Motril’s Santa Ana Hospital has begun to give patients bills in which are detailed the costs of the services provided. It is informative only, that is, the user doesn’t have to pay the bill, but its purpose is clear enough: to remind people that Social Security is not free, that, in fact, it’s incredibly expensive.
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Not One, But Three…
by Duncan Inglis •
A man who ran over three Guardia Civil agents near La Rabita is facing over ten years in prison and being sectioned (interned in a psychiatric ward). The chap, who suffers from Bi-polar Syndrome, claims of the incident, “I didn’t realise I had hit them with my car.”
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.
Frac Nabbed
by Editor •
A frac is the Spanish word for a coat with tails, as in ‘top hat and tails.’ It is also used to describe a debt collector, thanks to the uniform they use; an undertaker’s attire of yesteryear.
Dodgy Guru
by Editor •
The Provincial Prosecutor for Granada took an unprecedented step within the whole of Spain by opening proceedings against a Hindu-style guru for allegedly “subjecting 20 people to sectarian brainwashing.”
Fake Notes
by Editor •
What do you do when you get handed a forged note? If you’re dishonest, you’ll probably try and pass it on, because if you do go a bank to report it, they’ll just keep it, leaving you empty handed.
Spam, Spam and Spam
by Editor •
How many SMS’s have you received from Telefónica, for example? How many times have they phoned you at the most inconvenient of times – meal times or late in the evening – to tell you about their new offer? You can tell them to never, ever, phone you again… but they do.
Spoilt Malaga
by Editor •
Many Granadinos couldn’t believe what they were reading in their daily newspapers; while the A-7 hardly advances and in some cases has stood still for over a year, the bloody Malgueños have had a troublesome bend in their long-existing stretch of the A-7 straightened out, bless them.
World Cup Trophy Visit
by Editor •
The Chairman of the Federación Andaluza de Fútbol, Eduardo Herrera, said that Almuñécar deserved to be chosen as the stopover of the World Cup as it made its way around Andalucía, because of its close collaboration with the Federation and the high level of sporting events held here.
Roundabout Near Completition
by Editor •
The work on the Avda. Juan Carlos roundabout proceeds with the centre island already sporting the cobblestone inner track. Whether there are more congested places more worthy of a roundabout, that is another question, which we will look at later on in the article. However, one controversial point is that the roundabout has ‘eaten’ parking space in front of the bank, as it has done elsewhere around its perimeter.