#islander: jaime delgado

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i call this maneuver The Miku Mistake

[goalhofer]

2023 World Baseball Classic Panama Roster

Pitchers

#12 Javy Guerra (Milwaukee Brewers/David)

#18 Matt Hardy (Nashville Sounds/Plantation, Florida)

#23 James González (Stockton Ports/David)

#25 Alberto Baldonado (Washington Nationals/Ciudad Colón)

#26 Wilfredo Pereira (Peoria Chiefs/Puerto Armuelles)

#41 Alberto Guerrero (Tomateros De Culiacán/Pacora)

#43 Andy Otero (C.T.B.C. Xiōngdì/David)

#48 Randall Delgado (Águilas Cibaeñas/Las Tablas)

#51 Jaime Barría (Los Angeles Angels/Ciudad Panama)

#52 Severino González (Federales De Chiriquí/Santiago De Veraguas)

#61 Justin Lawrence (Colorado Rockies/Jacksonville, Florida)

#62 Humberto Mejía (Leones Del Escogido/Ciudad Panama)

#88 Davis Romero (Atlánticos De Bocas Del Toro y Colón/Aguadulce)

#92 Harold Araúz (Federales De Chiriquí/David)

Catchers

#5 Yolmer Sánchez (free agent/Maracay, Venezuela)

#22 Christian Bethancourt (Tampa Bay Rays/Ciudad Panama)

#80 Pedro Aguilar (free agent/Ciudad Panama)

Infielders

#3 Jonathan Araúz (New York Mets/Alanje)

#10 Edgar Muñoz (Atlánticos De Bocas Del Toro y Colón/Cristóbal)

#11 Rubén Tejada; Jr. (Long Island Ducks/Santiago De Veraguas)

#24 Gerald Chin (Águilas Metropolitanas/Changuinola)

#39 Joshwan Wright (Lansing Lugnuts/Changuinola)

#77 José Caballero (Seattle Mariners/Ciudad Panama)

#98 Erasmo Caballero (Federales De Chiriquí/Ciudad Panama)

Outfielders

#13 Allen Córdoba (Algodoneros De Unión Laguna/Changuinola)

#42 Rodrigo Orozco (Ottawa Titans/Ciudad Panama)

#81 Jahdiel Santamaría (Federales De Chiriquí/Ciudad Colón)

#89 Luis Castillo (Atlánticos De Bocas Del Toro y Colón/Aguadulce)

#94 Jhonny Santos (Federales De Chiriquí/Puerto Armuelles)

#99 José Ramos (Great Lakes Loons/Ciudad Chepo)

Coaches

Manager Luis Ortiz (Béisbol De Panamá/Balboa)

Bench coach Luis Caballero (Béisbol De Panamá/Bocas Del Toro)

Hitting coach Earl Agnoly (Béisbol De Panamá/Ciudad Colón)

Assistant hitting coach Victor Preciado (Béisbol De Panamá/David)

Pitching coach Enrique Burgos (Béisbol De Panamá/La Chorrera)

Assistant pitching coach Wilfredo Cordoba (Béisbol De Panamá/Ciudad Panama)

Bullpen coach Hipólito Ortiz (Béisbol De Panamá/Ciudad Panama)

1B coach Cirilo Cumberbatch (Béisbol De Panamá/Ciudad Panama)

3B coach Cristóbal Garibaldo (Béisbol De Panamá/Ciudad Chepo)

[phoenixlionme]

DC and Marvel Official Latino Ethnicities

Something I noticed in the Hispanic superheroes in both DC and Marvel comics is that many of there ethnicity (?; I hope I’m using the right term, if I’m not please tell me, but BE respectful). Like, I notice there were a lot of Mexican superheroes (those born in Mexico or America) but there weren’t a lot of Hispanic heroes from other regions of the Latin countries. I can only count on one hand on those who weren’t Mexican (i.e., Colombian, Venezuelan, etc). And I'm going to say that this is NOT a dig on the Mexican heroes, it is just something I noticed. And I’m not Latino but I do care diversity and inclusion. I decided to my own idea of what the nationality each of these heroes would be. However, these will ONLY be the superheroes whose ethnicity has NOT been known/confirmed in canon (i.e., not going to count DC’s Jaime Reyes because he is widely known to be Chicano or Mexican American). To be fair, I will be doing it at random and checking the origins of their names to see if they have a specific origin. To restate, this is NOT canon, just my personal take on them. If a hero I listed already had a confirmed ethnicity, please let me know but BE respectful, I do NOT tolerate any form of undeserved hostility. 

NOTE: I will bold and italicize the ethnicity that comes from my own idea. I randomized it, to make it more fair. I also made sure to check their first and last names in case they have a specific name origin 

DC:

1.  Miguel Devante aka Vulcan - biracial; half white and half Costa Rican

2 . Lorena Marquez aka Aquagirl - Salvadoran American

3.  Isabella Ortiz aka Robina - Puerto Rican American

4.  Rosabelle Mendez aka Pantha - Brazilian 

5.  Jose Delgado aka Gangbuster - Haitian American

6.  Alejandro ‘Alex’ Sanchez aka Firebrand III -  Salvadoran American

7.  Kendra Munoz-Saunders aka Hawkgirl - Bolivian American

8.  Derek James aka Sideways - Venezuelan American

9.  Maria aka Aquamaria - last name unknown; from Milestone Comics; Paraguayan 

10.  Marta aka Brickhouse - last name unknown; from Milestone Comics; Guatemalan 

11.  Dusk - real name unknown; half Greek and half Ecuadoran; latter nationality unknown; from Milestone Comics

12.  Manuel Dexterity -  Colombian; from Milestone Comics

13.  Manuella Dexterity -  Colombian; from Milestone Comics

14.  Juan Templo aka Templo -  Uruguayan; from Milestone Comics

15.  Robert Diaz aka Bloodmoon -  Nicaraguan; from Wildstorm Comics

16.  Joseph H. Mendoza aka Dozer -  Argentinian; from Wildstorm Comics

17. Maya Ducard aka Nobody II - Afro-Haitian

18. Julia Pennyworth - Right now, all I can confirm is that she’s biracial but what her mother’s ethnicity is up in the air. Personally, I say she’s Afro Latina. In this case, Afro-Cubana

MARVEL:

1.  Miguel Santos aka Living Lightning -  Salvadoran American

2.  Roberta Mendez aka Captain America 2099 - Bolivian American

3.  Alejandra Jones aka Ghost Rider - Cuban

4.  Maya Lopez aka Echo - half Honduran and half Cheyenne; American born

5.  Fabio Medina aka Egg (formerly known as Goldballs) - Chilean American

6.  Carmen Cruz aka Gimmick - biracial; Afro Nicaraguan

7.  Laura Kinney aka Wolverine - biracial; taken from her ORIGINAL design in her FIRST CANON appearance in “X-Men: Evolutions”. I see her as Afro Latina, I was unable to find out what her creators stated on her ethnicity. Half white and half Afro Paraguayan 

8.  Armando Munoz aka Darwin - biracial; Afro-Nicaraguan

9.  Angel Salvadore aka Tempest - biracial; Afro-Dominican

10.  Lucia Callasantos aka Thornn - Haitian

11.  Maria De Guadalupe “Lupe” Santiago aka Silverclaw - biracial; lives in a fictional Hispanic island or country and is an Indigenous member; Guatemalan

12.  Ellie Camacho - biracial; half white and half Haitian

[felipeandletizia]

Felipe and Letizia retrospective: September 4th

2006: Visited the facilities of the Down Syndrome Association of the Balearic Islands

2008: Visited the International Exhibition “Water and Sustainable Development”

2009: Inauguration of the “Science Park” of the University of Valencia (1, 2)

2014: Audience to Masami Yamamoto, World CEO of Fujitsu

2017: Audience to the State Attorney General, José Manuel Maza & Audience at la Zarzuela

2018: Audiences at la Zarzuela

2020: Audience with Dolores Delgado García, State Attorney General & Wake of Jaime Carvajal Hoyos, Marquis of Almodovar del Río

F&L Through the Years: 618/??

[testingthemecarpenoctem]

N A M E: Leonardo Delgado A G E: Twenty-nine O C C U P A T I O N: Head of Drug Trafficking L O Y A L T Y: De Leon Cartel

Hot-headed, reckless, asshole. Leonardo Delgado was born the eldest son of two wealthy criminals. His mother was an expert money launderer for her husband – a well-known European crime boss. Being a criminal had always been in Leo’s blood, and he conformed to the lifestyle well growing up. He attended private schools, vacationed on lavish, private islands, and never knew what it was to want for something that he couldn’t have. The Delgado family were distant relatives to the De Leons, so Leo’s vacations were often spent at his uncle’s side, absorbing whatever he could in the city of Las Vegas. While his father’s empire was impressive, it wasn’t nearly as massive as the De Leon faction in the states. Leo was the spitting image of his father, and therefore, had somewhat of a tumultuous relationship with the man. As a result, Leo spent most of his time in Vegas with his uncle, eager to absorb as much as he could. Leo grew close with the De Leons and was promised a job in the organization as soon as he was ready.

After graduating with a degree in business and finance, Leo made the move to Las Vegas. Leo learned the business and worked his way to the top of the drug operation. It’s where the De Leons made most of their money, but Leonardo had always been an overachiever. What better place to open a strip club? And why not involve the sale of drugs? Leo handpicked all of the workers, and La Sirena became one of the most exclusive and high earning strip clubs in Las Vegas. The establishment also served as a money laundering front, and the workers there were all dealers, too. Over the years, Leo developed a bond with Jacqueline and saw her as the little sister that he never had. When news of her death hit, Leonardo was there at his uncle’s side, swearing to avenge her death. The shock sent Leonardo down a spiral of drinking and heavy drug use in an attempt to placate the grief that burned inside of him. It was difficult for Leo to understand how someone as pure and kind and good as Jacqueline could be gone so suddenly. Leo’s hot-headed enough already – God help the first Mercer who crosses his path.

C O N N E C T I O N S:

Hazel xx – girlfriend? lover? lol

FC: Jaime Lorente

The role of LEONARDO DELGADO is currently TAKEN.

[itslucycarter-blog]

Absolute Spanish Championships FEFF 2015 (results)

Results of the Absolute Spanish Championships FEFF 2015 , event held on October 30 and 31 as well as November 1 in Cartagena (Murcia).

Absolute FEFF Spanish Championships 2015 Results

Bodybuilding Master +50 to 80 kg

1. Manuel Valbuena (Madrid) (1)

2. Rafael Vera (Andalusia) (44)

3. John Davi (Valencia) (4)

Bodybuilding Master +50, +80 kg

1. Anselmo Cortado (Catalonia) (7)

2. Mintxo Lasaosa (Madrid) (2)

3. Rafael Martínez Manzana (Murcia) (3)

4. Benigno García Sánchez (Murcia) (9)

5. Antonio Lucas Martínez (Murcia) (10)

6. Juan Juárez Ramírez (Valencia) (562)

. Ángel Rafael Fernández (Canary Islands) (6)

. Eduardo Busquier Maestre (Valencia) (555)

. Jorge Luis Huelga (Canary Islands) (5)

. Manuel Pérez Mora (Valencia) (556)

Bodybuilding Master +40, up to 70 kg

1. Miguel Ángel López (Extremadura) (26)

2. Antonio Villamediana Bolado (Madrid) (27)

3. José Manuel Pons (Valencia) (73)

4. Hermes García Ribas (Valencia) (68)

5. Rosendo Duarte (Castilla La Mancha) (49)

6. Adolfo López Barrilado (Andalusia) (8)

Bodybuilding Master +40, up to 80 kg

1. Rodrigo Andrés Rojas Sanhueza (Madrid) (12)

2. Oscar Márquez Cayuela (Asturias) (14)

3. Ahmed Massou (Valencia) (37)

4. Manuel Uncala Muñiz (Andalusia) (48)

5. Bartolomé Perales (Euskadi) (50)

6. José Luis Girones Carrión (Valencia) (45)

. Iván Castillo (Catalonia) (15)

. Juan Diego Trinidad (Extremadura) (24)

. Marcos Herrera (Canary Islands) (28)

. Rafael Priego Marques (Valencia) (20)

. Roberto Baeza Veracruz (Valencia) (38)

. Salvador Palazón (Murcia) (13)

. Sergio Ochando Barber (Valencia) (29)

Bodybuilding Master +40, up to 90 kg

1. Francisco Serra (Baleares) (31)

2. Manuel Hernández (Catalonia) (18)

3. Bernardo Busquet (Baleares) (11)

4. Alex Rodríguez (Catalonia) (47)

5. Luis Alberto Hernández (Canary Islands) (42)

6. Emilio Martínez (Valencia) (46)

. Antonio Pérez Piñero (Murcia) (19)

. Antonio Tejera (Canary Islands) (30)

. Joaquín Carrilero (Murcia) (39)

. Jorge Tardío Borrego (Andalucía) (22)

. Juan Adrover Planiol (Baleares) (23)

. Juan Manuel Mengual Benítez (Valencia) (51)

Bodybuilding Master +40, more than 90 kg

1. Francisco Ávila López (Valencia) (21)

2. Juan Alberto Machado Gutiérrez (Andalusia) (16)

3. Lorenzo Fernández (Catalonia) (34)

4. Roberto Herranz del Amo (Madrid) (40)

5. Xavier Gracia (Catalonia) (43)

6. Mario Dávila Martínez (Melilla) (25)

. Jojjer Lemor (Valencia) (33)

. José Ángel González Martínez (Murcia) (41)

. Julio Cesar Macias (Canary Islands) (36)

Classic Bodybuilding Master

1. Mario Leal (Catalonia) (207)

2. Germán Villarroya (Catalonia) (202)

3. Eduardo Reduello Bollo (Madrid) (72)

4. Antonio Parra (Murcia) (206)

5. Antonio Llovet Ternero (Valencia) (71)

6. Martín España Derivi (Andalucía) (214)

. Alberto García Román (Andalusia) (74)

. Antonio Torres Vallejo (Andalusia) (75)

. Ernesto Vega (Euskadi) (210)

. Jesús Manuel Delgado Villalba (Andalusia) (218)

. Joan Nogue Mateu (Catalonia) (70)

. Juan Antonio González Feliz (Euskadi) (69)

. Omar Raissouni (Andalusia) (67)

. Sebastián Jajuga (Castilla la Mancha) (219)

Absolute Champion Master

Miguel Ángel López (Extremadura) (26)

Junior bodybuilding up to 75 kg

1. Daniel Delgado del Amo (Madrid) (64)

2. José López Jiménez (Valencia) (58)

3. Fernando Arboledas Aragón (Andalusia) (59)

4. Oscar Vives (Baleares) (65)

5. Eduardo García (Murcia) (57)

Junior bodybuilding over 75 kg

1. Pablo Llopis (Valencia) (56)

2. Adrián Lacarcel Sánchez (Madrid) (62)

3. Rubén Sospedra Gijón (Valencia) (63)

4. Hilario Gómez Sanz (Madrid) (54)

5. Gabriel Reig Abela (Valencia) (66)

Absolute Junior Champion

Daniel Delgado del Amo (Madrid) (64)

Men´s Physique Junior Therapy

1. Aitor Chousa (Euskadi) (80)

2. Juan Pedro Moya (Murcia) (85)

3. Jesús Manuel Muñoz Bernal (Andalusia) (82)

4. Adrián García Romero (Madrid) (100)

5. Cristian Moran Blanco (Castilla y León) (99)

6. Alberto Felices Embi (Andalusia) (89)

. Alejandro Cerrejón Torrano (Murcia) (96)

. Carlos Abarca Millán (Valencia) (77)

. Jaime Casado Soler (Madrid) (92)

. Javier Rodríguez (Catalonia) (87)

. José Antonio Valverde Luque (Valencia) (97)

. Manuel Robles Sola (Andalusia) (83)

. Miguel Ángel Tarin (Valencia) (88)

. Pablo Gutiérrez Arroyo (Madrid) (81)

. Roberto Vázquez Rivera (Galicia) (76)

Areskay Hernández (Canary Islands) (79)

Erik Jiménez Santana (Canary Islands) (98)

Francisco Zamora Nieto (Murcia) (86)

Iván Moreno Gallardo (Catalonia) (84)

Iván Pastor Martínez (Valencia) (78)

Marcos Montesinos Corral (Murcia) (93)

Men´s Physique up to 170

1. Miguel Ángel Angulo Conejo (Andalusia) (131)

2. Diego Lizarraga Domínguez (Castilla León) (141)

3. Jesús Manuel González Romo (Euskadi) (161)

4. Antonio Barranco Guirado (Andalusia) (145)

5. Francisco Javier Sánchez Azorín (Murcia) (184)

6. Javier Suárez Trujillo (Andalusia) (183)

. Aitor Rodríguez Fernández (Madrid) (133)

. Borja Diz Camarero (Euskadi) (170)

. Javier Xicola Hidalgo (Madrid) (125)

. Jesús Corchuelo (Extremadura) (200)

. Jesús Cosa Aznar (Valencia) (168)

. Jorge Santiago (Extremadura) (185)

. Oscar Moreno de Federico (Madrid) (120)

. Roddy Henry Abatte Pelay (La Rioja) (198)

. Xavier Sierra (Catalonia) (107)

Alberto Pérez Vargas (Andalucía) (130)

Francisco Rus García (Baleares) (175)

Iru González Tejera (Canary Islands) (137)

Israel López Pérez (Andalusia) (193)

José Antonio Fernández (Valencia) (195)

José Manuel Gómez Navarro (Andalusia) (101)

Rafael Martín Plaza (Andalusia) (148)

Savo Jacovich (Catalonia) (167)

Men´s Physique up to 178

1. Ignacio Rodríguez Belvis (Extremadura) (129)

2. Jonathan Bueno (Catalonia) (163)

3. Isaac García Rodríguez (Asturias) (124)

4. Claudio Imedio (Canary Islands) (147)

5. Iván Martín Pacheco (Madrid) (169)

6. Lucas Parrón Barcelona (Andalusia) (182)

. Adrián Pérez López (Andalusia) (154)

. Domingo Márquez Ortus (Baleares) (159)

. Enrique Gutiérrez Caro (Madrid) (187)

. Jesús Pastor Soriano (Euskadi) (126)

. Juan Ramírez Florín (Andalucía) (128)

. Manuel Mari Pastor (Valencia) (149)

. Mario Hernández (Extremadura) (194)

. Pedro Abreu Palomino (Catalonia) (109)

. Víctor Martínez Hita (Catalonia) (155)

Antonio Cremades Nieto (Murcia) (144)

Bruno de León Suárez (Canary Islands) (158)

Iván Mondejas Nieto (Murcia) (178)

Jesús Díaz García (Extremadura) (115)

José Antonio Luna García (Andalusia) (153)

Juan Manuel Mangas (Extremadura) (143)

Matías Torres Prieto (Valencia) (117)

Saleh Gratian Moid (Castilla León) (196)

Men´s Physique more than 178

1. Víctor Manuel Gálvez Caballero (Madrid) (174)

2. Daniel Lorente (Murcia) (160)

3. Jesús Pérez Álvarez (Madrid) (152)

4. Raúl Ardíl Navarro (Valencia) (118)

5. Joaquín Rodríguez Rincón (Andalucía) (108)

6. Cristian Triano Cantero (Andalusia) (177)

. Alberto Soler Romero (Andalusia) (179)

. Antonio Cruz Hernández (Andalusia) (171)

. Anyelo Requena Sepín Campusano (Andalucía) (176)

. Diego Soler Romero (Andalusia) (192)

. José Luis Casas Velasco (Madrid) (111)

. José Olmedo Moreno (Madrid) (135)

. Manuel Megías Marín (Andalusia) (150)

. Oscar Alexander Vargas (Valencia) (140)

. Sergio González (Catalonia) (201)

Aimar Montero (Catalonia) (186)

Antonio José Pérez (Canary Islands) (113)

Carles Catalá Murillo (Valencia) (138)

David Gracia Toledo (Catalonia) (191)

Diego Galera Vicente (Andalusia) (190)

Eduardo Medina Campos (Madrid) (164)

Francisco Bravo Botella (Valencia) (173)

Iván Moreno Castell (Valencia) (139)

Javier Garulo Arias (La Rioja) (103)

Jesús Ortín Gómez (Murcia) (188)

Juan Antonio Ferrer Pico (Baleares) (180)

Sergio García Rellano (Madrid) (172)

Absolute Champion Men´s Physique

Aitor Chousa (Euskadi) (80)

Classic Bodybuilding up to 170

1. Pedro Ortega (Andalusia) (288)

2. José Antonio Martínez (Valencia) (284)

3. Manuel Luque (Andalusia) (277)

4. Gonzalo Durán (Madrid) (220)

5. Eduardo Martínez (Asturias) (254)

6. Ángel Javier Cañón (Castilla y León) (257)

. Antonio Cervantes (Andalusia) (293)

. David López (Valencia) (231)

. Francisco Moyano (Andalucía) (242)

. Jorge Serrano (Valencia) (279)

. José Francisco Tornel (Murcia) (235)

. Juan Sebastián Romero (Canary Islands) (274)

. Luis González (Madrid) (303)

. Raúl Palma Palma (Andalusia) (212)

. Víctor Manuel Delgado (Canary Islands) (304)

Classic Bodybuilding up to 175

1. Sergio de Juan (La Rioja) (282)

2. Juan Francisco Herrero (Murcia) (240)

3. Francisco Antonio Pérez (Baleares) (253)

4. Adrián Aparicio (Madrid) (238)

5. Esteban Jeanvier (Euskadi) (259)

6. Iker Villamor (Euskadi) (299)

. Adrián Díaz (Madrid) (229)

. Álvaro Sauca (Euskadi) (285)

. Antonio Jesús Sánchez (Andalusia) (216)

. Emilio Sainz (Catalonia) (260)

. Ezequiel Sobrado (La Rioja) (268)

. Ignacio López (Valencia) (211)

. Luis Miguel Sogort (Valencia) (205)

. Nicolae Florin (Andalucía) (247)

. Vladimir Alexis (Canary Islands) (289)

Álvaro Navarro (Valencia)

Antonio Manuel Sanmillán (Andalusia) (296)

Jonathan Parra (Extremadura) (233)

Rubén Senra (Castilla y León) (252)

Classic Bodybuilding up to 180

1. Antonio de la Torre (Andalusia) (203)

2. Carlos Radillo (Madrid) (272)

3. Ramón Piqueras (Catalonia) (256)

4. Daniel Redondo (Galicia) (270)

5. Arsenio Martínez (Murcia) (239)

6. Juan Ignacio Martínez (Andalucía) (213)

. Antonio Jesús Albarracin (Melilla) (292)

. Braulio Murillo (Andalusia) (234)

. Ekaitz Reguera (Euskadi) (297)

. José María Solomando (Baleares) (248)

. Luis Guillermo Mejias (Madrid) (208)

. Moisés López (Andalusia) (276)

. Oliver Redondo (Extremadura) (280)

. Omar Pellejero (Castilla y León) (224)

. Vicente Martínez (Murcia) (275)

Ángel Delfa Torres (Andalusia) (222)

Cristian Rosauro (Murcia) (301)

Gregorio Martínez (Murcia) (258)

Guillermo Javier Sánchez (Valencia) (204)

Javier Fernández (Madrid) (225)

Miguel Ángel Barceló (Valencia) (232)

Roberto Casado (Madrid) (221)

Rubén Millán (Andalusia) (217)

Classic Bodybuilding over 180

1. Antonio Valero (Valencia) (287)

2. Francisco José Galván (Valencia) (273)

3. Adrián Alonso (Canary Islands) (286)

4. Samuel Zapata (Valencia) (266)

5. Santiago Sabater (Valencia) (267)

6. Carlos Pérez (Canary Islands) (245)

. Santiago Pájaro (Galicia) (241)

Absolute Champion Classic Bodybuilding

Antonio de la Torre (Andalusia) (203)

Women´s Physique

1. Alicia Zayas Cienfuegos (Andalusia) (307)

2. Rocío Gil Hidalgo (Andalusia) (306)

3. Yessenia García (Catalonia) (311)

4. Katlen Xavier (Canary Islands) (305)

5. Maria del Mar Ortega Palao (Valencia) (310)

6. Asunción Merino Guiu (Valencia) (309)

Bodyfitness Master

1. Eva Crespo (Euskadi) (320)

2. Timea Zovakova (Canary Islands) (323)

3. Norita Caetano Neves (Asturias) (317)

4. Sonia Pérez Heredia (Andalucía) (314)

5. Mariana Celeri (Canary Islands) (316)

6. Pilar Montejo (Catalonia) (325)

. Cristina Ramírez (Andalucía) (322)

. Delmira Pastor (Canary Islands) (315)

. Helena Castro Román (Andalusia) (324)

. Meire Alves Da Silva (Catalonia) (318)

. Raquel Quevedo (Canary Islands) (319)

. Sticky Vicky Pereira (Valencia) (312)

Bodyfitness up to 158

1. Maria Ignacio Mas Delgado (Baleares) (335)

2. María Encarnación Bordera (Valencia) (341)

3. Vanesa Blesa (Catalonia) (352)

4. Elena Moncada Dorado (Castilla y León) (322)

5. Nuria Sánchez Martínez (Madrid) (336)

6. Pilar Rojas Martínez (Andalucía) (347)

. Bárbara Sedes Dobarro (Galicia) (350)

. Tinka Dencheva Stoykova (Baleares) (338)

Bodyfitness up to 163

1. Laura Guillén Serrano (Valencia) (345)

2. Zaira Serrano Alama (Andalusia) (351)

3. Paula Daniele Souza Santo (Andalusia) (331)

4. Miriam Quevedo (Canary Islands) (334)

5. Marta Verónica Sánchez Zapata (Catalonia) (340)

6. Dovile Meilunaite (Valencia) (330)

. Charlene Arango (Catalonia) (349)

. Cintia Gonzalo (Catalonia) (360)

. Helena Muñoz (Valencia) (354)

. Immaculate Pelegrin Hernández (Madrid) (342)

. Mia Fernández Cardo (Baleares) (344)

Bodyfitness over 163

1. María García Herraz (Valencia) (359)

2. Laura Veiguela Justo (Galicia) (333)

3. Mihaela Loredana Caiuteanu (Madrid) (358)

4. Rocío Hernández Gómez (Madrid) (343)

5. Mónica García Bastidas (Andalusia) (353)

6. Tatiana Romanenko (La Rioja) (355)

. Judith Álvarez Soler (Melilla) (346)

. Olaya Marrero (Canary Islands) (327)

. Rebeca Hidalgo Barriga (Madrid) (326)

. Silvia Díaz Martín (Baleares) (339)

. Sonia Trapero Burgos (La Rioja) (337)

. Tatiana Okladnikova (Canary Islands) (348)

Absolute Bodyfitness Champion

Laura Guillén Serrano (Valencia) (345)

Junior Fitness Bikini

1. Silvia Martínez Rodrigo (Madrid) (368)

2. Aremoga Santana (Canary Islands) (356)

3. Tamara Torres (Catalonia) (362)

4. Elena Álamo Sánchez (Andalusia) (364)

5. María Helena Fernández Butron (Andalusia) (367)

6. Nuria Segura Ferraniz (Valencia) (361)

. Cristina Mellado (Valencia) (363)

. Elizaveta Kuzminyykh (Catalonia) (366)

. Laura Ortiz de Mendivil (Euskadi) (365)

. Manuela Medina Oliver (Baleares) (370)

. Paola María Canales Puerto (Madrid) (369)

Bikini Fitness Master

1. Ana Lia Hernández (Canary Islands) (376)

2. Sara Díaz (Extremadura) (373)

3. Miriam Gea Carrillo (Catalonia) (374)

4. Teresa Barrera Cillero (Madrid) (383)

5. Valeria Britos (Catalonia) (371)

6. Zoraima Marrero (Canary Islands) (375)

. Illuminated Jiménez Corzo (Valencia) (382)

. Irene Gutiérrez García (Andalusia) (381)

. Larissa Guzmán (Catalonia) (380)

. Lorena Lara Molina (Andalusia) (378)

. Margarita Capo Rebassa (Baleares) (377)

. María Sabina Valades Padilla (Andalusia) (379)

. Noemí Roca (Valencia) (384)

. Vanesa Sánchez Alfonsin (Madrid) (372)

. Veronica Estiguin (Valencia) (357)

Bikini Fitness Senior up to 158

1. Adriana Rico Sempere (Valencia) (431)

2. Yodisley Navarro (Canary Islands) (397)

3. Leyri Blanco Echevarria (Euskadi) (437)

4. Paula Trandafir (Euskadi) (438)

5. Esther Castro (Canary Islands) (433)

6. Virginia Blanco García (Castilla y León) (412)

. Alona Svintsitska (Andalusia) (385)

. Andrea Vidaurre Armero (Valencia) (419)

. Carol Cobo (Catalonia) (393)

. Cristina Santos Luque (Catalonia) (456)

. Karen Jiménez (Baleares) (415)

. Merxe Sanmartín Mogort (Madrid) (455)

. Natalia Juárez (Murcia) (414)

. Nuria Lorenzo López (Andalusia) (453)

. Paloma Martínez Rinardo (Valencia) (392)

. Sandra de Palma (Catalonia) (444)

. Verónica Esteguin García (Valencia) (394)

Bikini Fitness Senior up to 163

1. Cristobalina Pajares Torres (Andalucía) (441)

2. Rocío López Corchero (Valencia) (387)

3. Antonia Rosello (Baleares) (408)

4. Candela Figueroa (Madrid) (411)

5. Giorgina Pedros Calvet (Catalonia) (418)

6. Isabel Pérez Gil (Valencia) (442)

. Elena Ordóñez Méndez (Madrid) (406)

. Estefanía Fernández (Extremadura) (445)

. Feriel Rabai Ladaira (Baleares) (423)

. Katerina Amendoeira Vicente (Baleares) (452)

. Laura Rodríguez Sevillano (Catalonia) (389)

. Marina Cabalga Ruiz (Andalusia) (391)

. Monica Santos Molano (Madrid) (407)

. Natalia Novel Marmy (Baleares) (430)

. Noelia Ballesteros (Catalonia) (448)

. Sonia Muñoz Ovejero (Madrid) (398)

Bikini Fitness Senior up to 169

1. Avoid Breide (Andalusia) (424)

2. Anna Ewa Malys (Valencia) (402)

3. Rocío Egeda Roda (Baleares) (432)

4. Ana Albaladejo Gómez (Madrid) (429)

5. Mirian Navarro Pérez (Valencia) (403)

6. Laila Boussaid (Euskadi) (439)

. Acosaida Santana (Canary Islands) (400)

. Camelia Preda (Madrid) (421)

. Ekaterina Heleznyakova (Valencia) (458)

. Marta Almendros (Catalonia) (417)

. Nuria Serrano Ramírez (Valencia) (446)

Bikini Fitness Senior over 169

1. Mónica Bernaus (Catalonia) (410)

2. Jagienka Kamiska (Catalonia) (404)

3. Soraya Álvarez Peñuelas (Asturias) (434)

4. Melani Moreno García (Catalonia) (413)

5. Jennifer Fernández Fernández (Andalucía) (396)

6. Giancarla Vázquez Frías (Madrid) (451)

. Cristina Almansa Pérez (Andalucía) (401)

. Davinia Rodas Lozano (Andalusia) (409)

. Gema Granados Aguirre (Madrid) (420)

. Minerva Almeida (Canary Islands) (426)

. Miriam Calderón Bayona (Madrid) (450)

. Nerea Pérez Peruarena (Andalusia) (428)

Absolute Champion Bikini Fitness

Cristobalina Pajares Torres (Andalucía) (441)

Senior bodybuilding up to 65

1. Daniel Barragán Santos (Valencia) (518)

2. Stephane Bris (Valencia) (515)

3. José Miguel López Vázquez (Galicia) (543)

4. José Luis Casado (Madrid) (551)

5. José Luis Legazpi Sánchez (Madrid) (548)

6. Alberto Jiménez (Catalonia) (527)

. Alejandro Requena (Baleares) (486)

. Álvaro Gallardo Gil (Melilla) (514)

Senior bodybuilding up to 70

1. Manuel Alejandro Cabaña Álvarez (Andalucía) (525)

2. Jonay Mesa (Canary Islands) (500)

3. Pablo Techera Sosa (Madrid) (494)

4. Daniel Salgado Barea (Catalonia) (469)

5. Darwin Vivicio Salazar (Valencia) (461)

6. Carlos Ferreira (Catalonia) (12)

. José Javier Rosique Barba (Murcia) (476)

. Juan Manuel Sánchez Trigo (Madrid) (466)

. Mario Augusto Hernández (Madrid) (477)

Senior bodybuilding up to 75

1. David Saborido (Galicia) (465)

2. Maxi Rodríguez (Valencia) (495)

3. Daniel Santos Rodríguez (Canary Islands) (480)

4. Jaime Aguilera Liieron (Madrid) (460)

5. Josep Furió Montell (Valencia) (530)

6. Acorán Alemán Martín (Madrid) (493)

. Amador Campiñez (Valencia) (523)

. David Sánchez Pintado (Madrid) (462)

. Francisco Tasa Fernández (Valencia) (521)

. Oscar Bascuñana Medina (Andalusia) (547)

Senior bodybuilding up to 80

1. Julio Portet Mas (Valencia) (513)

2. Jorge Fernández (Catalonia) (484)

3. José María Jiménez Morales (Andalucía) (485)

4. Antonio Pastor Beigveder (Andalusia) (529)

5. Manuel Gómez Hernández (Melilla) (511)

6. Gustavo Peris Aparicio (Valencia) (546)

. Miguel Ángel Serrano Ramos (Melilla) (532)

. Víctor Sánchez Mateo (Madrid) (536)

. Yassin Laatiki (Catalonia) (472)

Senior bodybuilding up to 85

1. Sento Olombrada (Valencia) (510)

2. Juan Francisco Martín Muñoz (Andalusia) (463)

3. Sergio Dufort de la Fuente (Madrid) (533)

4. Edward Alejandro López (Melilla) (539)

5. Oliver Martín Martel (Canary Islands) (475)

6. Oscar Ferriols Lloret (Madrid) (544)

. Adrián García (Andalusia) (540)

. Arturo Casasola Morón (Madrid) (506)

. Francisco Javier Gómez (Catalonia) (531)

. Francisco Javier López-Maroto Moreno (Madrid) (468)

. José Luis Álvaro Guerra (Madrid) (516)

. Luis Losada López (Madrid) (508)

. Ricardo Vera Moya (Andalusia) (519)

Senior bodybuilding up to 90

1. David Cámara la Fuente (Valencia) (504)

2. José Gamaza Fernández (Andalusia) (522)

3. Juan de Dios Romero Nadal (Andalusia) (535)

4. Ovidio González Herrera (Canary Islands) (483)

5. Adrián de la Rosa Padilla (Andalusia) (534)

6. Juan José Cortijo (Catalonia) (490)

Senior bodybuilding up to 100

1. José Ramón Fontenla (Canary Islands) (499)

2. David Boix (Valencia) (489)

3. David Possi (Catalonia) (482)

4. Oriol Asensio (Catalonia) (487)

5. Miguel Ángel García Gonzáles (Madrid) (528)

6. Pedro Redin (Euskadi) (512)

. Alexandre Gri (Catalonia) (507)

. Antonio Gómez Gómez (Madrid) (503)

. David Mora Segado (Madrid) (498)

. Enrique García Consuegra (Valencia) (481)

. José María García González (Andalusia) (502)

. Juan de las Heras de las Heras (Madrid) (549)

. Manuel Moreno Malia (Valencia) (496)

. Xabier Cantalejo (La Rioja) (501)

Senior bodybuilding over 100

1. Carlos Blanco (Galicia) (467)

2. Luis García Martínez (Madrid) (545)

3. Gregory Bellot (Murcia) (474)

4. Israel Budia Gómez (Madrid) (488)

5. David Martínez Campos (Valencia) (473)

Couples

Xabier Cantalejo and Sonia Trapero (La Rioja) (501)

Best Poser

Oriol Asensio (Catalonia) (487)

Bodybuilding absolute champion

José Ramón Fontenla (Canary Islands) (499)

Team champions

1. Valencia

2. Madrid

3. Andalusia

Absolute Spanish Championships FEFF 2015 (results)

Results of the Absolute Spanish Championships FEFF 2015 , event held on October 30 and 31 as well as November 1 in Cartagena (Murcia).

Absolute FEFF Spanish Championships 2015 Results

Bodybuilding Master +50 to 80 kg

1. Manuel Valbuena (Madrid) (1)

2. Rafael Vera (Andalusia) (44)

3. John Davi (Valencia) (4)

Bodybuilding Master +50, +80 kg

1. Anselmo Cortado (Catalonia) (7)

2. Mintxo Lasaosa (Madrid) (2)

3. Rafael Martínez Manzana (Murcia) (3)

4. Benigno García Sánchez (Murcia) (9)

5. Antonio Lucas Martínez (Murcia) (10)

6. Juan Juárez Ramírez (Valencia) (562)

. Ángel Rafael Fernández (Canary Islands) (6)

. Eduardo Busquier Maestre (Valencia) (555)

. Jorge Luis Huelga (Canary Islands) (5)

. Manuel Pérez Mora (Valencia) (556)

 Bodybuilding Master +40, up to 70 kg

1. Miguel Ángel López (Extremadura) (26)

2. Antonio Villamediana Bolado (Madrid) (27)

3. José Manuel Pons (Valencia) (73)

4. Hermes García Ribas (Valencia) (68)

5. Rosendo Duarte (Castilla La Mancha) (49)

6. Adolfo López Barrilado (Andalusia) (8)

Bodybuilding Master +40, up to 80 kg

1. Rodrigo Andrés Rojas Sanhueza (Madrid) (12)

2. Oscar Márquez Cayuela (Asturias) (14)

3. Ahmed Massou (Valencia) (37)

4. Manuel Uncala Muñiz (Andalusia) (48)

5. Bartolomé Perales (Euskadi) (50)

6. José Luis Girones Carrión (Valencia) (45)

. Iván Castillo (Catalonia) (15)

. Juan Diego Trinidad (Extremadura) (24)

. Marcos Herrera (Canary Islands) (28)

. Rafael Priego Marques (Valencia) (20)

. Roberto Baeza Veracruz (Valencia) (38)

. Salvador Palazón (Murcia) (13)

. Sergio Ochando Barber (Valencia) (29)

Bodybuilding Master +40, up to 90 kg

1. Francisco Serra (Baleares) (31)

2. Manuel Hernández (Catalonia) (18)

3. Bernardo Busquet (Baleares) (11)

4. Alex Rodríguez (Catalonia) (47)

5. Luis Alberto Hernández (Canary Islands) (42)

6. Emilio Martínez (Valencia) (46)

. Antonio Pérez Piñero (Murcia) (19)

. Antonio Tejera (Canary Islands) (30)

. Joaquín Carrilero (Murcia) (39)

. Jorge Tardío Borrego (Andalucía) (22)

. Juan Adrover Planiol (Baleares) (23)

. Juan Manuel Mengual Benítez (Valencia) (51)

Bodybuilding Master +40, more than 90 kg

1. Francisco Ávila López (Valencia) (21)

2. Juan Alberto Machado Gutiérrez (Andalusia) (16)

3. Lorenzo Fernández (Catalonia) (34)

4. Roberto Herranz del Amo (Madrid) (40)

5. Xavier Gracia (Catalonia) (43)

6. Mario Dávila Martínez (Melilla) (25)

. Jojjer Lemor (Valencia) (33)

. José Ángel González Martínez (Murcia) (41)

. Julio Cesar Macias (Canary Islands) (36)

Classic Bodybuilding Master

1. Mario Leal (Catalonia) (207)

2. Germán Villarroya (Catalonia) (202)

3. Eduardo Reduello Bollo (Madrid) (72)

4. Antonio Parra (Murcia) (206)

5. Antonio Llovet Ternero (Valencia) (71)

6. Martín España Derivi (Andalucía) (214)

. Alberto García Román (Andalusia) (74)

. Antonio Torres Vallejo (Andalusia) (75)

. Ernesto Vega (Euskadi) (210)

. Jesús Manuel Delgado Villalba (Andalusia) (218)

. Joan Nogue Mateu (Catalonia) (70)

. Juan Antonio González Feliz (Euskadi) (69)

. Omar Raissouni (Andalusia) (67)

. Sebastián Jajuga (Castilla la Mancha) (219)

Absolute Champion Master

Miguel Ángel López (Extremadura) (26)

Junior bodybuilding up to 75 kg

1. Daniel Delgado del Amo (Madrid) (64)

2. José López Jiménez (Valencia) (58)

3. Fernando Arboledas Aragón (Andalusia) (59)

4. Oscar Vives (Baleares) (65)

5. Eduardo García (Murcia) (57)

Junior bodybuilding over 75 kg

1. Pablo Llopis (Valencia) (56)

2. Adrián Lacarcel Sánchez (Madrid) (62)

3. Rubén Sospedra Gijón (Valencia) (63)

4. Hilario Gómez Sanz (Madrid) (54)

5. Gabriel Reig Abela (Valencia) (66)

Absolute Junior Champion

Daniel Delgado del Amo (Madrid) (64)

Men´s Physique Junior

1. Aitor Chousa (Euskadi) (80)

2. Juan Pedro Moya (Murcia) (85)

3. Jesús Manuel Muñoz Bernal (Andalusia) (82)

4. Adrián García Romero (Madrid) (100)

5. Cristian Moran Blanco (Castilla y León) (99)

6. Alberto Felices Embi (Andalusia) (89)

. Alejandro Cerrejón Torrano (Murcia) (96)

. Carlos Abarca Millán (Valencia) (77)

. Jaime Casado Soler (Madrid) (92)

. Javier Rodríguez (Catalonia) (87)

. José Antonio Valverde Luque (Valencia) (97)

. Manuel Robles Sola (Andalusia) (83)

. Miguel Ángel Tarin (Valencia) (88)

. Pablo Gutiérrez Arroyo (Madrid) (81)

. Roberto Vázquez Rivera (Galicia) (76)

Areskay Hernández (Canary Islands) (79)

Erik Jiménez Santana (Canary Islands) (98)

Francisco Zamora Nieto (Murcia) (86)

Iván Moreno Gallardo (Catalonia) (84)

Iván Pastor Martínez (Valencia) (78)

Marcos Montesinos Corral (Murcia) (93)

Men´s Physique up to 170

1. Miguel Ángel Angulo Conejo (Andalusia) (131)

2. Diego Lizarraga Domínguez (Castilla León) (141)

3. Jesús Manuel González Romo (Euskadi) (161)

4. Antonio Barranco Guirado (Andalusia) (145)

5. Francisco Javier Sánchez Azorín (Murcia) (184)

6. Javier Suárez Trujillo (Andalusia) (183)

. Aitor Rodríguez Fernández (Madrid) (133)

. Borja Diz Camarero (Euskadi) (170)

. Javier Xicola Hidalgo (Madrid) (125)

. Jesús Corchuelo (Extremadura) (200)

. Jesús Cosa Aznar (Valencia) (168)

. Jorge Santiago (Extremadura) (185)

. Oscar Moreno de Federico (Madrid) (120)

. Roddy Henry Abatte Pelay (La Rioja) (198)

. Xavier Sierra (Catalonia) (107)

Alberto Pérez Vargas (Andalucía) (130)

Francisco Rus García (Baleares) (175)

Iru González Tejera (Canary Islands) (137)

Israel López Pérez (Andalusia) (193)

José Antonio Fernández (Valencia) (195)

José Manuel Gómez Navarro (Andalusia) (101)

Rafael Martín Plaza (Andalusia) (148)

Savo Jacovich (Catalonia) (167)

Men´s Physique up to 178

1. Ignacio Rodríguez Belvis (Extremadura) (129)

2. Jonathan Bueno (Catalonia) (163)

3. Isaac García Rodríguez (Asturias) (124)

4. Claudio Imedio (Canary Islands) (147)

5. Iván Martín Pacheco (Madrid) (169)

6. Lucas Parrón Barcelona (Andalusia) (182)

. Adrián Pérez López (Andalusia) (154)

. Domingo Márquez Ortus (Baleares) (159)

. Enrique Gutiérrez Caro (Madrid) (187)

. Jesús Pastor Soriano (Euskadi) (126)

. Juan Ramírez Florín (Andalucía) (128)

. Manuel Mari Pastor (Valencia) (149)

. Mario Hernández (Extremadura) (194)

. Pedro Abreu Palomino (Catalonia) (109)

. Víctor Martínez Hita (Catalonia) (155)

Antonio Cremades Nieto (Murcia) (144)

Bruno de León Suárez (Canary Islands) (158)

Iván Mondejas Nieto (Murcia) (178)

Jesús Díaz García (Extremadura) (115)

José Antonio Luna García (Andalusia) (153)

Juan Manuel Mangas (Extremadura) (143)

Matías Torres Prieto (Valencia) (117)

Saleh Gratian Moid (Castilla León) (196)

Men´s Physique more than 178

1. Víctor Manuel Gálvez Caballero (Madrid) (174)

2. Daniel Lorente (Murcia) (160)

3. Jesús Pérez Álvarez (Madrid) (152)

4. Raúl Ardíl Navarro (Valencia) (118)

5. Joaquín Rodríguez Rincón (Andalucía) (108)

6. Cristian Triano Cantero (Andalusia) (177)

. Alberto Soler Romero (Andalusia) (179)

. Antonio Cruz Hernández (Andalusia) (171)

. Anyelo Requena Sepín Campusano (Andalucía) (176)

. Diego Soler Romero (Andalusia) (192)

. José Luis Casas Velasco (Madrid) (111)

. José Olmedo Moreno (Madrid) (135)

. Manuel Megías Marín (Andalusia) (150)

. Oscar Alexander Vargas (Valencia) (140)

. Sergio González (Catalonia) (201)

Aimar Montero (Catalonia) (186)

Antonio José Pérez (Canary Islands) (113)

Carles Catalá Murillo (Valencia) (138)

David Gracia Toledo (Catalonia) (191)

Diego Galera Vicente (Andalusia) (190)

Eduardo Medina Campos (Madrid) (164)

Francisco Bravo Botella (Valencia) (173)

Iván Moreno Castell (Valencia) (139)

Javier Garulo Arias (La Rioja) (103)

Jesús Ortín Gómez (Murcia) (188)

Juan Antonio Ferrer Pico (Baleares) (180)

Sergio García Rellano (Madrid) (172)

Absolute Champion Men´s Physique

Aitor Chousa (Euskadi) (80)

Classic Bodybuilding up to 170

1. Pedro Ortega (Andalusia) (288)

2. José Antonio Martínez (Valencia) (284)

3. Manuel Luque (Andalusia) (277)

4. Gonzalo Durán (Madrid) (220)

5. Eduardo Martínez (Asturias) (254)

6. Ángel Javier Cañón (Castilla y León) (257)

. Antonio Cervantes (Andalusia) (293)

. David López (Valencia) (231)

. Francisco Moyano (Andalucía) (242)

. Jorge Serrano (Valencia) (279)

. José Francisco Tornel (Murcia) (235)

. Juan Sebastián Romero (Canary Islands) (274)

. Luis González (Madrid) (303)

. Raúl Palma Palma (Andalusia) (212)

. Víctor Manuel Delgado (Canary Islands) (304)

Classic Bodybuilding up to 175

1. Sergio de Juan (La Rioja) (282)

2. Juan Francisco Herrero (Murcia) (240)

3. Francisco Antonio Pérez (Baleares) (253)

4. Adrián Aparicio (Madrid) (238)

5. Esteban Jeanvier (Euskadi) (259)

6. Iker Villamor (Euskadi) (299)

. Adrián Díaz (Madrid) (229)

. Álvaro Sauca (Euskadi) (285)

. Antonio Jesús Sánchez (Andalusia) (216)

. Emilio Sainz (Catalonia) (260)

. Ezequiel Sobrado (La Rioja) (268)

. Ignacio López (Valencia) (211)

. Luis Miguel Sogort (Valencia) (205)

. Nicolae Florin (Andalucía) (247)

. Vladimir Alexis (Canary Islands) (289)

Álvaro Navarro (Valencia)

Antonio Manuel Sanmillán (Andalusia) (296)

Jonathan Parra (Extremadura) (233)

Rubén Senra (Castilla y León) (252)

Classic Bodybuilding up to 180

1. Antonio de la Torre (Andalusia) (203)

2. Carlos Radillo (Madrid) (272)

3. Ramón Piqueras (Catalonia) (256)

4. Daniel Redondo (Galicia) (270)

5. Arsenio Martínez (Murcia) (239)

6. Juan Ignacio Martínez (Andalucía) (213)

. Antonio Jesús Albarracin (Melilla) (292)

. Braulio Murillo (Andalusia) (234)

. Ekaitz Reguera (Euskadi) (297)

. José María Solomando (Baleares) (248)

. Luis Guillermo Mejias (Madrid) (208)

. Moisés López (Andalusia) (276)

. Oliver Redondo (Extremadura) (280)

. Omar Pellejero (Castilla y León) (224)

. Vicente Martínez (Murcia) (275)

Ángel Delfa Torres (Andalusia) (222)

Cristian Rosauro (Murcia) (301)

Gregorio Martínez (Murcia) (258)

Guillermo Javier Sánchez (Valencia) (204)

Javier Fernández (Madrid) (225)

Miguel Ángel Barceló (Valencia) (232)

Roberto Casado (Madrid) (221)

Rubén Millán (Andalusia) (217)

Classic Bodybuilding over 180

1. Antonio Valero (Valencia) (287)

2. Francisco José Galván (Valencia) (273)

3. Adrián Alonso (Canary Islands) (286)

4. Samuel Zapata (Valencia) (266)

5. Santiago Sabater (Valencia) (267)

6. Carlos Pérez (Canary Islands) (245)

. Santiago Pájaro (Galicia) (241)

Absolute Champion Classic Bodybuilding

Antonio de la Torre (Andalusia) (203)

Women´s Physique

1. Alicia Zayas Cienfuegos (Andalusia) (307)

2. Rocío Gil Hidalgo (Andalusia) (306)

3. Yessenia García (Catalonia) (311)

4. Katlen Xavier (Canary Islands) (305)

5. Maria del Mar Ortega Palao (Valencia) (310)

6. Asunción Merino Guiu (Valencia) (309)

Bodyfitness Master

1. Eva Crespo (Euskadi) (320)

2. Timea Zovakova (Canary Islands) (323)

3. Norita Caetano Neves (Asturias) (317)

4. Sonia Pérez Heredia (Andalucía) (314)

5. Mariana Celeri (Canary Islands) (316)

6. Pilar Montejo (Catalonia) (325)

. Cristina Ramírez (Andalucía) (322)

. Delmira Pastor (Canary Islands) (315)

. Helena Castro Román (Andalusia) (324)

. Meire Alves Da Silva (Catalonia) (318)

. Raquel Quevedo (Canary Islands) (319)

. Sticky Vicky Pereira (Valencia) (312)

Bodyfitness up to 158

1. Maria Ignacio Mas Delgado (Baleares) (335)

2. María Encarnación Bordera (Valencia) (341)

3. Vanesa Blesa (Catalonia) (352)

4. Elena Moncada Dorado (Castilla y León) (322)

5. Nuria Sánchez Martínez (Madrid) (336)

6. Pilar Rojas Martínez (Andalucía) (347)

. Bárbara Sedes Dobarro (Galicia) (350)

. Tinka Dencheva Stoykova (Baleares) (338)

Bodyfitness up to 163

1. Laura Guillén Serrano (Valencia) (345)

2. Zaira Serrano Alama (Andalusia) (351)

3. Paula Daniele Souza Santo (Andalusia) (331)

4. Miriam Quevedo (Canary Islands) (334)

5. Marta Verónica Sánchez Zapata (Catalonia) (340)

6. Dovile Meilunaite (Valencia) (330)

. Charlene Arango (Catalonia) (349)

. Cintia Gonzalo (Catalonia) (360)

. Helena Muñoz (Valencia) (354)

. Immaculate Pelegrin Hernández (Madrid) (342)

. Mia Fernández Cardo (Baleares) (344)

Bodyfitness over 163

1. María García Herraz (Valencia) (359)

2. Laura Veiguela Justo (Galicia) (333)

3. Mihaela Loredana Caiuteanu (Madrid) (358)

4. Rocío Hernández Gómez (Madrid) (343)

5. Mónica García Bastidas (Andalusia) (353)

6. Tatiana Romanenko (La Rioja) (355)

. Judith Álvarez Soler (Melilla) (346)

. Olaya Marrero (Canary Islands) (327)

. Rebeca Hidalgo Barriga (Madrid) (326)

. Silvia Díaz Martín (Baleares) (339)

. Sonia Trapero Burgos (La Rioja) (337)

. Tatiana Okladnikova (Canary Islands) (348)

Absolute Bodyfitness Champion

Laura Guillén Serrano (Valencia) (345)

Junior Fitness Bikini

1. Silvia Martínez Rodrigo (Madrid) (368)

2. Aremoga Santana (Canary Islands) (356)

3. Tamara Torres (Catalonia) (362)

4. Elena Álamo Sánchez (Andalusia) (364)

5. María Helena Fernández Butron (Andalusia) (367)

6. Nuria Segura Ferraniz (Valencia) (361)

. Cristina Mellado (Valencia) (363)

. Elizaveta Kuzminyykh (Catalonia) (366)

. Laura Ortiz de Mendivil (Euskadi) (365)

. Manuela Medina Oliver (Baleares) (370)

. Paola María Canales Puerto (Madrid) (369)

Bikini Fitness Master

1. Ana Lia Hernández (Canary Islands) (376)

2. Sara Díaz (Extremadura) (373)

3. Miriam Gea Carrillo (Catalonia) (374)

4. Teresa Barrera Cillero (Madrid) (383)

5. Valeria Britos (Catalonia) (371)

6. Zoraima Marrero (Canary Islands) (375)

. Illuminated Jiménez Corzo (Valencia) (382)

. Irene Gutiérrez García (Andalusia) (381)

. Larissa Guzmán (Catalonia) (380)

. Lorena Lara Molina (Andalusia) (378)

. Margarita Capo Rebassa (Baleares) (377)

. María Sabina Valades Padilla (Andalusia) (379)

. Noemí Roca (Valencia) (384)

. Vanesa Sánchez Alfonsin (Madrid) (372)

. Veronica Estiguin (Valencia) (357)

Bikini Fitness Senior up to 158

1. Adriana Rico Sempere (Valencia) (431)

2. Yodisley Navarro (Canary Islands) (397)

3. Leyri Blanco Echevarria (Euskadi) (437)

4. Paula Trandafir (Euskadi) (438)

5. Esther Castro (Canary Islands) (433)

6. Virginia Blanco García (Castilla y León) (412)

. Alona Svintsitska (Andalusia) (385)

. Andrea Vidaurre Armero (Valencia) (419)

. Carol Cobo (Catalonia) (393)

. Cristina Santos Luque (Catalonia) (456)

. Karen Jiménez (Baleares) (415)

. Merxe Sanmartín Mogort (Madrid) (455)

. Natalia Juárez (Murcia) (414)

. Nuria Lorenzo López (Andalusia) (453)

. Paloma Martínez Rinardo (Valencia) (392)

. Sandra de Palma (Catalonia) (444)

. Verónica Esteguin García (Valencia) (394)

Bikini Fitness Senior up to 163

1. Cristobalina Pajares Torres (Andalucía) (441)

2. Rocío López Corchero (Valencia) (387)

3. Antonia Rosello (Baleares) (408)

4. Candela Figueroa (Madrid) (411)

5. Giorgina Pedros Calvet (Catalonia) (418)

6. Isabel Pérez Gil (Valencia) (442)

. Elena Ordóñez Méndez (Madrid) (406)

. Estefanía Fernández (Extremadura) (445)

. Feriel Rabai Ladaira (Baleares) (423)

. Katerina Amendoeira Vicente (Baleares) (452)

. Laura Rodríguez Sevillano (Catalonia) (389)

. Marina Cabalga Ruiz (Andalusia) (391)

. Monica Santos Molano (Madrid) (407)

. Natalia Novel Marmy (Baleares) (430)

. Noelia Ballesteros (Catalonia) (448)

. Sonia Muñoz Ovejero (Madrid) (398)

Bikini Fitness Senior up to 169

1. Avoid Breide (Andalusia) (424)

2. Anna Ewa Malys (Valencia) (402)

3. Rocío Egeda Roda (Baleares) (432)

4. Ana Albaladejo Gómez (Madrid) (429)

5. Mirian Navarro Pérez (Valencia) (403)

6. Laila Boussaid (Euskadi) (439)

. Acosaida Santana (Canary Islands) (400)

. Camelia Preda (Madrid) (421)

. Ekaterina Heleznyakova (Valencia) (458)

. Marta Almendros (Catalonia) (417)

. Nuria Serrano Ramírez (Valencia) (446)

Bikini Fitness Senior over 169

1. Mónica Bernaus (Catalonia) (410)

2. Jagienka Kamiska (Catalonia) (404)

3. Soraya Álvarez Peñuelas (Asturias) (434)

4. Melani Moreno García (Catalonia) (413)

5. Jennifer Fernández Fernández (Andalucía) (396)

6. Giancarla Vázquez Frías (Madrid) (451)

. Cristina Almansa Pérez (Andalucía) (401)

. Davinia Rodas Lozano (Andalusia) (409)

. Gema Granados Aguirre (Madrid) (420)

. Minerva Almeida (Canary Islands) (426)

. Miriam Calderón Bayona (Madrid) (450)

. Nerea Pérez Peruarena (Andalusia) (428)

Absolute Champion Bikini Fitness

Cristobalina Pajares Torres (Andalucía) (441)

Senior bodybuilding up to 65

1. Daniel Barragán Santos (Valencia) (518)

2. Stephane Bris (Valencia) (515)

3. José Miguel López Vázquez (Galicia) (543)

4. José Luis Casado (Madrid) (551)

5. José Luis Legazpi Sánchez (Madrid) (548)

6. Alberto Jiménez (Catalonia) (527)

. Alejandro Requena (Baleares) (486)

. Álvaro Gallardo Gil (Melilla) (514)

Senior bodybuilding up to 70

1. Manuel Alejandro Cabaña Álvarez (Andalucía) (525)

2. Jonay Mesa (Canary Islands) (500)

3. Pablo Techera Sosa (Madrid) (494)

4. Daniel Salgado Barea (Catalonia) (469)

5. Darwin Vivicio Salazar (Valencia) (461)

6. Carlos Ferreira (Catalonia) (12)

. José Javier Rosique Barba (Murcia) (476)

. Juan Manuel Sánchez Trigo (Madrid) (466)

. Mario Augusto Hernández (Madrid) (477)

Senior bodybuilding up to 75

1. David Saborido (Galicia) (465)

2. Maxi Rodríguez (Valencia) (495)

3. Daniel Santos Rodríguez (Canary Islands) (480)

4. Jaime Aguilera Liieron (Madrid) (460)

5. Josep Furió Montell (Valencia) (530)

6. Acorán Alemán Martín (Madrid) (493)

. Amador Campiñez (Valencia) (523)

. David Sánchez Pintado (Madrid) (462)

. Francisco Tasa Fernández (Valencia) (521)

. Oscar Bascuñana Medina (Andalusia) (547)

Senior bodybuilding up to 80

1. Julio Portet Mas (Valencia) (513)

2. Jorge Fernández (Catalonia) (484)

3. José María Jiménez Morales (Andalucía) (485)

4. Antonio Pastor Beigveder (Andalusia) (529)

5. Manuel Gómez Hernández (Melilla) (511)

6. Gustavo Peris Aparicio (Valencia) (546)

. Miguel Ángel Serrano Ramos (Melilla) (532)

. Víctor Sánchez Mateo (Madrid) (536)

. Yassin Laatiki (Catalonia) (472)

Senior bodybuilding up to 85

1. Sento Olombrada (Valencia) (510)

2. Juan Francisco Martín Muñoz (Andalusia) (463)

3. Sergio Dufort de la Fuente (Madrid) (533)

4. Edward Alejandro López (Melilla) (539)

5. Oliver Martín Martel (Canary Islands) (475)

6. Oscar Ferriols Lloret (Madrid) (544)

. Adrián García (Andalusia) (540)

. Arturo Casasola Morón (Madrid) (506)

. Francisco Javier Gómez (Catalonia) (531)

. Francisco Javier López-Maroto Moreno (Madrid) (468)

. José Luis Álvaro Guerra (Madrid) (516)

. Luis Losada López (Madrid) (508)

. Ricardo Vera Moya (Andalusia) (519)

Senior bodybuilding up to 90

1. David Cámara la Fuente (Valencia) (504)

2. José Gamaza Fernández (Andalusia) (522)

3. Juan de Dios Romero Nadal (Andalusia) (535)

4. Ovidio González Herrera (Canary Islands) (483)

5. Adrián de la Rosa Padilla (Andalusia) (534)

6. Juan José Cortijo (Catalonia) (490)

Senior bodybuilding up to 100

1. José Ramón Fontenla (Canary Islands) (499)

2. David Boix (Valencia) (489)

3. David Possi (Catalonia) (482)

4. Oriol Asensio (Catalonia) (487)

5. Miguel Ángel García Gonzáles (Madrid) (528)

6. Pedro Redin (Euskadi) (512)

. Alexandre Gri (Catalonia) (507)

. Antonio Gómez Gómez (Madrid) (503)

. David Mora Segado (Madrid) (498)

. Enrique García Consuegra (Valencia) (481)

. José María García González (Andalusia) (502)

. Juan de las Heras de las Heras (Madrid) (549)

. Manuel Moreno Malia (Valencia) (496)

. Xabier Cantalejo (La Rioja) (501)

Senior bodybuilding over 100

1. Carlos Blanco (Galicia) (467)

2. Luis García Martínez (Madrid) (545)

3. Gregory Bellot (Murcia) (474)

4. Israel Budia Gómez (Madrid) (488)

5. David Martínez Campos (Valencia) (473)

Couples

Xabier Cantalejo and Sonia Trapero (La Rioja) (501)

Best Poser

Oriol Asensio (Catalonia) (487)

Bodybuilding absolute champion

José Ramón Fontenla (Canary Islands) (499)

Team champions

1. Valencia

2. Madrid

3. Andalusia

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off the rack #1296

Monday, January 13, 2020

 I knew my dad had an older brother living in Edmonton but I've never met him. I was introduced to him recently when my cousin sent me a picture of Uncle #2 taken while he visited with him and his other cousins there. I showed my dad the picture of his brother and his face lit up in a big smile. He hasn't seen him in decades. Uncle #2 is 91-years-old now and he and dad are the only surviving children from grandpa's first wife. I was glad that I gave my father that moment of happiness.

 Harley Quinn & Poison Ivy #5 - Jody Houser (writer) Adriana Melo (pencils) Mark Morales (inks) Hi-Fi (colours) Gabriela Downie (letters). The trail to the Floronic Man leads the ladies to Manhattan's Central Park where they are met with a surprise. No, it's not Batwoman who guest stars this issue. It's a great cliffhanger to next issue's finale.

 The Immortal Hulk #29 - Al Ewing (writer) Joe Bennett (pencils) Ruy Jose, Belardino Brabo & Cam Smith (inks) Paul Mounts (colours) VC's Cory Petit (letters). Roxxon sets a trap for the Hulk and it works. This is where monsters dwell. The scene with Betty and Bruce in the cafeteria was great.

 The Dollhouse Family #3 - M. R. Carey (writer) Peter Gross (layouts) Vince Locke (finishes) Cris Peter (colours) Todd Klein (letters). We catch up with Alice as an adult while the flashbacks to the past shows us some weird creatures in a cave. The dollhouse makes a couple of appearances in each point in history but we don't learn much more about it. It's still really creepy though. The last page came as a total shock. I like this DC Black Label book.

 Excalibur #5 - Tini Howard (writer) Marcus To (art) Erick Arciniega (colours) VC's Cory Petit (letters). This is the payoff issue for the first story arc and I'm out of here now. My biggest complaint about this book is that I find myself wondering what the heck is going on as I'm reading. I feel disconnected with the action because of the different locations and all the mutants involved. There's a major change to a major hero so you may want to stick around to see where that goes.

 Young Justice #12 - Brian Michael Bendis (writer) John Timms (art) Gabe Eltaeb (colours) Wes Abbott (letters). It was nice to see Warlord even though he was only in 4 pages of this massively dialogued issue. This book had just as many heroes running around and different locations for action as Excalibur #5 and yet not once did I feel confused or disoriented. I loved how all the Wonder Comics heroes were brought together. Especially that Miguel, the Dial H for Hero kid changed into a Miles Morales-like super hero at the end. This 12-issue run was Fun with a capital F.

 X-Force #5 - Benjamin Percy (writer) Joshua Cassara (art) Dean White & Rachelle Rosenberg (colours) VC's Joe Caramagna (letters). There's plenty of force this issue as Domino and Forge go to rescue Wolverine and Kid Omega. This new thing where every mutant can be resurrected if they die has me wondering when I'm going to get tired of writers killing characters just for shock value. Plus, the mutants can't lose now. So what if you die on a mission? I'm afraid I'm going to get bored with these characters again until the next big change.

 Catwoman #19 - Joelle Jones (writer) Geraldo Borges, Aneke  & Inaki Miranda (art) FCO Plascencia, John Kalisz & Laura Allred (colours) Saida Temofonte (letters). Selina comes to the rescue of family and friends and is partially successful. I like the new costume.

 Black Cat #8 - Jed MacKay (writer) Dike Ruan & Annie Wu (art) Brian Reber (colours) Ferran Delgado (letters). What a great issue. The Cat and the Beetle go on a heist and we get some background on Felicia's life. It was fun until the last page when things get serious.

 Conan Serpent War #3 - Jim Zub (writer) Luca Pizzari (art) Frank D'Armata (colours) Vanesa R. Del Rey (art James Allison sequence) Jean-Francois Beaulieu (colours James Allison sequence) VC's Travis Lanham (letters). There's a mysterious force manipulating everybody in this story and I'm staying with it until I find out what it is.

 Star #1 - Kelly Thompson (writer) Javier Pina with Filipe Andrade (art) Jesus Aburtov (colours) VC's Clayton Cowles (letters). Kelly's name in the credits made me give this a try. I'm not a fan of super villains being the star (har) of their own books but there are two women also in this comic book that I really like. If they're not enough to keep me reading then the God of Mischief certainly is.

 Daphne Byrne #1 - Laura Marks (writer) Kelley Jones (art) Michelle Madsen (colours) Rob Leigh (letters). This is another creepy comic from the same imprint that puts out Basketful of Heads. It's 1886 in New York and Daphne is a very intelligent young lady who doesn't fit in with the others at Miss Farrow's School for Girls. Her mother is a patron of a psychic who claims to have communicated with Daphne's dead father. That may be a hoax but her dreams seem to be all too real. I miss seeing Kelley Jones's art on the racks so I hope to keep reading this book as it comes out.

 Ruins of Ravencroft: Carnage #1 - Frank Tieri (writer) Angel Unzueta (modern day art) Guiu Vilanova (flashback art) Rachelle Rosenberg (colours) VC's Travis Lanham (letters). I saw the ads for this and didn't think I would be interested but I liked the art when I flipped through it so took it to read. Other than being connected to Carnage from the title I didn't know anything about this comic book, but seeing Misty Knight on the second page meant that I had something familiar to anchor myself. And then Mayor Wilson Fisk shows up. Ravencroft is New York's version of Arkham Asylum and it was a major location during the Absolute Carnage story. It's being torn down to be rebuilt and this issue gives us the history of the evil ground that it's built on. This establishes that the Venom and Carnage symbiotes have been around since forever because the history starts in the early 1400s. I don't know where this series is going but I liked it enough to want to check out the next instalment hitting the racks January 15, Ruins of Ravencroft: Sabretooth.

 The Clock #1 - Matt Hawkins (writer) Colleen Doran (art) Bryan Valenza (colours) Troy Peteri (letters). Again, it was the art that prompted me to pick this off the rack. I first appreciated Colleen's art in 1983 when she put out "A Distant Soil". I loved her detailed pen and ink work in black and white. Here she is in colour and it still moves me. Her expressions really convey what the characters are feeling. The story is about a cancer epidemic and the threat to the world's population seems credible. I'm going to follow young scientist Jack to see how he saves the world.

 Marvels X #1 - Alex Ross & Jim Krueger (writers) Well-Bee (art) VC's Cory Petit (letters). I really liked the first Marvels series by Kurt Busiek and Alex Ross showing the Marvel U through the eyes of regular people. This latest story features a young super hero fan named David trapped in his house after what seems to be the worldwide Terrigen Mist event when Marvel tried to make the Inhumans a big deal. David's entire family is lost and now he's off to New York City to find his heroes. I liked the kid so I'm going to follow his adventures.

 Miles Morales: The End #1 - Saladin Ahmed (writer) Damion Scott (art) Dono Sanchez-Almara (colours) VC's Cory Petit (letters). This $4.99 US one-shot really is the end for Miles. He lives to be a ripe old age and goes down fighting. I would only recommend this for collectors of all things Miles.

 Deadpool #2 - Kelly Thompson (writer) Chris Bachalo (pencils) Wayne Faucher, Livesay, Al Vey, Jaime Mendoza, Victor Olazaba & Tim Townsend (inks) David Curiel (colours) VC's Joe Sabino (letters). I don't find Wade's new role as King of Staten Island, where monsters dwell, to be very interesting so I'm not going to read anymore of this. Much as I like Chris Bachalo's art, it's not enough to keep me coming back every month.

 20XX #2 - Jonathan Luna & Lauren Keely (writers) Jonathan Luna (art & letters). We find out what newly minted Sym Meria's power is and how she's going to cope with it. The developments with the East Side and West Side gangs and Meria's new friend are interesting enough to make me want to read the next issue of this black and white book.

 Fallen Angels #5 - Bryan Hill (writer) Szymon Kudranski (art) Frank D'Armata (colours) VC's Joe Sabino (letters). The team is set. Psylocke leads X-23, young Cable, Husk and Bling to Dubai to fight the super villain Apoth. The foreshadowing on the last page ratchets up the anticipation for the next issue.

 The Amazing Spider-Man #37 - Nick Spencer (writer) Ryan Ottley (pencils) Cliff Rathburn (inks) Nathan Fairbairn (colours) VC's Joe Caramagna (letters). Now that Absolute Carnage is done, it's time for Peter Parker to get back into the swing of things. He's testing a new device called the Clairvoyant that can predict what might happen in the future. I predict it's going to screw up his life big time down the road. The one thing I'm excited about is that a plotline that was put on the back burner is now cooking with gas. Kindred is back and he's hinting at how he's going to confront Spider-Man. As big a Spider-Man fan that I am, I still have no clue who this new super villain is.

 Batman #86 - James Tynion IV (writer) Tony S. Daniel (pencils) Danny Miki (inks) Tomeu Morey (colours) Clayton Cowles (letters). Let's welcome the new writer. He's got a tough act to follow but he starts his first story off very well. Batman gets wind of something big going down in Gotham City and has to deal with paid assassins gathering for nefarious purposes. There are major changes to get used to, the least of which is that Alfred is gone. Same with James Gordon, and the new Police Commissioner was a surprise. I probably would have continued to read this book because the art is so nice. Selina in the LBD at the fund raiser, MeeOwww.

 Savage Avengers #9 - Gerry Duggan (writer) Patch Zircher (art) Java Tartaglia (colours) VC's Travis Lanham (letters). Conan holds his own as Doctors Doom and Strange battle Kulan Gath. When Stephen is felled by sorcerous venom Doctor Doom comes to the rescue. The amalgamation of the two Doctors was a fun surprise. If would be cool if the Iron Mage stuck around after this story.

 Joker: Killer Smile #2 - Jeff Lemire (writer) Andrea Sorrentino (art) Jordie Bellaire (colours) Steve Wands (letters). The doctor is out, of his mind that is. The Joker has gotten into Dr. Arnell's head in this psychological thriller. I don't imagine that things are going to end well for the good doctor in next issue's finale. Thanks to Doug for lending me his copy to read after we sold out on the racks.

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W. Visayas peace cluster signs plan vs. insurgency

#PHnews: W. Visayas peace cluster signs plan vs. insurgency

ILOILO CITY -- Members of the Peace, Law Enforcement and Development Support Cluster in Western Visayas have signed their Implementation Plan (Implan) in support of the Regional Task Force to End the Local Communist Armed Conflict (RTF-ELCAC) at Camp Delgado here Saturday.

The co-chairs of the cluster are Gen. Dinoh Dolina, commander of the Philippine Army’s 3rd Infantry Division, and Brig. Gen. Rene Pamuspusan, Police Regional Office 6 (Western Visayas) director.

In a press conference after the signing, Pamuspusan said the Implan synchronizes the efforts of peace, law enforcement, and development agencies to address the country’s problem on insurgency.

“The emphasis of the Implan is to really put the coordination of the different law enforcement agencies in our fight against insurgency. There is really coordination (on) how to do our efforts,” he said.

Pamuspusan said the police has been “more aggressive” in its coordination with the Army.

“We have all these training and seminars of our personnel. They were trained by the Armed Forces of the Philippines so that we will know how to get in this fight. We are coordinating so that the PNP will know where to come in, in terms of operation, investigation, and in terms of filing necessary cases against insurgents,” he said.

Dolina said that on Panay Island, Antique had been declared ready for peace and development in 2010 while the island-province of Guimaras “is not affected (by insurgency).”

He assessed, however, that local communist armed conflict still remains a problem in the provinces of Iloilo and Capiz.

“We are concentrating, gearing on the center, ranging from Tapaz (Capiz) to Miag-ao town (Iloilo). We know that these areas are affected,” he said.

Soliciting the support of its cluster's member agencies, Dolina said they target to make Panay insurgency-free by 2020.

“Based on our timeline, we want to make it happen in March 2020,” he said. “Hopefully next year, we will see the fruits of our labor.” 

Other signatories to the Implan were Ana Burgos, National Commission on Indigenous Peoples 6 director; Jaime Cabag, Philippine Information Agency 6 director; Commodore Allan Victor dela Vega, Philippine Coast Guard 6 commander; and lawyer Manuel George Jularbal, National Bureau of Investigation 6 director. (PNA)

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References:

* Philippine News Agency. "W. Visayas peace cluster signs plan vs. insurgency." Philippine News Agency. https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1083001 (accessed October 13, 2019 at 12:11AM UTC+14).

* Philippine News Agency. "W. Visayas peace cluster signs plan vs. insurgency." Archive Today. https://archive.ph/?run=1&url=https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1083001 (archived).

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To Contain Tourism, One Spanish City Strikes a Ban, on Airbnb

PALMA, Majorca — In summers, Majorca and its sister islands off the eastern coast of Spain were once a discreet destination for the cultured, famous and well-heeled. In the 19th century, the composer Frédéric Chopin and his partner, the writer George Sand, were among those who sought its Mediterranean climate.

Celebrities still come, but in more recent years, bargain airlines and package tours have added to the mix, with Britons and others looking for cheap and drunken holidays.

It has gotten to the point where some hotels in the port of Magaluf have encased their balconies in glass panels to prevent inebriated clients from jumping off. Usually they land in swimming pools, sometimes not. In early June, a 20-year-old tourist became the second person to fall to his death this year.

Then there is Palma, the island’s quieter, tonier capital about a half-hour drive along the coast, where the mayor is erecting his own kind of barrier to tourists: In July, it will become the first Spanish city to ban the short-term rental of apartments through Airbnb and other home-sharing websites.

“We want Palma to remain livable for its inhabitants,” Antoni Noguera, the mayor, said in an interview. “We believe that we are setting a trend, because there are many cities in Europe that have the same problem.”

In fact, Airbnb and others have already been facing a backlash. Amsterdam and Paris are among the European cities that decided to limit the number of days people can rent their apartments. Different restrictions have come into force across North America, from Vancouver to New York.

But Mr. Noguera may be right to think that his city is taking the clampdown a step further. Under Palma’s new rules, only owners of detached townhouses will be allowed to rent to tourists. Anybody offering short-term rental in an apartment building risks a fine of as much as 40,000 euros.

The mayor and other critics of Airbnb insist they want to contain rather than dampen tourism. The sector, after all, represents about 40 percent of Majorca’s gross domestic product.

But they view short-term rentals as a frontal attack on the social fabric of their city, reducing the housing supply and making Palma unaffordable for its 440,000 residents. Last year, prices in Palma’s secondary housing market rose at the fastest pace among Spanish cities, according to some studies.

Fed-up residents have hung posters from their balconies showing a woman with a shopping trolley using a walking stick to drive away tourists with their selfie sticks and carry-on luggage. “The city is for whoever lives in it, not whoever visits it,” it reads.

Palma’s ban was decided under a broader regional law that allowed the different local authorities of the Balearic Islands, which also include Ibiza and Menorca, to set their own rules for short-term renting.

Joan Miralles, the president of Habtur, an association that represents homeowners who rent to tourists, said local politicians have made Airbnb the scapegoat for their failure to control the tourism boom and to build more affordable housing.

Instead, he said, politicians bowed to pressure from the hotel lobby, on an island that is home to four of Spain’s five largest international hotel operators.

“Banning Airbnb will do nothing to solve our housing crisis, but it will stop the democratization of a tourism sector that has been controlled by a few hotel oligarchs,” Mr. Miralles said.

Palma was founded as a Roman settlement and then fortified during three centuries of Arab rule. Only part of its medieval walls remain, but Palma is otherwise undergoing a major face-lift, like Lisbon and many other cities that have attracted more tourists and foreign investors.

Mr. Miralles showed off a section of Palma that has a few abandoned and dilapidated buildings, but mostly renovated ones that could serve as tourism apartments. Within the city, 19 hotels have opened since 2011, many of them boutique establishments in converted palaces.

Palma’s mayor predicted that Airbnb’s removal would free up apartments for residents. But for now, rental prices are climbing, with little evidence that landlords want long-term tenants rather than tourists.

Cristina Morey, who owns an apartment overlooking Palma’s seafront avenue, plans to sell her unit because she fears a tenant could turn into a squatter.

In four years of renting on Airbnb, Ms. Morey said, nobody complained about her guests: “It’s insulting and wrong to say that all Airbnb tourists are loud and disorderly.”

Some residents also worry that their politicians will stop their efforts to control tourism after tackling Airbnb, when other matters also stifle life for residents, like the influx of cruise ships and rental cars.

“Anybody concerned about tourism saturation should start by dealing with the crazy summer traffic on our roads,” said Jaime Bonnín, a taxi driver.

Where both critics and supporters of Airbnb find common ground is in questioning how the ban will be enforced.

“If there is a new law but then no inspection and control, that’s just creating another big problem,” said María Frontera, the president of the island’s hotel federation.

Mr. Miralles, on the other hand, warns that banning Airbnb risks driving more of the island’s tourism revenues into the underground economy, by cutting off an electronic payment system that makes it easy to trace transactions on Airbnb and other platforms.

In fact, Airbnb is already appealing a fine of 300,000 euros it received in February from the regional government after the authorities identified advertising for unregistered homes on its website.

Some of Palma’s residents believe their city government is only adding to the legal confusion surrounding the growth of Airbnb and other online businesses.

“Palma has come up with a very bad rule that will surely get knocked out either in Madrid or Brussels,” said Imma Molas, who rents a room in her Palma apartment to tourists. She argued that the ban contravenes Spanish rental laws as well as the free-market legislation of the European Union.

But for Manel Domènech, who heads one of the neighborhood associations that pushed for the ban, residents should have the right to live without suffering the excesses of tourism.

“It’s fine to have your neighbor celebrate his birthday once a year, but not to have a weekly party above your head,” said Mr. Domènech, who is a retired schoolteacher.

While some property owners might depend on renting to tourists, he said, others like him face “a fall in the value of our apartment once people work out what kind of unwanted neighbors come with it.”

As Palma and other cities struggle to adjust to the new forms of mass tourism, Carlos García-Delgado, a local architect, draws an analogy with the way British cities dealt with the onset of the Industrial Revolution.

Factories were initially allowed inside the cities, but later forced to relocate to the outskirts once their number and pollution made city life unbearable.

“Decades ago, we allowed mass tourism to keep us away from our own beaches during the summer,” he said. “So we can’t now allow it to kick us out of our last bastion, which is our city.”

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To Contain Tourism, One Spanish City Strikes a Ban, on Airbnb

PALMA, Majorca — In summers, Majorca and its sister islands off the eastern coast of Spain were once a discreet destination for the cultured, famous and well-heeled. In the 19th century, the composer Frédéric Chopin and his partner, the writer George Sand, were among those who sought its Mediterranean climate.

Celebrities still come, but in more recent years, bargain airlines and package tours have added to the mix, with Britons and others looking for cheap and drunken holidays.

It has gotten to the point where some hotels in the port of Magaluf have encased their balconies in glass panels to prevent inebriated clients from jumping off. Usually they land in swimming pools, sometimes not. In early June, a 20-year-old tourist became the second person to fall to his death this year.

Then there is Palma, the island’s quieter, tonier capital about a half-hour drive along the coast, where the mayor is erecting his own kind of barrier to tourists: In July, it will become the first Spanish city to ban the short-term rental of apartments through Airbnb and other home-sharing websites.

“We want Palma to remain livable for its inhabitants,” Antoni Noguera, the mayor, said in an interview. “We believe that we are setting a trend, because there are many cities in Europe that have the same problem.”

In fact, Airbnb and others have already been facing a backlash. Amsterdam and Paris are among the European cities that decided to limit the number of days people can rent their apartments. Different restrictions have come into force across North America, from Vancouver to New York.

But Mr. Noguera may be right to think that his city is taking the clampdown a step further. Under Palma’s new rules, only owners of detached townhouses will be allowed to rent to tourists. Anybody offering short-term rental in an apartment building risks a fine of as much as 40,000 euros.

The mayor and other critics of Airbnb insist they want to contain rather than dampen tourism. The sector, after all, represents about 40 percent of Majorca’s gross domestic product.

But they view short-term rentals as a frontal attack on the social fabric of their city, reducing the housing supply and making Palma unaffordable for its 440,000 residents. Last year, prices in Palma’s secondary housing market rose at the fastest pace among Spanish cities, according to some studies.

Fed-up residents have hung posters from their balconies showing a woman with a shopping trolley using a walking stick to drive away tourists with their selfie sticks and carry-on luggage. “The city is for whoever lives in it, not whoever visits it,” it reads.

Palma’s ban was decided under a broader regional law that allowed the different local authorities of the Balearic Islands, which also include Ibiza and Menorca, to set their own rules for short-term renting.

Joan Miralles, the president of Habtur, an association that represents homeowners who rent to tourists, said local politicians have made Airbnb the scapegoat for their failure to control the tourism boom and to build more affordable housing.

Instead, he said, politicians bowed to pressure from the hotel lobby, on an island that is home to four of Spain’s five largest international hotel operators.

“Banning Airbnb will do nothing to solve our housing crisis, but it will stop the democratization of a tourism sector that has been controlled by a few hotel oligarchs,” Mr. Miralles said.

Palma was founded as a Roman settlement and then fortified during three centuries of Arab rule. Only part of its medieval walls remain, but Palma is otherwise undergoing a major face-lift, like Lisbon and many other cities that have attracted more tourists and foreign investors.

Mr. Miralles showed off a section of Palma that has a few abandoned and dilapidated buildings, but mostly renovated ones that could serve as tourism apartments. Within the city, 19 hotels have opened since 2011, many of them boutique establishments in converted palaces.

Palma’s mayor predicted that Airbnb’s removal would free up apartments for residents. But for now, rental prices are climbing, with little evidence that landlords want long-term tenants rather than tourists.

Cristina Morey, who owns an apartment overlooking Palma’s seafront avenue, plans to sell her unit because she fears a tenant could turn into a squatter.

In four years of renting on Airbnb, Ms. Morey said, nobody complained about her guests: “It’s insulting and wrong to say that all Airbnb tourists are loud and disorderly.”

Some residents also worry that their politicians will stop their efforts to control tourism after tackling Airbnb, when other matters also stifle life for residents, like the influx of cruise ships and rental cars.

“Anybody concerned about tourism saturation should start by dealing with the crazy summer traffic on our roads,” said Jaime Bonnín, a taxi driver.

Where both critics and supporters of Airbnb find common ground is in questioning how the ban will be enforced.

“If there is a new law but then no inspection and control, that’s just creating another big problem,” said María Frontera, the president of the island’s hotel federation.

Mr. Miralles, on the other hand, warns that banning Airbnb risks driving more of the island’s tourism revenues into the underground economy, by cutting off an electronic payment system that makes it easy to trace transactions on Airbnb and other platforms.

In fact, Airbnb is already appealing a fine of 300,000 euros it received in February from the regional government after the authorities identified advertising for unregistered homes on its website.

Some of Palma’s residents believe their city government is only adding to the legal confusion surrounding the growth of Airbnb and other online businesses.

“Palma has come up with a very bad rule that will surely get knocked out either in Madrid or Brussels,” said Imma Molas, who rents a room in her Palma apartment to tourists. She argued that the ban contravenes Spanish rental laws as well as the free-market legislation of the European Union.

But for Manel Domènech, who heads one of the neighborhood associations that pushed for the ban, residents should have the right to live without suffering the excesses of tourism.

“It’s fine to have your neighbor celebrate his birthday once a year, but not to have a weekly party above your head,” said Mr. Domènech, who is a retired schoolteacher.

While some property owners might depend on renting to tourists, he said, others like him face “a fall in the value of our apartment once people work out what kind of unwanted neighbors come with it.”

As Palma and other cities struggle to adjust to the new forms of mass tourism, Carlos García-Delgado, a local architect, draws an analogy with the way British cities dealt with the onset of the Industrial Revolution.

Factories were initially allowed inside the cities, but later forced to relocate to the outskirts once their number and pollution made city life unbearable.

“Decades ago, we allowed mass tourism to keep us away from our own beaches during the summer,” he said. “So we can’t now allow it to kick us out of our last bastion, which is our city.”

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To Contain Tourism, One Spanish City Strikes a Ban, on Airbnb

PALMA, Majorca — In summers, Majorca and its sister islands off the eastern coast of Spain were once a discreet destination for the cultured, famous and well-heeled. In the 19th century, the composer Frédéric Chopin and his partner, the writer George Sand, were among those who sought its Mediterranean climate.

Celebrities still come, but in more recent years, bargain airlines and package tours have added to the mix, with Britons and others looking for cheap and drunken holidays.

It has gotten to the point where some hotels in the port of Magaluf have encased their balconies in glass panels to prevent inebriated clients from jumping off. Usually they land in swimming pools, sometimes not. In early June, a 20-year-old tourist became the second person to fall to his death this year.

Then there is Palma, the island’s quieter, tonier capital about a half-hour drive along the coast, where the mayor is erecting his own kind of barrier to tourists: In July, it will become the first Spanish city to ban the short-term rental of apartments through Airbnb and other home-sharing websites.

“We want Palma to remain livable for its inhabitants,” Antoni Noguera, the mayor, said in an interview. “We believe that we are setting a trend, because there are many cities in Europe that have the same problem.”

In fact, Airbnb and others have already been facing a backlash. Amsterdam and Paris are among the European cities that decided to limit the number of days people can rent their apartments. Different restrictions have come into force across North America, from Vancouver to New York.

But Mr. Noguera may be right to think that his city is taking the clampdown a step further. Under Palma’s new rules, only owners of detached townhouses will be allowed to rent to tourists. Anybody offering short-term rental in an apartment building risks a fine of as much as 40,000 euros.

The mayor and other critics of Airbnb insist they want to contain rather than dampen tourism. The sector, after all, represents about 40 percent of Majorca’s gross domestic product.

But they view short-term rentals as a frontal attack on the social fabric of their city, reducing the housing supply and making Palma unaffordable for its 440,000 residents. Last year, prices in Palma’s secondary housing market rose at the fastest pace among Spanish cities, according to some studies.

Fed-up residents have hung posters from their balconies showing a woman with a shopping trolley using a walking stick to drive away tourists with their selfie sticks and carry-on luggage. “The city is for whoever lives in it, not whoever visits it,” it reads.

Palma’s ban was decided under a broader regional law that allowed the different local authorities of the Balearic Islands, which also include Ibiza and Menorca, to set their own rules for short-term renting.

Joan Miralles, the president of Habtur, an association that represents homeowners who rent to tourists, said local politicians have made Airbnb the scapegoat for their failure to control the tourism boom and to build more affordable housing.

Instead, he said, politicians bowed to pressure from the hotel lobby, on an island that is home to four of Spain’s five largest international hotel operators.

“Banning Airbnb will do nothing to solve our housing crisis, but it will stop the democratization of a tourism sector that has been controlled by a few hotel oligarchs,” Mr. Miralles said.

Palma was founded as a Roman settlement and then fortified during three centuries of Arab rule. Only part of its medieval walls remain, but Palma is otherwise undergoing a major face-lift, like Lisbon and many other cities that have attracted more tourists and foreign investors.

Mr. Miralles showed off a section of Palma that has a few abandoned and dilapidated buildings, but mostly renovated ones that could serve as tourism apartments. Within the city, 19 hotels have opened since 2011, many of them boutique establishments in converted palaces.

Palma’s mayor predicted that Airbnb’s removal would free up apartments for residents. But for now, rental prices are climbing, with little evidence that landlords want long-term tenants rather than tourists.

Cristina Morey, who owns an apartment overlooking Palma’s seafront avenue, plans to sell her unit because she fears a tenant could turn into a squatter.

In four years of renting on Airbnb, Ms. Morey said, nobody complained about her guests: “It’s insulting and wrong to say that all Airbnb tourists are loud and disorderly.”

Some residents also worry that their politicians will stop their efforts to control tourism after tackling Airbnb, when other matters also stifle life for residents, like the influx of cruise ships and rental cars.

“Anybody concerned about tourism saturation should start by dealing with the crazy summer traffic on our roads,” said Jaime Bonnín, a taxi driver.

Where both critics and supporters of Airbnb find common ground is in questioning how the ban will be enforced.

“If there is a new law but then no inspection and control, that’s just creating another big problem,” said María Frontera, the president of the island’s hotel federation.

Mr. Miralles, on the other hand, warns that banning Airbnb risks driving more of the island’s tourism revenues into the underground economy, by cutting off an electronic payment system that makes it easy to trace transactions on Airbnb and other platforms.

In fact, Airbnb is already appealing a fine of 300,000 euros it received in February from the regional government after the authorities identified advertising for unregistered homes on its website.

Some of Palma’s residents believe their city government is only adding to the legal confusion surrounding the growth of Airbnb and other online businesses.

“Palma has come up with a very bad rule that will surely get knocked out either in Madrid or Brussels,” said Imma Molas, who rents a room in her Palma apartment to tourists. She argued that the ban contravenes Spanish rental laws as well as the free-market legislation of the European Union.

But for Manel Domènech, who heads one of the neighborhood associations that pushed for the ban, residents should have the right to live without suffering the excesses of tourism.

“It’s fine to have your neighbor celebrate his birthday once a year, but not to have a weekly party above your head,” said Mr. Domènech, who is a retired schoolteacher.

While some property owners might depend on renting to tourists, he said, others like him face “a fall in the value of our apartment once people work out what kind of unwanted neighbors come with it.”

As Palma and other cities struggle to adjust to the new forms of mass tourism, Carlos García-Delgado, a local architect, draws an analogy with the way British cities dealt with the onset of the Industrial Revolution.

Factories were initially allowed inside the cities, but later forced to relocate to the outskirts once their number and pollution made city life unbearable.

“Decades ago, we allowed mass tourism to keep us away from our own beaches during the summer,” he said. “So we can’t now allow it to kick us out of our last bastion, which is our city.”

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To Contain Tourism, One Spanish City Strikes a Ban, on Airbnb

PALMA, Majorca — In summers, Majorca and its sister islands off the eastern coast of Spain were once a discreet destination for the cultured, famous and well-heeled. In the 19th century, the composer Frédéric Chopin and his partner, the writer George Sand, were among those who sought its Mediterranean climate.

Celebrities still come, but in more recent years, bargain airlines and package tours have added to the mix, with Britons and others looking for cheap and drunken holidays.

It has gotten to the point where some hotels in the port of Magaluf have encased their balconies in glass panels to prevent inebriated clients from jumping off. Usually they land in swimming pools, sometimes not. In early June, a 20-year-old tourist became the second person to fall to his death this year.

Then there is Palma, the island’s quieter, tonier capital about a half-hour drive along the coast, where the mayor is erecting his own kind of barrier to tourists: In July, it will become the first Spanish city to ban the short-term rental of apartments through Airbnb and other home-sharing websites.

“We want Palma to remain livable for its inhabitants,” Antoni Noguera, the mayor, said in an interview. “We believe that we are setting a trend, because there are many cities in Europe that have the same problem.”

In fact, Airbnb and others have already been facing a backlash. Amsterdam and Paris are among the European cities that decided to limit the number of days people can rent their apartments. Different restrictions have come into force across North America, from Vancouver to New York.

But Mr. Noguera may be right to think that his city is taking the clampdown a step further. Under Palma’s new rules, only owners of detached townhouses will be allowed to rent to tourists. Anybody offering short-term rental in an apartment building risks a fine of as much as 40,000 euros.

The mayor and other critics of Airbnb insist they want to contain rather than dampen tourism. The sector, after all, represents about 40 percent of Majorca’s gross domestic product.

But they view short-term rentals as a frontal attack on the social fabric of their city, reducing the housing supply and making Palma unaffordable for its 440,000 residents. Last year, prices in Palma’s secondary housing market rose at the fastest pace among Spanish cities, according to some studies.

Fed-up residents have hung posters from their balconies showing a woman with a shopping trolley using a walking stick to drive away tourists with their selfie sticks and carry-on luggage. “The city is for whoever lives in it, not whoever visits it,” it reads.

Palma’s ban was decided under a broader regional law that allowed the different local authorities of the Balearic Islands, which also include Ibiza and Menorca, to set their own rules for short-term renting.

Joan Miralles, the president of Habtur, an association that represents homeowners who rent to tourists, said local politicians have made Airbnb the scapegoat for their failure to control the tourism boom and to build more affordable housing.

Instead, he said, politicians bowed to pressure from the hotel lobby, on an island that is home to four of Spain’s five largest international hotel operators.

“Banning Airbnb will do nothing to solve our housing crisis, but it will stop the democratization of a tourism sector that has been controlled by a few hotel oligarchs,” Mr. Miralles said.

Palma was founded as a Roman settlement and then fortified during three centuries of Arab rule. Only part of its medieval walls remain, but Palma is otherwise undergoing a major face-lift, like Lisbon and many other cities that have attracted more tourists and foreign investors.

Mr. Miralles showed off a section of Palma that has a few abandoned and dilapidated buildings, but mostly renovated ones that could serve as tourism apartments. Within the city, 19 hotels have opened since 2011, many of them boutique establishments in converted palaces.

Palma’s mayor predicted that Airbnb’s removal would free up apartments for residents. But for now, rental prices are climbing, with little evidence that landlords want long-term tenants rather than tourists.

Cristina Morey, who owns an apartment overlooking Palma’s seafront avenue, plans to sell her unit because she fears a tenant could turn into a squatter.

In four years of renting on Airbnb, Ms. Morey said, nobody complained about her guests: “It’s insulting and wrong to say that all Airbnb tourists are loud and disorderly.”

Some residents also worry that their politicians will stop their efforts to control tourism after tackling Airbnb, when other matters also stifle life for residents, like the influx of cruise ships and rental cars.

“Anybody concerned about tourism saturation should start by dealing with the crazy summer traffic on our roads,” said Jaime Bonnín, a taxi driver.

Where both critics and supporters of Airbnb find common ground is in questioning how the ban will be enforced.

“If there is a new law but then no inspection and control, that’s just creating another big problem,” said María Frontera, the president of the island’s hotel federation.

Mr. Miralles, on the other hand, warns that banning Airbnb risks driving more of the island’s tourism revenues into the underground economy, by cutting off an electronic payment system that makes it easy to trace transactions on Airbnb and other platforms.

In fact, Airbnb is already appealing a fine of 300,000 euros it received in February from the regional government after the authorities identified advertising for unregistered homes on its website.

Some of Palma’s residents believe their city government is only adding to the legal confusion surrounding the growth of Airbnb and other online businesses.

“Palma has come up with a very bad rule that will surely get knocked out either in Madrid or Brussels,” said Imma Molas, who rents a room in her Palma apartment to tourists. She argued that the ban contravenes Spanish rental laws as well as the free-market legislation of the European Union.

But for Manel Domènech, who heads one of the neighborhood associations that pushed for the ban, residents should have the right to live without suffering the excesses of tourism.

“It’s fine to have your neighbor celebrate his birthday once a year, but not to have a weekly party above your head,” said Mr. Domènech, who is a retired schoolteacher.

While some property owners might depend on renting to tourists, he said, others like him face “a fall in the value of our apartment once people work out what kind of unwanted neighbors come with it.”

As Palma and other cities struggle to adjust to the new forms of mass tourism, Carlos García-Delgado, a local architect, draws an analogy with the way British cities dealt with the onset of the Industrial Revolution.

Factories were initially allowed inside the cities, but later forced to relocate to the outskirts once their number and pollution made city life unbearable.

“Decades ago, we allowed mass tourism to keep us away from our own beaches during the summer,” he said. “So we can’t now allow it to kick us out of our last bastion, which is our city.”

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To Contain Tourism, One Spanish City Strikes a Ban, on Airbnb

PALMA, Majorca — In summers, Majorca and its sister islands off the eastern coast of Spain were once a discreet destination for the cultured, famous and well-heeled. In the 19th century, the composer Frédéric Chopin and his partner, the writer George Sand, were among those who sought its Mediterranean climate.

Celebrities still come, but in more recent years, bargain airlines and package tours have added to the mix, with Britons and others looking for cheap and drunken holidays.

It has gotten to the point where some hotels in the port of Magaluf have encased their balconies in glass panels to prevent inebriated clients from jumping off. Usually they land in swimming pools, sometimes not. In early June, a 20-year-old tourist became the second person to fall to his death this year.

Then there is Palma, the island’s quieter, tonier capital about a half-hour drive along the coast, where the mayor is erecting his own kind of barrier to tourists: In July, it will become the first Spanish city to ban the short-term rental of apartments through Airbnb and other home-sharing websites.

“We want Palma to remain livable for its inhabitants,” Antoni Noguera, the mayor, said in an interview. “We believe that we are setting a trend, because there are many cities in Europe that have the same problem.”

In fact, Airbnb and others have already been facing a backlash. Amsterdam and Paris are among the European cities that decided to limit the number of days people can rent their apartments. Different restrictions have come into force across North America, from Vancouver to New York.

But Mr. Noguera may be right to think that his city is taking the clampdown a step further. Under Palma’s new rules, only owners of detached townhouses will be allowed to rent to tourists. Anybody offering short-term rental in an apartment building risks a fine of as much as 40,000 euros.

The mayor and other critics of Airbnb insist they want to contain rather than dampen tourism. The sector, after all, represents about 40 percent of Majorca’s gross domestic product.

But they view short-term rentals as a frontal attack on the social fabric of their city, reducing the housing supply and making Palma unaffordable for its 440,000 residents. Last year, prices in Palma’s secondary housing market rose at the fastest pace among Spanish cities, according to some studies.

Fed-up residents have hung posters from their balconies showing a woman with a shopping trolley using a walking stick to drive away tourists with their selfie sticks and carry-on luggage. “The city is for whoever lives in it, not whoever visits it,” it reads.

Palma’s ban was decided under a broader regional law that allowed the different local authorities of the Balearic Islands, which also include Ibiza and Menorca, to set their own rules for short-term renting.

Joan Miralles, the president of Habtur, an association that represents homeowners who rent to tourists, said local politicians have made Airbnb the scapegoat for their failure to control the tourism boom and to build more affordable housing.

Instead, he said, politicians bowed to pressure from the hotel lobby, on an island that is home to four of Spain’s five largest international hotel operators.

“Banning Airbnb will do nothing to solve our housing crisis, but it will stop the democratization of a tourism sector that has been controlled by a few hotel oligarchs,” Mr. Miralles said.

Palma was founded as a Roman settlement and then fortified during three centuries of Arab rule. Only part of its medieval walls remain, but Palma is otherwise undergoing a major face-lift, like Lisbon and many other cities that have attracted more tourists and foreign investors.

Mr. Miralles showed off a section of Palma that has a few abandoned and dilapidated buildings, but mostly renovated ones that could serve as tourism apartments. Within the city, 19 hotels have opened since 2011, many of them boutique establishments in converted palaces.

Palma’s mayor predicted that Airbnb’s removal would free up apartments for residents. But for now, rental prices are climbing, with little evidence that landlords want long-term tenants rather than tourists.

Cristina Morey, who owns an apartment overlooking Palma’s seafront avenue, plans to sell her unit because she fears a tenant could turn into a squatter.

In four years of renting on Airbnb, Ms. Morey said, nobody complained about her guests: “It’s insulting and wrong to say that all Airbnb tourists are loud and disorderly.”

Some residents also worry that their politicians will stop their efforts to control tourism after tackling Airbnb, when other matters also stifle life for residents, like the influx of cruise ships and rental cars.

“Anybody concerned about tourism saturation should start by dealing with the crazy summer traffic on our roads,” said Jaime Bonnín, a taxi driver.

Where both critics and supporters of Airbnb find common ground is in questioning how the ban will be enforced.

“If there is a new law but then no inspection and control, that’s just creating another big problem,” said María Frontera, the president of the island’s hotel federation.

Mr. Miralles, on the other hand, warns that banning Airbnb risks driving more of the island’s tourism revenues into the underground economy, by cutting off an electronic payment system that makes it easy to trace transactions on Airbnb and other platforms.

In fact, Airbnb is already appealing a fine of 300,000 euros it received in February from the regional government after the authorities identified advertising for unregistered homes on its website.

Some of Palma’s residents believe their city government is only adding to the legal confusion surrounding the growth of Airbnb and other online businesses.

“Palma has come up with a very bad rule that will surely get knocked out either in Madrid or Brussels,” said Imma Molas, who rents a room in her Palma apartment to tourists. She argued that the ban contravenes Spanish rental laws as well as the free-market legislation of the European Union.

But for Manel Domènech, who heads one of the neighborhood associations that pushed for the ban, residents should have the right to live without suffering the excesses of tourism.

“It’s fine to have your neighbor celebrate his birthday once a year, but not to have a weekly party above your head,” said Mr. Domènech, who is a retired schoolteacher.

While some property owners might depend on renting to tourists, he said, others like him face “a fall in the value of our apartment once people work out what kind of unwanted neighbors come with it.”

As Palma and other cities struggle to adjust to the new forms of mass tourism, Carlos García-Delgado, a local architect, draws an analogy with the way British cities dealt with the onset of the Industrial Revolution.

Factories were initially allowed inside the cities, but later forced to relocate to the outskirts once their number and pollution made city life unbearable.

“Decades ago, we allowed mass tourism to keep us away from our own beaches during the summer,” he said. “So we can’t now allow it to kick us out of our last bastion, which is our city.”

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We've received reports that mythical centaurs have been spotted in the north of Rotomblr Island.

Take a look at this photo.

It appears to show a herd of centaurs trotting up a mountain.

However, there are some doubts about eyewitness Kopi's story and photo evidence.

Police suspect the photo has been foaled with. We hope Kopi wasn't just horsing around.

We asked some islanders for their thoughts on the matter.

Petrichor: Well, that's pretty amazing...

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