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DEHCC cracks down on plastic 0
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- April 16, 2019
The Department of Environment, Heritage, and Climate Change is supporting the worldwide movement to reduce, and eventually stop the use of single-use plastic. Prime movers of the campaign in Gibraltar is the Nautilus Project, an NGO with its own initiatives to reduce single use plastics and leading with its programme of encouraging businesses and others
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Laguna Youth Club Care in the Community Hamper Project 0
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- April 16, 2019
For the seventh consecutive year, Laguna Youth Club organised the Care in the Community Easter Hamper project. This year the focus was entirely on the elderly and vulnerable in the community, with youth club members preparing and delivering hampers. As in previous years, the project was organised by young people from the Gibraltar Youth Service
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Ahmadiyya group promotes understanding of Islam 0
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- April 16, 2019
A group from the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community was recently in Gibraltar distributing 6,000 leaflets promoting a deeper understanding of Islam and its values. The team comprised of Imams Sabah Ahmedi and Fateh Alam, as well as Kamran Ahmed, Abdul Manan and Hafeez Ahmad, travelled around the Rock promoting the message ‘Islam for Peace’. They are
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Governor’s Meadow First School holds its annual Spring Eggstravanza and Easter egg hunt 0
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- April 16, 2019
Governor’s Meadow First School and Nursery held its traditional spring ‘Eggstravaganza’ during the last week of the Spring Term raising £290 for Cancer Relief. The school community gathered for an afternoon of creative arts and delicious treats, according to a Gibraltar Government statement. Pupils contributed to a spectacular display of homemade decorated eggs. All creative
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35 years later, a Gibraltar-based comic book comes full circle 0
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- April 15, 2019
Tony Wicks had always dreamed of becoming a comic book author, and this interest was first piqued when his comic story ‘Power Pack’ was published in this newspaper during the early 80s. Then aged just 13-years old, Mr Wicks teamed up with Adam Plater to produce Power Pack – an Avengers inspired comic. This excitement
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Take That and Tom Walker to headline Gibraltar Calling 0
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- April 15, 2019
This year’s Gibraltar Calling music festival will see Take That and Tom Walker headline the event. The 8th annual event is scheduled to be held on September 7 and 8 at the Europa Point Leisure Complex. Chief Minister Fabian Picardo announced the headliners alongside the Minister for Culture Steven Linares and Richard Coram of Neon
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