Archive for: May 19, 2012

In 2010 the Villajoyosa Marina Baja hospital is going to open a sleep disorder unit as part of a hospital improvement plan.

The hospital has already carried out work on sleeping disorders but with the opening of this new unit they …

Agustin Navarro is the Mayor of Benidorm and he has just reached an agreement with the Alicante PortFoundation which will see over 9,000 cruise ship passengers visiting Benidorm each year.They have calculated that such tourism will bring in over a …

Is there something that “they ” know in Cartagena that “they” are not telling the rest of us?

Cartagena firemen have been undergoing specialised training in how to resue people who are trapped in collapsed buildings after earthquakes.This training is also …

San Miguel de Salinas,inland from Torrevieja is a town where the incidence of high blood cholesterol levels is much higher than the national average and it is thought that there is  a genetic mutation in the town which is the …

The Spanish National Institute of Statistics has just released data about family spending in the Valencia region during 2008.It showed that the average spending in the region was down on what was being spend nationally.In the Valencia region spending stood …

The Benidorm and Costa Blanca hotel owners association ( Hosbec) had a reunion in Alicante at the end of December and it was said that the hotels were hoping for a last minute rush in bookings .There was a hope …

San Javier to Murcia now has a toll free motorway which goes through Sucina and Zeneta.The regional president was due to open it last week.The road is also linked with the motorway to Yecla.

The last five kilometres were still being …

Around 5000 Alicante people have benefited from the Alicante food bank foundation over Christmas.More than 30 tonnes of food will be handed out to needy people.The food is given to a variety of charities including Caritas and other non-governmental organisations …