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Nov 05 - Buckingham Palace Investiture for Felix Alvarez

felix alvarezOn 10th October 2013, Her Majesty the Queen appointed Mr. Felix Alvarez to be an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE), for services to the advancement of equality and human rights in Gibraltar.

Felix chairs the Equality Rights Group, helping to make important advances in the rights of sexual minorities, immigrants, and in the protection of minors.

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Nov 01 - Noise Making Sends Monkeys Back Up the Rock

monkeysThe Department of the Environment is continuing with its strategy to remove the Barbary Macaques frequenting urban ‘hot spots’, through the use of noisemakers. The method was successful some months back, but it is essential to periodically repeat this.

Noise-makers will cause loud ‘banging’ noises in the areas of Laguna Estate, Trafalgar and Gardiner’s Road. The operation will commence today and will run for a period of two or three weeks. Further information of any expansion of ‘hot spots’, which may be tackled with firecrackers, is to be issued shortly.

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Nov 05 - 1st Princess Participates in Miss International Pageant

jamielee randallMiss Gibraltar’s 1st Princess, Jamielee Randall, will be participating at Miss International 2013 to be held in Okinawa, Japan, in December.

This event has been the initiative of Jamielee, who has been very busy looking for sponsors and making all the arrangements to participate in this pageant. Jamielee would like to thank Sorek Group for making her participation possible as well as MLE swimwear, Jayden Fa Photography and Gibraltar Crystal for their support.

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Nov 05 - GHA Represented at London Cenotaph Remembrance Day

newsThis year’s Remembrance Day Service at the London Cenotaph will see the Gibraltar Health Authority’s Sigurd Haveland represent his colleagues in the Civil Service contingent Guard of Honour.

The GHA has today stated that ‘it is an honour and a privilege for the Gibraltar Ambulance Service to have one of its own form part of the 180 strong guard, drawn from uniformed organisations such Police services and Transport Police from England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales, Fire and Rescue services from England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales, Ambulance Services from England, Wales and Gibraltar and Her Majesty’s Prison Service from Northern Ireland and Scotland.’

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Nov 05 - Royal Gibraltar Police Vs Northamptonshire Constabulary Football Match

RGP Football Team Vs NorthamptonshireThe Royal Gibraltar Police’s football team flew to the United Kingdom this past weekend and competed in a football match against the Northamptonshire Constabulary. The opportunity arose following contacts between Commissioner Eddie Yome of the RGP and Deputy Chief Constable Martin Jelley of Northamptonshire Constabulary. Both officers attended the same Strategic Command Course in 2008 and have maintained a close professional and personal relationship since then.

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iPad Air arrives in Gibraltar

Newton Gibraltar - iPad Air in GibraltarThe all new iPad Air is now available in Gibraltar at Newton Systems. The new iPad is now 20% thinner and weighs less than 500 grams, making it the lightest iPad to date. 

It still has the same sized display, but now it’s Retina, making it one of the most beautiful screens to look at. The all new design makes it sleeker and smaller, but with an A7 chip and 64-bit architecture, it’s the fastest iPad to date. 

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Nov 05 - RGP Midterm Camp Success

rgp mid term campSchool Liaison Officers of the Royal Gibraltar Police’s Neighbourhood Policing Unit recently held a mid-term camp for children aged 8 to 10. The twenty-one participating children were treated to a range of activities balanced between exposing them to police work and fun activities.

On Monday the 28th of October the children enjoyed negotiating an assault course, the next day they were treated to a visit of New Mole House Police Headquarters which included the Custody Suite, Control Room and Crime Scene Investigator’s Office where they were shown fingerprinting techniques.

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