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Financial Services Commission to commence search for new CEO

GFSC Chairman, Jonathan Spencer, announced today that the Commission will shortly commence its search for a successor to the current CEO, Samantha Barrass, whose second term as CEO ends in August 2020. She intends to return to the UK to pursue the next stage of her career.  Read more

Where’s the Civic Pride?

WANTED: More Responsible Dog Ownership and Stronger Enforcement

Dog fouling is a mess, (excuse the pun) which doesn’t go away. It’s also a daily irritating problem and a health one at that, especially this time of the year when the sun is blazing away more hours in a day compounding the problem left behind!

Dog fouling and litter are constant daily irritants. We at Panorama receive weekly complaints and have unsightly photos sent to prove the point. So I do feel obliged to write another report why disappointingly, it very much looks there is a growing number of dog owners who do not remove the business end of the mess after their pets has completed their part, which is normally deposited or a more common term dumped, on pavements, public highways and most residential estates. Read more

Renewable energy expert in Gibraltar

At the invitation of the Department of Environment and Climate Change, an expert on Renewable Energy has been in Gibraltar this week for talks with Government on meeting its Climate Change targets, set both in the Climate Change Act that has just been passed in Parliament, and the aims of the recently declared Climate Emergency.  Read more

Picardo and Garcia discuss tanker issue with Theresa May and other officials

British Prime Minister Theresa May has held meeting with Gibraltar’s Chief Minister Fabian Picardo and Depty Chief Minister Dr Joseph Garcia at a meeting in London. They left for London yesteday and return today.

This has the makings of an unscheduled meeting that arose at the last minute to discuss the detained Iranian oil tanker Grace 1.  Read more

Freedom of The Press is Vital and Under-reporting is a Deficit

There are many countries where the press has no or very little freedom and, consequently, little or no power. Journalists are targets in many places. Several have been killed, maimed, detained or attacked in other ways while fulfilling their duties.  Read more

More than 14,000 fishing permits issued

Every year, long queues can be seen at the environment offices - no wonder, over 14,000 permits have been issued since 2014. So, the demand is there, year in year out.  Read more

Government promotes business links between Gibraltar and the Commonwealth

The CEO of the Commonwealth Enterprise and Investment Council (CWEIC) Mr Alan Gemmell is in Gibraltar for a three day visit. The visit has been organised through the Office of the Deputy Chief Minister and will include engagement with both public and private sector entities.  Read more