Written News

Sunday May 20, 2012

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Chief Minister on Telecinco No 6 Convent Place has informed that the Chief Minister, Mr. Fabian Picardo, will be appearing on Spanish television channel, Telecinco, on the programme ‘El Gran Debate’ tomorrow Saturday 19th May 2012.

The Chief Minister is expected to appear after 11pm on a segment on Gibraltar.

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Yesterday morning a stray ape managed to catch a ride with a moving cable car, only to get stuck on the cables in between the stops.

The year old macaque spent a helpless four hours hanging from the thin middle cable.

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Gibraltar Speaker of Parliament During yesterday morning’s parliament session, The Speaker, Mr. Haresh Budhrani QC, gave an official statement on the controversy surrounding a tax report that was leaked to GBC last week. Within his statement, the Speaker explained that as he approached the eight anniversary of his appointment, he ought to prepare to relinquish this distinguished Office.

Commenting on the leaking of his tax report, Mr. Budhrani noted, ‘The leaking of a confidential report prepared by the Commissioner of Income Tax on my personal tax affairs and its publication last week by some elements of the local media prompts me to make this statement to the Honourable Members who have placed me in this Chair.

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Minister Linares Visits Genoa Minister for Culture, Mr. Steven Linares visited Genoa in Italy, recently, along with Chief Culture Officer, Yvette Zarb Bensusan and Gino Sanguinetto, President of the Fine Arts Association.

The delegation was in Genoa at the invitation of Little Constellation, an art organisation focused on contemporary art, to view their current exhibition and to attend various closing workshops.

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Fishing Standoff - Gibraltar Social Media was bombarded with reports of a face-off between the RGP and various Spanish fishing boats, last night. Speculation was rife as to what was actually happening.

According to official sources at the RGP this morning, six Spanish fishing vessels entered into Gibraltar waters for a while, and after cordial conversation, they left.

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Gibraltar’s Liberal Democrat MEP, Sir Graham Watson was in Gibraltar on Thursday for a short visit. He met with Deputy Chief Minister, Dr. Garcia to discuss a number of issues relating to Gibraltar and the European Union.

Sir Graham was also briefed on the latest developments following the meeting with Spanish Fishermen that took place earlier this week.

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Fire in Gibraltar With regards to the fire that occurred last night in the building that houses the Cemetary Keeper’s office and Stagnetto’s stores, YGTV have been told that the call was made to the City Fire Brigade at 12:56 am. Three fire engines were sent to the incident but another had to be called due to the severity of the blaze.

The fire appeared to have spread from a set of wooden pallets that had been stuck on top of each other in the road. The blaze spread, smashing the glass in the windows to Stagnetto and the Cemetery Keeper’s Office.

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Bullfighting Protest Cervantes Institute Yesterday evening at around 7pm, a group of Gibraltarian individuals congregated outside of the Cervantes Institute to protest the first of three bullfighting lectures that was being held at that time.

The group of around 70 individuals put across their anti- bullfighting points in a letter to president of the Cervantes institute, Sr. Oda. The letter was handed personally to Sr. Oda during the protest, when he invited the protestors to attend the lecture.

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Royal Gibraltar Police officers have been participating in a training course to learn how to operate Automated External Defibrillators. Research has proven that AED’s can make a substantial difference to the survival rate of a person suffering from Sudden Cardiac Arrest.

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GSLA The GSLA swimming pool will be hosting a Water Polo Fun tournament to coincide with the Diamond Jubilee celebrations on the 9^th and 10^th June.

Teams of 5-8 individuals are needed, so members of the public are being encouraged to put together a team with a group of friends, workmates, or family members.