The annual Short Story Competition organised by the Gibraltar Cultural Services on behalf of the Ministry for Culture in conjunction with the Gibraltar Chronicle attracted a total of 350 entries from children in School Years 4 to 13 and adults. The awards were presented earlier today at the John Mackintosh Hall.
Celebrated every year on the 5th June, World Environment Day is the United Nations’ biggest annual event for positive environmental action to encourage worldwide awareness of the need to protect the planet. Since the first World Environment Day in 1974, the event has grown to become a global platform for positive public outreach on the environment in over 100 countries.
The exhibition on the closure of the border by Spain, which is currently on display at the John Mackintosh Hall, will be open on Saturday 8th June from 10:00am to 2:00pm. Saturday marks exactly 50 years to the day since the border gates were closed by Spain on 8th June 1969.
The developers of Midtown Coach and Car Park (MCCP) have issued a statement on the allocation of car parking spaces in MCCP. This follows the heated political debate this week over whether the Chief Minister and the Financial Secretary used their positions to secure cheaper large parking spaces. Both have denied doing so and have argued that they paid the set rate.
