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Motril presents the 7th International Aikido Meeting:
April 16 thru 20 at the Motril Municipal Sports Pavilion.
During the mornings, from 10:00 to 12:00, practice sessions will be held with weapons such as the sword and the short stick. In the afternoons, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., hands-free work sessions will take place, offering participants a complete experience in the world of Aikido. Source, Spanish: https://www.granadadigital.es/motril-presenta-el-7-encuentro-internacional-aikido/
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Jam Session: Wednesday 17 April from 8pm to 11pm Acoustic Jam Session hosted by Dana & Gianni. Chiringuito Medía Caña, Avenida del Peñoncillo 46 Torrox Costa. Musicians welcome.
Info booking: +34 635 76 36 33
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Concert- Nacho Loring Quartet: Fri, 19 April, 8pm
Hotel Plaza Cavana, C/ Granada 3, Nerja
Nacho Loring (Trumpet) – Toni Molina (Guitar) – Alejandro Tamayo (Double Bass) – Sergio Díaz (Drums)
– Graduated in jazz trumpet from the Manuel Castillo Superior Conservatory in Seville, Loring has studied improvisation and modern harmony with the best musicians of the Spanish jazz scene such as Julián Sánchez, Ernesto Aurignac, Enrique Oliver and José Carra.
Booking: 690073871 / ventana.abierta.acp@gmail.com
Web: www.ventana-abierta.es & Video Link
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Flamenco In Progress- Torrox: Sunday April 21, 8pm
Teatro Municipal Villa de Torrox
Estevez t Paños. Premio Nacional de Danza “Triptico”
More info and tickets:
https://mientrada.janto.es/espectaculo/estevez-y-panos-triptico-n%C2%BA-2/TRXESTEVEZYPANOS/venue=TORROX
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Twenty activities make up the program of the Algarrobo Cultural Week: Monday, April 22 to Sunday, April 28
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Great Deals From Upcycling Nerja:
– Castillan sideboard Natural solid wood ( waxed ) Beige color Measurements Turmeric 150 x 40 x 85cms Price 295€
– Castillan sideboard Natural wood ( waxed ) Beige color Blacke handles Measurements 106 x 37 x 81cms Price 145€
– Hemnes chest of drawers 110 x 57 x 97cms Price 100€
contact Jackie /nerja 672170429
upcycling nerja at gmail dot com
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For Sale: TV LED 40″ – Samsung UE40F6500SS Smart TV,
4 HDMI ports, Digital Optical Out. €50, Buyer to collect.
Steve, El Morche on 620056188 (WhatsApp) and
email: agentthommo@icloud.com
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For Sale: Large bird cage, can be separated into two v.g.c and very clean ready to use with accessories. 160 euros or v.n.o.
tele 679598264, Bob, Sedella.
email: robertinsedella@gmail.com
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For Sale: Two umbrella stands for sale – €20 each.
The square stand is 14″ (36cm) square and weighs approximately 25lbs (11.3kgs). The round stand is 16.5″ (41cm) diameter and weighs approximately 33lbs (15kgs). The necks of the stands are 1.75″ (4.5cm) wide. Each stand has an insert in the neck of the umbrella holder to allow narrower poles.
Tony in Torrox Park. Contact me by email at
oddjobtony at gmail dot com
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Trade or Sell: Jigsaw puzzles
I offer 6 good quality interesting 1000 piece jigsaws:
Ravensburger Fantasy Toy Shop
Ravensburger Dogs
Falcon Granny s Sewing Room
Educa. Selfies ( wild animals )
Educa Japan
King. Cats
All are complete and nearly new.
I would prefer to swap them for similar quality 500 piece jigsaws. Or price 30€ for all 6.
Judy, Torrox Costa
Email: judyannspain AT yahoo D0T com
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Editorial Comment For A Slow News Day: Spain is racing to catch up with the US and Cuba as leading banana republics where the “truth” is seriously abused and ignored, while leaders make up “facts” as they find convenient. Here are some examples. There is a conflict between the Junta de Andalucia and the national gov’t regarding the processing of water facility development in Andalucia, with each side calling the other an outright liar, blaming each other for the lack of progress in Andalucia. Andalucia says they submitted plans 3 years ago, Madrid claims no plans were submitted, even after hard copies were recently found by investigators! The way each side twists the words of the other is deceptive and not at all professional behavior. The same is being done between the Congress and the Constitutional Court, regarding the Amnesty. One side wants to enforce laws as they were written, the other wants to find loopholes to exploit. This is also evident by the decay of Public Health systems. Officials blame “unforeseeable” circumstances for insane delays in access to services, while detractors claim these issues have been evident in projections for many years and should have been addressed before the current crisis developed. And again, this is how the scandals over EU funds fraud are handled, both sides accusing the other of mis-appropriating funds rather than addressing the crimes allegedly committed: the PP accuses Sanchez’s wife (PSOE) of fraud, the PSOE responds, not by arguing facts, but by counter accusations of fraud against the partner of the PP mayor of Madrid. Both sides are “re-interpreting” law, ignoring the intent as long as they can twist it in some contrived fashion, to appear to support their agenda. It seems we are being governed by spoiled children who make up “facts” for the sake of convenience, who lie to your face and claim it is the other party that is deluded, who prefer “finger pointing” to actual negotiations sticking to established law, and to whom feelings outweigh demonstrable truths. Both sides, left and right, play this game, to the detriment of the population as a whole, and I find it despicable. It is also rather difficult to cover and expose in compact articles; entire books could and will be written exposing these abuses of authority. Meanwhile, any progress is slow and many people suffer needlessly. Basic administrative processes take months or years. The one thing our representatives do successfully is to drive a divide to polarize the public into “sides”, rather than serving our needs as a whole, as they were elected to do. FUBAR! -Ed.
ANDALUCÍA
The DGT begins controls on Andalusian roads today: {Translation}
– The Directorate General of Traffic (DGT) is carrying out from this Monday until next Sunday, 21 April, a new specific campaign to monitor and control speed on the roads of Andalusia, one of the key factors in road accidents.
– Over the seven days of the campaign, the DGT has detailed in a press release that special attention will be paid to speed-related risk sections, as well as to those points where traffic exceeds the established limit and where there is a high accident rate.
– Of the 139,007 vehicles checked during the last campaign on Andalusian roads, more than 9,000 drivers were found to have committed speeding offences and were therefore reported for speeding, which represents 6.5% of the total. Of the offending drivers, 38.4% were notified of the offence when they were stopped and informed by traffic officers.
– When the controls were carried out on motorways and dual carriageways, using dynamic radar (with the radar on board the vehicle and in motion), the average speed at which the drivers reported were travelling was 129 kilometres per hour, which is nine kilometres per hour above the generic limit permitted on this type of road, although below the 12 kilometres per hour exceeded by the vehicles controlled in the previous campaign.
– In view of its preventive nature, drivers will be informed of the existence of controls, either through variable message panels or circumstantial vertical signposting when the road does not have such panels. Those in charge of implementing this campaign will be the officers of the Guardia Civil Traffic Group, as well as the rest of the Local and Regional Police who wish to join in.
– In addition, since 21 March 2022, cars and motorbikes are no longer allowed to exceed the speed limits set on conventional roads when overtaking other vehicles. Source, Spanish: https://www.diariosur.es/andalucia/dgt-inicia-hoy-controles-carreteras-andaluces-ojo-20240415095733-nt.html
HEALTH
Yet Another Huge Malpractice Settlement Against The Andalusian Health Service (SAS): {Translation}
– The Andalusian Health Service (SAS) will have to pay 400,000 euros in compensation to the family of a man who died with biliary obstruction after not being operated on in Almeria. “It was the only possibility to save his life”, says the Patient’s Ombudsman Association, which has reported on this sentence issued on 3 April 2024 by the Administrative Court No. 3 of the capital of Almeria.
– The 56-year-old patient from Albox was referred to the University Hospital of Torrecárdenas in Almería from the Hospital La Inmaculada in Huércal-Overa in February 2018. “There, unfortunately, he was given up for lost from the first moment, despite the fact that a cholangiocarcinoma (cancer that forms in the bile ducts) was suspected from day 5, for which there was an available treatment surgery to avoid biliary obstruction,” they explain. According to the communiqué of this case, which has been handled by the lawyer Ignacio Martínez, instead of focusing on this option, which was vital, the doctors focused on the secondary option, interconsulting with psychiatry and performing a puncture procedure three days later to extend his life by a few hours, without transferring him to the ICU even when he entered critical condition.
– “In short, at no time was the surgical or intensive care option that could have saved the patient from cholangitis contemplated”, they state.
– The court has fully upheld the claim of the widow, children and sister of the patient who died as a result of malpractice and recognises their right to be compensated in amounts exceeding 400,000 euros, adding the principal, interest and costs. Lawyer Martínez studied the case and filed an administrative claim against the SAS and a subsequent lawsuit. “To avoid such an outcome, the patient should have been operated on, while for the SAS doctors this was not even an option. At no time was the surgical or intensive care option that could have saved the patient from cholangitis contemplated… It is therefore clear that in the case in question, they did not act correctly,” the ruling states.
– It is also surprising that the patient was subjected to a puncture procedure, the sole purpose of which was to prolong his life for a few days, without even considering surgery to remove the cholangiocarcinoma, “nor was a possible resection to avoid obstruction of the biliary tract consulted with surgery”. Source, Spanish: https://www.abc.es/espana/andalucia/almeria/condenan-sas-pagar-400000-euros-muerte-hombre-20240415112834-nts.html
SPORTS
Golf News- Tiger Woods finishes Masters with his highest score as a pro:
– Tiger Woods finished the Masters on Sunday with a record he could do without, walking off the course with a 16-over 304, his highest 72-hole score in a career that spans three decades. Woods’ previous high was 302 at the Memorial in 2015. He has only failed to break 300 one other time at the Masters two years ago when he shot 78-78 on the weekend and finished at 301.
– Despite the score, Woods called it a “good week” and said he’s going to begin preparing for the other three majors including the PGA Championship in May, the U.S. Open in June and the British Open in July. Photo: Charlie Riedel. Full article: https://scrippsnews.com/stories/tiger-woods-finishes-masters-with-his-highest-score-as-a-pro/
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Note: Bad day for comix, and little news worth posting. Oh well, it happens occasionally. -Ed.
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Daily Mail UK- Daily Sudoku: Click Here
Cinesur El Ingenio Films schedule: You can find the film schedule at this link. Films tagged as (VOSE) are in the original language with Spanish subtitles.
https://www.cinesur.com/es/cine/mk2-cinesur-el-ingenio
Useful Links, Info & Numbers
2024 Holiday Calendars by town, click/tap to view:
Algarrobo
Competa
Malaga
Nerja
Rincon
Torrox
Velez-Málaga
For other towns in Malaga Province, visit this website, click your town, then look for the post named “Calendario Laboral de ‘Your Town‘ 2024 “, click that to see calendar.
https://www.foro-ciudad.com/malaga.html
Petrol Prices – Updated daily: These are the fuel stations in Malaga province with the lowest prices. The price data for 95 and 98-octane petrol and diesel fuel is updated every day. See it here:
https://www.surinenglish.com/malaga/updated-daily-these-20220314114157-nt.html
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, Mercadillo de La Cala del Moral- Rincon de la Victoria.
Saturday: Competa, Mezquitilla@Algarrobo behind the Sala Ottowa
Sunday: Velez Malaga, Nerja Car Boot
Taxi
Nerja 952 524 519
Torrox: 952 531 030
Frigiliana: 952 533 231
Phone numbers for emergencies
Emergency Services.: 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/National News in English, The Sur: http://www.surinenglish.com/
Local Weather: https://www.accuweather.com/en/es/torre-del-mar/306652/weather-forecast/306652
Bus Info: https://www.alsa.com/en/web/bus/our-destinations/regional
Currency Converter: https://www.x-rates.com/calculator/?from=EUR&to=GBP&amount=1
Internet Speed Test: http://beta.speedtest.net/
Local Bank Holidays: http://www.officeholidays.com/countries/spain/index.php UK Newspaper Front Pages and Worldwide Newspapers All On One Site: https://www.thepaperboy.com/uk/front-pages.cfm
Check All Lottery Results Here: Updated daily.
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Alcoholics Anonymous Meetings in Malaga Province: New, updated link (Aug, 2023). Info in English with list of English speaking meetings. https://aacostadelsol.com/
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