Entries by Gazette Life

Clean Sweep!

Lanzarote Limpia is an organisation that has been doing wonders raising awareness of Lanzarote’s magnificent natural landscapes and how human negligence is damaging them. Last month, they organised a clean-up around the pechiguera lighthouse in Playa Blanca, and we went along to join them.

06/06/2021 by

Canarian holiday bonus plan

The Canarian Government has announced that it is working on a Canarian Holiday Bonus that will subsidise the holidays of Canarian residents who take their holiday on the islands.

06/06/2021 by

Forever amber

The British government yesterday announced that all of Spain, including the Canaries, would remain on its amber list for the next three weeks, dashing the hopes of those who had hoped that tourism would be given the opportunity to open up in June.

04/06/2021 by

Emergency Control

Enrique Espinosa has been in charge of Lanzarote’s Emergency Services Consortium for ten years. Located in the fire station in Arrecife, the consortium is the nerve centre of all emergency responses on Lanzarote. We spoke to Enrique last month.

03/06/2021 by

Postal protest

Lanzarote postal workers yesterday took to the streets of Arrecife to protest against what they claim is the deliberate dismantling of the postal service by its management.

03/06/2021 by

New Covid law proposed

Spain’s Health Minister, Carolina Darias, yesterday presented proposals for a new law that will govern how all Spain’s regions deal with the coronavirus until 70% of the target population are vaccinated.

02/06/2021 by

Flag it up!

Today is Canary Islands Day, so we’ll attempt to solve a mystery that several social media addicts have noticed: the Canarian Flag emoji.

30/05/2021 by