Jan 24 - FSC Welcomes Newest Member as Chairman
The Financial Services Commission has welcomed new Commission Member, Mr Adrian Coles, following his appointment by Financial Services Minister Albert Isola.
Mr Coles is set to replace outgoing FSC Chairman, Alan Whiting who, after nine years at the FSC, reached the end of his permitted tenure as a Commission Member. The outgoing CEO of the FSC, Marcus Killick, on behalf of the staff and Commission thanked Mr Whiting for his years of service to the FSC, the latter ones as its Chairman.
54-year-old British woman living in Gibraltar, Sally Doreen Harris, has been charged with eight counts of theft following an investigation by the RGP’s Serious Crime Unit.
A Spanish national was arrested by HM Customs on Devil’s Tower Road at 0815hrs today. He was challenged by Customs when he was seen within the construction site north of the public beach in possession of three large holdalls. He fled the scene and was arrested by officers responding to the incident as he exited the area onto Devil’s Tower Road.
According to researchers, the immensely popular social media platform Facebook will be “largely abandoned” by 2017 as more and more users grow tired of its attractions.
The Gibraltar Tourist Board will once again be taking part in the FITUR international trade fair which holds its 32nd edition in Madrid between 22nd - 26th January.
HMS Portland arrives in Gibraltar tomorrow for a visit as she sets out on a seven month deployment to the Atlantic.
The GSD will be holding its Annual General Meeting on tomorrow at 7pm at the John Mackintosh Hall. Following on from the Party’s new Constitution, which was passed by its Executive Committee a few months ago, this will be the first time that the GSD’s membership will be voting in half of the Party’s Executive Committee.
