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by Buzzers - 2 years ago

Uga Roundabout Update

The president of the Cabildo de Lanzarote, María Dolores Corujo, accompanied by the island councilor for Public Works, Alfredo Mendoza, made a visit to the Uga roundabout works on the LZ-30 road on Monday morning, coming from La Geria, in order to supervise the status of these actions and check the...

by Buzzers - 2 years ago

Carlos Manrique, César's Brother, Dies at 96

This Sunday, Carlos Manrique passed away at the age of 96. He had been hospitalised for a long time due to heart problems, having to be transferred to Las Palmas, for an intervention in which two stents were placed. He died after returning to Lanzarote again due to other complications. Carlos was...

by Buzzers - 2 years ago

Turtle Rescue in Arrecife

An Arrecife local policeman jumped into the water and managed to rescue the turtle. Arrecife Local Police have rescued this Friday morning a turtle that was "disoriented and adrift, with a sack that imprisoned its head and with obvious symptoms of malnutrition." The events took place in the mari...

by Buzzers - 2 years ago

Property Transfer Tax Increases Makes Buying Houses More Expensive

Since January 1st, it is more expensive to buy a house on the islands after modifying the Cadastre the reference price of real estate, which is used as the tax base in the Property Transfer Tax and the Documented Legal Acts Tax. People are going to pay more when buying a home because since Januar...

by Buzzers - 2 years ago

Body Found at Charco del Palo

One of the boats that were combing the coast in the vicinity of Charco del Palo has located the lifeless body of the man who disappeared on Wednesday, when he jumped into the water to try to get a bundle of drugs that was floating in the sea.Bad weather conditions had complicated the search, prevent...

by Buzzers - 2 years ago

We Are Not Here For Carnivals!

Those are the words of Jesús Machín the mayor of Tinajo. "I criticize those who do not help, and if the ones who do not help are from the Canary Coalition, then I criticize them, that is clear." After learning that the Arrecife City Council has asked the Health Dept to remove the covid restricti...

by Buzzers - 2 years ago

Haze Causes Problems at Lanzarote Airport

The haze which begun this Sunday afternoon has caused problems at Lanzarote airport. Two flights from England have had to go around in a circle before landing at César Manrique due to lack of visibility, as reported by the Air Controllers on their Twitter account. Specifically, it was two plan...

by Buzzers - 2 years ago

Cancer, Diabetes, Stroke, Health System Under Pressure

The pandemic has not only claimed the lives of more than a thousand people on the islands since March 2020, but it is also affecting the quality of life of thousands of chronic patients and delaying early diagnosis of all kinds of ailments. “We are very aware that the current situation of the pandem...

by Buzzers - 2 years ago

Bad Car Crash Near Mácher

Four people have been injured, one of them seriously, in a head-on collision between two vehicles on the LZ-2 at the top of Mácher. The accident took place around 4:15 p.m. on Friday, January 14th. The health personnel have evaluated the injured, a 20-year-old man with a serious abdominal trauma...

by Buzzers - 2 years ago

Molina Orosa Hospital Prepares for the Worst

The manager of the Molina Orosa Hospital in Lanzarote confirmed that with the tsunami of Covid 19 infections that the island suffers, the hospital pressure has begun to strain. José Luis Aparicio pointed out this Wednesday in Café de Periodistas that not only are the beds filled with Covid patients...

by Buzzers - 2 years ago

Molina Orosa Now Has 20 patients with Covid, Three of Them in ICU

The number of patients admitted to the Molina Orosa Hospital continues to grow, although not at the rate at which infections are reported on the island. Monday afternoon there were 20 hospitalised patients, which is two more than three days ago. Of these patients, 17 remain on the ward and thre...

by Buzzers - 2 years ago

Level 3 Restrictions For Covid

Lanzarote and La Graciosa start this Monday at alert level 3. Measures and restrictions at alert level 3With this change in level, the measures established for this alert level 3 in Decree Law 11/2021, of September 2, on measures for the control and management of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Canary...

by Buzzers - 2 years ago

Lanzarote and La Graciosa Rise to Covid Alert Level 3

Lanzarote and La Graciosa rise to alert level 3, this has been announced by the Minister of Health, Blas Trujillo, at the press conference after the extraordinary council of Government. Other islands that change level are Tenerife which rises to four and La Palma to level three. The rest of the isla...

by Buzzers - 2 years ago

Engine Burned When Leaving Lanzarote

A Condor plane that took off at noon this Friday from Lanzarote airport has suffered a fire in one of the engines, which has forced it to make an emergency landing in Fuerteventura. The flight was heading to Hamburg, Germany, but has been diverted to the neighbouring island after the flames were de...

by Buzzers - 2 years ago

The Cost of Electricity Exceeds 200 Euros

The average price of electricity in the wholesale market this Friday will be 215.86 euros / MWh, which is the sixth consecutive day of increases and will once again exceed the level of 210 euros per megawatt hour (MWh), by the second time so far this year. Specifically, the 'pool' will register f...