The Ministry of Culture will hold its Annual Art Competition for Young Artists in February 2014.
The competition is open to Gibraltarians and residents of Gibraltar attending school in years 9 to 13 (or College equivalent), as well as to young Gibraltarian artists aged up to 24 years old as at 11th February 2014. A maximum of two paintings and two sculptures may be submitted by each artist. Works must be original and not previously entered competitively, with the exception of non- winning entries in the 2013 Spring Art Competition and 2013 International Art Competition. Entries will be exhibited at the John Mackintosh Hall from the 11th to 21st February 2014.
It may be the 13th time The Royal Gibraltar Regiment has deployed to Morocco on Exercise Jebel Sahara, but for some new recruits, this is their first taste of a combined military exercise with an allied force.
The Gibraltar Football Association is happy to announce that the Gibraltar Futsal National “A” Team will be travelling to Krosno, Poland to participate in a UEFA Friendly Four Nations tournament. This will further help the team prepare itself for the UEFA Futsal EURO qualifying rounds in 2015.
After a few unseasonably warm weeks, cold northerly winds are set to hit Gibraltar as from Friday night. According to the BBC’s forecasters, temperatures are predicted to drop to 10C on Friday night and 9C on Saturday.
The last lecture in the current series ‘History of Gibraltar in Five Parts’ is to be given by Mr Dennis Beiso on the subject of ‘History of an Identity.’ The lecture was scheduled for Thursday 21st November but it has been postponed. It will now be given at the John Mackintosh Hall on Thursday 12th December at 7pm.
The seventh and final member of the Vine Trust Gibraltar work party team has returned home from Tanzania. Methodist Minister, Fidel Patron joined the other six work-party volunteers from Gibraltar to help on community projects near Moshi in northern Tanzania. During the two-week long trip the team worked on two schools, which are attended by a large number of orphans, and built a home for a disabled father and his family. As well as lending his support to the construction work, Fidel also opted to climb Mount Kilimanjaro during his trip.
Chief Minister Fabian Picardo, is to embark on a series of speeches to influential and academic audiences in Spain, as part of a campaign to explain HM Government of Gibraltar’s policy towards Spain.
Mr Picardo is also granting interviews to a series of Media, including Television, Radio and Press.
The Equality Rights Group has today launched a HIV/AIDS awareness campaign in association with events company Omi Palone, and as a lead-up to World Aids Day on 1 December. Throughout the month, a range of posters debunking basic and incorrect information on HIV/AIDS will be distributed ]as a first step in properly informing the public’.
Omi’s CEO River Pinfold and his team coined the idea of designing and distributing awareness posters as a way of leading up to an event called ‘The Red Event’ on Saturday 30th November at Dusk, Ocean Village. As a rights organisation, ERG is very keen to foster and encourage businesses with a social conscience in Gibraltar, and we’re happy to join forces with their team on this important issue.