A man in the Huelva town of Isla Cristina is, besides camping outside of the town hall in petition for help to his unemployment problem, offering one of his kidneys for sale in the hopes of solving his economic woes.
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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.”
Manufactured Education
by Duncan Inglis •
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.
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.
The Junta and an Eye
by Editor •
The Junta de Andalucía has been sentenced to pay 131,000 euro in compensation to the family of a 6-year-old schoolboy who lost an eye at school.
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.