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Torrox Oktoberfest: Thur – Sun, October 17 to 20
Located next to the Iberostar Hotel car parks and the Ferrara sports area on Torrox Costa.
– The festival will run from 12pm to 1am, except for the first day, with reduced afternoon and evening hours.
– Thursday, 17 Oct, at 18.00 hours the Oktoberfest will feature the performance of Dj Nando, which will give way at 20.00 hours to a genuine German band and the official opening half an hour later. Starting at 9.30 p.m., perfotmances will be given by the groups Dance and Dreams and Black Jam, culminating with Dj Worzel.
– On Friday 18 Oct, from 4 p.m., Lemon Pie, Dj Nando, BANDido, Crush Band and Dj Worzel will perform consecutively.
– On Saturday 19 Oct, also from 4 p.m., BANDido, Eliza Handley, Dj Nando, Sara Curly, Money Makers and Dj Worzel.
– Sunday, 20 Oct, also from 4 p.m., New Tricks, BANDido, Dj Nando and Déjà vu. All activities and the complete schedule will be available both on the social networks of the City Council of Torrox and through those of the organizing company, Birra & Art.
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Benamocarra Feria: Thur – Sun, October 17 to 20
Featuring free performances by Hermanos Ortigosa {Video Link}, Jesús Piña, Los Mojinos Escozíos and Astola & Ratón.
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Concert: Coraxalia choir, Monday 21 October, 17:00
In the Hogar del Pensionista, Mezquitilla.
Coraxalia multi-national Choir welcomes new singers. New term starts Thursday 19th September at 5.30. We rehearse on Thursdays, 17:30 – 20:00 in the Casa Hermandad de la Cofradía de los Estudiantes, Plaza de los Sastres, 1, CP 29700 Vélez-Málaga, near San Juan Church and the Language School. Parking nearby at the San Francisco market (1 euro). Some car sharing from Nerja and Torrox. For more information please contact 657951755 (English) or 653150058 (Spanish).
Email: mariordan@aol.com
Please note that you may join Coraxalia at any point in the Term time. Don’t hesitate to give us a call!
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FREE Concert- Internationally known guitarist Juan Ramón Caro performs at Rincón de la Victoria for the 50th anniversary of the Cueva del Tesoro:
Friday, October 18 at 8:00 p.m. at the Benagalbón Folklore Center with free access until capacity is reached.
Info: https://www.malaga.es/culturama/2157/com1_fb-4/com1_ct-0/com1_md-3/com1_md3_cd-53490/juan-ramon-caro & Video Link
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For Sale, 3 items:
– Electric Sabre saw for cutting branches and smaller pieces of wood. 3 blades and carry case included. Good working order 20€
– 2x Heavy duty branch cutters with ratchet blades, extendable handles. Long saw branch cutter, extendable to 3m. 35€ for both
– 15tog king-size duvet and 1 pillow. Both new, still in bag 10€
Joy, Torrox, can meet at BP Garage or Lidl
WhatsApp 00447918246674, floodyjoy@gmail.com
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For Sale: Electric bed with wooden frame. 2 single mattresses. Possibly used a couple of times (we bought the bed with the house) but appears new. There is a chip of wood out on the wooden frame as shown in the photos. Buyer collects. €600. Michelle, Caleta De Vélez. +44 7950717044
Or email: meesharby@live.co.uk
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For Sale: GIANT Sedana DX Mans Bike. Had since New and In Good Condition. Front Suspension. Seat Suspension. 24 Gears.
195 Euros. Peter, Benajarafe. 608562180
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For Sale: One salt lamp, €5. Will put the second lamp with it as a freebie because it needs a new light bulb and fitting.
Mark. Torrox. Call or WhatsApp 617820002.
Email: marking41@yahoo co.uk
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Naturopath: Can anyone recommend a Naturopath around Nerja, Torrox, Torre Del Mar area please? Vera, Torrox Costa, 697293698
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SPAIN
Government to create a mandatory national registry of temporary, tourist and room rentals (all rentals of less than one year) to avoid frauds- you’ll need a gov’t issued ID number to offer short-term rentals on the internet!: {Translation}
– The Council of Ministers has taken this Tuesday the first step to create a state registry of temporary and tourist rentals to combat fraud. The Government has taken to public hearing the royal decree that will regulate this new tool, which aims to require that for a property to be marketed on digital platforms, it must be listed in the so-called Digital One-Stop Shop for Rentals. This registry will verify that the property meets all the legal requirements to operate as a vacation or seasonal rental and will provide an identification number essential to be able to advertise it on online platforms.
– “In practice, it will be impossible to market homes that do not comply with the regulations on the platforms,” said the Minister of Housing, Isabel Rodriguez {pic}, 
at the press conference following the Council of Ministers. Compliance with the law will be monitored through the new state platform in which homes that operate as tourist apartments or that are rented seasonally and by rooms will have to be registered. “It will be the owners of these properties who will have to go to the registry to request identification and there will be a period of 15 days to verify that the regulations are complied with,” he added.
– The new platform will be connected to the Land Registry. In the case of temporary rentals, it will be verified that there is a cause that justifies this type of contract – a displacement for example for work, studies, illness, etc. – and that the rented property is not the tenant’s usual residence. In the case of tourist apartments, they will have to have the pertinent licenses and comply with the corresponding regional and municipal regulations. Likewise, it will be verified that they are not located in a building where the neighbors’ community has vetoed the vacation rental. “We will be allies of the other administrations that have competence in housing,” said the minister.
– This new tool aims to provide administrations with information on rentals of less than one year’s duration – including tourist apartments, temporary rentals, rooms and even floating boats – to facilitate the prosecution of fraud. The Ministry of Housing has already asked for the collaboration of the autonomous communities in a Sectorial Conference held last May to move forward in this line and implement before the end of 2025 the so-called Digital One-Stop Shop for Leases.
– This new tool is an instrument designed under European regulations. The EU regulation on short-term rentals approved at the beginning of the year requires the creation of this One-Stop-Shop. “We will be the first EU country to develop the European regulation”, the minister assured. The final objective is that there will be a single register at European level. Therefore, Rodriguez has advanced that the Spanish platform will be connected in the future with the European ‘window’, whose creation is planned for mid-2026.
– Last week, the Government accelerated the procedures to move forward with the royal decree that will regulate this new tool, after having started the public consultation at the end of September, giving the green light to its processing by means of urgency. The minister herself, who recalled that temporary rentals were left out of the housing law passed in the last legislature, had anticipated that the regulation would be ready before the end of the year. Source, Spanish: https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/5643983/0/gobierno-da-primer-paso-crear-registro-estatal-alquileres-temporales-turisticos-habitaciones/
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The PP (right) says it has information about “cases of corruption that threaten the PSOE (left) and the Government”: {Translation}
– The PP spokesman, Borja Sémper {pic}, has assured this Tuesday that his party has “information” on “cases of corruption stalking the PSOE and the Government” 
and has predicted: “Everything is going to end up known”. This is what he said in statements to Catalunya Ràdio, after yesterday Monday the PP filed a complaint against the PSOE in the National Court for alleged crimes of illegal financing, bribery and influence peddling in the Koldo case.
– According to Sémper, “we are at the beginning of knowing the details of a plot that has many international and national implications”. “I can assure you that we have information”, said Sémper, before adding: ‘Many people are calling us, many businessmen, many people from the Government’s entourage, who have had dealings with the Government, telling us many things’.
– The first thing the PP does with this information, he explained, is to “filter it” and contrast it to confirm its veracity and, from there, decide what steps to take. “What we are not going to do is to stand idly by, especially when the Government does not give explanations,” said the PP spokesman, for whom ‘it is hardly credible’ that the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, ‘was absolutely unaware of what were the wanderings of the number two of his party, who was José Luis Ábalos’.
– In his opinion, “there are more than solid arguments and justifications to ask for a resignation” to Sánchez, who “closes in on himself” without giving “explanations”. “Pedro Sánchez is the only leader of the modern era capable of enduring in the Government without budgets, without a parliamentary majority and harassed by corruption cases”, he has denounced, which in his opinion makes the President of the Government ‘an absolutely irregular politician in relation to everything known’.
– According to Sémper, “any president of the Government, if he detects that he does not have a parliamentary majority or does not have sufficient stability”, he would consider “calling elections”.
Sémper has also lashed out against Sánchez’s investiture partners, who “are having a hard time reacting” to the information on the Koldo case. But “what today is silence” in the ranks of Sumar, ERC, PNV and Junts, “with the passage of weeks will become a crying shame and they will have to react,” he predicted.
Source, Spanish: https://andaluciainformacion.es/andalucia/1783719/el-pp-dice-tener-informacion-sobre-casos-de-corrupcion-que-acechan-al-psoe-y-al-gobierno/
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Commies Finally Get One Right- Sumar (communist) responds to the PSOE (socialist, far right) that the PSOE proposed rental bonus only makes sense if rent prices are capped: “If not, it is nothing but a windfall for landlords”: {Translation, summary}
– Sumar’s spokesperson, Íñigo Errejón, criticized this Tuesday that the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, responded to the demonstration on housing with measures that go in the wrong direction. One of them, the extension of the Young Rental Bonus, which is a “bizum”, he said at a press conference, money going directly into the pockets of landlords. “If you cap rental prices and help young people with a bonus, you are guaranteeing that that money goes to young people. If you don’t cap the prices, what you do is give public money directly to the landlords,” the spokesperson said at a press conference in Congress. Source, Spanish: https://www.eldiario.es/politica/ultima-hora-actualidad-politica-directo_6_11733144_1109892.html
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Spain rejects proposal of the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, creating migrant detention centers outside the EU, and defends a “humanitarian” solution: {Translation}
– Spain’s government is against the proposal of the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, to create deportation centers for migrants outside EU territory, which will be put on the table at the summit of leaders to be held this Thursday and Friday in Brussels. Gov’t spokesperson, and Minister of Education, Vocational Training and Sports, Pilar Alegría (PSOE) {pic}, has set 
Spain’s “position against” and has defended the application of the Pact on Migration and Asylum in a “humanitarian and supportive” way.
– This is a measure that is already being carried out by the Italian Government of Giorgia Meloni with deportations of migrants to Albania, and that Von der Leyen now defends as an “innovative” solution in terms of migration for the rest of the EU countries. She has made this known to the various heads of state and government of the member countries in a letter sent just before the summit that will bring them together this week.
– “Spain has expressed its position against contemplating the creation of these centers and we will continue to defend the application of solidarity of the Pact on Migration and Asylum,” said the minister spokeswoman at the press conference after the Council of Ministers. In this sense, she defended that the Sanchez government advocates for “regular and safe” migration channels and assured that it will continue to work with the countries of origin and transit against “the mafias that traffic in people”. According to the minister spokesperson, these are the policies that are “working” and that have managed to stop 40% of irregular departures from these countries. {40%? Can we see some proof of that please? Can you please explain how you count things that haven’t happened? -Ed}
– The deportation measure already applied by Meloni and to be discussed this week among the different Member States follows the path marked by other EU countries, including France and Germany, which are asking for concrete plans to “speed up expulsions”. These deportation centers are also willingly accepted by Viktor Orbán. The Hungarian prime minister made this clear last week in the European Parliament. “The only migration that doesn’t stay is the one that doesn’t come in,” he said.
– The leader of the PP, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, traveled less than a month ago to Italy to learn first-hand about the migration policy proposed by Meloni. And although he praised it and was in favor of a European alliance against irregular migration among the countries of southern Europe, he did not take a position on this specific measure. Without specifying his opinion, he expressed the Popular Party’s roadmap as follows: “We are being absolutely respectful with regular migration and we are going to be forceful in avoiding that the mafias that traffic people can use them to do business”. Source, Spanish: https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/5644113/0/gobierno-rechaza-crear-centros-detencion-migrantes-fuera-ue-defiende-una-solucion-humanitaria/
ANDALUCÍA
Government accuses Junta de Andalucia of “incompetence” and “breaking promises” in drought management: {Translation}
– While waiting for the long-awaited rains to arrive, the extreme drought continues to mark the political agenda in Malaga, with an incessant crossing of accusations between the two main administrations called to seek solutions to the pressing situation. The Junta de Andalucía, competent in the matter of water management in the Andalusian Mediterranean Basin, and the central government, which manages two thirds of the regional territory, with the Hydrographic Demarcation of the Guadalquivir, which depends on the State, point fingers at each other while little progress is seen.
– The subdelegate of the central government in the province, Javier Salas {pic}, has lashed out harshly on Monday against the “lack of management, incompetence and 
unfulfilled promises” of the regional executive presided over by Juan Manuel Moreno Bonilla (PP). “They come late in their responsibilities, they are dedicated to set up offices against dictatorships in Latin America, when here we have very serious problems in health and education and the Board looks the other way,” said the head of the Socialist Government of Pedro Sanchez in Malaga in Almáchar.
– “Moreno Bonilla has a totally incompetent attitude on the issue of drought, has not made major actions in recent years and, above all, the Junta have broken big promises such as portable desalination plants, which are neither here nor expected,” said Salas, who stressed that the administrations have to ‘take action, with determination’. In his opinion, the Board “avoids its responsibilities”. “The only firm commitment in Malaga is put by the Government of Spain with the hundred million for the desalination plant of the Axarquia,” said the deputy delegate of the Government in his appearance before the media, in which he reiterated that they expect the drafting of the project of the future desalination plant in the eastern region ”will be ready for the first of the year.” “We continue advancing so that it will be a reality in a few years”, he added.* (See note below)
– For subdelegate Javier Salas, “the Board has decided to look the other way and now they will start with more restrictions, which the people of Malaga must endure while the tourists have not had them, there is a lack of planning, commitment and work of Juanma Moreno Bonilla, who does not work for the province and who continues to ignore his responsibilities”. Source, Spanish: https://www.diariosur.es/axarquia/gobierno-acusa-junta-incompetencia-incumplir-promesas-gestion-20241014163544-nt.html
* {This is misleading, there have been serious, and some would say unnecessary/avoidable delays created by both the Junta and the Sanchez gov’t. -Ed.}
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More than a third of Andalusians are at risk of poverty: {Translation, summary}
– Andalusia continues to be at the bottom of Spain in indicators of material scarcity. There are 3.2 million Andalusians who are at risk of poverty or social exclusion, a number which represents 37.5% of the population of the autonomous community, more than a third of the total. This proportion is the highest in Spain as a whole, followed by the Canary Islands (34%) and Extremadura (33%). Andalusia ranks worst in three other of the five main indicators of poverty in the country.
– The president of the Andalusian Network to Combat Poverty and Social Exclusion (EAPN-A), Juan Luis Delcán, presented this Tuesday the report for 2023, which shows an increase of 1.7% on the percentage at risk of poverty compared to 2022, about 174,000 more people in the Arope rate, which is the indicator that assesses the risk of social exclusion. According to Delcán, the conclusions of the report are “insufficient to meet the objectives of the 2030 Agenda”, which were to halve the Arope rate in 2015. To achieve this, some 540,000 people should have been lifted out of the risk of poverty and social exclusion. For now, the trend is the opposite.
– Another indicator highlighted by the report is the poverty rate, a parameter in which Andalusia also has the highest percentage in Spain, 30.5%, 10.3 points higher than the national average (20.2%) and an increase of 1.4% compared to 2022. This figure indicates that there are 140,000 more people who have an income below the poverty line, according to figures collected by the Efe agency.
– Extreme poverty falls but critical material deprivation rises
There is another indicator, the extreme poverty rate, which measures the percentage of people living in households with a maximum income of 611 euros. The proportion of Andalusians who have less than 611 euros per month is 13%, 1.5 points less than the previous year.
– The number of people who, without being poor, are in a situation of material deprivation has increased compared to the 2022 report, rising by 1.3% and reaching 1,081,748 people. This parameter identifies people who cannot keep the house at an adequate temperature or those who cannot afford to eat meat, chicken or fish at least once every two days. In both cases, the Andalusian data have worsened in recent years.
– 57% do not make ends meet. More than half of Andalusians, 57% of the population, experience difficulties in making ends meet, an increase of 2.5%, while the poverty rate is much higher in households with minors, 39%, with a difference of 18.4 points with respect to the rest. Among children and adolescents, this rate is 42.5%, an increase of 4.4 points over the previous year’s values, and the highest of all age groups, which shows that the younger the age, the higher the risk of poverty.
– As for pensioners, of the 1,653,198 pensions received in Andalusia, 43% (more than two out of every five) receive a pension whose amount does not exceed the poverty threshold (less than 785 euros) and 16% have an income below severe poverty (less than 520 euros).
– Housing and the rising cost of living. The poverty rate also increases sharply in rural areas (up 8.8 points), with a percentage in rural areas of 40% and in urban areas of 29%, which breaks the relative equality that had been occurring since 2016. The indicators are also higher for women, with a poverty rate this year of 30% compared to 28.2 for men, and an Arope rate three points higher (39% compared to 36%), reflecting a “more than real structural inequality towards women”.
– The rise in the cost of living due to inflation and, especially, the high cost of housing, have become the main factors generating poverty. In 2023, in Andalusia an average of 18% of income was spent on housing, but the population living in poverty spent almost twice as much, 32%.
– Delcan has pointed out that all these indicators represent a “worrying worsening” of the situation in the community and stressed that “in terms of social rights and quality of life, there is no room for retreat at any level of competence”. “It is urgent to increase and strengthen social protection policies,” said the head of EAPN Andalusia, which has called for the ‘necessary’ implementation of an Andalusian Pact to Combat Poverty, which has the consensus of the groups with parliamentary representation. Source, Spanish: https://www.malagahoy.es/andalucia/tercio-andaluces-riesgo-pobreza_0_2002566350.html
MALAGA CITY
Another Fake-Police Robbery: {Translation, summary}
– A family has suffered a movie-like robbery in their home, in Carretera de Cádiz. The perpetrators allegedly posed as police officers to break into the home of the 
victims, who were held at gunpoint and handcuffed with the intention of stealing jewelry. It happened last Sunday, October 13, around 20:30, in an eighth floor flat in Malaga. An elderly couple and their daughter were inside the building when the criminals knocked on the door. On the other side were two men who identified themselves as policemen.
– Under this pretext the door was opened and the thieves gained entry the house. Once inside the property, bringing out a pistol, they allegedly held the family at gunpoint and immobilized the victims, using violence to get their loot. Apparently, the thieves searched through the family’s belongings until they found some jewelry in one of the rooms, which they stole; the value is not known at the moment.
– After the robbery, the perpetrators left the house and the Emergency Service 112 Andalusia were alerted of a violent robbery. Mother and daughter, aged 78 and 55 years, respectively, had to be treated by doctors at the scene, although it was not necessary to transfer them to a hospital. No arrests have been made, the investigation continues.
– Another fake-police robbery occurred 19 Sept., when a Chinese businessman was robbed of €80,000 in Mijas by assailants in uniforms. The Civil Guard, for the moment, is maintaining an investigation to identify and locate those responsible.
Source, Spanish: https://www.malagahoy.es/malaga/atracan-familia-pistola-malaga-policias-casa-robo-joyas_0_2002562486.html
VÉLEZ-MÁLAGA
New Water Cuts Update- Water restrictions in Velez-Malaga area increased by another half an hour daily, just 2 days after drought committee said no new cuts: {Translation, summary}
– Water restrictions are increasing in Velez-Malaga. Since last Sunday another half hour of daily cut supply has been instituted in virtually all urban areas of the municipality.
– The restrictions have fluctuated in times and areas, but they have never dropped below seven hours a day. However, after the summer months par excellence, July and August, in which they had remained at this figure, from 00:00 to 7:00 a day, since mid-September the situation became considerably complicated, by increasing by two hours, from 10:30 p.m. to 7:30 a.m.
– However, after the last meeting of the Drought Committee, held last Thursday in Malaga, in which it was agreed to reduce the maximum amount of water available 
from 200 to 180 liters per inhabitant per day, the Veleño City Council and the concessionaire company Aqualia have now decided to increase the daily cutoff range by another 30 minutes. In this way, as reported by the Consistory through social networks, the hours of the restrictions are, as of Sunday, from 10:00 p.m. to 7:30 a.m.
– Specifically, the cuts reach Vélez-Málaga, Torre del Mar, Caleta, Baviera Golf, Almayate, Benajarafe and Chilches Pueblo and Costa. “If there is any modification during the week it will be communicated.
– This situation will remain until this coming Sunday, October 20, when the City Council and Aqualia are scheduled to update the cutting schedules and areas again.
– The City Council has been insisting on asking for “apologies for the situation” that is generating the extreme drought suffered by the eastern region. “The cuts are made on an ad hoc basis in the more than 30 deposits of which our municipality is supplied,” explained from the Consistory veleño, while detailing that ”the cutting schedule may undergo variations caused by the availability of water and the time needed for each tank to have enough water.” “From the City Council we apologize for the inconvenience of these measures and we will work to cause the least possible inconvenience to users, hoping that the situation can improve very soon,” they add.
– Social media commenter N. Kristensen laments the substantial change compared to the summer. “What a shame that there weren’t the same restrictions throughout the summer when there were many tourists wasting a lot of water.” Source, Spanish: https://www.diariosur.es/axarquia/aumentan-media-hora-diaria-restricciones-agua-velezmalaga-20241014092723-nt.html
{Note: Here’s an idea. Tourist accommodations should pay double, or even triple, water bills – paid to the water company and applied to offset resident’s bills as compensation for the inconveniences residents suffer partially due to tourist water usage. This should NOT collected as a gov’t tax where the money will disappear down the Junta rabbit hole never to be seen again. This could be done almost immediately, as the Junta is currently negotiating a “tourist tax” bill. This “tourist water surcharge” plan could be included in the new law. Considering the current, wildly inflationary prices in the holiday rental market, I see no reason for residents to suffer so holiday rental speculators benefit. I had to go all summer without night showers to cool off, in a summer where the night temps rarely dropped below 25C, so some tourist could have access to a pool that is closed half the day! Not cool! -Ed.}
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Five arrested and more than 300 vehicle controls to stop robberies in the countryside in Vélez-Málaga: {Translation, summary}
– The Local Police, the Civil Guard and the National Police launch a coordinated operation to stop the thefts in the middle of the mango harvesting campaign.
– Fruit theft, especially in drought times with lower production, continues to be one of the main concerns of farmers. Everything turns into fleas for a skinny dog, the saying goes. For this reason, public administrations have made a special effort this year to control theft in the countryside. To this end, the so-called Operations Plan for Prevention and Reaction to the Theft of Agricultural Products (POPRA) has been implemented in Vélez-Málaga, the municipality with the largest area under cultivation of mangoes and avocados.
– Thus, since the middle of last August, the City Council has advanced controls on the roads that connect the crop farms with the exits of the municipality. To date, 306 vehicle checks have been carried out, 18 identifications have been made and five arrests have been made, according to the Council’s balance sheet, made public this Monday. Source, Spanish: https://www.diariosur.es/sucesos/cinco-detenidos-300-controles-vehiculos-frenar-robos-20241014122705-nt.html
SEVILLA
No-Go Zones In Sevilla! Violent crime is so far out of control even Local Police need escorts- National Police will escort the Local Police & city workers in Las Tres Mil in Seville: {Translation, summary}
– The Local Police has decided that in two hot spots it will be taking advantage of the recent deployment of additional National Police in Sevilla, and will request their escort before entering the no-go zones; it will also do so for the workers of Tussam and Lipasam (public transport & cleaning services).
– “The lack of public safety in the neighborhood of Las Tres Mil Viviendas is addressed with specific police actions and these have to be planned by the Ministry of Interior”. This has been expressed by the mayor of Seville, José Luis Sanz. He said, “The problem in these neighborhoods requires the effort of all levels of administrations, but the critical problem we face now is of immediate public safety for residents and workers, and this use of National Police assistance has to be managed by the Ministry of Interior.” That is why he hopes to obtain a “message of unity” after the meeting, assuring that “forceful police actions are necessary, which is what the neighbors are asking for”.
– When municipal services are being carried out in these neighborhoods, the Local Police will alert the National Police to accompany the municipal services operators. “Sweepers and other machinery will enter only with police escorts, but it remains in any case too risky for manual sweepers on foot,” the mayor has confirmed.
– Sanz has confirmed that “… if there are no concrete police actions, the problem has no solution.” In this line, he recalled that for “years” they have been asking the Commissioner of Polígono Sur to “fix the problem of public safety”. Source, Spanish: https://andaluciainformacion.es/andalucia/1784006/la-policia-nacional-escoltara-a-la-local-en-dos-puntos-de-las-tres-mil-de-sevilla/
HEALTH
The SAS waiting times will be brought to the Prosecutor’s Office for damaging the rights of patients: {Translation}
– The Mesa de Defensa de la Sanidad Pública (MDSP) of Granada will formalize a complaint this week before the Public Prosecutor’s Office to ask it to investigate whether the waiting times of the Andalusian Health Service (SAS) violate the rights of patients to adequate healthcare.
– The Board has announced that it will formalize the complaint next Thursday, as it considers that the long waiting times put the lives of Andalusians at risk and holds the Andalusian Health Service (SAS) responsible for the consequences of these delays. In a statement, the Mesa por la Sanidad Pública has explained that delays affecting consultations and diagnostic tests can have “serious, irreversible and even fatal” consequences when they lead to delays in diagnoses or treatments for serious pathologies.
– With this argument, they have maintained that the current attention of the SAS could violate the fundamental rights of people to health protection and adequate and timely health care. According to the Coordinadora de Mareas Blancas de Andalucía, the average time to obtain a complete diagnosis can range between 10 and 16 months, which would exceed a “reasonable standard” for effective healthcare. She added that in cases of serious pathologies, such as cancer, waiting times often mean the difference between life and death. “We believe that the legality of these circumstances should be subject to a competent review, bearing in mind that this same particular cause has been constitutive of a crime in individual cases according to recent court rulings,” the Bureau added in a statement. Source, Spanish: https://andaluciainformacion.es/andalucia/1784388/llevaran-a-fiscalia-los-tiempos-de-espera-del-sas-por-danar-los-derechos-de-los-pacientes/
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Korean Conflict Intensifies:
– North Korea blows up inter-Korean road, rail lines near border.
– North Korea has laid landmines, barriers on border.
– North accuses South of sending drones over Pyongyang.
– North Korea blew up sections of inter-Korean roads and rail lines on its side of the heavily fortified border between the two Koreas on Tuesday, prompting South Korea’s military to fire warning shots.
Pyongyang said last week it would cut off the inter-Korean roads and railways entirely and further fortify the areas on its side of the border as part of its push for a “two-state” system scrapping its longstanding goal of unification.
– At around midday on Tuesday, some northern parts of road and rail lines connected to the South were destroyed, the South’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said. Seoul’s unification ministry, which handles cross-border affairs, condemned the incident as a clear violation of past inter-Korean agreements, calling it “highly abnormal.” “It is deplorable that North Korea is repeatedly conducting such regressive behaviour,” ministry spokesperson Koo Byoung-sam told a briefing.
– Tensions mounted after the North last week accused Seoul of sending drones over Pyongyang. North Korea said the drones scattered a “huge number” of anti-North leaflets, and Kim Yo Jong, leader Kim Jong Un’s powerful sister, warned on Tuesday that Seoul would “pay a dear price”.
– South Korea’s government has declined to say whether the South Korean military or civilians had flown the alleged drones.
– The two Koreas have also clashed over balloons of trash floated since May from North Korea. Pyongyang has said the launches are a response to balloons sent by anti-regime activists in the South. Full article: https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/north-korea-blows-up-parts-inter-korean-roads-its-side-s-korean-military-says-2024-10-15/
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