Lifeguards call for extended working hours to save lives
This season’s death toll due to drowning rose to three this weekend, and lifeguards say two of them could very likely have been avoided...
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Near drowning prompts call for more lifeguards in Paphos
AN eighty-year-old British holiday maker in Paphos escaped drowning on Sunday morning just after 11am when a lifeguard starting his shift spotted the man...
MPs call for more lifeguards
The severe shortage of lifeguards and lack of adequate infrastructure to protect beachgoers was discussed at the House interior committee on Monday, with MPs stressing...
Extra lifeguards and equipment ahead of summer season
In response to warnings by lifeguards that they could go on strike over their working conditions, the interior ministry said on Wednesday that it had...
Lifeguards threaten strike if improvements not made
With summer just around the corner, lifeguards on Tuesday threatened to go on strike if the government failed to respond to their demands for more...
Tourist’s life saved ‘thanks to extended lifeguard hours’
Extended lifeguard hours, a move that was long overdue, may have been huge factor in saving the life of a 72-year-old Norwegian tourist earlier in...
Limassol lifeguards not paid for overtime due to red tape
LIMASSOL lifeguards gathered outside the town’s district offices on Friday morning to protest against not being paid overtime and the delay in the payment of...
Two men saved from possible drowning after lifeguards’ working hours extended
TWO Paphos lifeguards are being congratulated for their swift actions after they saved two men from possible drowning at a popular Paphos beach late in...
Lifeguards seek budget for longer hours
LIFEGUARDS from Limassol and Paphos staged a protest on Friday demanding extension of their working hours to prevent more lives from being lost on Cyprus...
Lifeguards out in protest on Friday
LIFEGUARDS will hold a protest on Friday, demanding extension of their working hours to prevent more lives from being lost at sea. The vice chairman...
Our View: Cyprus need to be more proactive on beach safety
EVERY year as soon as the tourist season begins we start to hear about drownings followed by calls for more lifeguards, and every year nothing...
Paphos pushes for more lifeguards and increased hours
By Bejay Browne PAPHOS municipality is pressing the government to increase lifeguards’ working hours as a matter of urgency. President of the Paphos municipality beaches...
Napa lifeguards extend working time by one hour
As of Thursday, Ayia Napa municipality extended the daily working schedule of lifeguards by one hour on 10 beaches. Until the end of August, lifeguards...
Lifeguards want better treatment
By Andria Kades LIFEGUARDS protested outside Akti Olympion beach in Limassol demanding the regulating of their profession, extending their working hours and be employed all...
Lifeguards donate cash and equipment to Ayia Napa
Thirteen pairs of binoculars and €10,000 to help finance the purchase of two new jet-skis have been donated to the Ayia Napa Municipality by the...
Lifeguards to be on longer duty on beaches
By Constantinos Psillides THE national committee of Blue Flag beaches decided yesterday to extend the working hours and duty periods of lifeguards in an effort...
Big bucks being mulled at Peyia beaches
By Bejay Browne PEYIA beaches committee is due to take a decision on whether it will take over the operation of popular beaches in the...
Heart fails two tourists in Paphos
A HEART attack and drowning caused by heart failure were the reasons that led to the death of two British tourists in Yeroskipou on Tuesday...
Lifeguards only in Limassol and Paphos this month
By Marie Kambas ONLY Limassol and Paphos are ready with lifeguards patrolling their beaches for November, despite attempts by authorities to develop winter tourism. Paris...
Limassol drowning ‘preventable’ with more lifeguards
By Evie Andreou LACK of funds and poor legislation to regulate the presence of lifeguards on beaches could cause further drownings, with a lifeguard saying...