Last week Mr Tim Gowing, son of the late Commissioner of Police Dudley S. Gowing, paid a courtesy call on the Royal Gibraltar Police. Mr Gowing was visiting Gibraltar together with members of The Friends of Gibraltar Group and took the opportunity to meet the senior command of the Royal Gibraltar Police at New Mole House.
The chairman of the Committee of 24, Xavier Lasso Mendoza, took the unusual step yesterday of approaching the Gibraltar delegation after it had delivered its addresses to introduce himself and conduct a short and informal discussion with the Chief Minister Fabian Picardo.
YGTV’s reporter
in New York spoke to Denis Matthews, Chairman of the Self Determination for Gibraltar Group, about his speech and the prospects of delisting in the future.
YGTV: Can you give me a quick summary of the key points of your speech?
Denis Matthews: The salient facts are that the Treaty of Utrecht handed Gibraltar over for ever and subsequent treatises confirmed British sovereignty. I also tackled the issue of territorial integrity which is governed by a resolution whose language is absolutely precise and clear.
Beginning Tuesday 17th June, Special Olympics Gibraltar will hold their 29th annual Summer Games.
The Opening Ceremony will take place at Victoria Stadium at 6pm followed by the Athletics Events. There will be a short interval of entertainment after which the events will finish with Melissa Hales leading everyone in the Albert Hammond song “One Moment in Time”.
