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 freighter dubbed the Hagland Boss was monitored by a Spanish naval warship this weekend. The vessel was carrying out a routine delivery of rocks from Morocco, to be used in the building of the groynes at Sandy Bay. Reporting on the incident, Spanish press have noted a coincidence in the ship’s arrival and the presence of a series of Royal Naval vessels in the bay.
The Gibraltar Academy of Dance, who are this year celebrating their 30th anniversary, have secured Transitions, who will be coming to Gibraltar in March for workshops and a public performance. The event is organised with the support of the Ministry of Culture and will take place between the 23rd to 26th March.
The Government has said that it is abundantly clear that the GSD are suffering from a “serious case of amnesia” across a whole range of policy areas, insisting that the GSD “simply ignore” that what they are saying now in Opposition is often incompatible with how they conducted themselves in Government.