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Local intervention has achieved a 200,000 euros grant for the Casa VentosoTenerifePuerto de la Cruz - 24.03.2008 - Following proposals made by Congress Deputy, Gloria Rivero and local mayor, Lola Padrón, the Spanish Ministry for culture has awarded a grant of 200,000 euros for a complete makeover for the Casa Ventoso in the Calle Iriarte.
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The council are determined to keep youngsters on the right trackTenerifePuerto de la Cruz - 24.03.2008 - Concern for what young people get up to during the night hours in Puerto de la Cruz has led the council to sign an agreement with La Laguna University to carry out research.
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Teide was the top attraction, though not for the British or IrishTenerife24.03.2008 - According to a questionnaire undertaken by the Cabildo’s tourism department during 2007, 58.1 per cent of tourists who arrived in Tenerife last year had visited the island previously, an increase on the figures for return visits during 2006.
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Santiago Tomás Baez Armas waiting for justice outside the CabildoTenerifeSanta Cruz - 24.03.2008 - Anyone visiting Santa Cruz de Tenerife can hardly have failed to see the enormous bed-sheet sized banners outside the Cabildo building.

The story goes back a long way, four and a half years to be precise, when five men who had taken the series of exams required to join the fire service, claimed publicly that the panel had been rigged to ensure that a close relative of a senior fireman was given one of the posts. more...
Employees are banging their saucepans daily from 8amTenerifeSanta Cruz - 24.03.2008 - Employees of the Clínica Capote in Santa Cruz de Tenerife are making their grievances known in true Spanish style.

Walking or driving along the Rambla General Franco near the Parque Sanabria García a raucous noise as­sails the ears, the employ­ees of the Clínica Capote have organised a traditional cacerolada, or saucepan and tub banging demonstration, to air their woes.
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Points of view – Juan Medina’s photograph contrasts immigrants and those who watch them arriveTenerifeLa Laguna - 24.03.2008 - There’s still time to visit the current photojournalist exhibition running at the Juan Cas art gallery in La Laguna as part of the CajaCanarias social and cultural section.
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Cabildo president talking to press following the tragedyTenerifeLos Silos - 24.03.2008 - Tenerife’s Cabildo has filed legal proceedings against Juan Fernando López Aguilar, leader of the region’s socialist party, over comments that it was responsible for the deaths of a group of walkers who died in a tunnel in Los Silos just over a year ago. more...
Friends and family of the victims planted six trees to commemorate the deadTenerifeLos Silos - 24.03.2008 - Activities to commemorate the six young lives lost in the water galleries above Los Silos just over a year ago are still continuing.
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(front l.r) Amparo Fernández González with Lola PadrónTenerifePuerto de la Cruz - 23.03.2008 - The ambitious national plan was drawn up by the central government adminis­tration after massive consul­tation which included 25,000 questionnaires filled in by in­ternational tourists and dis­cussion with 35,000 tourism professionals.

The objective is to bring the Spanish tour­ism sector up to date by 2020 and in a position where it can compete strongly internation­ally using the latest methods of commercialisation and at­tract new types of clients by using new information tech­nology in the reservation and purchase of journeys and holi­days. more...
Pupils and staff from Wingate School really enjoyed the Pirámides de GüímarTenerifeGüímar - 23.03.2008 - T.wo forms from Wingate School were the first students to experience a few of the secrets of the island’s pre-Hispanic history within the programme Tourism and Hospitality, organised by the southern tourist initiative centre (CIT Sur).

The 12 year olds went on an adventure trip to the Pirámides de Güímar to learn more about the culture of the island’s natives, the Guanches, who lived on Tenerife prior to the Spanish Conquest.
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Tenerife - 08.02.2012 - Emergency services in Tenerife were called into action again yesterday to rescue a hiker who took ill during a walk in the Anaga hills outside Santa Cruz. more...
Canary Islands - 08.02.2012 - Yesterday's ugly scenes at Bilbao airport, where Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary had to be given a police escort after his provocation of former Spanair employees, prompted a furious reaction against the head of the airline by Canarian MP Ana Oramas. more...
Las Palmas - 08.02.2012 - The snags preventing the release of tickets for the concert by rock legend Bruce Springsteen in Gran Canaria have now been resolved and the gig has been confirmed 100%, say the organisers. more...
La Laguna - 07.02.2012 - A well-known Tenerife lawyer is the focus of police attention in a money-laundering and fraud investigation ordered by a La Laguna judge. more...
Canary Islands - 07.02.2012 - Relations between the Canarian government and the new Spanish government sank further yesterday when the region's tourism minister was apparently snubbed by his national counterpart. more...
Canary Islands - 07.02.2012 - Two Britons who had to be rescued again after getting into trouble on their bid to cross the Atlantic in a pedal boat could face a hefty fine for the latest mobilisation of air and sea rescue resources. more...
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