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 Opposition says that it continues to receive a significant volume of complaints about the parking situation, in and around the city centre, by both residents, and those who travel in and out of town by car during the working week. The volume of traffic during the school run and other peak times continues to be another source of rising concern.
The mark the end of their awareness campaign, Childline Gibraltar is hosting a Blue Week Quiz on Friday 14th March 2014 at 7:30pm. The event, to be held at the Royal Calpe will costs £15 per person and requires teams of 4 – 6.
Both the UK and US have experienced recent heavy bouts of extreme weather, ranging from ‘polar vortexes’ to intense floods and 80 mile per hour winds. Questions are being raised as to whether there is a link between dreaded climate change and the hellish weather conditions still being experienced in the UK.
The Opposition “seem to believe that people have forgotten that they were in Government for 15 years until December 2011” according to a statement this afternoon from the Government. A statement from Number 6 says that latest press release by the GSD and comments made by their spokesman Selwyn Figueras in relation to reform of the legal aid and assistance system is a case in point.