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.
Ten new recruits for the Gibraltar Defence Police started their training this week at the Buffadero Training Centre. The initial phase of their training is two weeks of Firearms Training which will qualify them on two weapon systems.
The Opposition has insisted once again that Bizzy Bee did not submit the lowest tender bid for works at Varyl Begg This comes in response to the Government’s claim that its allocation of contracts is limited to the Approved Contractor List which was set up by the former GSD Government.
Number Six has said that the Opposition do not seem to remember that the allocation of Government contracts is limited to the Approved Contractor List on the terms and conditions introduced by the GSD themselves when they were in Government. This, says the Government, remains unchanged.