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.
In relation to a commitment made by Health Minister Dr. Cortes in his 2014 budget speech, Director of Public Health Dr. Kumar today revealed that an updated ‘Health and Lifestyle’ Survey would be produced this year. The initiative will see 750 random adults selected from the register of electors to be questioned anonymously by surveyors contracted by the GHA, face to face.
Marking six months following the release and Government response to the Parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee report on Gibraltar, entitled ‘Gibraltar: Time to Get Off the Fence’ a debate was held in the House of Commons yesterday afternoon.
The GSD Opposition has today contrasted what it sees as the “promptness and personal interest” the Chief Minister has shown in the allegations of bullying made against the RGP with the “lethargic way” in which the allegations of bullying made nearly a year ago against Joanna Hernandez by 35 trainees has been dealt with.
Gibraltar Accounting Standards will no longer mirror a live reputable accounting framework after the current UK Accounting Standards became obsolete and were replaced by a new set of standards (referred to as New UK GAAP) on the 1st January 2015.