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16th May 2020

Mr Brin-Jonathan Butler, a forty year-old Canadian journalist and author, punches above his weight when it comes to employability: to the income accrued through his various writing projects can be added the monies his pupils pay him for his services as a personal boxing instructor. The ‘New York Times’ ran a profile on him in...

16th May 2020

The recently-announced road closures for Line Wall Road, Chatham Counterguard and Europort Avenue were discussed at a Transport Advisory Committee meeting on Friday. The closures ad restrictions will come into effect as from June 1. The Minister for Transport, Vijay Daryanani, who chaired the meeting welcomed the positive and objective comments and advisory observations tabled...

15th May 2020

Art enthusiasts will be able to visit the Mario Finlayson National Gallery online and from the comfort of their own homes in a new project led by Gibraltar Cultural Services. Viewers will be able to enjoy a Gallery tour with special interviews and commentary. Head of Cultural Development, Davina Barbara, invites you to join her...

15th May 2020

The Minister for Commerce, Albert Isola, has called on applicants to the BEAT Covid-19 scheme to take more care with their applications, as he lambasted the “clumsy” mistakes made by some applicants who in turn have complained about the processes put in place. Speaking at the daily press briefing from No.6 Convent Place yesterday Mr...

14th May 2020

Fourth-placed Lynx FC, who were still in with a chance to obtain third place in the Gibraltar National League, with the potential of a Europa League spot have come out in support of the Gibraltar FA decision to terminate the league based on public health advice. The club, which has this season performed well whilst...

14th May 2020

Gibraltar basketball has taken the first step in its aim not to lose players to the sport as the impact of the Covid-19 virus pandemic takes its toll on contact sport. Just twenty-four hours after the official announcement by the Gibraltar Government publishing its Unlock the Rock document revealed that none of the contact sports...

14th May 2020

Local artist and teacher Alan Perez believes the current Covid 19 Pandemic is strongly influencing his work. “I cannot stop thinking about it and this is transforming into a need to develop my inner creative thoughts,” he says. He has now started to develop a project which will need the collaboration of other artists and...

14th May 2020

By Priya Gulraj and Eyleen Gomez Two weeks after the Gibraltar Government eased lockdown restrictions and allowed Gibraltar to reopen, Main Street has edged slowly back to life. Shops are back in business, but there is little usual about it. Once teeming with people, many now restrict entry to a limited number of customers at...

14th May 2020

'Summer is cancelled'. It seems almost offensive to be worrying about it when some countries are still struggling with the number of deaths due to Covid-19. But as “unlock” plans are published and Boris Johnson announces a 14-day quarantine for air passengers arriving in the UK the question is being asked repeatedly. Matt Hancock told...

14th May 2020

Together Gibraltar welcomed the Government’s Unlock the Rock document, describing it as a guide to what Gibraltarians “must do to minimise risks while living with the virus”. The party added that Gibraltarians will have to take a significant part of the responsibility in managing life with the virus, adding it considers it to have the...

14th May 2020

By Sarah Marshall During times of difficulty, arts and culture can help us make sense of a confused reality, offering refreshing perspectives and sharing lessons from the past. With Covid-19 people have been advised against non-essential travel, so here we bring you international museums you can visit virtually during this pandemic. Perhaps it will bring...

13th May 2020

With Gibraltar having “won the first round” in the fight against Covid-19, the Gibraltar Government will continue to gradually and carefully strip back restrictions against freedom of movement over the next 12 weeks. The route out of lockdown is set out in a 75-page document published yesterday, even as the Chief Minister Fabian Picardo underscored...

13th May 2020

By Jenny Stallard From ‘virtual drinks’ to, ‘I’ve earned a G&T’, drinking has, for many of us, become synonymous with lockdown. And even if you drank alcohol to some extent before coronavirus, you may well be among those drinking more right now. A survey by Alcohol Change has found that one in five of us...

13th May 2020

To mark the bicentenary of Florence Nightingale’s birth, the Gibraltar Health Authority yesterday commemorated the work of all nurses. For the first time, 2020 has been declared the International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife by the World Health Organization. International Nurses’ Day 2020 celebrates the work of nurses globally, and also commemorates the...

12th May 2020

By Ted Hennessey, PA Historians have praised Florence Nightingale on the 200th anniversary of her birth, and said her legacy has “never been more relevant” amid the coronavirus pandemic. Staff at the Florence Nightingale Museum in Westminster said her key nursing values – which focused on maintaining good hygiene, regularly washing hands and carrying out...

12th May 2020

Pleasant letters and gestures during the Covid-19 lockdown has given Chief Minister Fabian Picardo and the public sector a ‘boost’ to morale when working under the pressures the pandemic has caused. In a statement the Gibraltar Government said coronavirus has out government ministers and officials under “unprecedented pressure”. “Almost everyone in the public sector has...

11th May 2020

By PA Reporter A Cabinet minister has indicated there may be a change to rules regarding weddings after couples around the UK were forced to cancel their big day due to the coronavirus pandemic. Justice Secretary Robert Buckland said “watch this space” when asked about the issue on Sunday night following the Prime Minister’s televised...

11th May 2020

By Michael Mifsud As I write this, we have just been informed that the “lock down” will continue for possibly the next thirty days. For many this will increase the already heightened levels of anxiety and worry, not only for themselves and their own health but also of those whom they love. Added to this,...

11th May 2020

By Fidel Patron Today, Monday 4th May, as I post my daily short vlog on the church Facebook page I am very aware that my heading is ‘Monday – Week 7’. I started these vlogs when the general Lockdown started on 24th March. My personal Lockdown started a week earlier, so, counting the weekend before,...

9th May 2020

‘The Rite of Spring promised to be many things to many people and after the capacity audience at the Bayside Comprehensive Drama Studio there was no doubt in anyone’s mind that something important had happened in Gibraltar, and previous concepts of local dance drama had been invaded and ousted by the monster called THE RITE...

9th May 2020

By Chief Minister Fabian Picardo Today, 8th May 2020 the world is fighting the new common enemy, Covid-19. Today, on a warm Bank Holiday in Gibraltar, we are confronting the difficulties of Lockdown, the inability to enjoy our beaches, the loss of the ability to drive to lunch in at our favourite restaurant in Gib...

9th May 2020

Almost two thirds of people think looking after and improving local parks and green space should be more of a priority after lockdown, a UK poll suggests. More than half (53%) of those quizzed said they appreciate local parks and nearby countryside and green belt more since social distancing measures were brought in. Even more...

7th May 2020

By Sam Russell, PA Police have captured a wallaby that escaped from a zoo and travelled almost six miles into a nearby town. Cambridgeshire Police said the marsupial was spotted in St Ives by a runner who initially thought it was a kangaroo. It tried to play fight with an officer, who was unharmed, then...

7th May 2020

If people try to use Gibraltar’s beaches without heeding the lockdown restrictions, the Royal Gibraltar Police may intervene and close them, the Deputy Chief Minister Dr Joseph Garcia warned on Wednesday. This comes as hundreds of people continued to flock to the beach to enjoy the good weather despite “very clear” rules put in place...

7th May 2020

We need a cleaner future. We have been warned. The impact of Covid-19 is both "immediate and dreadful" and countries must work together to save lives and lessen the consequences of the pandemic. But according to experts there is "another, even deeper emergency - the planet's unfolding environmental crisis". UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said last...

6th May 2020

The GSD has quizzed the Gibraltar Government on its plans to use technology to assist with contact tracing of positive cases of Covid-19, adding that whatever system is employed, it must safeguard individual rights and protect civil liberties. In common with governments around the world, the Gibraltar Government is looking at the use of apps...

6th May 2020

Tributes were paid yesterday following news of the death of Major Frank Dellipiani, a former Member of the House of Assembly and Government Minister with the AACR who helped steer Gibraltar dur-ing difficult periods including the closed frontier years. Maj. Dellipiani, a highly-respected and much-loved member of this community, had strong links too to the...

6th May 2020

Managers at the Elderly Residential Services are “playing it safe” and have no immediate plans to allow access to relatives of residents who have spent over eight weeks in total lockdown, Clinical Director Dr Antonio Marin said yesterday, as he urged families to continue making a sacrifice for the wellbeing of their loved ones. Gibraltar’s...

6th May 2020

By Jenny Stallard From the commute or school run, to lunch breaks and ‘home time’ or the gym, our days are normally governed by routine. But in lockdown, everything’s changed, and rather than relying on train timetables or school bells to keep our routine in check, we are left to our own devices. And it...

5th May 2020

Recovery from Covid-19 will be “long and painful”, the Civil Contingencies Coordinator, Ivor Lopez, said as he outlined the complex nature of dealing with the virus outbreak. Across the globe, governments are facing a new crisis the like of which has not been witnessed in over a century, and Mr Lopez has been planning for...