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.
After the summer recess, the museum lecture series on the History of Gibraltar resumes next Tuesday. Tom Finlayson, former Government Archivist, will be talking about his specialist subject, the History of the Gibraltarians. Tom is an established historian and author. Among his books are two seminal works – The Fortress Came First and Gibraltar: Military Fortress or Commercial Colony.
The talk will analyse the various factors and elements, which have gone into the development of the Gibraltarian as we know him/her today.
The Ministry for Culture has announced that this year’s New Years Eve celebrations are to be organised, produced and staged by Gib Media. The Ministry insisted that it will be working closely with the company to provide an entertaining event.
Gibraltar’s Financial Services Commission has claimed to be at the forefront of implementing effective regulation of electric money solutions. The Commission is working towards building on their regulatory knowledge to support future growth in the crucial area of Gibraltar’s financial sector. In a staunch effort to demonstrate that E-money solutions are now as mainstream as other financial products, the Commission’s ‘Banking, E-Money and Investment Services Division’ is further developing the internal ‘centre of excellency’ in the E-money sector.
On Friday 11 October 2013 between 1820hrs and 1830hrs there was a fatal road traffic accident at Europa Advance Road involving the rider of a motorcycle namely a white in colour Yamaha X-Max. There were two other motorcyclists on their own motorcycles one was ahead of the Yamaha X-Max and the other behind. The three motorcycles were travelling in a direction towards Europa Point. They had just exited the Dudley Ward Way Tunnel and they were travelling at speed.
The collision happened just by the entrance to the Community Projects Buildings and the deceased namely Gareth John Collado crashed against some barriers in that location, receiving injuries to his head and neck. He was conveyed to St Bernard’s Hospital where despite treatment he passed away.