Notices

Saturday 25th May 1938

(Notice posted: Friday, 24th May 2013)

On 25 May 1938, the Italian air force, in the service of Franco, bombed Alicante Central Market which was full of people waiting for a special batch of fish. The raid Killed about 300Â non-military people, many of them children. This was similar top the bombing of GuernicaÂ but because no famous painting was done [...]

Interpreters

(Notice posted: Thursday, 16th May 2013)

As you know we provide interpreters at the health center for the benefit of all patients and staff. They are widely appreciated and are doing splendid work. Unfortunately, however, we have been reduced in numbers recently to the extent that we may not be able to maintain this service. We would welcome any person, who [...]

Dig for victory ( against austerity)

(Notice posted: Saturday, 11th May 2013)

Fancy a bit of gardening? The town hall are making plots of land available (size not yet known), up at the Ermita above the Paternina school, for allotments . The area will be securely fenced to deter vandals and the starving, and anyone interested should apply at the town hall.

British Legion Fete

(Notice posted: Friday, 10th May 2013)

The British Legion Summer Fete will take place on Saturday, 8th June, at Chez Flo in La Fustera, from 3:00 – 5:00PM.

Updates

CEO fired

Thursday, 23rd May 2013

The regional government of the Balearic Islands on Wednesday dismissed the managing director of a Mallorca hospital following an ongoing inquiry into the death of an undocumented Senegalese immigrant from tuberculosis. A doctor and two nurses were also expelled over the possibility that a wrong diagnosis was made. Twenty-eight-year-old Alpha Pam died in his home [...]

Overseas assets

Thursday, 23rd May 2013

Spaniards and foreigners resident in Spain have declared assets held abroad in the form of bonds, shares, real estate and bank accounts of 87.7 billion euros, equivalent to nine percent of the country’s GDP. As part of the government’s assault on tax evasion and fraud based on legislation passed last year, the Tax Agency now [...]

Lost beach of el Portet

Thursday, 23rd May 2013

The recent storms have left el Portet beach in Moraira reduced to a minimum. The first swimmers found that only at the southern end is there a small patch of sand where they can place their towels and umbrellas, without fear that a wave will wash them away. The last storm took place last [...]

New notice board

Thursday, 23rd May 2013

In case you do not have a computer, or read the local press, the town hall has now installed, in the entrance, this notice board. It is not clear to us yet who will have the rights to post notices, but I suspect that after a short while it will become a repository of outdated [...]

5 billion in debt

Wednesday, 22nd May 2013

Spain’s top department store chain El Corte Ingles must restructure five billion euros ($6.5 billion) of debt, the company said on Tuesday, citing economic conditions as Spaniards shop less in the recession. El Corte Ingles, whose green logo is a familiar sight on Spanish high streets, employs 98,000 people, selling a variety of products including [...]

Piped gas

Wednesday, 22nd May 2013

Piped gas, the cheaper and more accessible form of energy than we get from the bottles, has arrived in Javea. In order to pipe it down to Calpe, Endessa, the private gas company, needs to spend 15 million euros in order to construct the 46-km-long pipeline. This is now under discussion, but the route that [...]

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