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Covid update: New cases still on the increase with 312 today and 7 deaths
Covid update: New cases still on the increase with 312 today and 7 deaths

Gran Canaria and Lanzarote will certainly be at Level 3 for longer than two weeks if this trend continues, both islands have well over 100 new cases each today… Tenerife registers just 42 new cases, and Fuerteventura 20…

Tour operator Novaturas announces the restart of flights and holidays to Tenerife
Tour operator Novaturas announces the restart of flights and holidays to Tenerife

The first flights to the island are scheduled for Friday February 5th, with connections from all Balkan countries until at least April…

VIDEO: Police arrest 16 members of violent armed gang in the south of Tenerife
VIDEO: Police arrest 16 members of violent armed gang in the south of Tenerife

The group were linked to several armed robberies in the south of Tenerife including a petrol station at gunpoint, and multiple weapons were seized during the raids…

Five million euros of aid for bars, restaurants and gyms in alert Level 3
Five million euros of aid for bars, restaurants and gyms in alert Level 3

The Cabildo de Gran Canaria will deliver between 1,000 and 3,000 euros each, and details of how to receive it will be issued in the next few days…

The CEOE union approves the extension of the ERTE
The CEOE union approves the extension of the ERTE

The latest government proposal includes the extension of all ERTEs without the need for new administrative authorization or application, which will save management and bureaucratic costs…

Government agrees to discuss 8.00pm curfew time
Government agrees to discuss 8.00pm curfew time

This does not mean that an 8pm curfew will be automatically implemented, but that regional Governments will have the facility to use it if they want to... It is regional Governments requesting it...

Canary Islands hotels expect to be closed until at least June
Canary Islands hotels expect to be closed until at least June

They don’t see reactivation of the tourism sector until at least the second half of the year... some are hoping for support from residents over the next three months with offers on the way...

Government set to extend mortgage and consumer loan moratoriums
Government set to extend mortgage and consumer loan moratoriums

The Government implemented mortgage and consumer credit moratoriums at the beginning of the pandemic which ended in September... they are about to reintroduce them until the end of March...

Benefits for the self-employed are close to being extended until May
Benefits for the self-employed are close to being extended until May

There are a couple of points that need final agreement, mainly the lowering of the threshold of losses to 50% to qualify for it, and that you don’t need to have received it before to apply for it now...

The Government is preparing aid for the hospitality industry, SMEs and the self-employed
The Government is preparing aid for the hospitality industry, SMEs and the self-employed

The new package of measures will enter into force in this first quarter of the year...

Covid update: Gran Canaria and Lanzarote continue upward trend
Covid update: Gran Canaria and Lanzarote continue upward trend

Las Palmas has now overtaken Santa Cruz as the most infected municipality... Tenerife’s incidence rate drops below 50... 5 deaths reported today... full stats here...

The hospitality industry in Gran Canaria demands Government support
The hospitality industry in Gran Canaria demands Government support

The sector wants reduced taxes and social security, reduced rent, increased capacity and direct aid to keep them, their staff, and the other ancillary businesses operating...

Canaries vaccinates all emergency services and medical transport staff
Canaries vaccinates all emergency services and medical transport staff

In total, more than 1,500 staff linked to medical transport and CECOES 1-1-2 emergency centres have received their first dose of the vaccine...

Motorcyclist in serious condition after colliding with a car in Adeje
Motorcyclist in serious condition after colliding with a car in Adeje

The accident took place on the road that joins the Jacaranda Hotel to the TF-1 motorway junction in the south of the island...

Landlord arrested for changing apartment locks and leaving tenants belongings outside
Landlord arrested for changing apartment locks and leaving tenants belongings outside

The landlord said that just wanted his tenant to leave the property and return the keys...

Migrants in Tenerife start hunger strike to allow them to travel to Spain
Migrants in Tenerife start hunger strike to allow them to travel to Spain

These 176 Senegalese migrants have been in a hotel in Puerto de La Cruz for almost three months and want answers as to why they can’t travel to the mainland to look for work...

Bars, restaurants and gyms can reopen interiors in Tenerife today
Bars, restaurants and gyms can reopen interiors in Tenerife today

On alert Level 2, bars and restaurants can use up to 50% of interiors and 75% of terraces from today...

Woman drowns in natural pool in Tenerife
Woman drowns in natural pool in Tenerife

Rescuers and paramedics tried to resuscitate her but she didn’t respond...

Covid update: 272 new cases and 4 deaths, 164 detected in Gran Canaria
Covid update: 272 new cases and 4 deaths, 164 detected in Gran Canaria

Lanzarote had 56 new cases yesterday and Tenerife only 31, showing the alert Level changes were correct...

Tenerife’s population growth is five times that of Gran Canaria
Tenerife’s population growth is five times that of Gran Canaria

European and South American immigration is the main reason for the population growth on the island… Italians, British, and Germans lead the list of the most new residents…