Gibraltar Cultural Services confirms that the public performances and events scheduled for tomorrow’s World Book Day Celebrations at the John Mackintosh Hall have been cancelled. This includes the performances by The White Light Company and JF Dance as well as the Story Telling sessions at the Library scheduled as from 4.30pm.
The Secular Humanist Society Gibraltar (SHSG) says it is “deeply concerned” about the seven religious leaders’ public display and statements yesterday. The group says that, not only do they “make a mockery” of the horrors of the Holocaust, they also “make a mockery of the suffering of women in Gibraltar.”
The Gibraltar Tourist Board (GTB) held a successful road show in Edinburgh, Scotland on 3rd March.
The Gibraltar Regulatory Authority (GRA), as the Information Commissioner, took part in the annual Global Privacy Enforcement Network Sweep (the “GPEN Sweep”), which this year considered how organisations in various jurisdictions handle and respond to personal data breaches.
- Government and agencies have prepared for scenario “for weeks”
- Decision may be taken to limit large public events
- Schools to be kept open
- Government urges public to look at official sources of information and avoid speculation
Earlier today, the GHA confirmed that a person in Gibraltar has been identified as having the new coronavirus that causes COVID-19. This person and their partner (who has had no symptoms) are a young couple. When they returned from Northern Italy, neither the person nor their partner had any symptoms of COVID-19.
