for an officialvisit as part of the Erasmus+ educationaland exchange programme.

Accompanied by Youth Departmenthead Manuel Garcia, Marbella MayorJose Bernal welcomed the students andteachers and encouraged them to digdeep into the history and cultural wealthof Marbella.

With more than 220 students currentlytaking part, the Erasmus+ programmelasts two academic years.

Workingto live

33per cent of Malagasalaries go towards mortgage payments

The Malaga Film Festival

By Eleanor Hawkins

A European visitMARBELLA Town Hall welcomed students as part of an Erasmus programme

EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMME: More than 40 secondary school students attended.


TWO men have been arrested after a carchase took place on a motorway betweenMarbella and Estepona on March 29.

The incident occurred after an undercoverpolice car spotted a dark Audi A3 driving atspeeds of around 180 km an hour on the mo-

torway close to Estepona. After ignoring the request by the police to

stop, the driver sped off at high speed, and apolice chase ensued as highway police fol-lowed the reckless driver down the N-340motorway.

The vehicle took the Rosario motorwayexit, near Marbella and kept driving throughtown. The car was later found abandonednear the beach.

The driver and the passenger of the car,two foreign nationals in their 20s, were fi-

nally spotted in Avenida Cervantes, in Mar-bella.

Other drivers witnessed the incident andcorroborated the irresponsible driving. TheAudi even hit a few cars whilst trying to getaway but luckily no one was injured.

Two men arrested after car chase along motorway

A NEW project to search forRoman remains around Mar-bella Castle is being discussedby the town council.

Following investigationsmade by two separate compa-nies who surveyed the castle, itis thought that the area datesfrom before the Muslim periodin the eighth century.

The companies surveyed thearea and also looked deeper in-to the walls of the castle to get abetter understanding of whenthe castle and surrounding areasdate from.

Findings included pre-Mus-lim remains in at least threespots of the walls, including afew towers. The remains arestill being investigated and thecouncil will decide on whetherto make further excavationswhen the research is fully com-pleted.

Culture Councillor GemaMidon said there is still a lot toconsider, and depending on thebudget for next year, future ex-cavations would go ahead due

to the amount there is to study. Irrespective of budget inves-

tigations have taken place in thepast in order to determine theorigins of the construction.

MAY dig near castle to search for remains

Marbella Councilspossible project

CASTLE: It is thought it dates back to the eighth century.


AN unfair dismissal case inTorremolinos will see the coun-cil pay out 65,000 in compen-sation to a former manager.

Francisco Cabrera claimedhe was dismissed simply be-cause he belonged to the rivalPP party which didnt sit wellwith the ruling PSOE regime.

The council had claimed thereal reason was his high salarywhich, at 76,165 in 2014, wassignificantly higher than eventhe mayors. The judges ruledthat the sacking was unfair andordered the financial redress.

A MAN from Marbella was ar-rested after a night out in Mala-ga City centre for allegedly at-tacking a cabbie.

Local Police officers in CalleLarios were alerted and arrivedto find the 35-year-old insultingand hitting a driver, who had re-fused to allow the man into histaxi as he was drunk.

Unfair dismissal

Drunk anddisorderly

Improvements atFuengirola stationWORK to include improving access for travellers with reduced mobility

LAST week from April 1 Renfe, theSpanish train company, startedwork aimed to improve the accessi-bility of Fuengirola train station.

Specifically, the project consistsof the installation of a new pave-ment in order to make it easier fortravellers with reduced mobility toaccess the platforms.

Moreover, the current illumina-tion system will be replaced with anLED technology one. The total in-vestment for this work, which willcontinue until the beginning of thesummer, will be 198,000.

Fuengirola station has one of thehighest number of passengers in thearea as it registers approximately2.4 million travellers each year.

There are 52 trains daily, travel-ling in each direction, to and fromMalaga, with an average frequencyof 20 minutes. FUENGIROLA STATION: Refurbishment work to take place.

STUDENTS playing truant will bequaking in their muddy boots afterBenalmadena Council decided tocreate a municipal school truancyboard to tackle the blight.

The newly forged board will meetevery three months to make a reporton the issue, which will then be sentto the provincial education depart-ment.

I t i s es t imated that 38 out of3,325 primary school students and124 out of 1,584 secondary school-ers missed lessons without satisfy-ing the curiosity of their teachers asto why.

APRIL 24 will be Mijas Day at theTivoli World amusement park in Be-nalmadena, the council has announced.

Tourism councillor for Mijas Santia-go Martin reported that the event willrun from noon to 7pm, and those regis-tered on the census can collect free en-try tickets to the park for the day at Mi-jas Tourism Office and the counciloffices in La Cala and Las Lagunas.

Troublesometruants

Mijas Day atTivoli World

NEWS7 - 13 April 2016 / Costa del SolEWN30

UNLIKE the English tuitionfee system, fees at the Universi-ty of Malaga will not rise dur-ing the next academic year.

This means that the typicalcost of a four-year-degree willbe 757.20 per year and willremain the same across eachdegree course.

Masters degrees fees will al-so remain the same, althoughthey do vary across differentcourses. It is a stark contrast tothe challenges faced by Englishstudents who, almost alone inEurope, face debilitating feesthat can reach more than10,000 per annum.

PROFESSIONAL tourismexperts from an eyebrowraising collection of coun-tr ies wil l join the usualsuspects as Malaga getsset to welcome themfor a special t r iparound the region organ-ised by tourist chiefs atthe Andalucian govern-ment.

The guided tours will be

aimed at promoting vari-ous aspects of the industryand s t rengthening t ieswith the regions repre-sented by the gaggle ofbloggers and journalists.

Scr ibes f rom the UK,Germany and Ireland willform an interesting groupwith counterparts from theeastern areas of Kuwaitand Saudi Arabia.

THE earth continues to move for Costa del Sol residents,with minor tremors on a daily basis occasionally inter-spersed with slightly more significant movements.

On Saturday April 2 there were six tremors of note, al-though none exceeded 3.9 on the Richter scale and thereforewent mostly unfelt.

Five of the six had epicentres in the Alboran Sea off theMoroccan coast, while the other was registered off the coastof Fuengirola.

A MAN from Torremolinos hasbeen jailed for nine months bya Malaga court for threateningand insulting his mother andslapping his 13-year-old brotherduring a family row in Decem-ber 2014.

He has also been bannedfrom going within 500 metresof his brother for two years.

MALAGA came eighth in a ranking of the top10 Spanish provinces with the most popular cui-sine drawn up by La Nevera Roja food deliverywebsite.

A total of 1,000 customers answered a surveycreated by the website and awarded Valencia,Madrid and Cordoba with the top three places.

In order to judge and rate the gastronomy ofeach region, different recipes were shown to thecustomers, who had to identify which provincethe dish belonged to.

The most popular dish from Malaga, accord-ing to survey responses, is Espetos of grilledsardines.

Educationcomes first

Family issuesSome furtherminor tremors

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Malaga in top 10of popular cuisineEIGHTH in the ranking of a survey by a food website

ESPETO: Malagas most popular dish.

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GOLF is big business in Spainand especially on the Costadel Sol, or Costa del Golf as itis commonly referred toamongst aficionados.

With more than 70 golfcourses in the Malaga Region,the Costa del Sol is withoutdoubt the leading golf traveldestination in Europe. In addi-tion to the pleasant year-roundweather, golfers are attractedto some of the best coursesSpain has to offer.

The courses are now beingrecognised with 27 golf cours-es in the Costa del Sol rated assome of the best in Spain ac-cording to British golf experts.

Further to the rating thecourses are seeing much moreinternational support. The ex-perts even go as far to statethat four out of six best Span-ish golf courses are located onthe Costa.

The most outstanding golfcourse on the Costa according

to the experts is the So-togrande Royal Golf Club,which is in the second positionof their top 100 ranking Span-ish courses.

This isnt the first time thegolf sector on the Costa delSol has received praise. OnMarch 31 another prestigiousworldwide golf reference, theGolf Digest, also highlightsCosta del Sol as one of thebest places to play golf inSpain.

Best golf courses are on theCosta, British experts say

SOTOGRANDE GOLF: The course is ranked in second position of the top 100 Spanish courses.

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CRUISE season has officiallystarted in Malaga although pre-dictions this year are not ex-pected to be as buoyant as inprevious years with 25 per centfewer travellers expected due tosmaller ships landing in port.

According to the figures un-veiled by the port, 53,020cruise passengers are expectedin Malaga during April. Thismeans 17,791 fewer tourists

than the previous April. April isan important date in the cruis-ing calendar as it sets the barfor the rest of the year in termsof numbers and predictions.

Nevertheless, 43 cruises areexpected to dock in MalagaPort this April, five more thanin the same month last year.

The decrease in passengernumbers is caused by the di-mensions of the ships which arenow smaller than in previousyears and all of which have a

capacity of fewer than 1,000passengers.

Sources from Malaga Portdownplayed this drop as theyoutlined that the capital is set toreceive more than 140,000 pas-sengers from 93 cruises be-tween March and June. Theywere also keen to highlight thescheduled activity by theBritish company ThomsonCruises whose ships will bring56,000 passengers to the citybetween May and October.

FORTY-THREE cruises are expected in April

Whatever floatsyour boatBy Emily Chettle

THE broad church of Malagas provincial firestations will now include Estepona after thecouncil voted in favour of merging with the re-gional service. Deputy mayor Pilar Fernandez-Figares claims the new agreement will both im-prove local services and reduce residents

taxes, as they are typically lower at the provin-cial level.

The council itself will also save money as 30per cent of expenditure will now be taken onby the province, which will also increase stafffrom 27 to 35 people.

Fire stations joining forces

DELTA AIRLINES,who connect Malagaand JFK airport inNew York, has an-nounced flightswill resume againbetween the two cities forthe summer season.

Delta, who manages theroute in a joint venture withAir France, KLM and Alitalia,has scheduled six weeklyfights until May 23. Fromthen there will be daily flightsbetween Malaga and JFK.

Travel agencies have ex-plained that this route is inhigh demand connecting trav-ellers in both directions.

Most flights will be offeredin a Boeing 767-300 with 210

seats, althoughDelta has strengthenedthe route with a 164-seat Boeing 757-200which will travel twicea week.

Nat Pieper, Delta Vice-President for Europe, MiddleEast and Africa said: TheUnited States is one of thebiggest markets in terms ofvisitors to Andalucia, so withthese 2,700 weekly seats

betweenMalaga and the USA we willmeet the growing demand andtherefore promote tourism.


SUMMER programme

By Emily Chettle

Get ready for MissMarbella 2016REGISTRATIONS for Miss Marbella for this years SanBernabe fair are to remain open until April 15 according toMarbella Town Council. There are different categories ac-cording to age of the participants but all contestants must beaged between seven and 25.

Registration can be done in any of the deputy mayors of-fices and a photocopy of the ID, a contact number as well asa census certificate must be provided. Minors must providea written authorisation by their parents or tutors before reg-istering.

The winner will be chosen by a jury on April 29 at 9pm inParque de la Constitucion auditorium.

REPORTED in the EWN atthe time of his guilty verdict,a Fuengirola man has nowbeen sentenced to eightyears imprisonment for vir-tually stalking and black-mailing nine youngstersaged between 11 and 17.

The man had created a so-cial network account mas-querading as a 16-year-oldteenager in order to contactgirls and lure them into ex-

posing themselves via web-cam.

At that point he beganblackmailing them withthreats that he would releasethe images unless they senthim more revealing ones.

He admitted his guilt andhas also been exiled fromFuengirola for nine years, al-though his mental i l lnessplayed a mitigating role inthe sentence.

Cyberstalker sentenced

Malaga to JFKflights soar

DELTA AIRLINES:Connecting to New

York for the summer.

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A SINGAPORE multinationalhas turned its sights to Malagain its search for developmentland in the Costa del Sol.

ARC Resorts has beensearching for investment op-portunities in the region andalthough the contacts withMalaga City Council are stillin an early stage, councilsources admitted that they are

on the right track.ARC representatives have

had several meetings withCity Hall and Malaga Port au-thorities last week. Sourcesclose to the negotiation saidthat the multi-national compa-ny had shown special interestin Malaga Port.

Spanish representative forARC Jose Maria Ezquerdosaid that it is still too early todraw up an action plan, but he

assured that the project willbe related to tourism andleisure. No solid plans wereunveiled although he did con-firm that the project will belarge scale.

ARC currently has projectsin Europe, Central and SouthAsia and has six internationalheadquarters located in SriLanka, Kazajistan, the UK,Switzerland, Monaco andSpain.

SPECIAL interest was shown in the port area

Singapore looksfor Spanish landBy Emily Chettle

SUICIDE is Spains most common non-naturalcause of death. New data has shown that 179people committed suicide in Malaga Provincein 2013, according to the Spanish Statistics In-stitute.

Now in a bid to tackle suicide head on sever-al Malaga associations have created the Alienta

programme. This consists of several toolsaimed at collecting and providing useful infor-mation in order to prevent suicide, especiallyamong youngsters where there is a higher risk.

Included in the new campaign, is the websitewww.razonesparavivir.org, which focuses onproviding information and raising awareness.

Malagas bid to prevent suicide

A FACEBOOK campaignhas been launched to helpthose who were affected bya fire in Estepona on Tues-day March 29.

The blaze occurred onAvenida Los Reales and af-fected four houses, one ofwhich was completely de-s t royed. The other threewere damaged by thesmoke to varying degrees.

In order to give thesefamilies a helping hand, agroup of Facebook users

cal led Estepona en Alma(Estepona in Soul) has setup a campaign that aims toraise funds for them duringthis difficult time.

The campaign is encour-aging businesses in thetown to set up a moneybox, so that anyone whowants to can contribute.

The initiative, which hasno deadline, urges all pro-fessionals and citizens toget involved in any waythey can.

THE PP faction in Mijas hasreported that on March 31,Mayor Juan Carlos Maldona-do (Ciudadanos), threw aMijas resident out of a ple-nary session, for, accordingto the mayor, staring at mein an insolent way.

The incident apparentlyoccurred when the mayor re-alised that a woman, who didnot belong to any politicalparty, was staring at him.

The mayor instructed fourpolice officers to remove thewoman, who did not put upresistance.


THE good tourism news con-tinues in Andalucia, now thatthe Spanish Government hasannounced (on March 30) thatthe region has set a new record.

For the first time in history,Andalucia was visited by morethan one million tourists in thefirst two months of the year.

The exact number,1,007,345, represents a 17.4per cent increase compared tothe same period last year.

This achievement is evenmore impressive, given thatthese are typically the twoweakest months of the yearfrom a touristic standpoint.

The majority of the visitorshailed from the United King-dom, with 26.5 per cent, fol-lowed by France, with 14.1 percent. These numbers allow An-dalucia to further strengthen itsposition as the third most pre-ferred destination worldwidefor foreign tourists.

HISTORY made as over one million tourists visit during January and February

Record tourism numbersBy Sam Croft

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om NATIONAL POLICE of-ficers in Barcelona havearrested a 30-year-oldman, who was allegedlyinvolved in two thefts atMarbella spas duringFebruary and March.

The accused allegedlywent into the spas in theguise of a customer, andbroke the padlocks ofseveral lockers in order tosteal different items, in-cluding personal docu-ments, credit cards, a mo-bile phone and 775 incash.

The man was apparent-ly spotted by securitystaff in the spa of a Mar-bella hotel. He ran awayand left a bag in the hotel,which apparently con-tained the stolen items aswell as his own personaldocumentation, withwhich the officers wereable to track him down.

Allegedspa thiefarrested

Mijas mayorgawker isbanished

Esteponahouse fire


FOR a few years now, thelack of hospital beds in Mala-ga has been a concern for pro-fessional associations andunions.

Now, the Health departmentof the Junta de Andalucia re-gional government has admit-ted that there is an urgent needto increase the scope of health

services in Malaga. Enlargingcurrent facilities next to theMalaga Civil Hospital is thepreferred option instead ofbuilding a new hospital.

The Juntas Health delegatedismissed last March 30 theidea of building a new hospi-tal in the capital as he consid-ers it a big investment thatwould take many years tocomplete. However, he said

he was open to consideringthe idea of extending the facil-ities of Civil Hospital throughthe 48,619 square-metre areanext to it, owned by MalagaProvincial Council.

The health delegate contin-ued that his department is cur-rently assessing the needs ofMalaga hospitals in order todetermine the size of the pro-ject.

URGENT need for better health services

More Malagahospitals needed By Emily Chettle

ONE of the most popular hotels in Torremoli-nos, the four starred Las Palomas hotel is to beauctioned next April 14 at 12pm.

Although in its heyday the hotel saw hugesuccess and popularity, the establishment hasremained closed since 2012 due to bankruptcybut now will be auctioned in order to pay the

debts of the company who managed it. The ho-tel has been valued at 18.5 million and thereis a chance for the buyer to also purchase allthe equipment inside. The minimum bid to par-ticipate in the auction is 60 per cent of the val-ued price, which is 10.8 million in this case.Bids are welcomed until April 12 at 3pm.

Auction of Torremolinos hotel


APRIL can be an irritating month, as some-times a whole raft of bills arrive together dueto companieswanting to pushcertain charges in-to the new finan-cial year. Therecould be a com-munity charge,larger than expect-ed electricity billand car insuranceto pay so it wouldhelp to be able tospread the load.

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SEVERAL parts ofMalaga were plungedinto darkness on April 4,during a blackout whichaffected the CiudadJardin district, AvenidaDoctor Maraon andAvenida Luis Buuel.

The blackout, whichoccurred between6.45am and 7.40am, af-fected about 1,000 peo-ple, as their neighbour-hoods were darkened forapproximately an hour.

According to the En-desa electricity compa-ny, the blackout wascaused by a breakdownin an underground sec-tion of the lighting grid.

By 8.45am, workerswere still trying to findwhere the breakdownoccurred.

Lightsout inMalaga

THE physical and psychological dis-ability charity, Fuensocial, has re-ceived a cheque for 5,000 from alocal institution.

The donor of the contribution, TheHispanic Nordic Association (AHN),

is a non-profitable institution, whichcarries out several leisure and sport-ing activities. It has more than 1,500members split all over the Costa delSol, mostly in Fuengirola.

AHN representative Michael Em-denborg highlighted the outstandingwork carried out by Fuensocial, and

said that he hopes this donation willencourage other foreign institutionsbased in the town to contribute.

Specifically, the donated moneywill be used for music therapy, a ser-vice that the Fuensocial associationhas not been able to develop due tolack of funds.

FUENSOCIAL received 5,000 for music therapy

Fuengirola charitygets kind donation

By Emily Chettle

ALMOST 100 cyclists could be seen rid-ing through Marbella ringing their bellson April 3, and they were on a mission.

The event was organised to demandthat the Junta de Andalucia regional gov-ernment comply with its scheduled pro-ject; the creation of bicycle lanes includ-ed in the Plan Andaluz de la Bicicleta(Andalucia Bicycle Programme).

The ride was organised by the cyclistsassociation Andalucia por la Bici (An-dalucia for Bikes), and took place simul-taneously in the eight capitals of Andalu-cia, as well as in Marbella, Mijas,Fuengirola, Algeciras and Jerez.

The cyclists were protesting the factthat in 2014 the regional government ap-proved the bicycle programme, and allo-cated around 420 million for it up until2020, but then the next year noticeablyreduced the budget for the project.

In addition, Marbella cyclists were al-so demanding that the town council signthe agreement that will allow the pro-gramme to be developed in Marbella,which would result in 55 kilometres ofnew bicycle lanes.

Riding fora reason

LOVELY GESTURE: The Hispanic Nordic Association generously donated to the cause.


THREE and a half thousand bananas,apples and oranges will be handed outto runners, who are competing at theMalaga half marathon, by the Merca-malaga, Malagas food market.

Two tonnes of fruit is due to be giv-en to the participants of the Ciudad deMalaga Half Marathon, which is tak-ing place on April 10.

The fruit will be dished out in sev-eral spots, distributed throughout the21 kilometre-long race through the

city. Mercamalaga General ManagerJaime Touchard highlighted that: Weare working on supporting fruit con-sumption as it is a healthy and key el-ement in our diet.

Mercamalaga is the biggest foodmarket in the east side of Andalucia.

ATHLETES will be given free fruit during their run

Malaga food market togive away tonnes of fruit

By Emily Chettle

FITNESS FANATICS: Runners in a previous Malaga marathon.

BENALMADENA Council approved thebudget for 2016 in a plenary sessionwhich took place on March 31.

Mayor Victor Navas lamented that thebudget is limited, due to the need to lowerthe high amount of debts accrued by thecouncil. He indicated that approximately23 per cent of the budget will be allocatedfor paying these debts.

Nevertheless, Navas announced thatmoney allocated for those departmentsconsidered essential, including tourismand trade, will be doubled. He also out-lined several projects expected to resume,including the Torrequebrada promenadeand Paseo del Generalife.

The tourism budget will now be a hefty70,000 and include a series of importantmeasures aimed at boosting sportstourism. A bike park in Monte Calamorroand an increase of water sports on thecoast are the centrepiece of plans.

The council will also invest in thecleanliness of beaches and the efficiencyof public services. Seasonal tourism haslong posed a problem for communitiesthroughout southern Spain, and the questnow is to find ways of capitalising onyear-round sunny weather and mitigatingreliance on the summer boom.

Benalmadenaplanning change

Cleaning upAN ENORMOUS

230,000 investment fromthe province will allowCasares to improve key ur-ban areas, by creating greenspaces, enlarging parks andrefurbishing alleyways.The work will be part of awider investment plan.

Cuba music TOMORROW evening,Friday April 8, the groupHabana Vieja will per-form in Esteponas PadreManuel Cultural Centre.Cuban classics are on thecards, as the group ex-ports the beats of theCaribbean.

Japan invitedJAPANESE tourists don-ning gas masks in the areamay increase, as represen-tatives of various Andalu-cian provinces are flockingto Tokyo to promote theirregions at a host of events.

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THE famous Sohail Castleof Fuengirola will host theseventh edi t ion of thetowns Dogs Day thiscoming Sunday April 10.Hundreds of animal loversfrom al l over MalagaProvince are expected toattend the event.

The festivities will beginat 10am in the Plaza de Es-pana where a dog paradewil l depart and marchthrough Calle Cuesta andthe promenade all the wayto Sohail Castle.

As a present, and in or-der to raise awareness ofthe importance of collect-ing dog excrements, therewill be a free bag carrier

for all the participants. Once the parade arrives

at Sohail Castle, there willbe a number of activitiesfor everyone, includingdog exhibitions by the Na-t ional Pol ice and s ta l lsmanned by dog productcompanies, among otherdelights.

There will be two barsand the funds raised fromthem will go to the severalchari t ies , including theSpanish Associat ionagainst Cancer and the As-sociation of Alzheimer Pa-tients Relatives.

A NUMBER of activities has been arranged for everyone

Every dog has itsday in FuengirolaBy Matthew Elliott

Food nboots asuccessTHE Estepona Urban Race,which took place on SundayApril 3, was a mighty successfor local charities as 700 kilo-grams of food was raised andsent to Emaus soup kitchen.

Most of the 1,200 partici-pating runners donated thatfood as the adults were askedto give voluntarily one kilo ofnon-perishable goods whenregistering for the event,whereas it was a mandatoryrequirement for all the chil-dren that wanted to partici-pate.

One of the organisers of therace, Juan Jose Frias said thatThe idea is that the children,apart from running, give a ki-lo of food so we can collect itand take it to the soupkitchen.

This years race saw thehighest amount of food everraised and we wish we couldimprove every year.

Light saving THERE will be a savingsprogramme in the lightingnetworks of residential ar-eas in Mijas as the councilhopes to save 500,000per year on bills. The newscomes after contract negoti-ations which highlightedmaintenance and improve-ment works.

Super swingsCHILDRENS parks inCasares have undergonevital refurbishments to al-low children with reducedmobility to have fun too.Another park is plannedfor Plaza de la Paz inSecadero.

Keeping busyTHE Youth department ofBenalmadena Council haspresented a new springtimeschedule which includesmore than 50 different ac-tivities. Theatre, art history,and sport are some options.

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THE results of Alhaurin elGrandes Tapeando enCuaresma (Tapas in Lent)tapas contest have been re-vealed.

The prize-giving took placeon April 1 at the municipal li-brary, with Salmon a La Ale-gria voted in first place, and a

courgette roll with prawnsand cheese closely followingin second place.

The winning tapa chosenby the customers came fromrestaurant La Alegria, where-as the second-placed foodwas offered up by Valle-Solbar.

According to Trade Coun-cillor, Maria Jesus Fernandez,

the number of participants inthe 2016 edition far exceededlast year. The councillor alsowanted to thank all the localresidents and the 30 establish-ments that participated.

The tapas contest was partof the programme Vive Al-haurin, aimed at promotingemployment and trade in thetown.

MALAGA CITY has tightened the bonds withits Filipino community by erecting a monu-ment of one of the Philippines national he-roes, Jose Rizal, a noted writer and politicianduring the end of the countrys Spanish colo-nial period.

The sculpture is located in the gardens ofthe Port Studies Institute, which can be foundat the entrance to the port.

Of all the Spanish provinces, Malaga has thesecond-highest number of Filipino residents,according to the Spanish Statistics Institute,only behind Barcelona.

By Emily Chettle

Top prize tapas

Standing tall

WINNERS of Alhaurin el Grande tapas contest

THE Andalucia Jet Ski Championship tookplace on Benalmadenas Malapesquerabeach on April 2 and 3.

One of the most important nautical eventsof the calendar, it drew plenty of eager spec-tators keen to catch a glimpse of the action.

During the weekend, the BenalmadenaTourism Department organised a tripthrough the town for prestigious nauticaljournalists, showing them the most emblem-atic spots of Benalmadena, including theButterfly Park, the Buddhist Temple, andBenalmadena pueblo.

Jet Ski fun


THE annual pest purge in Es-tepona has got underway, aspest controllers try to elimi-nate rats, cockroaches andother insects that throng thesubterranean sewerage sys-tem under our very feet.

Once the town centre hasbeen rid of the troublesomecritters, work will be extend-ed to further areas in thetown.

Some 240 kilometres ofsewers will be affected bythese measures, along with9,000 wells. Deputy MayorBlas Ruzafa said on April 5that these works are needed inorder to avoid pests, especial-ly in summer, when the tem-peratures are higher. In addi-tion, he said that throughoutthe year all the pest hot spotswill be dealt with.

Hidralia Water Companyworkers, who are in charge ofthe pest control, will warn

nearby residents that theremight be extra insects in thestreets as a consequence of

the fumigation in the sewers.The company is trying to

carry out the work in the ear-

ly hours so that the effect onlocal residents is as limited aspossible.

ESTEPONA sewerage system to be cleared of pests

Sewer fumigationBy Emily Chettle

PEST CONTROL: Workers will clear 240 kilometres of sewers.

A CASTING event for streetperformers has been held inFuengirola on April 5.

Although Simon Cowelldidnt make an appearance, 24hopeful candidates attended thecasting, having to perform infront of a jury made up of tech-nicians and teachers fromFuengirola music school.

The winning artists will get alicence, granting them permis-sion to perform in severalstreets for a year.

With this initiative, the coun-cil aims to standardise liveartist performances in the town.Culture Councillor RodrigoRomero said that they want topromote the touristic image ofFuengirola, and encourage resi-dents and visitors to enjoy top-quality shows.

Romero also said: Everyyear, people get more and moreinterested in these licences toperform in the streets and show

a higher level. Much care is putinto the recruitment process, asthe culture staff gives an unbi-ased and technical assess-ment.

In total, 21 licences will behanded out to musicians,painters, photographers andperformers of childrens activi-ties.

The spots where they willperform are: Plaza Marques deCardenosa, Plaza del Carmen,the fairground entrance, CalleChurruca, Plaza Picaso, Parquede la Duquesa, Plaza TeresaZabell, Plaza Andres LopezYebra, Plaza de San Rafael andthe seaside promenade.

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24candidates attended the

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THE worldwide gypsy community will make its pres-ence felt in Mijas this Friday when travelling commu-nities from all over celebrate International RomaniDay on April 8. A festive day will see flamenco danc-ing, a fashion parade, and the reading of a manifesto.

Mijas Equality Councillor Mari Carmen Carmonasaid: We believe that we need to keep working in pro-

moting the social inclusion of the gypsycommunity. We must keep pushing forfighting against all kinds of discrimina-tion that they might suffer.

Romani people have a long and com-plex history and identity in Spain, beingsubject to persecution as in most Europeancountries, but also having an identifiable foot-print on Andalucian culture, and are less isolated

than in many other places. Known as gitanos, their most evident impact has

been on music, especially flamenco, which manySpanish people actually associate with gitano identi-ty. Having arrived in Spain more than 500 yearsago, gypsy communities spent centuries sufferingsocial exclusion and discriminatory laws.

Today their situation is far more stable, althoughgitano populations continue to fare less well thanaverage in indicators of education, poverty andcrime.

International Romani Day has been celebrat-ed by such icons as Pope John Paul II and theDalai Lama.

GYPSY community is making its presence felt

Romani partyin Mijas

By Matthew Elliott

All for oneA MONUMENT will bebuilt in Mijas to pay tributeto mentally disabled peopleand represent the fight ofresidents to have them in-cluded in the communityfabric. Social inclusion is atthe forefront of mentalhealth initiatives.

High demandLOCAL products were inhigh demand as Mer-cadona splashed out520 million on provin-cial produce in 2015, asolid increase on 2014.Avocados were one of thebest sellers.

Annual meetMORE than 1,000 tourismcompanies were represent-ed at the annual meeting ofthe International Congressand Convention Associa-tion in Marbella on April 1.Hotel representatives werealso in attendance.

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Clean streets andgreen gardensAFTER a huge collective effort, an impressive 78streets have now been refurnished in Estepona in on-ly a 13-square kilometre area.

The works have been part of a larger projectnamed Estepona, Garden of the Costa del Sol,which has devoted thousands of euros to renovatingpavements and embellishing gardens.

GYPSY COMMUNITY:International Romani

Day will be celebrated on April 8 in Mijas.

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Music formumA MOTHERS day concertwill be performed by theUMT Youth Band of theUnin Musical Torreve-jense, on May 6 2016 in thePalacio de la Msica, CalleUnin Musical Torreve-jense 47, Torrevieja at 8pm.

Tapas pathALMORADI will be enjoy-ing the 11th AlmoradiTapas Path, known as theXI Sendero del Tapeo fromApril 8 to10 and 15 to 17.You can collect your Fol-leto, your Route Passport,from the Tourist Informa-tion Office or any of thebars, cafes or restaurants.

Dance festivalTHE fifth Festival Abril EnDanza, La Terreta Ballatakes place on April 17 atthe Teatro Principal de Ali-cante. This Aprils perfor-mance features: TheatreBasel Ballet, Tejido Conec-tivo, Estonian National Bal-let, OtraDanza plus AlbaAlberola, Gustavo RamrezSansano, Tanz LuzernerTheater and others.

Scuba findON Wednesday March 31,an off-duty Guardia Civilofficer discovered a bundleof drugs whilst diving offthe coast of Pilar de la Ho-radada. The officer waspractising diving in hisleisure time when he foundthe 16 kilo bundle, with anestimated value of 26,000around a kilometre from thecoast.

Race for LifeTHE first Solidarity RaceDona Alba takes place onMay 8 in Novelda. You canrace or just jog along inany of the three categories.The funds raised will go100 per cent to research forchildhood cancer treatmentsthrough the Alba Perez As-sociation.

COSTA BLANCA NORTH

Home againTHE statue of the Virgen de las In-jurias, dropped during CallosasMoors and Christians fiestas has re-turned to the parish church. The12,000 restoration was paid for byprivate donations, local businessesand the town hall.

Slightly shakenA 2.7 intensity earth tremor regis-tered at a depth of 20 kilometres inwine-producing Requena was fol-lowed almost 12 hours later by anoth-er that measured 2.9 on the Richterscale in neighbouring Utiel.

Lift repairMAINTENANCE workers were sentto repair a lift in Alicante that linksCalle Juan Bautista Lafora with thewalkway of Postiguet Beach aftersome of the people using it apparent-ly received a 12-volt shock whenthey pressed the outside button.

Teenage truancyTHE Valencia Criminal Court has or-dered a man to pay a fine of 720due to his teenage daughter repeated-ly failing to turn up for her schoolclasses. The judge considered itproven that the man had failed to pro-vide the appropriate example andleadership that his young daughterneeded.

MALLORCA

Fire warningTHE Council of Mallorcas Fire Depart-ment is calling for residents who want tolight fires in agricultural and wooded ar-eas to be cautious and take preventativemeasures. The recent heat wave from theSahara has caused a reduction of humidi-ty and an increase in temperatures whichcan easily set off a forest fire.

Project halted THE Supreme Court has stopped themacro-urbanisation project in the Serrade Tramuntana which included the con-struction of 105 homes, premises andgarages and would have meant an in-crease of 700 inhabitants, confirming adecision made in 2014 by the BalearicHigh Court.

Train line POLITICAL parties in Arta are joiningtogether to urge the Balearic Govern-ment to negotiate with Madrid for thedrafting of a new railway agreement.The groups want to push the local gov-ernment to review the initial project andcombine the railway infrastructure withthe current greenway.

Rubbish complaintTHE Neighbourhood Association OrsonWelles de Son Gotleu has posted photoson its blog of the massive amounts ofrubbish collecting on streets in the area.President of the Neighbourhood associa-tion Gines Quionero who is responsiblefor the blog explained that neighboursare fed up because the city does noth-ing.

AXARQUA

Torrox injuryA CONSTRUCTION worker fromTorrox, aged 29, was seriously wound-ed after falling from a height of fivemetres, when, for unknown reasons,the roof of the building collapsed. Theman was working on an agricultural ir-rigation tank in the area of Menchon dePizarrin near Frigiliana.

Frigiliana spiritsAFTER the success of several mystery-themed events recently held in Frig-iliana, the organisers are bringing anew session about parapsychology andmystery to the town. The session willtake place on April 16 at 7pm in theCasa del Apero. Entrance will be freeand capacity will be limited.

Local policeTHE Local Police of Almuecar arejoining the new technology platformwhich connects with the emergencyservice of Andalucia. This platformwill permit officers to find out in realtime about all incidents they have togo to.

Under surveillanceAFTER the unwarranted removal lastmonth of several files related to variousdepartments in the town hall in Nerjaby unknown sources, half a dozenvideo surveillance cameras have beeninstalled surrounding the building.

COSTA DE ALMERA

Mena defiantFORMER Albox mayor, RogelioMena, has published a statement in theSpanish press, maintaining his inno-cence and insisting he is the victim ofcharacter assassination. He was forcedto step down last month after almosttwo years of wrangling with the courtsand opposition group Partido Popular.

Motorway mayhemA HUGE car accident which rockedthe A7 motorway near El Alquian inAlmeria saw firefighters have to helpremove a badly injured man from hiscompletely destroyed vehicle. The 42-year-old remains in serious conditionin Torrecardenas hospital.

Solar powerTHE installation of solar panels at Al-box Town Hall has begun. Once fullyinstalled, the solar panels will providethe building with 100 per cent of itsenergy while reducing C02 emissionsand keeping municipal costs down.

Swedish TVSOME two-million Swedish TV view-ers will have caught a glimpse of Mo-jacar after the town was featured on apopular TV show in that country. Theeight-episode sports reality show M-tarnas Mstare features elite athletestraining and taking on feats in thearea.

Flash mob surprise in the city

By Keith NicolPARTICIPATING choirs

taking part in the 30thMeeting Coral caught a few

passersby completely by sur-prise as some members of par-ticipating choirs, led by the or-ganising coral FranciscoVallejos, decided to perform oneof those famous Flash mobsthat are so successful on socialnetworks in Torrevieja.

The performance was worthyto become a viral hit, with itshumour and perfect execution,also contributing to the surprisefactor that captivated the specta-tors who joined in with the act.FLASH MOB: Various choir members took part in Torrevieja.

COSTA BLANCA SOUTH

PERFORMANCE was worthy of being a viral hit with perfect execution



ONE of the UKs most popularentertainers and personalities, Ron-nie Corbett, has died. Corbetts pub-licist announced his death on themorning of Thursday

March 31 and said in a statementthat the 85-year-old was surroundedby his family.

Minimum wageThe UKs national l iving wage

has gone up as of today April 1which will affect millionsof workers. Everyone overthe age of 25 will receive7.20 per hour, an in-

crease of 50p per hour on the previ-ous minimum wage.

Lynx effect FARMERS in the UK are worried

about Romanian immigrants once againbut, rather than chefs or cat-burglars,these intrepid adventurers are actuallyEurasian lynxes, which have been rein-troduced to the British Isles after an ab-sence of more than 1,000 years.

Steel works fireMORE than 100 firefighters tackled

a fierce fire at a Birmingham scrapmetal plant. The fire started on ClarelAvenue at around 2pm on TuesdayMarch 29 after it ignited accidentally.

EUROPEAN PRESS

AirBnB tax DENMARK: Parliament

is to tax Danish users ofAirBnB by registering allearnings made throughshared economy schemes.AirBnB currently allowsusers to make an easy profitby renting out their homewhen away.

Young sex clip DENMARK: Police in

northern Zealand have finedtwo people for distributing avideo on social media whichshows extreme sex acts be-tween a young girl - 15 at thetime of recording - and foursimilar aged boys.

Depp in prisonDENMARK: The A-lis-

ters rock band HollywoodVampires, featuring AliceCooper, movie star JohnnyDepp and Aerosmith guitaristJoe Perry, will perform onJune 1 at Fngslet at Hors-ens, a former state peniten-tiary that now serves as acultural centre.

Politicianfound dead

SWEDEN: AlexanderBengtsson, a centre-right lo-cal politician and high-pro-file anti-racism campaigneris reported to have died, withSwedish media suggestingthat he was found in a burnt-out car.

Bomb threat SWEDEN: Part of Land-

vetter airport in westernSweden was evacuated onThursday morning after anumber of suspicious plasticbags were discovered in thedomestic flights terminal.

Top of theleague table

FINLAND: Finland hastopped a league table of themost tightly regulated placesin the EU to eat, drink, lightup or vape, with Swedencoming a close second.

DUTCH house prices will go upby an average of 4 per cent this yearand 3 per cent in 2017, according toeconomists at ABN Amro. The bankhas revised up its price rise fore-casts because of low interest rates.

Claw-back claimTHE public prosecution department

is trying to claw back 111 millionfrom Dutch businessman Joep van denNieuwenhuyzen which he is said to

have earned from corruption.

No Molenbeek AN area of Rotterdam where

French terrorist suspect Anis B wasarrested on Sunday is no Molenbeek,

according to the citys mayor AhmedAboutaleb, in reference to the Brus-sels district where many of Belgiumssuicide bombers lived.

EU treaty NEXT weeks referendum on an

EU treaty with Ukraine is reallyabout putting pressure on the Dutchrelationship with Europe, two of theorganisers said in an interview withthe NRC.

No to abuse ofrefugees

GERMANYS Ministry forFamilies is making up to 200million available to fight sexualabuse of women and children inrefugee homes. The scheme isslated to start on April 1 and willprovide funds to remodelrefugee camps with protectedspaces for women and children.

No nanny state ACCORDING to the Nanny

State Index released on Thurs-day, Germany is less of ananny state than most of Eu-rope when it comes to theeveryday pleasures of boozingand smoking. Germany is sec-ond only to the Czech Repub-lic in this regard.

Baby names THERES little change in

the 2015 list of new parentsfavourite baby names, withsome German classics hold-ing on to the top spots. So-phie and Maximilian weretwo of the most popular.

Suspect case A SUSPECT suitcase that

caused a border crossing be-tween Switzerland and Ger-many to be evacuated onWednesday turned out to con-tain an electric shaver that hadturned itself on inside the bag.

Scare labels THE German Health Min-

istry announced on Fridayplans for mandatory warn

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