Etiqueta 'Pollensa'
The Gelats Valls kiosk in Pollensa town.

Business

Now there's an issue about the ice-cream kiosk in Pollensa

Pollensa town hall is looking into whether the Valls family can continue with this kiosk with all guarantees.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter28/02/2017 00:00

The cockerel is the prize on top of the pine.

Animal welfare

Pollensa mayor will not allow the use of a cockerel for pine climb

Mayor Miquel Àngel March says that the town hall will abide by 1992 animal protection legislation.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter26/02/2017 00:00

Climbing the pine in Pollensa.

Fiestas

Gómez takes the Pollensa pine crown once again

The climb proved to be a great deal easier than last year, when the pine was so greased up that it took an age for there to be a victor.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter18/01/2017 00:00

Puerto Pollensa, where some of the hotel stock is among the oldest on the island.

Construction

Hoteliers accuse Pollensa town hall of preventing renovation

The hoteliers claim that "ideological" criteria are being applied as opposed to technical ones.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter03/01/2017 00:00

The importance of holiday rentals to Puerto Pollensa and the rest of the municipality has been a factor for years.

Tourism

Pollensa the great exception to the holiday rentals' rule

Pollensa is the only one of Majorca's main tourism municipalities where supply of holiday rentals' places exceeds hotel places.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter02/01/2017 00:00

El Vila, 53 years and still nothing is resolved.

Construction

El Vila owners in Pollensa wanting reactivation of development

The El Vila urbanisation development was first planned in 1963; it has never been completed.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter22/12/2016 00:00

The how big is your pumpkin competition in Muro.

Majorca

What's on in Majorca: 7-13 November

Two big autumn fairs in the north of the island this coming weekend. Muro has its pumpkin fair and the highly anticipated pumpkin competition and Pollensa has its artisan fair, which is bigger still this year. There is also the autumn fair in Es Capdellà, Calvia. In Inca on Saturday there is a Night of Fire, with four demons gangs plus batucada drummers. One of the greats of flamenco singing, José Mercé, is at Palma Auditorium on Saturday.

Andrew Ede06/11/2016 00:00

Mayor March is mapping something else out: how to avoid a vote of no confidence.

Politics

March looking to El Pi to prevent Pollensa vote of no confidence

There is a great deal of political manoeuvring which could result in the El Pi party expelling its one councillor.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter25/10/2016 00:00

Image captured of the incident at Palma's Sant Ferran station in 2011.

Police

Palma and Pollensa town halls dismiss police sentenced for kicking prisoner

The court said that the prisoner, who was drunk and tied up, had been the victim of "contemptuous and humiliating" degradation.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter29/09/2016 00:00

Diabetes testing at Manacor Hospital.

Health

The "silent killer" of diabetes: Free testing in Pollensa

Howard’s blood sugar levels were so high, his doctor immediately sent him to a specialist at hospital. It was that serious.

29/09/2016 00:00

Pirate charters are an issue at different marinas in Majorca.

Nautical

Pirate charter boats proliferating in Alcudia and Pollensa

Legitimate charter operators want the Guardia Civil to check on the pirates, who "are robbing us of a thousand euros a day through their illegal practices".

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter13/08/2016 00:00

Joan Mas does battle with Dragut.

Fiestas

More Moors than ever but Dragut still loses Pollensa battle

There were more Moors than ever this year, determined to try and reverse the battle result of a simulation that has been staged since the mid-nineteenth century.

Andrew Ede03/08/2016 00:00

Left to right: Miquel Ensenyat, president of the Council of Majorca; Sandra Espeja, the Council's environment councillor; Tomeu Cifre Bennàssar of Pollensa town hall.

Hiking

Puerto Pollensa dry-stone route is opened

"The opening of this stage is an achievement, but we now have to work on a further extension to the cape of Formentor."

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter20/07/2016 00:00

Emergencies

British woman knocked over and killed in Pollensa road accident

The British tourist was knocked over and killed by a car on the Pollensa-Puerto Pollensa main road on Saturday night.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter22/05/2016 00:00

Major improvement planned to Santa Eugenia-Pollensa cycling route

Cycling

Major improvement planned to Santa Eugenia-Pollensa cycling route

The work on the roads will involve re-tarmacking them, cutting back vegetation and improving signage.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter13/04/2016 00:00

Housing crisis in Pollensa because of holiday rentals

Property

Housing crisis in Pollensa because of holiday rentals

Finding an apartment to rent in Pollensa, a town which has long been one of the principal destinations for holiday rentals, is now almost impossible.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter12/04/2016 00:00