European Commission Executive Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič, Spanish Minister for Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation José Manuel Albares and UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy, together with the Chief Minister of Gibraltar Fabian Picardo, met in Brussels earlier today.
Auditions for the 4th edition of Gibraltar’s Got talent will be hosted in 17th & 18th May at 5pm at the Tercentenary Sports Hall. Semi finals of the show will be held in 23rd July at the Ince’s Hall theatre at 9pm. The show’s Finale will be held at 9pm on July 27th at the Ince’s Hall theatre.
Chief Minister Fabian Picardo has sent his congratulations to Commissioner Eddie Yome on being elected President of the European Association of Airport and Seaport Police. The election was held during the Association’s two-day conference held last week at the Caleta Hotel.
Commissioner Yome has been a member of the Association for five years and has recently been a Vice-President on Aviation matters. He now takes on the presidency for a three-year term and he will preside over his first conference in Dubrovnik next year. In his new role he will automatically be a member of the International Association of Airports and Seaports Police and he will report personally to various EU organisations when submitting research and bids for future projects.
Samantha Sacramento, Minister for Equality and Social Services is in London this week furthering the Government’s Equality Agenda.
The Minister last week met with Minister Helen Grant, the Joint Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice and for Women and Equality Issues. The Ministers discussed issues common to their portfolio and shared experiences and information on the matter.
The Mid Harbour Estate Committee have once again written an open letter to the press following a recent statement released by the Government, defending their position on the state of the Estate. The Committee insists that there is no person or certain individual seeking to spread misinformation and distort reality’. They claim that they have always expressed their desire to work with the Government and the Housing Department for the benefit of the Estate.
The committee statement continues, ‘because of the perceived lack of interest, initiative, communication and action by Government Departments, the Committee felt that its only option was to resort to the media. If nothing else, our Press Release has served one purpose; to inspire some lively debate! We hope and trust that its PRIME purpose will come to fruition as well!! That is, to illicit POSITIVE responses from a Government Department seemingly in the grip of inertia, in order to rectify the problems inherent in the Estate. It has never been the intention of the Committee to score ‘brownie points’. There are MANY on the estate with grievances but most, if not all are happy and thankful for their homes.’