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Articles and Features from - Issue Number - 253 - dated Thursday 21 February, 2008
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Sun Spots and News Round-up

* British expatriates will soon be able to have a flutter at the bookies as Spain relaxes its strict betting laws. The regional governments in Madrid and the Basque country have become the first to take advantage of the change in rules that banned bookmakers from the high street. Other regional administrations are expected to follow their lead.
*Tenerife’s tourism website, www.webtenerife.com, had more than two million visitors last year, up 68 per cent on the previous year. Information on accommodation got the most hits, followed by beaches and weather. Spaniards made up more than half the site’s visitors.
*The ruling Coalición Canaria in Santiago del Teide will present a motion at the next council meeting to rename Avenida General Franco, Avenida de la Iglesia. The main street in Santiago del Teide town was called, Camino de la Iglesia before the civil war that brought Franco to power in Spain. .
 
 
    
*Tour operator Thomas Cook has tipped Tenerife as a holiday hotspot over the Easter holiday. People considering an Easter break were advised to book their flights, hotels and other parts of their holiday early to ensure they get the destination and dates they want. Average spending on Easter breaks went up to £2,376 per booking last year, well up from £1,500 in 2006.
* A LOCAL trader’s tip-off sparked a police surveillance operation and arrest of four people in Los Cristianos for passing fake banknotes. Three of the four, believed to live locally, were remanded in custody and €4,000 in fake notes was recovered.
*Career guidance for young people will be on offer at a Youth Employment Fayre in Santiago del Teide if Oliver Socas gets his way. The leader of the Partido Popular in Santiago del Teide says such a scheme would help redress lack of information in the area about job opportunities, especially in the rapidly advancing technological world..
   

Any old bones?
 

As part of their continuing medical awareness campaign, Tenerife Sur Lions Club have organised screening for osteoporosis at the Perfect Health Centre, Fañabe Plaza.
The screening sessions will take place at the centre on the second Thursday of every month between 10am and 5pm.
A specially reduced fee of €20 is payable on the day and will go towards Lions funds, enabling yet more schemes.
The sessions begin on Thursday, March 13 and a computer printout of the results is available immediately. For an appointment, phone 922 719625.

 

Prize art on show
 

TOP artist from Santa Cruz, Fran de Miguel, presents his latest intriguing collection of more than 20 works at La Finca del ARte, Chayofa from tomorrow, FRiday, February 22 until March 28.
The showing, called In Search of a Lost City, carries overtones of the legend of Atlantis, thought by many to be submerged near the Canary Islands.
The 43-year-old, whose distinctive work in oils, cement and other materials, producing a tactile effect, has received many awards internationally, including a prize for art from Juan Carlos, King of Spain.

 

Web crime crackdown
 

Spanish police have detained 76 people across the country in what officials described as their biggest-ever operation against internet fraud.
The suspects are estimated to have defrauded victims of more than €3 million.
Part of the scam involved offering expensive items like TVs and cars for sale online and then disappearing with the money without delivering the goods.
Others are accused of illegally obtaining the codes to online bank accounts and transferring the victim’s money to another account.
The majority of those detained, 47 of them, were Spanish. There were also five Ukrainians, five Guineans, four Romanians, two Russians and two Moroccans among the rest of those detained.
Police said internet fraud was increasing rapidly due to weak sentencing by the courts and the relative ease and knowledge needed to carry it out.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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