British Forces Gibraltar wives Lisa Blofield, Sue Drayton and Clare Fawcett are organizing a mass charity Mediterranean Steps Walk in aid of SSAFA Forces Help Gibraltar and Childline Gibraltar.
The walk is open to everyone and will take place on Saturday 13th April. Registration can be done on the day and further details can be found on Facebook under ‘Med Steps Madness’ where you can invite your friends and add your interest.
Twenty-eight proud members of the Ambulance Service with experience ranging from between six to fourteen years of ambulance work were presented the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee medal on the 13th March at Bleak House by the Minister for Health John Cortes.
The Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal is a commemorative medal created in 2011 to mark the 60th anniversary of the accession to the throne of Queen Elizabeth II. As part of the Queen’s Jubilee, emergency service personnel that have completed 5 full calendar years of service on 5th February 2012 qualify for the Queen’s Jubilee medal.
Minister for Education, Gilbert Licudi, presented ICT basic competency certificates to a group of Senior Citizens last Thursday after they had successfully completed a five week course on the basics of ICT, which included the World Wide Web and internet use, emailing and some standard office packages.
The Minister explained that these certificates showcased education as a lifelong learning process and showed that it was never too late to keep abreast of new technologies.
Acting as Chief Minister this week, Dr Joseph Garcia was presented with a framed photograph of the Gibraltar Special Olympics team on Tuesday, by the association's President Annie Risso.
The memento was intended as a thank you to the Government, which was the main sponsor of the Gibraltar team in the recent World Winter Games that took place in South Korea.
After dropping off an engine in Sigonella Italy, six members of the 435 Canadian Air Force squadron, from Winnepeg, spent the night in Gibraltar as part of an on route stop.
