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Water Scarcity – Residents of La Capellanía, in Corralejo, resort to water tanks due to supply cuts
#Fuerteventura | Los vecinos de La Capellanía, en Corralejo, recurren a cubas de agua ante los cortes en el suministro
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Aseguran que se gastan 5.000 euros al mes en llenar sus depósitos#TN1Canarias pic.twitter.com/r8jUUyYy5K
Cost of Living – Negotiations over pay rise for hospitality staff fail
“No agreement. Unions and employers left the negotiating table yesterday on the salaries of hotel and catering staff in the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife without changing the situation one iota. The workers‘ representatives are unwilling to withdraw the demand made at the time for the seniority supplement and the employers’ representatives will not apply the wage improvement proposed by Ashotel if the demand is maintained. So unless there is an unlikely agreement in extremis, the trial will start today at 11.30 am, settling the dispute over the seniority bonus.”
A chambermaid during her working day in a hotel on the islands (El Dia)
Political comment – The Minister of Tourism “in defense” of the tourism sector, against the demonstrations.
“The Minister of Tourism and Employment of the Government of the Canary Islands, Jessica de León, has called on the Ministry of Industry and Tourism to promote “a pact in defence of tourism”, in view of the deterioration of the Spain brand and the Canary Islands brand, affected in her opinion by the proliferation of demonstrations against mass tourism. “We have been talking about tourism in a negative sense, there have been demonstrations in the Canary Islands that have spread to the rest of the territory” and the Ministry must become aware of the problem at a national level, said the Canarian minister during a speech in a parliamentary commission on her department’s market diversification policy.”
Photo of the Minister of Tourism (Government of the Canary Islands)
Demonstration – SalvarElPuertito comments on the recent protest in El Puertito
“The people of the Canary Islands stand up against the destruction of their land. During yesterday’s demonstration for the Puertito.” “People who came to demand the protection of this space, removed part of the fence surrounding Cuna del Alma. A fence that is illegal and should never have been installed because it affects protected species and sites. El Puertito has many natural and cultural values. We want it to be protected as it deserves. We want El Puertito to remain the marvel that it is.”
This video of demonstrators protestors removing the metal ‘fence’ around part of the land which will be constructed on by the Cuna del Alma project.
Cuna del Alma – New protest in Puertito de Adeje against the Cuna del Alma tourism project
Hundreds of people gathered on Saturday in the village of Puertito de Adeje, in the south of Tenerife, to protest against the Cuna del Alma tourism project. The rally, organised by the group Salvar el Puertito, was marked by chants of “Canarias no se vende, se ama y se defiende”, meaning “the Canaries are not for sale, they are loved and defended”.
Photograph of the demonstration which occurred in El Puertito on the 10th of August (Canarian Weekly)