Now there’s a nice gesture. The €6,000 that Fuengirola Council had planned to spend on the annual Christmas gifts for employees will now be used to buy toys to be distributed amongst the poorer families in the municipality. The initiative will benefit around 100 families, with the toys going to children between the ages of three and thirteen years. All …
Stabbing in Fuengirola
A 16 year old boy is in Costa del Sol Hospital in Marbella after being stabbed during a fight in Fuengitola during the early hours of this morning. At around 01:45 this morning, the police received several calls to say that there was an injured youth lying in the street following a fight in the area.
Skating, biking and the playing of ball games to be restricted in Fuengirola
The days of skating and biking in plaza de España, and other public places, in Fuengirola are numbered under new muncicpal ordinances. Once the new Skate Plaza is officially opened, currently scheduled for completion in January 2009, new municipal ordinances will come into effect not only governing skating, skateboarding and biking, but also the playing of ball games in public …
Red Palm Weevil in Fuengirola
Fuengirola Council intends to send a ‘wake up’ call to the Junta de Andalucía regarding the never-ending problem of the destructive Red Palm Weevil. According to the Council, the situation was ‘under control’ a few months ago, but since August, the company hired by the Junta de Andalucía to cut down affected trees has not put in an appearance in …
Restraining order in abuse case
On Monday, a Paraguayan couple were detained on suspicion of mistreating their 18 month old baby after paediatricians at the Hospital Materno Infantil in Málaga considered bruising on the baby to be consistent with possible abuse. Following standard protocol in such cases, the doctors notified the police of their suspicions. At their court appearance yesterday, the judge issued a restraining …
Possible child abuse case in Fuengirola
A couple. both Paraguayan nationals, have been detained in Fuengirola on suspicion of child abuse. The baby, aged eighteen months, was taken to the Hospital Materno Infantil in Málaga suffering from head injuries and bruising. The paeditrician who examined the child came to the conclusion that the injuries, over the whole body, were consistent with possible abuse and called the …
Two Brits arrested
The Local Police and Guardia Civil have broken up a gang of British youths who had been committing various robberies with violence in Fuengirola and Mijas Costa.
65 year old man dies on Fuengirola beach
A 65 year old man drowned on Sunday at ‘Playa Manolo’ in Fuengirola. The body was found at around 12:30 close to the Hotel Stela Maris.
Skate park planned for Fuengirola
Skateboard and BMX practitioners in Fuengirola could have a custom-built park by the end of this year.
Medios Acuáticos awarded Fuengirola beach monitoring contract
The monitoring of the beaches in Fuengirola begins on Sunday 15th with the contract having been awarded to Medios Acuáticos at a cost of €314,314.00.