The Royal Gibraltar Police (RGP) investigation into the allegation that ‘whistle-blowers’ were incentivised to provide evidence to the McGrail Inquiry “has not uncovered any evidence that meets the threshold for criminal prosecution for Misconduct in Public Office.”
A new web portal in Gibraltar will prove incredibly useful for monitoring temperatures and weather changes around the Rock’s multiple micro climates. The website, developed and launched by the Government’s Department of the Environment, can be found at www.gibmetportal.gi. The network correlates climate-relevant data monitoring wind speed and direction, temperature, rainfall, solar intensity and barometric pressure at a number of varied sites around Gibraltar.
Speaking at the opening of the Calpe Conference this morning, Deputy Chief Minister Dr. Garcia touched heavily upon the bid for Gibraltar’s Neanderthal caves as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, which is set to be submitted in January. He noted that the conference, which includes lectures on World Heritage, and its competitive advantage, and how a study of our ancestors can enhance our modern society, ‘bring together leaders in their respective fields of human evolution and world heritage, two apparently disparate fields which are being brought together in this forum.’
This weekend saw the repair of the stone finial and weather vane of the old dockyard clock tower in a project financed by Government but managed by the Gibraltar Heritage Trust.
Gibraltar’s “Monkey Hill” features in a list of the world’s filthiest tourist spots compiled by the Italian daily newspaper, La Repubblica, and posted on its website.