Oct 27 - Mother Found Guilty Of Cruelty To “Bruised” One-Year-Old Daughter
A mother has been remanded in custody after a jury at a Supreme Court trial unanimously found her guilty of cruelty to children.
A mother has been remanded in custody after a jury at a Supreme Court trial unanimously found her guilty of cruelty to children.
More than 100 historic maps of Gibraltar have gone on display at the Fine Arts Centre as part of the Gibraltar National Archives outreach programme.
Independent Member of Parliament Marlene Hassan Nahon proposed an amendment during yesterday’s parliamentary debate on the introduction of same-sex marriage. The amendment challenged one of the more controversial clauses of the Bill, namely Clause 6B, which allows government registrars to opt-out of carrying out marriage ceremonies due to religious objections. While in favour of the overall principle of the Bill, Ms Hassan Nahon expressed concern that a proposed legislation “that aims to end discrimination, legitimises it with the other”, before tabling an amendment that sought to eliminate the clause.
A 49-year-old man was sentenced to two weeks in prison for making a kitten suffer by trapping it in a cage. The kitten died shortly after being rescued.
The Cross Frontier Group visited the Andalusian Parliament in Seville on Wednesday where a debate on establishing support for the creation of a European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation (EGTC) between Gibraltar and La Linea de la Concepcion (which would then be extended to the rest of the Campo de Gibraltar) was tabled by Izquierda Unida.
The Gibraltar Women’s Association (GWA) has congratulated all involved in passing the law legalising same sex marriage in Gibraltar.
The Opposition has said that, at yesterday’s Parliamentary session, GSD MP Lawrence Llamas questioned the Government as to why the Government were not updating and maintaining signs in Gibraltar, in particular with relation to the four month old Windsor Bridge and the almost three month old Mid-Town Multi Storey car park. This came as a result of a study conducted by Mr Llamas, in which he has been gathering feedback from tourists in Gibraltar and online.
The Government has said that it considers the Opposition’s call for a Brexit strategy that is ‘as simple as possible’ to be “so one-dimensional that it is unhelpful to Gibraltar’s cause”.