Yesterday, in Palma, Joana Barcelo, who was recently appointed as the minister of Employment and Training, said that in lieu of the present economic downturn, her main task would be to find ways of introducing a new employment drives in the Balearics. Barcelo, had left the post of the leader of Council of Minorca before [...]
The Sa Nostra banking foundation’s Economic and Social report of the people living in the Balearics for the year 2007 to be released next week suggests that the more amount of wastage is produced in the Balearic Islands than any region in Spain. A group led by Antoni Riera found out that each person on [...]
Ian Dungey, a popular DJ, was found hanged dead atthe St Woolos Cemetery at Newport whilst his parents were in Majorca on a holiday. One of the members of public at the Cemetery spotted the body on Sunday early in the morning. Tributes were paid to him yesterday. He was 30 years old and was [...]
Guardia Civil are investigating the murder of Laura Gallego, 28, mother of a 2-year old son, at a converted lockup garage in Marratxi that she shared with Hermenegildo Fernandez Salva, her 31-year-old boyfriend. They suspect Salva for the murder. He is a known crack addict having a criminal record and is presently being held in [...]
Finally, the waterfront section of Old Wharf at the Port of Pollensa will be changed into a pedestrians-only area in between calle Elcano and Avenida de Paris. Francisca Ramon, the Wharf director declared this last week after having a fraught meeting the previous evening with nearly 100 local residents and businessmen of that area. The [...]
Yesterday, many stranded holiday makers flew home after XL, Britain’s third largest tour firm filed for administration. At the Palma airport, nearly 500 stranded passengers were sent home safely with Thomas Cook, TUI Group and other British firms accommodating them in their flights. Mike Collins, a holiday maker who was with his family at Alcudia, [...]
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A 28-year old girl Laura Gallego Negre was brutally murdered on Saturday and the prime suspect of this case is her boyfriend, a 31-year-old named Hermenegildo Fernandez Salva who is a crack addict. He was held on remand last night in Palma prison. He attended a preliminary hearing yesterday afternoon in Palma charged with the [...]
More than 500 British visitors were struck at different places in the Balearic Islands yesterday, after the XL leisure Group, Britain’s 3rd largest holiday company, following TUI Travel at first place and Thomas Cook at the second, went into administration. This move caused more than 80’000 holiday makers being struck at different destinations. XL leisure [...]
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The Mediterranean Shipping Association is going to launch an automated SMS warning system that will alert the captains of various ships on the sea around Majorca regarding any dangerous incidents round the corner. This move is expected to make the sea a safer place. ADN plans to establish this service across Spain by next month. [...]
The north eastern parts of Majorca, particularly Minorca and the Port of Pollensa were hit by torrential rain falls yesterday morning. Minorca suffered the worst and 4 people were injured here. Due to the heavy rains, a wall had crashed injuring a woman. Fire brigades were called within few hours. In Mahon, the rain fall [...]
