Around 09.30h this morning 53-year-old Jose Manuel B.R. was electrocuted whilst working on the fuse box of a heavy-duty, irrigation-well pump. Although Otívar born, Jose Manuel lived and worked in Almuñécar.
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Expensive Water
by Martin Myall •
Sometimes we only react to the price of electricity as end consumers; but that is only one place where it hits us. It also hits us indirectly when when we go out and buy something. Take the case of the Almuñécar farmers in the vega…
Flood Courses
by Editor •
Talking of the rain-loaded gales, the Motril fire service has been receiving special courses on how to deal with flooding, seeing as two out of every ten call-outs during last year required them to pump out floodwater from basements, etc. All, told such call-outs numbered 75 during 2010.
Stink is Past?
by Editor •
Have you ever been in the Las Góndolas area of Almuñécar and smelt that awful sewage stench during the high occupation months? The smell emanates next to the bunker like building right on the corner of the Las Góndolas property, which is supposed to be a pumping station to take all the nasty stuff away.