Jan 30 - HMS Diamond to visit Gibraltar

Written on 30 January 2014.

On Sunday, HMS Diamond will arrive in Gibraltar for a week long visit before she sets out on a six month operational deployment to the Gulf. During her visit to Gibraltar, and as part of a number of training exercises, she will anchor in the bay at night. 

HMS Diamond is the third of six Type 45 air defence destroyers, making her one of the most sophisticated warships in the world. The primary function is to protect a task group of friendly ships from aircraft and missile attack, but she is also capable of other war fighting roles, maritime security roles and can be used to help in humanitarian efforts. 

Commander Andy Ingham, HMS Diamond's Commanding Officer said: 

“Whilst it has undoubtedly been difficult for us to say goodbye to our loved ones, myself and my crew are looking forward to the task in hand and doing what the Royal Navy does best – providing a resilient and adaptable UK military presence ensuring security and stability wherever the UK has an interest.”

HMS Diamond was launched in November 2007 by her sponsor Lady Johns. The ship arrived in Portsmouth in 2010 and was commissioned in spring 2011. 

Jan 30 - GSD welcomes the Government's Macaque plan

Written on 30 January 2014.

In a press release today, the GSD have shown their support for the Government's latest Macaque plan, the exportation of the "naughty" ones. The GSD Opposition has publicly supported the exportation and notes that this will not be the first time. 

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Jan 30 - ERG Shocked "We are all becoming permanent suspects"

Written on 30 January 2014.

Press Release from ERG: 

‘The announcement by the Gibraltar Regulatory Authority (GRA) of its privacy awareness campaign during this year is to be welcomed. But it does not go far enough, not by a long stretch of the imagination,’ Felix Alvarez, Chairman of Equality Rights Group has said in a statement to the press.

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Jan 30 - Minister Costa hosts Chess dinner in St Michael's Cave

Written on 30 January 2014.

One of Gibraltar's top tourist attractions, St Michael's Cave, a large cave of natural beauty inside the rock was the venue for one of the main social events of this year’s 2014 Tradewise Chess Festival. Gibraltar’s Minister for Tourism, Commercial Affairs, Public Transport and the Port, Neil Costa, hosted a dinner in this beautiful and unique setting in the Cathedral Chamber of St Michael’s Cave located within the Upper Rock Nature Reserve.

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