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 Chief Minister is set to address the United Nations’ 4th Committee on Wednesday. Ahead of the trip to New York, the Chief Minister, along with Deputy Chief Minister Dr. Garcia held a meeting with MOD officials in London. Mr. Picardo and Dr Garcia will return to Gibraltar on Friday. During their absence, the Acting Chief Minister will be the Hon John Cortes.
Newest RGP police dog Coco is a four-year-old female German Shepherd from the South Yorkshire Police. ‘COCO’ is the second female GPD with the RGP, the first being GPD ‘TARA’ who is paired with PC Jansen Olivero. The RGP now has four fully operational licensed GPDs including, ‘Coco’, ‘Prince’, ‘Tara’ and ‘Stig’.
Applications for this year’s annual Poetry Competition are now being accepted by the Ministry for Culture. The competition is open to Gibraltarians and residents of Gibraltar who may submit two original works.