Gibraltar’s representation at the Labour Party Conference continued yesterday evening with the Gibraltar Reception hosted by the Chief Minister Fabian Picardo and featuring a keynote speech by the UK Minister for Europe and the Overseas Territories Stephen Doughty MP.
The Minister for Sport Steven Linares this morning officially opened the third Junior Chess International Festival at the Caleta Hotel. The Minister started off play by making the first move in what is one of the most high profile junior chess festivals in the world.
Local artist Guy Valarino will be undertaking a charity “gigathon” around 6 beach locations in Gibraltar on Sunday 25th August in aid of Cancer Research UK.
Guy will be travelling in a 1970’s Type 2 Volkswagen camper van playing a 30 min set of live music at Sandy Bay, Catalan Bay, x2 locations at Eastern Beach, Camp Bay and Little Bay. With the help of a crew of volunteers and members of the Cancer Research Gibraltar branch helping with the logistics, Guy is aiming to complete the whole gigathon in around 6 hours.