Thursday, 4 August 2011

MAZARRÓN SEE REDUCTION IN UNEMPLOYMENT FIGURES

Unemployment fell in July in the town  by 153 people from the June figures.

The municipality of Mazarrón has seen a decline in July in the list of unemployed from the previous month. Specifically, unemployment fell by 153 people, going from 2472 to 2319 unemployed. This decline has been most significant among the unemployed aged between 20 and 24 years old, 41 people have found work, between 25 to 29 years, the unemployment has fallen by 31 people. Those aged  between 30 and 44 years the unemployment has fallen by 68 people.


This data is very positive when we consider that this past month at the regional level, the number of unemployed has increased in the employment offices where 233 enrolled from June. The decline in Mazarrón is due in part to the hiring of the services needed in the coastal areas getting ready for the summer months. In fact, unemployment has fallen in municipalities such as Aguilas, Los Alcazares, San Javier, San Pedro del Pinatar and Cartagena.


In regard to municipal figures over the same month last year, the figure is also positive as the number of unemployed decreased by 103 persons compared to July 2010. Quite the opposite has happened at the regional level, as unemployment had risen in the region of Murcia by 5878 people over a year ago.


In the whole country, tourism has given a slight respite from unemployment. During the month of July, the number of unemployed registered with the Public Service Employment fell 42,059 people, to account for a total of 4,079,742 unemployed. The fall, the fourth consecutive monthly responds to increased activity in summer typically in the service industry. But the supposed global recorded 171,164 unemployed people in the same period in 2010.

Tuesday, 2 August 2011

HONOUR SAN CAYETANOE THIS WEEK

The festivities will run this year by Andrés Navarro Aznar

This Thursday starts the events planned to mark the feast day of San Cayetano, patron of the corners. Starting at 7 pm Mass will be held in honor of the Saint in the Church of La Purisima de Mazarrón, followed by a procession to move the image to the Town.

On Friday, from 9.30pm will be the cry of the festivities by Andrés Navarro Aznar and the crowning of the queens. There are also scheduled performances of "Trio Yomagen," a raffle with gifts and a piñata for children with free toys.

On Saturday, events begin at 6 pm with a ribbon race horse, after which there will be a beauty contest. At night are scheduled performances of "Riki", "Ines Oak" and comedian "Fog." Also a “migas” competition (spanish dish) as well as two piñatas. One for the children with free toys and another for elderly people with various gifts.

Sunday starting at 6 pm there is a contest with prizes for the top 3, and a new piñata for children with free toys. Later, performances will take place by "Sebastian" and "Dionysus" and to close the festivities a piñata for the elderly with major gifts.

San Cayetano was an Italian priest who was born with the name of Gaetano Thiene di Vicenza (northern Italy) in October 1480 and died in Naples on August 7, 1547, her feast day.

Reading the Costa Cálida Chronicle online

If you have trouble downloading the magazine to read on your computer, you can now read it online at www.scribd.com/costacalidachro​nicle.  This will be easier for anyone who is on dial up or has a slow download speed.

Fiesta in honor of the Immaculate Conceptio, Moratalla

From 12 to August 15, 2011
Programme:
- Friday August 12,
18.00 h. Football Singles Singles against Couples
21.00 h. Great Supper of Migas in the square with a gift for participants.
21.30 h. Children's disco
00.00 h. Reading of the proclamation and costumes
01.00 h. Disco

- Saturday August 13,

11.00 h. Truque and Domino Championship
13.00 h. Traditional lunch in Aguas Blancas (15 euros per person) waiting for the bulls.
18.00 h. Great Running of bulls
00.30 h. Orchestra by “Kings of the Sun”

- Sunday August 14,

10.00 h. Final Contest of Truque and Domino
12.00 h. Great Running of bulls
14.00 h. Beer
16.00 h. Gran Fiesta del Agua and release of livestock throughout the area
22.00 h. Children's work
00.30 h. Music by “Duet Group”

- Monday, August 15,

11.00 h. Playground and mats.
14.00 h. Paella for everyone
19.30 h. Mass and procession in honor of the Immaculate Conception, accompanied by “la Cuadrilla de Animeros”
00.00 h. Chocolate and finale!

More than 3,000 people over the Internet follow the blogtrip 'Marinera 2.0'

The generated blogtrip has phrases like " Within Murcia you can choose between the beach or mountains, heat or cool, without having to do many kilometers"

The pioneering 'Marinera 2.0', where seven of the bloggers specializing in Internet travel visited some of the most emblematic places of the region, was followed by more than 3,000 people across different social networks, blogs, community travellers and other platforms, as analysed by monitoring and on-line monitoring.

This project, was organized by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Region of Murcia to promote the tourist attractions of the autonomous region, and took place between 8 and July 10.

In total, from 29 June to 27 July, 'Sailor 2.0' has created 147 posts on Facebook, resulting in 1,501 'I like' and 289 comments. Also 246 pictures and six videos have been added, while 39 Twitter users have written 150 different original tweets that have been re-tweeted 750 times. The potential audience of this social networking event has been 8,035 Facebook friends direct and 17,196 followers on Twitter.
With respect to impacts on the blogs, 'Sailor 2.0' has led to 30 posts in different blogs. These include those published in 'The Traveller' El Pais 'The Traveler's Journal', Marketing and Community Culinary Hosteltur, by writers Paco Nadal, Eva Paris, Sofia Silva and Erika Esther Mascaro, respectively.
In total, the event has appeared in 32 sites, including www.mundoviajes,portalmundos.com, www.logitravel.com, www.el-turismo.es and www.tripviaje.com.

Measuring the results of this initiative, the company Netberry has taken into account the traffic generated to the website of 'Sailor 2.0 ", both directly and through the blogs of www.murciaturistica.es and www.cctmurcia.es. Also, the assessment includes the flow of fans on social networking and visits to the participating bloggers logs.

The Director General of Tourism, Enrique Ujaldón explained that "unlike traditional media, localized spatial projection and limited periods, this new promotional tool 2.0 provides global accessibility and permanance, so the range achieved is much higher" .

At present, he added, "the influence of bloggers on the tourist's purchase decision is huge, so this action has given us first-prescribers the opportunity to promote the region and generate new content like photos, videos and corners of traveller communities."

He also announced "the normal in these cases is that the results continue to increase, although to a lesser extent, throughout the summer, which will improve the region's position in search engines, blogs and social networks."
The hashtag '# Murcia' generated hundreds of tweets between posts that should be mentioned as' Murcia is to choose between the beach or mountains, heat or cool, without having to do many miles'. For instance, a typical trip to a summer afternoon Castillitos followed by watching the sunset in La Azohía 'or' to stroll along the beach, enjoy the sun, tapas in the sun and in winter. In short, quality of life. "

Non-typical TV
In parallel, the platform has enabled www.no-typical.tv a new channel dedicated to 'Marinera 2.0' - a trip that led to seven bloggers visiting some of the places and seeing most emblematic tourist products within Murcia.
On this channel you can see three videos for the professional day held at the facilities of Qualification Tourism, a lecture by John Merodio and a roundtable with the participation of guest bloggers.

Similarly, three other videos of this 'blogtrip' ,of two to three minutes have since appeared on the blog, presenting the initiative as a journey of experiences where bloggers are the protagonists.

INTERNATIONAL RACE FOR LIFE

Bolnuevo again hosts on August 13 the International Night Race "For Life" for the 18th time. The Mayor of the municipality, Ginés Campillo, and the organizer, Casiano Navarro, presented this sporting event accompanied by the councilman of Sports and Youth, Andrew James.

This important athletic event has two main objectives. On one hand it seeks to promote the popular sport, and the other to combat the drug world. This is a unique test in Spain, with the participation of 3 Spanish champions in the sport

There are 2 categories – male and female. The male athletes are subdivided into seniors, junior-youth, cadets, infants, juvenile, and youngest veterans "A", "B", "C" and "D". In the females, referred to the sub-promise senior, junior, youth, cadet, infants, juvenile, and youngest veterans "A" and "B". The distance travelled depends on the category but is between 2 and 8 miles.

Casiano Navarro thanked the Town Council of Mazarrón for their collaboration and high level of involvement in this sporting event and expressed satisfaction that "the Mayor is a sporty person, as you will know supporting and endorsing this event as it deserves." Navarro also recalled another first mayor, Pedro Muñoz, who she said "well supported and attended this test during their early days."

Meanwhile, Ginés Campillo re-iterated again the support that´s given by the organisers, "All against the Drug" and the work it does to “promote in the young, values and responsibility”.

Timetable and route for train on Camposol, Mazarrón