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25th January 2022

Dr Keith Bensusan, the General Secretary of GONHS, joined when he was a young passionate eight year old birdwatchers. Years later that passion has not waned and in fact forms a large part of his life with holidays with his partner always having some form of wildlife involved. Dr Bensusan is avid bird lover, who...

24th January 2022

Polar explorer Mike Laird is in Gibraltar to share a lifetime of adventure and a military service in Afghanistan with schoolchildren about bulling, resilience and climate change. Mr Laird is a regular visitor to the Rock due to family and friends living here as well as the ability to carry out some scuba instructor work...

23rd January 2022

In recent years January has become the month where people try a change to their diets and lifestyle, opting for a vegan approach in what is known as ‘Veganuary’. In this series the Chronicle looks at local families, individuals and colleagues who have taken up the challenge. This is the second of a three-part series,...

16th January 2022

In recent years January has become the month where people try a change to their diets and lifestyle, opting for a vegan approach in what is known as ‘Veganuary’. In this series the Chronicle looks at local families, individuals and colleagues who have taken up the challenge. This is the first of a three-part series,...

4th January 2022

A teenager who is on the verge of turning 18 was on Tuesday given a “last chance” to change his life around by the Juvenile Court during a sentencing hearing. The youngster was given two sentences of two months for two separate burglaries, both suspended for a year. That means he will be spared jail...

18th December 2021

Right from the start of his paparazzi days, Juan Carlos Teuma, sold his photographs through the press agencies and filled pages of the Hola magazine, and other well-known magazines and newspapers all around the world. “I wasn’t a paparazzi,” he tells me. “It simply became a way of life.” He had begun taking photographs of...

3rd December 2021

By Alan Jones, PA Industrial Correspondent Shoppers are being urged to support small businesses as they face fresh uncertainty heading into the crucial festive trading period. Organisers of this weekend’s Small Business Saturday have called for a significant show of support and to use the annual event as a chance to recognise the contribution of...

3rd December 2021

By Ian Jones and Catherine Wylie, PA Around one in six adults in Britain think life will never return to normal thanks to Covid-19, the highest proportion since the pandemic began, a new survey suggests. The number is up from one in nine a month ago and one in 10 during the summer. The figures...

2nd December 2021

The GHA marked World AIDS Day on Wednesday with a drive to raise awareness of the disease. HIV remains a major public health issue and in 2020, 37.7 million people globally were found to be living with HIV with a further 1.5 million new infections. The theme of World AIDS Day 2021 is “End inequalities....

30th November 2021

Tomorrow marks World AIDS Day and locally ‘Friends for Life’ a support group for those with HIV/AIDS is raising awareness. Friends for Life together with the Gibraltar Health Authority’s Infection Control Team and the Well Person Unit is this year raising awareness on HIV/AIDS, and is distributing free red ribbons across Gibraltar. Information leaflets and...

18th November 2021

The GHA has marked World Pancreatic Cancer Day today by raising a purple flag at St Bernard’s Hospital and lighting the entrance to the hospital in purple with a view to increase public awareness of the disease, its symptoms and ways to reduce the risk of developing it. Pancreatic cancer is the fourth most fatal...

10th November 2021

As part of Gibraltar Literature Week, the Chronicle is publishing book reviews daily. The event organised by Gibraltar Cultural Services includes discussions with local authors live streamed on their Facebook page and talks in schools. Today Melissa Bosano, Head of English at Westside School, shares her book recommendation. What words would you use to describe...

8th November 2021

by Chief Minister Fabian Picardo In his recent Opinion Piece, the Leader of the GSD Opposition, Keith Azopardi, suggested that the truth no longer mattered to me. He is completely wrong about that and so much else. The truth matters to me today as Chief Minister as much as it ever did to me as...

7th November 2021

Table tennis has made its return for the season with both the Basewell leagues and the 2020 Members tournaments underway. The association which saw interest in the sport shoot up following the Island Games continued to see the interest maintained during the main restrictions on sport albeit with difficulties in accommodating its needs due to...

4th November 2021

Local author Sam Benady was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Cultural Awards on Wednesday evening at the Sunborn. The event organised by Gibraltar Cultural Services saw Dr Benady recognised for his work and efforts as a writer. “An unassuming and humble individual who is passionate about Gibraltar and its history, Dr Benady...

29th October 2021

This year is the 700th anniversary of the death of the Florentine poet Dante Alighieri in 1321. Simply referred to as Dante, this writer and philosopher, is the author of the monumental epic poem ‘Divine Comedy’, a landmark in Italian literature and one of the greatest works of all medieval European literature. Dante also wrote...

27th October 2021

A person “thankfully with a conscience” has returned Billy, an elderly rabbit, to his enclosure in the Alameda Wildlife Conservation Park on Wednesday morning. A media plea was issued by the AWCP on Tuesday when it was discovered that the elderly black and white rabbit had been taken from his enclosure, leaving his partner Poppy...

21st October 2021

An outline planning application for the former site of the King George V hospital will be debated during this Thursday’s meeting of the Development and Planning Commission. The meeting will be held online as a measure initially introduced last year during the pandemic continues. Viewers can watch the proceedings online via the Government’s YouTube channel....

19th October 2021

Pupils participated in 'Just One Tree' day and attended Loreto Convent school wearing a touch of green. Collectively the School celebrated the importance of trees, from producing oxygen o breathe, cleaning the atmosphere, stabilising the soil and providing habitats for many other organisms, to the sheer majesty and beauty of these plants. The day was...

10th October 2021

By Sam Blewett, PA Deputy Political Editor A Cabinet minister has defended Boris Johnson for going on holiday as the Government battles to stem a cost of living crisis and the fallout from spiralling gas prices. Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng insisted it was “reasonable” for the Prime Minister to take a break, after he reportedly...

29th September 2021

World Heart Day is a global campaign where individuals, families, communities and Governments around the world participate in activities to take charge of their heart health and that of others Created by the World Heart Federation, World Heart Day informs people around the world that cardiovascular disease (CVD), including heart disease and stroke is the...

29th September 2021

Today is World Heart Day and the Gibraltar Cardiac Association is hosting an event at the Piazza to raise awareness of the causes, symptoms and remedies of Cardiovascular Disease (CVD). Established by the World Heart Federation, World Heart Day informs people around the globe that CVD including heart disease and stroke, is the world’s leading...

29th September 2021

Scottish author Scott Alcroft has made his home in Gibraltar, featuring the Rock in his sixth and latest book ‘With Change Comes Consequences’, which has been released today. Since first visiting the Rock in 2007 Mr Alcroft fell in love, and in his writings, he has made sure to mention Gibraltar. "[Gibraltar] does get a...

23rd September 2021

Loreto Convent School recently held an International Day of Peace, bringing together different religions in Gibraltar. The Governor, Vice Admiral Sir David Steel, sat alongside Bishop of Gibraltar Carmel Zammit and Monsignor Paul Bear, Levy Attias from the Jewish community, Mrs Khiani and Mrs Malkani from the Hindu community, Muslim Imam Abdessamed El Mokhalfi and...

22nd September 2021

A Moroccan migrant who drowned while attempting to cross from Ceuta into Europe was only identified by his mother because of marks on both his arms, the Coroner’s Court heard on Wednesday. Jawad Ladkaddam, 22, was rescued from the sea and was found on the northern part of the detached mole last February after he...

21st September 2021

By Alexander Britton, PA Employees will reportedly be able to put in a request to work from home from their first day in a job under plans due to be announced later this week. Laws which will protect flexible working first put forward before the pandemic will be confirmed, according to a report in The...

21st September 2021

To mark World Alzheimer’s Month this September the Gibraltar Alzheimer’s and Dementia Society is raising awareness about the dementia and the need for a National Dementia Committee. The Society is holding a month-long campaign including events and the Chronicle is publishing articles weekly on Tuesday’s during the month of September. GADS has highlighted the need...

9th September 2021

National Day celebrates the referendum result 54 years ago, when Gibraltar voted by a landslide to remain British. Being in Main Street this morning, seeing all the flags and bunting, it is hard not to reflect on just how much history the United Kingdom and Gibraltar have shared and, importantly today, just how inseparable the...

9th September 2021

by Marlene Hassan Nahon, Leader of Together Gibraltar It is that time of year again when we share in an outpouring of love for our homeland, and rightly so. In a world fraught with turmoil and conflict, we should never forget how lucky we are to call Gibraltar our home, and how fortunate we are...

9th September 2021

On the eve of another National Day there’s almost a sense of Déjà vu. In relation to Covid we are in a much better position than we were a year ago. But there is still a need to exercise caution and be red, white and safe. It’s time to talk… again… about the environment and...