Calpe woman found stabbed to death and boyfriend hanged
A 35-YEAR-OLD woman has been found stabbed to death in her home in Calpe (Alicante) and her boyfriend hanging in the house of a relative.
Guardia Civil officers were called out by the woman's employers after she did not turn up to work or answer her calls.
They saw through her window that the television was on, and broke in to find her body on the floor, wrapped in a rug.
The victim, a housekeeper in Calpe who was originally from Moldavia, is said to have been in a relationship with a 44-year-old Spaniard who was later found hanged in the home of a family member on an urbanisation just outside the town.
Police say the couple has no known history of domestic violence between them.
They are treating the man's death as suicide, but cannot confirm he murdered his girlfriend until investigations are completed.
Calpe wins facelift
PLANS TO regenerate Calpe’s historic Old Town will be drawn up after residents put forward their own ideas for the facelift.
In a 50,000€ contest professionals such as private sector architects and developers must incorporate the people’s proposals in plans for the project.
And the competition is part of the plan to build on Calpe as a sustainable town for the future and consolidate its reputation as an important holiday destination.
However, by putting the project at the first in line has ruffled the feathers European residents of the Marina Alta town – they believe they have been again overlooked and much-needed work in the urbanisations has been put to the back of the queue.
They are unhappy that 400,000€ of promised government money – much of it for resurfacing roads – has not arrived to begin work outside the town’s core.
Mayor Cesar Sanchez believes the Old Town project will create “an urban piece of jewellery” and place Calpe as a tourist centre “par excellence” and “provide its citizens with economic welfare and opportunities.”
INCOME
Tourism currently provides Calpe with 90% of its income and the historic centre is seen as an important attraction for visitors.
Councillor Carole Saunders explained: “It is to bring the Old Town back to life, improving businesses and tourism, and making it a lovely place to visit at any time of the day or night.
“It is not a case of rebuilding the Old Town but regenerating it and the Mayor has started by asking for everyone’s ideas.”
She said the project was one of three that Mayor Sanchez had highlighted to be completed during the current term of office – the others were the regeneration of the urbanisations, and the third was planting 2,500 trees around the town and surrounding mountainside.
Mrs Saunders added: “The foreign residents must understand we have not forgotten about the urbanisations and we are still waiting for the money to come through from the government. I believe it will be available in the next six weeks or so.
“We already have the project ready with all the blackspots in the urbanisations identified which urgently need asphalting.”
MOVING PREMISES
THE Partido Popular’s Calpe branch is vacating the party’s present headquarters. As the present times demand “maximum austerity,” the party will now hold meetings at the Casal de las Asociaciones.
Spain takes Iranian channel Hispan TV off air
The Spanish government has ordered the satellite service provider Hispasat to take the Iranian Spanish language channel, Hispan TV off the air in a blatant assault on the freedom of speech.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xwvnp9_spain-takes-iranian-channel-hispan-tv-off-air_news#.UP_ccGeHjDU
CALPE BOWLS CLUB
Happy New Year everyone ! In a year it´s inevitable that you are going to lose heavily at some stage so , tactically, we decided to get it out of the way in our first match of 2013. Javea Opals took no prisoners beating us ten – nil (95 shots to 52 shots ) and for good measure took the friendly game as well.
Paul Brown,Hugh Stevens and Geoff Pack lost 16 – 24
Liz Griffiths,Ernie Ritchie and Eileen Whitmore lost 15 – 16
Ted Campbell, Robert Daplyn and Margaret Anstey lost 10 – 34
Stan Walmsley,Alan Steed and Betty Walmsley lost 11 – 21
Roy Fuller, Steve Mable and Geraldine Stevens ( Friendly ) lost 14 – 18
Liz,Ernie and Eileen were really very unlucky. They played well enough to lead all the way through the game until the 17th end when Opals scored “four” to level at 15-all. In a very tight last end the Opals just got the shot and the win.
Stan, Alan and Betty kept up with a very strong Opals trio superbly led by John Coates and were level 8-all after ten ends. At that stage Opals had a nice little run ,topped off with a five shot conversion from John on the 13th end, and that was enough to see them home.
Paul,Hugh and Geoff were victims of the dreaded “13” syndrome.After seven ends they had established a convincing 13 – 3 lead but then got stuck on it whilst the Opals amassed 18 shots to lead 21 – 13 after 14 ends. The last four ends were shared and they could only reflect on the “seven” dropped on the eighth end which virtually sealed their fate
Ted, Margaret and Robert never really got going and won only two of the first eleven ends to trail 7 – 23.That was a mountain to climb but the Opals piled on the agony and took four of the last five ends to make certain.
In the “friendly” Roy, Steve and Geraldine gave as good as they got. The Opals caught them cold on the first end for five shots so to lose by only four was very creditable. Just shows you have to be on the ball right from the “off”
No excuses for the result – we did have several players making their debut or with limited match experience but the Opals played very well and their win enabled the other two Javea teams to leap-frog over us in the League. Hopefully we can improve ( well, we can´t go any worse) for our next game – we will have to if we are to take points away from BBC Lions.
See you next time !
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Spanish Post Office
CORREOS plans to sell newspapers from its 2,300 offices throughout Spain.
The Spanish post office network will sell papers, office equipment, stationery goods and computer equipment.
The company has presented a plan which is to be completed within 1,500 days which aims to increase the commercial capacity of its offices and make them the “best provider of physical and electronic communication services on the Spanish market.”
The measures it plans include providing postal services at “competitive” prices, giving new life to traditional post and promote courier and online services.
Other plans are to provide solutions for major clients, attract new companies and offer services abroad.
The President, Javier Cuesta, presented the project before the Ministry of Public Works and the Tax Ministry.
Birdwatching in Spain
I came across this today worth watching. Quite an eye opener as to what is in Spain.
Birding in Spain. Landscapes & Birdlife of one of the most amazing natural places in Europe.
http://youtu.be/2nQ4jqob82w
For Sale
Lubber Bags & Lubbs for sale. Also need advice on how to get a market trading lic, please contact if you know anyone who can help :-) from [email protected]
I have been told in the past that there are two varieties of markets. Type one is those run by local town halls. For which you need to go and apply at the Town Hall.
Type two not run by Town Hall private type projects. For these you just turn up and ask for the organiser. They will tell you the details.
Hi Sandie
One thing I have been told in the past, is that on some markets supervisors have been asking for a backhander. Don't fall for it. As things are at the moment there is nearly always pitches available. It's getting a good position that is important. Near the snack bar can be a good site if you can get it.
Rare interview with Spain's king
Spanish King Juan Carlos gave his first interview in over a decade to commemorate his 75th birthday on Saturday.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xwhp9l_rare-interview-with-spain-s-king_news#.UOroZHfd58E
A fresh Interest in Spain
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Well, that should really slow down the service at the La Marina Urb. post office even more. It's already appalling and now she's going to sell papers and the like.
By the time you get to pay for one, it'll be yesterday's news.
Not a good idea.