Following an investigation carried out over a number of burglaries at a local establishment and a residence, RGP Criminal Investigation Officers have arrested a 31 year old Irish national. The alleged burglaries took place on the 22nd of February 2013 and the 25th February 2013.
Yesterday afternoon the Gibraltar Botanical Gardens officially launched their Natural Learning Centre which, for a number of weeks now, has centered around educating young school children on ‘all sorts of matters relating to our environment’.
The scheme, the brainchild of Botanical Gardens staff member Chris Guilder has received an enormous amount of positive feedback from the youngsters involved, as well as parents. So much so that a waiting list has been compiled for other children who want to partake in the scheme. The children currently involved with the Learning Centre are aged 11 and attend Bishop Fitzgerald School.
Following a day of meetings with potential investors at Gibraltar House in London, today, Mr. Picardo will be installed as a member of the Guild of Freemen of the City of London at the Guild Hall.
He has been nominated by the Master of the Guild of Freemen, Mrs Anne E Holden, Brigadier Michael Keun and by Mr Albert Poggio OBE.
In June 1987, Joaquin Mari Recio was convicted of the Murder of Manuel Nelson in the Supreme Court of Gibraltar following a trial by jury. He was sentenced to life imprisonment but escaped from prison in June 1988 and was a fugitive until he was sentenced to another stint in prison for a separate matter.
