PREPARATIONS ARE UNDERWAY FOR SEMANA SANTA NEXT WEEK

Semana Santa - Holy Week - begins on Sunday and preparations are underway for the week long celebrations. Palm Sunday will be marked with the blessing of the Palms in the Chapel of San Sebastian at midday and procession to the Church of Our Lady of the Incarnation where mass will be celebrated. On Wednesday there will be a procession along the way of the cross beginning at the Chapel of San Sebastian and ending at the cemetery. The traditional Easter liturgy will begin on Holy Thursday with a procession and Holy Week celebrations conclude on Easter Sunday with the procession of the Risen Christ.

CASARES HAS BEEN CHOSEN AS A MODEL FRIENDLY TOWN IN ANDALUCIA

Casares has been chosen as a model friendly town by the Andalucian government. The government wants to make towns more accesible to residents and visitors with more public spaces, and pedestrian facilities for all areas. The project will be carried out between 2013 and 2015 and will involve the pedestrianisation of many areas with vehicle access only available to residents. The provincial government has undertaken to provide 70 per cent of the necessary investment. The governing team on the council has started work on preparing a strategy which it will bring to a conference by the middle of next month.

EARTHQUAKES HIT CASARES AND CADIZ PROVINCE BUT NO MAJOR DAMAGE REPORTED

Two significant earthquakes were recorded this week - one to the northwest of Casares and the other close to Jimena de la Frontera in Cadiz province. The first earth tremor - which registered at 3.8 on the Richter scale - was recorded at 7.54 pm on Sunday between Sierra Crestellina and the Genal river. There were no reports of any damage as the area is largely depopulated. Emergency services reported no calls as the tremor was deep underground. On Tuesday, a second tremor registering 4.8 was reported with its epicentre in the Jimena de la Frontera area. This tremor was felt by residents in Cadiz, Malaga and Sevilla provinces. The emergency services received more than a dozen calls from shaken residents but there were no reports of any major damage.

 

Weekly summary

Happy St Patrick’s Day on Sunday

We would like to wish every Irish person and everyone with a bit of Irish in them a Happy St Patrick’s Day on Sunday. La Feile Phadraig Shona Duit. Feliz día de San Patricio a todos!.   

The weather for the weekend:

Saturday will be cloudy with a high of 17 degrees and low of 10, and Sunday will have the chance of showers with temperatures reaching 18 and dropping to 14 at night.

In sport:

This weekend sees the climax to the Six Nations rugby tournament, with England on track to win the Grand Slam if they beat Wales in Cardiff tomorrow. In other matches Ireland take on Italy in Rome and Scotland will play France.