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OCTOBER 2ND TO 8TH 2009 Notice board Malaca Instituto The Malaca Instituto has just won a prestigious worldwide award <strong>for</strong> the second time in three years Learn Spanish, make friends andhavefun SUR IN ENGLISH If you think you're too old to learn Spanish, think again. If you imagine language classes as being dull, boring and complicated, you are mistaken. The results speak <strong>for</strong> themselves: thousands of students from all over the world have learned Spanish at the Malaca Instituto language school in Malaga, which has just been presented with the prestigious international ‘Star Award <strong>for</strong> School of Spanish’ <strong>for</strong> the second time. This glittering prize is awarded by Language Travel magazine and has only been in existence <strong>for</strong> four years, so <strong>for</strong> the Malaca Instituto to have been nominated every year and to have won the award twice shows that they have found the recipe <strong>for</strong> successful Spanish teaching. The Malaca Instituto is not only <strong>for</strong> young people; it teaches adults of all ages and from all walks of life, and has a special ‘Spanish <strong>for</strong> Situations’ course <strong>for</strong> the over-50s who live in <strong>Spain</strong> and who want a good grasp of MALAGA. COURSES ARE RESIDENTIAL AT THE MALACA INSTITUTO. the language <strong>for</strong> everyday situations with<strong>out</strong> having to grapple with the complexities of some of the grammar. At the Malaca Instituto, learning Spanish is fun. The courses are residential and are planned to meet all requirements, from beginners who just want to learn to communicate, to diplomats and business leaders who need intensive tuition to become bilingual. Many students enjoy themselves so much that they return to take other courses. Phone 952293242 Animals abandoned to save cost of having them put down Seventy per cent of pets taken to a Malaga animal centre are nearing death due to old age or serious illness IGNACIO LILLO Having a pet put down when it is approaching death is a common practise. While an animal’s last moments of life are normally spent in a veterinary clinic, the current economic climate and the cost of mercy killing (around 60 euros) is dissuading many pet owners in Malaga from spending these last minutes by their animals’ side. Instead they take them the municipal ‘Parque Zoosanitario’ where this practise is carried <strong>out</strong> <strong>for</strong> free. According to a city council report, during the last year 1,818 of the animals that had been handed over to the centre, most of them cats, had to be put down. That is 70 per cent of the total. While this figure may seem high, in almost all the cases the ani- mals in question were suffering from old age or terminal illness. City councillor, Araceli González, stressed that euthanasia is only used as a last resort, “Not a single healthy animal is put down. Euthanasia is only used in cases of terminal illness and serious injury as well as on animals exhibiting aggressive or unsociable behaviour.” In order to improve the protection provided <strong>for</strong> abandoned pets, the Malaga Animal Protection Society takes in some of the animals left at the ‘Parque Zoosanitario’, thanks to a collaboration Some of the animals taken to the Parque Zoosanitario are being re-homed agreement that has recently been renewed. The council report also highlighted a worrying increase of 18.38 per cent in the number of abandoned animals. Out of the many reasons why animal owners in Malaga are getting rid of their pets the most common was determined to be the aggressive or dangerous behaviour of the animal. A loss of purchasing <strong>power</strong> and the high costs involved in looking after an animal were identified as the second most common reason <strong>for</strong> abandoning a pet. The number of abandoned animals in Malaga has increased by 18.38 per cent Here&There Fuengirola Supermarket owner shot during armed robbery One of the two co-proprietors of the Maxi Market store in Torreblanca, Fuengirola, was shot in the arm by a robber on Monday evening. The incident occurred at around 8 p.m. when a man aged around 30 wearing sunglasses and a cap and speaking with a Latin Amercian accent entered the store and showed a gun to the employee at the check-<strong>out</strong>. He then produced another gun and fired a shot with<strong>out</strong> warning. This was apparently either intended to frighten the employee or was unintentional, however the bul- Marbella Gang cashed cheques stolen from shops The National Police have arrested members of a gang who stole blank bank cheques in shops in Marbella be<strong>for</strong>e <strong>for</strong>ging the signature and cashing them. They operated by breaking into the business’s offices during the night, especially on Sundays, and took and cash they could find plus cheques. These were handed in to the gang’s leader who filled them in with an amount, always less then 3,000 euros and <strong>for</strong>ged the authorised signature. SUR IN ENGLISH 15 let passed through some metal shelving and hit 55 year old Juan García who was sitting in an office at the time. Despite the injury to his arm a furious García burst <strong>out</strong> of the office sh<strong>out</strong>ing at the robber, who, startled, left the premises with the cash he had taken from the till. It is thought that he got away with some 300 or 400 euros as he dropped some of the notes he was carrying as he rushed <strong>out</strong> of the store. An accomplice was waiting <strong>out</strong>side in a vehicle. Juan García is now recovering from his injury. Vélez-Málaga Local banks face new tax on cash machines Vélez-Málaga Town Hall has started proceedings to impose a new tax on the installation of automatic cash dispensers with direct access from the street. The council’s move stems from a proposal made by the local PP group as a result of the large number of banks both in Vélez and Torre del Mar. They explain that through the ATMs the banks are carrying <strong>out</strong> operations in the streets and there<strong>for</strong>e their customers are occupying the pavements. La Línea British man arrested in connection with La Línea killing last December Police officers in the UK, in collaboration with officers from La Línea and Interpol, have arrested 23 year old British man Liam John James W. in connection with the death of Benjamin C, 31, originally from New Zealand. The events occurred on the night of December 19th 2008 when the two men argued <strong>out</strong>side a pub in Gibraltar. Back in La Línea, Benjamin and some friends decided to go to Liam’s home, in La Atunera, in order to carry on the argument, appar- ently over an issue connected with Liam’s girlfriend. It was during this second row that Liam headbutted Benjamin in the face. He collapsed and died a few days later in the intensive care unit of the Cadiz hospital. The alleged assailant however escaped arrest by returning to Gibraltar and travelling from there to the UK. After a long investigation his whereab<strong>out</strong>s was established and the arrest took place. Liam W. has been handed over to the Spanish authorities.
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