Photo: Arona Policía Local. Arona’s Policía Local has seized around 100 boxes of counterfeit goods after swooping simultaneously on six shops in various streets around Los Cristianos harbour area yesterday. Four of the shops were in C/. Pablos Abril, one in the pedestrian walkway Juan XXIII, and another in Avda de Los Playeros (formerly C/. General Franco). Police say that the operation involved investigations of a dozen or so staff and owners in the premises and searches which resulted in the seizure of the fake products which were being sold as genuine to tourists. One of the employers is also being investigated for employment rights offences.READ MORE

Updated 20 April: Sadly, the search for Anibal Abreu Martín has been called off since his body has found. Original post 18 April: Anibal Abreu Martín has not been seen since he went missing on Monday, 16 April, in Tacoronte. He is 37 years old, 1.6m tall and slim, bearded with short dark hair, and brown eyes. If anyone can help find him, please call the numbers on the poster, or the police or emergency services.READ MORE

Canarian airline Binter has introduced a new connection between these islands and the Balearics with three-hour flights between the archipelagos from next month. Canarian Government transport minister Pablo Rodríguez said that the new connection, with the recently increased discount of 75% for residents in the Canaries would represent a “revolution in mobility”. He added that there aren’t too many visitors in the Canaries from the Balearics and that this would be good news for tourism. It will certainly be good news for residents here too who’ve often thought about going to visit Mallorca, Menorca, Ibiza or Formentera. The presentation was made in the Balearics and also presentREAD MORE

Photos. Adeje mayor José Miguel Rodríguez Fraga. Updated 20 April: At long last El Beril beach is to opened. Adeje Ayuntamiento is holding the official inauguration this Monday, 23 April, at midday, a formal act that will be attended by the Canarian Government subdelegado Guillermo Díaz Guerra, Tenerife president Carlos Alonso, the new Canarian Government tourism minister Cristóbal de la Rosa, chief of Provincial Costas José Manuel Fojo Barroso, mayor of Adeje José Miguel Rodríguez Fraga, Adeje urban planning councillor Ermitas Moreira, and urban technician Uberto Rodríguez. The new beach, whose concessionary is Sociedad Urbanizadora El Beril S.A., has been instigated and administered by Sociedad ExplotadoraREAD MORE