Police recover drugs hurled overboard during pursuit

Guardia Civil officers have recovered 150 kilos of hashish thrown overboard from a motorboat which was being pursued by a Coast Guard vessel in the mouth of the river Palmones in Los Barrios, Cádiz.

Is it any wonder people get upset?

The Mayor of Los Barrios, Cádiz, Jorge Romero (PA), has announced that the Council will now pay €1,000 of the municipal payroll for May 2012, with the remainder of the May payroll being paid next Monday. Do Councillors, Mayors and other officials also suffer the same fate in such circumstances?

Los Barrios municipal employees to receive some of their outstanding wages

The Mayor of Los Barrios, Jorge Romero, announced on Friday that ‘within hours’ money would be made available to pay one and a half months of the outstanding wages for municipal employees. The Mayor added that steps are being undertaken to find the remaining outstanding amounts.

Industrial fatality in Los Barrios, Cádiz

A 64 year old worker died on Monday evening at a packaging company on the Palmones industrial estate in Los Barrios, Cádiz, after being crushed by one of the machines.

Industrial injury in Los Barrios

A 37-year-old workman was seriously injured on Thursday morning at the Acerinox factory in Los Barrios, suffering significant damage to one of his arms.

Knife attack at school

A 14 year old girl was detained at the Instituto Carlos Cano in Los Barrios, Cádiz, after she attacked another girl with a knife.