Some members of the Almuñécar hostelry community consider that the Fería de Dia, set up along Calle Pinto Rivera is little more than a ‘slap in the face’ from the Town Hall and many people would agree with them.
The Cause Justifies the Means?
by Martin Myall •
A regional Member of Parliament, who is also the Chairman of a workers union (S.A.T), led a raid on a Mercadona supermarket to ‘expropriate’ basic food stuffs for charity food banks.
Moroccan Culinary Benefit Evening
by Martin Myall •
As most Gazette readers know, the magazine donates a full-page advertising to the AECC, in the form of a cork board for business cards, the proceeds of which go exclusively to the AECC. So, the Seaside Gazette wants to support the Moroccan Culinary Benefit Evening drive on facebook by promoting the event via our website.
Cotobro Beach Railings Installed
by Martin Myall •
There has always been a fun drop available for the unwary, unwitting and unwanted from the Cotobro beach road to the beach below, owing to a ridiculously narrow pavement and a sadist lack of fencing.
Public Plastic to the Rescue
by Martin Myall •
Rubite, which is about 17 km above Castell de Ferro, had no unemployed amongst its 450 inhabitants, but things change because now there are 43 people officially registered as unemployed, most of whom come from the construction trade.
APPA Gets Own Office
by Martin Myall •
The Asociación de Madres y Padres del Colegio Público Las Gaviotas (La Herradura) will have their own office/storage space for the coming school year 2012/2013.
Movement on the Marina Front
by Martin Myall •
The Nerja Town Council approved a motion to resubmit a request to the Agencia Pública de Puestos de Andalucía for them to study a pre-project for a future marina on the eastern coastline of Nerja. The said document was first send in February 2011.
Swimming Competition Postponed
by Martin Myall •
The La Herradura, across-the-bay, swimming competition due to be held this month has been postponed owing to adverse weather conditions. The First Councillor for the village, Ruiz Joya, took the decision, despite many participants already having registered, after it being recommended by the maritime branch of the Guardia Civil and by the Red Cross.
Cooler Pensioners
by Martin Myall •
If there is one thing that the elderly suffer from more than anybody else, it’s the heat and cold, so the users of the Club del Pensionista de La Herradura will be happy bunnies now that air conditioning has finally been installed.
Forgeries with a Difference
by Martin Myall •
We often read articles about forged brand-name articles, such as sunglasses, belts, handbags, etc, but it is probably the first time that you have come across one about fake military and police equipment – read on.
New Regulations on Residing in Spain
by Martin Myall •
The following is an extract of the official text provided on the Government’s webpage concerning the new laws on residing in Spain for citizens of members states of the EU
Briton Sentenced to Jail
by Martin Myall •
Alan M.D. has been sentenced to 19 years in prison for the murder of his ex-girlfriend on the 29th of May 2009. The man, who resides in Orihela (Alicante) stabbed her to death, inflicting 47 knife wounds.
Midnight Shopping III
by Martin Myall •
The first time, it went well; the second time it went very well, and the third time, Saturday 4th of August, it was a crushing success, cramming the main streets of Almuñécar with literally hundreds of shoppers.
Kuwait Canoe
by Martin Myall •
it was probably best that anybody who believed – quite rightly – that they had a cabin cruiser to show off, should have kept their treasure safely tied up because the richest sheik in Kuwait had parked his 95-million-euro caviar canoe off Cerro Gordo.
Transaction Hiccup & Default Retribution
by Martin Myall •
A tip off to the Policía Local in Salobreña led the to five arrests in Fuengirola by the Policía Nacional. The anonymous caller told the Salobreña police that his friend had been kidnapped by a drugs gang.