The Government says it notes, “with disappointment”, the European Parliament’s objection, today, to the entry into force of the European Commission’s decision to remove certain jurisdictions, including Gibraltar, from the EU’s list of ‘high-risk’ third-countries with strategic deficiencies as regards anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing (“AML/CFT”).
Janice Zarb recently presented £4886 to Help for Heroes Co-ordinator WO1 Gary Mitchell following three charity events she organised. These included a Quiz Night at the Kiki Lounge, a Poker Night at the Three Owls and then a Group Sky Dive for 21 people in Seville.
Following another tense week of Incursions in the bay and hefty frontier queues, Spanish Prime Minister took to Spain’s National Radio to declare that the relations between Spain and the UK are great. He added that the EU Commission’s report, released late last week insisted that there is a great deal of smuggling in Gibraltar.
The Gibraltar Ornithological & Natural History Society (GONHS) has welcomed the £600 fine imposed recently imposed on the captain of the Spanish fishing boat, Divina Providencia for the offence of fishing with rakes contrary to the current provisions of the Nature Protection Act 1991 (NPA).
The group calls on the Government of Gibraltar not to give in to Spanish incursions by weakening our robust wildlife protection laws and further urges the Commissioner of Police to enforce the provisions of the NPA in BGTW and on land.