The best wheelchair padel pairs from Spain, France, Morocco, Italy and England will meet this weekend, from 13 to 15 November, at the Padel Tenis Center in Costa Calma.
The municipalist group is urging the council to contact the property-owning company “urgently”, open a dialogue and prevent families from losing an essential service.
The group alleges that the Town Council itself is using a municipal plot to accumulate garden waste, rubble and other materials, just metres from places used by residents, children and users of public services.
The renovation of La Pared is expected to be completed in January 2027, according to Alexis Alonso, Pájara’s councillor for Urban Planning and Public Works. The €5.2 million project will be complemented by an expansion of the wastewater treatment plant and refurbishment of the boulevard, bringing completed and planned investment to €7.2 million. Alonso presents the work as a model for other developments and outlines projects for road surfacing, facilities and services across the municipality.
The Supreme Court has refused to admit the council’s appeal on points of law and ordered it to pay legal costs, “for the third time”. The company that owns the property will now seek an eviction order and says it plans to claim damages for losses allegedly caused during almost twenty years of “illegal occupation”.
Pájara Town Council is working to bring the definitive approval of the structural part of its General Urban Development Plan—the document’s most complex section—to a full council meeting in November, although some planning matters would remain outstanding until 2027. The plan removes tourism capacity equivalent to around 20 hotels and increases the share of protected land from 63% to 85%. “We’re going to be an example in the Canary Islands,” says Urban Planning Councillor Alexis Alonso, who identifies the provision of services as key to unlocking housebuilding.
Drago Fuerteventura proposes a compromise between the Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge and the family who own the house at Cueva de la Negra, in Pájara. The proposal would allow the family to continue using the property while turning the site into a place to explain the ethnographic heritage of Fuerteventura and Jandía.
The southern municipality is asking the Canary Islands Government to provide the necessary support staff “to ensure the service can continue and operate properly”.
” Muévete hopes to build on the enthusiasm surrounding its launch as a new political project, bringing together people who work in the private sector and want to help improve quality of life not only in Costa Calma but across the municipality of Pájara. That is its aim. The group rules out talking about absolute majorities, but not the possibility of joining the southern municipality’s government after the 2027 local elections.
Pascuala Roger’s family is calling for an investigation into the operations at Cueva de la Negra before another attempt to seal up the house. It is asking the Ministry to explain who ordered the deployments on 26 August and 21 September, how much they cost and why they were carried out in those circumstances.
STATEMENT FROM THE MAYOR OF PÁJARA: In light of recent events concerning Cueva de la Negra, and as mayor of Pájara, I believe it is necessary to inform the public transparently about the steps taken.
A new €40,000 grant stream for traditional sports has been introduced following a recent amendment to an ordinance first published more than two decades ago. Organisations have until 28 September to submit their applications.