Feb 14 – Gibraltar Torch Run Athlete Faces Austrian Freeze
Special Olympics Gibraltar athlete Francis Mauro is busy getting ready for the Special Olympics World Winter Games 2017 in Austria next month. Francis will not be competing but is, instead, one of only 10 athletes from around the world who have been selected to carry the 'Flame of Hope' Olympic Torch in the final leg of the Torch Run which culminates in the Opening Ceremony in the Planai Stadium in Schladming on the 18th March. It will be the first time a Gibraltar athlete has been represented at the Torch Run in the World Games and is a huge honour.
A seven-year-old girl, who is the alleged victim of sexual assault and rape, gave evidence on the first day of a Supreme Court trial today.
The next in the Gibraltar Museum’s lecture series held in collaboration with the Gorham’s Cave Complex and the Gibraltar Scientific Society, will be held this Thursday 16th February at 7pm at the Charles Hunt Room, John Mackintosh Hall.
Unite recognises and accepts that it no longer has collective negotiation rights for Master Services, but says there is a huge difference between the Union’s ability to negotiate collectively for the workforce, and another in safeguarding the interests of those members of the Master Services workforce that still belong to Unite.
The Alameda Wildlife Conservation Park (AWCP), Gibraltar's only zoo, has recently been awarded provisional Membership of the British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums (BIAZA).
This week GHA psychiatrists, psychologists, General Practitioners, Accident and Emergency doctors and mental health workers are taking part in a four-day training course in line with the new Mental Health Act. This specialised training is delivered by the UK Education and Training Network, which provides high quality medical and multidisciplinary training in the field of mental health care.
The Equality Rights Group have committed to bringing UK drug experts to Gibraltar to add their voice to the cannabis debate.
