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Monthly Archives: June 2012
End of the World Finally
by Duncan Inglis •
The infamous and utterly misunderstood Mayan calendar, according to some, has it that we will all go poof in a cloud of cosmic debris on December the 21st, 2012. While quite complicated, and conflicted owing to scientific analysis and other discoveries, the prediction, should it prove true, might be a blessing as 2013, at least for Spain, looks to be an even harsher year than 2012 will turn out to be. Will anyone be saved?
A-7 Creeps Forward
by Martin Myall •
Just after we announce that the A-7 wasn’t going anywhere fast, the Government announced that it had finally awarded a construction contract for the termination of the Gorgoracha-Puntalón section of the A-7, Autovía del Mediterraneo.
San Juan Restrictions
by Martin Myall •
The Mayor of Almuñécar, Trinidad Herrera, has just issued a municipal decree concerning ‘the appropriate use of beaches during the traditional celebration of San Juan.’
False Deaf-Mute Thieves
by Martin Myall •
The Policía Local in Almuñécar want to put the town’s residents on alert over the presence of a gang of pick-pocket thieves that masquerade as deaf mutes and have been operating in the town centre.
Invisible 22-Tonne Machine
by Martin Myall •
A man from Vícar, Almería was arrested for having allegedly stolen a 22-tonne mechanical digger from a work site belonging to the AVE (high-speed train) track-laying project in Cáceres, Extremadura
Fire in Los Pinos
by Martin Myall •
The Almuñécar fire service had to deal with a small fire on the Urbanización Los Pinos today. Resident were temporarily evacuated from their houses.
The Topical Ticket?
by Martin Myall •
The provincial law court of Sevilla has sentenced two young men to 13 years imprisonment each for burglary and the murder of a priest on the 6th of October, 2010
Almuñécar vs Summer Parking
by Martin Myall •
First it was the PSOE opposition party that voiced the obvious: if something is not done to make parking easier in Almuñécar this summer, then people are going to go elsewhere. Now the Mayor, Trinidad Herrera is juggling with the parking deficit.
Bill Shy and Fined
by Martin Myall •
Residents on the Costa Tropical often complain that visitors from Granada manage to spend time here without spending money, as they bring what they need down with them…