Antonio Guzmán is a lucky man, although if you took a look at his battered face as he lies in his hospital bed, you wouldn’t think so. This 59-year-old man does the late shift at Hotel-Restaurante El Ancla in Calahona and it was 03.30h that his life changed radically.
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Green Cooperation
by Martin Myall •
The First Councillor for Carchuna-Calahonda, Concepción Abarca, seen here with the Mayor of Motril, Luisa García Chamorro, and her Vice-Mayor, Nicolás Navarro, took a walk around the spruced-up Camino del Puntal, which is between the cemetery and the Calahonda football ground.
Brief Independence?
by Martin Myall •
Torrenueva and Carchuna-Calahonda fought for a long time to gain administrative independence from Motril, eventually achieving it, albeit to a semi-autonomous degree, but now with the Government cuts, their independent state can be very brief, indeed.
Bye Bye Botellón
by Martin Myall •
First of all, a botellón is a gathering in an open public space to hold a party based on alcohol bought from supermarkets, rather than consuming drinks at pub prices in night bars. Having explained that, the two semi-independent townships of Carchuna and Calahonda have cracked down on this practice.
Safer Beaches
by Martin Myall •
The Mancomunidad has spent 100,000 euros on marking out the beach approach lanes for boats and other sea craft; we’re talking about the lanes marked out by twin lines of buoys that indicate the only place that you can beach or launch a boat from.
In Search of Blood
by Martin Myall •
Marina del Este, together with the rest of the marinas belonging to the Asociación de Puertos Deportivos y Turísticos Marinas de Andalucía, is taking the Consejería de Obras Públicas de la Junta de Andalucía to court, as well as the Agencia Pública de Puertos de Andalucía (APPA). As you can imagine, this is a fair indication that they are not happy bunnies.
You Get What You Deserve?
by Martin Myall •
The Granada, provincial branch of the Ecologistas en Acción have sent in a report (denuncia) to the Environment and Public Works Department of the Junta de Andalucía over what they qualify as a ‘tremendous amount of illegal earth shifting’ that is could well adversely effect the barranco de la Vizcarra, up above Calahonda (Karst area). It was precisely storm water from this barranco (gully) that caused the flooding in the village several months ago.
Deadly Diving
by Martin Myall •
A 37-year-old Portugues tourist lost his life after diving into the sea from a rocky outcrop in the Paseo de los Carbineros area in Nerja. The accident occurred around midday on Thursday the 24th of February, when the man, who was in the company of family and friends, decided that he would dive head first into the sea from a low rocky outcrop…
Impressive Cheek
by Martin Myall •
Not content with breaking and entering into an unoccupied house in Calahonda, the burglar set about knocking up 3,000 euros in telephone bills to sex lines.
Missing Fruit Crates
by Martin Myall •
Come on! admit it; who hasn’t got a plastic fruit crate amongst their possessions, being very handy boxes in which to store things? Well, quite a few readers will probably be nodding.