The ex-Mayor of Puebla del Rio spent 6,098 euros on his official mobile phone, on calls to a woman, in just one year.
Tag Archive for Sevilla
Energetic Couple
by Editor •
Regional News: An off duty Guardia-Civil policeman was strolling along in the hospitable and welcoming town of Prune when his attention was drawn to a man and a woman – one armed with a wood axe and the other an iron bar – busily trying to kill somebody, allegedly. He begrudgingly opted to end his day off and intervene.
Gravy Train Derailed?
by Editor •
Javier Arenas, leader of the PP for Andalucia and candidate for the First Minister of the Junta, said he was willing to stop a new law going through which would mean that politicians cannot be a mayor and a member of parliament at the same time – he said he would take it to court,…
Functionaries and other Functions
by Editor •
Meanwhile, over in Sevilla, two town-hall clerks were arrested for allegedly stealing from the building for the last twelve years. The Guardia Civil carried out a surprise search at the Town Hall and carted off the two clerks, whom, it is considered, might have accrued over a million euros… illicitly! *Gasp!* When the 20,000-strong population…
Chavez Against the Ropes
by Duncan Inglis •
Manuel Chavez, the current third vice-president to Prime Minister Zapatero, and former First Minister of the Junta de Andalucía (you know, those people in the sky with their eye on you) is in trouble with Andalucian Supreme Court.
An Enlightened Solution?
by Duncan Inglis •
A Seville court has ordered a divorced couple of four children to take turns in occupying the family residence – the guard changing every six months.
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.
British Embassy Newsletter – February
by Editor •
The monthly newsletter sent out by the British Embassy for February. Note: there as no Newsletter for January due to the season holiday period.
Rain O’er Me
by Duncan Inglis •
Intense flooding in the province of Sevilla in the town of Ecija, when the River Genil burst its banks
John, Pedals and Compostela
by Editor •
I think that the best way to introduce this mammoth effort, which is about to be undertaken by John Allan, is to quote from his own blog: In March of this year, I made it to age 70. Inspite of 17 yrs in the regular army and many, many more flying helicopters for the offshore…