Pursuant to Section 57(2)(a) of the Constitution of Gibraltar, and acting in accordance with the advice of the Judicial Service Commission, His Excellency the Governor is pleased to re-appoint Mr Justice Butler to the position of Puisne Judge with effect from 1st April 2013 until 11th August 2016.
As a result of stringent Guardia Civil checks at the Frontier today, frontier queues could prove long, and may result in extensive tailbacks. The RGP tweeted at midday that the queue was currently taking thirty minutes to cross the Border. At 12:20pm there were four lanes receding back to the runway.
The beginning of this week has been particularly special to the Jewish Community, as they celebrate the religion holiday of Purim, which marks the deliverance of the Jews from their enemies in the Persian Empire, as is stated in the Book of Esther.
As part of the ‘Get our monkeys back to nature’ initiative, the Department of the Environment will be using various techniques to dissuade the Barbary Macaques from frequenting urban ‘hot spots.’ As macaques are afraid of loud noises, one of the methods to be used by the Department will be that of noise makers.
The general public is therefore to be aware that Environment Officers will be deploying these noise makers around different areas of Gibraltar. The first areas to be tackled are South Bastion and Laguna Estate. Residents of these areas are asked not to be alarmed if they hear loud ‘bangs’ in these areas at random times throughout the day, starting on Wednesday 27th February and lasting for a period of two weeks.
The Government will issue further information on additional areas which may then be tackled with this method.
As a follow up to the AKIN Sierra Leone Project’s successful chocolate Santa campaign, the team are now selling chocolate Easter bunnies in a further effort to raise funds for the project. The money raised from the chocolate Santa campaign will allow the charity to build a new school in Sierra Leone.
