Gibraltar’s representation at the Labour Party Conference continued yesterday evening with the Gibraltar Reception hosted by the Chief Minister Fabian Picardo and featuring a keynote speech by the UK Minister for Europe and the Overseas Territories Stephen Doughty MP.
As part of the Government of Gibraltar’s commitment to sustainable waste management, the collection of waste cooking oil, ink toners and cartridges is now available at the Recycling Centre on Europa Advance Road.
The public is encouraged to dispose of their waste cooking oil and any used ink toners and cartridges at the site mentioned above.
Member of the Spanish Parliament are considering switching time zones, to those of the UK and Portugal, in order to boost productivity within the country. A Parliamentary commission document on the matter insists that Spain has not been in the correct time zone for more than 71 years. The Commission claims that the country sleeps an hour less than is recommended by the World Health Organisation.
With the Miss World Beauty Pageant’s Finale set for this weekend, Muslim extremists have threatened to attack the pageant, which they have dubbed ‘pornography’. The Daily Mail reports that the finale has been moved to Hindu-majority Bali where extremist influence is minimal.
The pageant was set to take place in Jakarta, Indonisia. Miss Gibraltar, who currently poses as number 1 people’s choice, is currently in Indonisia for the pageant.