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 GSD has claimed that, with regards to the recent announcement on the EU Fraud Office’s tobacco smuggling investigation they will not react to ‘apparently sensationalist reports without first considering the source documents on which they are based’. Opposition Leader Daniel Feetham has asked for a copy of the report, from the Government, having also spoken to the acting Chief Minister, Gilbert Licudi on issues arising from the report.
Her Majesty’s Government of Gibraltar has transmitted its deepest concern to the UK’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office over the incident in BGTW last weekend involving a Guardia Civil vessel attempting to exercise executive action over a Gibraltar pleasure craft. A statement by No.6 has asked the FCO to take immediate and firm action on this matter.
Following the recent announcement that Natwest will be making cuts across a number of branches, the Government of Gibraltar has offered its support to those employees who are to be made redundant.
Following the introduction of traffic lights to allow parking on parts of Sir Herbert Miles Road it has been noted by the RGP that cars are occasionally parking indiscriminately, particularly at weekends.
The force insists that the parking arrangements are in place in signed areas between 11am and 9pm in order to assist users of Sandy Bay by providing additional parking spaces.