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Diving ‘instructor’ without any qualifications or licences arrested for fraud
Diving ‘instructor’ without any qualifications or licences arrested for fraud

He has been found selling Scuba diving courses without any of the official qualifications that he advertises he has…

Need your residency to stay in the Canary Islands…there is still time!
Need your residency to stay in the Canary Islands…there is still time!

Even though we have passed the Brexit transition period, if you can prove you were living legally here before that date… there is still time

The Canary Islands has doubled its vaccination rate in less than a week
The Canary Islands has doubled its vaccination rate in less than a week

Three main factors have contributed towards the increase... In April mass vaccination will begin, here’s why...

Hotel in Tenerife denounced for selling tickets to a non-sanctioned pool party
Hotel in Tenerife denounced for selling tickets to a non-sanctioned pool party

There were over 40 people at a pool party in the hotel which is a breach of current regulations...

A cloudy Wednesday heading for a wet weekend in the Canaries
A cloudy Wednesday heading for a wet weekend in the Canaries

A generally cloudy day in the western islands, clearer in the east, with winds from a northerly direction...

Covid update: Active cases in the Canaries are the lowest since 15th December
Covid update: Active cases in the Canaries are the lowest since 15th December

The islands registered 172 new cases and five deaths today... over 41,000 people have now had the virus....

Confirmed: reduction of group sizes at tables and in bars and restaurants
Confirmed: reduction of group sizes at tables and in bars and restaurants

The Governing Council decided to establish new guidelines yesterday for the interior of hospitality venues, which have been confirmed today...

Canary Islands is confident of tourist reactivation with the 'health passport'
Canary Islands is confident of tourist reactivation with the 'health passport'

Spain is demanding that the new Digital Green Pass is implemented and active before summer...

Four men arrested for an alleged sexual assault in Puerto Rico
Four men arrested for an alleged sexual assault in Puerto Rico

The Guardia Civil made the arrests after receiving an official complaint from the victim...

Government approves aid to the self-employed and SMEs up to 25,000 euros
Government approves aid to the self-employed and SMEs up to 25,000 euros

The Canaries Government has approved a fund with an initial 85 million euros and the application period opens on March 10th...

Dead body of a man found in a cave in the El Rincón ravine
Dead body of a man found in a cave in the El Rincón ravine

It was discovered by National Police officers in the area...

ALERT LEVELS: Lanzarote drops from 4 to 3, all others stay the same
ALERT LEVELS: Lanzarote drops from 4 to 3, all others stay the same

Level 1 now has a curfew imposed midnight to 6am, and bars and restaurants must now close by then...

Interior reschedules deportation flight of immigrants to Senegal to March 10th
Interior reschedules deportation flight of immigrants to Senegal to March 10th

The Ministry del Interior hasn’t said why the flight last week was postponed, but it coincided with a Covid outbreak in a holding centre in Tenerife…

Covid update: Only 115 new cases throughout the islands
Covid update: Only 115 new cases throughout the islands

Lanzarote has no new cases today, there were 53 in Gran Canaria, 51 in Tenerife and 10 in Fuerteventura…

EU finalizes 'Covid passport' that allows travel with vaccination or negative test
EU finalizes 'Covid passport' that allows travel with vaccination or negative test

A ‘Digital Green Pass’ is being developed that will allow travel around Europe either with vaccination or testing…

IAG Group loses 7 billion euros due to flight paralysis in 2020
IAG Group loses 7 billion euros due to flight paralysis in 2020

The company admits that despite the better outlook for this year, there is still great uncertainty about travel...

4 arrested and 30 fined at a party on the South of Tenerife
4 arrested and 30 fined at a party on the South of Tenerife

No social distancing, no masks, dancing, groups of more than 6 people...

TUI predicts a boom in summer bookings and says Canaries will benefit
TUI predicts a boom in summer bookings and says Canaries will benefit

Confinement has lead to people being more desperate than ever to get away, and most have saved money, says TUI...

VIDEO: The latest news round up from the Canarian Weekly
VIDEO: The latest news round up from the Canarian Weekly

Here's Sam with the latest news update from the Canary Islands...

Covid update: February finishes with 140 new cases and 3 deaths
Covid update: February finishes with 140 new cases and 3 deaths

Data points to a change for Lanzarote down to Level 3, but an increase for Fuerteventura back to Level 2...