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Jan 26 - Opposition Hits Back At Government Over Laguna Lighting

The Opposition Spokesman for Housing, Edwin Reyes, wishes to thank the pertinent Government Department / Authority / Contractor for installing additional lighting at the temporary entrance to Resolution House in Laguna Estate, despite the Minister for Housing having originally denied there were any Health & Safety concerns as expressed by tenants. The provision of more lights, as from Saturday, enhancing the access area to Resolution House is appreciated by residents in the block of flats concerned, says the GSD. Several tenants have personally thanked the Opposition for their input in helping to bring this matter to the Housing Ministry’s attention, “more so since their own course of actions had failed to achieve this.”

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Jan 26 - Invitation Withdrawal Sees Picardo Address Politicians & Journalists in Madrid

chief minister Initially due to give a talk at the independent Nueva Economia Forum in Madrid on Tuesday 3rd February, the Chief Minister’s invitation to speak at the prestigious Forum was withdrawn last week due to ‘reasons of State’.

The order is said to have come from Spanish Foreign Secretary Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo. According to the Daily Express, the organization was further threatened with ‘sponsorship problems.’

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Jan 26 - Spain “Must Comply With Border Recommendations” Garcia Tells Commission

The Deputy Chief Minister, Dr Joseph Garcia, has told the European Commission that Gibraltar has now complied with all the recommendations made to it in relation to the border and that it is about time that Spain complied with those made to them. These comments were made during the last day of Dr Garcia's visit to Brussels in a meeting with the Director General of Home Affairs, whose department is responsible for the investigation into the frontier.

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