May 16 - Newcastle Building Society Announces Gibraltar Branch Closure
After completing an 18 month review of its branch network operations, Newcastle Building Society has announced it will close its branch in Gibraltar in October this year.
May 16 – Gib Shipping Feature: Interview With Richard Montado
By Paul Gonzalez-Morgan
Richard Montado, Maritime Administrator at the Gibraltar Maritime Administration (GMA), holds the diverse role of managing and ensuring maritime standards are kept within the international legal framework, whilst driving the commercial aspects of the registry.
May 16 – GSD “Irresponsible And Wrong” To Undermine Government’s Brexit Position
Number Six has said that the public will, once again, have been “astounded by the ignorance” of the GSD Opposition’s “opportunistic and amateurish attempts” to seek to undermine the Government’s position and hard work on the Brexit negotiations.
May 16 - Cemetery “Still In Poor State Despite Unanimous Parliamentary Motion” Says GSD
The GSD says that it is “with great disappointment” that it notes the “continued poor condition” of the cemetery and the lack of significant development in maintenance since a motion was presented by Trevor Hammond MP, GSD environment spokesman, over six months ago, a motion which was amended by Government and then passed unanimously by Parliament. The party says that such agreements are made in good faith and Ministers are expected to subsequently honour their commitments.
May 15 - Primary Care Centre Appointment Line Outage
The Government has confirmed that a telephone line outage affected all incoming calls to the appointment system of the Primary Care Clinic this morning.
May 15 - ArtDance Review
By Julian Felice
I have always considered Nathan Conroy to be one of Gibraltar’s most innovative and dynamic practitioners. While his background might be mainly in dance, he has always shown himself to be perfectly willing to embrace disciplines as diverse as body percussion, capoeira and martial arts, theatre, performance art and film. This variety was certainly in evidence in Nathan’s latest project, ArtDance 2017, an international platform that is intended to become an annual fixture in our cultural calendar.
May 15 - Gibraltar Chef To Open Brighton And Hove Food Festival
Top Gibraltar chef Victoria Garcia-Bishop has been invited as a guest chef to cater for the inaugural gala dinner at the Brighton Food Festival.
May 15 – Two Men Disqualified From Driving
At the Magistrates’ Court this morning two men were disqualified from driving after being caught drink driving.
