This year's Equality Rights Group Awards for human and civil rights in Gibraltar (established last year) have been presented to local NGO's ‘Disability Society’ and ‘Dignity At Work (DAWN)’. With a special, separate posthumous award to the late Agnes Valarino, for her pioneering disability-centred work. Her husband, Maurice Valarino accepted the plaque.
This morning, 49-year-old Spanish National Jose Luis Gonzalez Castaño appeared before the Magistrate’s Court following his arrest yesterday. He was found to be carrying a total of 3960 cigarettes when his car was stopped and searched by RGP officers at the Frontier.
The Action 4 Schools initiative is busy fundraising once again, this time hosting a bingo night at the Laguna Social Club on Friday 30th May. Everyone is welcome, with booklets costing £10 including participation in a free raffle draw.
New traffic laws in Spain have come into fruition this week clamping down on speeding and giving Guardia Civil more power to prosecute and seize vehicles carrying children, without legally compliant child seats.