Ship’s oil spillage

ACCORDING to the group ‘Verdemar Ecologists in Action’, the remains of oil from the ‘OS 35’ ship that has been stranded east of Gibraltar since August 30 last year, are reaching the coast of the Cadiz region of Campo de Gibraltar.

In a statement pub ‐lished on Thursday, April 6, they argued that oil has appeared on beaches in the municipalities of Alge‐ciras and Los Barrios.

to this drought situa ‐tion,” he emphasised, as reported by a news source.

He also referred to cli‐mate change and its ef ‐fects, such as the lack of rain and the high tem ‐peratures that are being recorded in an “unusual way for the time of year.” All of this con ‐tributes to a greater risk of forest fires he pointed out.

“Today there were fre ‐quent oil stains from the Palmones river in Los Bar‐rios to the beach of La Concha, in El Rinconcillo, in Algeciras,” they claimed. “Specifically, these were balls of oil mixed with seawater and oil stains. We believe that the vessel still has the re ‐mains in its holds and oil circuits of hydrocarbons that may come out as a re‐sult of the storm,” they added.

Jose Ignacio Landaluce, the mayor of Algeciras, confirmed in a statement the arrival of the remains of the spill on the Rincon‐cillo beach and called on Gibraltar to take responsi‐

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bility for this situation.

Landaluce recalled that he has been warning of the danger of the ship re ‐maining aground. It is a warning that: “the govern‐ments of Spain and Gibral‐tar have ignored,” he in ‐sisted. “These problems are the result of these mis‐takes,” the mayor stressed.

The mayor reported that since early on Thursday morning, work had been carried out to remove the fuel oil deposits that had appeared on the coast.

Killed in collision

A 53-YEAR-OLD Guardia Civil motorcycle officer died on Monday, April 10, after he was involved in a colli‐sion with a vehicle being driven by a British national. The incident occurred at around 11.15am on the CV‐415 near the municipality of Turís in Valencia. Francisco Ramón Montes was on traffic duty ac ‐companied by a sergeant at the time of the crash. The officer with more than 25 years of service was monitoring traffic after the Easter break. An elderly person allegedly made an improper turn which re ‐sulted in the policeman’s motorbike and car having a head‐on collision.

His partner was riding in front, and the deceased officer was behind him. Francisco was reportedly tak‐en by surprise when the driver of the oncoming car crossed a continuous line in the middle of the road. Two off‐duty doctors who were passing by the scene of the accident tried to revive the officer but without success.

SPAIN is the place to be! That’s according to the country’s phenomenal tourism da‐ta for the beginning of 2023. Data re‐leased on Monday, April 3 revealed that the country welcomed a whopping 8.5 million international tourists during the first two months of the year.

The data revealed that Spain smashed last year’s figures by more than 50 per cent. And in a further positive turn, tourists are spending more than ever be‐fore, with a staggering €5.33 billion spent in February alone, beating pre‐pandemic figures.

The Minister for Tourism, Héctor Gómez, is thrilled with the results and predicts that figures for this year’s Sem‐ana Santa will also break records for oc‐cupancy and spending.

In February, 4.3 million international

IN a move considered shock‐ing to many, Spain is funding workshops on ‘sex toys’ and ‘trans identity’ in Latin Ameri‐ca. It was reported on Friday, April 7 that the Spanish Agen‐cy for International Develop‐ment and Cooperation (AE‐CID) is financing workshops covering sexual issues, inclu‐sive language, feminism, and gender ideology, including topics such as the use of sexu‐al toys and transgender iden‐