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 is pleased to announce that, to date, a record total of 340 summer job placements in the public sector have been offered to university students who are back in Gibraltar for their summer holidays. 226 students started work on 1st July with the remaining 114 scheduled to commence at later dates, as requested by the individual students themselves.
The Government has replied to the accusations from the GSD published earlier today:
The latest statement by Mr Feetham in relation to the fantastic five star Sunborn Hotel demonstrates that he is unable to understand even his own questions in Parliament, let alone the Government’s very clear and unequivocal answers.
The Government has issued the following statement:
- Confirmed that £221,250 paid for an expired licence to SP Butchers Ltd
- Confirmed that arrears of rent written off without proper authority on instructions from former Chief Minister
The Government has now received the report of the Principal Auditor into the payment by the GSD Government of almost half a million pounds (four hundred and eighty thousand pounds) to the family of Edwin Reyes in February 2008.