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Playa Blanca’s new LIDL supermarket will open its doors next Friday (November 29th) at 8:30am and the locals are very excited. Photo: (LIDL Playa Honda) After years of asking for more supermarket options in the south of Lanzarote, residents will be delighted to see that LIDL will be opening its doors in Playa Blanca next […]
The Guardia Civíl arrested a 36-year-old man who is charged with committing various robberies from hotels and complexes in Playa Blanca. The thefts took place in four separate locations and items worth an estimated €25,000 were stolen. The Guardia Civíl launched “Operation Virgina” by increasing surveillance in hotels after the first thefts, which involved the […]
Yaiza’s Mayor Oscar Noda announced the latest developments in the saga of Playa Blanca’s sports centre yesterday. Noda said that the works on the centre were 95% complete but had been paralysed due to the inability of the constructor, Levantina, Inginiería y Construcción, to “restructure their debt.” Noda confirmed that the company had entered bankruptcy […]
A 70-year-old man was resuscitated after choking in a Playa Blanca restaurant yesterday. Emergency health workers received a call at around 6.30 pm and rushed to the establishment, where they discovered that the man had suffered cardio-respiratory failure. After performing advanced resuscitation techniques, the man was stabilised and taken to the Dr Jose Molina Orosa […]
Protestors entered the Papagayo Arena hotel yesterday to protest against the illegal status of the hotel and the water shortages on Lanzarote. Demonstrators from Lanzarote Tiene Un Limite (Lanzarote Has A Limit), one of the groups that organised April’s protests against mass tourism, entered the hotel carrying placards marked “This hotel is illegal” and “Our […]
A 46-year-old woman died in a car accident on the LZ-72 road from Playa Blanca to Femes yesterday. Emergency services received reports at about 1pm that a car had left the road at high speed and rolled over several times. The woman who died was travelling in the passenger seat, while the driver had to […]
The hotel and catering sector accounts for 33.1% of jobs in Lanzarote, according to data from ISTAC. Unsurprisingly, the percentage rises in the tourist municipalities. In Yaiza the hotel and catering sector accounts for 65.9% of jobs, in Tías it accounts for 52.1% and in Teguise it accounts for 46.8%. Services outside of hotel and […]
A 27-year-old woman was rescued by the emergency services yesterday afternoon, after someone reported that she had fallen unconscious after a fall at Los Charcones in Playa Blanca. The fall was reported to the emergency services at approximately 4:30pm yesterday afternoon. Upon arrival, fire fighters and ambulance staff assessed the woman and found that she […]
Cabildo Vice President and Head of Public Works, Jacobo Medina, visited the start of the roadworks on the Avenida de las Canarias in Playa Blanca this week. “We were aware of the need to undertake work on this important road, which is used by thousands of vehicles that enter and leave the port of Playa […]
Firefighters were called to rescue a person that had fallen on the rock near Playa Mujeres in Playa Blanca yesterday. Upon arrival, firefighters found the person and had to cross a stretch of rocks to reach them. After reaching them, they assessed that the person had suffered a sprained ankle in the fall. They placed […]
