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20th March 2025
Chief Minister Fabian Picardo sought to address criticism yesterday that changes to the university scholarship scheme discriminated against pupils in private schools, insisting the same criteria applied across the board and that the change was about “the route to proving eligibility”. Responding to Opposition questions in Parliament, Mr Picardo accused the GSD of fuelling concern...
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20th March 2025
Chief Minister Fabian Picardo sought to address criticism yesterday that changes to the university scholarship scheme discriminated against pupils in private schools, insisting the same criteria applied across the board and that the change was about “the route to proving eligibility”. Responding to Opposition questions in Parliament, Mr Picardo accused the GSD of fuelling concern...
20th March 2025
by Elena Scialtiel Local hobbyist group GiBricks has raised £15,000 for the Gibraltar Cardiac Association (GCA) to go towards donations of medical equipment for the GHA, an act done in loving memory of the late founding member of both groups, Keith Bautista. This was unveiled at the official opening of an exhibition of LEGO sculptures...
20th March 2025
The Gibraltar Parliament paid tribute to former Speaker and Supreme Court judge John Alcantara, CBE, who died last weekend aged 99 after a life of public service. Karen Ramagge, the Speaker of Parliament, led the tributes and said Mr Justice Alcantara had been firm and practical in his approach to his judicial and parliamentary duties,...
20th March 2025
The Community Mental Health Team Facility will be relocated to Sir Joshua Hassan House on Secretary’s Lane, with the Citizens Advice Bureau and the Public Services Ombudsman also moving to the site. The new facility is still in its design stage, with the Minister for Health, Gemma Arias-Vasquez, anticipating that the site will be open...
19th March 2025
Local students discussed barriers for women and gender balance in the legal industry at a workshop led by lawyers at Hassans. Some 17 students from Bayside, Westside, Gibraltar College, Prior Park and the Gibraltar Boys Secondary School attended the two-hour session. The workshop was led by Gibraltar’s first female KC, Gillian Guzman, and fellow lawyers...
19th March 2025
The Environmental Safety Group has urged the Gibraltar Port Authority to swiftly implement safety recommendations from the OS 35 Report to prevent future ship collisions. The group’s message comes after a collision between two ships in the Bay in the early hours of Tuesday morning. The incident happened at around 1am when the liquefied natural...
19th March 2025
Cultural Services, on behalf of the Ministries for Tourism and Culture, has announced ‘An Audience With’ best-selling author David Walliams as a prelude to the 2025 Gibunco Gibraltar Literary Festival 2025. Minister for Tourism and Culture, Christian Santos, confirmed the event will take place on Thursday, April 24 at the Europa Sports Arena at 7pm....
21st March 2025
By Jessica Coates and Rob Freeman, PA More than 1,300 flights to and from Heathrow Airport will be disrupted on Friday due to the closure of the airport following a fire at a nearby electrical substation. Thousands of homes have been left without power and more than 100 people were evacuated after a transformer within...
20th March 2025
By Anna Wise, PA Business Reporter The Bank of England has kept UK interest rates at 4.5%, as policymakers warned that uncertainty over global trade had intensified following new US tariffs. Eight members of the Bank’s nine-person Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) voted to keep rates on hold on Thursday while they assess the impact of...
18th March 2025
By Eleanor Busby, PA Education Correspondent A UK review will consider reducing the “volume of assessment” at GCSE following concerns about the pressure that exams can place on pupils. The interim report of the independent curriculum and assessment review has said it will consider whether the English Baccalaureate (EBacc) – a Government performance measure for...
14th March 2025
By Ben Mitchell, PA A Royal Navy warship has seized £5.4 million worth of class A drugs in the Middle East. HMS Lancaster launched its Wildcat helicopter after spotting suspicious activity from two boats side-by-side in the northern Arabian Sea at night. When the crew spotted packages being transferred from a small fast boat to...
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