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.
Plans were announced this morning by the Government outlining the hotly awaited Gibraltar University manifesto commitment. Education Minister Gilbert Licudi, flanked by the Chief Minister and his working team for the project, confidently insisted that the institute for Higher Education would be ready to open its doors by September 2015.
Picked up by a variation of major international news publications today and yesterday, Sunday’s most recent incursion into BGTW by Spanish Survey vessel ‘Angeles Alvarino’ has been highly condemned by both the UK and Gibraltar Governments.
The results of an opinion poll conducted by the Gibraltar Chronicle show that, if an election were held today, the GSLP-Liberals would once again be elected into office but this time with a 20% lead over the GSD Opposition. Without taking into account undecided voters, the GSLP-Libs received 60% of the vote with the GSD taking 40%.