Following yesterday’s report that Guardia Civil officers at the Gibraltar Spain Frontier opened a bag belonging to a Diplomat, the Minister for Europe in the UK, David Lidington today announced that the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs has recognised that the bag was in fact a Diplomatic bag. They also reassured the UK that there would not be a repeat of these actions.
With snooker matches continuing down at The Crucible over the past few weeks, Mark Brooker of the 1st division stood up against Steve Webber, winning 2 – 1. Andrew Garnett beat Rich Ammonds 2 -1, with Rich only finding his form in the last frame. Another surprise was Sean Galligan’s 2 -1 win against Lee Prickman. Chris Shimidzu failed to hold on to Mukesh Bahkru as Mukesh secured the only 3-0 result of the round.
In a report documenting the progress made on commitments spoken about during the 2012 Joint Ministerial Council, which sees Ministers from both the UK and it’s Overseas Territories meet to discuss Government developments, the Gibraltar Government has insisted that we will shortly see the launch of it’s e-Government manifesto commitment.
The Royal Gibraltar Post Office has requested that its customers make their Christmas online / catalogue purchases as early as possible to ensure that the parcels arrive in time for the festive period.
In line with the international trend, letter, packet and parcel mail to Gibraltar has substantially increased recently as more business is being done on-line. It is essential that postal items arrive promptly in Gibraltar so as to give the RGPO the best possible chance of delivering them before Christmas.
