It’s bad enough that in Andalucia the educational system has been shown to be defective and deficient, producing sub-par scholars with sub-par results once the former enter the work force, but to discover, or rather, uncover a ring which offered diplomas for titles that the students never even studied for, well, the cake’s been taken and left out in the rain.
Tag Archive for andalusia
Radar Arson
by Editor •
A radar installation that is used to monitor seaborne drug trafficking has suffered its second arson attack, this time causing damage valued at a million euro.
Asking Benny
by Editor •
Brilliant, I thought, just as the election campaigns begin, I suddenly appear on the Mayor’s TV channel – great for neutrality, but having been knobbled, I decided to go ahead and ask him some simmering questions.
Dopy Cops
by Duncan Inglis •
An old refrain has it that the cops have the best dope, which the following news only serves to confirm: the chief anti-drug officer for the Guardia Civil in Málaga has been arrested for alleged drug trafficking.
Manufactured Education
by Duncan Inglis •
An organization calling itself The Independent Union of Workers of Cádiz has allegedly offered tens of thousands of diplomas in exchange for money, without the need of studying, for several years.
Mean Flying Lessons
by Editor •
A man in Jaén has been fined 2,001 euros by the Junta de Andalucía for throwing a turkey out of a bell tower for fun.
February Regional News
by Martin Myall •
Looking Back: Regional and provincial news from around Granada and Andalucía
Regional News December
by Martin Myall •
From December on we have decided to post our Andalucía section on line, but as a string, so that you can scroll down through the articles, rather than jumping from one page to another.
Tragic Underestimation
by Editor •
Each summer we used to run a double-spread article on the work of Infoca, the fire prevention and extinction service. This year we aren’t because it has been covered and covered again, each time emphasising the fact that Andalucía in the summer is far removed from the lush, green pastures of Northern Europe, and indeed,…
Councillor Refuses Fine
by Louise Powell •
Harsh accusations were flung at the Mayor’s administration last month as spokesman for the opposing Socialist party, Manuel Garcia Albarral, accused one of the Mayor’s Councillors of ‘refusal to pay a parking fine.’