17 August
Valiente ding-dong se ha armao about la Eva del Chelsea, some people in Gibraltar are at war con el Mourinho, defending the medic as if she belonged to Gibraltar.
And where does she belong to, my dear Cynthia, porque mi marido esta echo un taco.
Bueno, no es for less. The thing is that all we knew before el sipisape entre Carneiro y el manager was that she had been born in Gibraltar of a Spanish father and a Spanish mother.
Does that make her Gibraltarian?
I don't know and neither do many other people, porque she has long been living away from this area.
Anyway, if she is a Gibraltarian she must be listed in the register of Gibraltarians, and if she is not listed there she would not be, comprende?
Yes, I do pero en el social media and elsewhwre se esta armando la gorda. Alguien dijo que she was born in Gibraltar but raised in Australia.
Does his mean she can play for Australia, my dear?
Mujer, she is not a footballer but a doctor, que tiene que ve esto de playing for Australia?
Llevas razon, es que yo no entiendo mucho del football. Con un apellido que suena Portuguese, it is not surprising que un Portuguese radio station dice que she is Portuguese.
Segun dicen she went to school in Gibraltar. Sera la misma Eva o otra?
Hay alguien que dice que her father was Portuguese, the whole thing is becoming confusing.
Es que there is not enough information about her in our Gibraltar, it's suddenly become a topic of some interest por lo del Chelsea.
Hay quien dice que la quiere emplear el GFA if she leaves Chelsea.
She is a lovely girl, I must say, I don't think she should have been demoted out of the bench.
Con el controversy raging, alguien pregunto: Does she consider herself to be Gibraltarian?
I mean, who knows. Is it not about time that someone asked her the question? Porque from what I've read about her dice que she was brought up in the south of Spain.
Esto se complica by the minute, I must say.
I must say it doesn't matter if she is Gibraltarian or not, the fact is that she is a lovely girl and a good medic who has done well getting a Master in medicine at a UK university y todo.
Oh well, we all agree with that I imaginate, pero es que the minute someone said she was born in Gib todo el mundo se lanza to defend her without any further ado.
No se, porque yo de football no entiendo nada. All I know is that we now belong to UEFA y que quieren poner un stadium en la Farola.
Bueno, segun dijo el Deputy President del GFA, a 12,000 stadium would fit nicely there, so perhaps we can ask Eva to come over to inaugurate it.
That's a good idea, it might bring peace to the warring factions over el stadium.
Oh well, que tenga surte la chiquilla, and ta, ta to you.
Adio mi alma.
17-07-15 PANORAMAdailyGIBRALTAR
Recent agreement with MOD on housing
August 17, 2015
*Copy of letter sent to the Chief Minister for favour of publication in Panorama:
Dear Chief Minister,
As a party member I feel compelled to raise an objection to the recent agreement with the MoD in regards reducing the qualifying period for non Gibraltarian RG soldiers for application and allocation of 50-50 housing to the detriment of UK citizens who reside in Gibraltar and Gibralarians alike . This is at best selective/positive discrimination towards soldiers that do not even pay tax to the Gibraltar treasury.
My husband and I are British citizens.Whilst my husband has worked and contributed to the Gibraltar treasury for 8 years the family have had the privilege of living in this great Country for 5 years. I work within the GHA on a permanent contract my private rental payments are 50% of my salary, a cost we as a family are prepared to pay to live within this great family society of Gibraltar.
We as a family are totally committed to our lives in Gibraltar and I in particular am devoted to the patients and families I support. this comes at a cost to us of £90,000+ over 10 years before we are entitled to place our names against housing lists.
I find it abhorrent that none Gibraltarian soldiers who are not prepared to afford the same level of commitment to Gibraltar (or the Regiment) should be rewarded by tax payers supplementing a housing problem that should be the responsibility of the MoD or at least the UK treasury. Could the MoD through the UK treasury not offer support as a tax break towards high rental prices for example.
I understand that this was agreed in support of increasing retention within the Regiment, but I question the real commitment of these soldiers who are afforded cheap single living in accommodation but are not prepared to pay private accommodation rental fees as many young Gibraltarian couples and UK citizens do so they can build and support their own family units.
The party has a record of making all people equal (10 year rule for Gibraltarian status) but this decision in my view undermines our core principles.
I look forward to receiving you views,
Mary Gowans
17-07-15 PANORAMAdailyGIBRALTAR
Saying that the waters are Spanish without knowing what they are talking about
August 17, 2015
Excerpt from
It is amazing with what ease Spanish politicians add to their government's belief that the waters surrounding Gibraltar are Spanish, and that's that, there is no reference to any historical or legal aspects of the question, they simply repeat in parrot fashion what they have heard.
Obvously, there is no effort to try and establish what is the truth, because in the days of Utrecht there was no such thing as internationally defined territorial waters - he who held a coastal chunk of territory also owned the waters around it that it could defend.
And when territorial sea was codified, as under the United Nations convention of the sea, Gibraltar acquired its 3-mile territorial waters, even though in the same way that other areas have extended this subsequently to 12 miles so could that right also be applied to Gibraltar.
17-07-15 PANORAMAdailyGIBRALTAR
Sevilla send team to play in Gibraltar
August 17, 2015
UEFA Super Cup finalists Sevilla will have their second team facing off against Europa FC in what could be a thrilling encounter at the Victoria Stadium on Thursday evening.
Entry to the Challenge Cup on 19 August at 8pm is free in the latest pre-season friendly for last season's second placed side as they seek to go one further and topple Lincoln from the top of a pile.
"We have some players who have been playing in the Spanish Primera Division like 'El Bicho' [aka Juan Jose Bezares] who played for Sevilla and Cadiz against Barcelona and Real Madrid," said Peter Cabezutto, Europa FC President. "He may be 34 now but with Gibraltar being one of the upcoming leagues in Europe it is attractive to them because he can play in Uefa competition, which he has never experienced.
"Then there's Javi Hernandez who played with us in the Europa League, who has decided to stay with us for next season, when we will see an 80% new squad."
Despite being on a busy schedule signing new players over the summer break, two young Gibraltarians, Kelvin Morgan and Jake Victor, were promoted from the lower levels to the first team set-up, giving them a pop at the big time.
Summer spending
Cabezutto is keen to move in the direction where he won't need to sign foreigners, but said that such a policy takes time: "We'd love to have what Lincoln have at the moment in terms of youth structure, but we've only been working at it for two years so it is a slow process. We are aiming to have a 50/50 situation in terms of foreigners to locals so I hope we will eventually get there.
"The GFA are already talking of a cap on foreigners in the next two or three years, but such a measure needs to be done within a decent time period as otherwise it will just be Lincoln winning everything and that isn't any good for Gibraltar either."
Europa's investment has been paralleled by that of other clubs, with Lincoln recruiting their own development officer and Lions been taken over by Andrew Flowers. The resultant spending spree from the club that finished last season stuck to the root of the Premier Division has turned a few heads, with Nathan Santos and Luis McCoy being the latest signings for next season.
However, Cabezutto said this extra competition bodes well for the new season, with more teams fighting for league and cup success, acting as an incentive to step up his game.
"Last season we came second in the league from fourth the one before, meaning we went up two places," he told Panorama. "We didn't get to the Rock Cup Final because we were beaten by Lincoln in the quarter-finals, but we won the Reserve and Senior Cups, so all in all it was an improvement from last year's finish.
"During this third season in charge we hope to go with the same manager throughout which we didn't manager over the last two years, while strengthening the squad with ample resources."
Balona deal
The need for our top clubs to enlist professional help from the nearby area on a semi-pro budget is finally taking its toll as many of them apart from the youngest ones find it hard to give a full-time commitment when they have their jobs and dependent family.
Cabezutto told us that in order for them to train twice a day, for example, they must be completely dedicated to their football, a development which hurts clubs like Lincoln that employs customs officers and policemen who do not want to put an end to their established careers.
"With foreign players we can now sustain them because they're not asking for that much," affirmed the Europa president. "At the moment Spanish clubs are just not paying their players past the first month so when they find out we actually pay they are much happier to talk to us.
"Obviously we do what we can afford but the Uefa competition has helped a lot, as the sum for participation in the Europa League went up from 120,000 to 200,000 euros this season."
The final piece of the jigsaw was the acquisition of the best facilities available in the Campo area: "We have secured the use of La Balona stadium everyday, which has cost us, but we believe that it's worth the investment. Going to Castellar everyday was really tough as it was a four hour trip, while now it's a five minute walk and the facilities are even better as we have our own changing rooms.
"This, in turn, is an investment in our youth who will now be able to make use of all the allocations we used to get in Gibraltar to go the extra mile."
17-07-15 PANORAMAdailyGIBRALTAR
Sticking to the issue
August 17, 2015
Dear Sir,
Further to a letter from Francis Gonzalez (Panorama 14th August) in which I was attacked personally (as ignorant and illogical) I feel the need to respond.
I should hope I would always stick to the issue under debate without being less than charitable by being insulting. Mr Gonzalez clearly misrepresented me (I never did mention racism at all) however, while it not my place to educate him on matters historical when it comes to religious input, I must point out that I was correct (historically) the fascist regimes of the 30s and 40s were in fact supported by the Catholic Church, the first treaty/concordat signed by the Germans at the time was with the Vatican and every uniform buckle worn by their soldiers bore the legend 'Gott mit uns' (God with us) and most were confessing Catholics. The Church also celebrated Hitlers birthday from the pulpit every year until 1945.
I am unsure if I received a third insult when Mr Gonzalez appeared to imply I might be 'homosexual' when he stated
"..There seems to be a fashionable argument amongst homosexuals that they are being discriminated (against) and do have equality because they have not been granted same sex marriage.."
I feel I ought to point out that I am heterosexual but I believe in equality.
The really telling comment used my Mr Gonzalez in that letter came when he regarded homosexuality as 'immoral' so here we have it! Religion!
I have no idea where Mr Gonzalez acquires his morals, I hope not the Bible, advocating, as it does, genocide, rape, child genital mutilation, infanticide, slavery, misogyny and paedophilia not to mention the death penalty for imaginary crimes like witchcraft, wearing clothes of more than one fabric and working on the 'holy' day.
In days gone by inter racial marriages were regarded as 'immoral', my own inter racial marriage was unaffected for 33 years (without a referendum) but then I was living in an enlightened society, does Mr Gonzalez propose to reverse that too?
If Mr Gonzalez goes further and takes the Adam & Eve myth as factual, then I presume he feels that people walked with dinosaurs at one time? I don't know, but clearly dinosaurs walk among the enlightened people of Gibraltar in 2015.
Terence Mustoe
17-07-15 PANORAMAdailyGIBRALTAR
The only thing Spain understands
August 17, 2015
Dear Sir,
Your front page heading, 'Waters around Gibraltar are not Spanish, Europe minister tells Spain.'
In the first place neither the Europe minister Mr Lidington or any member of his department is going to change Spanish inhibited mentality stretching over a few centuries. The only language these so called self opinionating democrats understand is the use of force, maybe not militarily, but most definitely through the Courts.
If he cares to read up daily reports emanating from Spanish sources he will find that this 50 year old democracy still live in 1704 and the worst part of this being that the World has gone through 2 wars, many other international skirmishes and they only talk about Article x of Utrecht and conveniently forget to withhold from all and sundry two very important points, one they surrendered Gibraltar to the British Crown in perpetuity and two they received both Minorca and the whole of the state of Florida in exchange for the Rock at the termination of the American War of Independence.
If one even contemplates talking to their Government the least you can expect ,in return, is for a Democratic Nation of the 21st Century to tell History as it happens and be honest and place the two territories on the same table. They should also be grateful to successive British Government's for supporting Spain's entry into UN ,EU and NATO and last but not least not casting its VETO for a seat in the Security Council.
After all this, does the Europe minister honestly think that appeasement is still the way forward even though these actions go against the UK's responsibility to defend Gibraltar under the Constitution.
Yours faithfully,
W.L.Chamberland.
17-07-15 PANORAMAdailyGIBRALTAR
Where 'hot pursuit' starts and ends, and - WHY 12-MILE TERRITORIAL WATERS WOULD HELP KEEP THE SPANIARDS AWAY
August 17, 2015
The latest argument rests on whether the Spanish police's drugs and money laundering squad broke the law by chasing a suspect into Gibraltarian waters. The British Foreign office made an official complaint on August 9 about maritime and aerial trespass, while Spain of course insists it acted within its rights.
'The Conversation' then says that coastal states do have the undeniable right to follow and arrest ships escaping their territory for the high seas if they are carrying and dumping narcotics.
In this specific case, the Spanish authorities could defend themselves by falling back on this doctrine of "hot pursuit". But the doctrine is subject to certain conditions that could make a claim tricky. In the first place, pursuit must be continuous and unbroken. This is to be sure that the true offender is apprehended.
RESPECTING OTHER'S TERRITORIAL SEA
Hot pursuit must also cease once the chased vessel enters into the maritime spaces of other sovereign nations. And that's an important thing to say because Spain could pursue the suspect vessels to the very ends of the earth in international waters but it ought to have stopped once they entered British or any other sovereign nation's territorial water space - that is, within 12 nautical miles of all sovereign coasts, a the erudite publication outs it.
But even the said publication think that Gibraltar has 12-mile limit of territorial sea,obviously because that is the normal sea limit these days, and the question that has often been asked in Gibraltar is: Why not?
This would be a great help to keep the Spaniards away when they use 'hot pursuit' as a ploy to violate British waters, because if Gibraltar enjoyed the right it is entitled to, the Spaniards would be committing an offence the minute they enetered those 12 miles.
The international law principle of hot pursuit is analogous to the common law principle, but was probably conceived independently. With the coming of the codifying of territorial sea in the UN convention, the principle became established law.
The convention grants a coastal state the right to pursue and arrest ships escaping to international waters, as long as:
o The pursuers are competent authorities of the state;
o They have good reason to believe that the pursued ship has violated the state's laws or regulations;
o The pursuit begins while the pursuing ship is in the State's internal waters or territorial waters; and
o The pursuit is continuous.
CONDITIONS
There are therefore all these conditions to have in mind, such as that the pursuit must start in the state's territorial sea - but it cannot continue into another state's territorial sea. That is, Spain can start the pursuit in Spanish waters but once the incident moves into Gibraltar waters then it is the Gibraltar authorities that take over.
The right of hot pursuit ceases as soon as the ship pursued enters the territorial sea of a foreign state, the experts point out.
Where a coastal state, stopping or arresting a foreign ship outside the territorial sea on the basis of its right of hot pursuit, fails to justify the exercise, it shall be liable to compensate the ship for any loss or damage cause to it due to the exercise of this right.
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