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Richard Shanley gets into La Voz de Almeria as it covers the great BBC switchoff

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Richard Shanley off Spectrum FM graces today’s La Voz de Almería in his alternate guise as sat tv engineer and owner of Europa Digital. He also, I note, supplied the pictures that went with the article, one of which I nicked for the header of this article. Can someone tell me why a bike is being hosted aloft in the far left corner? The main paper of the province covered his recently “all your TV Continue reading Richard Shanley gets into La Voz de Almeria as it covers the great BBC switchoff→

The Guardian “apologises” (La Voz), “prints a letter” (The Guardian)

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A triumphant piece in today’s La Voz (page 26) talks about The Guardian’s piece on modern day slavery in Almería’s greenhouses (remember this fuss?). Under the title “The Guardian publishes on its webpage the criticisms received from Hortyfruta”, La Voz hints that this is a sort of apology for “the sensationalist manner in which it showed how some migrant and illegal immigrant workers lived in the province”. http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011/mar/02/migrant-workers-not-slaves-spain?INTCMP=SRCH Worth pointing out, for readers of English, Continue reading The Guardian “apologises” (La Voz), “prints a letter” (The Guardian)→

La Voz rallies against AUAN and scaremongoring expats

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In Monday’s La Voz, which I have just got around to persuing over a freshly baked croissant and a coffee, page 3 is given over, not to lovely Sally (21) from Essex, but to a somber reflection on “Brits take to the internet their fear of demolitions of illegal homes”. In an politically charged piece, the paper appears to say that AUAN, the urban abuse pressure group, has issued a false press release relative to Continue reading La Voz rallies against AUAN and scaremongoring expats→

What a wonderful advert

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We all know that newspapers who support the government get “institutional support”. IE, the politicians pay for large useless adverts with taxpayers money in exchange for favourable coverage. Changing the subject, our local newspaper La Voz de Almería is part of Grupo Prisa, which is a large PSOE orientated media group which includes such treasures as El País newspaper or Cadena 40. I have spoken before of how La Voz is similar to Pravda, in Continue reading What a wonderful advert→

La Voz spots the demolitions

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An interesting article, full page (!!) in today’s La Voz, twittering on about the Albox demolitions (page 17). It appears to be the first reference to the issue in our local paper. It doesn’t actually say anything, it simply repeats what other websites and UK tabloids are saying (the such things as “even the fearsome The Sun has waded into the debate“). It’s a masterpiece of how to bring the problem to the attention of Continue reading La Voz spots the demolitions→

El Gordo in La Voz

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Just discovered the 23rd Dec edition of La Voz, the day after the El Gordo lottery draw. Wow. Apart from the special cover, which ran every winning number, if you open the actual paper, you don’t get to any real news until page….. 30. That’s right, 29 pages of light news about happy people waving lottery tickets. None of them, I noticed as I tossed my tickets in the bin, from Almería. Still, look on Continue reading El Gordo in La Voz→

Police close brothels, La Voz fails to mention an Important Fact

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Police have carried out one of their normal operations against people who smuggle in female prostitutes from outside the EU and force them to work in brothels. La Voz de Almería, our friendly newspaper, condems this activity and says that the ring, operating under the name “María del Mar y sus gatitas” advertised their services on the net. What La Voz has failed to mention, in denouncing these internet ads, is that this ring of Continue reading Police close brothels, La Voz fails to mention an Important Fact→

Guiri – rascists use in La Voz de Almeria?

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While pouring over this weeks copies of La Voz de Almeria, our local version of Pravda, I noticed with interest, in the middle of an interesting article about how Almeria’s tourism services are the best ranked among all of Andalucia (May 7, page 21), the following phrase: Desgraciadamente, Ameria no fue una de las provincias andaluzas que mas guiris recibio… Now, “guiri”, I was always taught, has two meanings: A good old fashioned member of Continue reading Guiri – rascists use in La Voz de Almeria?→

Junta starts to realise there may be more illegal houses than thought

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(Opinion piece) There is an interesting piece in Wednesdays La Voz de Almeria (remember, I’ve been away for a few days so I spent Sunday catching up) about how in the Seville meeting between the Junta and some of the town halls, Lubrin admitted to having found over a thousand houses built on rustic land, and Oria another 900. This makes 2 out of every 3 houses in Oria illegal! The Junta has spent some Continue reading Junta starts to realise there may be more illegal houses than thought→