The Government says it notes, “with disappointment”, the European Parliament’s objection, today, to the entry into force of the European Commission’s decision to remove certain jurisdictions, including Gibraltar, from the EU’s list of ‘high-risk’ third-countries with strategic deficiencies as regards anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing (“AML/CFT”).
Following a ruling by the Chief Justice, two accountants who were set to stand trial accused of hiding their knowledge of the Marrache brothers’ multi-million pound fraud were found not guilty at the Supreme Court today.
A time capsule containing a selection of modern day documents, photographs and samples of local media – including a screenshot of the YGTV home page – was sealed away behind a memorial plaque outside of the St Bernard’s School site yesterday morning.
Yesterday evening, the Minister for Tourism, Samantha Sacramento, presented Daniel Yeo with the Royal Life Saving Society’s “Giovanni Sene Award” for the best lifeguard to qualify for the National Beach Lifeguard Qualification for the year 2015.