Mijas fighting suicide together presents its solidarity calendar
A total of 1,200 calendars have been produced, the proceeds of which will go to the AECC as this year's theme is the fight against breast cancer
The tour will start at 10:00 hours and will be a walk through the Sierra de Mijas in which a new memory bench will also be inaugurated
Mijas, among the leading municipalities with 91% hotel occupancy in September
According to Aehcos, the provincial average was around 89%, and the mayoress of the town, Ana Mata, emphasises that Mijas occupies a “strategic position” NEWS /03
Senior Citizens’ Week
The association, during its visit to the municipality, has presented an award to the Town Hall for its work in suicide prevention
The Junta highlights the "enormous effort" made to provide Mijas with a new high school
The delegate of the Junta, Patricia Navarro, visited the secondary school Ana Carmona ‘Veleta’ last week, accompanied by the mayoress of Mijas
The improvement work on Avenida de La Sierrezuela reaches its final phase
The pavement has been remodelled, accessibility has been improved and light have been replaced with energy-saving lights
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The deadline to apply for subsidies for sports organisations is open
Until the 18th of October applications can be submitted for this aid, for which the Mijas Town Hall has allocated 800,000 euros
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The mayoress of the municipality, Ana Mata, held on the 2nd an official opening ceremony in Las Lagunas which also
Inocencia Pérez, who has been the coordinator of
to the Mijeños for more than forty years. Last year
The mayoress of Mijas, Ana Mata (left), visited the UP workshops /N.Luque.
Educational infrastructures
The Junta highlights the “enormous effort” made to provide Mijas with
a new secondary school
Report by Ed. Dep. / Design: Carmen Martín
The delegate of the Junta de Andalucía in Málaga, Patricia Navarro, visited last week the secondary school (IES) Ana Carmona ‘Veleta’ in Las Lagunas. Navarro, who was accompanied by the delegate for Educational Development and Vocational Training, Miguel Briones; the mayoress of Mijas, Ana Mata (PP); and the director of the centre, Encarnación Gutiérrez, highlighted the “enormous effort that has been made by the Andalusian Government to ensure that the new IES Ana Carmona ‘Veleta’ has been operational since the beginning of the current school year”.
Something that the mayoress of Mijas also emphasized: “I would like to highlight the commendable effort made by the Department of Educational Development and Vocational Training to ensure that the students could start the course in this center, maintaining the necessary security measures while the works are being completed, which will occur before the end of the year. Of course, I would like to express my gratitude to the educational community”. The mayoress also wanted to highlight the investment of the Junta in the facilities: “The new secondary
The delegate of the Andalusian Government, Patricia Navarro, visits the IES Ana Carmona Veleta, which has around 600 students
The largest centre
7,2 of its category in Andalusia
The new IES Ana Carmona Veleta has had an investment of 7,159,590.65 euros, “it is the largest centre of its category in Andalusia”, said the delegate of the Andalusian Government, Patricia Navarro, and the mayoress of Mijas, Ana Mata.
school represents the consolidation of the commitment that the government of Juanma Moreno
has with Mijas. The IES Ana Carmona ‘Veleta’ is set to become the largest center of its category in
Tasting sessions for the next Las Lagunas Tapas Route kick off
Institutional visit
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The delegate of the Andalusian Government, Patricia Navarro (right); the territorial delegate for Educational Development, Miguel Briones; the mayoress of Mijas, Ana Mata (centre), and the director of the centre, Encarnación Gutiérrez, visited the facilities.
Andalusia, all thanks to an investment of seven million euros”. Navarro stressed the importance of “making the completion of the works compatible with the safe use of the centre by students and teaching staff, guaranteeing the safety of the educational community at all times”. The delegate added that the priority of the Andalusian Government “was to open the centre in time for the students to be able to start the school year normally, and we have managed to make this possible, maintaining all the necessary safety measures”. The delegate assured that “the works will be finished very soon, the company has taken on this commitment and we are confident that by the end of the year we will be able to see the project completely finished. Until then, we have worked hard to ensure that the faci-
lities are safe and functional to use”.
From the regional administration, the centre has a partial occupancy certificate, which has allowed both the first and second floors of the building to be operational. These are where the school’s classrooms and administrative offices are located, ‘guaranteeing their functioning while the pending works are completed’, said the delegate, who insisted that ‘the safety of our students and teachers has been our main priority throughout the process. The first two floors are fully operational and, with the partial occupation certificate, we have ensured that the students can start their classes normally, without risk”.
In April 2024, the Junta and the Mijas Town Hall signed the transfer of the 7,500 square metre plot where the centre is now located.
M.F./N.L. The Corte de Autor ham shop is participating for the first time in the Las Lagunas Tapa Route with a ham tartare. It was, in fact, the first establishment where, on Monday 30th, the tasting sessions began with the culinary experts who, in this third edition of the route, will be in charge of tasting the proposals. The result was, they said, outstanding.
The tapa presented by Corte de Autor, which combines tradition and innovation in a single bite and
is “made with diced Iberian ham, a little secret and salmorejo”, as the owner of the ham shop, Fran Ortiz, explained, impressed the tasters. “The tapa is very good and the presentation is appropriate”, said one of the tasters, María Ángeles Núñez
“This year we have the pleasure of having some magnificent professionals from the Peña Los Artistas Culinarios. They are going to go to the shops, taste the tapas, and if they see that they need to make any kind of suggestion they will let us know and we will also inform the shops”, explained the president of the Federation of Associations (FA) of Mijas, Charo Cortés, who attended the start of the tastings together with the councillor for Commerce of the Mijas Town Hall, Juan Carlos Maldonado (PMP).
“With the tapas route we are making a neighbourhood, we are also making Las Lagunas a gastronomic destination, working with gastronomy and commerce, promoting its menu and getting neighbours involved with local commerce”, dijo said the councillor.
In total, this year the III Las Lagunas Tapa Route, which will be presented on Friday 4th of October at Bar Gaby (last year’s winner), will have ten participa-
ting establishments. During these days the team of tasters has been trying their gastronomic proposals. The aim is “to give advice to try to improve the tapa and help the shops. We are not going to criticise, but to make suggestions for improvement, what we are trying to do is give our opinion in order to improve as much as possible, and then the establishment will decide whether or not to incorporate our suggestions”, explained Núñez.
The councillor for Commerce, Juan Carlos Maldonado, and the president of FA, Charo Cortés (3rd left), at the tasting of the Corte de Autor tapa / N.L.
ActualidadMijas News
Inaugurated the UP workshops with an official ceremony
The event focused on the recognition of Inocencia Pérez, who has been the coordinator of the institution for three decades until her retirement
The UP of Mijas has started this week a dozen workshops in addition to the 23 that began last September 16th. The mayoress of Mijas, Ana Mata (PP), inaugurated them on Wednesday 2nd in an official ceremony that focused on the recognition of Inocencia Pérez, who has been the coordinator of the institution until her retirement.
The UP has been teaching different disciplines to the people of Mijas for more than four decades. The mayoress, the councillor of the UP, Melisa Ceballos (PP), and the councillor for Human Resources, Mario Bravo (PP), attended the start of these workshops to show their support for the work being done by this institution for which they have various projects. “The UP needs a transformation with which we can
The UP has 3,300 students, 35 teachers and workshops with a waiting list
attend to all those who are interested in participating in the various workshops on offer”, explained Mata. “We have to be clear about the fact that our activities will be aimed mainly at the residents of Mijas, that is to say, that our residents have the priority of being attended in the workshops that we are supporting from the Town Hall”, added the mayoress.
The improvement and expansion of the facilities is also among the objectives of the government team, which values the great reception that the UP has, with more than 3,300 students, waiting lists and 35 teachers, two of them still to be incorporated. “We have workshops distributed all over Mijas, in La Cala, in Las Lagunas, in Mijas Pueblo, in the parks, in high schools...
and what we want to do is to make a proper facility so that the UP can grow as it should”, said Ceballos, who added that different options are being considered to improve these facilities.
Also with its presence at the start of the academic year, the government team wanted to give its support not only to the institution, but also to the teaching staff: “Our message is one of support [to the UP], confirming that in the end we have been able to solve some technical problems and all the lessons have started their activities, those that did not start on the 16th of September have started on the 1st of October; it is also a message of support to those teachers because the 11 who do not have stable job are going to stabilise between now and the end of the year”, clarified Bravo, who added that they also want to strengthen those workshops that have a waiting list and make adjustments in those that do not have such a high demand. In this regard, the Town Hall recalls that there are workshops that still have places
Mijas is among the leading municipalities with an occupancy rate of 91% in September
There has been a five point increase in occupancy over the previous year / Archive.
available. In addition, there are two workshops that have yet to determine their start dates, one on yoga and the other on cinema.
Tribute to Inocencia Pérez In addition to the work of the teachers, the UP is also possible thanks to the work of other municipal workers, such as Inocencia Pérez, coordinator of this institution, who retired on October 1st and who was recognised at last Tuesday’s event. “I can only thank Inocencia for the admirable work she has done over all these years. Her effort, dedication and perseverance will remain forever in the UP and her humanity and smile will remain in our hearts”, said the mayoress of Mijas, who presented her with a plaque and a bouquet of flowers. “My working life has revolved around the UP”, said this woman who has directed this institution for 30 years and has seen it grow: “At the beginning, it was a group of eight or ten people excited about a new project which, little by little, has been growing”.
Ed. Dep. An exceptional summer. This is how the mayoress of Mijas, Ana Mata (PP), described the last few months for tourism in Mijas, as to the good results achieved must be added those obtained in September, when a 91.13% occupancy rate was recorded, which is more than five points higher than the same month last year.
According to the data provided by the Costa del Sol Hotel Entrepreneurs Association (Aehcos), from June to September the municipality has registered an average occupancy rate of 90.94%. During the month of August the occupancy rate reached 94.19%, close to full occupancy.
Now, explains the government team, the figures for September “consolidate Mijas as one of the leading tourist municipalities, especially when the occupancy rate for the month of September in the province of Malaga was 88.74%, which means that the municipality is above this level”.
The general forecasts for the coming months have changed very little with respect to those announced by Aehcos at the beginning of the month. Occupancy in October is estimated at 82.34% compared to 83.71% in 2023, while for November, the hotel association expects occupancy to be 66.41% compared to 71.48% last year, although these are provisional figures.
“We can only congratulate ourselves on these figures, which reflect the strategic position of Mijas in the national tourist industry as a whole. The wide range of possibilities that Mijas offers makes us a unique international destination. We must continue working to maintain, improve and consolidate our leading position”, said the mayoress. As for the tourist offices, during the month of September they received 14,302 visitors, of which 2,862 were Spanish, 2,867 British, 1,664 French and 798 German.
91,1%
OCCUPANCY IN SEPTEMBER
That is, five points more than the same month in 2023
90,9%
From June to September SUMMER AVERAGE OCCUPANCY
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The mayoress of Mijas, Ana Mata (left), visited the UP workshops / N.Luque.
The mayoress of Mijas and the councillors of the UP and Human Resources, with Inocencia Pérez and teachers of the workshops / N.L.
San Miguel once again brings together the English and Spanish communities
This is a very traditional festivity that is celebrated every 29th of September in Calahonda
Micaela Fernández / Ed. Dep.
For those who live in Sitio de Calahonda the feast day of San Miguel is very special. Not only because of the devotion to the saint, but also because it is a festive day that for decades has united around the Church of San Miguel the English and Spanish communities living in the area. “It is always a very special and beautiful day in
COLLECTIVES
Calahonda, because it is a feast that brings together at the same celebration people who do not usually meet in this church, the English and the Spanish speaking community. We come together, we celebrate mass together, we sing in both languages and, above all, we celebrate God together, which I think is the most important and the most beautiful thing”, said the parish priest Juan
and Spanish
The mayoress of Mijas, Ana Mata (PP), attended the celebration. “It is a mass that is traditionally very affectionate, where we have the opportunity to meet neighbours of different nationalities, who perhaps do not usually participate in other festivities and activities in the municipality, but here they con -
Rotary Club Mijas International organises a training seminar
District 2203, to which the Mijas collective belongs, carried out more than 500 projects last year
M.J.G. The meeting, held last Saturday 28th at the La Cala Branch Offices, is part of the regular meetings organised by the Rotary Club Mijas International. “The aim is to encourage participation in the clubs and make them more attractive to their members”, said the councillor for Foreigners of the Mijas Town Hall and member of this group, Mario Bravo (PP), who pointed out that “what we want is an orderly growth both in the number of members and in the num-
GENDER VIOLENCE
ber of activities and programmes we carry out, and that is why we are here, to receive guidelines to continue improving”.
For his part, the governor of Rotary District 2203 (2024-25), Dimas Rizzo , emphasised that information and updating “is fundamental, especially for new members”. “Sometimes there are members who join Rotary without knowing the necessary
Viogenex group analyses the assistance given this summer
The platform helps foreign women in the municipality who are victims of abuse
Ed. Dep. The Viogenex group, which offers support to foreign victims of gender violence, held one of its regular meetings on Friday 27th. During the meeting, some specific cases that occurred during the summer were discussed, and the protocol for assisting these victims was evaluated, both initially (such as the change of place of residence and emergency financial aid), as well as the sub-
gregate to celebrate this festivity together”. The mayoress was also accompanied by the councillors of the government team Mario Bravo (PP), Silvia Marín (PP), Marco Cortés (PP) and Juan Carlos Cuevas Dawson (VOX). “I was moved, I couldn’t help it. My father was one of the promoters of this church, and when I was a child I played in this area. Calahonda is a very important residential area, an example for the entire Costa del Sol, and we want it to continue to be so”, said Cuevas Dawson.
A day of coexistence
Currently, Sitio de Calahonda has
more than 7,000 properties and more than 60 years of history. Neighbours of different nationalities live here, mainly English. After the mass, one of the most endearing moments came with the small procession of the statue of San Miguel around the parish church. As every year, the festivity ended with a communal lunch in the gardens of the church.
information about what we do or why we are in Rotary”, added Rizzo, who insisted that this organisation “is there to provide services to the community in which we live and to give back to society part of what the community has been able to give us”. The club points out that last year, for example, District 2203 carried out more than 500 projects. “We are here to fight the consequen-
ces of conflicts such as poverty and injustice”, said Rizzo.
International organisation
The Rotary Club was created in 1905 in the USA. “We could say that it is similar to the Lions Club, which is perhaps better known and more European”, explained Bravo. The Rotary Club Mijas International, to which the Mijas councillor belongs, was created in May 2017, belongs to District 2203, which brings together 105 Rotary clubs from Valencia, the Balearic Islands, Murcia, Andalusia, Ceuta and Melilla and more
than 2,200 members. “We meet twice a month and suggest different projects to help people in need in any area of life, for example, we help food banks, Adimi, Caritas and the Red Cross, among others. We also help other associations with funds and by organising events to benefit them”, explained Bravo, who concluded by stressing that “basically, what we are looking for is to improve society beyond the usual strict and rigid administrative organisation, it is not about competing with each other, but about being complementary”.
teers who help to overcome language barriers and advice on how to obtain documents accrediting the identity of the victims and their situation was highlighted. This group includes the departments of Foreigners and Social Services of the Mijas Town Hall, representatives of the specialised group of the Local Police and Civil Guard, and associations such as the Red Cross, Soroptimist, the Lions Club, Age Care and Málaga Acoge.
The meeting was held at the La Cala Branch Offices / M.C.
Governor of District 2203 (2024-25) Dimas Rizzo / M.C.
The councillor for Foreigners and member of Rotary, Mario Bravo (left), highlighted the activity of the group /M.C.
Last Viogenex meeting / FRD. sequent steps aimed at facilitating access to the resources offered by official bodies to victims of gender violence. Among the issues addressed, the work of associations and volun-
Baena, who officiated the mass in both English
The mayoress, Ana Mata, together with members of the government team, representatives of the religious community and of Sitio de Calahonda / M.C.
A moment of the traditional procession of San Miguel in Calahonda / M.C.
MIJAS, UNITED WITH AN IRISH association that works against suicide
The town is joining forces with PIPS Hope & Support, an Irish association founded in 2003 that works to prevent suicide
To commemorate World Mental Health Day, on Tuesday 1st, the Town Hall read out a manifesto calling for measures to be put in place to promote mental health. In this context, the Irish association PIPS Hope & Support, which focuses on suicide prevention, visited our town as each year it organises the Camino Costa initiative, which takes its members on a five-day walking tour around different parts of Andalusia to raise awareness of their cause. On this occasion they have chosen Malaga and the Senda Azul. Thanks to this initiative, they raise funds to finance their different programmes. “This walk is a very individual experience, but also a group experience, as walking helps to improve mental health, most of them are people who have lost family members”, explained Maria Ferguson, who is in charge of fundraising.
The group that visited Mijas on Thursday 3rd was made up, for the most part, of people who have lost a family member to suicide. The councillor for Fo-
SENIOR CITIZENS
M.F./N.L. This year, in commemoration of the International Day of Older Persons, which is on October 1st, the Senior Citizens’ Department organised afternoon snacks for retirees and pensioners. “The idea is to celebrate the International Day of Older Persons all together, to share opinions and have some fun”, explained the councillor responsible for the area, Silvia Marín (PP), during the first celebration, on Wednesday 2nd, at the La Cala Senior Citizens’ Centre. On Thursday 3rd, the same took place in Las Lagunas and on the 4th in Mijas Pueblo.
reigners, Mario Bravo (PP), was in charge of welcoming them in the Town Hall auditorium and explained the institution’s commitment to suicide prevention.
“Although we are not responsible for the lives of municipal workers, we do want to take care of this matter, at least for the time they spend working here eache week”, said Bravo, who added that “they were very pleased to see that they are not alone in this fight, that there are many people working to prevent suicide, which is a silent illness that is often unknown to the patient himself”.
The group expressed its gratitude and presented a plaque in recognition of the work carried
out by the Town Hall in this matter. “In this fight we are late, we are few, it has to be all of us, we have to fight harder, this has to end and the way to do it is by taking care of mental health from the first symptoms and for that we need money, specialist people and will”, Bravo added.
PIPS Hope And Support was founded by the family of Seamas McCabe, a 20-year-old who took his own life in 2003. With the aim of offering support, strength and hope, the association was born. “It does a lot of work to help people who have lost family members to suicide, we provide emotional and also financial support”, said PIPS fundraiser Maria Ferguson.
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The Mijas Craft Association presents its solidarity calendar 2025.-
The Mijas Craft Association presents its new charity calendar for 2025. On this occasion, the collective collaborates with the Spanish Association Against Cancer (AECC), and puts the focus on the prevention of breast cancer with all the pieces selected using the colour pink as a link. Sixteen artisans are collaborating in this calendar and a total of 1,200 have been published, which can be collected by making a donation at the headquarters of the association, in Puerta del Ágora, and in different craft businesses in Mijas Pueblo. The councillor for Culture, Juan Carlos Maldonado (PMP), who attended the presentation of the calendar, highlighted the “great work of this group”.
Simply Thriving Group donates 6.000 euros to AFA Fuengirola-Mijas Costa.-
It was on the 15th of September, with a charity dinner held at Miraflores Golf, Calahonda, and enlivened by the musical show ‘Late Summer Extravaganza’ and several raffles, that Simply Thriving Group, a collective made up mainly of English senior citizens, achieved this feat, raising 6,000 euros for AFA Fuengirola-Mijas Costa. But the association of relatives of Alzheimer’s patients not only received the 6,000 euros raised by this group, but it also received another 1,000 euros, which were donated by the English newspaper Euro Weekly News.
Snacks for the elderly for their international day
Jacobo Perea
Chocolate and coffee were offered and the Senior Citizen’s Department gave recognition to the senior citizen with the oldest pensioner’s card / N.Luque.
On the 2nd the meeting took place in La Cala, on Thursday 3rd in Las Lagunas and on Friday 4th in Mijas Pueblo
The councillor for Foreigners, Mario Bravo, with the group of PIPS who visited the Town Hall / J.P.
WHAT´S ON
FRIDAY 4TH
Show ‘La tele que nos parió’. Hosted by Fernando Ramos Manuel España Theatre, 19 hours
Free entrance until full capacity is reached
International Day of Older Persons
Active Participation Centre Virgen de la Peña, from 17 to 19 hours
Sweet fritters, coffee and dancing
Exhibition ‘Dalí. La Divina Comedia. El purgatorio’
Contemporary Art Centre in Mijas
Until the 27th of March
SATURDAY 5TH
Talk ‘Vida y obra de Antonio Pérez Jiménez ‘Perro de Paterna’, padrino de la peña, by Sebastián Fuentes
Peña Flamenca del Sur, 22 hours
With José Antonio Romero ‘El Perrito’ on vocal; Agustin de la Fuente on guitar and Salvador de la Peña hosting the event Event on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the peña
SUNDAY 6TH
III Route Alzhéimer Villa de Mijas
Departure at 10 hours from the Arenales quarry
Registration: 6 euros and includes a plate of paella and a drink
More information: 661 867 951
Flamenc Party
Peña Flamenca del Sur, 15:30 hours
Singing: Enrique Castillo, José ‘El Petro’, María Barea, Pepe Lara, Antonio de Tolox and Juan Fran ‘El Lara’. Guitar: Carlos Haro yand Javier de Ana María. Dancing: Flamenco company of Juan A. Pérez. Hosting: Salvador de la Peña Event on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the peña
Concert by Tracy de Sá Sala Marte, Málaga, from 19:30 to 22:30 hours
