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.
Gibraltarians For A Multilingual Society (a recently formed association aiming to promote Gibraltar’s multilingual culture, as well as the learning of other languages) says it welcomes the inclusion of questions in GBC’s Audience Consultation Survey on the use of Llanito and Spanish in their programming.
Royal Gibraltar Police have been attending two days of professional training led by a team from the UK’s Hydrant Programme. The Hydrant Programme, part of the National Police Chiefs Council, was set up to provide coordination across policing in respect of child abuse and exploitation.
Gibraltar Cultural Services on behalf of the Ministry for Culture has today launched the novella ‘Into the Shadows’ by Jared Cruz. Jared was selected for the GCS writing initiative from a pool of candidates who applied to be on the mentor scheme for young aspiring writers. The scheme aimed to provide young people with the tools, skills and network to write and print their own book.