Birmingham-based tour operator ‘Enable Holidays’, which specialises in organising tailor-made vacations to meet the specific travel and accommodation requirements of persons with disabilities, has included Gibraltar in its latest online business brochure.
Happy St. Patrick’s Day to all! Celebrating the patron Saint of Ireland, St. Patrick, who was credited with bringing Christianity to Ireland, the festival is celebrated world wide, and often marked by donning Ireland’s national green colour and playing Irish music. Many take the opportunity to indulge in Irish drinks such as Guinness and Irish Whisky.
GSD member for Parliament, Damon Bossino has been hailed as the Opposition’s Deputy Leader. In an announcement made today by Leader Daniel Feetham, Mr. Bossino has also been given further shadow ministerial responsibilities for Financial Services.
Mr. Bossino insisted that his appointment was a great, but humbling honour. He added, ‘I will of course continue to discharge my Opposition parliamentary responsibilities and work hard to seek the GSD’s return to office. Both the leader and I are very seriously concerned about the way that Gibraltar’s affairs are being handled both internally and in relation to our international relations, both being areas which, given Gibraltar’s size and circumstances, invariably overlap.
The Secular Humanist Society Gibraltar (SHSG) has announced that, as from this year, students who choose not to study R.E at GCSE will now be offered the alternative of a GCSE in General Studies. Although the group claims that this shows that R.E is no longer considered a ‘compulsory’ GCSE course, the Government has flatly denied this saying that it continues to be considered a core subject which remains compulsory for all pupils. It is only “in exceptional circumstances on the grounds of conscience or religious beliefs” that students may opt out of taking this subject.
