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On Thursday 27th January, Gibraltar and the world marked International Holocaust Memorial Day.

The Minister for Business, Hon Vijay Daryanani, has met with the BID task group to finalize the official launch of the project, which will take place in March.

Gibraltar International Airport has seen continued growth in the area of Non-Scheduled Services over the past four years.

In order to curb the problem of parking spaces on the public highway being used by abandoned or derelict vehicles, HM Government of Gibraltar has published new legislation, which comes into effect immediately.

Gibraltar Cultural Services, on behalf of the Ministry for Culture, has confirmed that Stained Glass windows at Central Hall have now been installed.

The Director General of the GHA, Dr Patrick Geoghegan OBE, would like to emphasise the importance of health screening programmes as the GHA marks cervical cancer awareness and prevention week by stressing that prevention is better than cure.

Following the advice of Director of Public Health advice, GHA’s Gold Command which met on 14th January 2022 said they have made the difficult decision to stop visits to John Ward in St Bernard’s Hospital.

The GHA operating theatre has moved to Amber alert status as there are a number of cases of COVID-19 among operating theatre staff.

The Department would like to advise Persons in receipt of Social Assistance via Personal Cash Accounts, that they will be able to collect their payments on 20th January 2022 from the Royal Gibraltar Post Office at 104 Main Street, between 09:30 to 13:00

This week there will be a technical visit from officials of the European Commission to Gibraltar. They will also visit the Spanish side.

The Contact Tracing Bureau (CTB) will be amending their procedures for contact tracing within schools as calls to the elderly, vulnerable and health care workers are being prioritised.

The Director of Public Health has advised the Government to reduce the requirement for individuals who test positive for COVID-19 to self-isolate to 7 days starting from the day of the original positive PCR test, with specific conditions attached.

HM Government of Gibraltar has confirmed the appointment of Mr John Ghio as the new CEO/Captain of the Port, following the retirement of Mr Manuel Tirado from the post.

The Gibraltar Fire and Rescue Service have announced the following promotions within the organisation’s Operational Branch:

Gibraltar Cultural Services in conjunction with the Gibraltar Chronicle and the Department of Education will hold a Short Story Competition as part of the Gibraltar Spring Festival 2022.

HM Government of Gibraltar and CAPA - Centre for Aviation, the world’s most trusted source of market intelligence for the aviation and travel industry and part of the Aviation Week Network, have announced that Gibraltar will host the CAPA World Aviation Summit & Awards for Excellence in December 2022.

The GHA says it is delighted to welcome Professor Patrick Geoghegan OBE on his first week as the interim Director General of the GHA.

The next in the Gibraltar National Museum’s lecture series will take place this Thursday, 13th January, at the John Mackintosh Hall at 7pm.

HM Government of Gibraltar has said it is very pleased to welcome PossAbilities and to have allocated the former St Martin’s School site for this purpose.

Gibraltar Cultural Services is holding a competition to select a Logo for the Gibraltar Spring Festival 2022.