Illegal construction in El Burgo

The Málaga Court has upheld the verdict against a man from El Burgo who built a two-storey property without permission, without submitting a project and on rural farmland.

El Burgo increases value of ‘baby cheque’

The town of El Burgo, population around 2,000 people, has increased the size of its ‘baby cheque’ from €300 to €1,000 in order to encourage procreation within the municipality. In 2012, only five new babies arrived on the scene, whereas there were nearly two dozen deaths.

Pasión Bandolera in El Burgo

Fancy heading back to the era of the ‘bandolera’, and more specifically to the year 1840? Then the place to be this coming weekend is El Burgo in Málaga province for the ‘Pasión Bandolera’.

Roadworks visit

The provincial deputy for Development and Provincial Roads, Cristóbal Guerrero, yesterday visited the site of works on the MA-5401 linking El Burgo with Casarabonela. The €900,000 project is split into three phases and covers a three kilometre stretch of the road.