La Guardia Civil has successfully dismantled a cannabis cultivation operation in the municipality of Los Montesinos. Two individuals, a fifty-five-year-old man and a forty-five-year-old woman, have been arrested on suspicion of public health offences, along with additional charges of disobedience and documentary falsification. The suspects were found with over thirteen kilograms of prepared marijuana and two hundred grams of MDMA, also known as 'crystal'. The investigation was initiated on the twenty-sixth of August as part of efforts by the Guardia […]

On Tuesday, October twenty-first, health authorities confirmed that the tap water in San Javier and Los Alcázares is safe for human consumption. This follows extensive work conducted by the Taibilla Channels Consortium, which was necessary to restore normal water conditions after mud infiltrations caused by Storm Alice. Both municipalities join San Pedro del Pinatar, where a similar declaration was made hours earlier. These neighbourhoods are supplied by the El Mirador system, the most affected section of the canal. Residents in […]

The Torrevieja City Council has set the budget for twenty twenty-six at one hundred and eighty-seven point seven million euros, as announced by Mayor Eduardo Dolón and Councillor of Economy and Finance Domingo Paredes. This budget reflects an eleven per cent increase from the current year's budget of one hundred and sixty-eight million euros. The mayor described the budget as realistic and responsible, emphasising a commitment to urban and social transformation without raising taxes. The budget allocates over eighty-three million […]

Firefighters successfully extinguished a fire on Tuesday that erupted in the electrical box of a shop located in a commercial building on República Dominicana Street in Orihuela Costa. The alarm was raised at eight twenty-eight in the morning, and after approximately two hours of intervention, firefighters concluded their operations by ten twenty-three. Thankfully, there were no injuries or personal damage reported. The smoke had filled the entire premises, prompting the Torrevieja Fire Brigade not only to extinguish the blaze but […]

The Mar Menor lagoon has initiated its first oyster reef project to address pressing pollution issues, coinciding with warnings from scientists about dangerously low oxygen levels in the water. Following Storm Alice, researchers from the Spanish Institute of Oceanography and environmental group ANSE have commenced open-sea trials to evaluate the effectiveness of native flat oysters in filtering pollutants and enhancing water quality. Approximately fifty-five thousand young oysters, bred at the Murcia Oceanographic Centre, have been strategically placed on a reef […]

The Generalitat Valenciana, through the Second Vice-Presidency and the Department for Economic and Social Recovery, has launched a free online course focused on the prevention of natural disasters. This initiative is part of the Endavant Plan and is aimed at all citizens. The course is available from today on the SAPS portal and spans a duration of ten hours, with emphasis on practical content. Participants will learn about general and specific guidelines related to various types of disasters, including floods, […]

The President of the Region of Murcia, Fernando López Miras, has confirmed enhanced support for self-employed traders during a meeting with Francisco Casado, the President of ATA Región de Murcia. The regional government has increased funding for assistance to these traders from five hundred thousand euros to seven hundred thousand euros, reaffirming its commitment to a vital sector of the regional economy. This funding is available for individual traders in proximity commerce, with each potentially receiving up to three thousand […]

The Family Department of the City Council of Orihuela, currently governed by Vox, has announced a new financial aid scheme to promote natality. The aid amounts to one thousand euros for each birth, and in the case of multiple births, the amount will be granted for each child born. This initiative marks the first instance in which the local government has implemented financial support to encourage birth rates. The grants will be available for children born between the first of […]

Water restrictions continue across towns in the Mar Menor region following contamination from Storm Alice. Authorities have warned that drinking water may not be restored until midweek. Although the Taibilla Canals Association has restored supplies across affected areas, the water is currently only safe for non-consumptive uses such as flushing toilets and personal hygiene. This ban impacts over one hundred thousand residents, introduced after intense rainfall flooded the Region of Murcia and damaged infrastructure managed by the Taibilla Canals Association. […]