Archive for April, 2010

Cat People & Dog People

Thursday, April 15th, 2010
Cat People & Dog People

I don’t know whether I am inspired by the fact that it has been raining cats and dogs over the past few months, but recently I have had many reasons to contemplate the perpetual question of whether a representative for Homo Sapiens is a cat or dog person. »

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Do No Harm

Thursday, April 15th, 2010
Do No Harm

Sometimes I feel embarrassed when I get the big pharma-bible out to check the list of side effects of a particular medication. But what else can you do, if a patient arrives puffing and panting and the specialists already reassured him, that there is nothing wrong with him? »

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Danish Birthday Bash

Thursday, April 15th, 2010
Danish Birthday Bash

The Danish-Spanish Club (Dansk Spansk Samvirke) in Almuñécár celebrated the club’s 23rd birthday on February the 27th. It took place after our March issue deadline, but I feel it is definitely worth a mention anyway. »

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Flea & Tick Time

Thursday, April 15th, 2010
Flea & Tick Time

It’s coming up to flea & tick time again and I’m very, very excited to have nailed the problem at last. »

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Demolition Order?

Sunday, April 4th, 2010
Demolition Order?

Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Andalucía upholds the Junta’s case against the Town Hall and the development company, Playa Costa Tropical S.L., in which the Junta demands that the original building licence be revoked, because the urbanisation is sitting on green-belt land. »

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Tourism Paralysis?

Sunday, April 4th, 2010

The PSOE blames the Mayor for the ‘paralysis of the municipal Tourism Board.’ »

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Velilla Open for Easter

Sunday, April 4th, 2010

The underground car park in Velilla is nearing completion, with the building company already laying curbstones at the water park end. One-way wheeled traffic will be available from the 26th of March to the 4th of April; i.e., over Semana Santa, before being closed again. The construction company that is building the groyne, Ferrovial-Agromán,... »

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More Poor

Sunday, April 4th, 2010

Almost one thousand Almuñequeros have approached Cáritas (church charity) because they have no money to even buy food. »

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Police Presence

Sunday, April 4th, 2010

You might have seen a pretty impressive turn out of the Guardia Civil where the motorway ends a slip road leads off to join the N-340 at Taramay. »

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Burglar Bagged

Sunday, April 4th, 2010

Homeowners will be able to sleep just a bit more easily thanks to the arrest of a 20-year-old Lithuanian burglar who allegedly had been doing the rounds in Almuñécar. »

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