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 Government has said that it is abundantly clear that the GSD are suffering from a “serious case of amnesia” across a whole range of policy areas, insisting that the GSD “simply ignore” that what they are saying now in Opposition is often incompatible with how they conducted themselves in Government.
A Spanish national was this morning sentenced to spend 20 months in prison after having stolen jewellery believed to be worth up to £40,000. Angel Alberto Alfaya Gregorio, a resident of Algeciras, was arrested in March last year and charged with one count of burglary. Alfaya Gregorio pleaded guilty to having stolen the items from a residence he was working at over a period of several months.
Users of the Plater Youth Club recently held a fundraising raffle outside Morrisons, in order to raise funds for the club’s on-going programme of events. The prize, valued at £250.00 in gifts, vouchers and lottery tickets, went to lucky winner Adrienne Colombo with ticket number 072.