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COVID-19 VIRUS HOTLINE: Information hotline for those who suspect they may have the coronavirus. Anyone experiencing symptoms should stay at home and dial 900 400 061 or 955 545 060 – and only call 112 in an emergency.
For the official Andalucia Covid rules for your town, in Spanish only, go to this site, click your town, and find your rules in the lower left corner of the page. Click a category, then click the “+” sign to expand the rules: https://www.mapacovid.es
Another good, reliable source for updated Covid news, announcements and statistics is the Junta de Andalucia’s FB page. https://www.facebook.com/AndaluciaJunta/
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One For The Kids, Plus Some Fun For the Adults On Easter Sunday:
Live Music & Easter Egg Hunt and Facepainting for the Kids on Easter Sunday at Olivia’s La Cala: Sunday 4APR. Choose your favourite face. Join us for a fun family day.
Pre booking recommended. 952 494 935
3 course menu €25pp.
Live music with Ivanildo Kembel 2-5pm
Calle Torreón, 13, Mijas, 29649
https://www.facebook.com/OliviasLaCala/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/costadelparty/permalink/4109732062404774/
Blood Donations Wanted- Notice from Ayuntamientos de Torrox & Velez Malaga:
-Torrox, Tuesday April 6th 5-9pm at Teatro Municipal.
-Velez Malaga, Monday thru Wednesday 5-7 April. Hrs 10-14 & 17-21 at entrance of Parque Andalucia
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Spring Music Festival coming next weekend in El Morche, Torrox costa:
“Festival de Primavera”.
Starting on friday 9th of April. Three days of music to celebrate the just started new season. In the harmonious Bio Beach Club, located in the maritime promenade of El Morche, starting from 3.30 pm the following will play:
-Friday April 9 Dana & Gianni. International songs, original songs performed with a lot of personality. A unique style that is a fusion between jazz, blues and soul. Singing in four languages. An interesting voice accompanied by a rhythm and swing guitar. A concert will not forget.
-Saturday April 10 Mr. Blues & Chesko Gonzales. Musicians with extensive experience and a long career like performers and composers, they interpret unforgettable songs fusing the Spanish guitar with classic sounds of rock, pop and blues.
-Sunday April 11 Trinity “Jazz Blues and everything in Between”. Trio of experienced musicians who move with a lot of rhythm and swing between blues, soul, jazz, pop classics and original songs, in English, Spanish, French and Italian. Music in tuning 432hz.
info / booking: 657 36 45 94
BIO BEACH CLUB, EL MORCHE
With the sponsorship of the Namasté Cultural Association
(namastecostadelsol@hotmail.com)
Items For Sale / Wanted / Rent
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Great Deals From The Nerja Household Centre:
-Vintage cake stand done in yute olive & blue with French oak and natural wax Price 45€
-Farmhouse style solid table with 4 matching chairs
Striped back to natural waxed with chalk paint
Measurements Length 124cms Depth 67cms
Height 74cms Price 275€
-Sideboard/hallway unit natural & yute with key and decorative mirror Measurements W 105 x 40 x 86 cms Mirror 99.50 x 97cms Price 175€
Contact Jackie/Nerja 672170429
info at nerja household centre dot com
For Sale: Coffee Table. Good quality wooden frame with glass top and space for magazines (metal). Price 75€
Brit F., Carretera Torrox-Competa, near Pavo Real.
Britfl64@gmail.com
For Sale: Real Brasil Porcelain Turrens and Condiment Set.
Two turrens and a condiment set from the Real Brasil factory in the White Blossom pattern with matching cake stands from the Portuguese Porcelana Excel factory.
The smaller tureen is oval with a width of 17cm (21cm including handles) and is 7cm high.
The second tureen is larger and circular with a diameter of 19cm (22cm with handles) and is 9cm tall without the lid.
The condiment set consists of salt and pepper pots, mustard pot with spoon, mint sauce bowl with spoon and an oil/vinegar bottle.
All items are in perfect condition.
The two turrens are priced at 12 euro or will split at 7 euro for the smaller and 10 euro for the larger. The condiment set is 12 euro. Buy all the items for 20 euro.
Photos emailed on request.
Buyers to collect from Torrox Costa (El Penoncillo).
Brenda tel/whatsapp 711003687 or email brendaleetorrox at gmail. com
News & Articles
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SUPER HACK: 533 million Facebook users’ phone numbers and personal data have been leaked online!!!
A user in a low level hacking forum on Saturday published the phone numbers and personal data of hundreds of millions of Facebook users for free online. These were stolen in a 2019 hack that Fakebook knows about, but failed to mention to FB users!
The exposed data includes personal information of over 533 million Facebook users from 106 countries, including over 32 million records on users in the US, 11 million on users in the UK, and 6 million on users in India. It includes their phone numbers, Facebook IDs, full names, locations, birthdates, bios, and – in some cases – email addresses.
As a hacker has decided to publish this data publicly for free, one has to imagine the data has been available in hacker circles since it was snatched in 2019, and has been exploited thoroughly, so as to no longer have significant value on the black market. Every hacker who may have wanted it now has it. If you want to know where those spam calls, messages and emails come from, you should take a hard look at Fakebook. Full article: https://www.businessinsider.com/stolen-data-of-533-million-facebook-users-leaked-online-2021-4?r=DE&IR=T
Highest daily increase in intensive care patients in Andalucía for two months recorded: Andalucía on Good Friday, 2 April, recorded 1,032 coronavirus patients in hospital of which 267 are in an intensive care unit.
The number in an intensive care bed is 17 more than the day before and 23 more than seven days ago. The increase is the highest increase in daily figures since 30 January.
Despite the increase Andalucía remains below the peak of the third wave reached on 7 February (735), that of the second on 18 November (528) and of the first on 30 March, 2020 (439).
Full article: http://www.surinenglish.com/local/202104/03/highest-daily-increase-intensive-20210403120353.html
German experts say under 60s should not get second AstraZeneca vaccine: Germany’s vaccine commission, known as STIKO, recommended on Thursday that people under 60-years old who have had a first shot of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine should receive a different product for their second dose. “Until the appropriate data is available, STIKO recommends for people under 60 years old that instead of the second AstraZeneca dose, a dose of an mRNA-vaccine should be given 12 weeks after the first vaccine,” STIKO said. Messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccinations include those made by Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna. Full article: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-astrazenec/german-experts-say-under-60s-should-not-get-second-astrazeneca-vaccine-idUSKBN2BO6KZ
ANOTHER WhatsApp Scam!!! Warning Issued To British Expats As Fraudsters Pretending To Be Real Contacts Hack Phones: There are several versions of this scam. One goes like this, users receive a message from what looks like a legitimate delivery company, like Suer or UPS. The message says ‘not deliverable due to absence at home’. Now comes the ‘clever’ part, users are asked to swipe to resend the package and it is at this point that the hackers steal the data from the phone- everything!
-Another version goes like this- It starts with this text message that arrives on your phone out of the blue. Immediately after you get a WhatsApp message from someone in your contacts. The message reads ‘Hello, sorry I sent you a 6-digit code by SMS by mistake, Can you transfer it to me please? It’s urgent.’
-What has actually happened is your friend’s account has been hacked. Scammers are now trying to hack all their contacts. You are one of them. They are trying to set up WhatsApp on a new device with your number. WhatsApp acknowledges this and sends a 6-digit authorisation code to your mobile phone by SMS. The scammers now try and get you to forward it to them by pretending to be a friend of yours. If you send them the code, your WhatsApp will be hacked.
-What do the hackers gain? If all goes well for the hacker they can now easily steal your identity. How?
A successful hack provides them your contacts list, passwords to everything you ever logged into (bank, gov’t accounts, cloud accounts, etc!), photos, address, etc, the lot.
The National police have sent out warnings to everyone in the public domain but ex-pats are being left out from receiving these warning alerts.
References:
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/uk-news/whatsapp-users-issued-scam-warning-20312179
AND
https://www.euroweeklynews.com/2021/04/02/whatsapp-scam-warning-british-expats-as-fraudsters-pretending-to-be-real-contacts-hack-phones/
Local firefighters tackle second forest blaze in a week: The latest reported in Sayalonga this morning, Saturday, April 3. The first occurred on Thursday, April 1, in Maro, which was finally extinguished late on the following evening and in which four hectares of land was destroyed, according to the Andalusian Forest Fire Extinction Service. Photo:INFOCA. Full article: https://www.euroweeklynews.com/2021/04/03/firefighters-tackle-second-forest-blaze-in-a-week/
Covid-19- Italy returns to strict lockdown for Easter: Italy has entered a strict three-day lockdown to try to prevent a surge in Covid-19 cases over Easter.
All regions are now in the “red zone” – the highest tier of restrictions – as the country battles a third wave, with about 20,000 new cases a day.
Non-essential movement is banned, but people are allowed to share an Easter meal at home with two other adults.
Churches are also open, but worshippers are being told to attend services within their own regions. Full article: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-56621342
Bank commissions of up to 240 euros, in which cases are they inappropriate?: Although banks are free to decide what services they offer to their customers and to set fees and surcharges, there are cases where the amounts of the commissions are subject to limits and also, they cannot be applied without order or measure. Therefore, a commission is considered to be undue when the entity does not provide the service charged, if the client did not request the service or renounced it and also in the event that an amount is charged that exceeds the agreed rates.
After the strong increases applied in 2020 to less connected clients, the cost of maintaining an account it now goes from 67 euros to 240 euros in some cases. To this amount, the rest of the commissions must be added, such as those that apply to cards or certain transfers.
Full article: https://spainsnews.com/bank-commissions-of-up-to-240-euros-in-which-cases-are-they-inappropriate/
Football news- Real Sociedad win delayed Copa del Rey: Mikel Oyarzabal scored the penalty that won Real Sociedad the delayed 2020 Copa del Rey on Saturday before dedicating their victory to the fans unable to attend an historic final against Basque rivals Athletic Bilbao.
Oyarzabal, La Real’s captain who joined their youth academy aged 14, proved the difference in a 1-0 win in Seville, where the biggest ever game between these two famous clubs was played in an empty stadium. Full article: https://www.thescore.com/esp_fed/news/2146838
COVID Mobility Restrictions Info Reference
OPTION 1: https://www.mapacovid.es/
OPTION 2: For a more frequently updated version visit this site. Unfortunately this map does not zoom in using the mouse wheel, so it can be difficult to see the smallest towns. https://sevilla.abc.es/andalucia/sevi-mapa-covid-19-andalucia-restricciones-y-medidas-contra-coronavirus-municipio-202102101441_noticia.html?
For the latest COVID-19 statistics visit:
World– https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
World– https://www.ft.com/content/a26fbf7e-48f8-11ea-aeb3-955839e06441
Spain Coronavirus Data from Spain’s Ministerio de Sanidad, Official C-19 Pages:
https://www.mscbs.gob.es/en/profesionales/saludPublica/ccayes/alertasActual/nCov-China/situacionActual.htm
AND
https://cnecovid.isciii.es/covid19/
Coronavirus Cases in Andalucia, Axarquia, Costa del Sol & Malaga Province:
http://www.juntadeandalucia.es/institutodeestadisticaycartografia/salud/COVID19.html
UK Coronavirus:
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/uk/
Churches & Worship
EVANGELICAL CHURCH (services in English language)
Each Sunday at 11:00 am we meet for worship at the Christian meeting Hall in Calle Ros Alfe´rez 7. Torre Del Mar. (not far behind the Catholic Church) We are an Evangelical Church, bible believing Christian’s coming together for live worship, prayer, and sharing our faith. All who love Christ are welcome and all who want to know more about the Christian faith are equally welcome. The meetings are friendly, joyful, reverent and orderly. Our one united desire is to glorify God.
My name is Peter and below is my email address.
petcac @ gmail. com (no gaps)
Fellowship of Jesus Christ the King
Unfortunately we have taken the decision to close the church until further notice, we have taken this action to keep everyone safe.
God Bless you all
Pasaje San Miguel, Nerja , 29780.
Email: fojctk@gmail.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/FOJCTK
Prayer Requests: ftk.prayer.request@gmail.com
El Puente Christian Fellowship – Sunday Service
El Puente Christian Fellowship is a loving, multi-national, Bible believing community of Christ, who meet each Sunday at 11 am to worship The Lord. We enjoy a time of worship with contemporary songs and traditional hymns, and a message brought to us by one of the Elders or a visiting speaker.
The church meeting hall is situated underneath Maroma Inmobiliaria Puente Don Manuel, Cruce de Periana – 29713.
Full directions and further information can be found on our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/El-Puente-Christian-Fellowship-105285888299225/ or please contact us by email on elpuentechristianfellowship@gmail.com. For those who cannot join us in person, we aim to stream Sunday services via the Facebook page (subject to a good internet connection!).
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Weekly Markets
Monday: Torrox Costa
Tuesday: Nerja, Salobrena
Wednesday: Rincon de la Victoria, Algarrobo Costa
Thursday: Velez Malaga, Torre del Mar, Frigiliana
Friday: Almunecar, Salobrena, La Herradura- Summers only
Saturday: Competa, Mezquitilla@Algarrobo behind the Sala Ottowa
Sunday: Velez Malaga, Nerja Car Boot
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Nerja 952 524 519
Torrox: 952 531 030
Frigiliana: 952 533 231
Phone numbers for emergencies
Emergency Svcs.: 112
National Police: 091
Guardia Civil: 062
Ambulance: 061
Fire Station (Bomberos): 080
Emergency English Help Line: 902 102 112
Local Police
Torrox: 952 539 828
Nerja: 952 521 545
Frigiliana: 952 533 126
Torre del Mar: 952 549 238
Local News in English, The Sur: http://www.surinenglish.com/
Spain National News in English, El Pais: https://elpais.com/elpais/inenglish.html
EU News in English, EuroWeekly: https://www.euroweeklynews.com
Local Weather: https://www.accuweather.com/en/es/torre-del-mar/306652/weather-forecast/306652
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