Costa Blanca | OCI is Back
It is only back for an hour a day but the Costa Onda Cero International Radio ( OCI) is back on air.
This is a radio station aimed at the English speaking community on the Costa Blanca.The presenter Pauline M;cGough is back too.She took the lead in OCI´s Prime Time Show for 5 years.
Now she is back on 94.6 FM from Monday september 6 with a daily show from 3pm to 4pm Mondays to Fridays .
Pauline has been on the Costa Blanca since 1990 and is able to reach out to a huge audience on issues which affect expats.
There is a hope that this small beginning will see a return to full OCI programming.
This hour long show will be full of local news,interviews,local weather,markets and news from around the town halls.
Pauline also has to sell advertising ,which she has never done before but it is a necessary evil for modern day programming.
Moraira -Teulada | Sports Complex
The sport facility in Moraira-Teulada is to have a 750,000 euro facelift.
The upgrade will create a state of the art facility for the area.The new complex will be called “Football Espai Teulada-Moraira” and it is being described as a socio-cultural and sports area.
There will be a full sized football pitch as well as a seven a side pitch which will have an all weather surface.There will be six changing rooms,a cafe,facilities for the disabled,a carpark and a green area.
The project has been started because there is a huge demand for sporting facilities. and what the area has is in a state of poor repair.
The aim is to have it completed by Christmas so that all residents and youngsters are able to enjoy it.
Funding has come from the State Fund for Employment and the Investment Plan in Productive Municipalities.
Spanish News | Pirates
Operation Atlanta involved the Spanish frigate Victoria and an anti-piracy operation at sea.
The ship was welcomed home by a lot of top brass such as Chief of Staff Jose Rodriguez,Chief of Navy Staff Manuel rebollo and Fleet Admiral Juan Carlos Muñoz-Delgado plus the Minister for defence Carme Chacon.
The Victoria took part in a liberation of two merchant ships and escorted 10 other vessels from the World Food programme.
This is the Spanish contribution to the EU operation to tackle piracy and it includes the patrol boat Infanta Cristina,a maritime patrol aeroplane and the amphibious assault ship Galicia,currently sailing towards the Indian Ocean.
There were over 200 personnel on board the Victoria and their work together with the work of other allied countries has permitted 85 criminal gangs to be broken up,this involved more than 1000 pirates.This is five times the number of pirates arrested in 2009.