Full text of the speech given by the Chief Minister Fabian Picardo to introduce the “Gibraltar Lecture” at the Blenheim Literary Festival:
Ladies and Gentlemen
Thank you so much for joining us today at Blenheim for this annual Gibraltar lecture.
A 29-year-old man was jailed for three years and eight months for several charges including downloading and distributing child porn and voyeurism.
Under the new 2014-2020 European Territorial Co-operation Programmes there will be an official launch seminar taking place in Santander, Spain on the 7th & 8th October 2015, to inaugurate the SUDOE Programme. Gibraltar represents the United Kingdom as the Member State in this Programme. The other participating countries are France, Portugal, Spain and Andorra.
Tomorrow will see the official launch of the Animals in Need Foundation in Gibraltar which will take place at Bruno’s in Ocean Village.
Cancer Research has held a Think Pink Day for the past 10 years; this year’s event will take place on Friday 2 October. The organisers are keen to encourage as many people as possible to wear an item of pink clothing on this day in order to create increased awareness of breast cancer and therefore improve early detection and treatment. The charity would also like to encourage employers to support the day by allowing employees to wear pink on the day. The organisers trust that the public will respond as positively as they always do.
The GSD has this evening presented its slate of ten candidates for this year’s general election. Only party leader Daniel Feetham and current MP Edwin Reyes remain from the party’s current parliamentary team.
The Government says it notes recent statements in the media relating to proposals to launch new commercial activities in and from Gibraltar.
The Government has announced the completion of the second phase of the Northern Defences project.
