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17th July 2025
A long-running disagreement between the Gibraltar Government and Opposition over use of deposits in the Gibraltar Savings Bank to fund development projects in Gibraltar came into sharp focus again this week following findings set out in the Principal Auditor’s report for 2018/19. The Government insists the Savings Bank is acting as a development bank investing...
Thu 17th Jul, 2025
17th July 2025
The Gibraltar Government said reform measures to control excessive overtime totaling £19m were in place before publication of the Principal Auditor’s report for 2018/19, which highlighted the issue. No.6 Convent Place was reacting after the audit report revealed overtime spend of £19m annually, with some top earners in the public sector more than doubling their...
17th July 2025
The Gibraltar Government said on Wednesday that the former Principal Auditor, Anthony Sacramento, was aware he lacked the statutory power to conduct a compliance audit of the Gibraltar Savings Bank, describing his criticisms in the 2018/2019 report as factually and legally incorrect. It was reacting after the report claimed Chief Minister Fabian Picardo acted improperly...
17th July 2025
A long-running disagreement between the Gibraltar Government and Opposition over use of deposits in the Gibraltar Savings Bank to fund development projects in Gibraltar came into sharp focus again this week following findings set out in the Principal Auditor’s report for 2018/19. The Government insists the Savings Bank is acting as a development bank investing...
16th July 2025
The Director of Public Health has issued a Level 2 Yellow Warning heatwave alert, advising the public to be alert to the health impacts of hot weather as temperatures are expected to exceed 31°C for three consecutive days. The Gibraltar Health Authority works closely with the Met Office to monitor temperatures and has created a...
25th June 2025
Seven crew members escaped unhurt after a harbour vessel operating from Algeciras port caught fire on Wednesday afternoon while delivering supplies to a container ship anchored at the northwest corner of the Bay of Gibraltar. The Ceutamar Cinco, a catamaran operated by Maritima Velum, was consumed by flames and a thick plume of black smoke...
25th June 2025
By David Lynch, Rhiannon James, David Hughes and Harry Taylor, PA The UK must actively prepare for a “wartime scenario” on British soil “for the first time in many years”, the Government has warned. In the national security strategy published on Tuesday, ministers said the UK now finds itself in “an era in which we...
24th June 2025
Steelworkers brought traffic on key Campo roads to a standstill during the morning rush hour on Tuesday, setting up roadblocks on the access road to La Linea. As Spain’s Guardia Civil set up diversions, commuters heading into Gibraltar faced lengthy delays and queues stretching kilometres. This was the second consecutive day of disruption as workers...
19th June 2025
The Mayor of La Línea, Juan Franco, has announced plans to publish a strategy document addressing the city’s future after the UK/EU treaty on Gibraltar’s post-Brexit relations with bloc is ratified. The document, which is not public yet, will be formally submitted to Spain’s Ministry for Foreign Affairs on Monday, but was outlined by Mr...
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