- Opposition claims complaints and cancelled operations have increased
- “Staggering increase” in Xanit expenditure
The GSD has said that, “despite record spending on the GHA, which this year has exceeded £100 million,” the number of complaints communicated to the Opposition from patients and staff alike, “has increased significantly”.
The Chief Minister, Fabian Picardo, has congratulated both recipients of the rank of Queen’s Counsel after the latest round of appointments: Guy Stagnetto and Daniel Feetham.
The Minister for Sport, Steven Linares, has publicly congratulated young Jonathan Bear and the Gibraltar Pool Association for their outstanding success at the 2016 World Pool Championships that took place in Killarney, Southern Ireland, last week.
The Governor, Lieutenant General Edward Davis, acting upon the advice of the Queen’s Counsel Appointments Committee and commensurate with the guidelines for the appointment of Queen’s Counsel in Gibraltar, has appointed Daniel Feetham and Guy Stagnetto to the rank of Queen’s Counsel.
The Cross Frontier Group (CFG) which is made up of Trade Union and Business organisations on either sides of the Frontier, has disassociated itself from comments allegedly attributed to the group by certain media outlets.
The GSD can confirm rumours on social media at the weekend that several opposition MPs and members of the executive had been invited to a lunch with the acting Spanish Foreign Minister Senor Margallo tomorrow.