Air Berlin, which flies thousands of Germans to the Islands every
week, said it had to pass on the fuel price hikes and has added
five euros to each journey to or from the Canaries. Sources at other
airlines say a similar decision can be expected soon and some have
even warned that they may have to cut back on flights to the Canaries
in order to save on fuel.
The
Canarian government has warned the public to expect sweltering heat
in many parts of the islands. The Canaries will feel the effects
of a heat waves which started affecting many parts of southern Spain,
with temperatures reaching 42ºC. The heat is not expected to be
as bad in the islands (34ºC maximum) but the combination of warm
air and humidity as of mid-morning could make life uncomfortable
in the capitals. Most of the islands have mobilised fire teams to
deal with potential blazes in woodland and forests.
Following
the discovery on Monday of a Patera on a La Graciosa Beach., Police
have so far found 5 of its occupants. A local discovered the boat
on a beach on the north-east coast of the island on Monday afternoon.The
Guardia Civil mounted a search and picked 3 disorientated, but in
good health, North African Immigrants. Guardia Civil agents continued
their search but were unable to locate the rest of the arrivals
it was estimated that up to 6 Immigrants may have been aboard. However,
at around 1.00am on Tuesday Morning 17th June, Local Police picked
up two more immigrants, who wandered into Caleta de Sebo. The two
were held overnight and transferred to Lanzarote by ferry on Tuesday
Morning.
Five
hooded individuals, who were described as having South American
accents, entered the home through an open Solana door at around
3am and found the Mother and her two children in their beds. The
intruders proceeded to tie the family up and threatened to kill
them if they did not reveal where they kept their valuables and
cash. After hitting the woman in the eye, the thieves made off with
cash, jewellery and Laptops. The woman finally managed to free herself
and raise the alarm at around 6:20am. The Guardia Civil investigation
has not yet led to any detentions.
A young Moroccan National who is believed to be responsible for
a spate of recent Safe-robberies has been detained by the Guardia
Civil. A video surveillance recording from a Puerto del Carmen Hotel
led to his arrest in Playa Honda at the weekend. The "Safe Specialist"
is being held in Tahiche accused of 11 counts of forced entry and
theft
Police
Officers Sentenced Local Police Officers have been sentenced to
six months imprisonment each for misappropriating monies raised
from traffic fines that they collected between 2003 and 2005. The
two Officers admitted receiving a total of 30 fines, that amounted
to 1887 Euro, which they failed to pass on to their superiors. Antonio
Jacinto M.L. and José Domingo M.H. will also be banned from working
in the public sector for one year, will pay fines of 240 Euro as
well as repay the outstanding money to their superiors
Anger
streamed out at a general meeting called by Teguise council to discuss
the proposed Immigrants Centre, to be built near the current prison
in Tahiche. Opposition councillors from the CC and PP strongly opposed
the centre, and asked for the mayor’s resignation, accusing him
of ‘’going behind the people’s backs’ by entering into the first
stages of approval for the centre with the Cabildo. PP Councillor
Roger Deign said he feared the centre would become a ‘Guantanamo’,
and claimed that residents of Costa Tegusie were worried the immigrants
would bring ‘tropical diseases’, and that the town would be vulnerable
to ‘starving, desperate people who will do anything to stay alive.”
Deign’s words were attacked by the socialists, as ‘intolerable’
‘racist’ and ‘xenophobic’. Deign later apologised for what he described
as his ‘unfortunate’ statements.
PowerFm
claiming to be 'evolving' in their press release have closed their
Lanzarote studio and Pure Gold FM. Also they are claiming 'exciting
times are ahead for British speaking radio in the Canary Islands.'
The new Spanish radio licences to be issued shortly could put a damper
on all that.
Six
Spanish fishermen are now on dry land after a dramatic rescue, several
hundred miles off the Canaries. Helicopters and boats were mobilised
after the crew of the trawler sent out an SOS to say the vessel
was sinking south of El Hierro. The six took to life rafts and were
spotted from the skies several hours later. They were flown to Gran
Canaria's Air Force Base, where they arived late in the evening,
twelve hours after the trawler began to sink. The captain of the
fishing boat said they had been very lucky because the trawler had
gone under within minutes
Asolan,
Lanzarote's hotel association has reported that occupation was up
by 3% during May with respect to the same period of 2007. Overall
Occupation was at 63%, with Aparthotels registering the highest
levels with 68%, four star hotels followed with 65%, Apartments
had 64%, Bungalows recorded 50% while five star hotels recorded
46%
Hundreds
of dead Seagulls have been found in several location around Lanzarote
in recent days. The first reported case was in the Vega de San José
in Teguise, but others have since been found near Famara and at
the Mala reservoir. Autopsies of the birds are being carried out
and water samples taken for analysis, however the results of the
tests have not yet been released. While the cause of the bird's
deaths is still unknown, there is some speculation that they may
have encountered a poisonous substance at the Zonzamas rubbish dump.
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