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Hotel Grand Teguise Playa Trophy

On 7th August, Las Palmeras Golf Society was sponsored by the Hotel Grand Teguise Playa for a long-awaited tournament that had been postponed twice because of the pandemic. A record number of golfers competed eagerly for two great prizes: a…

Why is Spain being hit so hard?

While Lanzarote and the Canaries appear to be successfully slowing down the second wave of coronavirus, it is still rising alarmingly in Spain as a whole. Why is the coronavirus taking such a toll on this country in particular? Yesterday…

The tide is high

If you’re going to the beach today, you’d better nab a spot early. That’s because just after three o' clock this afternoon, the highest tide of the year will occur, leaving precious little space on many beaches. The autumn equinox…

Lanzarote Shape up for 2020/21

51-year-old Josu Uribe will be leading the Rojillos into their 2020/21 campaign. The veteran manager from the Asturias region of north-east Spain has had many highlights during his 30 years as a coach, most notably in 2002/03 when he led UD…

Spain battles to maintain vaccine trust

A recent survey has claimed that almost  a third of Spaniards (32%) would be happy to get a Covid-19 vaccine tomorrow. Another third would be favourable towards receiving a vaccine, but are worried about the adequacy of testing or being used…

Covid coming under control

Lanzarote and the Canaries continue to make promising progress in slowing down new coronavirus infection rates. However, with four deaths the total of fatalities on the islands has now reached 202. On the Canaries as a whole, the total…

Volcano Lady

Today is the feast day of Our Lady of the Volcanoes, the patron of Lanzarote. It's Lanzarote's principal public holiday, and still an important event despite the cancellation of this year's fiesta because of the Covid-19 pandemic.   Nuestra…

Face to Face: Jesús Machín, Mayor of Tinajo

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Tinajo is the third-largest municipality on Lanzarote, but the second least-populated, with just 6,279 residents at the last census. Stretching from the volcanoes of Timanfaya in the west to the sandy desert region of El Jable in the east; from the wild coastline of the north to the wine fields of La Geria in the south, it's perhaps the most typically "Lanzarote" of all the municipalities.

8th death as new cases slow down

A 60-year old man became the eighth victim of the coronavirus pandemic on Lanzarote yesterday. The man, who suffered from preexisting conditions, is the second victim of the virus in the second wave of the pandemic on the island. The…

Figures fall as 86 recover

As Lanzarote and the Canaries registered large increases in new cases over recent weeks, the fear was that many of those cases would deteriorate, involving hospitalisations and deaths. However, the amount of hospitalisations has remained…