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.
In the latest spat between Government and Opposition regarding legal aid, the Government has insisted that Mr. Figueras continues to hide behind ‘the fact that the GSD did nothing in sixteen years to assist either the legal profession or court users and defendants on legal aid or legal assistance’.
The GSD Opposition’s spokesman for Housing, Edwin Reyes, has said he continues to receive complaints from residents around the Mons Calpe Mews construction site about the excessive noise pollution emanating from the area late at night. The complainants have approached the GSD Opposition as they claim their reports on this matter seem to have fallen on deaf ears no matter which Government Department or Agency they approach.
As part of the Government’s move to significantly raise awareness of environmental issues on the Rock, the Department of the Environment has developed an educational and amusing game teaching children about recycling, including what items are allowed in what bins. The Thinking Green website has seen the addition of the Kids Zone which as well as including games has articles and information aimed at the younger generation.