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.
Local fashion retailer Oasis will host their second VIP Fashion Night on November 29th from 5:30 to 7:30pm. In an effort to display the shop’s Winter collection, customers will be treated to a selection of refreshments and discounts and offers on certain items.
In an interview with GBC’s News Editor Stephen Neish, Chief Minister Fabian Picardo claimed that Opposition Leader Daniel Feetham has sent emails to members of the GSLP claiming that the Government is lending money to party members via Credit Finance Company Ltd so that they can pay tax bills. Mr. Picardo insisted that Mr. Feetham’s claims are untrue.
Shortly after 4pm, yesterday afternoon, officers responded to a report of an Attempted Robbery at an establishment in Laguna Estate. As a result local 18-year-old Fatima Miriam El Chal of Fearless House, along with a 13 year old juvenile male were arrested on suspicion of attempted robbery by uniformed officers.
In response to the Opposition’s recent criticism of the Government’s handling of the fishing dispute, the Government has stated that the past 18 months has been spent mopping up the mess that the GSD left behind when they were in office.
A No.6 statement issued today notes, ‘People will never forget that the reason why Gibraltar finds itself in this situation in the first place is because the then GSD Government entered into a private agreement with a group of Spanish fishermen which allowed them to break the law with impunity in British Gibraltar Territorial Waters. The fact that these fishermen were allowed to use methods that were illegal under Gibraltar law for so many years has made it more difficult for the new GSLP/Liberal administration to wind the clock back.