Following a reserved Christmas and New Year period, that saw minimum disturbance from the public, the RGP has thanked the community and insists that the lack of serious incidents is extremely encouraging.
As the annual Spring Festival rears it’s head, the Ministry of Culture is calling upon the public to enter 2014’s Spring Festival Logo competition. Entrants may submit up to two original works in A4 size, on paper or card.
The Ministry of Culture, in conjunction with The Gibraltar Chronicle and The Department of Education & Training, will hold a Short Story Competition as part of the Gibraltar Spring Festival.
Following a traffic accident in the early hours of Saturday morning, between a car and a motorbike, the RGP are looking for any information regarding the incident.
Statistics have revealed that 2013 saw a record number of illegal incursions into British Gibraltar Territorial Waters, by Spanish vessels. This Saturday’s edition of UK broadsheet, the Telegraph explains that details unfold almost double the tally for 2012, as tensions between Gibraltar and Spain peaked during the Summer period, following actions made by the Government of Gibraltar to drop an artificial reef into BGTW, in order to protect and preserve marine wildlife.
Two men were challenged by officers of HM Customs on Friday evening after being seen north of Eastern Beach. They were seen carrying black holdall and began running north towards the frontier fence. Officers gave chase and retrieved the two bags; the two men made good their escape empty-handed into Spain.