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RED CROSS ROCKING
Black Friday boom Photo credit: Ayuntamiento de Vélez-Málaga (Via Facebook)
Betty Henderson THERE has been musical ma nia in VelezMalaga as more than 100 musicians took to the stage for a charity con cert in aid of the Red Cross. The first edition of Axarkía Rocking musical festival was a striking success. The concert was held dur ing the evening on Saturday November 19 in María Zam brano park in VelezMalaga. Over 100 musicians from various local groups includ ing the huge Municipal Band and Stella Maris choir from Torre del Mar, volunteered their services to put on a fantastic show. Attendees including the councillor for Social Rights and Equality, Víctor González, and the councillor for the Environ ment, Antonio Ariza praised the excellent music and charity focus of the event. Concertgoers took to
CHARITY CONCERT: Volunteer musicians showed up for a brilliant evening of electrifying rock music in aid of the Red Cross.
Facebook to express their delight at the festival writ ing, “Here’s to many more years. This is undoubtedly the start of something huge.
Congratulations!”, and “I couldn’t have hoped for this event to go any better, and what a great space for it. You can tell the organisers
put their heart and soul into making this event in such a selfless way for a deserving charity. We can’t wait for the next one!!!”
Focus on felines A MILESTONE moment in Rincon de La Victoria as the town becomes the first in the region to sign an agree ment with the Malaga Vet erinary College for the con trol of feral cats. The deal will prevent health prob lems from the uncontrolled breeding of stray cats. The local mayor, Francis co Salado signed a deal with the President of Mala ga Veterinary College, Juan Antonio de Luque on Thursday November 17. The collaboration will see the creation of a cat colony register, identification of feeding points, stray cat vaccination and sterilisa tion, as well as any other
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FERAL CATS: Agreement signed for the care and sterilisation of local strays.
necessary health treat ment. Malaga Veterinary Col
lege is set to provide mi crochips, vaccines and oth er treatments free of
FREE • GRATIS
charge to the council dur ing the fouryear agree ment.
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Issue No. 1951 24 - 30 November 2022
Shoppers can enjoy Black Friday discounts for a whole week in the ‘Black Week’ campaign in Almuñecar.
A SHOPPING spectacular is set to mark Black Friday in Al muñecar with a campaign offering shoppers a whole host of discounts. Local business organisation, ACOS, launched a cam paign in partnership with the local council to offer shoppers in credible discounts and an opportunity to win vouchers. The campaign will make the most of the Christmas shopping window by offering the discounts for a whole week in the ‘Black Week’ campaign. The President of ACOS, Remedios Rico explained the cam paign aims to boost business in the runup to Christmas while helping shoppers to prepare. Businesses have until November 25 to register for the scheme which will offer their business publicity and incentivise shoppers by subsidising discounts. Rico explained that the campaign will also give shoppers the opportunity to win vouchers worth €100 each to use in local businesses over the festive period. Three vouchers will be raf fled off to lucky supporters who answer a phone call from ACOS with the correct phrase: ‘Comprar en un negocio al muñequero’ (Buy from Almuñecar businesses).