An immigrant drowned off the coast of Maro. According to Salvamento Marítimo, the victim was a male who jumped out of RIB before it reached the beach.
Axarquia
News from Nerja and Axarquia
German Women Dies in Accident
by Hugh MacArthur •
A German pedestrian was knocked down and killed instantly in the coastal town of Torrox-Costa in the province of Málaga yesterday, Friday the 1st.
Another Badly Mistreated Dog
by Vivienne Hughes •
A 56-year-old woman was arrested in Vélez-Málaga for alleged cruelty to animals after keeping her dog locked up on a terrace for years.
Roaches vs Medical Centre
by Hugh MacArthur •
The Emergency Department of the medical centre in Rincón de la Victoria closed yesterday afternoon so that it could be fumigated against a plague of cockroaches.
Axarquia Round-Up
by Martin Myall •
Money has been alloted for the improvement of the back road that links Frigiliana to Torrox. Things are happening in Nerja concerning the sewage treatment plant, as well.
Building-Waste-Dump Protests
by Vivienne Hughes •
(CSC) Locals from the residential area to the north of the Castillo Alto industrial estate are up in arms over a plan to create a building-material dump.
Holy Hand-Grenade?
by Martin Myall •
A rather strange object was uncovered behind the municipal cemetery in Vélez-Málaga. It looked like a hand-grenade but it had an ornate designs.
Operación Rubbish vs. Ex-Mayor
by Martin Myall •
(TLV/CAT) There is an enormous illegal rubbish dump in the Rio de Miel which contains 800,000 cubic metres of assorted rubbish, but after 16 years of alleged political corruption something is being done about it.
Everybody’s Beaches
by Vivienne Hughes •
(TLV) There is little that Spain can thank Franco for, but if there is something, it is the fact that nobody can own a beach in Spain – they are all publicly owned and open to all.
Hamburg Pays Out Over Pepinos
by Hugh MacArthur •
It was an economic blow when Hamburg pointed a finger at Spanish cucumbers as the cause of an outbreak of E.coli, which later turned out to be false, but the damage was done.