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.
Gibraltar will be hit by strong winds on Sunday evening according to recent weather reports. According to accuweather.com, Sunday night will be “breezy with rain” with strong Westerly gusts of up to 74 km/h (40 knots).
The GFA’s Chief Medical Officers Dr. Nathan Chichon, along with the National team’s physiotherapist, Iain Latin, have just returned from UEFA’s 6th Medical Symposium which was held in Madrid.
The GSD Opposition has said that, yet again, the Government refuses to provide a simple answer to a simple Opposition question, this time on whether Spanish Fishermen will have to apply for licence in Gibraltar to fish in BGTW. The GSD argues that the suggestion that somehow the Opposition is responsible for not obtaining the information because it did not participate in the debate on the draft fishing legislation is a “dishonest smokescreen” saying that this is a question that was posed to Mr. Picardo in Parliament in Chief Minister’s question time.
Over the past two weeks the RGP has trained a further fourteen Police Sergeants in the role of Custody Sergeants. These are responsible for the safe detention of persons arrested and who have reason to be detained in the Custody Suite at New Mole House Police Station.