03/05/2019 - 10:05
Gibraltar NASUWT , the teachers' union, held a demonstration yesterday afternoon, commencing at Casemates, with a procession leading up to No 6 Convent Place, where the following letter was handed to the Chief Minister:
Dear Mr Picardo,
The following considerations and resolutions have emerged and collectively agreed upon by the over 200 members who attended the Gibraltar NASUWT General Meeting on 30th April at Westside School: Read more
03/05/2019 - 10:05
The Chief Minister Fabian Picardo says he received a group, made up in large measure of individuals who were not members of the teaching profession, who had processed up Main Street to deliver an NASUWT letter to him.
The Chief Minister had returned to the office from a personal, family, engagement in order to receive the already public communication from the teachers. He was joined by Minister for Education, Hon Professor John Cortes. Read more
03/05/2019 - 10:04
The GTA/NASUWT leader Victor Gonzalez made clear at the Unions’ May Day Rally yesterday that the demonstration was not about their current pay claim but because of the recent “arrogance and disrespect” shown by the Government to teachers. Read more
03/05/2019 - 10:03
The GSD is reviewing the Private Sector Pensions Bill published just before May Day by the Government. It is evident that substantial changes have been made to the draft act in the Command Paper issued for consultation in 2018.
Mr Clinton the GSD shadow minster for Public Finance and Small Business said: “The Bill appears to have been substantially simplified to the command paper with the loss of 4 parts relating to the functionality of pension schemes. Read more
03/05/2019 - 10:03
Question by Lord Foulkes of Cumnock:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations they have received from the Chief Minister of Gibraltar regarding the United Kingdom’s departure from the European Union. Read more
03/05/2019 - 10:02
We all analyse things, news and life differently. In fact, ‘public citizens’ perception to news can shape their political and often economic behaviour, making the origins of those perceptions an important question on how they actually formed such an opinion. Read more
03/05/2019 - 09:58
IN FULL address by Sir Joe Bossano to the UN decolonisation seminar held in Grenada:
I want to deal with the views expressed by Spain in seminars or in New York in support of their sovereignty claim and also with the failure of C24 to address the rights of our People under the Charter and the Decolonization Resolutions. Read more
03/05/2019 - 09:53
THIS IS WHAT JOE GARCIA WROTE A YEAR AGO:
The Chief Minister, self-appointed fan of GBC, was jumping with joy when announcing that he had decided to erect an office block on top of a listed building - but he is still in time to stop the sacrilege. Read more
02/05/2019 - 10:33
It's one Bill after another, the Government yesterday published a Bill for an Act that will ensure that private sector workers are entitled to have a choice, by law, on whether they wish to make a contribution to a pension plan.
The Bill provides that, should an employee choose to participate in a pension plan, the law will require the employer to contribute towards that employee’s pension plan. Read more