Apr 29 - Convent Calls for Honour Nominations
The Officer of the Governor is requesting the public submit nominations for the ‘New Year’s Honour List 2014’ and the ‘Gibraltar Award’ by no later than Friday 17th May. The Gibraltar Honours Board will meet on 31st May 2013 to consider nominations to be put forward.
At a special investiture ceremony at Buckingham Palace earlier this year, HM The Queen invested three Gibraltarians with Honours. Mr Louis Wink and Mr Karel Mark Chichon were invested as Officers of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) for Services to the Royal Gibraltar Police and services to music and culture in Gibraltar, respectively. Mr Richard Labrador was also recognised for Services to Health and Safety and invested as a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE).
Returning from London, Mr Wink said; “To receive this honour is like something out of this world and something that I would have never dreamt of. I am deeply proud and honoured and truly feel that this is recognition of the hard work, commitment and professionalism of all my colleagues at the Royal Gibraltar Police. I don’t think I would have achieved this without their help and the love and support from my family. My career in the RGP has been an amazing experience for me and I was convinced it could not get any better, but to be honoured with an OBE is the icing on the cake and the investiture day at Buckingham Palace one of the proudest day in my life”.
Mr Labrador agreed; “The Investiture will be an unforgettable experience for myself and my wife and daughters who accompanied me. Everyone at the Palace made us so welcomed and left us in no doubt that it was our day. Meeting Her Majesty was such an honour and I took the opportunity to bring to her attention the issue of the territorial waters. She left me in no doubt that she is well informed as regards Gibraltar. The proudest moment was left till the very end when I came up to attention for the National Anthem in the presence of Her Majesty.”
