PRIMARY SCHOOL HEADMASTER

Juan Rondón is the headmaster of the primary school, the official name of which is Colegio Público Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles. As the school term ends, and if your child has not yet been to school, you will need to register him/her in June. It is worth turning up at the school (Secretaría, [...]

MUSIC FESTIVAL PROGRAMME

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This is the programme for the VI International Music Festival of Jimena and the Campo de Gibraltar - so far. It is not written in stone and changes are likely, but it is beginning to take shape. At any rate, the above is what is being presented at the Diputación de [...]

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LIVE! ANSWERS FROM THE MAYOR

As you can see from the pictures above, last night’s marathon LIVE FROM JIMENA adventure was a grand success: TioJimeno had 1.543 visits in four and a half hours!Prospero had trouble keeping up with it all, translating questions and answers as they came in and blogging them a.s.a.p. He only got to 12 Q. & [...]

LIVE! ANSWERS FROM THE MAYOR - PAUSE

PROSPERO IS TAKING A BREAK
THERE ARE CHILDREN AND DOGS AND CATS TO FEED
TRANSLATIONS OF THE QUESTIONS (THERE NEARLY 50 OF THEM) AND ANSWERS WILL BE BLOGGED IN A SESSION COMING UP SOON

If you have been following this LIVE session, my apologies. And if not, why not?
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LIVE! ANSWERS FROM THE MAYOR - 12

Q. Is it true that you and other members of the Council attended parties at ‘La Morisca’ before the ‘Malaya’ case hit the headlines? Didn’t you see how enormous that Cortijo was, or that it was built illegally? Careful with your answer, as there are witnesses and photographs… Anonymous

A. Another ill-intentioned rumour. I have never, [...]

LIVE! ANSWERS FROM THE MAYOR - 11

Q. When are the associations going to get told about the profits from the bullfight, which they are supposed to share? I think the associations deserve an explanation. Anonymous

A. I confess I’m not up to date on that subject, but I understand that the promoters have assumed the financial risk, and there were no profits, [...]

LIVE! ANSWERS FROM THE MAYOR - 10

Q. To go on about illegal building only makes my teeth itch. I don’t want to hear any more about it, unless it’s to obey the law. Will the law be obeyed? (I mean the law for all, not just a few). You are well-read, so what do you think of a municipality of 10.000 [...]

LIVE! ANSWERS FROM THE MAYOR - 9

Q. I don’t want to ask anything about politics. You’ve been answering them for a long time and now it’s time to relax. But I do have the following quaestions: How have you taken the attacks on yourself and your family? Would you do it all over again? What would you like for the PA [...]

LIVE! ANSWERS FROM THE MAYOR - 8

Q. Anything left over before you turn the captain’s chair to someone else? AnonymousA. Tell me what you mean. I think most of the important things are done, but the smaller things will be in good hands. Pascual has it all very clearly in mind, believe me. The important thing is that the opposition and [...]