21-year-old Carlos Romero, from Madrid, Spain and a dancer from Innovations Dance Company, took this year’s award for the most promising dancer at the 13th Gibraltar International Dance Festival. Out of the 63 soloists that participated at the festival, seven were selected by international adjudicator, Craig Bartley to perform in the grand final. Bursary finalists included dancers from Gibraltar, England and Spain as follows:
The Minister for Culture, Steven Linares, says he is delighted to announce that the artworks submitted to the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition by local artists Karl Ullger and Shane Dalmedo, have qualified for the next round in the pre-selection.
Today is World Social Work Day, which recognises and promotes the crucial difference that social workers and social care professionals make to people’s lives. Those in the field of social work provide an essential service, yet they are seldom thanked for their hard work and their achievements often go unrecognised. The theme for 2015 is ‘Promoting the Dignity and Worth of Peoples’. This is paramount in the principles of social work.
The Government has said that it has already been in contact with GBC in an attempt to organise a televised debate on public finances and that the details of this are “in the final stages of organisation.” The Government has suggested Thursday 23rd April as the prospective date of a televised debate on public finances on GBC’s Viewpoint programme but would remind the Opposition that they have been free to call a debate on this issue in Parliament at any time.
