There may be a recession, an economic crisis and millions unemployed, but it still appears necessary to recruit foreign labour for certain tasks. In Huelva, more than 35,000 immigrant workers will be recruited, mainly from Morocco and the East, for the upcoming agricultural harvests. There is apparently insufficient local labour to complete the tasks.
Youth charged with murder in Huelva
A 17 year old youth has been charged with the murder of Pedro Martínez Cardona, a vagrant in Huelva who used to sell flowers on the streets of the city.
Killer of Huelva vagrant could be a minor
The police investigation into the death of a vagrant on the streets of Huelva on Thursday afternoon appears to suggest that the alleged killer was a 17 year old minor. The vagrant, who for many years slept in alleyways at night and sold flowers on the streets during the day, was killed by a severe blow to the head in …
Industrial fatality in Huelva
A middle-aged man died yesterday afternoon in an industrial accident on the Menaja industrial estate in San Juan del Puerto, Huelva. The man, a tow truck operator, died when a wheel he was inflating exploded. The force of the blast was such that it also damaged a passing car.
First bones uncovered in Calañas mass grave
Volunteers from the Association for the Recovery of Historical Memory (ARMH) working on the site of a mass grave in Calañas, Huelva, have discovered the first bones of the eleven people who are supposed to have been buried in the area. The process to begin the exhumation process the bodies was started four years ago by one of the relatives …
Compensation for medical error
A judge in Sevilla has ordered the SAS, The Health Authority, to pay €60,000 in compensation to a woman whose baby died at the Hospital Infanta Elena in Huelva as the result of a medical error. The judges report rules the death to have been caused by a misinterpretation of the foetal heart rate which led to a late intervention …
Businessman found dead at his home
Police in Huelva are investigating the killing of local businessman Manuel Calo whose body was found at his home in Sanlúcar de Guadiana on Monday. The gardener discovered the body on Monday, feet tied together, badly beaten about the body and with a gunshot wound to the forehead. Calo is thought to have died a couple of days earlier. There …
Falling sales
They apparently improve your mood, reduce stress and help us to fight diseases, but sales are dropping as a result of the current economic crisis. And they are?
Industrial fatality in Huelva
Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a man who was working on a finca not far from the Hospital Vázquez Díaz in Huelva. The man was operating a ‘mulilla’ – a mule-powered ploughshare – when an accident occurred and he received a severe cut to the leg.
Less foreign agricultural workers in Huelva
Most workers hired for the first phase of the upcoming strawberry planting in Huelva are to be Spanish, following an agreement between the employers and the Andalucían Employment Service.