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| Rubbish collectors on strike in Puerto de La Cruz – Tenerife Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:27:02 +0000 All 80 staff of the company ‘Tarajal’ in Puerto de La Cruz, Tenerife are to go on strike indefinitely from today due to not having been paid their wage for the last 2 months and the town hall owing the company over €1.300.000 in unpaid bills. The company mainly services public buildings such as schools [...] |
| Air traffic increase this summer Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:31:13 +0000 Air traffic is set to increase by 17% this summer according to recent figures released. Over 17.000.000 seats have been reserved by tour operators and airlines over this years summer period. Tenerife has 6.937.340 seats (4.709.209 for the south and 1.846.602 for Los Rodeos) which is 39% of the air traffic for the islands. These [...] |
| Wettest February in 30 years Sat, 13 Mar 2010 12:31:31 +0000 The Canary Islands have recorded the wettest February for over 30 years after the continuous bad weather the islands received during the month this year. 350 litres per square metre were recorded in La Palma, El Hierro, La Gomera, Tenerife and Lanzarote in one month, when the normal values are around 120 litres per suqre [...] |
| Canaries economy ‘on the right track’ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:24:41 +0000 The economic situation in the Canary islands is ‘on the right track’ according to the vice-president of the Canary Islands, José Manuel Soria. His comments are based on two factors: Car vehicle matriculation rose by 11% during January and February 2010 compared to a fall of 31% in the same period in 2009 and the [...] |
| Digital TV Tenerife – Analogue TV switches off today Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:20:13 +0000 From today and until the 3rd of April, the old analogue TV tranmitters in Tenerife will be switched off one by one until the cut off date of the 3rd April 2010 when all TV broadcasts will be in digital format. The first switch off will be today and tomorrow and will affect 9.4% of the [...] |
| Canarias Infinity Xtreme – 13th March 2010 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:38:56 +0000 Canarias Infinity Xtreme 2010 will take place around the area of Muelle Pesquero in Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife. It is a 10 kilometres race with 15 obstacles to be completed in 2 hours. The registration is open for people over 18 in the male, female and absolute categories. More info here Share on Facebook |
| 4 Canary Island hotels in World Top 100 Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:10:03 +0000 Four hotels in the Canary Islands (three in Gran Canaria and one from Lanzarote) have featured amongst the Top 100 hotels in the world, according to the Holiday Check awards. Hotels Las Costas, Cordial Mogán Playa, Seaside Sandy Beach and Lopesan Costa Meloneras Resort Spa & Casino are the four hotels that have featured in [...] |