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Torrevieja makes things difficult for applicants for new taxi licenses

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Pablo Samper, a councilman and spokesperson for Sueña Torrevieja, openly questioned the Torrevieja City Council’s decision to issue taxi licenses with “inaccessible technical requirements” and a deadline of March 24th.

Following the City Council’s revision of the municipal ordinance and announcement of the introduction of 16 taxi licenses in multiple phases, the process was started. Six licenses are offered for tender in the first round. There are currently about eighty-four taxis operating in the city.

Since the tender was launched, Samper notes, interested parties have encountered “serious difficulties in being able to submit bids.” The opposition councillor claims that the procedure’s intricacy demonstrates that it was created “without taking into account the reality of the sector.” According to him, the process necessitates a level of computer proficiency and administrative procedure knowledge “that is unacceptable for any ordinary person,” to the extent that the profile of the contractor is utilised by municipal supplier companies to choose public tenders.

Giving more points to bidders who buy an electric or hybrid car—especially if it’s a Euro cab modified for persons with limited mobility—is one of the prize criteria.

No hybrids


Since there are presently no hybrid vans that are modified for Euro taxis available in dealerships and the models that could meet the requirements have delivery times of four to six months, Samper claims that “the lack of supply on the market makes this requirement practically impossible to meet.”

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Additionally, these cars need to be adapted to accommodate disabled individuals once they are purchased, which results in an extra three to five weeks of waiting. Some hybrid versions aren’t even adaptable because ramps can’t be installed because the batteries are on the underside of the car.

The City Council demands that the licenses granted be operational within 60 days, notwithstanding these challenges, “which makes this process, quite simply, unfeasible,” according to Samper.

Five years old


Another requirement is that cars must be no more than five years old; newer models receive more points. The technical sheet is the sole way to confirm that the date of the vehicle’s first registration is the date required by the City Council to be used for assessment. “How is it possible for a bidder to display the technical sheet of an unpurchased vehicle? This opposing party notes that this is an obvious illustration of the process’s flaws.

Answers


Sueña Torrevieja cannot keep quiet about a tender that excludes the great majority of drivers and jeopardises our city’s taxi service because “Torrevieja needs solutions, not a process designed to fail,” says Samper.

“We have to deal with an unfathomable technical process, impossible timeframes, and unmet criteria. The councillor asserts that the City Council needs to fix these mistakes right away in order to make obtaining a taxi licence feasible, equitable, and open.

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In Torrevieja, a municipality with over 106,000 residents according to the municipal register and ten thousand fewer according to the National Institute of Statistics’ official census, there are very few offers from Driver-Drive Tourism Vehicles (VTC) businesses like Uber, Cabify, or Bolt.


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Two youths hurt in a car-moped crash in San Miguel de Salinas

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A car and a moped collision in San Miguel de Salinas has resulted in the injuries of two youngsters. Due to their injuries, the 15- and 16-year-olds had to be sent to the Hospital of Elche and Torrevieja.

The car and a moped were engaged in an accident on the CV-95 highway in the municipality of San Miguel de Salinas around 9:38 p.m. yesterday, Friday, March 7th, according to sources from the Emergency Information and Coordination Centre (Cicu).

A 15-year-old child with many injuries was treated by two SAMU units who were sent to the scene and transferred to Torrevieja Hospital. A 16-year-old boy who had injuries to his face and leg was taken to Elche General Hospital.


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Alicante man arrested for stabbing says “the neighbourhood needs to be cleaned up”

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A 24-year-old man was arrested by the National Police for the stabbing incident that occurred in the North Zone of Alicant. Like the victim, the detainee was of Moroccan descent. He admitted to carrying out the stabbing and informed the agents that “the neighbourhood needs to be cleaned up.”

Yesterday at 7:30 p.m., the incident took place on calle Santa Cruz de Tenerife, in the district of Virgen del Remedio. A 39-year-old guy who had been stabbed phoned an on-duty National Police patrol. The officers asked for the presence of medical assistance when he showed them the stab wound on his abdomen.

Following an explanation of what had transpired, a second patrol also arrived at the area and began searching for the individual who had stabbed him. According to what the victim told the police, he had been fighting with someone when he reached for a knife and stabbed him in the abdomen.

The police started searching when the victim gave them information, such as the fact that the assailant had a unique tattoo on his neck. Within an hour, they found the suspect in a fast-food restaurant in the same neighbourhood.

In order to defend what had happened, the suspect admitted to carrying out the attack and told the police that “the neighbourhood needs to be cleaned up.” The officers then went ahead and arrested the guy.

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With a six-centimeter abdominal wound, the injured guy was sent to Alicante General Hospital and had surgery in the emergency room.

Before appearing in court, the detainee—who already had a criminal record and had acted aggressively towards the officers—was brought to the National Police headquarters for additional investigation.


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Benidorm man arrested for stealing intimate photos from a friend’s phone

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A man in Benidorm was arrested by the National Police for stealing private photos from a friend’s mobile phone after a party. The 39-year-old Spanish national was taken into custody on suspicion of uncovering and disclosing secrets.

When the woman complained to the Benidorm Police Station, the police investigation started. She told the officers that an acquaintance she had thrown a party with at a house in La Nucía had accessed her cell phone without her consent in a moment of carelessness and sent private images to her phone.

Officers from the Economic and Technological Crime Group at this police station launched an investigation in response to these incidents in order to confirm the information provided and to find, apprehend, and detain the suspected offender.

After preliminary enquiries, the officers discovered that the suspect had obtained the victim’s cell phone and had used a messaging app to send two private photos of her to her own phone.

The officers also obtained a statement from a witness to the incident throughout the inquiry, which supported the victim’s complaint. The suspect was ultimately taken into custody, and the Benidorm Court of Instruction on Duty was notified of all police actions.

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