Hotels Closed
The Island Council has ordered the closure of two hotels owned by controversial businessman, Fernando Ferré. The establishments affected are the San Remo in the bay of San Antonio, and the Mare Nostrum in Playa den Bossa.
An inspection of the latter was made after a complaint was received by the institution. On checking the facilities of the hotel with the plans, they noticed a variety of annexes had been built without the relevant permits. These included a gymnasium, changing rooms, a luggage room and a laundry. As well as ordering the closure of the establishment within ten days, the owners, Grupo Playa Sol, also received a 60,000 fine.
The 443 bedroom 2-star Mare Nostrum hotel also received a total of five 600 fines for a variety of other offences, including having mattresses of a low quality, not displaying the star rating of the establishment, and not having complaint forms available.
The San Remo had received an identical closure order the previous week for similar offences, which included the building of extensions without the necessary permission.
Both orders are on a permanent basis until the appropriate authorisation for the work is granted. However, the Councillor for Business Development and Employment, Joan Serra, said the company would be able to appeal against the decision ensuring that the closures would not be immediate.
Ferré is due to face criminal prosecution sometime this year for the illegal contracting of 13 immigrants, coincidentally all found working in the San Remo hotel and next door in the sEstanyol. If found guilty he could face up to ten years in prison.
The ruling followed a total of 300 inspections at various hotels around the island as the Council continued its clampdown on tourist establishments.

AROUND THE ISLAND

Unemployment Figures
The poor economic news continued during the week with the release of the June unemployment figures showing a 33 per cent rise compared to this time last year. In Ibiza there are currently a total of 4,357 people out of work, 1,082 more than last year. This spectacular rise was described as worrying by both the Island Council and the business community, and was blamed on the construction sector which was employing around 600 less people than a year ago.
The hospitality industry has also continued to struggle and left 2,706 people unemployed, the highest figure for a number of years. This has also had the double effect of ensuring that those left without work in the construction industry have not been absorbed by the hospitality sector.
The figures follow the national trend, which saw unemployment rise by 9.6 per cent in the first three months of 2008, a three year peak and the second highest rate in the EU. The rise came as the government cut its growth forecasts for 2008 and 2009.
However, it was not just unemployment figures which continued to cause alarm. The Euribor, the common indicator used by most banks in Spain to calculate mortgage repayments, continued its rise and finished the month at 5.361%, the highest end of month rate since it began. This will mean rises of around 70 per month on an average mortgage of 150,000 over 25 years.
Although the local economy is continuing to suffer, Ibiza continues to have the most dynamic economy within the Balearics. During the first six months of the year the Gross Domestic Product grew by 2.5 per cent, above the figures recorded in Menorca (2.3 per cent) and Mallorca (1 per cent).
A survey carried out by Gadesco, however, showed the residents of Ibiza were the most pessimistic about their economic situation, with just 6 per cent describing it as good, compared to 64 per cent who dubbed it as bad.

Rank Control
There was tension across the island last week as the temporary taxis began to ply their trade at the various ranks. The temporary permits, introduced by the Island Council at the beginning of the year to cover demand in July, August and September, caused massive protests among the already existing permit holders who greedily demanded all of the licences for themselves.
The Town Halls of both Ibiza and San Jose announced they had advised police officers to step up their patrols around the ranks to ensure there were no problems amongst the drivers.
Meanwhile, the president of the taxi association in Ibiza Town, Jose Serafin, who was the most vocal in his protests, said he had ordered his members to boycott the new licence holders and said they would be unable to use their radio-taxi services. He added that they were being politely asked to leave the ranks, but admitted tensions were high.
He went on to reveal that all of the drivers who took an additional licence would be sacked by their bosses, claiming he was in talks with a lawyer to arrange a mass dismissal.
Meanwhile, the brains behind the idea of the new temporary licences, Transport Minister, Albert Prats, said he would be sticking by his plans and promised more licences for next year. He suggested there was room for at least 300 more permits, ten times the amount actually handed out this year. He said there were still long queues at most taxi-ranks on the island, and while the speed of service had improved slightly there was still a long way to go to meet the increased demand during the summer months.

Petition Success
The president of the Association for Cancer Research in Ibiza and Formentera, Josep Colomar, confirmed last week the organisation had so far collected a massive 8,000 signatures in favour of a radiotherapy unit being installed on the island. There is currently no facility on the island for such treatment, and those needing radiotherapy are forced to travel to Mallorca or Barcelona.
Colomar stressed this injustice had gone on for too long and it was now time for action. According to statistics released last year by the association, in 2005 a total of 548 patients were sent to Mallorca to receive radiotherapy treatment, a figure which would certainly have doubled in the last two years. Currently between two and four new cases of cancer are discovered every week.
Colomar said he would be taking the petition to the president of the Island Council, with whom he has a meeting in the next few weeks.
With a new hospital due to be started on the island, calls for a radiotherapy unit to be included have grown over the last year. Normally a town or city would need at least 160,000 inhabitants before a facility of this kind is considered. However, this rule may be broken in the case of Ibiza, whose population reached 130,000 last month, due to its insular nature.
Radiotherapy is the use of high energy x-rays and similar rays (such as electrons) to treat disease. Since the discovery of x-rays over 100 years ago, radiation has been used more and more in medicine, both to help with diagnosis (by taking pictures with x-rays), and as a treatment (radiotherapy).
Many people with cancer will have radiotherapy as part of their treatment. This can be given either as external radiotherapy from outside the body using x-rays, or from within the body as internal radiotherapy. It works by destroying the cancer cells in the treated area, although normal cells can also be damaged in the treatment. However, these can usually repair themselves.
As well as curing some cancers, radiotherapy can also reduce the chance of the disease coming back after surgery, and has also been known to reduce the symptoms of cancer.

Emissions Rising
Levels of CO2 being produced in the Balearics have risen sharply over the last five years, way over the rises agreed in the Kioto treaty back in 1999, the Green Party revealed last week. According to their figures the emission of greenhouse gases has increased 60.3 per cent over the last five years, above the 15 per cent agreed in the treaty over the same period.
The blame has primarily been put at the door of the general public, with electrical companies needing to produce more electricity than ever, to cope with the growing demand.
On the island, for example, the electricity provider, GESA, produced a total of 458,280 tonnes of CO2 during 2003, a figure which jumped up to 528,509 just two years later. In the Balearics that figure is up to 4.83 million tonnes, 51 per cent of the entire amount produced.
Transport is the other main culprit, making up a further 28.9 per cent of the total amount of greenhouse gases on the islands.
The Balearic Government said they were monitoring the situation, and hoped the figure could be cut substantially with the introduction of gas planned for next year.
Meanwhile, GESA announced during the week they had installed a further eleven transformers across the island to ensure the supply of electricity during the busy summer months.

Road Delays
After a visit to the airport road on Monday the Highways Minister at the Balearic Government, Jaume Carbonero, admitted that he still had no idea when it was going to be completed. The minister was said to be surprised by what he found, and said sanctions against the company undertaking the work had not been ruled out.
Carbonero promised just 15 days ago, to the surprise of most, that the road would be completed by the end of June. That has not been the case, however, and the minister said a public apology was necessary. He added that his department would take full responsibility for the delay but revealed they had been assured by the constructors back on 15th June that the job would be completed within 10-15 days. This has not been the case and moderate estimates claimed it would continue through all of July and most of August.
Concerning the economic sanctions, Carbonero said he would not rule anything out and would know more after his meeting with the company. He said he understood external factors could delay any building work, but the length of this holdup was simply unacceptable.
The Ibiza-Airport road was supposed to be the last part of the major road re-construction on the island which caused so much controversy when it was first revealed back in 2005, and led to many people having their homes repossessed and demolished.

Violent Rise
It seems domestic violence is on the increase in the Balearics with 1,534 more cases reported last year. The rate of denuncias - 14.9 for every 10,000 citizens is actually the highest of any of the autonomous regions in Spain, a worrying statistic indeed.

Sector Continues to Suffer
The construction industry continued its freefall on the island, with the number of square metres built during the first six months of the year falling by 20 per cent in comparison to last year. In 2007 the decrease from the previous year was also a significant 13 per cent.
In total 247,078 m2 have been built, with all of the municipalities suffering decreases except San Juan, where the amount rose by a massive 201 per cent. Ibiza Town headed the list to suffer the most, with falls of 23 per cent.
Formentera has also witnessed spectacular declines, with the amount built during the first six months of the year falling by 52 per cent.
The president of the Association of Building Surveyors, Vicent Serra, said the falls had been expected but that the second half of the year would be the key to deciding whether the industry was in crisis on the island. If the figure rose to anywhere near 30 per cent, the sector would struggle to cope, and massive job losses were likely to follow.
The news came as a report revealed that the price of new constructions had fallen across the country for the first time in a decade. Barcelona remains the most expensive city in Spain, followed by San Sebastian and Madrid.
Meanwhile according to figures by the Estate Agents Facilisimo.com, second hand house prices in the Balearics fell by 9.1 per cent from January to June, whilst the national average decrease was just 4.3 per cent.
The Balearic Government responded to the crisis by promising massive investment over the next few years, at a meeting with members of the different Town Halls on the island. President Francesc Antich said he understood the need for public spending to ease the decline, and promised a total of 920 million worth of funding.

Kobe-Style
Monday saw the presentation of Kobe-style beef on the island to a select gathering of restaurateurs at El Divinos. This specially prepared beef originally came from the black Tajima-ushi breed of Wagyu cattle, raised according to strict tradition in Japan. These practices include a diet of wine and beer, and daily massages to relieve muscle stiffness, presumably resulting in tender meat.
Jorge Peraita explained that the animals were rigorously looked after in 5-star luxury. They eat carefully selected muesli fit for human consumption, and are given beer to drink, as it is believed this stimulates the animals appetite. He also revealed that if the animal was unable to get enough exercise then it was given daily massages, although this was not the case for those cattle being bred in South America, where there was plenty of space for exercise.
Certainly, Peraita admitted, the rumours were rife about how these animals were actually looked after. Although nothing is known for certain it is believed Kobe cows are depicted as nothing short of beasts on one permanent holiday. The logic goes that a regime of beer and massage relaxes the cows and relaxed, happy cows make tender, tasty sirloins. It is stress and exertion, apparently, that makes for tough steak, so not only are the pampered beasts encouraged to forget their worries, they are expressly forbidden any exercise and, according to some accounts, further soothed with calming music.
The massive increase in the popularity of Kobe beef around the world has led to the creation of Kobe-style beef, taken from domestically-raised Wagyu crossbred with Angus cattle, in order to meet the demand. Farms in America, Europe and Britain have attempted to replicate the Kobe traditions, providing their Wagyu herds beer and daily massages, with meat producers claiming that any differences between their less expensive Kobe-style beef and true Kobe beef are largely cosmetic.
It is not yet known which restaurants are going to stock the delicacy.

Arthritis Association
Around a dozen people and their families affected by varying rheumatoid conditions including ankylosing spondylitis, have formed a new association on the island. The aim is to improve the quality of life of those affected and to try and find alternative medicines to the aggressive drugs currently being used. Temporary spokesman, Toni Garcia de Arriba, said the disease was common amongst both children and adults on the island, and made worse by the humidity.
Those wanting more information please contact the association on 676688317.

New Hotel Opens
The Fiesta hotel chain owned by local businessman and former foreign minister Abel Matutes, opened the largest hotel in its history this week. The two complexes, the Grand Palladium Jamaica Resort, and the Lady Hamilton, are located in the bay of Lucea, close to Montego Bay in Jamaica. Together they have 1,056 rooms, all of which are suites, and a 3,000 m2 spa, the largest in the country. The complex cost a total of $150 million making it the biggest investment of its kind by the group.
The Matutes family created the Fiesta Hotel Group in the 1960s with just two hotels in Ibiza. Throughout the 1970s the chain expanded, adding more hotels in Ibiza, as well as in Menorca and Mallorca. However, as long haul travel became more popular during the 1990s, the family began to focus on the Caribbean, and opened several resorts in the area whilst also strengthening their presence in Spain. Several years ago the Group opened two complexes in Mexico and is due to open another in Brazil next year.
The hotel is described as follows by the chain on its website Grand Palladium Jamaica Resort & Spa is set on the Jamaican coast, bathed by the gentle turquoise waters of a small bay on a privileged area of the coastline.
The modern design and luxury facilities of a first class hotel are in perfect harmony with the attractive natural surroundings characterized by the turquoise blue sea and the relief of the landscape. Luxury indeed!

Ibiza Shame
Ibiza has appeared on a list of the ten places people were most embarrassed to admit they had been on holiday. The survey carried out amongst 4,000 British couples was topped by Benidorm and included Magaluf (Mallorca).

Repeat Bookings
Of tourists who visited the Balearics last year 72.7 per cent were repeat customers, the highest percentage in Spain, and way above Catalonia (58 per cent) and the Canaries (61 per cent). At the top of the list are the British (95 per cent), followed by the Spanish (88 per cent) and the Germans (82 per cent).

Crop Destroyed
The rains during much of May and the first part of June have led to the loss of around 300 tonnes of watermelon and melon, according to the president of Agroeivissa, the association which represents the majority of farmers on the island. They have a total of 32 members on the island producing 72 different products. There are 12 main producers of melon and watermelon on the island, some of whom have lost their entire crop.
The melon and watermelon which has been most affected was that sown in March, although the outcome of that planted in April and May is still not known.
The president, Juan Mari, said his members would be putting in a claim with their insurers and were hopeful in recovering at least some of their outlay.

Canizares Wedding
Saturday saw the wedding of Santiago Canizares at the fabulous rural hotel, Atzaro. The former Valencia goalkeeper tied the knot with his long-time girlfriend, Mayte Garcia, in a ceremony attended by fellow footballers, Guti, Luis Enrique and Michel.
Other famous faces seen on the island this week included the Spanish film star, Paz Vega, holidaying with husband Orson Salazar, NBA basketball legend Pau Gasol, and the Brazilian striker and former Madrid star, Ronaldo.

IBIZA TOWN
Botafoc Work
The new jetty planned for es Botafoc has been given the go-ahead by the Governments Environmental Department. The approval was the last piece of the puzzle and it now seems work will soon begin on the 6.9 hectare structure which will include two more jetties, each of 6,000 m2. However, a few changes have been made and it appears the project has been toned down slightly to limit its environmental affect. The company undertaking the project will also have to ensure the minimum of disruption to the area around the building work.

Parador Bidding
The state tourist board, Tourespana, has received a total of 22 different proposals to build the new Parador in Dalt Vila.
Paradors are state-run hotels which can be found throughout Spain and are usually housed in lovingly restored medieval castles, Arab fortresses, palaces, monasteries and convents, while the remainder have been built with an architectural style that complements the locale. Paradors are found throughout mainland Spain and on the Canary Islands. The first such building, the Parador de Gredos near Avila, was set up back in 1928 and was inaugurated by King Alfonso XIII.
The tourist board will now study all of the projects before announcing a winner towards the end of 2008. It is then hoped work can begin the following year and be finished by 2011. The design will incorporate the castle and respect the old city walls.
The project is expected to cost in the region of 17 million and should take around 30 months to complete, although the work will have to stop during the summer months.

Drink-drive Measures
The Town Hall in Ibiza is to begin a campaign against the dangers of drink-driving by handing out a total of 2,000 alcohol-metres. The self-test gadgets are simple to use and give fairly accurate results within two minutes.
The device is a glass tube which contains crystals that will change colour when exposed to alcohol from your breath.
The councillor for Youth and Education, Irantzu Fernandez, said the gadgets would be handed out from 3a.m. in the towns most popular pubs and bars. It was then up to people to carry out the test and decide for themselves if they wanted to take the risk of getting behind a wheel.
She revealed that if the device is calibrated and used according to the manufacturers directions, it can provide an accurate estimate of your blood alcohol level. It is similar to, though not as precise as, the type of test used by police for suspected drunk drivers.
Within minutes of drinking alcohol, your blood alcohol concentration starts to rise. Unlike food, alcohol is absorbed directly through the walls of the stomach, goes into the bloodstream, and travels throughout your body and to your brain. This allows blood alcohol levels to increase quickly.
The amount of alcohol in your blood reaches its highest level about 60 minutes after drinking. However, food in your stomach may increase the amount of time it takes for the blood alcohol to reach its highest level. Most of the alcohol is broken down in the liver. The rest of it is passed out of your body in urine and your exhaled breath.
The legal limit in Spain remains at 50 mg per millilitre, 30mg below levels in the UK.
The moves follow a general clampdown on the island which has seen hundreds of arrests during the last few months, as Ibiza prepares to get tough on drink-driving.

New Outlay
The Town Hall of Ibiza is set to introduce a paid parking system throughout the capital. The idea is part of the new Mobility Plan which is due to come into force next year and hopes to dramatically reduce the amount of traffic within the town centre.
The capital will initially be divided into three parts a red, green and blue zone. In the red zone there will be no parking allowed whatsoever, apart from loading and unloading. This zone will include Dalt Vila, La Marina, Vara de Rey and parts of Bartomeu Roselló.
The green zone will have two price brackets. For non-residents of the area all of the normal rules for the current blue parking spaces will be in place, except the charge will be 50 per cent higher. However, the maximum time allowed per vehicle will remain at two hours. This zone will be spread out across the town and include most of what is now free-parking. Residents living in the area will have to merely pay a nominal charge which will be in the region of 1 per week.
The third area to be set up will be the blue zone which will include most of avenida San Jose. This will be free for the time being, but will probably change in the very near future when all of the zones have been set up.

Opposition Proposals
The opposition party at the Town Hall of Ibiza has proposed introducing a translation system, similar to that currently used in the Local Health Authority, for police officers. The system will enable the officers to talk to any suspect and ensure they are understood.
The system works via headphones and a microphone and allows real-time translations to be made via a support network. It was trialled in a number of hospitals last year, was a complete success and is slowly being introduced to all of the medical centres on the island.
Councillor Adrian Trejo, said the idea would help the officers to better communicate with the 20 per cent of the non-Spanish speaking population that currently live on the island, and the hundreds of thousands of tourists that descend on Ibiza every summer.

SAN ANTONIO
Roof Collapses
There was a lucky escape for a mother and her son last week as the ceiling to their house came crashing down before their eyes. The incident occurred at 2.30p.m. on Wednesday and has been blamed on the work which took place on the Ibiza-San Antonio road. The house is close to the new road, and according to the son, whilst work was taking place, cracks started to appear in the property.
He explained that the pair had been sitting in the living room when they heard light banging. Alarmed by the noise he told his mother to leave the house. As she was doing so part of the roof came crashing down, missing her by inches and merely causing a few scratches.
Police officers were soon on the scene and the house was cordoned off until an exhaustive study could be carried out.

Strike Rubbished
On Friday the deputy mayor, Joan Pantaleoni, revealed that the proposed strike called by the company in charge of public cleaning and rubbish collection in the municipality was close to being called off. He revealed that although the signing of an agreement would have to wait until Monday, the two sides had drawn extremely close, and would have approved a deal had the meeting continued ten minutes longer. However, he remained confident.
The company, FCC, currently employs 63 workers during the summer months and 35 in winter, and were refusing to sign a 25 per cent pay increase demanded by the workers.

SAN JOSE
Coastal Fines
The owner of a villa in Cala Conta has been fined a total of 35,000 for illegally occupying land owned by the Coastal Authorities. The property was first fined in 1998 for the 1.90m long, 2.50m high wall built in addition to stairs and a jetty. The previous owner of the house was, in addition, ordered to destroy the work, something which has yet to be done and caused this subsequent fine.
The judge hearing the case said the new owner knew about the demolition order and chose to ignore it, showing contempt for the ruling. He ordered the owner of the house, which was used by the model Elle McPherson several years ago, to pay a fine of 12,000 and cover the costs of demolition to be carried out by the Coastal Authorities, a further 23,000.

SANTA EULALIA
Trial Date Set
The case of Vicent Guasch, former mayor of Santa Eulalia, will be heard on 27th and 29th October, it was revealed last week. The trial of the man who was mayor of the municipality for over 24 years involves building irregularities in the issuing of permits to build in the ses Torres complex in Jesus. Alongside the mayor will be a fair number of his old cabinet, including his deputy, Vicent Riera, his legal adviser at the time, Vicent Mari Mari, and the former surveyor at the Town Hall, Raquel Garcia, as well as the promoter of the project, German Vazquez.
The public prosecutor has accused them all of knowingly breaking the previous building regulations in allowing the project to receive all of the necessary permits. Each face fines of up to 120,000 and being banned from holding any form of public office for a total of eight years.

CRIME & INCIDENTS
Bank Hold-up
The island witnessed its second bank robbery in as many weeks on Tuesday as an unmasked man got away with 20,000 from the central branch of the Banca March in Avenida Bartomeu Rosselló.
The man entered the bank at just after 11a.m. and casually took his place in the queue. He was wearing a cap and sunglasses at the time and looked like any other tourist. When his turn came he approached the desk, pulled out a large pistol and pointed at the cashier, whilst shouting Everyone keep calm. There is no reason why anything should happen, I just want the money. With this he quickly grabbed all the money he could and left the building.
There were a total of eight workers and five customers in the bank at the time. They said the man was edgy throughout the robbery, even dropping his pistol on the floor and mistakenly trying to exit through a locked door when making his escape.
When eventually outside, he was picked up by an accomplice waiting for him on a moped. Police are currently studying all of the footage available, and have so far refused to rule out the possibility that this crime, and that at the La Caixa branch, are linked.

Drugs Arrest
A police operation carried out by the anti-drugs team of the Guardia Civil on the island led to the arrest of three people in San Juan on Saturday. The investigation began after a package arrived in Ibiza containing almost half a kilo of cocaine. The drugs were collected by a Lithuanian man, who was also arrested. The investigation continued and led officers to a business in San Juan, E.C.O., run by a German man. After finding small amounts of hashish at the property the man and another German woman working at the office, were both arrested. Police sealed off the property while the investigation continues.

San Raf Accident
A 21 year old Bulgarian man has become the first person to have an accident in the San Rafael tunnel. For reasons that are still unknown the youngster lost control of his Yamaha R6 motorbike, and fell to the tarmac. It is believed there were no other vehicles involved. Badly bruised the man was taken to A&E, from where he was soon released.

Casino Entrepreneur
A man found dead by friends on a boat in the port of Ibiza Nueva last Saturday afternoon, and reported in the paper last week, is named as multi-millionaire, Warren Cloud, one of the pioneers of online gambling. Also known by the aliases, Oliver Curran and Don Fortune, Cloud was at one time one of the largest licensees in the world.
Investigations are still continuing into the cause of death with police initially linking it to a drugs overdose, although some sources said he died from a massive heart-attack.
The controversial businessman began his online casino career in Johannesburg. However, this site proved complicated and many players were left unpaid as Cloud's initial businesses failed to get off the ground.
His luck soon changed, however, and his casinos are reportedly valued at 180 million and include America Online, Crystal Palace and the Lucky Coin Casino.
He leaves behind a wife and a young daughter.

Brit Battle
A British youth was arrested on Wednesday morning after a brawl involving several compatriots. The detained man is accused of causing actual bodily harm after he broke a bottle over another mans head during the fight. The victim was taken to hospital and had to have 15 stitches in the cut. He later helped police identify the aggressor, who was immediately arrested.

Diving Tragedy
A young French diver lost his life close to Cala San Vicente on Wednesday. According to officers the youngster had arrived at the beach aboard a small dinghy with three other friends. Whilst they began to fish, the now deceased teenager began to self-contain dive in the area. This technique involves the diver holding his breath and does not involve the use of any breathing apparatus, the diver simply having to surface for new air when appropriate.
The alarm was first raised by friends after he failed to resurface. The police were contacted, and the Guardia Civils special underwater division was called. After several hours the body of the boy was found at a depth of around 20 metres in front of the small lighthouse in sa Cala.
His death was followed by that of an 82 year old local man, who drowned in the port of Santa Eulalia. According to sources close to the case the man had gone down to the port to check on his boat. On one of the jetties it appears the victim fainted or slipped, subsequently falling into the water. He either did not regain consciousness or did not have the strength to pull himself out of the water.
Although there were several people in the port at the time (7.30a.m.) due to the number of boats around the man, no-one witnessed the accident. It was later revealed the victim was the father of Maria Ferrer, the Interior Councillor at the Town Hall of Santa Eulalia,.

Jackpot Arrests
The Guardia Civil have captured the two men they believe to be behind at least 20 fruit machine robberies in bars and restaurants across the island. The men normally stole a hire car, before going to the pre-selected places and taking the contents of the machines. Although one has already admitted to five robberies, the other is declaring his innocence. Police claim both have drug problems and used most of the 2,000-3,000 loot collected to feed their habit.

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