YGTV, Gibraltar’s biggest dedicated online news platform, continues to grow steadily. The site now attracts over 100,000 page views every month from over 30,000 users (measured as unique IP addresses).
In line with the Government’s commitment to explore the deployment of marine renewable energy technologies in Gibraltar, the Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Blue Shark Power - an Aquitaine French 'clean tech' company established in 2013, that is currently developing patented technology for the manufacture of high-power marine renewable energy turbines. This exciting development will allow Blue Shark Power to work closely with the Department of the Environment and Climate Change in order to assess the feasibility of installing its marine current turbines in Gibraltar. Initial surveys are expected to commence in Autumn this year and these will take place in different areas of British Gibraltar Territorial Waters.
Gibtelecom celebrated the successful completion of the third intake of its communications apprenticeship scheme, launched in 2008, with a graduation reception at the Rock Hotel on Monday evening. Three apprentices graduated with a BTEC (Business and Technology Education Council)Diploma in Professional Competence for IT & Telecoms Professionals.
Gibraltar suffered a major power outage earlier this evening. Although power was slowly returned to some districts at around 8pm, parts of the South district were without power for three hours.