With more information, GPA may have adopted different path over McGrail resignation

Gib Int Bank fraud alert

3rd May 2024

Gibraltar International Bank is alerting its customers to a scam going around the Rock at present. “Our customers are being targeted by phone calls and WhatsApps from UK phone numbers purporting to be from the Bank’s fraud team,” said a spokesperson for the bank. “They are asking customers to divulge sensitive information over the phone.”...

Third Youth Symposium held

3rd May 2024

The Gibraltar Youth Service held its third Youth Symposium recently at the John Macintosh Hall. At a previous meeting, participants had highlighted issues of importance, including some related to health, mental health and well-being, and the services of these available to young people. The Minister for Youth, Christian Santos invited Minister for Health, Gemma Arias-Vasquez...

With more information, GPA may have adopted different path over McGrail resignation

2nd May 2024

The Gibraltar Police Authority could well have decided against inviting former police Commissioner Ian McGrail to take early retirement in late May, 2020, had it known about Operation Delhi and other related factors at the time, the McGrail Inquiry was told on Thursday. The GPA invited Mr McGrail to retire after being told by the...

Fraudster jailed for duping friends out of £200,000

2nd May 2024

A fraudster who told “sick lies” to dupe friends into transferring £200,000 to his personal bank accounts was on Thursday jailed by the Supreme Court. Darren Gonzalez, 29, of Mid Harbour Estate, admitted to 16 counts of fraud by false representation against two complainants who were university friends residing in the UK. Prosecutor Johann Fernandez...

Spain’s Pedro Sanchez stays as Prime Minister with call for ‘dignity and respect’ in politics

29th April 2024

Pedro Sanchez on Monday said he would remain as Prime Minister of Spain, calling on society to reflect and reject what he termed the “politics of shame”. Mr Sanchez was speaking during a live broadcast to the country after announcing last Wednesday in a letter on X that he was considering resigning. The letter came...

Pedro Sanchez considers quitting and asks: ‘Is it all worth it?’

24th April 2024

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Wednesday that he was considering quitting, as he asked: “Is it all worth it?” Mr Sanchez made the shock announcement in a letter posted on X in which he announced he was suspending public duties while he reflected on his future in frontline politics. Carta a la ciudadanía....

Sunak vows ‘nothing will stand in way’ of Rwanda flights after Bill passes

23rd April 2024

By David Hughes, PA Political Editor Rishi Sunak said “nothing will stand in our way” of getting flights to Rwanda off the ground, as the Government braced itself for legal challenges to the scheme to send asylum seekers to the east African country. The Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration Bill) cleared Parliament shortly after...

King marks Nato’s 75th anniversary with letter of thanks

4th April 2024

By Samuel Montgomery, PA The King has sent a “personal message of gratitude and congratulations” to Nato, as the defensive alliance marked its 75th anniversary. Charles lauded the treaty organisation as “an antidote to years of war in Europe” and “the cornerstone of our security and the values we hold dear”, in a letter to secretary general...