Day: November 29, 2014

Almeria hotel in hot water over refusal to allow Down’s kids to stay

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The Cabo de Gata Plaza Suites Hotel in El Toyo is in hot water with the courts after a Judge accepted a discrimination case over a refusal by the hotel to allow a group of children suffering from Downs Syndrome to stay at the hotel. Asociación Almeriense para Personas con Síndrome de Down (Asalsido) was trying to find a hotel for a school trip last year and contacted several hotels in the area for prices. Continue reading Almeria hotel in hot water over refusal to allow Down’s kids to stay→

Maera Prawns – codeword for PSOE corrupt payments in Andalucia

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A small local bar in Seville has been uncovered as the meeting place where the heads of the Andalucian government would meet with their “backers” to receive payments in black. The payments were recorded as being for “Langostinos Maera” (Prawns from Maera) in secret accounting books discovered by an investigating judge and leaked to El Mundo newspaper today. Casa Maera is a small and relatively unknown local bar & restaurant in Seville that had one Continue reading Maera Prawns – codeword for PSOE corrupt payments in Andalucia→

Zero investment in electricity infrastructure over next decade planned

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A storm is brewing – which I’ve been ignoring so far because it was boring – about the new Planificación Nacional de la Red del Transporte Eléctrico 2015 – 2020 which only contemplates basic maintenance for Almería’s electricity network. That’s the national plan for the National Electricity Grid. The plan gives Almería just 34 million euros to keep it’s part of the national grid running, rather than the 68 million expected and which would correspond Continue reading Zero investment in electricity infrastructure over next decade planned→