LOCAL COMPANY WINS TENDER TO PROVIDE LIFEGUARD SERVICES THIS SUMMER

A local company has won this year's tender for lifeguarding services on the beaches. SOS Mediterranea will provide health assistance, surveillance and rescue duties this summer. Four companies tendered for the service but  the local compnay won the tender with a jid of 51,000 Euro, that's 8,000 less than the basic budget. The lifeguard service will operate on the beaches from June 28th until August 31st. There will be six lifeguards on duty along with the necessary equipment and trained medical personnel and an ambulance. The Ayuntamiento reminds anyone interested in applying for positions with the lifeguard service that they have until June19th to submit their applications in the municipal office in Casares, Casares Costa or Secadero. The Governing Board also awarded the contract for lighting at this year's ferias to PORGESA Cordoba.

BRITISH PRISON ESCAPER AND DRUGS DEALER ARRESTED AT GYM IN ESTEPONA

A 29 year old man from Liverpool who escaped from a British prison last year has been arrested as he entered a gym in Estepona. Gerard Hagan had been living openly near Estepona since his escape from a Lancashire prison. He was serving a 10 years sentence for his part in an attempt by a gang of Briitish criminals to smuggle 440 million Euro worth of cocaine destined for the British market from a boat off the Irish coast in 2007. It was largest seizure of illegal drugs in Ireland. The gang was intercepted and the drugs seized after their boat capsized and police were called off the coast of Co Cork. Hagan and three other men were put on trial in Ireland and jailed for sentences ranging from 10 to 30 years for the botched enterprise. Hagan is now in custody at a prison outside Madrid pending extradition proceedings seeking his return to the UK. Hagan  was reportedly paid 6,200 Euro after he agreed to co-operate with the authorities in the run up to the trial. 

CASARES TOWN HALL DONATES 50,000 EURO FOR PROJECTS IN THE WEST BANK AND BOLIVIA

The Town Hall has donated 50,000 Euro to a number of projects this year, including a health project on the West Bank and one to help women in Bolivia. The Blas Infante awards are named after the father of Andalucia who was a native of Casares. This year the money is being spent on a number of projects. The biggest award, 26,000 Euro was given to a project to provide health services for pregnant women, newborn babies and children under five in the town of Beit Sahour on the West Bank. Another award was given to improve education, health and food for a special education centre in Nicaragua, and another award was donated to  a boarding school for the training of women farmers in Bolivia. Mayor Antonia Morera referred to the economic crisis and the crisis of values when she announced the awards. She said the council is working hard to support people everywhere.