FEBRUARY AT THE Humour, solidarity plays and children's theatre make up next month's programme. Today, Friday 31st, a throwback with the musical 'Bienvenidos'
Manuel España eatre
amigos de la literatura
verdugo and peláez, gold and
for San Blas on Monday 3rd
The hermitage of San Antón will host a mass at 17:30, followed by the blessing of the bread and a convivial snack
looking for new writers
silver at the andalusian under-23
SThis new collective encourages authors from the area to join their project; they meet on the third Wednesday of each month at the Manuel España Theatre
SIván won the 200 metres dash at the championships held in Antequera, while Alejandra took silver in the triple jump
Mijas agrees on a protocol for the construction of a medical centre
The agreement, approved in plenary session, must be signed with the SAS and is the first step towards having a high resolution process centre NEWS/02-04
The Plenary approved on Wednesday 29th the General Protocol of Action between the SAS and Mijas Town Hall to promote the construction and operation of a high resolution centre of processes, which includes a health centre and a speciality centre. According to the collaboration agreement between the two administrations, the Town Hall will be responsible for the construction of the building, which will be located on a 12,365 square metre plot in the area of Parque de Las Lagunas II. Once built, its use would be ceded to the Junta for its operation. The centre will respond to the new Andalusian healthcare model, which aims to reduce waiting times between the first visit to the doctor, diagnosis and treatment. The PP, Vox, PMP and Cs voted in favour; the PSOE voted against. On the other hand, the delegate of the Andalusian Government, Patricia Navarro, assured on Thursday that the socialist Josele González, when he was mayor, had already arranged the signing of this collaboration agreement with the Junta / I.Pérez.
Parks and Gardens
more than 1,600 actions carried out in 2024
NEWS/08
Works were carried out on plumbing, green areas, playground maintenance and the transfer of species to the garden centre
NEW MOTORBIKES
The Town Hall begins to apply the Municipal Organic and Plenary Regulations
The text limits the speaking time of councillors and ensures that the public does not disrupt the order of the meeting
SPANISH PAGE /06
Mijas is already working on a new line of subsidies to encourage births
The area of Family and Equal Opportunities will determine the criteria for accessing this subsidy
NEWS/07
The streets Río Ardachón, Churumbel and Guadalbarbo will have a new look
FOR THE LOCAL POLICE NEWS/07
The lease for the supply of 22 motorbikes is out to tender
The works, with a budget of 150,000 euros, will renovate the pavement, improve the lighting and eliminate architectural barriers
Ordinary plenary session in January
The facility would include a health and speciality centre
medical centre for the construction of a new Mijas agrees on a general protocol
The Town Hall would be responsible for the construction of the infrastructure, the use of which would be ceded to the Junta for its operation
Report by J. Perea / Design: I. Merino /Translation: C. Arroyo
The Plenary approved on Wednesday 29th the General Protocol of Action between the Andalusian Health Service (SAS) and the Mijas Town Hall for the construction and operation of a CARP (centro de alta resolución de procesos), which is a high resolution process centre and includes a health centre and a speciality centre. The protocol, which had the votes in favour of PP, Vox, PMP and Cs, and the vote against of PSOE, foresees that the projection and construction of the future centre will be carried out by Mijas Town Hall on a munici-
The agreement is to be signed by the SAS and is the first step towards having such a centre
pal plot located in the area of Parque de las Lagunas II (between IES Vega de Mijas and Parque Miramar), always following the technical guidelines of the SAS. It is a plot of 12,365 square metres which is currently classified as a public facility. After the construction of the same, assumed by the Town Hall, its use would be ceded to the autonomous body for it to be put into operation and, therefore, to have this new health infrastructure.
In this regard, the first step to build new health infrastructures
“the first real step” the executive WELCOMES
f this in astructure
According to the spokesman for the Popular Party, Mario Bravo, “we should be happy and proud, all Mijeños, because we have taken the first real step to achieve a health infrastructure that is up to the needs of Mijas”.
According to Bravo, what will be built in Mijas will not be a hospital as such, but a ‘centre for high resolution processes’ ((health and speciality centre, with comprehensive processes). “We have chosen the health model proposed by the Junta’s technicians. Now, it is still to be decided how we will do it. The idea is that the Town Hall will provide the land and the money and the Junta will provide all the machinery and equipment and, above all, the professionals, because there is no point in large, empty buildings if there is no doctor to attend you, no machine to analyse you and no specialist to diagnose you and prescribe the treatment”, he explained.
in the municipality is to have the Junta de Andalucía’s Functional Plan which, as the government team pointed out, considers that Mijas is entitled to a CARP.
From this moment, the Town Hall takes the first step with the approval of this General Protocol of Action between the SAS and the Town Hall. For its execution, the document contemplates the creation of a bilateral commission between both administrations, which will be the one to propose the specific agreements in which the commitments and obligations of each party are specified. “What we ask is that the health service in the Health District of the Costa del Sol is up to the needs of the Mijeños”, said the mayoress, Ana Mata (PP), who said that “from the very first minute I am working for the Junta de Andalucía to authorise us to make this much needed health infrastructure’.
During the presentation of this item, the spokesman for the PP,
12,365
square metres of land
Mario Bravo, stated, with reference to the Functional Plan, that “this is the conclusion reached by the Junta de Andalucía and it is the health infrastructure that they recommend for the population in Mijas”, and explained that “the objective is clear, to reduce the time for that first appointment, reduce the time for diagnosis and, above all, reduce the time for treatment, which are the phases of an illness and for which the Andalusian Health Service is fighting to shorten as soon as possible”. Vox, through its spokesman, Juan Carlos Cuevas Dawson, defended the construction of the CARP, without ruling out the construction of the hospital in Mijas. “I am going to vote in favour of building a proper hospital to serve Mijas and Fuengirola, and certainly Coín, but we cannot say no to something that is also necessary, which is a CARP with 24-hour emergency services, like CHARE, and that will attend to
THE CHOICE of the plot
According to Bravo, the plot where the centre is to be built has been chosen taking into account three essential premises:
patients as quickly as possible”, he said.
Opposition stance
From the opposition, they do not understand that the government team ‘definitively abandones’ the construction of a hospital nor what they consider a ‘change of position’ of the PP and the rest of the government partners. The PSOE continues to defend the construction of a hospital for the area of Mijas and Fuengirola, even with municipal
It is a plot of municipal property
It is located close to the town centre (between the IES Vega de Mijas and the Miramar Park)
It is an easily accessible area (with the A7 just a few metres away).
funds, and assured that, with the approval of this protocol, a golden opportunity is lost. “The one who has given in to the fact that a hospital will not be built in Mijas has been directly Ms. Mata”, said the socialist spokesman, Josele González, who was categorical with the position of his municipal group by declaring that “we are going to vote against this point because we want a hospital for Mijas, I do not want the health centre or the CARE
The spokesman for the PP, Mario Bravo, defended this item / I.Pérez.
Ordinary plenary session in January
to be moved, I want the Town Hall if necessary to provide the resources to build a hospital, the Town Hall is not stupid and we do we settle for anything or anyone, we want a hospital in our town”. For its part, Ciudadanos regretted this decision and all that it means for the families of Mijas, although it assured that, out of political responsibility, it would vote in favour. “Nobody from your party [referring to the PP] has told these technicians that with this criterion, which may be correct, in Malaga, which already has seven hospitals, four private and three public, they are going to build another, and why not here in Mijas?”, the spokesman for Ciudadanos, Jose Carlos Martín, asked, and continued his claim saying that “I am going to defend Mijas and I want a hospital here in Mijas”.
Responses
A FORMULA REPEATED IN ANDALUSIA
Ana
In response to the opposition and regarding the “change of opinion” of the PP, Bravo acknowledged that “yes, we demanded a hospital in the past and we want to evolve towards the future, and if those who know the most about this believe that this is the best health solution for the current situation in Mijas, we have to listen to the experts”. Bravo recalled that in 2003 “the highest authority in Andalusia [referring to Chaves] said that a hospital was needed here, but never provided a piece of paper”, insisting that now the technicians say that the answer to the needs of the area is a CARP.
CARP
with the
mayoress of Mijas (PP) “It will culminate that all Mijeños deserve”
THE NEW MEDICAL CENTRE
To conclude this item on the agenda, the mayoress stressed that these new infrastructures “will mark a milestone” in the municipality and reproached the PSOE for not voting in favour of this item.
HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURES
“I think it is a great opportunity to support the start of this protocol, which will be the beginning of other documents that will come to plenary and will culminate in a health infrastructure that
The Regional Government’s Functional Plan considers that Mijas, due to its population, is entitled to a CARP.
we, all Mijeños, deserve”, she said.
The mayoress also recalled that the assumption of the works by the Town Hall is not a new formula, as other municipalities, such as Marbella, have taken charge of the works of the health centres in Las Chapas, Las Albarizas and Ricardo Soriano; Pizarra of the clinics in Zalea and Cerralba or Estepona of the ‘high resolution hospital’.
health model A centre similar ‘Centro de Alta Resolución de Procesos’ by the Junta El Palo
This ‘High Resolution Process Centre’ is a new healthcare model that aims to improve accessibility to specialists, reduce waiting times and speed up the diagnosis and treatment of patients
For the government team, the future infrastructure responds to the real needs of the population of Mijas. “The Costa del Sol Hospital, 24 kilometres from Las Lagunas, has doubled its size and activity. It will be inaugurated in the coming months after many years at a standstill and we believe that this will meet the needs of the people of Mijas”, defended the spokesman for the Popular Party, Mario Bravo.
to the one in
According to Bravo, the health centre to be built in Mijas will be ‘“imilar to the one to be built in El Palo, in Málaga, which is going to cost around 20 million euros and whose construction is going to take around 22 months”.
In Mijas, Bravo added, “the plot is bigger with more room for parking and perhaps other complementary constructions,, but that is more or less the type of centre we have given the initial go-ahead for. Hopefully there will be time to give the final go-ahead before the next term of office and the solution to the health problems will arrive as soon as possible.
Next
steps
Bravo explained that “now a commission has been created that must establish a resolution within a maximum period of three months, both between the Town Hall and the Junta Andalucía to determine a solution”.
The aim of this commission is to apply the Junta’s Functional Plan, which will be available next week, and to determine exactly the type of treatment to be provided in this centre. “As for the number of consulting rooms and operating theatres, it is a mixture between a traditional health centre and a hospital, and the aim is to provide maximum rapidity in both diagnosis and treatment, which is basically what the patient is interested in”, the spokesman said.
Mata,
PP, Vox, PMP and Cs voted in favour of the item referring to the new medical centre / I.Pérez.
The mayoress Ana Mata defends her group’s stance on the medical centre / I.Pérez.
Health
Navarro: “The protocol for the new medical centre was already agreed in the previous term of office’
The delegate of the Andalusian Government assures that the socialist Josele González, when he was mayor, had already arranged the signing of this collaboration agreement with the Junta
Editorial Department
Following the approval at the ordinary plenary session on Wednesday 29th of a collaboration protocol between the Mijas Town Hall and the Andalusian Government for the construction in the municipality of a high resolution process centre (CARP, which includes a health and speciality centre), the delegate of the Andalusian Government in Malaga, Patricia Navarro, announced on Thursday 30th some of the characteristics of this infrastructure which, she pointed out, will be very similar to the one to be built in El Palo.
The aim
is that care at this centre will enable patients to obtain diagnosis and treatment in a single visit
At a press conference, Navarro recalled that, like the centre planned for the district of Málaga, “the Mijas centre is also a building that has been in great demand and committed for years and has undergone different changes in terms of its layout and typology”. In this sense, she pointed out that the collaboration agreement that
will soon be signed by the Junta and the Mijas Town Hall dates back to the previous term of office, “when with the then mayor of Mijas [Josele González] an agreement was reached to set up a collaboration protocol in which the Town Hall undertook to make land available and construct the building so that the Junta could subsequently provide it with material”.
Change of location
One of the changes to the initial project has been the change of location of the plot that will house the building, which is now projected on a plot of 12,365 square metres in the area of Parque de Las Lagunas II (between IES Vega de Mijas and Parque Miramar). The Mijas government team have argued that the location of the plot, in an area classified as non-floodable, “will reduce bureaucratic hurdles and speed up the construction of the centre”.
According to Navarro, the idea is to unify in this new centre ‘services that are dispersed’ with the aim of tending “towards this model of a single act primary health care service that the Regional Ministry of Health intends to progressively implement in our autonomous community”, with both Mijas
CHRONOLOGY
More than waiting 20 YEARS
Chaves commits to support the future High-Resolution Hospital in Mijas
The President of the Junta expresses his support for the initiative of the mayor Agustín Moreno
Mijas cedes land and assumes the construction of the hospital
Regional Minister of Health and the mayor, Agustín Moreno, ratify an agreement that will enable the construction of the hospital
Hospital work to start in 2007, announced
Constitution agreement of the Monitoring Commission between the Town Hall and the Junta has been signed
Agreement to build the CHARE approved in plenary session
Plenary approves the agreement that develops the framework agreement already signed with the Junta
The
plot that will house the centre “is not floodable, which will speed up the bureaucratic procedures”
and El Palo being the settings for these pioneering experiences.
In this way, if a patient goes for a consultation with their general practitioner or is admitted to this centre as an emergency and needs a series of medical tests, they will have the possibility of having these tests carried out in the same building, where they will be checked by the specialist and, thus, in a single visit, the patient will have a diagnosis and treatment for their ailment. A care model that, according to Patricia Navarro, “was a utopia, something that has been talked about a lot within the Andalusian Health Service, an aspiration that we could only achieve by setting up these pilot projects that are going to be implemented in Mijas and El Palo”.
The Town Hall once again offers its hand to the Junta
Forward an agreement for the obtaining the land
With this agreement, Mijas obtains the 103,000 metres where the hospital and the desalination plant will be built
Nozal and Oña support new land for the hospital
Due to the “floodin”’ problems which, according to both councillors, have caused the non-fulfilment of the previous agreements, they agree to offer the Junta a new plot of land near La Cala
The Junta postpones the CHARE works indefinitely
The Regional Minister of Health announces the decision to postpone all health infrastructure projects on which work has not begun “until the budgetary situation of the Junta improves”
JUNE
2014
The Junta rejects modification of land elements proposed by the government team
Argues that growth limits are exceeded
Unanimous agreement on the transfer of new land to the Junta
The corporation joins forces to unblock the project and proposes a new plot of 150,000 metres in Las Lagunas
Mijas earmarks million to build the hospital
The government team brings this budget amendment to the plenary session and provides the SAS with two land options
The Junta is consulted about the suitability of the land
The Town Hall is proposing a modification of the urban planning in order to obtain 279,000 square metres of land on Avenida Andalucía, of which 54,000 would be destined for the hospital
Initial approval given to the modification of the PGOU for the land for the hospital
The aim is to change the classification of the green area to “supralocal community facility”
Mijas urges the Junta to sign an agreement about the hospital
The PSOE and Cs government team is committed to pay for the works
Forward a motion for a collaboration agreement to negotiate the construction of health facilities
Mayor Josele Gonzalez urges the Junta to sign an agreement to push the hospital forward
The Junta announces that Mijas will have a new healthcare infrastructure
The delegate Patricia Navarro stresses that the municipality will be a ‘priority’ in the health agenda of the regional executive
Navarro informs that Mijas will have a pioneering centre
Mijas and the Junta will sign a collaboration protocol to advance in the construction of the health infrastructure
The delegate of the Andalusian Government in Malaga, Patricia Navarro, together with the mayoress of Mijas, Ana Mata, during a visit to the town on Tuesday 21st / MJ Gómez.
Mayor Juan Carlos Maldonado meets with the Health Councillor, Aquilino Alonso, “to look for solutions”
Town planning
Mijas finalises the numbering of its streets and dwellings
Editorial Department
Mijas has grown a lot in the last 40 years, basically through residential areas, that is to say, transforming rustic land into urban land, but away from the population centres, contrary to the traditional growth of cities, which is circumferential. Traditionally, it was the developer of the residential area or the residents them -
The aim is
to improve the functioning of certain public services and better control
selves who named the streets, resulting in many duplications of names between different residential areas, such as, for example, the streets Rosas and Geranios.
To organise this situation, and at the same time allow each home to have a unique address in the municipality, the councillor of the government team,
A process that began in 2013 with a plan to organise the names of streets in different residential areas in order to avoid duplication
Mario Bravo (PP), recalls that the town began to combine the name of the development with the name of the street, by way of surnames, and in this way, “Calle Olivos became Calle Olivos de Campomijas or Calle Olivos de Sierrezuela, or Calypso, or Lagarejo. This trick made it easier for the postal address on the envelopes to fit on one line, to be easily recognisable and to put an end to duplicity”.
“However, this is not enough, because there is another task to be done which, although it may seem easy at first, complicates the matter: numbering the houses, in ascending order, odd numbers on the left and even numbers on the right”, explains Bravo, who adds that the truth is that many residential areas have kept the original numbering of the plots, which was not useful for locating them correctly.
Bravo points out that a few years ago the Mijas Town Hall unified the number plates (square, blue, with its coat of arms) and has been placing them on the façades of the houses. This task is carried out by the area of Tax Management, in collaboration
The ordinance
that give rise to this street naming plan was approved 11 years ago
with the Department of Public Roads, which incorporates the correct data for each dwelling in both the cadastre and the census, which then serves as a basis for many services (parcel delivery, emergency vehicles, etc.).
“This measure has made it easier for Correos to deliver both regular mail and parcels to homes, which
Collaboration and postcodes
The Town Hall is asking for the cooperation of all neighbours to remove the old number and, at the same time, to use the new number as a unique address.
Finally, Bravo points out that Mijas has three post codes: 29650, north of the motorway and east of the river Gomenaro; 29651, south of the motorway and east of the river Gomenaro; and 29649, all the way west of the river Gomenaro.
Long-term plan
The ordinance that gave rise
to this street naming plan was approved 11 years ago, in 2014, with the idea of standardising the naming and labelling process, as well as clarifying the numbering of houses and buildings. The ordinance arose in response to problems detected in residential areas and the duplication of street names. The ordinance established that streets could not have misleading or offensive names, and prioritised names of distinguished local people. It also stipulated that street and square names should be short and clear, and that street numbering should be based on proximity to the Town Hall building.
The town has been renumbering its streets for a decade now / Archive. was previously impossible”, the councillor stresses.
The remodelling of three streets in Las Lagunas continues at a good pace
Once
the work on Calle Río Ardachón has been completed, it will continue on Calle Churumbel and Calle Guadalbarbo
M. J. Gómez / Diseño: F.M.R.
The Mijas Town Hall continues with the street renovation plan. In Las Lagunas, work is coming to an end on Calle Río Ardachón, where 50,000 euros have been invested in changing the pavement and improving accessibility and street lighting in an area of 250 square metres. “We are almost finished with the work on this street, Ardachón, and we will continue next on Corumbel and Guadalbarbo streets”, explained the councillor for Operational Services, Daniel Gómez Teruel (PP), who added that the aim is “to upgrade all the streets. We are improving the pavements, accessibility and wiring so that we don’t have or suffer power cuts that sometimes occur due to the age and deterioration of the infrastructure”.
Gómez Teruel also explained that “all the pavements have been changed, to create a more uniform image of the municipality, and the accessibility of the car parks and commercial premises has also been changed. It was a demand from neighbours and businesses and we have done it as soon as we could. The truth is that we are very satisfied with the work carried out”, said the councillor.
These works will continue in the nearby streets, Corumbel and Guadalbarbo. In total, the investment in the remodelling of the three streets will reach 150,000 euros and will cover 750 square metres. The execution period for the three streets is six months.
The councillor for Operational Services recalls that the aim is to achieve a city with a uniform aesthetic, renewed infrastructures and which is, above all, accessible.
In 2024, the Town Hall allocated for improvements of this type in streets in Mijas
Accessible city
Throughout 2024, around 470,000 euros were invested in improvements of this type in streets in Mijas Pueblo, Las Lagunas and La Cala. Actions were
carried out in areas such as the La Cala boulevard, Avenida de la Sierrezuela and Calle Torrox, among others. This type of action includes the replacement of the existing
paving, the elimination of architectural barriers and the improvement of street lighting. “This government team is committed to improving accessibility, we want to make the municipality
“This government team is very committed to improving accessibility, we want to make the municipality more accessible for everyone. The actions are always done with this in mind, to remove architectural barriers”
more accessible for everyone. The actions are always done with this in mind, to remove architectural barriers so that it is easier to move around”, concluded Gómez Teruel.
Calle Río Ardachón
Calle Río Corumbel
Calle Río Guadalbarbo
The councillor for Operational Services in Calle Rio Ardachón / M.J.G.
Aerial image / Google Maps.
Surroundings of Calle
Río Las Pasadas
DANIEL GÓMEZ TERUEL Councillor for Operational Services (PP)
Pueblo, Las Lagunas and La Cala.
The Mijas Town Hall starts to work on the new line of birth grants
The Department of Family and Equal Opportunities will be in charge of establishing the criteria for accessing this subsidy
Irene Pérez / M.J. Gómez
The population in Mijas continues to grow year after year, nevertheless, the birth rate in the municipality is falling, in fact, in 2024 only 625 births were registered in the town. A figure that caught the attention of the Department of Family and Equal Opportunities, for which the mayoress Ana Mata (PP) is responsible. “Obviously, bringing a baby into the world entails
In total in 2024
only 625 births were registered in the municipality of Mijas
many expenses and it is normal that families think about it when taking this step, which is why
SAFETY
the Mijas Town Hall has considered it necessary to promote a new line of subsidies to encourage births”, said the mayoress. For the moment and for this
purpose, the local government has already set aside in the 2025 budget an item of 100,000 euros to offer, shortly, this financial assistance. “We are conside-
Police renews its fleet of motorbikes
The tender worth 697,183 euros covers the fouryear rental of 22 motorbikes
J.P./M.J.G. Complete renewal of the fleet of motorbikes of the Local Police of Mijas. The officers will soon have a total of 22 new motorbikes to provide service in our municipality after the Mijas Town Hall has put out to tender the contract for the supply of the motorbikes under lease (no option to purchase).
GRANTS
FOR BIRTH
EUROS EARMARKED FOR MIJAS IN THE 2025 BUDGET
euros per birth
The awarding of this subsidy will require a municipal ordinance, on which work is already underway
COLLECTIVES
Thelast
motorbikes purchased for the police date from 2015
“As part of the actions taken by the Mijas Town Hall to continuously improve security, the incorporation of these 22 motorbikes will have a very positive impact on the service offered by the Local Police, as these vehicles are more adapted to the size and orography of the municipality, which will also allow the officers to travel more efficiently”, said the councillor for Citizen Security, Juan Carlos Cuevas Dawson (Vox).
The demand has been met by the government team. “When I arrived, I was surprised to find that the motorbikes were in terrible condition, many of them were broken down, of the 18 we had, 4 were unusable and others had many defects due to conti-
nuous use”, assured Cuevas.
The Town Hall has invested almost 700,000 euros in this contract, which will provide the municipality with 16 scooters, 4 electric motorbikes and 2 trail type units. In this way, the department is providing the officers with vehicles which, they point out, will be adapted to the needs of the town.
“Among other improvements, we have looked for higher motorbikes to improve visibility, to have a better view of the traffic and they are of exceptional quality”, said the councillor, who added that “we have motorbikes for dirt roads, electric motorbikes to reduce consump-
tion, larger motorbikes for long distance journeys, smaller ones to provide service in the town, so we will have a range of different motorbikes that are better adapted to the situation in the municipality.
As included in the contract specifications, these 22 units will be obtained through a four-year leasing contract, which includes maintenance and comprehensive insurance with no excess for each of these motorbikes. Likewise, the company awarded the lease must deliver the vehicles with the minimum technical and technological equipment required by the Local Police, as detailed in the tender.
“Obviously, bringing a baby into the world entails many expenses and it is normal that families think about it when taking this step, which is why the Mijas Town Hall has considered it necessary to promote a new line of subsidies to encourage births” ANA MATA Mayoress of Mijas (PP)
ring an allowance of 300 euros per birth, although we have not yet determined the amount. The same goes for the allocation of 100,000 euros because, depending on the needs we see, we will be able to modify and increase this figure if necessary”, argued Mata.
According to municipal sources, the awarding of this aid will require a municipal ordinance, which is already being worked on. The criteria for accessing this subsidy are also being studied, as well as the documentation required to apply for it.
The artisans of Mijas hand over the donations from the solidarity calendars to the AECC
The funds raised, 1,105 euros, will go to cancer research
N.L. There are still calendars that can save lives, all you have to do is go to the headquarters of the Mijas Craft Association, located in the Las Golondrinas passage, in Mijas Pueblo, and take one in exchange for a donation, the money will be given to the Spanish Association Against Cancer (AECC).
“Every year we make a solidarity calendar and, each year, it goes to a specific NGO or organisation that operates in Mijas (last year, the beneficiary was the Red Cross); this year it was the AECC and the idea is that it goes to research into this disease, in fact, the calendar has a pink touch in every product we have made for this
initiative, for the prevention of breast cancer, and the idea is to raise as much as possible”, said the president of the Mijas Craft Association, Sonia Lekuona
“From the association in Mijas we would like to thank the craft association for supporting us this year with their calendar. All the proceeds will go entirely to research”, said the president of the AECC in Mijas, Lola Sanchís
Both associations are very important for the municipality and the collaboration between them is appreciated. Said the councillor for Culture in Mijas, Juan Carlos Maldonado (PMP).
On Monday 27th in the afternoon, the proceeds collected so far, 1,105 euros, were handed over / N.L.
Local Police officers on motorbikes / Archive.
Mijas undertook more than 1,600 actions to improve parks and gardens in 2024
Podas, desbroces y adecentamiento, fontanería y trabajos de hidráulica, parques infantiles y tareas de mantenimiento, principales ejes de actuación
The Mijas Town Hall, through the Parks and Gardens Department, carried out more than 1,600 actions throughout the municipality in 2024, which can be grouped into different blocks: maintenance, green areas, children’s play areas, and pruning.
This was detailed on Friday 24th by the councillor in charge of this delegation, Daniel Gómez Teruel (PP), who was very satisfied with the results obtained, and also described some of the most significant actions. “The Parks and Gardens department always works for the good of the community, neighbours and visitors so that they find the municipality in the best possible condition”, said the councillor.
according to Gómez Teruel, “to work for the good of the community so that the town is in the best possible condition” The aim is,
In terms of improvement and maintenance work, the plumbing team has carried out a total of 187 actions. As for the municipal green areas, 540 actions have been carried out, including tree pruning and weeding. This work, explained the councillor, is essential to guarantee and preserve the health of the trees, and the safety and protection of pedestrians, as “it prevents the possibility of falling branches and at the same time the areas where they are located are embellished”. In this regard, the councillor stressed the phytosanitary treatments applied to prevent the processio-
2024 assessment
Parks and gardens more than 1,600 actions
187 actions
540 actions, including tree pruning and weeding Green area
nary moth and red palm weevil, among others.
Gómez Teruel stressed the local government’s “commitment” to measures to save water and thus mitigate the effects of the drought, and therefore underlined the commitment to xeriscaping, which is the creation of spaces in which water consumption is reduced without losing ornamentation. To this end, low water use plants and sustainable and recycled artificial ornamental elements are used as ground cover to rationalise the use of water as much as possible and to beautify the municipality. Among the new spaces with this type of gardening, the Town Hall points out, for example, the roundabout at the entrance to Mijas Pueblo and those located in
Maintenance in children’s play areas
156 actions, related to cleaning and repairs to playground equipment to prioritise the well-being of children
residential areas such as Calazul, Bellavista, next to CEIP El Olmo and Avenida de Mijas.
On the other hand, 156 maintenance actions were undertaken in the children’s play areas related to cleaning and repairs to the playgrounds to prioritise the wellbeing of the children.
The Parks and Gardens Department has been responsible for the management and processing of a considerable number of tree pruning and felling files, all of these procedures, explained the municipal area, are carried 31st
Incorporation of
1,939 trees and shrubs to the municipal garden centre as a compensatory measure.
out under “rigorous standards that ensure responsible administrative management”. As a result of these files, 1,939 trees and shrubs have been incorporated to the municipal garden centre
as a compensatory measure. The councillor expressed his gratitude to all the municipal workers who ensure that the parks and gardens are in the best possible condition.
Cristina Luque / Diseño: M. Fernández
The councillor for Parks and Gardens, Daniel Teruel (PP) highlighted the work of all the employees of the department / C.Luque.
The Mayor’s Office modifies the distribution of the areas of Social Inclusion, Education and Youth
The government team affirms that the objective is to “favour the efficiency” of the different delegations
Editorial Department tives for the work carried out so far and expressed her conviction that they will give “the best of themselves in this new stage full of challenges and exciting projects for Mijas”.
The Mayor’s Office of the Mijas Town Hall announced last Wednesday 29th a reshuffle of different areas of the government team with the aim, according to the local executive, of ‘’increasing efficiency in the municipal delegations’’. It is a redistribution of different departments, something
According to
the aim is to “favour municipal management to offer the best service”
that has already come into effect through a mayoral decree.
The mayoress of the municipality, Ana Mata (PP), pointed out that these changes are the natural result of more than a year of government, which seek to “improve municipal management in order to offer citizens the best service”. The mayoress thanked the different representa-
ERASMUS AND COURSES
In this way, the councillor Juan José Torres Trella (PP) adds to his current responsibilities the Department of Education, while Silvia Marín (PP) does the same with the UP. Mari Francis Alarcón (PP) will now be in charge of Social Inclusion and Volunteering, in addition to Sports and Cemetery, the ones she was
already in charge of; while the councillor Melisa Ceballos (PP) will be in charge of the mana-
New distribution of delegations
gement
and Street
and
JUAN J. TORRES TRELLA Infrastructures Works Energy Efficiency Digital Modernisation Education Internal Regime: Legal Advice, Citizen Services, Archive, Recruitment and Common Law Partnerships
Festivities and Traditions Senior Citizens Citizen participation UP
Youth informs about different SCHOLARSHIPS and Programmes
Through its social networks, the department is also publicising various study grants that are currently in the process of being announced helps young people to grow, become independent and gain a bit of confidence so that they are not always attached to their parents. We think it is positive and very fruitful to go out and be on their own for a while”’.
I.P. The Youth Department of the Mijas Town Hall continues to work to offer young people from Mijas different volunteer programmes, activities and scholarships so that they can continue training and collaborating both in their city and outside it in other European countries. Experiences recommended by the councillor of the department, Mari Francis Alarcón (PP), “because it
English course
The department reports on two scholarships currently in the process of being announced, both promoted by the Santander bank. The first, called
USA Summer Experience, offers the opportunity to take an intensive 15-day English course at the University of Pennsylvania, in the United States. “It will take place in mid-July, and a B1 level of English is required, but from Youth we encourage young people to try to apply for this scholarship because, in addition to learning English, they will share a good experience with other young people for
Public Roads Management Youth Market Street vending Youth Hostel
MORE INFORMATION:
952 58 60 60 juventud@mijas.es
Mijas Youth Department
two weeks”, said Alarcón.
Erasmus
Secondly, Santander Bank is also offering another financial aid for those who are thinking of going on Erasmus next academic year 2025-2026. “On this occasion there are a total of 3,211 grants of up to 1,000 euros for young people living in Spain who are enrolled in any
ALARCÓN
Sports Cemetery Social Inclusion Volunteering
of the Spanish universities participating in the Erasmus programme and who have been beneficiaries of this study or internship programme for 2025”, explained the councillor, who concluded by reminding us that “through the Youth social networks we try to inform our followers about this and other study and volunteering initiatives that come up during the year”.
Mijas Town Hall / Archive.
of Public Roads, Youth, Market
Vending,
Youth Hostels.
SILVIA MARÍN SERRANO
MELISA MANUELA CEBALLOS MERCADO
MARÍA FRANCISCA
LEIVA
WHAT´S ON
FRIDAY 31ST
‘Bienvenidos’ by Diverfest
Manuel España Theatre, 21 h
Musical with all the greatest hits of the 80s and 90s
Price: 18€, 12€ and 10€. Tickets can be purchased at dentralia.com, at Papelería Alora in Las Lagunas and, from two hours before, at the theatre.
SATURDAY 1ST
Board games and video games afternoon
Mibu Association, Fomento del Empleo building, 17 hours
Sign up a tmibu.es. Fee admission
Exhibition by Fatima Chbihi and María José Calvente
From the Mijas Craft Association in the Mijas Pueblo Tourist Office
Free admission
MONDAY 3RD
Mass in honour of San Blas and blessing of doughnuts
Hermitage of San Antón, Osunillas, 17:30 hours
SUNDAY 9TH
I Festival Matt McGurk
Manuel España Theatre, 17 h
The price is 10 euros. Tickets can be purchased at www.entradium.com and, from two hours before, at the theatre. In aid of Cudeca
Solidarity tables ‘Make solidarity your gift this year’
Branch Office Square in La Cala, last Wednesday and Saturday of each month from 11 to 14 h
DO NOT MISS
Exhibition ‘Dalí. The Divine Comedy. Purgatorio’
Contemporary Art Centre (CAC) in Mijas
Until the 27th of March
Second hand market
Las Lagunas Fairground and at Urb. Calypso, Mijas Costa Sundays from 9 to 14 h
Exhibition by Nina Reistad and Joanna Butler
Folk Museum in Mijas Pueblo
Until the 10th of February
Exhibition by Sheri Aletaha and Samarah Al Ahmar
La Cala Cultural Centre
Until the 3rd of February
Group exhibition Viajes, by the Andalusian Federation of Photography Headquarters Nuevo Enfoque Mijas
Mondays and Thursdays, 19:30 to 21 hours
Ecological market
La Cala Boulevard, in front of the branch offices on the second and last Sundays of the month
FOREIGNER’S DEPARTMENT MIJAS TOWN HALL
USEFUL TELEPHONE NUMBERS
SALUD RESPONDE (Doctor’s prescriptions etc.)
EMERGENCY/DOCTOR, AMBULANCE ANDALUSIAN HEALTH
LOCAL POLICE - MIJAS
EMERGENCIES 24H
OFFICE, MON - FRI 8:00-14:00
FIREBRIGADE 24H
CIVIL GUARD 24H
MIJAS TOWN HALL - MIJAS VILLAGE
TOWN HALL BRANCH LAS LAGUNAS
FOREIGNERS DEPARTMENT (MON - FRI 9:00 - 14:00)
SENIOR CITIZEN’S DEPARTMENT
SOCIAL SERVICES (MON - FRI - 8:00 - 14:00)
WOMEN’S CENTRE FREE FURNITURE COLLECTION
Flamenco show
Every Wednesday at 12 h Plaza Virgen de la Peña, Mijas Pueblo
