THE Guardia Civil in Calpe have arrested nine people in connection with a number of house robberies in the Marina Alta and Valencia. The Guardia started their operation after there was a surge in burglaries last year, predominantly on affluent urbanisations. House owners in Beniarbeig, Benidoleig, Benimeli, Rafolde Alumnia, Sagra, Tormos and Orba were all victims as well as Els Poblets and Monte...
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UNIVERSITY students from Barcelona and Valencia gathered together in Denia last week to launch their participation in a new Europe wide project aimed at tacking the issue of plastic waste in the Mediterranean Sea. The Medsealitter project brings together the students, who are studying biodiversity and biology, with fishermen’s associations, marine users and NGOs to study the problem and produce...
THE Compromis list of political hopefuls for the local elections in Lliber is the first in the Marina Alta to consist entirely of female candidates, as leader Andrea Kruithof is joined by eight other women in the small inland municipality. The opposition PP has a more controversial list which includes two candidates who were heavily involved in the Lliber housing scandal earlier this century as well as...
BENITATXELL was the venue for the fifth over 65 Olympiad, attracting pensioners from all over the Marina Alta. 350 people took part, 80% of them female in an unseasonally warm May afternoon. This failed to stop them taking part in the various pursuits including throwing the basketball and dancing. Everyone agreed it was a good day with next year’s aim being to try and encourage more male athletes to...
THIS Wednesday 15 May there is a ghostly guided tour of Javea’s historic centre, dramatised in English. The tour-guide spectre travels the town’s ancient streets, pointing out the sites from his long ago youth and that of his own dead ancestors, including the Crown Prince of Aragon and the pirates that used to be such a part of the town. He also takes you to and talks about the parts of Javea from...
DENIA mayor Vicent Grimalt has defended his position after it emerged that the production company that makes the Spanish version of “Masterchef” was paid €18,000 from the town’s annual budget. As reported in the “Weekender” at the time the popular programme was filmed in the Marina Alta town at the start of April. However earlier this week the opposition PP criticised the payment after...
CARELINE Theatre’s Spring production will be “Wards, Waifs and Alleyrats” (not “Aristocats” as previously advertised). The show is to be held on 31 May at 8pm and Saturday 1 June at 3pm and 8pm. To reserve tickets you can call the Box Office on 605 181 726 or e-mail carelineboxoffice@gmail.com. Tickets are €12 for adults and €10 for children. For more information about the Alcalali based...
FOR those who haven’t come across them, a coca is a Valencian dish, an open flat-bread with a variety of toppings. Some might say that it is similar to a small pizza (but never say that to an authentic coca chef). This years National Coca Contest was held in Oliva last Sunday, a town where the snack is especially popular. The winner was chef Francesca Server from local restaurant Oasis who made a wheat...
LAST Sunday a group of hikers had a trek along the dry river bed of the River Gorgos, an event organised by the Javea branch of the left wing political party Podemos. The idea was to reclaim the route as a “greenway”, a leisure space and one for everyone to enjoy. While everyone agreed that much of the flora and fauna was spectacular there were also, sadly, large amounts of rubbish and recently...
LAST Friday was Javea’s Calvary celebrations when the image of Jesus of Nazareth is returned to its home in the hermitage for another year. For the first time in its 252 years, this time a woman was one of the carriers, a local Javea resident called Chus. Unlike some of the drawn out debates about whether woman should be taking part in traditionally male pursuits, Chus simply asked if she could join in...