The Department of the Environment will this week host their first ‘Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies Conference’ covering Geographical Information Systems, at the Rock Hotel. The conference has been jointly organised with the UK’s Joint Nature Conservation Committee.
The GSD has said that it is a sad day for democracy when the Opposition has to obtain answers to questions it asked in Parliament through the Spanish press. It will be recalled, they say, that the Opposition has repeatedly asked the Government to confirm what, if any, consultancy arrangements it had, directly or indirectly, with Juan Verde.
As a result of an ongoing surveillance operation the RGP officers arrested, on Thursday 3 October at the Queensway Car Park, seven Spanish nationals on suspicion of being knowingly concerned in the attempted exportation of a commercial quantity of tobacco,as a result of the arrests approximately 15000 cigarettes, a Ford Transit van, a Citroen Picasso, a white Nissan vanette and a Mitsubishi Charisma were seized by the police.
Chief Minister Fabian Picardo left yesterday for a visit to the United States, during which he will visit Washington DC for several meetings. During his time in Washington DC Mr. Picardo will meet members of Congress, as well as the Gibraltarian students on the Internship Programme.
