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NEWS AND INFORMATION FOR FOREIGN RESIDENTS
BENALMÁDENA
MONTHLY
Issue No. 9
June 2012
Foreign Residents' Department 952 579 979
www.benalmadena.com/extranjeros/english.php
NEWS
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Council thumbs-up for B&Bs
WHAT'S ON
June events and activities
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INFORMATION
The Sixty Five discount card
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Residents to continue
getting 60% IBI discount
Officals say the scheme benefits residents
and encourages 'empadronamiento'
THE town hall has announced
that, despite its difficult budgetary situation, it is maintaining
the 60 per cent discount on IBI
property tax for registered (’empadronado‘) residents who are
up to date on all payments to
the town hall and who make
their IBI payment via standing
order with their bank.
"Despite the crisis and the
town hall’s poor economic situation, we believe it is necessary
to maintain this subsidy - which
we approved in 2009 in compensation for the increase in IBI tax
due to the reassessment of home
values - given the current recession and the fact that the application of the reassessed values
will continue to be felt for seve-
ral years more," said the councillor for the economy and taxes, Manuel Arroyo.
The discount scheme also
benefits the town hall by serving as an incentive for residents to register on the local
'padrón' census, said the councillor. "We currently have 67,000
empadronado residents, but we
provide services for a yearround population of easily
100,000 residents, and by increasing the number of empadronados we would receive state funding much more in line with
our real population," he said.
The IBI payment period
started last month and remains
open until October 31. Those
who make their payment via
Councillor Manuel Arroyo explaining the measure
standing order will have it split
into three instalments, the first
charged to their account last
month (May 7), and the next
two on July 7 and September 7.
Photo: Rohu
People who do not pay via standing order and who want to pay
in instalments must submit a
request for the three-payment
plan, said the councillor.
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BENALMADENA MONTHLY
Town hall creates jobs
for 70 unemployed
THE town council last month
approved the launch of an employment scheme to give temporary part-time jobs to local unemployed people. The programme, budgeted at 300,000 euros,
will provide six-month contracts to 70 people, who will receive a monthly salary of 520
euros for working four-hour
days for the municipal maintenance department.
"This plan represents a dynamic response to the problems
of employment and social exclusion, providing a part-time
work contract with a salary
that actually exceeds the minimum wage," said the mayor, Javier Carnero.
Francisco Salido, the councillor for social welfare, added:
"In addition to the six months
of paid work, afterward the participants will be eligible for unemployment benefits for another four months."
Priority will be given to
long-time unemployed who are
no longer receiving any benefits, and other groups in particularly unfavourable circumstances.
Once all the eligible applicants have been assigned points
based on their socioeconomic
situation, a committee consis-
In Brief
GOOD WORK
Benalmádena's local police
department has received a note of commendation from the
British consul in Málaga, Steve Jones. The letter was in response to the force’s action in
assisting an elderly Scottish
tourist found lost and confused on the town’s streets, and
tracking down his hotel and
getting him to the airport in
time to reunite with his wife
for their flight home.
CEMETERY DEBTS
Mayor Carnero announcing the jobs programme
ting of employment department
staff and a social worker will
make the final selection.
"I want to emphasise that
the people participating in this
programme will not be taking
work from town hall workers,
but will be employed as reinforcements for projects and services that can’t be completely
covered by the municipal maintenance department or other
departments,“ said the mayor.
He said the 300,000-euro cost
of the scheme will be paid for
by "the budget areas where we
have cut costs by 30 per cent, as
laid out in our economic austerity plan".
The aim is for the programme to launch this month, with a
six-month duration. The town
hall’s intention is to then repeat
the scheme in each subsequent
six-month period for the next
three years, so that by the end
of 2015 some 500 people will have benefitted, or about six per
cent of the town’s total number
of unemployed.
In the first three days of accepting
applications
last
month, some 700 application
forms were requested and more
than 100 completed forms submitted to the town hall. The
application period closed on
May 30.
Pueblo resident Enid Boundry
turns 101
TOWN hall officials last month
joined Benalmádena Pueblo re-
June 2012
sident Enid ’Eny‘ Boundry in
celebrating her 101st birthday.
Eny with family members and town hall officials
Photo: Rohu
Born in North Wales on May
16, 1911, Eny has lived in Benalmádena with her daughter
Louise for around 20 years.
"Enid Boundry is a real
example of youthful spirit and
joy for life," said deputy mayor
Encarnación González, during
the event.
The celebration was also attended by around a dozen British British residents of the
town including Eny's friends
and family as well as representatives of the Welsh Society.
In addition to a number of
birthday gifts, Eny received a
card from the town's mayor and
councillor for foreign residents,
Javier Carnero.
The town hall says nearly 200
people have unpaid debts for
burial niches at the Arroyo
de la Miel cemetery, which
could impede them from receiving discounts on municipal taxes and fees. After reviewing 680 niche rental contracts, it was found that 184
are not up to date on the payments. The town hall says
many of these people may have been unaware of the need
to renew their contract after
the end of the five-year rental
period typically covered by
insurance. Notification is
being sent to those affected.
CHEAPER CLEANING
The town hall is to save
350,000 euros a year on rubbish collection and cleaning
due to a modification of its
contract with the GSC, the
company that provides the
service.
The
agreement,
which has been approved by
the council, will reduce costs
by 5.76 per cent through efficiencies
and
additional
equipment, "without reducing the current level of service," said officials. GSC is to
invest nearly 5.1 million euros on systems and equipment.
PAVEMENT UPGRADE
Work started last month on a
220,000-euro project to improve the pavements along the
Avenida del Sol coast road in
Benalmádena. The project takes in the stretch from the
traffic light at Hotel Torrequebrada to Tres Caravelas,
and will include renewing
the pavements and installing
22 new street lights. The completion timeline is three
months.
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In Brief
UNIVERSITY
SUCCESS
Benalmádena’s councillor for
education, Elena Galán, last
month congratulated the teachers and students of the
town’s Access to University
course for adults (aged 25 and
up), after 75 per cent of the
students passed the entrance
exam, meaning they can start
at university next year. The
councillor said the high success rate was a testament to
effort of the students as well
as the work carried out by the
municipal education and training centre.
SAN JUAN
FESTIVITIES
The town hall has opened the
sign-up period for the various
contests and activities surrounding this month’s Romería and Feria de San Juan, including a new event this year,
a 'verbena' party on June 15 at
Plaza de la Mezquita in Arroyo, where the young feria
queens
will
be
elected.
Groups and associations interested in particating can sign
up at the Casa de la Cultura
from 9am to 2pm weekdays
until June 8.
WATER WORKS
Work is underway on the installation of a new 325mm water main that the town hall
says will put an end to supply
problems in the Casablanca
and Los Nadales zones of Benalmádena Pueblo during times of high demand. The
work, in the Retamar zone near the Mariposario butterfly
park, is more nearing completion and should be finished
early this month.
LINE 2 BUS
JOINS TRANSPORT
CONSORTIUM
A new bus fare officially took
effect last month on Benalmádena’s local Line 2 service as
it joined the Málaga Transport Consortium bus network.
The price of a single ticket rose by 19 cents to 1.40 euros,
though the cost is 83 cents for
those paying with a consortium bus pass, which also provides transfers to other consortium buses for just 59
cents.
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Local
beaches
get
ready for the summer
Cleaning, maintenance and sand replacement ahead of tourist boom
WORK launched last month
on cleaning and maintenance
at local beaches to get them
prepared for the summer tourism season, which officially
kicks off on June 15.
The councillor for beaches,
Inmaculada Vasco, held a meeting early last month with the
20-strong team of beach cleaning and maintenance staff including municipal workers
as well as employees of the
town hall’s contracted cleaning company, GSC - to lay out
the strategy for the pre-summer and summer campaign.
The pre-season work has
included the replacement sand
on the storm damaged Santa
Ana and Las Gaviotas beaches
using sand that had been dredged from the mouth of the marina and was stockpiled at Malapesquera beach.
"We decided to accumulated the dredged sand to use it
Beaches are gearing up for another busy summer
on the beaches worst damaged
by winter storms, after seeing
that the central government
had no intention to perform
sand replacement on the
town’s beaches," said the
councillor.
She also put out a call to
members of the public to do
their part to help keep the
town’s beaches clean this
summer. "At nine or 10 beaches we have now installed
sets of rubbish and recycling
containers," she said, urging
all beach users to make use of
them to ensure that the beaches are as clean and attractive as possible for residents as
well as tourists.
Town hall meets with foreign
resident groups
One of the town hall's periodic meetings with members of
the Royal British Legion
BENALMÁDENA’S Foreigners' Department, headed by
the town’s mayor, Javier Carnero, has launched a new
round of meetings with foreign-resident groups and associations, to "learn firsthand their problems, concerns and vision for the
town,"announced the town
hall last month.
One meeting took place
early last month with the
Royal British Legion, the local chapter of which has been
registered in the town since
1985. The gathering, attended
by around 20 RBL members,
featured discussions on a
range of topics including local taxes, cultural activities
and the process of registering on the municipal 'padrón' census, among others.
Later in the month a meeting was held at the town hall
with representatives of nearly two dozen foreign-resident
groups
and
associations.
Groups attending included
the RBL, Elim Family, the
Finnish Association, the Irish
Association, the Photographic
Society and the Welsh Society, among many others.
"We believe it is necessary
to have these periodic meetings with foreign-resident
groups so that they can directly provide their suggestions
on issues that we can work to
improve," said Mayor Carnero. "At the same time, the
meetings allow us to provide
them information about town
hall services and procedures."
The Foreigners' Department will continue to be in
contact with other foreign-resident groups and associations in the to schedule future
meetings with them.
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BENALMADENA MONTHLY
Council thumbs
for local B&Bs
up
The proposal still requires sign-off from the Junta de Andalucía
THE Benalmádena council
last month approved a measure that in the future could allow some local homeowners
to convert their houses into
bed-and-breakfast accommodation.
The council gave preliminary approval to a modification of the local development
plan (PGOU), to allow the
creation of B&Bs in properties classified as U-4 single family homes, with a maximum
built size of 150 square metres on a plot of less than 600
square metres.
In all there are around 100
such homes in the town, according to the town hall, but
many of them would not qualify due to their proximity to
the town centre. A number of
the eligible homes are located
in the La Viñuela zone to the
south of Benalmádena Pueblo.
The planning change came
Proposal could see certain types of homes used as B&Bs
following a request by a local
resident who wanted his home reclassified for use as a
B&B. Several other requests
followed, so rather than
handling them case by case,
the town hall decided to make
an official set of parameters
for allowing the creation of
such establishments, explai-
ned the mayor, Javier Carnero.
The approval at Monday’s
council meeting was just the
first step in pushing through
the change, which among other things will require signoff from the Junta de Andalucía’s public works and environment departments.
Mayor in bilingual interview
with local students
The mayor responding to questions from students
BENALMÁDENA'S mayor,
Javier Carnero, last month
visited the Al Baytar secondary school where he underwent a bilingual 'interview',
fielding questions from students in Spanish and English.
The activity was organised
by the school's teacher for in-
Photo: Rohu
tercultural studies, Jesús Relinque.
"This type of multicultural activity is especially valuable in a town like Benalmádena where more than 300 nationalities live together and
some 30 per cent of the population is foreign, said the
mayor, who is also the coun-
cillor for foreign residents.
"This school is itself an
example of multiculturalism,
with students of more than 40
nationalities studying together with teamwork and harmony," he said.
Questions from the students touched on subjects
such as values in education,
attention to the needs of people of different nationalities
and the current situation and
context of public education.
The mayor stressed his
strong conviction of the importance and value of public
education as well the importance of integrating residents
of all nationalities.
Teacher Jesús Relinque
expressed his appreciation
for the mayor's participation
and said he has found the
town hall very supportive of
"all educational initiatives
related to multiculturalism".
June 2012
In Brief
ART EXHIBITION
The Centro de Exposiciones
in Benalmádena Costa is currently hosting an exhibition
of paintings and drawings by
artist Juan Manuel Fuentes
del Ama. The show, which
runs until June 24, features
50 oil paintings and 20 drawings spanning the artist’s
career from the late 1970s to
the present. Sr Fuentes del
Ama, who was born in Madrid, trained in Paris and has
had shows in the US, Paris,
Mexico and in may cities of
Spain, describes his work as
"visionary, surrealist, symbolist, dreamlike and, above all,
narrative," and cites the
works of Shakespeare as one
of his inspirations.
TIME BANK
Benalmádena’s councillor for
business development, employment and equality, Encarnación González, last month
visited Málaga’s Time Bank which allows people to exchange services free of charge
based on hourly credits - to learn more about how it functions. The idea is to glean ideas
that can be used at the town’s
Innova entrepreneurial centre to create a similar exchange scheme for business services.
TOURISM INFO
The Felipe Orlando Pre-Columbian Museum in Benalmádena is to serve as a support
branch for the town’s tourism
office, after the installation
last week of an information
point with maps and material
on local sites of interest, cultural events and fiestas. Officials say museum staff will be
kept up to date by the tourism
office on local events and activities.
ROAD REPAIRS
A road crew is filling potholes
and making other minor repairs along the main road linking Arroyo de la Miel with
Benalmádena Pueblo, announced town hall officials last
month. The work is part of an
ongoing road maintenance programme that started in Benalmádena Costa, has moved on to
Arroyo and will then hit streets
in the pueblo.
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Benalmádena Bowls Club's
Presentation Night 2012
BENALMADENA Bowls Club
held its Annual Presentation
Night earlier this spring at the
Sunset Beach Club at Benalmádena Costa.
Trophies were given to the
winners of the Drawn Triples
Brian Todd, Harry Ronald and
Nominated Mixed Triples
Nominated Men's Pairs
Colin Handley; Drawn Ladies'
Pairs Kate Morris and Brenda
Tims; Drawn Men's Pairs Geoff
Edginton and Neil Stanton; Nominated Triples Brian Todd,
Lennie Dineen, Sybil Ferguson;
Nominated Mixed Pairs Bill Gregory and Maureen Robertshaw;
Nominated Ladies' Pairs Kate
Morris and Amber Dineen; and
Nominated Men's Pairs Alan
Tims and Richard Jones.
The Ladies' Singles was won
by Amber Dineen and the Men's
Singles was won by Joe Stamper.
Amber and Joe then went on
to represent Benalmádena in the
Champions of Champions held
in April at Lauro Golf Bowls
Club.
Also mentioned was the Handicap Singles Winner Phil Hall
who was presented with Dunnes
Gift Voucher.
The First Win Trophy for the
ladies went to Lynne Heseltine
and the men's winner was Jonathan Young.
Our club is open for roll ups
on Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday.
Please contact our competition secretary on 95 238 6371 or
email us for more information:
[email protected].
Or check out our- website
www.benalmadenabowlsclub.com. Coaching available also free hire of bowls. Everyone
welcome.
Winners Nominated Ladies
Pairs
Winners Drawn Ladies Pairs
CALLING ALL CLUBS
Winners Drawn Men's Pairs
BENALMÁDENA Monthly would like to welcome club and association members to the pages of this new council publication.
Each month we will be featuring a local group and its members on this page. Inclusion is absolutely free and gives readers
a chance to see the many activities available to them through
membership to your club.
But remember we’re a monthly publication so we need your
news as soon as possible!
Contact Joanna Drozdawska at the town hall’s Foreign
Residents‘ Department on 952 579 979 or email [email protected] for more information.
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BENALMADENA MONTHLY
June 2012
The 'Sixty Five' card and
what it can do for you
Benalmádena Foreign Residents' Department's Joanna Drozdowska answers your questions
Q
I've heard that there is a
special discount card for
OAPs and I'd like to know if I
am eligible to apply for one?
In a nutshell, the answer is
yes, foreign residents in
Andalucía can apply, although
as you will see you do have to
fulfill various requirements
which we will look at in the next
two issues of Benalmádena
Monthly.
The regional government issues a card called the 65 card
which is issued by the Junta de
Andalucía's Social Services and
Equality Department free of
A
charge to over 65s who would like it. This document means
users can benefit directly from
social services programmes, discounts, subsidies, etcetera. There are two types of 65 cards:
• Andalucía Junta sesenta y
cinco is for those people over 65
and resident in any part of Andalucía.
• Andalucía Junta sesenta y
cinco Oro
Like the other card, this is for
over 65s who also had a personal
income during the previous year
that does not excede 75% of
Spain's average annual wages.
With your card you can access exclusive services and discounts such as:
• Use the Andalucía Tele-home care services with discounts
of 40%, 80% and even 100%.
• Make long distance bus
trips within Andalucía with a
50% discount on ticket prices.
• Buy your glasses with discounts between 30 and 55%.
• Buy a hearing aid with discounts between 30 and 35%.
• Enjoy multiple discounts at
hotels, cinemas, sporting events,
monuments and theme parks ...
• Have access to completely
free legal advice from the Servicio de Orientación Jurídica. You
can find information on this legal service at your nearest Junta de Andalucía Senior Citizen's
Day Centre.
• Make use of important discounts on Day Centre or Family
Respite Centre places.
• Use Senior Citizen Day Centre
dining rooms with a 50% discount on the price of the menu
(only Oro cardholders).
• Apply for a subsidy to adapt
your home should you have mobility problems.
Continues next month...
Spotlight on... Suzanne and Ray Challinor
EACH
issue
Benalmádena
Monthly briefly turns the spotlight on an expat resident to get to
know a little bit about the person
behind the face...
In this edition we asked Suzanne and Ray Challinor to sit in
the interview chair.
1. What were you doing before
you came to Spain?
Since 1976 we have both worked together in a self employed
capacity. We have been involved
in retail, business sales and consultancy, marketing and training.
2. Why have you chosen to live
in Benalmádena and how long
have you been here?
It was by accident really. For
many years we had holidays in
Montemar but as they were a
well deserved break from business we spent little time discovering the area. In 1997 we decided
to buy a property in the area and
that is when we came across Benalmádena. From the start we considered it to be the best and most
attractive part of the coast and
still have that view today.
3. How long have you lived here?
We are now in our thirteenth
year and look forward to many
more in the future.
4. Do you feel at home here?
Yes we do. We only return to
the UK occasionally to keep in
touch with our family and always
encourage them to visit us. Benalmádena is not just where we live it
is home to us. We feel very much
as part of the community and intend to spend the rest of our time
here.
5. What do you like most about
life in Spain?
We admire and enjoy the way
the Spanish in Andalusia take a
relaxed and carefree approach to
life. The celebrations and fiestas
are very much part of local culture and something we do not experience in the UK. It’s nice to see
people attach importance to their
leisure time rather than just concentrate on work and material
gain.
6. What do you miss most from
your country?
The honest answer is very little. We certainly don’t miss the
rain and cold or the day to day
pressures which have become
part of the British way of life. Benalmádena offers the life we enjoyed in past years but with the modern technology and facilities
which we are now all used to.
7. Do you feel integrated?
Very much so. Over the past
few years the Benalmádena Ayuntamiento has developed the Foreigners' Department which has
brought us much closer to the
Spanish way of life. In addition we
Ray and Suzanne enjoy the relaxed Spanish approach to life
have been encouraged to bring some of our own cultural events here. We are both very involved with
St George’s Day and the Costa Del
Sol Photographic Society. The
council has given tremendous
support to us with both of these
projects and the interest shown by
the Spanish has proved that integration is possible and can be a
success.
8. How would you promote integration between foreigners
and Spanish people?
First, it is essential that we accept that we are the guests here
and should always respect that.
We should also try to learn the
language. That can be difficult but
from our experience it is better to
try with mistakes than to make no
attempt. Spanish people apprecia-
te the effort and it is surprising
how little is required to create a
bond. It is also important to follow local news. Not just through
our own newspapers but through
publications such as this. To us
it’s important to use the Spanish
shops, restaurants and other businesses. We should support our
local community if we want to be
part of it. Finally, we have an excellent Foreigners' Department
promoted by the Benalmadena
Ayuntamiento. Many events are
organised by them to encourage
integration and it is up to us to
become involved and enjoy the
many benefits.
We both consider Benalmadena to be one of the finest towns in
Spain and we are both proud to
be residents here.
June 2012
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folklore all day long, but really comes into its own from dusk onwards.
June Agenda
Special events
Book Clubs
Costa del Sol Photographic Society, Until June 10. Photos by
club members, which will be
auctioned off in favour of Cudeca.
Javier Ortiz Pinazo, June 12-July 2. Collages.
ARROYO DE LA MIEL
LIBRARY, Parque de la Paloma.
In Spanish: June 6, 12 and 26 at
7pm.
In English: Read On, June 5 at
7pm.
In French: Cercle de Lecture, June 19 at 7pm.
BENALMADENA PUEBLO
LIBRARY (behind the Felipe Orlando Museum)
In Spanish: June 19 at 11am &
6pm.
CASA DE LA CULTURA, Arroy
de la Miel.
23rd Bonsai & Suiseki Exhibition, Until June 2.
Photographic Exhibition, June
4-9. 25 years of La Leala School.
Cross stitch, embroidery and
craft work, June 15-26.
Kid's Stuff
STORY TIME, June 6, 13 and 20
at 6.15pm at the Benalmádena
Pueblo library ( behind the Felipe
Orlando museum). A fun afternoon activity for very young readers accompanied by an adult.
Everyone is welcome. Stories are
in Spanish but with lots of visual
and sound effects to keep the
young audience rivetted.
STORYTELLING
IN
THE
PARK, June 5, 12, 19 & 26 at 6pm.
Takes place at the Poets' Monument in the Parque de la Paloma.
The Mas Madera
Film Club
THIS MONTH marks the end of
the cinema club season. New season starts in October. Films are at
9pm at the Casa de la Cultura in
Arroyo de la Miel. Films are
shown with original soundtrack
and with Spanish subtitles if in a
foreign language. Tickets: 3 euros.
June 7: The Artist. France 2011.
Silent, black and white comedy.
Arroyo de la Miel celebrates
its annual fair this month
from June 22-25.
Director Michel Hazanavicius,
Stars Jean Dujardin, Berenice Bejo.
June 14: Un Dios Salvaje. France/Germany/Spain 2011. Drama/
comedy. Director Roman Polanski. Stars Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet.
Exhibitions
BENALMADENA COSTA EXHIBITION CENTRE (On the
N340 coast road, opposite post office). Open Tues-Sat, 10-2/5-7.30.
Sun/fiestas 11-1.30pm. Entrance
free. Closed Mon.
Juan Manuel Fuentes, Until June 24. Tierras Lejanas exhbition.
Oil paintings and drawings.
BIL-BIL CASTLE (on the N340
coast road opposite Benal Beach).
Entrance free.
Music
BIL BIL CASTLE (on the N340
coast road opposite Benal Beach).
At. 20.30.
European Day of Music, June
16. Choir concert at9pm.
Young Malaga Musicians, June
29 at 8.30pm. Local prizewinning
pianists perform Beethoven,
Haydn, Chopin... Entrance free.
OFF THE BEATEN TRACK.
There are no trips planned until
the autumn.
Local Birds ,June 2 at 10am. Talk
by Juan Antonio Gomez Negrillo
(Spanish Ornithological Society)
on how to identify local birds. At
the Arroyo de la Miel library.
Mysteries of Pre-Columbian
Ameria, June 15-16. Conference
in Spanish. At the Felipe Orlando
Pre-Columbian Museum, Benalm´ádena Pueblo. Friday 5-7pm and
Saturday 10-1.30pm and 5-7pm.
Spanish-English
Language
Exchange Programme. Organised by the town hall's Foreign
Residents' Department to improve conversational Spanish or
English in a friendly, fun and
free way. Takes place on Monday, 5.30-7pm at the senior citizens' centre in Benalmádena
Pueblo or on Tuesday and
Thursday at the senior citizens'
centre in the Plaza de la Mezquita, Arroyo de la Miel. Continues
through June and July. To take
part, pop along to a meeting and
fill out an inscription form or
ask Joanna at the town hall's Foreign Residents' Department
(952 579 979).
Fiestas & Fairs
Noche de San Juan, June 23.
Bonfires, fireworks and parties
all along the Costa as well as
street parties in Arroyo and Benalmadena mark the star t of summer with burning of the old to
make way for the new.
Arroyo de la Miel Annual
Fair, June 22-25 at the fairground
by the Parque de la Paloma. Fairground attractions, concerts and
On-duty Chemists. Farmacias
are usually open from 9.301.30pm and 5-9pm but there is also an emergency chemist on duty in each municipality outside
these hours. To find out which
chemist is on duty, telephone
the local police, (952562142) health centre or check on the door
of any chemist's shop where the
duty rota will be displayed.
Useful telephone numbers
Emergency numbers
All emergencies 112
(This is a central call base for any emergency)
Ambulance service 061
Fire brigade 952 563 429
Guardia Civil 062
Local Police 092
National Police 091
902 102 112 - Reports in case of theft or robbery (English spoken)
General telephone numbers
Endesa electricity company 900 248 248
Hospital Carlos Haya, Málaga 952 390 400
Hospital Clinico Universitario, Málaga 952 649 400
Hospital Materno Infantil, Málaga 952 300 400
Hospital Costa del Sol, Marbella 951 976 669/951 976 670
GP appointments by phone to Salud Responde 902 505 060 or by
internet www.juntadeandalucia.es/servicioandaluzdesalud
Appointments for NIE applications at Torremolinos police station 952 378 437
Local telephone numbers
Foreigners' Department, Town Hall 952 579 979
Health Centre (Arroyo) 952 440 404/952 443 545
Health Centre (Pueblo) 952 449 313
Health Centre (Torrequebrada) 951 308 121
Hospital Chare 951 976 070
Hospital Xanit 952 443 119
Local police (Arroyo) 952 562 142
Local police (Pueblo) 952 579 853
Sports Centre (Arroyo) 95 257 7050
Sports Centre (Pueblo) 95 256 8085
Taxis 952 441 545
Tourist Office 952 442 494
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BENALMADENA MONTHLY
June 2012