March 2023

AN Alicante mother has been arrested after her 17-month-old son ate cannabis-laced corn snacks that imitated the Cheetos brand. The boy suffered from vomiting and lost consciousness after consuming tetrahydrocannabinol(THC) which is the main psychoactive component of cannabis. The drug was in a bag marked THCheetos which are banned in Spain and was almost certainly […]

Hiring a lawyer can be a daunting and stressful process, especially if you’ve never done it before. Whether you need legal assistance with a personal matter, business transaction, or other legal issues, finding the right lawyer is critical to achieving a positive outcome. With so many lawyers to choose from, it’s essential to know what

MALAGA aims to strengthen its position in the North American, Latin American and Middle Eastern markets. With the soon-to-be direct connection between Malaga – New York scheduled to commence from May 31 of this year, more connections between the Costa del Sol and the east coast of the US are already being sought. The aim

A HOUSING group in Gibraltar has pressed the government for more rented homes after showing the responsible minister the ‘appalling conditions’ of some local residents. Action for Housing showed Minister for Housing Steven Linares around five private flats and one government apartment so he could see for himself the plight of local residents. The group

SPAIN’S Met Office, AEMET, forecasts minimum temperatures below zero at least until the weekend. Arctic air continues to blast over a great part of southern Spain promoting AEMET to activate weather warning for icy temperatures of -4ºC in several provinces in the region, specifically Huelva, Sevilla and Cordoba. That said, the coldest municipality in the

PEOPLE seeing doctors in the Primary Care Centre will still have to wear masks in Gibraltar but NOT in non-clinical areas of the hospital, authorities said. The Gibraltar Health Authority (GHA) rang the changes after it said ‘levels of winter viruses, including influenza and COVID-19, circulating in Gibraltar’s population have now decreased’. “Masks will continue

THE FORMER Socialist Party deputy at the centre of a corruption scandal, Juan Bernardo Fuentes Curbelo, went to a brothel on the day that his party issued a condemnation of prostitution in the Congress of Deputies.  ‘Tito Berni’, as Fuentes is commonly known, frequented the establishment on September 23, 2020. The date not only coincides

THE WORLD’S first official Formula 1 exhibition will be making its global debut in the Spanish city of Madrid on March 24, running until the early summer. The show, which has been five years in the making, is a vision of the past, present and the future of the sport.  The ‘F1 Exhibition’, which will

BOSSES accused of wasting ‘thousands of euros’ at a bus depot have taken action after the Olive Press pointed it out to them. Users of Marbella bus station noticed the exterior roof lights coming on during the day, as well as toilet cisterns flushing continuously. The general state of disrepair, also including leaking pipes, was

AN ALLEGED right-wing British extremist who used to live in Spain’s Alicante has admitted to a UK court that he shared a stash of terrorist documents on social media.  The offences relate to two posts sent via messaging service Telegram on January 23 and March 2021 by Kristofer Thomas Kearney, 38, and which contained scores