Entries by Gazette Life

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.

03/01/2022 by
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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.

02/01/2022 by

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.

01/01/2022 by

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.

31/12/2021 by

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.

30/12/2021 by

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.

29/12/2021 by

Spain considers quarantine reduction

The Spanish Government will meet with regional representatives today to discuss the possibility of reducing the quarantine period observed by those who test positive for Covid. Meanwhile, in the Canaries, booster jabs are now available to the over-40s.

29/12/2021 by

Do it locally!

If there’s one person who enjoyed the coronavirus crisis, it’s Jeff Bezos. The Amazon owner has seen the value of his company shoot up, as people do their shopping online.

28/12/2021 by