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 Deputy Chief Minister Dr Joseph Garcia, accompanied by Mrs Penny Garcia, represented the Government in the Royal Garden Party at Buckingham Palace this week. They were formally presented to Her Majesty the Queen and had the opportunity to exchange a few words.
The Royal Gibraltar Police’s Marine Section assisted the Guardia Civil in thwarting a drug smuggling operation at sea in the early hours of yesterday morning.
The International Accounting Standards Board and the U.S. Financial Accounting Standards Board today published a new joint standard on revenue recognition replacing most of the detailed guidance on revenue recognition that currently exists under U.S. GAAP and IFRS.