12/04/2019 - 09:58
Inspector Sean Perera of the Royal Gibraltar Police, who heads the local INTERPOL office, is currently attending the 15th INTERPOL Annual Heads of NCB Conference being held in Lyon France. The 3-day conference being held from the 9th – 11th April brings together the leadership of NCBs from around the world to examine matters related to cooperation among NCBs, between NCBs and INTERPOL General Secretariat, operational issues, exchange of best practices and provide updates about INTERPOL policing capabilities. Read more
12/04/2019 - 09:56
Year 2 pupils at Governor’s Meadow First School held a History Day on Castles this week. History Day engages pupils by making their learning on a topic relevant, fun and exciting. The work, led by the Year 2 Coordinator Mrs Chichon and her team, is a part of a wider academic enrichment program for pupils that aims to bring their learning to life, and provided a culmination to pupils’ in depth learning and research on the topic. Read more
12/04/2019 - 09:50
A documentary of the evacuation of the people of Gibraltar to Madeira during the Second World War will premiere in Gibraltar later this month.
Work on the project commenced in 2015, as part of the events to mark the 75th anniversary of the evacuation.
It will be recalled that the people of Gibraltar were first evacuated to French Morocco in 1940. When France fell, they returned to Gibraltar from where they were sent onwards to Madeira, Jamaica and the United Kingdom. The last evacuees returned to the Rock in 1951. Read more
11/04/2019 - 10:09
Minister Sir Joe Bossano is currently in China participating in the 4th World Emerging Industries Summit at the invitation of Zhengzhou Municipal Government and the Asia Pacific CEO organization [APCEO].
Zhengzhou is the capital city of the Henan region. Although the summit was at regional level, the capital city has 40 million inhabitants with a further 60 million in the rest of the Henan region and would be considered a large country in a European context. Read more
11/04/2019 - 10:08
The European Union Committee has published its ninth report on Brexit-related international agreements.
This report considers two international agreements, one of which has been drawn to the special attention of the House on the grounds it is politically important and gives rise to issues of public policy that the House might wish to debate prior to ratification: Read more
11/04/2019 - 10:08
Do you remember the famous saying, “Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country” This is what John F. Kennedy told Americans in his inaugural address in January 1961. Read more
11/04/2019 - 10:07
Debt Trap:
Dear sirs,
For several years researchers have looked at the role of justice systems around the world, and how it places low-income people and their families into serious financial disrepair. At first glance it may seem practical for cash strapped political units to turn to the motorist to increase their budgets. A deeper analysis of this doctrine has shown that in many cases using fines actually costs government more money that it receives. E.g In administration and processing of fines, additional courtroom time and costly collection efforts. Read more
11/04/2019 - 10:06
Wendy Cumming of the GGCA says that given Minister Isola’s refusal to engage with the GGCA despite repeated requests from the GGCA since January 2017 to date, and the fact that important restructures and reassignments of roles and responsibilities have occurred with no union consultation, 'we feel we have no further option but to engage in industrial action. IT&LD members will be taking industrial action in the form of a walkout on Thursday 11 April from 2.30pm to 3.30pm at John Mackintosh Square.' Read more
11/04/2019 - 10:04
The Gibraltar Health Authority (GHA), in conjunction with Public Health Gibraltar, will hold its 6th annual Skin Screening day, at the Primary Care Centre, this Saturday. Read more
11/04/2019 - 10:02
St Mary’s First School has celebrated Science Week 2019 with a bang - literally. Experiments have involved film canister rockets, elephant toothpaste, immersive messy play and plenty of other whiz, bang and pop experiments. Over the past two weeks, the pupils have focussed on science: they have been learning about scientists, being scientists themselves and conducting a series of experiments. Read more
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