Nov 21 - Defenders Urge the Public to Support Pons Following EU Flag Arrest
The Defender of Gibraltar this morning attended the Magistrates Court in support of Julio Pons, of the Voice of Gibraltar Group, as he answered to charges relating to yesterday’s incident at the Frontier that saw him cut the rope, holding up the EU Flag.
The Defenders explained today that the matter was adjourned to the 13th December without any pleas being entered. They encourage members of the public to support Julio and attend the case at 10am on the morning of the 13th of December.
The GSD Opposition condemns the recent queues in the strongest possible terms. It is in this unhappy and worrying context that the GSD Opposition comments on the European Commission's decision of last Friday as it promised to do last week. The GSD continues to take a very serious view of the Commission's failure to condemn the clearly politically driven nature of Spain's recent measures at the frontier. 
Two local juveniles aged 17 and 16 have been arrested and charged following a number of burglaries in commercial and Government premises during the month of November. The two young men were jointly charged with one count of burglary in respect of a burglary on the 20th November at commercial premises on Devil’s Tower Road.
The Royal Gibraltar Police’s Marine Section thwarted a drug smuggling operation at sea yesterday evening.
Authors Clive, Geraldine and Stewart Finlayson have written a new book centred around the 19th Century. The authors’ book lavishly illustrated by their own phtoographs, uses texts written by 19th Century British naturalists and retraces their footsteps through scientific discovery and exploration, over a century later.
Commenting on the latest round of bad behaviour on the part of the Spanish Authorities, with the recent 21 hour incursion by Spanish Oceanographic Vessel ‘Ramon Margalef’ in BGTW, UKIP MEP for Gibraltar William Dartmouth insisted that the Spanish Government is displaying behaviour ‘more expected of a Latin America Banana Republic than of a mature European national and NATO ally.
Commenting on the GFA’s first official UEFA match this week, the Opposition congratulated the team for their ‘splendid sporting performance’. The GSD notes that the team was almost entirely comprised of amateur players who proved ‘they have what it takes to play against reputable professions and hold them to a tight game which resulted in a goalless draw’.
