The Chief Minister, Fabian Picardo, and the Deputy Chief Minister, Dr Joseph Garcia, today raised Gibraltar issues with Members of the Foreign Affairs, a Committee of the House of Commons. This was organised for Overseas Territories leaders as part of the agenda for the Joint Ministerial Council between the UK and OT Governments.
The GSD says it is not surprised by the significant public interest shown in the Chief Minister’s part ownership of a sunglasses shop on Main Street and his decision in this year’s budget to reduce import duty on sunglasses to zero. The Opposition says the public should be entitled to know whenever a Government changes laws, taxes or any other benefits which may directly, or indirectly, be of benefit to a member of that Government. This is all the more crucial, argues the GSD, when it is the Chief Minister who, as Minister for Finance and the person with ultimate responsibility for the budget, is directly involved.
Major General Richard Semple CBE visited Gibraltar last weekend to present a “Sapper Chalice” to the King’s Chapel which has been donated by the Royal Engineers.
A presentation by Group 2000 featuring poetry and photos relating to the First World War will take place on Thursday 4th December at 8pm at the Garrison Library.
Friday will see Miss Gibraltar’s 2nd Princess, Claire Nunez take part in the Miss Supranational finals, to be held in Poland. During her time in Poland thus far, Claire has participated in the Miss Fashion World Competition. Last week online voting for the final 20 contenstants commenced.
By Shameem Guilliano
I recently watched some documentaries during a Netflix binge on the idea of happiness. One of them was Happy (2011) by director Roko Belic and the other was I Am (2011) by director Tom Shadyac. The one that struck me the most was Happy, a documentary about what people from around the world consider to be their own happiness. The contrast of seeing a large family in Louisiana, USA, find their happiness in having very little material goods and seeing a young, suited up adult on the streets of New York answering the question “What will make you feel successful and happy?” with “Right now? Money” made me wonder what people in Gibraltar consider to be happiness, and how they think they achieve it.
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1 Report of Burglary.
5Reports of Theft.
1 Report of Criminal Damage.
1 Report of Causing Harassment, Alarm or Distress.
The Chief and Deputy Chief Ministers yesterday met with the UK’s Minister for Europe, David Lidington, at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. The men discussed a number of ‘relevant and topical issues’ including frontier delays, the Spanish frontier works, and the continuing incursions into BGTW by Spanish state vessels.
