Following from this morning’s power cut caused by construction works along North Mole Road, GibElec has this afternoon announced that the works involved the laying of electrical ducts for the new power station. The fault was caused when a High Voltage cable opposite Waterport Place was damaged.
Lawrence Hanlin has joined the KPMG team after a 16 year career with a leading bank, where his role focused on regulatory and operational risk, managing special projects, looking at banking operations and compliance risk assessment in a number of offices globally.
The frontier queue data compiled by the new Frontier Monitoring Programme (FMP) has provided further statistical proof that the queues at the border are being deliberately generated by the Spanish authorities.
The programme monitors the flow rate across the frontier, which is the number of cars that cross from Gibraltar to Spain in one minute. In a normal situation between two parts of the European Union, it is to be expected that the flow rate would be a figure which remains constant irrespective of the volume of cars that cross the border.
This year’s National Week Classical Concert will be held on Monday 1st September 2014 at St Michael’s Cave at 9pm. The Gibraltar Philharmonic Society, who organises this concert on behalf of the Gibraltar Government have been able to acquire the services of solo guitarist José María Gallardo del Rey, conductor Dorian Willson and
The European Symphony Orchestra.
The whole of Gibraltar suffered another power cut at around 9:45 this morning. Power was slowly being restored to different areas an hour later but many shops on Main Street simply shut their doors as they were unable to serve customers. Electronics retailer Galaxy and BHS Home are just two of the businesses that ceased trading entirely during the blackout.
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Crime Reports
1 report of Theft
The Government welcomes the summoning to the Foreign Office of the Spanish Ambassador to the United Kingdom in order to protest about the actions of a Spanish naval vessel in the proximity of Gibraltar yesterday.
The GSD has taken note of the UK Government’s recent extensive Cabinet shuffle, acknowledging the work done by the outgoing Foreign Secretary, William Hague. The party goes on to wish Mr. Hague all the best in his new role as Leader of the House of Commons ‘and in the future when he leaves Parliament after the next General Election’.
