The Deputy Chief Minister Dr Joseph Garcia has said that although Gibraltar prefers a treaty to govern our relationship with the European Union, there are fundamental red lines which the Government is not prepared to cross in order to achieve it. Dr Garcia was speaking in Brighton today at the annual party conference of the U.K. Liberal Democrats.
It has come to the attention of the GSD Opposition, from answers to questions in Parliament that the waiting time for Physiotherapy treatment has more than tripled since December 2011, to 20 weeks, as has the number of people on the list waiting for Physiotherapy treatment, there are now 384 people awaiting Physiotherapy treatment.
The first round of Gibraltar's breast screening programme, which started in January 2011, was completed last autumn (2013). To date a total of 9631 ladies have been invited with 6280 having attended, and 36 cancers diagnosed as a result.
Local dignitaries and guests met at Grand Battery House this morning to commemorate this year’s Holocaust Memorial Day. The Chief Minister Fabian Picardo gave a short speech underlining the importance of remembering the Holocaust and its unthinkable suffering.
The GSD has said that Fabian Picardo "lied to Parliament" when he said that no indirect financial assistance had been provided by the Government to the owners of the Sunborn. The Opposition has also said that the Government’s response to the Leader of the Opposition’s New Year’s Message is “extraordinary” and betrays its “nervousness” on the issue of Credit Finance Company Limited.