The Ministry for Equality, together with the Ministry for Health, the Ministry for Culture and The Gibraltar Hearing Impaired and Tinnitus Association (GHITA) have been working together towards an awareness campaign highlighting the damage that can be caused from exposure to loud noises, known as Noise Induced Hearing Loss (NIHL).
The Minister for Education, Gilbert Licudi, and the Minister for Sport, Steven Linares, represented the Gibraltar Government at the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games held in Glasgow last night.
Media – Police Reports
Date: 24/07/2014.
From 0700hrs Wednesday the 23/07/2014 to 0700hrs Thursday the 24/07/2014.
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The Government has accused the Leader of the Opposition’s attempts to ‘explain away the failure of his Government to tackle the problem with electricity generation and infrastructure are feeble and unconvincing’.
A No.6 statement touched upon Mr. Feetham’s recent GBC interview, during which he insisted that the Manx Energy Report, made public yesterday, was dated 2004/2005 instead of 1999, as the Government originally claimed it was, ‘in order to justify the fact that the GSD put plans in motion by 2007’.
The Stay and Play Programme for Children with Special needs, sponsored by NatWest as part of the Summer Sports & Leisure Programme kicked off on Monday after an eight day induction training programme that saw Roy Savage Bocce - Co-ordinator for Special Olympics Europe, Eurasia, visit Gibraltar to deliver a Bocce Leadership Training Course. The induction included an introduction to Fun & Team Athletics (IFTA), a second activity that can be enjoyed by children of all abilities, personalised training delivered by Annabelle Felipe and Gail Carreras from St Martin’s and the GHA respectively and many other areas giving ideas on appropriate activities aimed at encompassing the enjoyment and development needs of the youngsters taking part.
Gibraltar’s participation at the 20th edition of the Commonwealth Games gets underway tomorrow after tonight’s Opening Ceremony which will take in Glasgow’s Celtic Park.
The Calpe Rowing team brought home a further round of gold medals this week following their win in Under 14s coxed quad category. The club took part in the British Rowing Championships juniors in Nottingham, competing against the UK’s top clubs.
British Petroleum (BP) has ended its bunkering business in Algeciras according to the shipandbunker.com website, a leading source of news for the industry. The move comes just a year after the supplier commenced operations at the Spanish port.
