In a highly unusual move, two representatives from the Spanish Guardia Civil attended this evening’s Queen’s Birthday Parade in Casemates. The two officers - wearing their traditional ceremonial ‘tricornios’ but without their weapons - were seated behind Minister Paul Balban and right next to Rob Garner, the Commanding Officer of the Gibraltar Squadron.
Yesterday, the Minister for Financial Services and Gaming, Albert Isola, met with Bermuda's Deputy Premier and Minister of Finance, the Hon E.T. (Bob) Richards. The meeting took place at the Ministry of Finance located within the Government Administration Building in Hamilton, Bermuda.
The GSD has today welcomed the announcement on the proposed Eastside project and has congratulated Joe and Joey Holliday for playing an instrumental role in bringing this investment to Gibraltar.
The ESG says that it attended yesterday’s press conference organised by the GSD who delivered the Lloyd’s LNG Report. While it says that it is still digesting the report, the ESG says it considers that the key findings by Lloyd’s show that such a facility would create unacceptably high levels of risk to the community and are “very concerning”.
Despite concerns for its closure, the Gibraltar branch for the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health will remain open.
