A total of eight political leaders from UK Overseas Territories will be present in Gibraltar to celebrate National Day next week.
They are from Anguilla, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Montserrat, Turks and Caicos and Pictairn.
A full programme of activities and events has been prepared for them. This will include working meetings in advance of the Joint Ministerial Council between the Overseas Territories Governments and the United Kingdom Government which will take place at the end of the year.
In his intervention before the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Spanish Parliament yesterday, the Spanish Foreign Minister said:
“I get good news this afternoon - that Gibraltar authorities are willing to amend Gibraltar protection law of nature of 1991 for our fishermen to return to where they used to fish. Again, we do not recognise the jurisdiction of Gibraltar but we welcome this gesture as a gesture of good will if it is in the benefit of our fishermen. We expect it to be true."
The Government wish to make it clear that its policy objective of amending the Nature Protection Act and allowing some fishing by Spanish and other fishermen in British Gibraltar Territorial Waters (BGTW) using lawful methods of fishing is not new.
This is a long-standing policy which has been explained on several occasions both in public and in private over the last twelve months.
Indeed, this objective was explained directly to the Spanish fishermen themselves during meetings that were held in No 6 Convent Place.
It will be recalled that shortly after coming to power in December 2011, the Government sought to regularise the fishing methods being used inside BGTW, some of which were clearly contrary to the 1991 Nature Protection Act and had resulted in over-fishing of certain areas.
A 37 year old Polish national residing in Gibraltar was yesterday, 3rd of September, sentenced to three months imprisonment after being found guilty of wounding at a hearing in the Magistrates’ Court.
Three Undergraduate students have undertaken placements with the City Fire Brigade (Operations and Fire Safety Departments) under the Student Summer Placement Scheme, from 1 July to the 30 August.
Thirteen Officers of HM Customs Enforcement Division recently qualified as operators of the SAFRAN Morpho Ion Trace Detection apparatus. This equipment tests for the extant and past presence of narcotics, explosives, chemical and biological agents and has already produced valuable results in the first few weeks of operation.
Consequent to a report from an off-duty Officer of HM Customs, an area search of the Eastern Beach coastline was conducted by HM Customs assisted by the RGP Marine Unit.
A total of eight political leaders from UK Overseas Territories will be present in Gibraltar to celebrate National Day next week.
In his intervention before the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Spanish Parliament yesterday, the Spanish Foreign Minister said:
Genyka Celecia has recently graduated this past July as a British registered Teacher in Classical Ballet, at the Royal Academy of Dance.
Three Undergraduate students have undertaken placements with the City Fire Brigade (Operations and Fire Safety Departments) under the Student Summer Placement Scheme, from 1 July to the 30 August.
Thirteen Officers of HM Customs Enforcement Division recently qualified as operators of the SAFRAN Morpho Ion Trace Detection apparatus. This equipment tests for the extant and past presence of narcotics, explosives, chemical and biological agents and has already produced valuable results in the first few weeks of operation.
Consequent to a report from an off-duty Officer of HM Customs, an area search of the Eastern Beach coastline was conducted by HM Customs assisted by the RGP Marine Unit.
