European Commission Executive Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič, Spanish Minister for ForeignAffairs José Manuel Albares and UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron, together with the Chief Minister of Gibraltar Fabian Picardo, met in Brussels on Thursday 16th May.
The Gibraltar Port Authority has announced that its latest recruit has successfully qualified as a VTS Operator following an extensive period of training in the UK. Shane Ramagge was appointed as a trainee VTS Operator in mid-December and attended the South Tyneside College near Newcastle in early January for a rigorous 7-week course which provided his VHF radio, radar and VTS training before his final assessment by the college at the end of February. Shane is now fully qualified to operate in the VTS office, and joins his other colleagues maintaining the 24 hour coverage of BGTW ensuring the navigational safety of vessel movements in and around the coast of Gibraltar.
Gibraltar Cultural Services on behalf of the Ministry of Culture, will be holding a Spring Visual Arts Competition in June 2015 as part of the Gibraltar Spring Festival.
The Minister for Sport, Steven Linares, has offered his most sincere congratulations to Megan Ruiz and Macy Cornelio, on their recent success at the British Taekwondo National Poomsae Championships. Megan achieved silver medal in the U17 female synchronised team and bronze in the Under 17 female individual class. Macy achieved bronze in the K1 cadet female synchronized teams’ event. The Government says that this once again highlights the calibre, commitment and dedication of Gibraltar sportswomen.