THE BEST FINANCE NEWS ON PAGES 26 - 29 ISSUE NO. 1869
29 April - 5 May 2021
Hooked up THE National Police revealed recently that during their operations to combat marihuanagrowing clans and groups, they also encounter more than 200 illegal electricity hook-ups each month. Defrauded energy companies are not the only victims, police pointed out, as the improvised power connections can cause countless power cuts and even fires.
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Mild tremor SPAIN’S National Geographic Institute registered a 2.5-magnitude earthquake with an epicentre located two kilometres below Seron where it was noticeable but caused no material damage. Residents in both Alcontar’s Hijate neighbourhood and Tijola later reported that they had also felt the tremor that occurred at 11.30pm on Thursday, April 22.
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Fish suppers during lockdown ONLINE sales for Almeria’s harbourside fish market have shot up since the onset of the Covid pandemic. Jose Maria Gallart, manager of Almeria’s Association of Producers of Fishing Commodities, Asopesca, recently told the provincial media that the internet sales, introduced some years back, have improved “a lot” over the last 12 months. The volume of fish and shellfish sold via the Del Barco a la Mesa (From ship to table) initiative has tripled, not only in Almeria, but in other coastal areas. The scheme’s sales had grown relatively slowly but took off during lockdown, Gallart said. This went a long way towards compensating plummeting sales to the hotels, restaurants and bars that were closed dur‐ ing the first lockdown and intermittently since then, he added. “Almerienses had to stay indoors, but many of them were not prepared to forgo their locally‐caught fish and shellfish,” he explained. Family sales saw the biggest increase during this time, he said: “People might not have been able to go out to eat but they could still spend time cooking great meals based on the best quality Almeria fish.” Although sales are now growing more slowly, the upward tendency has continued, the Asopesca manager revealed.