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1st September 2020

British street artist Banksy is funding a boat to rescue migrants in the Mediterranean attempting to reach Europe from Africa, the Guardian newspaper reported. The boat rescued 89 people, including 14 women and four children, at sea last Thursday, the newspaper said, and the crew were seeking to transfer them to a European coastguard vessel...

29th August 2020

Now in his eighties, Ivor Nicholas, stationed at RAF Gibraltar in 1954, describes the Rock as a paradise. With many good and vivid memories of his time here for him Gibraltar remains a slice of Britain in constant sunshine. One, he was to return to after he left Gibraltar in the late sixties, and some...

28th August 2020

By Brian Reyes and Gabriella Peralta The Gibraltar Government said on Friday it was “strongly recommending” that children aged over 11 and their teachers wear masks in corridors and common areas in schools. The statement, made by Education Minister Dr John Cortes during a live discussion chaired by Ros Astengo on Radio Gibraltar, represented a...

28th August 2020

By Liz Connor Stuck at home with pubs and restaurants closed, schools on hiatus and a looming global pandemic on the horizon, it’s little wonder many of us leaned on a tipple or two from the drinks cupboard this year, to ease the uncertainty and help us through. Figures from Alcohol Change UK suggest that...

27th August 2020

Competition entries are now on display at the annual ‘Our Gibraltar’ exhibition at the Fine Arts Gallery in Casemates. The competition was produced by Gibraltar Cultural Services on behalf of the Self Determination for Gibraltar Group and is in association with the Fine Arts Association and the Gibraltar Photographic Society. Over 200 works were submitted...

27th August 2020

By Lisa Salmon Childhood should be carefree and full of fun – but sadly that’s not always the case for modern kids, who can struggle with emotional issues they don’t have the experience to deal with. The difficulties today’s children can encounter are tackled in a new book, Happy, Healthy Minds written by The School...

25th August 2020

Artist Chris-Anne Alcantara won the coveted Ministry of Culture Award at this year’s annual ‘Our Gibraltar’ competition was presented by the Minister for Culture, Dr John Cortes. The competition is produced by Gibraltar Cultural Services on behalf of the Self Determination for Gibraltar Group and is in association with the Fine Arts Association and the...

25th August 2020

With Gibraltar in lockdown, many are spending more time at home and looking for distractions. Kim Pecino is a librarian with experience in public and school libraries, and today she shares three book recommendations. The Wayward Children series by Seanan McGuire – This wonderfully addictive fantasy series is comprised of 5 books, following the Eleanor...

25th August 2020

By Hannah Stephenson Your dahlias and nerines may still be going strong, but if other annuals in pots are past their summer best, there’s a huge range of plants that can offer stunning autumn container colour. From chrysanthemums and violas, to heathers, autumn cyclamen, ornamental grasses and evergreen foliage, not forgetting the stunning autumn leaf...

24th August 2020

The Minister for Education’s surprise decision to step down just days from the start of the new school year is, as the Chief Minister acknowledged today, “a blow” to the Gibraltar Government, more so when it comes against the backdrop of the uncertainty and worry generated by the Covid-19 crisis. The start of the autumn...

24th August 2020

The Minister for Education, Gilbert Licudi, stepped down from his ministerial role on Monday, in a surprise decision described by Chief Minister Fabian Picardo as “a blow” to the GSLP/Liberal government. Mr Licudi, who plans to return to private practice as a lawyer, cited personal reasons for his decision but said he would remain in...

24th August 2020

By David Hughes, PA Political Editor Fines for parents who refuse to send their children to England’s schools will only be used as a “last resort” as classes resume after the coronavirus shutdown. UK School Standards Minister Nick Gibb said there was a “moral imperative” for children to attend classes when they return next month....

23rd August 2020

Kosovo league club Prishtina have rejected the Gibraltar Governments response against their claims that it was the ‘local authorities that had stopped the match from being played. The Gibraltar Government on Saturday offered their clarification of events, after Prishtina’s first salvo following the cancellation of the match against Lincoln Red Imps. At the time Number...

22nd August 2020

As I discovered only this week, the Austrian National Library’s digital archives include a complete run of one of the world’s important early chess magazines, the ‘Wiener Schach-Zeitung’ (Vienna Chess Paper.) Every issue is available to browse freely online. A treasure chest! For a while I didn’t understand why certain years were missing, but further...

22nd August 2020

There are times when stories land on your lap. This story is one of those occasions. A few weeks ago, Chronicle Editor Brian Reyes, asked me if I would chase up a story about a photographer based in Gibraltar back in the early 1950s. Little did I know then what a couple of emails and...

22nd August 2020

By Rina Chandran Bangkok tourist destination Khao San Road is usually heaving with people on weekends, its cheap beer bars, tattoo parlours, street vendors, hostels and buzzing nightlife drawing budget travellers and tour group alike. On a recent Saturday evening, the street was deserted except for a few dozen locals who wandered past boarded up...

21st August 2020

By Ed Elliot “It’s believed the body may lie beneath the old tennis courts,” states John Saunders. “The truth of where he is or whether he will ever be recovered is difficult.” John may be a former police officer, but this is far from a routine missing person case. Weaving between medieval ruins and flowerbeds...

20th August 2020

Students at Prior Park School excelled in their GCSEs with 71% attaining grades between 9 and 7, the equivalent of an A** to an A grade. For overjoyed students and parents, the relief of results day followed a turbulent year academically, with schools shut and exams shelved. Instead the students waited with bated breath as...

20th August 2020

By Sarah Marshall Ongoing travel advisory chaos and confusion has spurred a wave of staycation bookings. Splendid weather has been the icing on the cake. But rather than settle for a sunbed on an overcrowded beach, many holidaymakers are sensibly seeking relaxation in more remote corners – scaling mountains, scrambling across moors or wandering through...

20th August 2020

Grade U. That’s what many would give the UK Government and exam regulatory body Ofqual over their handling of the exam results fiasco. An issue that’s brought stress and anxiety across Gibraltar’s education system too. As pupils and teachers continued to protest about the A-level results awarded following the cancellation of exams, senior Conservatives called...

18th August 2020

By PA Reporters The UK Government is to press ahead with controversial plans to scrap Public Health England (PHE), the Health Secretary has announced. Matt Hancock has launched the new National Institute for Health Protection, a new body which will respond to health threats including infectious diseases, pandemics and biologic weapons. The new organisation, headed...

17th August 2020

The Elderly Residential Services has ramped up its contingency plans in a bid to safeguard residents in light of the recent increase in Covid-19 cases in Gibraltar and neighbouring countries, the Gibraltar Government said yesterday. The decision was taken during yesterday’s meeting of the Civil Contingency Council chaired by the Minister of Civil Contingencies, Samantha...

17th August 2020

The Royal Gibraltar Police is undergoing a force restructure that will enable it to better define its strategic goals and respond to a broad range of demands with limited resources. The restructure is a primary objective for the RGP’s new Commissioner, Richard Ullger, following the early retirement of his predecessor Ian McGrail from the post....

17th August 2020

By Nina Massey, PA Science Correspondent Wearing a face covering lowers the risk of spreading Covid-19 to others through speaking and coughing, new research suggests. Speaking and coughing without face protection exposes people nearby to droplets carrying the virus that could otherwise be stopped by wearing a mask, according to the study. Researchers found someone...

17th August 2020

It was Kelly Gaiviso’s turn to take women’s cycling to that further stage and equal Wayne Senior recent feat of riding from Gibraltar to Ronda and back. She was not alone though, Kelly who has taken the Gibraltar cycling world by storm was well accompanied during her feat with Wayne himself, a team member from...

14th August 2020

Gibraltarian students who collected their A-Level results yesterday shared an insight into how the Covid-19 global pandemic had impacted their education and their experience of schooling. What is usually a day for celebration, with local students gathered outside their respective schools, clutching their long-awaited results and marking the occasion with their friends was a very...

14th August 2020

Whether you are a lifelong fan, close associate, media or even a sports person with an allocation this pas Tuesday evening at around 6pm anyone approaching the Victoria Stadium main pitch would have found all gates locked. In situ GSLA staff would have asked for your reasons to wish to enter and most likely have...

14th August 2020

With Covid-19 putting a stop to overseas holidays for many people, one alternative is to be a tourist on staycation. A staycation is when you sleep in your own bed but explore your hometown as if you were a tourist and take in all the unique, beautiful, wonderful or historical parts of your country. Even...

13th August 2020

Although the Covid-19 lockdown period was tough on individuals, many took the opportunity to refocus their fitness and health goals. Even during the height of the public health emergency, people were out walking, jogging or cycling across Gibraltar in order to maintain or reach their fitness goals. This also coincided with the launch of the...

10th August 2020

All schools in Gibraltar are set to open in September, in a return to “normality in an abnormal” situation, the Minister for Education said. Despite a return to “in person” teaching, school life will be different for both pupils and teaches alike. New measures will be introduced to avoid large groups, including a “classroom bubble”...