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The Minister with responsibility for safeguarding and Child protection, the Hon Samantha Sacramento MP, is pleased to report that senior staff from the Care Agency with specialist roles in relation to safeguarding and child protection, were invited to attend and celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the prestigious Centre for Child…

Gibraltar Literature Week 2022 organised by Gibraltar Cultural Services on behalf of the Ministry for Culture has proved to be another interactive and engaging event with the Minister for Culture and Education committing to the formation of a Book Council that will be led by Gibraltarian author Mark Sanchez. The…

His Worship the Mayor, Mr Christian Santos GMD hosted a recital at City Hall featuring several recipients of the Parasol Foundation Scholarship Programme.The recipients of the Scholarship Programme are as follows: • Aditya Dhanwani – Excellence Piano• Adele Caetano – Excellence Voice• Siddharth Lakhiani – Excellence Bassoon• Grace Peddler –…

The annual Bookmark Competition, organised by Gibraltar Cultural Services (GCS) and in conjunction with Dyslexia Gibraltar, attracted a total of 362 entries. The awards were presented by the Minister for Culture, The Hon Prof John Cortes MBE JP MP, on Friday 11th November 2022 at 5pm at the Mario Finlayson…

The Chief Minister Fabian Picardo is continuing his “CM On Location” public meetings, an initiative that began in 2019, to provide communities and individual constituents around Gibraltar with direct access to the Chief Minister. The meetings also enable Mr Picardo to see maintenance, cleanliness and general up-keep of areas or…

Gibraltar Literature Week has hosted a variety of school talks and workshops this week. Local authors were invited to be a part of the event and speak to different year groups based on the subject matter and content explored. UK author Ele Fountain addressed Westside and Bayside’s Year 8 cohort,…

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has updated its anti-money laundering, combatting the financing of terrorism and counter-proliferation financing (AML/CFT/CPF) guidance for the real estate agent (REA) sector. The revised document contains important updates to the pre-existing guidance, including: updates to the definition of letting agents; updated guidance about conducting…

The annual Poetry Competition, organised by Gibraltar Cultural Services (GCS) and the Gibraltar Chronicle, attracted a total of 225 entries. The awards were presented by the Minister for Culture, The Hon Prof John Cortes MBE JP MP, on Thursday 10th November 2022 at 4.30pm at the Mario Finlayson National Art…

The Minister for Justice has today published a Bill for a Domestic Abuse Act. The publication of this Bill follows a detailed and extensive period of consultation which included the publication of a command paper the replies to which, in particular from the legal profession, the judiciary and the Royal…

This year’s Christmas Festival of Lights, organised by Gibraltar Cultural Services (GCS) and the Gibraltar Electricity Authority, will be held on Friday 18th November 2022 at John Mackintosh Square. The event will be presented by HW The Mayor Mr Christian Santos GMD and will commence at 6.15pm with live music…