Authorities to step up speed controls at accident black spots on minor roads

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BASIL AL BAYATI
BRINGS HIS
WORLD
TO MALAGA
The prestigious
Iraqi architect
has turned an old
city centre mansion
into a cultural
centre due to
open in March
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The architect in one of the rooms of the building soon to open to the public. :: FERNANDO GONZÁLEZ
Authorities to step up speed controls
at accident black spots on minor roads
A number of
The traffic authority (DGT) has an- more than the previous year. The
nounced plans to install more speed accident rate also increased, espe-
stretches in the
and surveillance cameras on cially on secondary roads, despite
province of stretches of the regional road net- their volume of traffic being much
work with high accident rates. The lower than on dual carriageways and
Malaga have been move comes in reaction to an in- motorways. New controls to be
crease in the road death toll in 2016; brought in include warning signs
pinpointed in the province of Malaga 30 peo- that show the number plate of a
ple died on the roads, 15 per cent speeding vehicle. P2
Former animal shelter Malaga bar courts
Andalusian boss accused of misuse controversy after banning
of funds following last customers from entering if
health service
month’s conviction for they’re wearing pyjamas or
bosses resign animal cruelty dressing gowns
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amid protests
Business owners warn of Midfielder José
an increase in violent Rodríguez signs for
The Junta tries to restore
credibility in its management theft around nightclubs Malaga on loan in the
after a number of marches and bars in La Nogalera, club’s only deadline day
calling for more spending P17 Torremolinos P7 transfer action P57
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Traffic authority announces plans to
improve safety on hazardous minor roads
determine whether the vehicle has mentions the 30 most dangerous re-
THE MOST DANGEROUS ROADS IN MALAGA
passed the motor vehicle inspection gional roads in the province. Al-
test known as the ITV), and real speed though the official statistic for acci-
Road Route Deaths signs on the most dangerous dents in 2016 has yet to be published,
IGNACIO
stretches. SUR’s newspaper library shows that
LILLO
A-357 Campillos-Ardales-Cártama 4
The use of the latter is the most at least half of the 30 deaths in
 [email protected] original idea from the department. Malaga last year occurred on some
A-343* Antequera- Zalea 2
If one or more of the drivers exceeds of these roads. These same roads are
New cameras will be
A-355 Casapalma 1 the speed limit, the electronic pan- also believed to have been listed in
used to monitor speed, els will display the number plate of last year’s report.
A-356* Casabermeja-Vélez 2
the car together with the message
to determine whether
“modere su velocidad” (reduce your The Invive report
A-366* Ronda-Coín -
vehicles have passed the
speed). These stretches of road, according to
motor vehicle test and if A-367* Ronda-Ardales - The panels will not be used to give the definition given by the depart-
out retrospective punishments for ment’s website, are “the most dan-
seat belts are being worn
A-369 Ronda-Guacín -
speeding, but will simply serve as a gerous” because of the degree to
warning. The location of these sys- which drivers speed on these roads
A-374 Ronda-Algodonales -
MALAGA. The government’s traf- tems will be indicated to road users, (which in some cases has been
fic authority, the Dirección Gen- A-384* Antequera-Arcos de la Fra. 1 while a list of them will also be made 30km/h over the speed limit), in ad-
eral de Tráfico (DGT), is to increase available on the DGT’s website. dition to the accident and death rates
A-387* Alh. el Grande-Mijas -
safety on the regional road network Although the exact number of on them between 2010-2014.
with new cameras following an in- cameras and speed signs to be used The DGT also plans to alert driv-
A-397 Ronda-San Pedro A. 2
crease in deaths and offences on in the province is unknown, SUR ers to each one of the 300 roads con-
these stretches in 2016. A-402 La Viñuela 1 has had access to Invive, a report on sidered to be dangerous in Spain by
Thirty people lost their lives on speed surveillance published by the putting a sign directly under the
A-404 Coín-Churriana -
the roads in the province of Malaga DGT with data from 2015, which speed limit indicator.
last year, a 15 per cent increase on
A-405 Gaucín -
2015, while other figures confirm
that half of the most serious acci- A-7052 Churriana-Est. Cártama -
dents take place on regional roads
A-7053 Alh. el Grande-Fuengirola -
despite having a much lower traffic
density than dual carriageways and
A-7054* Malaga-Pizarra -
motorways.
As a result, the interior minister A-7059 Cártama-Coín -
Juan Ignacio Zoido announced on
A-7075 Villanueva de la Concepción -
Tuesday that the department will im-
plement 15 measures in an attempt
A-7200 Archidona -
to reduce the number of accidents
and fatalities in 2016. This follows A-7281 Antequera -
the DGT’s announcement on Satur-
N-340* Costa del Sol 2
day that rumble strips will be painted
on the more dangerous ordinary roads, *Two stretches. Source: DGT’s Invive report.
where the majority of road fatalities
occur in Spain, with studies suggest-
ing that the measure will reduce head-
Half of the 30 deaths Electronic panels will
on collisions by 29% and accidents
when exiting them by 67%. in Malaga province display number plates
The main additions to road safety
last year took place of cars exceeding the
will be the use of 60 new speed cam-
eras, 200 surveillance cameras to en- on country roads speed limit
sure everyone inside the car is wear-
ing a seatbelt (which also helps to Guardia Civil officers carry out a speed test with mobile speed cameras on
February 3rd to 9th 2017 NEWS 3
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Malaga will host
Drivers and road
a summit with
accident
Mariano Rajoy and
survivors praise
François Hollande
new measures
on 20 February
:: SUR :: SUR IN ENGLISH
MÁLAGA. Drivers and traffic ac- MALAGA. On 20 February,
cident victims alike celebrated the Malaga will be hosting the 25th
news that 15 new measures are Hispano-French summit, which
being introduced in an attempt to will be presided over by Spanish
reduce motor incidents. prime minister Mariano Rajoy
Mario Arnaldo, the president and French president François
of the European motorist asso- Hollande.
ciation, Automovilistas Europeos The decision to hold the sum-
Asociados, showed his support mit outside Madrid is thought to
for the proposals in a statement have been made in order to high-
to Europa Press, although he did light Malaga’s existing links with
hope that they have not been im- Marín, who was recently found guilty of ill-treating animals, leaving the court building. :: A. G. France and due to Mayor Fran-
plemented “as a mere attempt to cisco de la Torre’s passion for that
paper over the cracks and silence country. In 2015 the first branch
Former boss of Parque Animal is now
public opinion.” of the Centre Pompidou outside
The president of the motorcy- France opened in the city.
clists’ association Mutua Motera, accused of misappropriation of funds This is not the first time that
Juan Manuel Reyes, stressed the Malaga has hosted an important
importance of the fact that a large summit for Spanish and French
part of the measures being taken leaders, as in 2002 the then prime
imply improvements to road in- minister, José María Aznar, re-
A judge in Torremolinos
frastructure, although he criti- ties and private prosecution in in Torremolinos. ceived French president Jacques
has found indications
cised the lack of specific meas- this case, Carmen Marín used The judge also says it looks as Chirac there.
ures for motorcyclists. that Carmen Marín and money from the animal rescue if the association’s president used At this month’s summit, the
centre, which received tens of the funds to pay more than 11,000 subjects discussed are likely to in-
her family used the
thousands of euros from Torre- euros in restaurants between clude the challenges faced by the
association’s funds for molinos council in the form of 2008 and 2010. EU following Britain’s decision to
personal purposes grants and to finance the incin- According to the judge, Carmen leave, the refugee crisis and the
eration of animals, in a well- Marín wrote cheques for more implications of Donald Trump as
known supermarket, a car hire than 23,000 euros from the ani- US president. It will also give both
:: ALBERTO GÓMEZ firm and a major wholesale store. mal protection centre’s accounts leaders a chance to stress the bene-
MALAGA. The former head of the The bank accounts of Parque and Felipe Barco, her right-hand fits of the EU, although François
‘Parque Animal’ animal protec- Animal, which is registered as a man, who has also been found Hollande will not be standing for
tion centre in Torremolinos, Car- non-profit-making organisation, guilty of ill-treating animals, used re-election in the French presi-
men Marín, who has already been were also allegedly used by Marín the charity’s funds to buy a Nis- dential election this year.
found guilty of ill-treating ani- and her family to pay for a course san pick-up. Marín is also said to
mals and faking documentation, of driving lessons, monthly gym- have bought a Citroën C3 worth
may soon be facing a new trial in nasium membership and a secu- 14,490 euros in the name of her
Malaga’s courts. rity system for a private home. daughter.
She is alleged to have used the The judge also considers that In the notification to the prose-
association’s funds for personal there is evidence to indicate that cutors, the judge explains that
purposes, including 104,382 euros Carmen Marín paid for stays in these deeds could indicate mis-
to modernise and decorate a cos- luxury hotels in Marbella, Lisbon, appropriation of funds, and she
metic beauty clinic owned by one Salamanca, Nerja, Bilbao, Jerez has asked them to draw up a for-
of her daughters, and also to adapt de la Frontera, Marrakesh, Bos- mal request for further investi-
the lift in one of the buildings she ton and St. Petersburg, and that gation to be carried out.
owns. all these costs, which amounted She has also found evidence of
According to a notification sent to thousands of euros, were possible fraud in the renting of
from a judge in Torremolinos to charged to the current accounts premises ceded by the town hall
a minor road. :: SUR the official prosecution authori- of the animal protection centre to a third party. Rajoy and Hollande. :: SUR
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Aifos owner jailed for taking 56,000 112 REPORTS
euros for a flat that was never built
Jesús Ruiz Casado has
been convicted for
misappropriation and
must return the amount
and serve a two-year
prison sentence The moment when the leader of the Camorra was arrested. :: SUR
:: ÁLVARO FRÍAS Leading figure of The international fugitive , who
MALAGA. The Malaga provincial Camorra arrested in is thought to be the right-hand man
court has sentenced Jesús Ruiz of the leader of the Camorra, is be-
Alhaurín de la Torre
Casado, owner of real estate promo- lieved to be a prominent figure in
tor Aifos, to two years in prison, ac- the group’s international drugs ring,
cording to documents made acces- MALAGA trafficking cocaine and cannabis.
sible to SUR. He has been convicted :: AGENCIES. A leading member of He had apparently been leading
of misappropriation after making the Camorra mafia-style organisa- illegal operations from Spain, act-
off with the 56,000 euros paid by a tion was arrested in the early hours ing as the direct contact for the or-
couple for an apartment which was of Saturday morning in Alhaurín ganisations here being supplied
never built. de la Torre by National Police. with the drugs.
The lawyer representing the cou- Jesús Ruiz Casado and his wife, Teresa Maldonado. :: SUR
ple, Antonio Castillo Adam, ex- Local Police officer Parents investigated
plained that they had emigrated to up front, then took the total up to to finance other business endeavours,
sentenced to four after one-year-old tests
Canada, but on retiring and the wife 56,221 over the course of 20 must now be returned to the couple,
months in prison positive for cannabis
developing lung problems, the cou- monthly payments. plus legal interest charges. Ruiz Casado
ple decided to spend their life’s sav- On seeing that construction had must also pay a fine of 2,400 euros as
ings on a move to the Costa del Sol. not started, the couple asked for the well as serving time in jail. MALAGA MALAGA
Attracted by an advertisement, money to be returned - a request His wife, Teresa Maldonado, who :: J. C. A member of the Local Po- :: J. C. An investigation has been
the couple signed a contract for a that was denied despite no works acted as administrator, was also on lice force in Antequera has been ordered after a 12-month-old girl
84-square-metre home on the Las licence having been granted or even the bench and was acquitted on the given a four-month suspended sen- tested positive for cannabis after
Caballerizas estate in Mijas in No- submitted. basis of not being part of any con- tence and a fine of 120 euros after being rushed to the Quirón hospi-
vember 2004. They paid 13,500 euros The money, which had been used tractual processes. attempting to steal a camera from tal for excessive drowsiness.
El Corte Inglés in Malaga. The father, both at hospital and
He was caught by a security at the hearing, suggested possible
guard, and eventually arrested by ingestion of a joint left within the
Brit facing nine years in jail for
nature, according to the public National Police officers after a child’s reach. Judicial proceedings
prosecution’s initial statement. struggle. are under way into possible child
storing and sharing child porn The man had these files, the maltreatment and neglect of duty.
statement reads, “to satisfy the
desires of himself and of third par-
Gang linked to ATM
ties”. tween Malaga and Madrid, has re-
:: EP and ordered a search of his prop- The public prosecution accuses explosion robberies sulted in the arrest of four Span-
MALAGA. A British man is facing erty in July 2016. They seized eight the man, who has been in prison brought down ish men aged between 26 and 33,
nine years in prison, accused of hard drives and in one of them since July 2016, of the corruption who have also been charged with
possessing and sharing thousands found an application in which he of minors through the possession possession of arms and explosives,
of files containing child pornogra- had created several virtual folders and distribution of particularly de- MARBELLA and drug trafficking .
phy - some 5,800 images - from his and subfolders. grading child pornography and is :: SUR. The National Police and Raids on properties uncovered
home in Manilva. The man was In one of the folders, there were asking for nine years imprison- the Guardia Civil have brought a number of tools and equipment
wanted for the same crime by po- several subfolders in which there ment as well as ten years of super- own a criminal organisation re- used for the operation.
lice in Wales. were 5,878 images of child pornog- vised release, during which he sponsible for the robbery of 12 This operation ran simultane-
The Guardia Civil, in collabora- raphy and 1,171 files of this type, must take part in sexual education cash machines using either explo- ously with the one that brought
tion with the FBI, came to suspect showing very young children be- programmes and will be banned sives or flammable gas. down a group of British criminals
that the man could have been in ing submitted to “various types of from using file sharing software The operation, carried out be- in November for similar crimes.
possession of child pornography degrading treatment” of a sexual and working with minors.
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People power forces Marbella council to
ing about health as the children still
have these cables running over their
heads.”
put high-voltage cables underground
A lesson in democracy
Councillors voting on the motion
to approve funds for the work to be
included in this year’s budget
praised the campaign waged by par-
Councillors vote to
ning through urban areas. ents’ associations, saying it was “a
remove overhead The Trapiche Norte district has a lesson in democracy”.
population of 1,600 and two schools, CSSP-Podemos councillors also
lines near schools in
Xarblanca and María Auxiliadora, demanded that funding was ap-
Trapiche Norte and are also in the area. At Xarblanca proved as a precondition for giving
there are 1,200 pupils and teachers their approval to the overall 2017
San Pedro after parent
alone. The offending cables have budgets. A representative of the par-
and resident campaign also prevented a children’s park from ents’ associations was allowed by
being completed. In all, 900 metres Podemos to read out the funding
in this area run overground. motion in the council chamber be-
:: HÉCTOR BARBOTTA fore voting took place.
MARBELLA. A dream came true Locals get tough on council In a last minute intervention, Par-
for parents last week when town Although agreement was reached tido Popular councillors secured sup-
councillors finally voted to allocate in April 2015 with Endesa to put the port for the powerlines running near
funds to put high-voltage power lines underground, nothing has hap- Al-Andalus school in San Pedro to
cables near three Marbella schools pened since, forcing parents’ and be included in the same motion.
underground. residents’ groups to lobby each party Of the 26 town councillors, all
Local people in the Trapiche Norte on Marbella council directly in or- voted in favour, except two from
area of Marbella have been cam- der to speed up the initiative. the Opción Sampedreña party, who
paigning for 14 years to have cabling Francisco Claro, president of the abstained, claiming it would be bet-
hidden. They claim that the mag- local residents’ association in Tra- ter to move the cables away alto-
netic fields generated are a health piche Norte commented that: “It gether from the schools.
risk and that the failure to remove doesn’t make any sense that this has Although funds will be set aside,
them contravenes European rules been stopped because we’ve been the work in both areas is not likely
on high-voltage power lines run- High-voltage power cables in the Trapiche Norte area. :: JOSELE-LANZA waiting for many years. We are talk- to be finished this year.
Innovative co-working space for Museo del
covers 500 square metres.
Chief Operating Officer, Sean Grabado’s
Phillips, said that the aim is to en-
businesses opens in Marbella able “people who don’t want to sign accounts frozen as
a long term lease - or can’t - [...] to
town hall demands
grow their businesses by giving
them extra help, a different envi- 100,000 euros
ronment and surrounding them
Entrepreneurs have been
with like-minded people that are in
invited to experience a different businesses”.
With the opening of spaces in Du- :: MÓNICA PÉREZ
new form of co-working
bai and Miami planned for June and MARBELLA. The foundation
at a local business centre
July respectively, Sean revealed that controlling the Museo del Grabado
there have been questions asked museum in Marbella has had its
:: RACHEL ARMSTRONG about their choice of Marbella. accounts frozen since November,
MARBELLA. Business owners and “With our footprint across the SUR sources understand.
entrepreneurs in Marbella have been world, people go ‘why Marbella? Of This is due to an unpaid debt to
introduced this week to a new con- all places... wouldn’t you pick Lon- the town hall, totalling 100,000
cept in office space at the heart of don?’ Well, people are already pick- euros, for repair works carried out
the Golden Mile. ing London. People have already in 2015 on a building on Calle Hos-
Our Space Marbella offers 13 pri- done that,” he said “We kind of like pital Bazán which had fallen into
vate offices and 140 desks in a shared Marbella because of the melting pot a dangerous state of disrepair.
environment to promote co-work- that it is.” The building, left to the mu-
ing and networking. All members Speaking at the launch party on seum by businessman Joaquín
of the Costa del Sol business com- Wednesday night, Kevan Halliwell, Rivero, required underpinning
munity were invited to the open- CEO, said: “We are five years ahead and saw the road closed for sev-
ing of the first of twelve centres that of everybody else and that’s where eral months and access blocked
the firm plans to open worldwide Representatives cut the ribbon at the new co-working facility. :: R. A. we’ll stay. This is the first real step for residents.
this year, and the first of fifty on our global journey. Our Space is However, at the time of works,
planned for the next three to five idea however all but two offices were on television programmes includ- creating 50 of these co-working lo- the foundation was still awaiting
years. sold out before opening. ing Lost and CSI Miami, Our Space cations in twelve keys cities around the paperwork to take complete
An innovative concept here on Designed by Carlos Barbosa, an Marbella features a futuristic style the world over the next three to five control of the building and they
the coast, the team said they were Emmy-nominated Hollywood Pro- which aims to encourage produc- years and the one here in Marbella claim that the works are therefore
unsure how locals would take to the duction Designer who has worked tivity and creativity. The work space is number one.” the responsibility of the town hall.
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Business owners warn of increase in
ple frequenting the establishments,
making people, especially drunk tour-
ists returning to their hotels in the
violent theft around La Nogalera early hours, more vulnerable.
For their part, the Torremolinos
town hall claims that the crimes are
“isolated and not coordinated”, add-
ing that the number of crimes has
LGBT associations blame a not increased. Despite this, last week
they announced that police presence
number of organised
would be stepped up “in response to
criminal groups which take
appeals from residents and business
advantage of the low owners”.
reporting rate “out of fear Many nightclub owners have come
together and are preparing a docu-
or shame”
ment in which they are appealing
for institutional help to tackle the
:: ALBERTO GÓMEZ problem. “We are not worried about
TORREMOLINOS. “Every night our premises because we all have se-
people get robbed,” says the owner curity measures and cameras. But we
of a popular nightclub in La Nogal- are worried about the general safety
era in Torremolinos. Residents and of the area. It’s very easy to rob some-
visitors are enduring a state of “de- one here, especially if there are no
fencelessness” after several organ- police officers to be seen.” The arrest
ised criminal groups have established and then subsequent release of of-
themselves in the area known as a fenders is another reason for indig-
benchmark of gay leisure in south- nation: “They pick them up, let them
ern Europe. The passageway in La Nogalera, a target for criminals. :: A. G. go and then they rob again. They are
The narrow alleyway where the laughing in our faces.”
majority of the area’s gay bars are The fact that very few of these attacks “have a clear homophobic The president of Colega in Torre- In the letter, they propose the in-
located seems to be the area cho- crimes are reported encourages the element” as the assailants know that molinos, Santiago Rubio, calls for stallation of surveillance cameras,
sen by these criminals: “They wait thieves. The Spanish LGBT Confed- the chances of the crimes being re- “more security and higher police pres- employing private security, and the
at the start and the end and target eration (Colega) doesn’t classify these ported are lower due to “shame or ence” at La Nogalera, even during strategic placement of police cars in
customers.” as hate crimes but admits that the fear”. the week when there are fewer peo- the area.
HERE & THERE
Major works licences San José renovation
grow by 60% in one year project put out to tender
ESTEPONA ESTEPONA
:: L. P. Economic recovery was strong :: L. P. The area surrounding San José
in Estepona in 2016, a record year in church, which has fast become an
terms of construction in the town. important part of Estepona due to
Licences were granted for 209 major its connections to other parts of the
works projects, an increase of 60 per town, has been added to the ‘Este-
cent on the previous year. pona, Jardín de la Costa del Sol’ ini-
The town hall claims that its own tiative.
projects, such as improvements to It will now be remodelled with
the historical centre, the botanical improvements needed to drainage,
park and the coastal path, have en- sewage and electric infrastructure,
couraged private enterprises to start and pavements. The project has been
projects designed to attract residen- put out to tender with the works
tial tourism. valued at 700,000 euros.
Town hall takes over
of the Junta de Andalucía, inaction
river clearance works on their part has meant the work is
now urgent, in order to prevent pos-
MARBELLA sible flooding, fires and plagues of in-
:: M. PÉREZ. Marbella town hall, sects settling.
:: JOSELE-LANZA
with the collaboration of residents’ “We cannot wait any longer,” said
PLATFORM DEMANDS The platform ‘The square is ours’ has gathered more than 800 sig- communities, has taken matters into councillor Miguel Díaz as work got
natures in their latest campaign to reclaim Plaza de los Naranjos in its own hands in order to tackle the under way to clear the excess vege-
ORANGE SQUARE BE
Marbella for public use. They have presented their petition to the problem of overgrown rivers and tation from the Arroyo Alicates. This
RID OF TERRACES town hall to stop the several restaurants in the area from putting streams in the municipality. is the eighth intervention carried out
tables and chairs on what they consider “a space for everyone”. Despite being the responsibility by the town hall.
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A dream come true for Basil Al Bayati
tory of the Muslim era of Andalucía.
On the first floor, the cafeteria has
hand-carved wooden ceilings and
lamps which were made especially
in Turkey. The food served here will
be ecological, and vegetarian.
The famous Iraqi architect is opening a cultural centre in the centre of Malaga city
The second floor is a room for tem-
porary exhibitions, and will house
displays of architecture, ceramic items
The building, in Calle
ddaadd,, where I was born,” ex- and furniture, among others. The in-
Marqués de Guadiaro, will ppllaaiined Basil in one of tention is to establish links with the
tthhee most luxurious Architecture School of Malaga uni-
house a room for
aarreeas in the build- versity and the College of Architects,
exhibitions on design and
iinngg, the space to work on joint projects.
craftsmanship, a cafeteria wwhhich is going to On the third floor there will be an
bbee the cafeteria. area for workshops and conferences,
and a bookshop
For this archi- and the fourth floor will be a resi-
tteecct, who has de- dence for Basil Al Bayati, who also
:: JESÚS HINOJOSA ssiiggned some of owns other homes on the Costa del
MALAGA. A journey into the ori- tthhee most remark- Sol. Finally, the terrace will be open
gins of the culture of Al-Andalus, a aabblle mosques, ho- so people can enjoy the wonderful
place to experience new sensations ttels, universities views of the cathedral and the Alcaz-
through design, architecture and The museum is a new and hospitals in aba fortress.
craftsmanship. That is The Unique attraction for the city :: SUR Europe and the
World of Basil Al Bayati, a museum AArraabb ccoouuntries during the past 30 Metaphoric style
and cultural centre which is sched- years, including the central mosque The museum, which will publish a
uled to open in March after more than in Edinburgh, a museum such as this catalogue of its own, is filled with pic-
three years of preparation. in the very heart of Malaga will en- tures of Al Bayati’s designs and very
This project, the brainchild of Iraqi rich the city. “I had offers to do this unusual antique Arab-style furniture.
architect Basil Al Bayati, is located in in the UK and Germany, but I wanted The work of this architect, who has
a building which was designed by it to be here because the concept fits had offices in London and Kuwait in
Jerónimo Cuervo and constructed in in better,” says Al Bayati. the past, is outstanding for the origi-
1877, at number 3, Calle Marqués de The project was expected to cost nality of shapes, and the imagination
Guadiaro, between Calle Álamos and more than one million euros, but that and fantasy of his designs.
Calle Beatas. Now aged 70, Basil Al sum has almost doubled because of It is what is called ‘metaphorical
Bayati is finally going to fulfil his numerous improvements which were architecture’, a style which uses
dream of showcasing in this com- added after the works began. The oneiric forms and nature to config-
pletely restored venue the best of all ground floor will house a book and ure the appearance of the buildings.
his work, which includes not only ar- gift shop where some of the books This is the world of Basil Al Bayati, a
chitecture but also furniture design published by Fabulist - also owned by genius of forms and design which, in
and even literature. Basil Al Bayati - will be on sale. These a few weeks, will be on view for all
“I came to Malaga in 1976 and I will include architecture, fiction, the those who visit this latest attraction
liked it because it reminds me of Bagh- Basil Al Bayati, on the staircase of his building. :: FERNANDO GONZÁLEZ psychology of creativity and the his- in the old part of the city centre.
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HERE AND THERE New method estimates cave Rincón de la
Victoria rallies
Town plan invites
drawings to be 20,000 years old
together to help
residents’ priorities
seven-year-old
RINCÓN DE LA VICTORIA with cancer
:: E. C. Rincón de la Victoria Town
An article published this
Hall has launched its ‘future ho-
rizons 2025’ plan and is inviting week in the Journal of
feedback on the administration’s :: EUGENIO CABEZAS
Archaeological Science
existing strengths and weaknesses RINCÓN DE LA VICTORIA.
reports findings made by
as well as what future priorities Following the success of a party
should be. Mayor, Encarnación experts who have been last Sunday to raise funds for Pa-
Anaya (PSOE), said that residents’ blo, a seven-year-old boy from La
analyzing the artwork
participation is “fundamental for Cala del Moral who has cancer, fur-
all”. Existing forums, such as lo- ther events are being organised
cal history groups, school coun- :: EUGENIO CABEZAS for this weekend. The party, which
cils and domestic violence organi- NERJA. A team of scientists inves- took place on Plaza Gloria Fuertes,
sations are being consulted. tigating the age of the drawings in raised 20,000 euros to help the lit-
the Nerja caves has dated them back tle boy and his family. On Satur-
Opposition threatens 20,000 years, instead of the previ- day a charity walk will leave
vote of no confidence ously believed 43,500 to 40,000 years. Rincón de la Victoria tourist office
The team, which has been led by at 10.30am and head towards the
professor José Luis Sanchidrán, from Mare Nostrum exhibition centre,
NERJA the university of Córdoba, has been before returning to the tourist of-
:: E. C. As the feuds between the working at the site for five years us- fice. Those wishing to participate
current coalition administration ing a new technique to analyse paint- are asked to donate two euros. On
and previous leaders at Nerja Town ings such as the famous ‘goat,‘ which Sunday a charity football match
Hall continue, there are mount- is used by the Nerja Caves Founda- will take place at the José Ruiz
ing rumours of a potential vote of tion as their logo, as well as the Ca- ‘Pepito’ football ground in La Cala
no-confidence against mayor, Rosa marín de los Pisciformes. ‘The goat,‘ Nerja Cave’s most symbolic painting. :: E. C. del Moral, starting at 10.30. The
Arrabal. Juan Marín, the Andalu- In 2010 an analysis of the materi- event will be followed by a char-
sian president of Ciudadanos, als used to create the latter drawing able online with the title, ‘New per- terials like calcite. “We want to con- ity paella and a bar will also be
whose party which fell short of dated it back to Neanderthal times. spectives for 14C dating of parietal tinue to deepen our knowledge of the available. All of the events are be-
an absolute majority in the May However, the latest findings suggest markings using CaCO3 thin layers: age of these drawings, without harm- ing organised using the hashtag
2015 local elections, admitted to that the paintings could have been An example in Nerja cave (Spain). ing their conservation,” said Profes- #TodosConPablo, (everyone with
SUR last week that his party is, done by Homo-Sapiens. The journal itself will come out in sor Sanchidrán, who highlighted that Pablo) and all funds will be do-
“in talks with the PP to evaluate The results of Sanchidrán’s team’s April. the method used is “not destructive.” nated to the boy’s family.
the possibility of such a vote.” work were published on Monday in This new method can only analyse The team will now ask the Junta de
an article in the Journal of Archaeo- drawings which mix organic elements Andalucía’s permission to take sam-
Waste water station logical Science, which is already avail- such as charcoal, with inorganic ma- ples from other cave drawings.
improvements start
Antonio Pascual, the mayor
RIOGORDO tarmacking of the town’s roads, crea-
:: E. C. Malaga’s provincial gov- tion of 13 schools, building of the
who brought water to Riogordo
ernment, Diputación, has an- swimming pool and in 1968, brought
nounced a 75,000 euro invest- back the famous ‘El Paso’, which had
ment for improvements to Rio- last been performed in 1954.
gordo’s waste water station. Work “I have never earned a penny from
has already started at the site, :: EUGENIO CABEZAS The former politician was mayor the town hall, I can hold my head
which was visited last Friday by RIOGORDO. Following the publi- of Riogordo from 1960 until 1979 and high and my heart is clean,” says the
Diputación’s president, Elías Ben- cation last November of a book about witnessed the transition from the nonagenarian. The book, ‘Antonio
dodo and mayor of Riogordo, An- his years as mayor of Riogordo, An- dictatorship to democracy. Pascual Campos. Retazos de historia
tonio Alés. The politicians also tonio Pascual Campos spoke to SUR However, as the book, written by viva de Riogordo’ can be found in
visited the town’s industrial es- about his experiences. Pascual, who his niece, Emilia Pascual Madrona, bookshops in Malaga city, as well as
tate, which has received public is now 95, still lives in Riogordo, to 57, tells, his own work transformed Riogordo Town Hall. It is priced 12
investment to the tune of where he moved with his parents at Riogordo. Among his achievements euros and all proceeds with go to the
423,196 euros since 2005. the age of six, from the hamlet of as mayor he brought drinking water Malaga Down’s Syndrome associa-
Mondrón, which belongs to Periana. to the town, was responsible for the tion and a NGO in Burkino Faso. Last Sunday’s party. :: E. C.