Isn’t it Ironic (a-la-Alanis Morissette) that after all this rain, six villages in the Axarquía have had to use water bowsers bringing it water as their main water-supply pipe was damaged by flooding.
Rain Damages Water Pipes
by Vivienne Hughes •
Treacherous GPS
by Hugh MacArthur •
A bus loaded with children on a school trip had to be rescued thanks to the driver’s GPS leading him down a muddy, dirt track.
New Bus Station
by Martin Myall •
Almuñécar plans to modernise its bus station; one of the 13 projects that the Mayor has lined up.
Fire Service & The Rains
by Vivienne Hughes •
The Almuñécar Councillor for Citizen Safety, Mari Carmen Martín Orce, explained that the local police and fire service were called out 30 times to deal with flooding on the 18th.
Gualchos Loses Taxi Service
by Vivienne Hughes •
The Junta de Andalucia set up an agreement between a taxi driver and Gualchos for a service between that town and Motril. The driver has since said he won’t do it anymore.
Cervecería El Fénix
by Promotional Article •
Located on the Paseo de San Cristóbal in Almuñécar, Cerveceria El Fénix is already popular amongst the foreign community, especially Europeans, as well as North Americans.
Snow Covers Everything
by Martin Myall •
The accumulated snow up on the higher areas of the Sierra Nevada is three metres deep in places; you wanted snow, you got snow, you might consider.
Junta Blocks Infected Cuttings
by Hugh MacArthur •
The Agricultural & Fishing Ministry of the Junta de Andalucía has prohibited the transfer of infected branches from fruit trees being moved out of the municipality for disposal.
Uninvited Backseat Passenger
by Martin Myall •
Well, if you live on the coast, you don’t need to hear that it has been chucking it down, with flooding in Almuñécar and Salobreña, but Jete got an extra surprise.
Almuñécar Grows
by Martin Myall •
The Almuñécar, Councillor for Citizen Participation, Mari Carmen Martín Orce, announced that according to the latest statistics, Almuñécar has grown in population. The National Institute of Statistics (INE) publishes the population figures for every municipality in the country, amongst them those of Almuñécar, which gave a figure of 27,544 inhabitants. That constitutes 233 more than…
Furniture Dumping Crackdown
by Martin Myall •
Officers belonging to Almuñécar’s Policía Local have been clamping down on people dumping old furniture and white goods on the streets.
Bogus Dentist Arrested
by Martin Myall •
A dentist was arrested in Motril by the Policía Nacional from Huelva, suspected of running an illegal dental clinic in that town without the required qualifications.
Baby’s Death in La Herradura
by Vivienne Hughes •
A 2-month old baby died in the early hours of Sunday in La Herradura.
Missing Almuñécar Child Found
by Vivienne Hughes •
The Almuñécar Policía Local managed to locate a child who had gone missing Sunday afternoon.
Resistance to Punta Fishing Ban
by Martin Myall •
Almuñécar’s chief opposition party, Convergencia Andaluza (CA) said that it would take the restriction on sports fishing off Punta de La Mona to an upcoming Town Council Meeting.