Sep 01 - Royal Navy Vessels Arrive on the Rock Ahead of Cougar 2014

Written on 01 September 2014.

Royal Navy Flagship, HMS Bulwark, RFA Wave Knight and RFA Lyme Bay will all sail into Gibraltar tomorrow as they set of on annual four-month deployment known as Cougar 14.

Cougar 14 is a major amphibious deployment that includes a series of demanding amphibious and maritime-based exercises with partner nations throughout the Mediterranean and Middle East region and ensures that the task group is ready to respond to any contingency the UK Government directs upon it. 

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Sep 01 - Gibraltar Music Festival Sitemap Revealed

Written on 01 September 2014.

Ahead of the show this Saturday, organisers of the Gibraltar Music Festival have released a sitemap detailing the considerable changes that are being made to the Bayside Sports Complex in preparation for 10,000 music fans.

The new Main Entrance can be accessed from Winston Churchill Avenue, close to the Victoria Stadium's Pitch number 2. There is also a new site for the Radio Gibraltar Stage, which is being built on the tennis court. 

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Sep 01 - GSD Concerned Over Government's Handling of Hernandez Bullying Inquiry

Written on 01 September 2014.

Following a recent statement by Unite the Union expressing concern over the time frame of the investigation into the allegations of bullying made against Joanna Hernandez, the Opposition has commented on the Government’s lack of comment on the matter. The party insists that they expressed their own concerns ‘as to the manner in which the Government has decided to conduct this investigation and the amount of time it was taking the Government responded that the GSD was just being vindictive by raising these issues.’ 

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Sep 01 - Isola Leads Hong Kong Delegation

Written on 01 September 2014.

Albert Isola, Minister for Financial Services, will this week be lead a delegation, comprising of financial services professionals with particular expertise in funds and asset management, to Hong Kong.

The visit is anchored around the Hedge Funds World Asia conference in Hong Kong at which Minister Isola will be giving an address. In addition, Minister Isola will be hosting a financial services lunch for some sixty professionals and engaging in a significant series of bilateral meetings with both the private and public sector in Hong Kong over a four day period. Private sector participants from Gibraltar, accompanying the Minister to Hong Kong, will also be attending the bilateral meetings that have been set up with, inter alia, law and accounting firms.

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