SUPER PUMA HELICOPTER TAKES PERSONNEL TO TENERIFE TO HELP IN FASNIA
A Super Puma helicopter from the 802 Squadron of the 46th Wing, took off this morning from Gando air base in Gran Canaria, to take UME personnel to Tenerife to help at the Fasnia residential centre, where one man has died, and 36 people (includin
2020/03/28 15:40:34
MAN JAILED FOR THREATENING POLICEMAN
"If you touch my pregnant girlfriend, I will kill you," he told a policeman. A man in Gran Canaria has been sentenced to four months in prison and a 180 euro fine
2020/03/28 11:32:52
MAN CHARGED FOR GOING TO THE BEACH!
Man charged for going to the beach because "he was bored". Security forces surprised a man on Playa El Cabrón near Arinaga yesterday, who was "taking a walk and having a bathe" on the beach, because he said "he was bored". They arrested him immed
2020/03/27 07:58:57
4TH CORONAVIRUS VICTIM IN CANARIES
An 80-year-old woman infected with coronavirus died yesterday at the Hospital Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria in Tenerife. The patient in question had a serious previous health condition. This is the fourth death in the Canary Islands of people
2020/03/20 18:14:59
The price of plantation bananas at record low
THE average price of Canarian bananas at origin, from February 24th to Mar 1st, stood at a record low of 15.85 cents per kilo, compared with the 72 cents/kilo and 36.39 cents/kilo from the same week in 2019 and 2018, respectively. That’s according
2020/03/12 12:03:26
Air Force trains in the Canaries, after threat by Morocco
THE Spanish Air Force is training in the Canary Islands, and two wings of F-18 have deployed airplanes in the archipelago to exercise in air combat this week, following veiled threats from Morocco. The training is a reaction to the steps taken by
2020/03/12 11:49:00
Binter offers a host of new Canarian flights
SPANISH airline Binter is introducing a raft of new flights between Morocco and the Canary Islands this summer. The company will also launch a new air route, between the Marrakech-Menara and Funchal airports, during the “high season”, between July
2020/03/12 11:48:20
The day our world changed to orange
THE weather in the Canary Islands was slowly becoming transformed last Saturday, with high winds and hot air, thick with sand, because of the anticipated calima. By the evening, both airports in Tenerife and the one in Gran Canaria, were experienc
2020/02/28 11:50:58
Dozens of mummies and skeletons found in a Canarian tomb
A GRAVE, believed to be from between the 8th-10th Century and containing 72 pre-Hispanic “Guanche” natives, has been discovered on Gran Canaria. An amateur archaeologist from the group El Legado, flew a drone over the Valley of Guayadequeon and id
2020/02/28 11:46:10
14 migrants perish as sea, including two youngsters
AT least 14 people died on Monday, including two small children, after their small patera was shipwrecked while on route to the Canary Islands. The tragedy happened close to Western Sahara, and the Info migrants website posted some information, gi
2020/02/21 11:39:17
A 4.8% growth in cruise passengers during 2019
LAST year’s cruise traffic at Spanish ports reflected the continuation of two underlying trends within overall growth: ongoing concentration toward the larger ports and passenger growth aboard larger vessels. Cruise passenger numbers grew by 4.8%,
2020/02/21 11:33:48
Mini-tremors are flooding the south
THE National Geographic institute registered around 82 mini-tremors, in and around Teide’s National Park last month. In all, 175 tremors to date have been recorded across the archipelago since the start of 2020. Half of the tremors happened in
2020/02/21 11:32:14
Fred. Olsen’s ships are on the way, at Express speed!
FRED. Olsen Express has announced that the first of its two high-speed trimarans was afloat last week for the first time, at the Austal shipyard in Henderson, Australia. The launch of this new, fast ferry, which will sail under the name of Bajamar
2020/02/14 10:58:54
Tragic boat migrants fail to make El Hierro
TWO migrants from a patera, in which 20 people were travelling, died on their way to El Hierro. A man died on board the boat, while a woman, who had been critically ill, passed away in hospital. The evacuation began early last Sunday, via by a
2020/02/14 10:54:55
Some Tenerife beaches are swamped in plastic
EIGHT beaches across Tenerife are heavily contaminated with plastics, and, among the several tested, the worst offender is Playa Grande, in Poris, followed by Puertito and Almáciga. Research groups from Gran Canarias University, specialising in th
2020/02/07 12:04:39
Mislaid SIM card led to facts about illicit relationship
A MAN’S mislaid SIM card, while working abroad, brought the 32-year-old’s illicit sexual relationship with an underage girl to light, a court heard. Plasterer Christopher Scott Partridge left the phone attachment in Gran Canaria when working for a
2020/02/07 11:53:30
WizzAir putting on more cheap flights to Canaries
WIZZAIR is giving Brits a wider choice of cheap flights to the Canary Islands this year, as it launches more direct journeys there, from the UK. The budget airline has announced that it will be offering a brand-new, direct flight, from Luton to Gr
2020/02/07 11:52:14
The end in sight for for new Siam Park - in Gran Canaria!
WOLFGANG Kiessling, President of the Loro Park Group, has been trying for at least six years to build what was described as Europe’s biggest water park, in Gran Canaria. The original Siam Park was actually suggested more than 15 years ago, but Gra
2020/01/31 11:19:08
Norwegian cuts out its lounge perk in a bid to be profitable
IN a further move aimed at moving away from growth and shifting towards profitability, Norwegian Air Shuttle is cutting access to lounge for its premium-economy passengers. And the company appears to have earmarked its base closure of airports in
2020/01/31 11:15:01
Fans plead to have contestant ditched
FOLLOWERS of Spanish TV’s Talent show Operacíon Triunfo have bombarded the web with tweets, insisting that the Canarian contestant be thrown off the competition after just one show. They are referring to Eli, from Gran Canaria, and followers of th
2020/01/24 12:06:49