The ESG says that it broadly welcomes the project presented by private developers for Rosia Bay. However, the group says it has some concerns, which were raised by its representative, Janet Howitt, during this week’s DPC consideration, but these were not reported in the wider press. The group believes these issues are a matter of public interest.
The GSD has accused the Government of holding Gibraltar “hostage” by its Sustainable Traffic And Transport Plan. The accusation comes in the context of a reply by Government to Opposition statements about what it describes as the “dire state” of parking and traffic in the town area.
During this week two persons have been sentenced to prison for the offence of Dangerous Driving.
Media – Police Reports
Date: 27/02/2014.
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A freighter dubbed the Hagland Boss was monitored by a Spanish naval warship this weekend. The vessel was carrying out a routine delivery of rocks from Morocco, to be used in the building of the groynes at Sandy Bay. Reporting on the incident, Spanish press have noted a coincidence in the ship’s arrival and the presence of a series of Royal Naval vessels in the bay.
World-famous Spanish guitarist Paco de Lucia has died of a heart attack in Mexico. He was 66 years old.
The Gibraltar Academy of Dance, who are this year celebrating their 30th anniversary, have secured Transitions, who will be coming to Gibraltar in March for workshops and a public performance. The event is organised with the support of the Ministry of Culture and will take place between the 23rd to 26th March.
The Government has said that it is abundantly clear that the GSD are suffering from a “serious case of amnesia” across a whole range of policy areas, insisting that the GSD “simply ignore” that what they are saying now in Opposition is often incompatible with how they conducted themselves in Government.
