Sep 26 - Gibraltar’s First Backgammon Festival
The Minister for Sport and Leisure, Steven Linares, has today announced that, as part of the policy to develop tourism through sports and leisure events, arrangements have been completed for Gibraltar’s first Backgammon Festival.
The event will be held between the 14th and 20th October 2013. On 14th and 15th a local qualifying event will be organised by a group of local backgammon enthusiasts, working to develop backgammon in Gibraltar. The venue selected by them is Latino’s at Casemates.
The Ministry for Health and the Environment today announced a new set of installments to aid disabled individuals, at St. Bernard’s Hospital. These include a lift and ramp to allow wheelchair access to the garden, as well as a voice chip in hospital lifts, which will indicate what floors the lift is on, for those who may be visually impaired. Lifts will also indicate which direction the lift is moving in and when doors are opening and closing.
A 55 year old woman has today been sentenced to a total of 20 months imprisonment in the Supreme Court.
