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
The following are updates (latest first) on the current situation while Brexit negotiations take place. At present nothing is confirmed, with everything still to be determined through the two-year process. Please also see HERE for general thoughts on the situation of British residents of Tenerife. Updated 20 April: Apart from any problems the Government has with the House of Lords and the DUP, let alone the EU negotiators, another problem is pending with what can now be known as the Shindler Case. This involves a 96-year-old British man who lives in Italy, Harry Shindler, and who has just had his case accepted by the European CourtREAD MORE
Puerto de la Cruz will be home to Mueca 2018, its annual international art festival, between 10 and 13 May. The “festival of happiness” fills the town’s streets with art, music, dance, even a fire and water spectacular in the Lago Martiánez. There is a dedicated website HERE, and a Facebook page HERE. Although some specific events are ticketed, Mueca is primarily a free open air art festival, and Puerto de la Cruz itself – the streets, harbour, promenades, squares – will be full of performances and interactive shows … it’s a good time to be in the town!READ MORE
A man has died while working in the Barranco de Badajoz in Güímar. Emergency services say that they were called out around 9.30am today with reports that the man had fallen around four metres in the barranco while working in a water channel and had rolled down a slope of some 20 metres. Bomberos located the man and managed to carry him to a track where emergency crew could reach him but sadly, these were not able to do anything other than confirm his death from the severity of the injuries he had sustained in the fall. At present there are no confirmed details aboutREAD MORE
