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Feb 07 - Royal Marines 350th Anniversary Gibraltar Rock Run

rock run 2014In order to celebrate and honour 350 years of the Royal Marines, 350 Marines will carry out the annual Rock Run on October 24th 2014. The weekend will include a number of festivities set to celebrate the Corps’ birthday including brunch at the naval base, a lunch with the Governor and a prestigious birthday party at the Khaima.

The run will begin in Casemates Square and end at the top of the Rock. The team aims to raise £6 million for the Royal Marines Charitable Trust Fund, which will help Marines who have been wounded in Afghanistan.

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Feb 07 - Consumer Protection Price Indication Seminars

costaAn information seminar on the introduction of the Indication of Prices and Invoicing Rules 2012 will be hosted at the Eliott Hotel on 19th February 2013 at 2:30 pm. The seminar will be held once again on 21st March 2013 at 2:30pm.

Minister for Commercial Affairs Neil Costa noted that the legislation means that consumers will be able to make better-informed choices regarding the products they buy. He added, ‘we believe that traders will also welcome the balanced approach we have taken in permitting reasonable exemptions for particular types of goods’.

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Feb 07 - Postal Union Letter-Writing Competition

text newsThe Royal Gibraltar Post Office, in association with the Ministry for Culture, the Department of Education, the Gibraltar Philatelic Bureau, the Gibraltar Bookshop and Glass House Trading, is organising the local leg of the Universal Postal Union’s (UPU) International Letter-Writing Competition for 2013.

The competition is open to young people who attend school in Gibraltar and who are less than 15 years on Tuesday 30 April 2013. The UPU International Bureau cannot accept entries sent directly by schools or private individuals.

The 2013 theme is:

“Write someone a letter explaining why water is a precious resource”........

and it ties in with the International Decade for Action “Water for Life” – 2005 to 2015.

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