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.
With Guardia Civil checks at the Frontier once again taking a turn for the worse, queues have been exceptionally long over the past few days. Yesterday afternoon saw a hefty pedestrian queue start to form at around 4pm. During the evening, tailbacks for Motorbikes and cars reached the two hours mark, and this afternoon the RGP has claimed that the estimated queuing time at 2pm was 4 hours.
Open now in the Casemates Arcade, specialist fancy dress and party ware retailer Mad Hatters Party offers a huge variety of popular costumes and caters for themed parties. The shop saw a huge rush leading up to the Halloween period. Vicky Bula explained that some of the most popular costumes were the full body morph suits and the DC superheroes costumes. The shop is owned by Ali Ebrahim.
The GSD this week approved a new party Constitution updating their original policy, agreed upon in 1990, during the constitution of the Party. During a meeting of the Executive it was decided that the new constitution should ‘open up democracy further within the Party’, with changes dealing with elections of Executive Committee members and the election of the Leader of the party. The Leader of the Party will now be voted by the membership and the Executive and the Executive of the GSD after every General Election, as part of a weighted 60% (members) and 40% (Executive) system.
From 0630hrs the 11/11/2013 to 0630hrs the 12/11/2013
CRIME REPORTS
1Report of Intentional Harassment Alarm or Distress
1 Report of Fear or Provocation of Violence
3 Reports of Theft
1 Report of Burglary
Questioning UK Minister for Europe David Lidington on Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Labour MP for Heywood and Middleton Jim Dobbin requested information in Parliament yesterday on whether any Minister or official had agreed or taken any steps to restart talks with Spain on the sovereignty of Gibraltar under the Brussels Process or any other bilateral process.
A delegation of the newly formed Unite Young Members Committee will be travelling to the United Kingdom – Esher Place on the 18th November 2013 to attend a course of young members.
This course focuses on Unite organising Strategy, Community Activism and the key issues young people face in the workplace and wider community.
