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Puerto del RosarioThe Town Council is offering in-person and online training on recycling and waste management. Residents registered in the municipality may qualify for a 30% discount, while certain businesses may qualify for 20%, provided they meet the requirements.
Puerto del RosarioThe event, taking place on 13 November at Fuerteventura’s Island Youth Centre, will explore the relationship between journalism, gender and communication, with a particular focus on reporting gender-based violence.
Puerto del RosarioPuerto del Rosario Town Council is marking two decades of a municipal hiking project that promotes physical activity, social interaction and emotional wellbeing among older residents.
Puerto del RosarioThe AFAMCA Association is behind the project, funded by Puerto del Rosario Town Council. It offers free psychological support and emotional wellbeing workshops to women aged over 18 who live in the municipality.
Puerto del RosarioThe 2025 management audit, presented at a full meeting of the Town Council, shows a fiscal effort of 105.4%, tax revenue of €661 per resident and spending of just 9 of the nearly €19 million available for investment.
Puerto del RosarioThe political group warns that “if you apply this year, they leave you in the lurch the next”, and accuses the ruling group of ignoring its political responsibility to honour agreements unanimously approved by the municipal plenary. Spokesperson Peña Armas has called on the housing councillor to make an “immediate” correction to rules that “punish Puerto del Rosario’s most vulnerable families”.
Puerto del RosarioThe Canary Islands Government has authorised the project despite the local council’s planning objections and ordered the General Plan to be amended. The long-awaited facility will bring the different judicial bodies serving the capital’s judicial district together in one building.
Puerto del RosarioThe Asociación Empresarios Puerto del Rosario is celebrating the close of a well-established campaign that continues to encourage shopping at local businesses, awarding €4,000 in prizes through 16 gift vouchers worth €250 each.
Puerto del RosarioThe Popular Party recalls that CC and PSOE rejected an amendment to the 2026 budget seeking €1.5 million in compensation for waste management, and is calling for a lasting solution.
Puerto del RosarioThe Town Council has opened a new call for applications to help people and families in the municipality pay for their main home. Applications must be submitted within 15 working days of publication in the Official Gazette of the Province.
Puerto del RosarioPP calls on Puerto del Rosario Town Council to unblock Tefía school canteen after years of waiting.
Puerto del RosarioThe Fuerteventura Self-Employed Taxi Drivers’ Association is calling on Puerto del Rosario Town Council to enforce taxi shifts and resolve more than 300 cases.
Puerto del RosarioThe proposal would use the treasury surplus to meet outstanding financial obligations arising from the court proceedings.
Puerto del RosarioPuerto del Rosario Town Council has put a change to its tax bylaw before Monday’s council meeting, with the aim of maintaining throughout 2027 the 18.55% reduction in the waste collection charge already in force this year. The proposal also includes raising the discount from 30% to 50% for businesses that hire specialist contractors to collect certain types of waste.
Puerto del RosarioThe People’s Party says that construction of the only homes to have got under way during the current term has made no progress for around two months. It is calling on the mayor to explain the reasons for the stoppage and set out when work will resume. ”.
Puerto del RosarioThe Canary Islands Housing Institute has opened the procurement process for the project, with an estimated value of €1.35 million. The work will improve the buildings’ energy efficiency and reduce their energy consumption, helping to create better living conditions.
Puerto del RosarioPuerto del Rosario is inviting businesses and shops to take part in the ‘Consume en tu Ciudad’ fair on 28 November.
Puerto del RosarioThe Canary Islands Health Service has put out to tender the contract to draw up the technical project for the new El Matorral Local Clinic in Puerto del Rosario.
Puerto del RosarioPuerto del Rosario’s councillor for Citizen Participation, Jennifer Pérez, highlights efforts during the current term to strengthen ties with villages, neighbourhoods and local groups. In an interview with La Voz de Fuerteventura, she points to the involvement of nearly 50 associations in the upcoming Feria Sembrando Color, highlights the creation of four new youth associations and announces that the next residents’ meeting will be held in Los Llanos de la Concepción, where the council hopes to help revive the residents’ association.
Puerto del RosarioA blanket 30% reduction and a substantial package of social and environmental discounts mean thousands of taxpayers will see their bills fall significantly, with large families paying up to 50% less. The capital’s Town Council says it is strictly complying with the legal requirements of Waste Act 7/2022 while designing a balanced tax system that actively protects household budgets and local small and medium-sized businesses. The Department of Economy and Finance says the figures are provisional, as it continues to process residents’ applications for discounts.
Puerto del RosarioFuerteventura Joven brings nine hours of music and emerging talent to Puerto del Rosario.
Puerto del RosarioFuerteventura Avanza calls for transparency and information on the new waste charge and its discounts.
Puerto del RosarioPuerto del Rosario Town Council expects to put the new regulated parking service out to tender in October, while work continues on the future municipal vehicle depot and towing service. The plans also include installing six new security cameras with number-plate reading capability, bringing the total number of devices deployed across the municipality to 30.
Puerto del RosarioInterview with Daniela Plotegher, president of the Puerto del Rosario Business Association.
Puerto del RosarioPuerto del Rosario has given initial approval to a new ordinance setting the fee for its vehicle recovery service, updating rules in force since 2004.
Puerto del RosarioAt an ordinary council meeting held exceptionally in Casillas del Ángel to mark the centenary of its incorporation into Puerto de Cabras, the council gave initial approval to a new regulatory framework that will allow work to continue towards opening the Municipal Market.
Puerto del RosarioCanarias Manga Festival returns to Puerto del Rosario from 23 to 25 October.
Puerto del RosarioPuerto del Rosario is preparing El Charco’s White Night for 14 November as the application for Open Commercial Zone status continues. Tacoremi Gutiérrez has also raised concerns about shops’ difficulties in finding staff.
Puerto del RosarioOlder residents launch Puerto del Rosario’s festivities with a proclamation steeped in memories, words and traditions.
Puerto del RosarioDavid de Vera says the Town Council expects to put the final approval of Puerto del Rosario’s Heritage Catalogue to an extraordinary council meeting on 15 September, following the end of the objections period and, he says, receipt of favourable reports. In an interview with La Voz de Fuerteventura, the mayor also discusses the situation at Marlape, sanctions in the taxi sector, cases involving abandoned vehicles and some of the projects approaching the final stretch of the current term. Puerto del Rosario Town Council expects to give final approval to the Municipal Heritage Catalogue, including 16 properties in the Cornisa which were left out when the document received initial approval in May 2025. The capital’s mayor, David de Vera, says an extraordinary council meeting will be called for 15 September, following the end of the objections period and a process shaped in particular by the situation of those properties.