UNEMPLOYMENT FALLS AGAIN IN CASARES AND THROUGHOUT MALAGA

Unemployment fell by 1.5 per cent in Casares during May with seven less people signing on the dole. It is the third month ina rwo that the jobless figure has dropped and the total unemployed in the town now stands at 486.  Unemployment has also dropped in Gaucin, Estepona, Manilva and Jimena. Overall the number of jobless in Malaga province dropped by 5,062 last month, that's a 2.3 per cent reduction. The service sector has proved to be the biggest factor in the fall in unemployment with over 3,700 less in that area. However despite the good figures, the unions have said the drop in the jobless figure is part of a cyclical process and is due to the start of the tourist season.