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”).
The Gibraltar Honours Board will meet in May under the Chairmanship of His Excellency the Governor to consider nominations to be put forward for the New Year Honours List 2017 and nominations for the Gibraltar Award, which are decided locally and will be announced in the Queens Birthday List 2016.
The Gibraltar Cultural Services, for the Ministry of Culture, has announced that the organisation for the gastronomy festival ‘Calentita’ will be coordinated by Word of Mouth.
Rachel Martinez has signed up for the Mrs Gibraltar pageant. She was one of four contestants who put their names down yesterday evening just before the recruitment stage ended. YGTV will be posting further individual profiles over the coming days.