The updated municipal rules will improve administrative efficiency, optimise services and provide greater legal certainty around the tax calendar. Measures include a 5% discount on periodic taxes paid by direct debit and more flexibility to defer tax debts.
The political group is proposing that Tuineje Town Council launch the “I Buy Products from Tuineje” initiative to support shops, restaurants and the primary sector, taking advantage of the island-wide consumer voucher scheme due to begin on 10 November.
This Sunday marks All Saints’ Day, and we visited Tuineje cemetery, one of the oldest on the island, to witness numerous families reuniting with loved ones who are no longer with them. Turnout was very high, and residents shared a warm atmosphere amid the emotions and memories of this collective act of mourning. Public participation, encouraged by the Town Council, made it possible to prepare floral arrangements that have beautified the cemetery and also honoured those resting there who have no one to visit them.
Tuineje’s councillor for Works and Services acknowledges that the current contract, which runs until 2028, is insufficient to meet the needs of the growing municipality. He is calling for more staff, machinery and frequent cleaning, and proposes that all political groups help draw up the tender documents for the next contract, regardless of who is in government, starting in May 2026.
Tuineje Town Council is keeping open the possibility of holding the Tran Tran International Clown Festival this year, despite the cancellation announced by Equipo Chanita. Works and Services councillor Miguel Andújar confirmed this in an interview with La Voz de Fuerteventura, acknowledging the difficulties involved in organising the event this year. He also discussed the paving plan, preparations at the cemetery for All Saints’ Day and his optimistic outlook ahead of the elections on the 29th.
The party denounces the “absolute incompetence and paralysis” of the Coalición Canaria–PSOE governing pact, which it says has allowed Gran Tarajal’s most important cultural and economic event to die. José Manuel Quintana, the party’s island president, warns that the municipality “cannot remain under the control of an inept government that destroys our identity and punishes local businesses”.
Two years of problems and outstanding payments have put under pressure a festival that has made Tuineje a cultural reference point across the island and the region. Esther Hernández: “The Tran Tran Clown Festival is not just another event that can be added to or removed from the calendar. ”.
Socialist MP Manuel Hernández Cerezo is calling on the Canary Islands Government and Puertos Canarios to draw up an extraordinary investment plan to compensate the municipality for the damage and losses it has suffered since Storm Emma. The Socialists say that, more than three years after plans to expand and redevelop the harbour were presented, the regional government has still set out no timetable, budget or administrative progress. “Gran Tarajal endured the consequences of the disaster for years and should now be the main beneficiary of the funds recovered,” the MP said.
Lydia beat Naomi after both boats scored 600 points with two blue marlin each, in a landmark edition featuring 35 boats from Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote and La Gomera.
Tuineje Mayor David Herrera has thanked “the joint work carried out by the Town Council, the Fuerteventura Island Council, Puertos Canarios and the Canary Islands Government to make the operation possible and reclaim this area of Gran Tarajal pier”.
The PP is demanding the immediate removal of the Aali from Gran Tarajal and says the State is using the municipality as the Canary Islands’ “dumping ground”.
Yurena Vera Ramos, spokesperson for AMF alongside Nueva Canarias, said at a full council meeting, through a formal request, that the governing group had not begun implementing the motion unanimously approved by the council to promote genuinely inclusive municipal camps from 2026.
The vessel has been in the port since Friday, after being intercepted by the Maritime Rescue Service. The Government Delegation has not informed Tuineje Town Council or Puertos Canarios. Herrera warned of the risks of leaving the fishing boat at the commercial quay, recalling the serious consequences of the 2018 incident involving the barges.