May 30 - Government Insists GBC Board Does Not Regulate Political Output

Written on 30 May 2013.

The Government has today claimed that the response by the GSD on the issue of the appointment of the Board of GBC is a transparent attempt to avoid praising the way in which the Chief Minister, Fabian Picardo, has exceeded his pre-election commitment to make GBC politically independent.

They added, ‘the GSD consistently failed to secure GBC’s partisan independence by appointing close political associates and relatives of the Chief Minister to the Board. At that time, the Board of GBC was the authority that made determinations of partisan balance in the output of the corporation. As a result, the people that the GSD appointed to the Board of GBC were the people who were then empowered to determine whether the GSD or the GSLP Liberals or other parties were right on any particular issues as to balance – with recourse being to the Courts of a party disagreed with any decision of the Board.

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May 30 - Last year saw the fewest operations cancelled through bed shortage in many years

Written on 30 May 2013.

• New operating theatre initiatives on the way
• GSD use of statistics is questionable

The Opposition either does not know how to interpret statistics or fails to understand the complexities of health care. Their recent statement on the hospital waiting lists is a play on figures, which is of little substance and irresponsible in its intent.

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May 30 - RGP - Theft & False Accounting Charges

Written on 30 May 2013.

Police have today charged local woman, Hortencia Chipolina, born on 14th March 1960, with four counts of theft totalling approximately £690,385 and one count of false accounting. The charges relate to the alleged theft of monies from the staff savings funds of a local company over a period of nine years.

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May 30 - Ballymena and Gibraltar Lions Club Twinning Ceremony

Written on 30 May 2013.

Marking the twinning ceremony of the Gibraltar and Ballymena Lions Clubs last night, His Worship the Mayor Tony Lima hosted a reception re-uniting members of both clubs who had built friendships through formerly liaising through the clubs.

The Reception was also attended by a number of representatives of the Lions Clubs from neighbouring Towns and Cities, including Sr. Jose Manuel Garcia Caballero of District No.116-B Spain as well as Mayoress of La Linea, Sra. Gemma Araujo. The Chief Minister was also present.

Speaking at the Twinning, His Worship the Mayor noted that he was deeply honoured to have been asked by the Lions Fraternity to preside over the Ceremony and Witness the signing of the Twinning Documents.

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