Albert Poggio OBE GMH will be retiring as the UK Representative for the Government of Gibraltar and Director of Gibraltar House in London, on 30th June, after 28 years of distinguished service. Number Six describes him as “the doyen of the Overseas Territories’ Representatives in the UK”.
Unite the Union has said the GSD’s Marlene Hassan Nahon’s reply on the issue of Parliamentary Pensions “is flawed”. Unite says that the Commission on Democratic and Political Reform consisting of Messrs. Canepa, Gomez, Vinet and Vasquez already made recommendations on the timetabling of new pensions for MPs.
A 47-year-old man pleaded guilty to various sexual offences, including the rape of a child under the age of 13, and three counts of possession of indecent images of children, at the Supreme Court this morning.
Following the Government’s latest statement that it will appoint a Ministerial Committee to consider responses to a Command Paper on Equal Marriage, the Equality Rights Group Chairman, Felix Alvarez, has said that there is “nothing extraordinary” in Government engaging in consultations on Equal Marriage, especially as this was an approach “for which it received a clear mandate at the last elections and for which it gave a fixed June 2016 timeline”.
A 27-year-old man facing several charges including attempted rape, trespassing with intent to commit a sexual offence and the possession of a bladed article in a public place was remanded in custody after appearing at the Magistrates’ Court this morning.
A Basking Shark was spotted off Europa Point yesterday. The Department of the Environment and Climate Change's (DECC) Environmental Protection and Research Unit attended the scene and obtained valuable data on the shark including photos of the fin which will now be shared with experts to determine whether the shark has been spotted elsewhere. The shark was around 7-8m in length indicating that it was an adult. These sharks can last up to 50 years.