Almunequeros behaving badly could describe the first few articles of this month’s Almunecar news section. Let’s start with a man who has been sentenced to three year’s imprisonment by a Motril judge for obtaining 13,000 euros by dishonest means – fraud. The man in question, Sr. V.H. from the Ukraine, was in charge of gambling…
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Death Threats
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A man was found guilty of issuing death threats against the Councillor for Social Affairs, María Dolores Rull and has accepted the one-year prison sentence
Hash Nabbed
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Again, a judge at the Motril criminal law courts has been earning his salary and handed down three year’s imprisonment to a man from Rincón de la Victoria…
Squatting Son
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What about the son who decided to squat in his father’s flat in Granada while the man was staying in his holiday flat in Almuñécar? Is nothing sacred?
Lying About Injuries
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A couple made a police report to say that they had been mugged, when in reality they had beaten the crap out of each other in a domestic argument.
Hanglider Pilot Injured
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On Sunday the 20th of last month a man – name and age not known – was injured just above Otívar, near the old road (Carretera de la Cabra).
Peddle Progress
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Time for something positive! Almuñécar now has a public, bicycle-hiring service – which is the first on the Costa Tropical. The service can be activated by simply sending an SMS.
Pass The Water, Please
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We received a press release from the Comunidad General de Regantes de Bajo Guadalfeo (irrigation-water-users collective) in which they demand, on Almuñécar, Otívar y Jete’s behalf, that water from the Béznar Reservoir be piped to their valley (El Río Verde).
The problem is that the rainy winter period has drawn to an end very soon the farmers along the valley will have to use energy-consuming pumps to draw water from the wells along the valley. The real problem, of course, is the hike in the price of electricity, which is not being reflected in the price of their crops at the fruit-collection & distribution warehouses (lonjas).
What is being proposed is an 800m-long tunnel to link the reservoir to the Río Verde valley at the 400m-height level, using 8-km of pipe and costing 8,000,000 euros.
“The electricity consumption saving achieved – more than 2,000,000 euros per annum – would help Río Verde tropical fruit farming to survive,” pointed out a spokesman of the CGRBG.
Doing Up The Castle
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A project belonging to the Turismo Sostenible de la Costa contemplates improvement work on the town’s castle. The Town Hall considers the castle to be the flagship of tourist attractions in Almunecar and thus merits a 266,000-euro restoration programme.
The Odds and Sods
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Well, it’s official; Benny is running for mayor in the May local elections – which is hardly a surprise, but when we asked him during a televised interview with him, he refused to confirm that he was.