For those of you who didn’t get the chance to visit the “Science and the Cinema: The Myth of the Mummies” exhibition at the recent Estepona Horror and Fantasy Film Festival, you will get a chance to see it when it comes to Manilva from the 9th to the 21st September at the Castle in Castillo de la Duquesa.

Manilva celebrates its annual Vendimia - harvest festival on the first weekend in September.

Guardia Civil in Manilva have detained a young woman for making a false accusation of rape. She had claimed to have been "brutally raped by two dark skinned men".

According to the police their investigation had failed to produce any evidence, including medical, to corroborate her story.

The 17-year-old English girl had claimed that she was dragged from the taxi rank in Puerto de la Duquesa at around 4 am and taken to the beach where she was brutally raped.

The new council offices (tenencia de alcaldia) were officially inaugurated on Friday, 22nd of August and were open for business as from the following Monday, 25th August.

Manilva's councillor for Commerce, Augusto Gil, oversaw the drawing of the winning tickets for the 'bet on local commerce' campaign at last weeks 'Tourist Day' celebrations.

The prize of a Mediterranean cruise for two was won by ticket number 2692 which was issed by Pinturas Eurotex.
The prize of a 600 euro spending spree went to ticket number 7911 which was issued at the butchers "El Canicero de Sabinillas".

Winners have thirty days in which to present the tickets at the Delegacion de Comercio in Plaza Ginebra, Sabinillas to claim their prize.

The Councillor has also announced that they will be repeating the campaign in December, so watch out for the notices.

The Councillor responsible for Manilva’s Planning Department, Emilio Lopez Berenguer (ASM), has sent a letter to local developer Prienesur thanking them for their quick response in attending to the dilapidated buildings next to the old Gran Bar building (now occupied by Andalucian Dream Homes).

Recent acts of vandalism have led the local authorities to consider the installation of a number of cctv cameras in the municipality.

Officers of Manilva’s Policia Local have arrested a 45 year old man who is believed to be responsible for at least three recent robberies in the municipality of Manilva.
The man, from Gaucin, is well know to the police and has been arrested at least 16 times previously and been charged with some 40 different offences.
The man has been the subject of an ongoing investigation and at the moment of arrest was found in possession of a quantity of cash and jewellery.

Work begins erecting 3,000 seater stadium

This month La Noria beach in Sabinillas will play host to the 1st Manilva International Beach Football Festival which is to be held over the weekend of the 22nd, 23rd and 24th of August.

This football spectacular will be contested by teams of footballing legends from six countries, namely England, Sweden, Denmark, Holland, Spain and Gibraltar. The action will be centred on a 3,000 seater stadium which will be set up on the beach with an adjoining ‘football village’ allong the promenade with numerous stalls, hospitality and refreshment stands, etc.

For full information see: http://www.manilvalife.com/manilva_beach_football.htm

Organised by Manilva’s Department of Tourism, this event on Friday, 15th August, is in celebration of tourism in Manilva and offers a variety of events and activities for visitors of all ages.

The programme for the ‘Dia del Turista’ is as follows: