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”).
The protestations from the Government that the Opposition is creating uncertainty over the storage of LNG are symptomatic of a Government that “wants neither its decisions questioned nor a debate to occur on matters of significant public interest to this community” says the GSD.
Unite the Union says it would like to make its views public on the current restructure of the Government HR Department. Over the last few months the Government have kept all Trade Unions informed on the restructure and how it was planned to be phased in. Unite says it was informed that the proposed restructure was put forward by the staff themselves with the former HR Manager being part of the review team. The new structure sees the HR function split into two distinct arms: Recruitment and Staff Management and Policy and Business Support.
The GSD says that, for a Government that is constantly accusing the GSD Opposition of irresponsibility and not having the interests of this community at heart, the Chief Minister’s statement on OEM “must rank as one of the most irresponsible statements ever issued by this or any other Government.”
Mei Posso took the first prize in the Art Competition for Young Artists organised by the Gibraltar Cultural Services on behalf of the Ministry of Culture. The Minister for Culture, Steven Linares, officially opened the Exhibition and presented the awards yesterday evening at the John Mackintosh Hall.