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.
A new plaque commemorating nine Gibraltarians of Indian extraction who died after the ship they were travelling on was torpedoed in September 1940 was unveiled this morning in the Parliament Lobby by the Chief Minster Fabian Picardo. The evacuees had set off for India aboard the SS Kemmendine.
The Gibraltar Tourist Board (GTB) completed another successful participation at last week’s World Travel Market (WTM), one of the leading international travel trade fairs held in London every year.