June 05 - Governor Presents Governor's Cadet Award

Written on 05 June 2013.

Dressed entirely in uniform, His Excellency the Governor yesterday visited the Gibraltar Army Cadets during their weekly training lessons, at the Buffadero Training Camp. The force is made up of 66 cadets and five instructors. The youngsters, who range between the ages of 12 and 18 carry out an annual syllabus which eventually leads to them achieving their 1 star, 2 star and 3 star awards.

The programme is funded by the Government and requires a great deal of work and time to be put into it, by retired military personal who carry out the course.

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June 05 - PDP Welcome Establishment Of Select Committee On Parliamentary Reform

Written on 05 June 2013.

A statement from the PDP:

The PDP watched with interest the Parliamentary debate on the conclusions of the Commission of Democratic and Parliamentary Reform and welcome the decision of the Government to establish a cross-party select committee to consider the commission’s findings and give further thought to Gibraltar’s future Democratic and Parliamentary structure specifically the enlargement of Parliament.

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June 05 - Jean Rovegno Takes Home Short Story Competition 1st Prize

Written on 05 June 2013.

This year’s annual Short Story Competition was carried out as part of the 2013 Gibraltar Spring Festival. The contest boasted 246 entries, which were judged by Mr. Charles Durante, Mrs Aida Delaney and Mrs Patsy Scott.

Commenting on the entries, and the competition itself, Mr. Durante noted that writing short stories is one way to put across our love of language. He added that in Gibraltar we are blessed with many people who revel in the imaginative use of language. Mr. Durante explained that this year’s competition is testimony to this love of language. He noted that this year’s entries had been truly impressive, both in terms of numbers and quality.

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June 05 - SHSG Back Netto’s Call To Drop “Obsolete” Parliamentary Prayer

Written on 05 June 2013.

shsg The Secular Humanist Society of Gibraltar fully supports Jaime Netto MP, in his speech advocating discontinuing the practice of Parliamentary Prayer, made in Parliament on Tuesday 4th June.