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El Museo Canario
01.02.2010 - One of Gran Canaria’s best-known museums is suffering the consequences of the cuts in public funding due to the recession. more...

Cira Guillén has been missing for over a year

Gran Canaria

Missing grandmother plea

01.02.2010 - The grown-up children of a woman who has been missing from her Las Palmas home for over a year have launched a fresh media bid to find her. more...

Gran Canaria

Tourism boost

24.01.2010 - The town of La Aldea de San Nicolas in Gran Canaria is looking to tourism to resolve the worrying local unemployment problem. more...

The power failure at Gando caused chaos in Canarian air traffic control

Gran Canaria

Power failure chaos

23.01.2010 - The strategic role of Gran Canaria airport’s control centre was in evidence for all the wrong reasons earlier this month when a power failure brought further chaos to flights to and from the Canaries. more...

The clean up is expected to take several months

Gran Canaria

Disaster recovery

23.01.2010 - Several weeks after floods devastated their small town, the population of Tasarte in Gran Canaria continues its bid to return to a normal life, although progress is slow. more...

The court has awarded the twins €900,000

Gran Canaria

Separated twins compensation

22.01.2010 - Spain’s Supreme Court has finally brought to an end the long-running compensation case involving twins from Gran Canaria who were split up due to a hospital mix-up nearly four decades ago. more...

Gran Canaria

Plans blocked

Mogán - 22.12.2009 - Plans by Mogán council to release large areas of land for building have hit trouble with the regional government. more...

The move was to try and attract more tourists to Las Palmas

Gran Canaria

Bus persuasion for guides

22.12.2009 - Las Palmas took the unusual step recently of inviting tourist guides from the resorts in the south of Gran Canaria to visit the capital and take a ride on the city’s Tour Bus. more...

Gran Canaria

‘Chinatown’ fears grow

07.12.2009 - Residents of a district of Las Palmas say an incident which led to police being called to a local café is a further reflection of the conversion of their area into a mini Chinatown. more...

The wheel would be similar to the London Eye

Gran Canaria

Big Wheel decision urged

25.11.2009 - Las Palmas Council has been urged to make up its mind on the installation of a giant wheel similar to the London Eye or risk losing funds already earmarked for the project. more...

The man was sentenced to 10 years by the courts in Las Palmas

Gran Canaria

OAP convicted of grand-daughter abuse

23.11.2009 - A Gran Canaria man who sexually abused his grand-daughter over a long period has been sentenced to 10 years in jail by the Criminal Court in Las Palmas. more...

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Raquel Toledo released

11.03.2010 - The 37 year old woman, Raquel Toledo, originally from Tenerife, who was jailed recently in Texas accused of failing to abide by custody orders, has been released.
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Good news on airport charges

Berlin - 11.03.2010 - At the inauguration of the Berlin Tourism Fair regional Canarian president Paulino Rivero announced that he had reached an agreement with the national minister for development on a reduction in airport charges, something seen as vital to the tourism market for these islands. more...

Canarian hopes pinned on German market

Berlin - 10.03.2010 - The Berlin Tourism Fair, which opens today, is seen as crucial by the Canarian Department of Tourism in its bid to recoup almost 300,000 German holidaymakers 'lost' last year. more...

Council alliance reformed

Santa Cruz - 10.03.2010 - Santa Cruz council is to be run once again by an alliance of the Canarian Coalition and the Popular Party, following yesterday's power-sharing deal between the two parties. more...

Los Cristianos shock at Huddersfield slaying

Los Cristianos - 10.03.2010 - Media revelations that the man who committed suicide in England last Saturday after killing his mother-in-law was from Los Cristianos have shocked the local community. Former soldier Sebastián Marcante flew to England on Friday intending to kill his estranged wife, Claire, whom he married five years ago after they first met in Tenerife. more...

PP calls for Los Gigantes beach action

Los Gigantes - 09.03.2010 - The Popular Party in Santiago del Teide has slammed the local and national authorities for their lack of action to remedy the problems which caused the tragedy on the Los Guios beach four months ago. more...

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Guttering or Waterfall?
Have you noticed how few houses in Tenerife have guttering? When it rains you get a waterfall blocking your front door. more...

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