So, off to that throbbing metropolis which is Lobres one fine Saturday morning, for the official unveiling of a big new project in the township.
Salobreña
News from Salobrena, costa tropical, Granada
Rules Dam
by Dave Nichols •
On another outing, (the Gazette knows no bounds in bringing you all the news) we took some visitors from the UK up to the Rules Dam.
Eco Rastro
by Dave Nichols •
The second ‘Eco Rastro’ was a resounding success – due partly to some decent weather, and partly to the fact more people are becoming aware of its existence.
Rain Damage
by Dave Nichols •
Onto the weather – a topic of endless interest to Brits everywhere. More specifically, to the damage now starting to show up after the endless deluges that made our winter.
Feeding the Hungry
by Dave Nichols •
‘Thank you’ to those readers who offered their services to help with the Mayor’s idea of setting up a communal dining facility to help the unemployed.
Breaking News! Parking!
by Dave Nichols •
Breaking news! The latest stroke of brilliance from the Town Hall is as follows: in future, all tourists will be charged for parking along the beach area. Now, ‘Tourists’ are to be defined, apparently, as non-residents of Salobreña. How this is going to be applied in practice is yet to be announced.
Costly Corpse
by Dave Nichols •
Another sign of the times. A Town Hall employee has been detained by the Guardia Civil, accused of trying to extort €750 from a widow who was looking to bury some family remains in the village cemetery. Allegedly, the employee was looking for a private ‘payoff” in order to supply a ‘niche’ in the local cemetery for the aforesaid remains.
Unemployment Woes
by Dave Nichols •
Now, onto more serious stuff; the latest economic data for Spain indicates a national unemployment rate approaching 20%. In Andalucía, it’s higher still, about 24%. And in Salobreña, the Mayor has just announced that we have at least 21% unemployment within our small community.
The Earth Moves
by Dave Nichols •
It’s pretty much all downhill from here, No pun intended, but we have mudslides all over. Reports are flooding in (groan) of walls subsiding, land sliding down hills, so-called dry walls slipping, etc., etc. There have been problems ranging from La Caleta, where a local car park has been threatened by stones falling from 30 metres and crushing cars below, to Molvízar, where huge rocks fell from a private property wall to block the Coto 200.
Telefonica Trust?
by Héloïse Nolan •
Telefónica phone abuse? We have been hearing stories of foreign residents here with Telefónica phone connections that have noticed high charges being made on their bills when they are not even in the country and no one is using the house!