Today, 25 November, is the United Nations International Day of Eliminating Violence Against Women.
The Government supports this International Day to End Violence against Women which is an opportunity for all people to recommit to preventing and halting all forms of violence against women and girls.
The Deputy Chief Minister, Dr Joseph Garcia, is in London to attend meetings of the United Kingdom Overseas Territories Association (UKOTA) and the Joint Ministerial Council (JMC) which is made up of Ministers from the Territories and from the United Kingdom.
The Government, in a statement this afternoon, have said that the GSD Opposition’s “amnesia” is no excuse for their choice to “absent themselves from the real world.”
Earlier this year, GHITA organised a training course on British Sign Language level one. The course was taken up by six employees of the Care Agency, two from the GHA and a self-employed individual. The course has been a great success; all attendees having passed and received the SIGNATURE Accreditation Certificate after their video tests were adjudicated by a UK Examination Board. A reception was organised by GHITA last night and certificates were awarded by Samantha Sacramento, Minister for Equality, Social Services and the Elderly.
The UK’s Culture Secretary Maria Miller this week congratulated the Gibraltar Football Association on the National side’s 0 – 0 draw with Slovakia last week, in their first official match as a UEFA recognised team. The Daily Mail today reports that Ms. Miller ‘taunted Spain by hailing a ‘historic’ match played by Gibraltar’s football team last week’.
The Royal Gibraltar Police is aware of public concern regarding an individual who had reportedly attempted to enter a number of residences in Gibraltar in the last week.
A 22 year old local man has been arrested by officers of the Royal Gibraltar Police’s Drug Squad following an investigation into drugs supply offences.