President Cyril Ramaphosa’s initiative to get more South Africans in the spirit of reading has gathered momentum with the next reading book club taking place on May 27.
Junior Minister for Tourism in the Virgin Islands (VI), Hon Sharie B. deCastro (AL) has participated in the first-ever Virtual Commonwealth Youth Parliament where she also served as Speaker of the House. Photo: VINO/File ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Junior Minister for Tourism in the Virgin Islands (VI), Hon Sharie B. deCastro (AL) has participated in the first-ever Virtual Commonwealth Youth Parliament where she also served as Speaker of the House.
The event which saw the participation of around 50 youth parliamentarians from around the Commonwealth, was held from Monday, December 14, 2020, to Friday, December 18, 2020.
Member were also able to debate the bill entitled, “Youth unemployment caused by the international outbreak of COVID-19 and its effects on the fictional jurisdiction that acts as a backdrop to the programme, Commonwealth land”.
Gibraltar Participates in Commonwealth Youth Parliament Published: 16 December 2020
Two delegates from Gibraltar, Jared Peralta and Kyle Bautista, are participating in the latest session of the Commonwealth Youth Parliament, which is taking place virtually this week.
Mr Peralta was selected for his past experience in this kind of event and Mr Bautista was selected after an essay competition last year.
A total of 59 participants from 31 countries across the Commonwealth are taking part this time round.
This session of the Commonwealth Youth Parliament is centred on a proposed Bill for a COVID-19 Youth Relief Fund, with participants split into Government, Opposition and Independents. The delegates will spend the week learning and implementing the procedures used in actual Parliaments including debating the Bill, discussing amendments both in plenary and in committee, and eventually voting the proposed legislation into the statute books.