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.
As part of the Royal Marines 350th Anniversary celebrations a number of Royal Marines are taking part in the ‘1664 Challenge’. The Challenge aims to raise £500,000 for the Royal Marines Charitable Trust Fund.
Responding to recent comments made by the Government on the former GSD administration’s decision o build a diesel fuelled power station, the Opposition has insisted that ‘It is absurd hyperbole to suggest that the GSD Government would use out of date technology to build a power station that was to cost the taxpayer £120 million.’