Search Results

20th March 2021

Gibraltar’s size often dictates, as we have often read on these pages, our weekly guests wearing a variety of hats and having interests in wide-ranging subjects. I guess, living in a small community such as ours, we all delve into many areas over the years not just in our work environment but also in our...

19th March 2021

By Grandmaster Stuart Conquest Life gets us all down sometimes, none of us is immune, but there are people who seem better at bouncing back, always busy with new projects, new challenges, finding new paths to tread. Carl Portman is such a person. Although we don’t know each other particularly well on a face-to-face basis...

19th March 2021

Despite Covid-19 precautions in place nothing could spoil the Passing Out ceremony for the latest RGP and GDP’s recruits. These police officers marked the end of their of their 22- week training course at New Mole House Police Station on Friday. Due to social distancing regulations, no family and friends could attend the event and...

18th March 2021

By Prudence Wade After a year of various stay-at-home orders, many of us have picked up new hobbies to help pass the time – such as painting, sketching or sewing. Creating art isn’t just a way of filling up your weekends – it could also have a positive impact on your mental wellbeing. A new...

18th March 2021

By Emily Beament, PA Environment Correspondent The UK is halfway to cutting its greenhouse gas emissions to net zero after a record annual fall in pollution during the pandemic, analysis shows. But emissions are likely to increase as the economy recovers, highlighting the challenge in cutting carbon in areas such as transport and housing to...

17th March 2021

The 130th anniversary of the shipwreck of the SS Utopia in the Bay of Gibraltar will be marked today with an online seminar that seeks to ensure the memory of this tragic incident is kept alive. The seminar will bring together public authorities, academics, journalists, researchers and students in Italy and Gibraltar to mark the...

16th March 2021

The Equality Rights Group has called on the Gibraltar Government to set out a timetable “for the restoration of full democracy” including the right to assembly as the Rock emerges from lockdown. In a statement, the ERG welcomed the Gibraltar Government’s management of the pandemic and the restrictions that were introduced in response to the...

15th March 2021

By Sam Blewett, PA Political Correspondent The European Union has accused the UK of breaching international law for a second time as it formally launched legal action against the UK Government for unilaterally extending the post-Brexit grace periods on trade in Northern Ireland. In an escalation of tensions, the European Commission on Monday took the...

15th March 2021

While the Covid-19 pandemic has been disastrous for the retail and hospitality sectors in Gibraltar, new businesses have used this time to establish themselves and step into the market over the past year. Using a slick marketing campaign, local “influencers” and a robust social media presence, some of these new businesses have already made a...

13th March 2021

I am always captivated by live music. It takes me to another plane. I always find that whatever is happening around me comes to a standstill and I am absorbed by the music and the performance. No matter the style of music or the performer – whether good, bad or indifferent, I know I always...

12th March 2021

Manchester 62 keeper Ayden Vinales seemed to be the only thing between Bruno’s Magpies forwards and the back of the net after performing heroics which kept the score down. Although conceding four goals, three in the second half, Vinales received praise from even his opponents after producing a string of dramatic saves, including saving a...

11th March 2021

In the hills of Los Barrios, where the sierras meet the La Janda wetlands, the naturalist Simón Blanco discovered a sandstone rock shelter in October 2014. The find, now known as the Montaraz prehistoric site, contains something never before found within the boundaries of the Campo de Gibraltar, “a striking cosmic iconography” alongside prehistoric art...

11th March 2021

By Eli Gottlieb Big Ben was stolen from Palestine. So claimed an elderly woman, in Arabic, in a retweeted clip I received recently. Yes, that Big Ben: the great bell in the iconic clock tower of London’s Palace of Westminster. The British took it, she said, from a tower they demolished at Hebron Gate in...

11th March 2021

The role of the BEAT Covid app during the pandemic could have been more extensive, the Minister for Digital and Financial Services has said. Due to the BEAT Covid app’s tight security, no records were kept of how many people received exposure notifications, meaning that it has been tough to gauge its impact. This, compounded...

10th March 2021

The fallout from the Harry and Meghan interview continues for Buckingham Palace. But beyond the allegations the broadcast achieved something remarkable. The world over has been speaking about it and few have been left indifferent. It doesn’t matter what side of the fence you sit on, this TV interview will be in the history books....

9th March 2021

A Spanish national who was caught with 65g of cocaine while entering Gibraltar was yesterday jailed for three years and four months at the Supreme Court. The court heard how Luis Espinosa Estevez, 36, was to drop off the drugs, with a street value of £4,000, in exchange for £400 which was to be used...

9th March 2021

Over £20,000 has been raised for an animal shelter in Los Barrios by local foundation Animals in Need following severe flooding of the kennels last weekend. Members of both Animals in Need Gibraltar and Maroc Atlas Gibraltar 4x4 helped rescue over 400 dogs and 100 cats from the shelter SOS Perrera de Los Barrios. Gill...

9th March 2021

The Gibraltar-Israel Chamber of Commerce (Gibrael) held a webinar in celebration of International Women’s Day on Monday, featuring five women from different nations. The hour-long webinar saw women in Gibraltar and from across the globe discuss their careers, give advice and answer questions, with some 50 in attendance virtually. The event was opened by the...

8th March 2021

By Fiona Young International Women’s Day is a well-established day on the Gibraltar corporate calendar, marked by dinners, panel discussions and conferences. This year a number of online events have been arranged by a variety of organisations, who discussed the topic #choosetochallenge. The dialogue in Gibraltar is always positive, supportive and forward facing with lots...

8th March 2021

By Tony Jones, PA Court Correspondent The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have plunged the monarchy into a crisis, accusing an un-named royal of racism, suggesting the family were jealous of Meghan and revealing how she contemplated taking her own life while pregnant. Meghan and Harry hit out at the institution and members of the...

8th March 2021

The GSD highlighted the crucial role played by women in decision-making but said barriers remained to their full participation, and that these must be addressed. In a statement marking International Women’s Day, the party said changes are necessary to ensure women have full opportunities to achieve true equality in all areas of life. “There is...

8th March 2021

Programmer, Lluis Mora, is providing a deeper look into the Covid-19 statistics on his website where he tracks the impact lockdown measures have had on virus cases. Mr Mora works at a local gaming company and in his spare time has been collating data from the daily Government statistics. He has tracked the number of...

6th March 2021

How many times do you wonder how much a building you may be visiting or sitting in has changed since it was first built? Even your own home. Who lived there? How many generations has it been in the family? Was it always a family home, and if not, what work went on? There are...

5th March 2021

The operator of the AM Ghent, the ship that caused an oil spill in the Bay of Gibraltar last month, has fronted £1.5m to cover the cost of the clean-up operation, it was revealed in the Magistrates Court on Friday as the vessel’s captain was fined £20,000. The payment on account by ship management company...

5th March 2021

It was a book all about Earth from his school library that fired up a young Brian May’s imagination. He read it cover to cover, over and over. The author was Patrick Moore, who began presenting ‘The Sky at Night’ on BBC in April, 1957, when May was just nine years old. Keeping the same...

5th March 2021

By Laura Elston, PA Court Reporter The Queen has two new corgi puppies after being given them as a present during lockdown. The delighted monarch – who has long been synonymous with the breed – has been kept entertained by the dogs while the Duke of Edinburgh is in hospital and as Buckingham Palace braces...

4th March 2021

Yesterday was World Book Day and Gibraltar Cultural Services has organised several initiatives in place of in person events including book reviews by local avid readers. The World Book Day offering forms part of GCS’s Youth Arts Jamboree. Today is the last day of book reviews published in the Chronicle. By Gianni Gonzalez I would...

4th March 2021

The sound of coffee machines. Clinking of glasses and plates. The chatter. It’s the sound of life – of our coffee culture returning to our lives. This week bars and restaurants in Gibraltar were allowed to re-open after months of restrictions because of Covid-19. It’s the first time they’ve been able to be open for...

3rd March 2021

By David Hughes, PA Political Editor The tax burden will increase to its highest level for more than 50 years after Chancellor Rishi Sunak set out his plans to begin repairing the nation’s finances after the coronavirus crisis. Mr Sunak used his Budget to extend the furlough scheme and Universal Credit increase as part of...

3rd March 2021

By Liz Connor How many times a day do you find yourself mindlessly picking up your phone? If you regularly get the uncontrollable itch to check your notifications when you should be doing something else, you’re not alone. A new study has found that a third of young people, aged 18-30, have reported symptoms of...