Monday, May 01, 2006
Tenerife News in Breif
Since there's a bit of news to catch up on, here are the gist of several Spanish news items, which is probably enough detail for most people's reference. As I am unable to translate them in their entirety, if a story is of special interest to you and you don't speak Spanish, you may be able to extract some sense from the original using something like Google Language Tools. These things are never perfect, but can be entertaining!
El paro aumenta en Canarias en 14.400 personas en el primer trimestre
Are workers really celebrating "their day" today? Not all, because the number of unemployed in the Canaries rose by 14,400 persons in the first quarter of 2006, making it the area with the third largest increase in unemployment in Spain. Unemployment in the islands is currently running at 11.95%, with 117,500 out of work. At national level, the percentage of unemployed is 9.07%, up from 8.7% three months ago.
La abuela de la Villa y Puerto de Garachico, Lucía Gorrín, cumple cien años
The granny of Garachico celebrated her 100th Birthday last week, with family, friends and the local mayor. Lucía Gorrín Navarro, a widow since 1985, had three children, has 12 grandchildren, 26 great grandchildren and six great-great grandchildren.
Un informe geológico califica a Canarias como un foco "potencial" de tsunamis
A new geological report confirms that the Canary Islands are a focus of potential tsunamis from volcanic causes and from coastal areas sliding into the sea. The Spanish authorities are preparing a plan of alert for populations most at risk, such as Garachico, who suffered a volcanic eruption that destroyed much of the town and its port 300 years ago this week.
Una nueva receta oficial protegerá a los canarios frente al intrusismo en la medicina privada
A new prescription form, the use of which will be obligatory for all medical professional and veterinarians from January 1, 2007, aims to protect against fraud.
La comarca albergará la sede regional de las cabañuelas
Buenavista del Norte is attempting to turn itself into the regional headquarters of las cabañuelas, an ancient practice, based on observation, mathematical calculation and popular wisdom, to predict future meteorological conditions.
El municipio de Buenavista del Norte recibe en cuatro años 9,8 millones de euros de inversión pública
Buenavista del Norte is not just one of the most fashionable areas on the island and which has some of the best natural reserves in Tenerife, currently, it is one of the best in terms of social and economic development, say the local council, who have managed 9.8 million euros of public investment in the last 4 years.
El alcalde de Garachico coloca en el muelle una pancarta de protesta
Never before seen! The mayor of Garachico, Ramón Miranda, fed up with delays in works at the fishing port, has erected a huge notice in protest against the company, which is promoted and financed by the Canarian Government. He says Garachico cannot continue to put up with the poor image this presents to the numerous tourists who visit daily.
La reforma de Los Cristianos incluye vistosos palmerales en los paseos
A few details of the 5.3 million euros of works to remodel the town of Los Cristianos, which include fountains and urban furniture (I just love that term, which means park benches and stuff) and creating oases of palms in the pedestrian areas.
Mil inmigrantes han sido expulsados de las Islas y 3.000 enviados a la Península
In the continuous arrival of boat people from Africa, reports that 1,000 have been sent back from whence they came and another 3,000 sent to mainland Spain so far this year. Another 915 undocumented arrivals (without passports) remain in retention centers.
Adán Martín pide redistribuir por la UE a los ´sin papeles´ que llegan a Canarias
The President of the Canarian government, Adán Martín, asks Central Government to insist that the European Union distribute the undocumented immigrants throughout Europe.
Santa Cruz es el municipio con mayor riesgo de sufrir inundaciones de la Isla
Woe is Santa Cruz for discovering that they are the Canary Islands city most likely to suffer flood damage. The Tenerife capital has already suffered 26 catastrophes that have been classified as "very grave" in it's recorded history, such as torrential rains in 1820 and those of March 31, 2002, which took the lives of eight inhabitants.
El Gobierno quiere acordar con PP y PSOE una moratoria turística más dura
The Canarian Government says that it aims to be more restrictive over the concession of licences for new tourist beds (construction of new places) over the coming years.
El Gobierno apuesta por "contener el exceso" de plazas turísticas en las Islas
And, repeating the last theme, they are betting on "containing the excess" of tourist places. Of the 550,000 beds in the Canary Islands, a few more than 400,000 are legal. Profitability is being pushed down and there is human pressure too, with more than 1,400 tourists squeezed into each square kilometer, in excess of EU standards.
Medio millón más de residentes canarios tras la entrada de España en la UE
More people pressure as this report, 20 años de España en la Unión Europea: 1986-2006 (20 Years of Spain in the European Union), informs us that the population of the Canary Islands grew by half a million (34%) from 1,446,391 inhabitants, in 1986, to 1,968,280 inhabitants, in 2005, only beaten by the Balearic Islands whose population grew by 44%.
Tags: Tenerife, Canary Islands, Canarias
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