Students of both St. Anne’s and Bishop Fitzgerald middle schools recently visited the rubbish separation plant in Los Barrios. The children followed the route that our rubbish travels on a daily basis and were made aware of the importance of recycling. They also discovered that each resident of Gibraltar throws, on average, a shocking 1 tonne of rubbish every year.
St. Joseph’s First School's Year 3 pupils this week celebrated the Chinese New Year by dressing in their own Chinese costumes. The students attended an assembly which set out to teach them all about the Year of the Snake, it even featured a colourful Chinese dragon.
Cross Border association Ascteg has formalised an appeal against the recently appointed rule stating that individuals living close to the Gibraltar frontier are only allowed to carry four packets of cigarettes through border control, each month.
Europa Sur reports that Spain has insisted to the UK government, that they will be ignoring the Cordoba Agreement and intent to push forward with their plan to get Gibraltar excluded from the current EU Aviation rules.
Europe Minister David Lidington insisted last month that the UK Government would do everything in their power to protect the interests of Gibraltar. The Spanish Government reminded the UK that the Cordoba Agreement expired in 2006.
