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Health demo SOME 50 health workers demonstrated at the doors of the Axarquia regional hospital in VelezMalaga protesting against cutbacks in healthcare.
Animals rescued THE Rincon de la Victoria animal shelter rescued 450 animals in 2013, the councillor for Environment Sergio Diaz announced. Most of them were cats, followed by dogs and birds.
Missing man GUARDIA CIVIL are searching for a man, aged 40, who went missing while fishing on a boat off La Araña beach in between Malaga City and Rincon de la Victoria.
Tasty market THE Larios promenade in Torre del Mar will host the 3rd Axarquia Artisan Goat Cheese and Wine market on Sunday from 11am to 7pm.
Save our beach bars! NERJA Council is looking for ways to save the businesses at El Playazo beach (pictured) ordered to cease trading by the regional government (Junta de Andalucia). The councillor for Beaches, Nieves Atencia, is to have a meeting with the Junta’s Environment representative in Malaga to deal with the matter. Her aim is to allow these businesses to remain open and keep providing a service to beachgoers. The owners of the four beach bars, two boat yards and an ice-cream kiosk
were told to “immediately cease” any commercial activity in the area as they
were reportedly occupying land under the public domain.
The Junta also wants them to pay a €300,000 fine each, which amounts
Thieves target local food bank CALLOUS thieves who targeted a food bank for the needy caused extensive damage to the premises. The culprits stole a pallet stacked with tomato boxes and another one with juice intended to help the needy from the Salobreña institution.
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6 - 12 MARCH 2014
The Costa Tropical Food Bank president, Antonio Maldonado, lamented what he considered an “attack on an institution that represents those most in need.” He went on to say that, rather than stealing food, “the worst was the damage caused to the premises.”
The thieves are believed to have entered through the roof. Inside, they smashed the door of the 580m3 cold storage room where the food was being kept. On their way out, the thieves reportedly knocked down the premises’ back door “destroying everything
in their path,” according to Maldonado.
to more than €2 million altogether. Atencia’s announcement came after she and Mayor Jose Alberto Armijo met the affected business owners. They both said they did not know why disciplinary proceedings were launched as the Junta knows the town council is working to develop the area. The council passed a new plan to develop El Playazo beach earlier in February. Covering an area of 1 million sqm, the project includes building a promenade, leisure facilities, hotels and car parks.