Dec 08 – Rock On The Rock Launches Singer Songwriter Competition
The Rock on the Rock Club is organising its fifth Singer Songwriter Competition on Saturday 27th December. The club is calling all local musicians to take part in this competition and play their songs to a large and attentive audience. Each participant will be required to perform two original songs using only one instrument and one microphone. Unlike previous editions, this year the Club will have fixed prizes of £400 (first prize), £150 (second prize) and £70 (third prize). The winner of the competition will also earn a place on the seaside stage at the 2015 Gibraltar Music Festival.
In accordance with established practice, the Chief Minister has approved the closure of all non-essential Government Offices on 2nd January 2015, which will be treated as a privilege holiday, given that it falls on a Friday.
The dinner dance hosted by local charity Action4schools-Sierra Leone held at the Calpe Rowing Club on Saturday 6th December raised funds in aid of the "ebola orphans appeal" which the charity recently launched in Gibraltar. The charity had pledged £2,000 from general funds, the event raised £4,500, a £500 donation was received from the Rotary Club of Gibraltar and then a further £1,000 donation was made by an anonymous guest of the dinner, raising the total to £8,000.
The GSD says it notes the explanation afforded by the Chief Minister to allegations made on social media that he held an interest in a business selling sunglasses at the time he reduced duty on sunglasses to zero at the last Budget. It will be recalled, says the Opposition, that the GSD then issued a communiqué asking the Chief Minister to make a public statement as to the veracity of the allegations. Consequent on that communiqué, the Chief Minister said that the information was "out of date" and that he "used to own a sunglasses shop many years ago". He then said that he owns "a company with other investors" which now operates as "a landlord of property in Main Street, from where another business operates selling sunglasses".
