Sep 26 - Gibraltar Students on UN 4th Committee Visit
Six A Level students will travel with the Government to the meeting of the United Nations 4th Committee in New York next month, during which Gibraltar is a topic of discussion.
Six A Level students will travel with the Government to the meeting of the United Nations 4th Committee in New York next month, during which Gibraltar is a topic of discussion.
The Department of the Environment is expanding Government’s kerbside recycling service to include Waste Electronic and Electrical Equipment (WEEE) bins. The bins will be placed next to existing recycling bins at Cloister Ramp, Moorish Castle Estate, Devil’s Tower Road, Waterport Road, Williams Way Catalan Bay and Rosia Road.
The Minister for Sport and Leisure, Steven Linares, has today announced that, as part of the policy to develop tourism through sports and leisure events, arrangements have been completed for Gibraltar’s first Backgammon Festival.
The event will be held between the 14th and 20th October 2013. On 14th and 15th a local qualifying event will be organised by a group of local backgammon enthusiasts, working to develop backgammon in Gibraltar. The venue selected by them is Latino’s at Casemates.
The Ministry for Health and the Environment today announced a new set of installments to aid disabled individuals, at St. Bernard’s Hospital. These include a lift and ramp to allow wheelchair access to the garden, as well as a voice chip in hospital lifts, which will indicate what floors the lift is on, for those who may be visually impaired. Lifts will also indicate which direction the lift is moving in and when doors are opening and closing.