We could start by saying that the police had been looking into it for a while… but we won’t. The fact is that the Guardia Civil arrested a 39-year-old Moroccan man who confessed to have stolen eight sets of wing mirrors off cars in Almuñécar.
Expiring Perks
by Martin Myall •
The City Hall of Granada has decided to do away with an embarrassing perk enjoyed by its department heads; unlimited phone credit on their work mobiles.
The Reoccurring Six
by Martin Myall •
Six people were arrested for allegedly embezzling 9,700 euros from an elderly man, even going so far as to threaten his life. The six men, all from different villages around the Alpujarra, are aged between 21 and 40.
Longer Work Days
by Martin Myall •
The Town Hall clerks will now have to work one afternoon a week – they’re not pleased. The union would prefer that their members worked half an hour more every day, rather than 2.5 hours on one particular afternoon. Anyway, talks are still taking place with the staff but it is liable to be a Tuesday or Thursday afternoon.
Motril, Fish & Gas
by Martin Myall •
If you ask most people when the crisis began, they will answer that it was in 2008, but in reality it’s like asking when World War Two began – it depends for whom: if you’re an American it’s 1941 but if you’re Chinese, it began in the mid 30’s with the Japanese invasion. And so it is that the crisis for Motril fishermen began long before 2008.
Chauffers and Coke
by Martin Myall •
(Andujar, Jaen) One of the biggest headaches for the Junta de Andalucia at the moment is the scandal that is developing concerning the accusations launched by a chauffeur for one of the governmental top dogs.
Los Corrales Dead in the Water?
by Martin Myall •
The Izquierda Unida councillor, Fermín Tejero, has denounced the fact that the Los Corrales project in La Herradura has not stirred in five years. According to the said councillor, the inactive state of the project is down to bad management on the part of the previous municipal administration under Juan Carlos Benavides.
International Club’s New Swings
by Martin Myall •
Thanks to the efforts of the Salobreña International Club, children can now enjoy the new swings in the Parque La Fuente.The play apparatus was purchased by the club as part of their collaboration with the Department of the Environment belonging to the Salobreña Town Hall.
Teacher Basher Released
by Martin Myall •
Estefana C.F. has been released from prison on parole after serving five months of her 3-year prison sentence for striking a female school teacher. The 24-year-old mother from Fuente Vaquero in central Granada was the first woman in Spain to be sent to prison for physically assaulting a school teacher.
Stable Government in Salobreña
by Martin Myall •
With the official incorporation of the ex-PSI councillor into the municipal governing council, the Mayor, Gonzalo Fernández Pulido, now controls a majority government, which will make his life a lot easier when it come to getting things passed by the councillor plenary meetings.