Canary Islands, on pre-alert for rains and storms

Canary Islands, on pre-alert for rains and storms

The General Directorate of Emergencies of the Government of the Canary Islands has declared a pre-alert in response to the yellow warnings issued by the State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) for heavy rains and storms on the islands in the coming days. The Atlantic front that will sweep through the Canary Islands this week will leave … Read more

The ICHH celebrates a donation day at the IES La Herradura

The ICHH celebrates a donation day at the IES La Herradura

The Canarian Institute of Hemodonation and Hemotherapy (ICHH), a public body attached to the Ministry of Health of the Government of the Canary Islands, held two conferences at the IES La Herradura, in Telde, and at the IES Tony Gallardo, in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. of donation. In La Herradura the balance was 22 … Read more

Call to donate blood from groups A+ A- and 0+ in the Canary Islands

Call to donate blood from groups A+ A- and 0+ in the Canary Islands

El Canarian Institute of Hemodonation and Hemotherapy (ICHH) maintains active the call to the population issued in recent days to encourage blood donations, given the need to balance blood reserves Canarian Transfusion Center to attend to hospital activity, especially blood groups A+, A- and O+, which are the most in demand. According to the Department … Read more

Love Island: Former Sweetheart Toasts Meeting and Receives Letter from Zorka Hejdová

Love Island: Former Sweetheart Toasts Meeting and Receives Letter from Zorka Hejdová

The former sweetheart, the one who didn’t make it to the gates of the final or was kicked out soon after her arrival in the Canary Islands, toasted the meeting and found a letter from the moderator Zorka Hejdová. She wrote in it that although they did not manage to find love on Love Island, … Read more

The Mutation of Spanish Banking: Profitability, Branch Closures, and Tax Havens

The Mutation of Spanish Banking: Profitability, Branch Closures, and Tax Havens

By GERMÁN GORRAIZ FOR CANARIAS-SEMANAL.ORG.- According to the agency EFE, the great Spanish banking (Santander, BBVA, CaixaBank, Sabadell, Bankinter and Unicaja) would have obtained in the first half of 2023 and net profit of €12,566 million (22% more than in the same period in 2022), thanks to the onerous increase in commissions and interest on … Read more

Competing for Civil Guard Corporal and Guard positions: Largest Increase in Job Offer Since 2011

Competing for Civil Guard Corporal and Guard positions: Largest Increase in Job Offer Since 2011

A total of 26,915 people are competing this weekend throughout Spain for one of the 2,520 places for the Civil Guard corporals and guards scale offered this year. This public job offer represents the largest increase since 2011. In the Canary Islands, a total of 869 people take part, that is, 3.23%, distributed between both … Read more

The Tragedy of Immigration: An Unstoppable Wave of Desperation

The Tragedy of Immigration: An Unstoppable Wave of Desperation

Some time ago I was on the paradisiacal beach of Zahora (province of Cádiz) and from where we were bathing I saw, in the distance, beyond the colorful umbrellas and the half-naked bodies sunbathing, a boat stranded on the sand. I went for a walk to the seashore to see it better. It was a … Read more

Record Arrival of African Migrants to Spanish Canary Islands Raises Concerns

Record Arrival of African Migrants to Spanish Canary Islands Raises Concerns

Rescue services in the Spanish archipelago located in the Atlantic Ocean announced the arrival of about 1,500 migrants to the Spanish Canary Islands during Saturday and Sunday morning after making the dangerous journey from Africa, including 321 people on a boat that rescuers said was the most crowded boat they had ever seen. Published on: … Read more

Archangel Michael’s Day Celebrations and Political Tensions on La Palma

Archangel Michael’s Day Celebrations and Political Tensions on La Palma

Today is the great day of Archangel Michael. This has a certain meaning here on the island. After all, the boy is not only the patron saint of Tazacorte but actually of the entire island. At least that’s what the name “San Miguel de La Palma” says. In reality, the island is more likely to … Read more

Tenerife Hosts Filming of Spanish Crime Series ‘Una vida menos en Canary Islands’ with Star-Studded Cast

Tenerife Hosts Filming of Spanish Crime Series ‘Una vida menos en Canary Islands’ with Star-Studded Cast

Tenerife is the setting chosen for the filming, which is already underway, of the Spanish crime series Una vida menos en Canary Islands. This is an Atresmedia TV production starring Ginés García Millán and Natalia Verbeke. The recording takes place in different settings on the Island and has the advice of the Tenerife Film Commission … Read more