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8th April 2020

More than £1m has already been donated to the Gibraltar Health Authority to fund its fight against the spread of Covid-19, Health Minister Paul Balban revealed yesterday. 
 “The generosity of the community has no bounds,” Mr Balban said adding: “I have no words to express how proud we should all be of a community that...

8th April 2020

Couple Rose and Dennis Bear described what life is like in Western Australia during the current Covid-19 pandemic. Mr and Mrs Bear emigrated to Australia from Gibraltar 37 years ago in 1982 and now live in Australind, Western Australia. The prognosis for their experience is clearly positive when Mr Bear, 68, said: “Happy times, I...

7th April 2020

In their fourth week of lockdown, the residents of Mount Alvernia were treated to some traditional Mexican songs and music courtesy of Karina Ortiz who performed outside the building. Dressed in traditional Mexican dress, with red embroidery and wearing a large colourful floral headpiece, Ms Ortiz wowed the residents, who cheered, sung along and danced...

7th April 2020

Friday Night Safe Edition is gathering momentum. It is a far more structured affair and everyone is well prepared – and despite the hitches of modern-day technology – it was well worth staying in for and staying safe at home. There was another great assortment of well-known and not so well-known musicians – young musicians...

7th April 2020

Maribel Matthews has travelled the world taking her art beyond our shores and recently found success in New York. She is the perfect example that things can happen at any age and she has never been as artistically productive. Now in the age group being asked to stay safe at home in this COVID 19...

6th April 2020

Musician extraordinaire and one of the Rock’s most popular performers Philip Valverde died on Sunday at the age of 64. He was born into a musical and theatrical family so it was only a matter of time before he followed in his father’s and brother’s - Frank and Hubert - footsteps into a musical career...

6th April 2020

By Michael McHugh and Rebecca Black, PA Northern Ireland’s loyalist Twelfth of July parades this summer have been cancelled for the first time since the Second World War due to coronavirus, the Orange Order said. Social distancing rules and restrictions on the gathering of people during the pandemic were to blame. The Twelfth marks the...

6th April 2020

Tim Benson has raised £2,000 for the Gibraltar Health Authority after he decided to shave off his hair while in isolation. For Mr Benson, like many others living on the Rock and across the globe, life has changed dramatically and he decided to do what he could be raise money for the GHA. After days...

4th April 2020

By Harriet Line, PA Deputy Political Editor Sir Keir Starmer has won the leadership of the Labour Party by a landslide, taking 56% of the votes cast. The human rights lawyer beat rivals Rebecca Long-Bailey and Lisa Nandy after the first round of counting. It marks a significant change of direction for the party, with...

4th April 2020

When we went into lockdown, I soon realised I had to think fast to work out how I was going to get my column written every week. That same week (17 March) I had to put on hold some of my already arranged table chats. Unable to meet my guests face to face – I...

3rd April 2020

Local artist Paul Cosquieri, president of the Gibraltar Fine Arts Association, says this confinement has stimulated his “creative juices”. The Association meanwhile ensuring everyone stays at home and stays safe has taken its Life Drawing Sessions onto social media and still meets every Thursday evening. Paul now finds himself painting virtually every afternoon and painting...

3rd April 2020

Louis Baldachino, a pancreatic cancer survivor for the past four and a half years, has been featured in the Clinica de Navarra (CUN) quarterly issued news magazine. It highlights his success story to date. Mr Baldachino was diagnosed with the disease in July 2015, and the article is an extensive 16 page report on the...

3rd April 2020

For nearly a decade Bart Van Thienen has volunteered many hours, weeks and months clearing away the Europa Foreshore. All of these works carried out by Mr Van Thienen were done so before the Covid-19 lockdown. “Nine years ago this area of Europa Foreshore below Harding's Battery was a barren wasteland full of rubble,” said...

2nd April 2020

The Gibraltar Government is drafting legislation setting out protocols under which patients will be prioritised for the use of life saving equipment such as ventilators should the number of patients exceed availability.  The Gibraltar Health Authority currently has a stock of around 50 ventilators and the legislation, should it be passed into law, will allow...

2nd April 2020

By Martyn Landi, PA Technology Correspondent Visits to the NHS website were the highest ever recorded in March, according to figures from the health service, as people search for guidance on the coronavirus outbreak. The official NHS app also reported a surge in usage, with registrations to use the app more than doubling. In March,...

2nd April 2020

Twenty-two year old Gibraltarian physiotherapist Leon Payas was hailed as a “hero” by his family as the young man continued to be at the front line in the UK’s fight against the Covid-19 virus. Mr Payas, only just having graduated to become a physiotherapist in London, has these past weeks been among the front-line staff...

2nd April 2020

As we enter the third week of lockdown, we may find that the walls of our homes are reflecting ‘the shades of the prison house’ and what started as an experiment in a new style of living, is beginning to pall. This is the moment when we come to a realisation that we are in...

2nd April 2020

In light of the current crisis, and to help us all get through these challenging times, we decided to bring back our ever popular newsletter – The Beneficiary- after 101 issues. Enjoy this special issue! Here are 10 Lessons Gibraltar has learnt so far from the Corona Crisis: 1. We have strong leadership and a...

2nd April 2020

With non-essential travel restricted worldwide due to Covid-19, Shaun Yeo reflects on a previous trip to Jordan as a travel destination to look forward to once this crisis is over. By Shaun Yeo In this month’s travel feature, I look back at my past trip to Jordan. Unfortunately travel is now limited due to the...

2nd April 2020

There’s one thing I miss living away from Gibraltar. The sense of community. The many acts of kindness don’t surprise me. The massive response from volunteers is what we would expect from Gibraltarians. Like we have proven many times in our history when the going gets tough we stick together – even politicians. In these...

1st April 2020

Their baby girl was born on a Monday morning and, within a matter of hours, swaddled in a soft clean cloth she was cradled in her mother’s arms as she left the maternity wing of the hospital. But this is not the Lindo Wing and another Royal birth, this is the story of the first...

1st April 2020

By Luke Rix-Standing Once the preserve of reclusive novelists, working from home has suddenly gone from occasional to near-universal. Recent years had already seen a shift towards more remote and flexible working, to be fair – but the coronavirus pandemic has forced countless businesses to set up shop at home. If you’re totally new to...

31st March 2020

With Gibraltar in lock down, 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 shared three book recommendations. POETRY : The Princess Saves Herself In This One – Amanda Lovelace This poetry collection is highly autobiographical, and as...

29th March 2020

The Gibraltar Government is working to procure an antibody test with which to assess how many people in the community recovered from Covid-19 without realising they had been infected with the virus. The tests, which have yet to be sourced, are different to the random testing that the GHA announced this weekend and which aims...

28th March 2020

The Commissioner of Police, Ian McGrail, has called for a tightening of the terms of lockdown including on-the-spot fines for those who flout the measures in the face of the ongoing public health emergency. Mr McGrail put a request to the Minister for Civil Contingencies, Samantha Sacramento, yesterday to consider introducing fixed penalties for breaches...

28th March 2020

When I first joined the Gibraltar Chronicle as its Features Editor, now over 20 years ago, I took with me all my many contacts made whilst at GBC and later as a freelancer, plus all my friends involved in the arts, music and culture. You may think that practically covered most of Gibraltar but the...

27th March 2020

The Gibraltar Health Authority will carry out tests in the community to better assess and understand the spread of Covid-19 in Gibraltar, the Gibraltar Government announced on Friday. The GHA said the virus represented “the biggest challenge to Gibraltar” in recent history and that the data would better help it target resources to best protect...

26th March 2020

'Stay home, stay alive,' was the message from Deputy Chief Minister Dr Joseph Garcia yesterday, as the Royal Gibraltar Police flagged how people continue to be out and about despite lockdown measures restricting movement to the bare essentials.  This comes as a further nine cases of Covid-19 were confirmed in the last 24 hours taking...

26th March 2020

With non-essential travel restricted worldwide, this week Gibraltarian travellers Louise-Anne Mañasco and Max Pizarro reflect on the situation in their new home in Dubai and look back on a recent visit to Oman. As most borders are now being shut, businesses are entering a state of temporary hibernation and with social gatherings a big no...

26th March 2020

With the 2019/20 European club competitions on hold until further notice and UEFA EURO 2020 postponed until next year, UEFA will be opening its archive of European football to re-run some of the most memorable fixtures from down the years. In an announcement this Wednesday the European football governing body stated that they would be...