Mar 08 - Gibraltar Celebrates International Women’s Day
This morning, a number of prominent groups, at the forefront of the Community gathered in the lobby of the City Hall, where Chief Minister Fabian Picardo uncovered a plaque, commemorating International Women’s Day. Commenting on Gibraltar’s first Women’s association, named the Housewives Association of which, his mother was one of the founding members, along with Mariola Summerfield, Mr Picardo explained that the group played its part and ‘became a spring board for political women and for the continuing activity of the association itself’.
Chief Minister, it has been decided to widen the scope of the Mayor’s Awards Scheme.
Twelve Officers from the City Fire Brigade have successfully completed two Rope Rescue Level 2 Supervisor Courses which were held recently around Gibraltar, under the supervision of Mr Malcolm Stephen from the Outreach Rescue (North Wales).
Following guilty pleas on the 11th of February 2013 to charges of possession and possession with intent to supply 25 grammes of herbal cannabis and 65 grammes of cannabis resin, 39 year old Jose Marquez Hurtado, of 3 Raven House was yesterday sentenced to ten weeks imprisonment.
