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24th March 2020

Gibraltar's Summer Games double sprint gold medalist and national record holder Jessy Franco claimed a much deserved Senior Sports Individual award this year. The young athlete who has taken the athletics scene by storm this past couple of years breaking the 100m 11 second barrier and getting two gold medals in last years Summer Games...

24th March 2020

Chief Minister Fabian Picardo announced a second round of economic measures yesterday which, he said, would place “a shield around working people” and help to tackle the repercussions on business of the ongoing public health emergency.  The scheme will be known as the Business & Employee Assistance Terms (or BEAT) and will act as a...

21st March 2020

By Gavin Cordon, PA Whitehall Editor Ministers are facing mounting pressure to give front-line NHS staff the protective equipment they need as they tackle the coronavirus crisis. Former Tory health secretary Jeremy Hunt joined calls for the Government to "sort this out", adding: "We are asking people to put their own lives at risk on...

21st March 2020

The 1950s have always been referred to as the golden age of football on the Rock – Gibraltar United, St Joseph FC, Britannia, Prince of Wales and Europa were the leading teams. Playing for Europa then was a young man who started his football career during the 1938-39 season with the Kangaroos, a junior GFA...

20th March 2020

By Nick Perry, Associated Press Globally, the death toll from Covid-19 passed 10,000 and infections exceeded 244,000, according to a Johns Hopkins University tally. More than 86,000 people have recovered, mostly in China, but the pace is much slower than the spread of the virus. Recovery takes two weeks or so for mild cases but...

20th March 2020

By Laura Elston, PA Court Reporter The Queen has issued a message of solidarity to the UK amid the coronavirus pandemic, saying the country's "history has been forged by people and communities coming together to work as one". The 93-year-old monarch, in her first public statement on the crisis, said the country was "entering a...

20th March 2020

Lucy Pardoe and Ollie Hughes, two performers who live in the Costa Del Sol have created ‘Rock the Lock Down’ a way for people to be entertained and have their spirits lifted during the Covid19 lockdown. The event will be held online and the couple are inviting everyone to join in. “What started out as...

19th March 2020

By Michael Drummond, PA South East Correspondent With supermarket shelves across Britain stripped bare as coronavirus panic-buying continues, how food arrives in our shops is increasingly under the spotlight. Five million vehicles pass through the Port of Dover every year, making it Europe's busiest ferry port and a vital cog in the country's supply chain....

19th March 2020

Gibraltarian couple Henry and Priscilla Sacramento have decided to self-isolate during the coronavirus outbreak in their home in Tangier, Morocco. The couple, who were in Tangier when news broke that the virus had spread to Morocco, decided to stay put when all passenger flights were suspended. Morocco has since shut down all Mosques, and as...

19th March 2020

By Lauren Taylor Many of us were told as children to stand up straight - but how often do you inadvertently find yourself slouching over your desk, shoulders rounded, head dipped? And we'd bet anything you've just straightened up after reading that? It's almost like we need continual reminders throughout the day to remember our...

19th March 2020

Coronavirus. Social distancing. Self-isolation. Words that have sadly become a part of our daily vocabulary. Such is the intense effect on all our lives that there’s only one thing we’re all talking about. Life as we know it has dramatically changed. If you thought this week was tough there is a harsh warning – it’s...

18th March 2020

There was uncertainty and worry echoed by many at the prospect that Gibraltar was entering an emergency public health crisis. “Keep safe and take care,” were words repeated many a time from shop keepers to shoppers, tourists to locals, police to the media. As an eery silence befell Gibraltar’s streets, the community watched, many from...

16th March 2020

Chief Minister Fabian Picardo last night underscored the vital need to follow public health advice in order to ease pressure on Gibraltar’s healthcare services, as two new cases of Covid-19 were confirmed in Gibraltar. In a broadcast address on GBC, Mr Picardo said the Gibraltar Health Authority and other essential services had worked relentlessly in...

16th March 2020

The Director for Public Health, Dr Sohail Bhatti, has today advised new criteria for self-isolation. If you have any of the following symptoms, you should immediately go home and self-isolate for 10 days. Please call 111 as soon as you can to tell the GHA about your symptoms and a dedicated infection control practitioner will...

14th March 2020

There are people in your life you associate with a certain area of town, an office or a building. This is the case with the person who sits at my table this week and who has been connected to the City Hall for more than 60 years. Throughout my entire working life, the City Hall...

13th March 2020

Spain will be in a state of emergency for the next 15 days to better combat the coronavirus, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said today, in a dramatic increase to the policy response that will allow authorities to confine people and ration goods. The state of emergency, which Sanchez said will formally be decided by a...

13th March 2020

By John Isola Much has been written and commented on in the press and in social media on both sides of the frontier both positive and negative about the Cross Frontier Group. Often what is written is full of inaccuracies and even half-truths to suit the author’s arguments or readership. As one of the founding...

13th March 2020

By Richard Vernalls GCSEs should be reformed or scrapped, according to a majority of school and college leaders polled by a teachers' union. More than four fifths of 799 respondents, or 86%, wanted the qualifications shaken-up or done away with altogether, according to a survey by the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL). Students...

12th March 2020

The UK will “fully support” Gibraltar as it prepares for an “inevitable” increase in the number of people contracting Covid-19 over the coming weeks and months, Chief Minister Fabian Picardo said after discussing the issue with Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday. Mr Picardo said the UK would assist Gibraltar to procure “without delay” any...

12th March 2020

Gibraltar’s referendum on abortion will be postponed against the backdrop of the global coronavirus pandemic. Public health officials believe the vote can be conducted safely and earlier on Thursday, the Gibraltar Government had said the referendum would go ahead. But the fact elderly voters had been asked to stay at home in order to slow...

12th March 2020

Cosmos, an exhibition by Victor Quintanilla, will be launched tonight in the GEMA Gallery, Montagu Bastion. The intricate artworks featuring influences from Don Quixote, William Shakespeare, immigration, religion and even coronavirus, are made entirely of recycled metal. Mr Quintanilla’s artworks are painstakingly crafted, with dozens of sculptures spread across the GEMA gallery. His artworks can...

12th March 2020

By Selina Mellin The only reason I wish to be vocal about this is because I feel so passionate and strongly about this ongoing debate in response to the upcoming referendum. Crazy, right? That I could feel such indignation that my freedom and rights are being challenged? I feel compelled to write this. These are...

12th March 2020

Stephanie Yeo You can hardly open a newspaper or listen to a news report on the upcoming referendum on abortion without hearing a mention of the importance of “choice”. We are told that choice, and particularly the choices of women, lie at the heart of the referendum. The proposals are being framed as a compassionate...

12th March 2020

When local actor Kaigan Garcia took to the stage in London on Sunday there seemed to be a huge sense of pride by the Gibraltarians present – and even among those not there. This was a Gibraltarian actor. In a play written by a Gibraltarian. In London. And our collective sense of pride was palpable....

12th March 2020

Priya Joshi discovers there's more to Orlando than Goofy and Mickey Mouse. Florida instantly conjures up images of Mickey Mouse and deliriously smiley Disney princesses, but if you want to discover the real sunshine state, head east to tranquil surf city, New Smyrna Beach. Away from the madness of Orlando's famous theme parks, this is...

12th March 2020

By Abi Jackson Remember when people used to return from holiday aglow with tales of unbelievable sunshine and food? Now, there's a new type of holiday bliss guaranteed to be met with jaw-drops of admiration - a break from phones. Resort didn't have wi-fi? Joy! Phone got locked in the hotel safe? The dream! With...

12th March 2020

By Eric Ellul Walking along Main Street last Saturday, I came across the pro-abortion group at the Piazza and later the anti-abortion group outside the Cathedral. I spent some time discussing matters with both. The Current Law From all that I heard and had read since the abortion debate began, there seems to be some...

11th March 2020

The Gibraltar Government has earmarked the Europa Point Sports Complex has a field hospital and the Europa Retreat Centre as an isolation facility, as the GHA cancels non-urgent services in anticipation for an increase of coronavirus cases. The development comes as the World Health Organisation declared coronavirus a pandemic, with over 2,000 confirmed cases in...

11th March 2020

By Nina Massey, PA Science Correspondent Domestic cats kill more prey in a given area than similar-sized wild predators, research suggests. According to a new study, hunting by pets can have a big effect on the local wildlife population. Scientists say the effect is mostly concentrated around a cat's home, as most of their movement...

7th March 2020

The first confirmed case of Covid-19 in Gibraltar has now received the all-clear. The patient tested negative in two separate tests which were carried out over two different days. The all-clear has been given by the medical authorities in Gibraltar after going through the standard procedures. There are still 63 persons in self-isolation, of whom...