Housekeepers Protest Low Wages, Highlight Labor Shortage Crisis: “We’ve Reached Our Breaking Point”

The representative in the Canary Islands stated in Parliament that the job is “detrimental to health”, with an average of 25 rooms serviced daily. SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, 22nd Nov. (EUROPA PRESS) – The spokesperson for ‘Las Kellys’, Miriam Barrios, expressed her grievances this Friday regarding the “humiliating and pitiful” wages that housekeepers earn in […]

Mercadona Collaborates with FESBAL for Food Drive Across 81 Canary Islands Locations

SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE Nov. 22 (EUROPA PRESS) – Mercadona, a retail supermarket and online sales enterprise, is participating in the Great Food Collection organised by the Spanish Federation of Food Banks (FESBAL). This initiative starts this Friday and will run until December 1, with involvement from 84 stores across the Canary Islands. The company […]

Tenerife Firefighters Respond to Multiple Emergencies Amidst Windstorm Chaos

SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE Nov. 21 (EUROPA PRESS) – Personnel from the Tenerife Fire Consortium responded this Wednesday to 10 incidents linked to the strong winds experienced across various regions of the island from 2:00 p.m. The primary actions were centred in the municipality of La Orotava, where efforts were directed towards reactivating a fire […]

PSOE Calls on Canarian Government to Reinstate Sanctions on Energy Firms, Blames CC for Revenue Loss

SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE Nov. 21 (EUROPA PRESS) – On Thursday, the PSOE encouraged the Canary Islands Government to recommence the sanction procedures against electricity companies for zero energy in the archipelago since 2018, now that they have lapsed. They clarified that the nearly 50 million euros to be refunded to the companies are not […]

Woman Injured in Fall at Barranco Seco Beach in Santiago del Teide

SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE Nov. 21 (EUROPA PRESS) – A 50-year-old woman has sustained moderate injuries following a fall at Barranco Seco beach, situated in the municipality of Santiago del Teide (Tenerife), as reported by the Emergency and Security Coordinating Centre of 112 in the Canary Islands. The incident took place on Wednesday afternoon, prompting […]

20A Groups Criticize Government’s Model Change as a “Farce” Due to Exclusion

SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE Nov. 20 (EUROPA PRESS) – The ‘Canarias Palante’ group, comprising over 70 social organisations across the islands, has described the 51 measures announced by the regional government aimed at initiating a change in the archipelago’s development model this Tuesday as “a farce and hypocritical.” They have also expressed their disappointment in […]

Canary Islands Launch Annual 25N Campaign Against Vicarious Violence

SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE 19 Nov. (EUROPA PRESS) – The Minister of Social Welfare, Equality, Youth, Children and Families for the Government of the Canary Islands, Candelaria Delgado, emphasised this Tuesday, during the unveiling of the institutional campaign for 25 November, the Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, “the duty of society as […]