Sep 23 - Clean Up the World Record Success
This weekend’s Clean Up the World campaign garnered support from a number of local schools, clubs, associations and Government ministers, including Environment Minister Dr. John Cortes. Art in Movement led the walkers with rhythmic drumming which attracted much attention. Many school children had created signs and banners made from recycled materials especially for the Parade and bright, important messages about protecting the environment were on display and shouted out by the pupils. Once at the Square and after a few words were spoken by organisers and the Minister for the Environment the crowd was entertained by fabulous dance displays by Art in Movement and Danza Academy.
The Chief Minister addressed the reception hosted by HM Government of Gibraltar yesterday at the annual Labour Party Conference being held in Brighton. The reception was so well attended that people had to listen to speeches from outside the venue at the Grand Hotel in Brighton. Attending with the Chief Minister were Government Ministers, Samantha Sacramento and Albert Isola.
The Gibraltar Ornithological and Natural History Society has expressed concern over reports that the Government of Gibraltar may be taking steps to allow fishing with nets and the raking of sea-beds within BGTW. The group insists that ‘while the amendment to the Nature Protection Act (NPA) currently proposed does not in itself allow such activity, its introduction suggests that this may be a possibility in the future’.
Following concerns expressed by the Ministry for the Environment about marine life being trapped within the operational docks at Gibdock, the local shipyard operator has embarked on an innovative programme to install bubble barriers in each of the docks to prevent fish or any other marine species from becoming trapped.
