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 Office for Consumer Affairs today launched their annual Christmas Campaign in an effort to ensure that both consumers and traders are aware of their rights and obligations. The campaign kicked off with a stall at the Piazza offering leaflets and advice to the general public.
The Gibraltar Ornithological & Natural History Society has expressed concern over costal protection works being carried out along the Camp Bay coastline. They claim that the works, although attributed to emergency measures, should have followed ‘the proper procedures’ having sought advice from local expertise.
The Gibraltar Port Authority’s international marketing strategy to promote the Rock as a maritime centre of excellence continued with the participation by Captain of the Port Commodore Bob Sanguinetti in the Mediterranean Bunker Conference, recently organised by the global petrochemical giant Platts, in Barcelona.