the Casasola reservoir in Malaga province has continued to rise during the night provided by the Diputación provincial authority The images captured by SUR confirm that the Campanillas has reached its maximum level and has burst its banks It has reached the flow rate of 351 cubic metres per second at eight o'clock this morning The Casasola reservoir is at the limit of its safeguard level holding almost 25 million cubic hectometres It has risen by more than 2 million cubic metres in a single night the night was very complicated and for this reason the Junta ordered in the afternoon 368 preventive evacuations from homes and suspended classes for today in the educational centres of the Campanillas neighbourhood the river entered at yellow level and rose until it reached red level at five o'clock in the morning The Diputación's deputy for safety and security in a first preview for this newspaper speaks of flooding in Almogía and some areas of Álora the floods have cut off access to Arroyo Coche He also pointed out that the number of incidents caused by the wind is multiplying throughout the province they have raised the level of the reservoirs in the province to over 310 million cubic metres And there are three other watercourses at a red alert level The most worrying is the Guadalhorce in Cártama which is registering almost 1,000 cubic metres per second Also in the red are the Guadiaro at Cortes de la Frontera and the Grande at Las Millanas the river Genal at Jubrique and the Guadalhorce as it passes through Bobadilla were at an amber alert level and the Guadalhorce at Paredones (where the Guadalhorce irrigation canal and the one to Malaga city fork) in Archidona and the Turón at Ardales Comentar es una ventaja exclusiva para registrados Mission Statement: to assist the integration of foreign residents living in Spain and this is never more accurate than when you establish yourself as a foreign resident in a new country Being able to quickly familiarise yourself with the culture and customs can help ease the transition during a challenging time This is why Euro Weekly News makes it our mission to provide you with a free news resource in English that covers both regional and national Spanish news – anything that we feel you will benefit from knowing as you integrate into your new community and live your best life in Spain you can forget about translating articles from Spanish into awkward English that probably don’t make much sense Let us be your convenient and essential guide to all things that will likely affect you as a foreign resident living in Spain Warnings are coming in from the Local Police of Campanillas for its citizens as the provincial government extends the ‘red’ weather alert to early Thursday ‘Stay upstairs!’ is the message from the police to residents in homes in the lower levels of the town in the face of what the meteorological office is reporting that could be an even stronger rainfall that the region suffered less than a day before The Campanillas river, which passes by Campanillas town before flowing into the Guardalhorce and later the sea, is set to burst its banks, and with the predicted rainstorm coming in the middle of the night, it may well lead to serious flash flooding and the Genal rivers look like they might hold out it is predicted that the heavy rains will return in the middle of the night Some local residents have already been temporarily rehoused until the red alert passes but the civil protection of Campanillas suspects that some residents have decided to stay in their homes Campanillas, barely having had time to recover from the floods two weeks before and a heavy rainfall such as is predicted could cause the river to break its banks Subscribe to our Euro Weekly News alerts to get the latest stories into your inbox Euro Weekly News is the leading English language newspaper in Spain by delivering news with a social conscience we are proud to be the voice for the expat communities who now call Spain home With around half a million print readers a week and over 1.5 million web views per month EWN has the biggest readership of any English language newspaper in Spain The paper prints over 150 news stories a week with many hundreds more on the web – no one else even comes close Our publication has won numerous awards over the last 25 years including Best Free Newspaper of the Year (Premios AEEPP) Company of the Year (Costa del Sol Business Awards) and Collaboration with Foreigners honours (Mijas Town Hall) All of this comes at ZERO cost to our readers All our print and online content always has been and always will be FREE OF CHARGE Download our media pack in either English or Spanish The Casasola dam has not been able to keep up with the rising levels of the Campanillas river due to a clogging of the bottom outlet for releasing water This has caused the activation of an emergency plan to evacuate 1,200 people (or 368 families) due to the risk of flooding The relocation operation carried out around 5pm on Monday 17 March aimed to move people from the river area and parts of the Almogía district Among the reasons behind their decision to stay were their pets and the fear of their houses being looted The number of the actual relocated population might vary seeing as some of the houses were already empty classes in two Campanillas schools were suspended today: the Francisco Quevedo primary school and the Torre del Prado secondary school The amber alert for heavy rains was active until 6am today in Ronda the Guadalhorce Valley and the Costa del Sol and until 9am in the Axarquía The forecasts posed the question of evacuating residents of the lower part of Alhaurín de la Torre Preventative evacuation was caried out in the La Isla Houses between the Casasola dam and Las Tinajas area were not evacuated due to the lower risk and their location in higher points the government is still monitoring the roads and the bridge Evacuation was carried out with each family's vehicle and with institutional assistance in the cases where people didn't have a car or needed mobility support Regional minister Antonio Sanz announced that the relocation operation started in time and was carried out according to plan resulting in quick and efficient results in the face of the amber alert He stated that the worse rains would start around 10pm and continue until the early hours of the morning which gave the National Police and the Guardia Civil enough time to inform people and carry out the evacuation before the activation of the alert To not have acted would have been imprudent," said the minister adding that people had enough time to collect their belongings "Most people have gone to the homes of relatives but we have also created a shelter," said Sanz highlighting that the risk factor has not been eliminated the city council of Malaga has set up a refuge and affiliation point in the Alfonso Queip de Llano pavilion where assistants will take the data of the evacuees According to Aemet (Spain's state meteorological agency) the heaviest downpours were forecast for the early hours of Tuesday 18 March Malaga mayor Francisco de la Torre issued a warning and said: "Prevention is better than cure." According to him the Campanillas riverbed would accumulate between 250 and 280 cubic metres per second several Local and National Police teams remained in the evicted areas to prevent acts of vandalism and theft there is room for 21.72 million cubic metres in the Casasola dam - a figure that has now been exceeded standing at 22 million cubic metres - 102% of its full capacity There is also a buffer level of between 2 and 3 million cubic metres before a state of complete overflow Sanz stated that the situation has been made more complicated by the dragging of vegetation The murky waters hinder intervention by specialists the situation had been successfully managed but that the last rainy episode has forced a state of emergency It simply doesn't stop raining," said Sanz Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker The studio has been developing a separate live-action project with Elizabeth Banks that is also titled “Tink” Victoria Strouse (“Finding Dory”) wrote the script and while 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Bure descended from the ceiling on wires for a one-of-a-kind entrance "I love Tinker Bell," Bure explained Fellow host Sara Haines was seeing blue as Smurfette while Paula Faris was walking on four legs as Twilight Sparkle from My Little Pony Sunny Hostin sported a backpack and map as Dora the Explorer Joy Behar drew inspiration from her name as Joy from Disney's Inside Out and Whoopi Goldberg put on the iconic tall blue hair as Marge Simpson Even their guests for the day arrived in costume Kristin Chenoweth came ready to serenade the crowd dressed as musical icon Judy Garland the ladies of The View still haven't run out of stellar Halloween ideas Can't wait to see what creative looks are in store for next year Passing the bar is a genuine once-in-a-lifetime moment something that 2024 Bar passers Kim Campanilla and Mark Barraquias (who finished in the Top 20 at the 18th spot) know well The feat was a culmination of years of hard work which is no wonder the trio of new lawyers have been nothing but euphoric since the results came out “I was in tears because all the hard work I put in during my four years of law school finally paid off,” shares Mark in an interview with NYLON Manila in a feeling echoed by the other two soon-to-be lawyers.  what many law students and examinees go through is no joke as they hunker down with their piles of books and reviewers in the middle of the madness was a shared sentiment that no matter how rigorous it can get out there you still shouldn’t lose yourself in all of it “Commit to putting in the hours and staying disciplined it might be time for a break—whether that means napping or taking a walk outside for fresh air.”  as these new lawyers prepare for their next chapter they look back on the good and the bad of their law school days as steps towards necessary character development “Law school will humble you over and over again and Mark below as they open up about their Bar exam experiences Whether you’re a student trudging through law school or someone preparing to take the Bar exam in the future I think it was because of the intense stress and I was losing patience with everyone for no real reason we were trained to pick ourselves up quickly and recover fast in order to perform well Although I was incredibly nervous and could never quite feel fully prepared I knew I had to shake off those doubts and bring my A-game during the bar My family surprised me with cardboard cutouts of my face and custom shirts to give me a boost of energy on the first day of the exam It also helped that many of my batchmates were taking the exam at the same testing site WRYAN: Each exam day I had no more than two hours of sleep since I was desperately trying to finish the review material the night before answering the exam felt like fighting two battles: one against the questions There were many instances where I felt like passing out so I was tempted to just finish quickly so I could rest But I knew if I did that I would likely fail the Bar exams So every time I would feel my body failing and ate a few M&M’s to compose myself and “reset.” I also reminded myself that a lot of people were praying for my success and that they deserved no less than my best effort MARK: I kept my cool on the first and second day of the exams but I was very nervous and anxious on the third exams because I knew that they were my weakest subjects It felt like there was a raging battle inside my mind but fortunately I was able to power through KIM: I was ecstatic—jumping and screaming for joy It was a moment of pure happiness that I shared with my family who had really felt my absence throughout law school and especially during bar prep in the days leading up to the result release Passing was like a weight being lifted off my shoulders WRYAN: The second I saw my name on the list of passers I guess it was a mixed feeling of relief and joy—I was able to make my family and I was going to fulfill my dream of becoming a lawyer though I was still sobbing and could barely put together any words I only managed to shout “we did it” over and over.  MARK: I was in tears because all the hard work I put in during my four years of law school finally paid off It felt good to end strong and to know that all the sacrifices were worth it KIM: I adopted the methods that worked best for me in law school I started by taking notes from the bar review lectures and creating my own reviewers I focused first on subjects I hadn’t covered in law school or had forgotten I set weekly goals to make sure I completed my first “read” of the entire syllabus whether by sitting through lectures or reading my reviewers I began reviewing past bar exam questions and created a document that I would use on the actual exam day WRYAN: I’m the type of person who has trouble studying at home since I just fall asleep I’d leave the house to study somewhere else I had one primary review material for each Bar subject and I would finish each one before moving on to the next subject I think a lot of people made their own notes to prepare for the exam but after all my years in law school I knew I wasn’t the type to do that I always preferred to read the material carefully I also took a bit of time to visit different churches and pray I feel that this helped ease my anxiety for the daunting task ahead.  My routine was set such that my body performed the same habits and rituals every single day until bar review almost like cogs in a clock This routine put me in the proper condition to take the bar exams and I made sure that my peak times are also be at the same time as the exam times I do recommend adjusting your body clock to be a morning person Start your day early to simulate the bar exam environment Commit to putting in the hours and staying disciplined I made time to go out occasionally to prevent burnout and keep my sanity I’d reward myself with a show or some light scrolling on TikTok I used the Forest app to stay focused and avoid distractions during study sessions WRYAN: The best strategy to prepare for the Bar is to use your own strategy It might be tempting to employ the study methods of your peers but if these differ from what you’re used to It’s important to really know yourself and what makes you comfortable you finished law school by studying a certain way this is the best style for you so there’s no reason to change it for the Bar Trust that the strategies and tricks that got you this far will see you through one more time.  MARK: Answer past bar exams/mock bars as if it were the bar exams It helps me gauge my skills and whether or not I pass Do it at least once for every subject so you would get the form right It works wonders for everyone because by then you would already have a template answer on how to answer bar questions I was always aware of the challenges and the hard work involved in becoming a lawyer I never fully understood what that meant until I experienced it myself and that uncertainty adds to the challenge so we were all attending classes virtually from home I expected there would still be an ungodly amount of reading The hours of studying were long and the next thing I knew it was already way past midnight and I had to stop and rest But what I didn’t expect was meeting people along the way that I could consider lifelong friends.  And yet my block found ways for us to get to know each other better and bond we always helped each other out and collaborated on making study materials we held virtual meetings and parties which helped ease the stress of law school everyone from my block who took the Bar Exams this year passed it I really didn’t expect to become this close to my classmates Shoutout to UP Law Block E2024; we made it I expected to barely pass law school since I knew that I did not come from a traditional pre-law undergrad I never knew that I would be thriving in law school I was an introvert so I didn’t think I would make a lot of friends but the people I met and their company made it worthwhile KIM: Take advantage of your review classes They’re an invaluable resource and will guide you through the process Even if you’ve never prayed before or haven’t done so in a long time The bar exam can make you believe in miracles again Create a strict daily schedule and routine Balance discipline with self-care to avoid burnout WRYAN: I think the most important tip I can give to future bar takers would be to avoid “hoarding” study materials for each subject What I mean is reading multiple books or reviewers for a single subject but you might also encounter conflicting views that will only confuse you only have 2 materials for each subject—one primary and one supplementary material you can realistically finish the coverage for the exam and still have some time left to review the difficult concepts.  Another important tip is to have a life outside of review I understand how tempting it is to go all-out with your review 24/7 You’ll burn yourself out early and won’t be in any condition to take the Bar It’s okay to spend most of the day studying but I suggest setting a cut-off time where once it hits and I spent the rest of my evening doing things that I wanted to do Don’t forget to rest so you can go again the following day MARK: This is the time where you can become the most selfish and it’s okay because everyone is rooting for you to become a lawyer and the best way to give back is to pass the bar So be selfish and protect your time as much as you can knowing that you are ultimately devoting your success to your loved ones “Anything worth doing is worth doing well.” That’s all I’ll say—focus on giving your best effort in everything you do WRYAN: Law school is by far the most difficult thing I’ve ever done The demands are great and you’ll have to give up so much time just to barely meet them It’s certainly not for everyone and I’ve considered quitting a few times But if you’re set on seeing this journey through It’s alright to have doubts once in a while Law school will humble you over and over again because there will come a time when they can also help you just enjoy the struggle because it is one of the most memorable periods of your life The most strictest professors are your source of bar exam answers because you will remember them during your exam.  Law is a really good profession if you want to make decent money and at the same time help others and it would really help set your mindset straight if you think of it like a job Responses have been edited for length and clarity Continue Reading: 9 Lessons On Love, Loss, And Growth From Bar Boys: A New Musical Gas Natural has started work on its 400MW Campanillas CCGT plant in Malaga and 35 permanent jobs and 100 indirect jobs on completion Gas Natural (operating in Malaga through its distribution company Gas Natural Andalucía) balance of plant and water and gas pipelines) heat recovery steam generator and TOPGAS turbogenerator Gas Natural built a 400MW Campanillas 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worldwide It plans or is constructing a further 1,600MW in Spain Gas Natural operates in Malaga through its distribution company Gas Natural Andalucía which has over 600km of distribution network supplying almost 70,000 customers in the province As a result of the liberalisation of the Spanish energy market the Gas Natural Group entered the electricity business This activity includes electricity generation in Spain using combined-cycle plants buys and sells electricity; Gas Natural Comercializadora and Gas Natural Servicios commercialise the supplies and La Energia concentrates on cogeneration Energy generated and sold reached 17,831GWh in 2006 This increase was due to the start-up of the 1,200MW combined-cycle plant at Cartagena and the favourable pool price Combined-cycle generation in 2006 was 16,987GWh That came from 400MW in Sant Adrià de Besòs (Barcelona) 1,200MW in Cartagena (Murcia) and 800MW in Plana del Vent (Tarragona) Another 1,600MW (Port of Barcelona and Lantarón) is 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off to traffic Emergency services have already been called on to help rescue a person trapped in their house in Calle Casilla del Carpinterio police and firefighters rescued a person trapped in their vehicle Two serious floods hit Campanillas at the start of 2020 which affected dozens of residents of the neighbourhood the water is returning with force to its nearby streams while the sewers are once again overwhelmed and unable to handle the amount of water Important work is still pending to fix two areas that are heavily impacted by flood waters in Malaga province the Campanillas river and the lower stretch of the Guadalhorce Progress at the Campanillas river is down to private developers and urban works by Malaga cty council the Guadalhorce project is the responsibility of central government and it is in the environmental approval stage The Junta de Andalucía and a group of developers have reactivated the project to channel the Campanillas river which is complex but necessary work to protect the area from flash flooding Without the guarantee of the flood footprint being resolved but there are important projects on the table This is the year through which the project has begun to move forward as these plots of land are seen as an important lifeline to provide Malaga with subsidised housing as more than 4,000 homes are planned (56% of the 7,000 homes planned for this area It is almost five years since the Campanillas flood but little progress has been mades since then The Campanillas project involves a substantial investment The main one is the channelling of the river although recently there have been calls for a cheaper solution one for channelling and the other for hydrology These studies are being completed by Malaga engineering consultant Estudio 7 time is gained and work can begin on the planning of the area and cut down on the lengthy procedures for the loading of the land This is why this agreement has been developed with the Junta The city council is working on the Calle Adonis and Calle Cristobalina Fernández areas to reinforce the safety of the neighbourhood A few months ago it contracted Rialsa for 1.2 million euros to build the water collection network in these streets The aim is to carry out the necessary corrections to channel the water coming from the Pilones river problems will also be avoided in the El Brillante neighbourhood the council has just contracted the work to repair the Azucarera bridge a key step to provide pace of mind to residents industrial estate and business owners in the area The central government project is valued at 36 million and will focus on increasing the drainage capacity of the bridges by widening the spans The idea is also to eliminate the roundabout on the left bank and the building at the fork in the channel; to extend the existing walls of the channel both upstream and downstream or to eliminate the platform of the old railway track The devastating effects of the flooding of the Guadalhorce river have been noted since ancient times From paleo-floods to recent episodes well remembered by all such as the November 1989 floods The greatest guarantees for the lower course of the river against possible flooding are provided by the Casasola dam inaugurated in 2000 and designed to control the flooding of the river Campanillas and the channelling of the last seven kilometres of the course also carried out by the then Confederación Hidrográfica del Sur (Southern Hydrographic Confederation) The development company that proposed the construction of 7,000 homes in the area of the Campanillas neighbourhood in Malaga a few months ago is now preparing to present the Junta with a preliminary project for flood risk management to make construction and housing safe The initiative consists of creating a floodable meadow and building a new bridge for better access to Campanillas The draft project arrives at a crucial moment given recent flooding and the fear in which Campanillas residents live every time there is a storm developers led by Ángel Asenjo expressed an interest in building 7,000 new homes to attract people in the face of a housing crisis Now that the hydrological project closely relates to this ambition the draft will be presented to the Junta next week Asenjo has explained that the developer has carried out an extensive analysis from the source of the Campanillas river all the way to the point where it flows into the Guadalhorce It has established four stages of execution with an estimated cost of 60 or 70 million euros The meeting with the Junta will decide whether the project will receive the green light or corrections will be demanded All the general system areas adjacent to the Campanillas river will be redeveloped Instead of a hard channeling with concrete walls; there will be earth embankments tree planting and the naturalisation of the area," said Asenjo will only be flooded in extreme situations The project also includes a new access bridge to the Campanillas neighbourhood The financing of a project of this calibre has not yet been finalised While the Junta has not declared it to be of regional interest the city council is hoping that the costs will be shared among the promoters with the possibility of looking for European funding Campanillas residents have faced three episodes of torrential rain in the last five months The fast reaction of the city council and evacuation procedures prevented human loss When storm Laurence hit in the third week of March The dams couldn't handle the amount of water and the bottom spillway of the Casasola reservoir got clogged the problem of the sluice gates requires emergency work and an extra pipe as well as medium and long-term tasks because a third of the full reservoir is sediment Another sleepless night for the residents of Cártama town and Malaga's Campanillas neighbourhood In light of the relentless storms and the overflow of the Guadalhorce and the Campanillas rivers on Monday 17 March the Local Police and the Guardia Civil evacuated dozens of people but some residents chose to stay on higher floors of their houses while the lower levels and garages got flooded with muddy water The locals demanded proper maintenance of the nearby dams and regular river clean-up efforts in order for future floods to be prevented has reminded residents of the one that they experienced in 2020 Memories of damaged movable and immovable assets have kept people awake during the past few nights The Cártama districts areas of Doña Ana and Molino Carvajal were the worst hit water and mud rushed into garages and houses in the areas of the main road "It rained so much that the whole plot was flooded We started to take the water out as best as we could but it suddenly started to come in so fast that I already have more than half a metre in my house," she said "It has been a very distressing time," she said relieved that her daughter and her grandson were not there when the flooding started They also managed to relocate their four dogs and shelter their horse Aurora believes that the only solution and preventative measure would be to properly clean the riverbed and warn residents if the floodgates of the reservoirs are going to be opened saying that such floods wouldn't occur if the river was maintained in a way that sedimentation and dirt wouldn't stop easy flow He explained that locals stopped putting fruitless efforts in trying to take water out of their houses around 4am because they "were fighting against something that was stronger" given the "thousands of litres of water" running through the streets Ricardo described the feeling of helplessness while watching the knee-deep water inside his house The flood suffered in 2020 was more serious but water has entered houses and business establishments once again this year the most affected areas have been Calle Cristobalina Fernández and the area around the Brillante where the river overflows and where water accumulates this has only spared them half of the disaster Miguel Francisco Bueno lives on Calle Cristobalina Fernández He spent Tuesday morning trying to get water out of his garage where up to 30 centimetres of mud had accumulated the water came up to the roof and smashed two cars and a motorbike at least I was able to get the vehicles out," he explained Miguel repeated the demands of his neighbours: "The dam is the problem because it hasn't rained enough for such floods to happen." Marina Díaz's hairdressing salon on Calle José Calderón also suffered the consequences even though the premises are on a fairly high pavement "(...) the mud has stained everything," she said Remembering the state of Campanillas in 2020 she said that she "spent the whole night watching the surveillance camera in the street to see if the water had arrived" Tired of the lack of attention and action that institutions have demonstrated in the past they have taken matter into their own hands they fear that this situation will be repeated can only be alleviated once authorities have taken proper care of the dams and riverbeds Cártama mayor Jorge Gallardo said that the river caught them off-guard "It is the first time that it has been overflowing for so long The level has not dropped and it has been like this for three or four hours," he said on Tuesday morning Gallardo said that the town hall had also received calls reporting collapsed walls of houses On Tuesday afternoon, Cártama began to see the light at the end of another dramatic episode, taking a deep breath during the respite between storm Laurence and storm Martinho. The latter is expected to arrive on Thursday, bringing more rain There has been a night of general sleeplessness in the province caused by the passage of the high-impact storm Laurence with wind gusts of almost 90 km/h at Malaga Airport (according to state weather agency Aemet) combined with rainfall discharges that have reached almost 100mm in several parts of the province according to data from the Junta de Andalucía's Hidrosur network The highest levels have once again been recorded in the westernmost area of the province a large part of which has flowed into the La Concepción reservoir although there is no more capacity and water is still being discharged This is also the case with the Guadalmansa diversion dam with 87mm accumulated in the last 12 hours There was also significant rainfall in the upper Guadalhorce such as Coín (77mm); the river Turón in Ardales (67) and the river Grande the river Campanillas has overflowed its banks in the neighbourhood of the same name in Malaga city The Guadalhorce has also flooded the lower parts of Cártama and the same is happening in Almogía in coordination with the local councils in Malaga city and Cártama has suspended classes in eight schools: Pablo Neruda in Cártama; and Francisco Quevedo and IES Torre del Prado the state of several rivers in the province and above all the level of the Casasola dam This already contains 25 million cubic metres well above its designed capacity (22 million cubic metres) and is discharging large quantities into the Campanillas river Residents in an outlying district of Malaga city have been counting the cost of extensive flood damage last weekend council workers and locals have been working all week to get back to normal in the Campanillas area near the technology park between the city centre and Cártama On Saturday morning water poured into homes and garages during heavy rains across the Guadalhorce valley Early estimates from insurers are that 6.6 million euros of damage was caused on the Costa del Sol in the freak weather These are mostly in Campanillas but also in nearby Torremolinos On Wednesday local officials visited damaged homes in Campanillas along with deputy prime minister Many residents complained to the visitors that they were receiving little support and asked for more people to help out Montero said that aid had been approved so that "families can sort out what they have lost in financial terms [the damage] cannot be put right." She added that aid across Spain for flood victims in last week's Storm Gloria should start to be paid out this week Two local schools remained closed all week after the Campanillas river Officials said at a public meeting that the situation was not more serious in the Campanillas area as the Casasola reservoir dam upstream had held back the worst of the runoff water from the hills However some residents were skeptical that the dam gates had not been opened at the peak of the storm when rain was falling at the rate of 50mm an hour owner of a local florists was affected by the flood "Now we have to start again from scratch; the water has taken everything we had," she said on Sunday {{gallery.imageDetails.images.0.description}} the son of Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla walked free after the Las Piñas court acquitted him of possession of illegal drugs amounting to P1.3 million accused Juanito Jose Remulla III y Diaz is acquitted of the crime of violation of Section 11 on the ground of reasonable doubt,” read the 34-page decision of the Las Piñas Regional Trial Court Branch 197 RELATED: Remulla son acquitted in P1.3M drug possession case one of Remulla’s lawyers said his client was acquitted because he was not the alleged importer of kush or high-grade marijuana The lawyer said that the name indicated in the box that holds bags of marijuana does not identify his client The identification stated “Jose Juanito Remulla,” instead of “Juanito Jose Remulla III.” “Actually ‘yong ID mali pa nga ‘yong pangalan no’ng ID doon sa shipping form Juanito Jose Remulla III,” Campanilla said On October 14, he was charged for possession of illegal drugs before the regional trial court of Las Piñas The younger Remulla then had an arraignment on November 4 When asked why the younger Remulla’s trial was fast Campanilla told reporters that they followed the continuous trial guidelines for drug cases which give courts up to 75 days to resolve the entire case Some personalities and social media users found the younger Remulla’s trial relatively swifter compared to other detainees accused of drug crimes Many also cited the case of former senator Leila De Lima who has been detained for six years “Bakit ang bilis natapos trial ng anak ni Remulla? Samantalang sa mga ibang drug cases in which ordinary citizens ang involved inaabot ng ilang months to years. Postpone dito, postpone doon. Nabubulok tuloy sa kulungan ang mga accused,” a Twitter user asked “Talagang magkaiba yung hustisya para sa mayaman at hustisya para sa mahirap. Hindi natin hinuhusgahan ang guilt ni Juanito Jose Remulla III. Pero kapansin-pansin ang bilis ng trial nya at pagrespeto sa mga karapatan nya, bagay na ‘di binigay sa mga biktima ng gera kontra droga,” activist Renato Reyes Jr. said “While Sec Boying Remulla’s son is acquitted after a lightning-quick trial, Leila de Lima is still in jail and thousands of people accused of drug crimes are similarly detained for years even before having their day in court,” anthropologist and columnist Gideon Lasco wrote “I refuse to accept that this is ‘justice,’” he added Former Supreme Court spokesperson Theodoro Te also noticed the expedited trial and hoped that the Muntinlupa trial court will also do the same for De Lima “A Las Piñas trial court has acquitted an accused of drug charges in what is, by our standards, record time. Perhaps the Muntinlupa trial court can consider doing the same for the falsely accused Leila de Lima sooner rather than later. #FreeLeilaDeLimaNow,” Te said in a tweet “Meanwhile, Senator DE LIMA has been held for years on what ‘incontrovertible’ and ‘beyond reasonable doubt’ evidence & witness testimony again!?” current affairs commentator Richard Heydarian said despite retractions of individuals related to the allegations against her she was acquitted in one of her three cases RELATED: De Lima acquitted in 1 of 3 drug cases the call to release De Lima was renewed after she became a victim of a “near-death” hostage inside the police’s national headquarters Home » Costa del Sol News » Hundreds Of Homes Evacuated As Floods Hit the Costa Del Sol Hundreds Of Homes Evacuated As Floods Hit the Costa Del Sol Residents have been evacuated from homes in Campanillas and Marbella following heavy rain from Storm Lawrence overnight The evacuations in Campanillas were carried out on Monday afternoon in anticipation of flooding The main residential areas affected in Campanillas are La Perla Residents took refuge in the local sports hall and in the seminary overnight Francisco Quevedo Primary School and Torre del Prado Secondary School are closed today Residents cleaning up after flooding in Cortijo Blanco The river flowing through Campanillas burst it’s banks during the night leaving streets flooded and some agricultural land underwater Emergency services have been working with residents to manage the situation and no injuries have been reported at this stage The Casola Dam which regulates this river is now at full capacity and controlled draining is taking place today The forecast for Wednesday is for a mainly dry day with sunny spells.  Click here to see the full weather forecast for the Costa Del Sol Written by Dave James Keep up to date with all the latest news from the Costa del Sol with the coast’s official English speaking radio station Some recent headlines from the Costa del Sol. 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