Review of 2021
2021 began with the promise of hope, but Lanzarote would be forced to walk some hard, hard miles before things started to improve.
Entries by Gazette Life
Here come the Kings!
There will only be one official parade for Three Kings Day tomorrow, and it will take place in Arrecife. However, Their Majesties Melchor, Gaspar and Baltasar will be carrying out whistle-stop tours of the rest of the island throughout the day.
Covid Certificates
The rules on the EU Covid certificate have been updated to take into account the booster jab campaign.
Tragic year end
Two men died on Lanzarote’s roads over the Christmas periods, and another is missing and presumed dead after appearing to have gone bathing in a hazardous area.
The Sixth Wave
Lanzarote’s experienced with the new wave of Covid has so far followed the pattern shown throughout most of Spain, in which record case numbers are being registered, but hospital occupation is far lower than ever before.
Reducto to be traffic free
The pedestrianization of the stretch of Arrecife’s seafront that is in front of Playa Reducto could take place later this year. Arrecife Ayuntamiento have commissioned a €61,000 project to assess and plan the works.
Curfew rejected
There will be no curfew tonight after the Canarian Supreme Court rejected the Canarian Government’s application to prohibit circulation in the early hours of January 1st.
Quarantine reduced
Spain has reduced the quarantine period for those testing positive for Covid-19 from ten days to seven days. The decision was taken by the Spanish Government after a meeting with regional leaders.
Making a difference
Aduén Morales García is a powerhouse. The young man from Argana Alta in Arrecife is one of the directors of the litter-collecting charity Lanzarote Limpia, a director of the Argana Alta Residents’ Movement, Vice President of the Unión Norte Canarian wrestling club in Haría and a volunteer for Cáritas and a prisoners’ reinsertion charity. We were lucky enough to grab him just before an important meeting at the Cabildo.
Flashback to 2020 – Lockdown Memories
In our January issue we usually focus on the events of the past year. But last year offered one event that was so unexpected, so shocking and so unforgetable that everything else pales in comparison: Lockdown.