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5th May 2020

Local charities who have drifted ‘out of the limelight’ as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic received a boost yesterday as two local business and a Gibraltar-based philanthropic organisation announced separate initiatives to help out in this difficult time. The Bland Group and Kusuma Trust revealed they donated tens of thousands of pounds, while Isolas...

5th May 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. Sadie by Courtney Summers – Sadie is a troubled teenager, who has very little to call her own, except her...

5th May 2020

A week ago, the title ‘Avoiding Mental Meltdown’ would have been more than appropriate after six long weeks of lockdown. The phrase had both psychological relevance and a certain linguistic appeal, with both alliteration and assonance. Now that we are awaiting news about different ‘exit strategies’ and a possible lifting of some of the more...

4th May 2020

By Ian Jones, PA Nearly half of people in Great Britain experienced high anxiety during the early days of the coronavirus lockdown, new figures suggest. Some 49.6% of those surveyed between March 20 and March 30 reported levels of anxiety that rated between six and 10, where 0 is “not at all anxious” and 10...

4th May 2020

by Priya Gulraj The Government of Gibraltar yesterday called for responsibility from individuals as it reflected on the first weekend after lockdown measures were eased slightly. People over the age of 70 were allowed to leave their homes for exercise after weeks indoors, and shops and other businesses opened for the first time on Saturday...

4th May 2020

Author Giselle Green has recently signed a three-book contract with a new publisher. And in this lockdown situation she continues to edit her first book for Boldwood Books due to be released in August. This will be her seventh novel which will be launched in all formats including audio. But not one to contemplate boredom...

4th May 2020

by Prof Daniella Tilbury As spring arrives on the Rock, it is tempting to talk about ‘exit plans’, ‘green shoots’ and getting ‘back to normal’. However, it does not take long before the realisation hits that we will almost certainly not go back to the same state of mind, or affairs. Our sense of security...

4th May 2020

Girlguiding Gibraltar has over the past few weeks, like most of us, moved into a virtual world where they have been able to deliver a varied programme of activities to its young members. Commissioner Marie Bocarisa told the Chronicle that despite the social lockdown and the end of face to face meetings, the suspension of...

4th May 2020

The time spent in isolation has powered creative juices for Naomi Abudarham, who has become more artistic during this lockdown. Ms Abudarham has been practicing her art and learning to draw over the past few weeks, as she has more time to be creative. “During isolation I’ve found time to unearth some creativity within me,”...

2nd May 2020

Often without realising it, where we arrive at as adults comes as a consequence of events, encounters and moments which influenced your early life.. The Gibraltar Song Festivals, watching Beckett’s ‘Murder in the Cathedral’ staged by Group 70 in St Michael’s Cave, ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ in 1973 my first ever West End musical, ‘Joseph and...

1st May 2020

The Gibraltar Government is considering new traffic arrangements to help maintain the reduced levels of motorised traffic on Gibraltar’s roads after the Covid-19 pandemic subsides. This comes as the air quality around Gibraltar has improved following the lockdown largely due to the reduction in traffic, with reductions in construction and ship repair also contributing. Speaking...

30th April 2020

By Trevor Marshallsea, PA More than 1,700 deaths in the UK have been avoided in the past month due to better air quality caused by the coronavirus lockdown, according to a Europe-wide study. The Finland-based Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) report says levels of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) – produced by road...

30th April 2020

The Gibraltar Heritage Trust is inviting people to take part in its annual painting and sketching competition to be held on May 9, adding that it will be a “powerful social record of the many perspectives of life in Gibraltar at this time”. Working with the current lockdown rules in place, the theme for will...

30th April 2020

Spain's lockdown is making progress against the new coronavirus but a gradual easing from next week will require even more discipline, officials said on Wednesday, after the country recorded 325 deaths from the infection overnight. The lockdown, one of the toughest in Europe, has halted public life since March 14 and nearly paralysed the economy....

30th April 2020

Gibraltarian Germaine Britto Silva lives in Australia with her family and believes everyone of us will all be changed in some way because of Covid19 and lockdown experience and also wonder about how we will all re-emerge. “There will be many questions such as what the consequences of this mass social experiment on our psyches...

30th April 2020

By Sarah Marshall While planes are parked on runways and ships tethered indefinitely to docks, the only way to travel right now is from your living room. In the absence of any tourists, many attractions, safari lodges and tourist boards have created a selection of live streams, virtual tours and 360-degree images, allowing us to...

29th April 2020

Spain recorded 325 deaths from the novel coronavirus overnight, up from 301 reported the previous day, but health officials said the epidemic was evolving favourably as the country prepares for a gradual easing of its lockdown from next week. The overall death toll from the virus rose by 453 to 24,275, the health ministry said, adding...

29th April 2020

With Gibraltar under lockdown, volunteers and the public sector have pulled together to ensure those most vulnerable have all their needs met. Bayside School used to see over 1,000 students walk its halls daily, but now it is the hub for coordination of Covid-19 related services. Civil servants occupy the empty school, and from there...

28th April 2020

Children in a ‘critical stage of learning’ will probably be allowed to return to school in what will be a ‘gradual and slow’ process over the coming weeks, the Minister for Education Gilbert Licudi announced on Tuesday. With just 10 weeks remaining before the end of the academic year Mr Licudi acknowledged the “immense challenges”...

27th April 2020

By David Hughes, PA Political Editor The UK is at the point of “maximum risk” in its battle with coronavirus, Boris Johnson said as he acknowledged frustrations over the continuing lockdown but insisted he would not risk a second peak in the disease by relaxing restrictions too quickly. As the Prime Minister returned to take...

27th April 2020

By Jessica Jones and Clara-Laeila Laudette On foot and with bicycles, skateboards and scooters, Spanish children went outside at last on Sunday, emerging from their homes for the first time after six long weeks of living under one of Europe's strictest coronavirus lockdowns. The relaxation came as Spain, one of the worst hit by the...

27th April 2020

Public Health Gibraltar are launching a new campaign CovidFit to ensure the community are best informed about the choices they make when isolating in their homes during these unprecedented times. For those in lock down, the absence of a daily routine and often extended distance from regular social interactions can further restrict healthy choices. To...

25th April 2020

We are taking a break from the norm on this week’s table. Well actually nothing is the norm these days and none of us have failed to miss this. Covid-19 has changed our lives in just a few weeks and seems as if it will change it, if not forever, for the foreseeable future. How...

25th April 2020

By Lauren Taylor We human beings tend to put a lot of pressure on ourselves to reach goals and be the best we can be – all the while making it look effortless on social media. And despite the strange, scary situation we find ourselves in right now, many people are feeling similar pressures to...

24th April 2020

St Bernard’s Hospital carried out a Covid-19 dry run yesterday to test the resilience of its systems and state of preparedness should it receive an influx of coronavirus patients. The simulation was organised by the Director of Nursing and Ambulance Services, Sandie Gracia and Clinical Nurse Manager Gizelle Tosso. “Today we had a scenario where...

24th April 2020

By Priya Gulraj and Eyleen Gomez A University of East Anglia student who arrived in Gibraltar for a short three-day break with her family in March has not been able to return to finish off her final year after the United Kingdom was struck with coronavirus. Christina Montegriffo, 20, is among many Gibraltarian university students...

23rd April 2020

By Jamie Gardner, PA Chief Sports Reporter, and Chronicle staff Play-offs could decide Champions League and Europa League qualification in countries across Europe should the impact of the coronavirus pandemic force domestic leagues to be cut short, UEFA has said. The executive committee of European football’s governing body set out guidelines on Thursday for its...

23rd April 2020

By Edd Dracott and Max McLean, PA A Muslim doctor and health campaigner has said there is a religious obligation for the UK’s lockdown rules to be obeyed during Ramadan, and encouraged those who have contracted Covid-19 not to fast. The holy month, in which adult Muslims fast and reflect, begins on April 23 and...

23rd April 2020

Gibraltar’s civil service has stepped up to the challenges presented by the Covid-19 crisis, Chief Secretary Darren Grech said on Wednesday, as he underscored the importance of maintaining this stance in the gradual transition from lockdown in the coming weeks and months. Speaking at the daily press conference in No.6 Convent Place, Mr Grech said...

23rd April 2020

By Laura Elston, PA Court Reporter The Prince of Wales has said the coronavirus crisis can be used to “reset our course by putting people and planet first”, urging people to view the Earth as if it were a patient. Heir to the throne Charles, who has been championing environmental issues for more than 50...