Nov 04 - Inclement Weather Causes Earth Fault And Power Outage
The Gibraltar Electrical Authority (GEA) conducted an initial investigation into this morning’s power cut. Evidence suggests that a lightning strike may have been the root cause of the power outage causing the generators to trip on earth fault.
Nov 04 - Gibraltarian Naval Officer Celebrates 21 Years’ Service
Whilst last week’s media focus for the military in Gibraltar has been on the Royal Marines’ 350th birthday celebrations, for one Gibraltarian, 2014 sees a birthday celebration on a slightly smaller scale.
Nov 04 - Picardo's Scathing Response to MP's Gibraltar Money Laundering Claim
In a Commons session last Friday Labour political Keith Vaz suggested that Gibraltar was used as an offshore site through which drug money was laundered. In a scornful response to this claim, Chief Minister Fabian Picardo’s letter to the MP, who attended the Gibraltar Government’s reception at the Labour Party Conference in September, noted that he is ‘outraged at the untrue way in which [he] specifically linked Gibraltar with the introduction of the proceeds of drug trafficking into the financial system’.
Nov 04 - Government Rubbishes Spanish Complaint Over BGTW Tuna Regulations
A complaint lodged by the Spanish Ministry for Food and Environment over the Gibraltar Government’s recently released Tuna Preservation Regulations has sparked a response from No.6 in which they have claimed that the Spanish Government is trying to discredit Gibraltar.
