Two local men were this morning charged in the Magistrate’s Court, with Wounding with Intent, Violent Disorder, Criminal Damage and Carrying an Offensive Weapon, following an incident in the Upper Town early Sunday morning.
The Gibraltar FA would like to advise the public and its loyal supporters that, as of yet, no decisions have been made in relation to the stadiums that the away EURO 2016 qualifiers will be played in.
The Government says that the recent statement by the GSD on the issue of bullying allegations is a “staggering reflection of their inability to understand” the depth of the problems they presided over and perpetuated whilst in office and their repercussions on vulnerable people's lives.
Minister for Equality and Social Services Samantha Sacramento marked this year’s International Women’s Day, celebrated on Saturday, by outlining women’s ‘tremendous success’. She notes that ‘whilst we must applaud these achievements, we must also be conscious of circumstances in which inequality may arise.’
The GSD says it is astonished by the comments made by the Chief Minister on GBC on Thursday 6 March in relation to the allegations of bullying made against Joanna Hernandez by 35 FJS trainees. The GSD says that the Chief Minister’s assertion that the claim by these trainees is not comparable to the allegations of abuse made by Ms Hernandez in relation to the Dr Giraldi Home, is “incomprehensible.”
HM the Queen issued the following message to mark Commonwealth Day:
In July this year, the opening of the 20th Commonwealth Games will be marked by the arrival in Glasgow of the baton that started its journey from Buckingham Palace five months ago.
Responding to questions Gibraltar and Spain in the UK’s House of Lords yesterday, Conservative Baroness Warsi told Lord Hoyle that Foreign Secretary William Hague had raised concerns about illegal incursions by Spanish State vessels into British Gibraltar Territorial Waters with the Spanish Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Mr Gonzalo de Benito, on 20 February. The question enquired specifically about the recent disruption of a Royal Navy parachute exercise in the bay of Gibraltar.