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.
A GSLP Party Political Broadcast, shown on GBC yesterday evening followed Health Minister Dr. John Cortes' touch upon Health and Environment policies being enforced. The full text is as follows:
'Good evening.
How time flies. It seems like yesterday that I was working in the Alameda Gardens, presenting shows and sitting in Court as a justice of the peace. But it was all of three years ago.
Bouygues Energies & Services SAS today signed a contract with the Gibraltar Government for the building of Gibraltar’s new power station. The final price of the project is £77m, including the building and operation of the station.
Miss Gibraltar 2014 Shyanne Azzopardi will compete in the finals of the Miss World pageant this Sunday. The show will be broadcast live on GBC, from London. The Minister for Culture, Steven Linares today sent Shyanne best wishes on behalf of all of Gibraltar. He insisted that ‘everyone back home was extremely proud of [her]’.