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.
Following the recommendations made by the European Commission to the Gibraltar Government this month, regarding tobacco smuggling, the Chief Minister has today extended the powers of Customs and the Royal Gibraltar Police to stop and search individuals and direct then out of new ‘Special Zones’ extending from the Frontier to the Sundial Roundabout on Winston Churchill Avenue.
The GSD have said that recent comments by Kevin Coyne, Unite’s national officer for Gibraltar that a successful economy requires a highly skilled, highly motivated, professional workforce brings into sharp focus what the Opposition has been advocating.
Last weekend, twenty young people and three Youth Workers took part in a residential course, which formed the last part of the ‘Feel Good’ project delivered at the Youth Centre during the year. The project focused on raising levels of confidence and self-esteem in the participants by providing opportunities to reflect on themselves and develop in a mixed interest group and setting.