Jun 13 - Local Team Wins Spearfishing Competition in La Linea
The Gibraltar H20 Linamar spearfishing team this week won the III Quedada Pescasub Puerto De La Alcaidesa competition, held in La Linea last weekend.
June 13 - Gibraltar Museum Lecture Series: History of a Port
Dr Geraldine Finlayson will be giving the third of the current Museum Lecture Series. The theme will revolve around Gibraltar as a port. The strategic geographical location of Gibraltar, between the Atlantic and the Mediterranean and straddling two continents, has attracted maritime activity since its very origins. Dr Finlayson will show how recent research is indicating that eastern Mediterranean mariners may have been reaching the Strait as far back as 3,500 years ago. These may have been pioneering incursions by early Greeks that were consolidated later by the colonisation of the area by Phoenicians and Carthaginians. Dr Finlayson will trace the locations of the early ports associated with Gibraltar.
Jun 13 - Upper Town Beautification Project Outlined
As an issue recently covered by YGTV, the announcement by Minister for Urban Renewal Dr. John Cortes on the beautification and renewal project of the Upper Town, was very much welcomed today by the press. The plan covers the opening up of a number of areas, including a garden situated between Castle Ramp and the Engineer’s Lane Car Park. The project will also see extensive street beautification and new links developed between Road to the Lines and Castle Road.
Dr. Cortes insisted that the Government wished to develop the Upper Town as a destination, perhaps even for tourists. He noted that following these works, he hoped to see retailers and restaurants open up in the area.
June 13 - Operation Roadwatch Returns
Monday the 17th of June will see the launch of the second quarterly operation to make our roads safer, the RGP’s Operation Roadwatch. This two-week campaign is being launched with a small video clip which highlights the dangers posed to all road users by bad driving. In the video clip a young local woman, victim of a road traffic accident, relates how in a matter of seconds her life was irreversibly changed. We take this opportunity to thank her for her courage and support.
