Peter Houghton

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Orihuela Costa Author Expands Portfolio with Three Major Book Projects

A local author has announced continued progress across three major writing projects, including two books now available worldwide and a third currently nearing completion. The...

RESIDENTS RAISE ALARM OVER SERVICES AND INFRASTRUCTURE ON ORIHUELA COSTA

There is an old expression that seems particularly apt for Orihuela Costa today: “We are the victims of our own success.” Over the past two days...

THROWING MUD INSTEAD OF ACHIEVING RESULTS — ORIHUELA’S POLITICS OF NOTHING 

Another end-of-month pleno in Orihuela, another demonstration of how a municipality can talk endlessly while achieving absolutely nothing. The chamber fills, the cameras roll,...

ORIHUELA: A Municipality at War With its Residents, as the Coast continues to be trapped in a cycle of Abuse 

Two budgets passed. A third about to be signed off. And still, Orihuela Costa sees little evidence that those in power regard it as...

Orihuela in the Dock as EU Tightens Grip on Spain’s Billions

Spain faces mounting pressure from Brussels as concerns over corruption and judicial delays threaten billions in European recovery funding.  What was once a diplomatic dispute...