Mar 01 - Government Says It Has Achieved “Best Possible Deal On Buses”
The Government says it notes what it describes as “the latest hypocritical statements from the Opposition” on the matter of the Gibraltar Bus Company. Number Six argues that, considering what it calls “the astronomical financial burden” that the blue buses caused to the taxpayer as a result of the “poor decisions” of the previous administration, “it is unbelievable” that the Opposition now criticise the Government for removing this burden.
In a short ceremony at New Mole House earlier today, Commissioner of Police Eddie Yome CPM together with HM Collector of Customs John Rodriguez presented various commendations to RGP & HM Customs officers for their involvement in the case of R v Rodriguez, where the defendant was sentenced to two years imprisonment and disqualified from driving for a period of five years.
Gibraltarian writer M. G. Sanchez has been invited to the University of Salamanca to speak about his books with Spanish academics and postgraduates.
Face Frames Gallery will be holding its first ever women-only exhibition next week to celebrate International Women’s Day.
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The GSD says that, after having asked questions about the disposal of the blue buses formerly used by the Gibraltar Bus Company in Parliament last week, the answers given by the Government “were surprising and can only raise further questions.”
Gibraltarian playwright Julian Felice will be launching a collection of his plays at Bayside Drama Studio on Wednesday 2nd March at 19:00. Entitled Three Gibraltar Plays, the book brings together the plays that he has written about Gibraltar, each of them exploring different issues about the writer’s homeland.
Gibraltar Port is scheduled to receive 227 cruise calls this year, which is an 11% increase on last year, which in itself was a record year. These visits will bring an estimated 350,000 passengers.
