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31st December 2018

Paddy Ashdown, the highly-respected Liberal Democrat peer who died just before Christmas, had clear views about the madness of Brexit. In June 2016, a fortnight before the referendum that set the UK - and by extension Gibraltar - on a turbulent two-year course to withdrawal, Lord Ashdown told guests at a dinner in Gibraltar that...

29th December 2018

Artist Paul Cosquieri demanded total freedom when he took on one of his biggest challenges ever this summer. Yes, some of his paintings have been large but none on the scale of the mural, 8.54 by 2.38 metres, which today houses an entire wall at the new Kishin Alwani Foundation Student Common Room at the...

28th December 2018

by Gillian Birkett Unite the Union wishes a Happy and Prosperous New Year to all working people, whether in employment or not. 2019 will be both a challenging and uncertain year. As Gibraltar Plc is not in the driving seat, we do not only control events, but we are not clear as to what changes...

28th December 2018

Unite the Union has called on the Gibraltar Government to stop “undermining” the public service through its continuing recruitment of agency workers. The union, along with entities such as the GSD, has long been a stringent critic of the Government’s “rapid proliferation” of agency workers in this way. In the run up to Christmas, Union...

22nd December 2018

In this week's travel feature, local travel couple Louise-Anne Manasco and Max Pizarro takes a look at the Norweigian fjords. By Louise-Anne Manasco and Max Pizarro The Norweigian fjords have forever portrayed Norway as a country of natural beauty, with its magnificent dramatic landscapes surrounded by many deep narrow waterways which meander inland off the...

20th December 2018

The Saffron Rose 4 Rett Charitable Trust donated two new Tobii Eye Gaze handheld devices to St Martin’s School yesterday. At the presentation was the head teacher Annabelle Felipes, representative from the trust Paul Borge, Minister for Education Dr John Cortes and Saffron Rose’s teacher James Martinez for the past three years. The Tobii Eye...

20th December 2018

Two weeks after completing a first aid course, Krisanne Lia was able to save her neighbour’s life while he was having a heart attack. Yesterday, Ms Lia received the Mayor’s Silver Award “in recognition of her actions where she rendered first aid assistance”. She told the Chronicle: “I had to assist and do CPR on...

19th December 2018

Kusuma Trust Gibraltar yesterday recognised local students and charities for their achievements and hard work at a presentation held at ISOLAS law firm. Trustee Peter Isola presented the Kusuma Trust Excellence Prize to six students, including Henry Archer; Joseph Butron; Sanya Chhugani; David Garcia; Kelvin Gomez; and Nuhaila Mkerref. The £3,000 prize is awarded annually...

19th December 2018

Father Charlie Azzopardi received Christmas boxes for Nazareth House which have been packed by COPE students at Bayside Secondary school yesterday. Teachers Chrissie Caetano and Julian Guilliano took the students through the steps of collecting items to fill the boxes and prepare them for forty individuals to receive on Christmas Day. “This has been a...

18th December 2018

By Becca Mcauley and Tess de la Mare, Press Association Suffragette Sylvia Pankhurst lobbied the Post Office against the practice of installing duplicate telephone lines over fears they could be used to intercept private calls, newly discovered letters have revealed. Ms Pankhurst - who was herself the subject of an MI5 surveillance operation - wrote...

18th December 2018

By Rod Minchin, Press Association An operation is under way to rescue sailors stuck on a 16-tonne Russian cargo ship that has run aground off a beach in Cornwall in "extreme" and "horrific" weather. The massive vessel, believed to be the Kuzma Minin, grounded off Gyllyngvase Beach in Falmouth at about 5.40am on Tuesday. The...

18th December 2018

The Gibraltar Government said yesterday that there should be little impact on pet owners wishing to travel into the EU after the end of next March in the event of a ‘no deal’ Brexit. Pets – including dogs, cats and ferrets - would continue to be able to travel from Gibraltar to the EU, but...

17th December 2018

By Tom Eden, Political Reporter, Press Association Scotland Seal pups around the UK coast are at risk from toxic chemicals present in their mothers' milk, new research has found. The contamination comes from man-made waste draining into the sea and causes changes to how seal pups gain the fatty blubber they need to survive. Scientists...

17th December 2018

How Sir Joe Bossano is breaking the civil service – a response to the political broadcast of December 10, 2018 by Wendy Cumming, President of the Gibraltar General and Clerical Association Sir Joe Bossano’s political broadcast was dramatic indeed. Starting out with a fervour of nationalism, it quickly evolved into a civil/public service denigrating exercise...

17th December 2018

Parliament has unanimously passed fundamental legislation designed to equip law enforcement agencies with the tools that they require to counter the “scourge” of terrorism. The Terrorism Act 2018 repeals the existing Terrorism Act 2005 and replaces it with a much more comprehensive and robust regime. In presenting the legislation to the House Chief Minister Fabian...

16th December 2018

The Ministry of Culture has succeeded once again in bringing top international Jazz talent to the Rock. The concert that we enjoyed last Saturday at St. Michael's Cave was truly a spectacular big band event featuring The Ronnie Scott's Jazz Orchestra under bandleader Pete Long with Georgina Jackson as vocalist and trumpet player. They whipped...

15th December 2018

Lee Spencer, The Rowing Marine, has postponed this weekend’s planned departure from Gibraltar for the start of his unsupported attempt to row solo across the Atlantic Ocean. Mr Spencer had to set back the date due to a weather system coming in the Atlantic. At present, he is monitoring the weather closely and aims to...

14th December 2018

By Eleanor Barlow, Press Association A statue of suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst will be unveiled in her home city exactly 100 years after women in the UK first voted in a general election. The centenary will be marked in Manchester on Friday with the culmination of the Our Emmeline project. People are expected to march from...

13th December 2018

By Maria Yamaguchi, Associated Press More than 200 photos taken by two small rovers on an asteroid show no signs of a smooth area for the touchdown of a spacecraft early next year, Japan's space agency said. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) said the two solar-powered rovers have become inactive and are probably in...

13th December 2018

By David Bauder, Associated Press British bands have dominated the latest list of entrants to the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Def Leppard, Radiohead, the Cure, Roxy Music and the Zombies will take their place next March at the 34th induction ceremony in New York. US star Janet Jackson will also join her...

11th December 2018

The Government has published a Command Paper banning the sale of energy drinks to those aged under 16. The initiative was announced by the Minister for Health, Neil Costa, and the Minister for Public Health, John Cortes, during a public health event over the weekend. The CHAMP [Children, Healthy and Active! Multi-agency Programme] event aimed...

10th December 2018

By Emily Beament, Press Association Environment Correspondent The world's largest trader in palm oil has unveiled plans to step up its supplier monitoring in a "potential breakthrough" in stopping rainforest destruction. Wilmar International, which supplies around 40% of the world's palm oil, including for popular consumer goods brands, has set out an action plan to...

8th December 2018

Next week represents a critical juncture in the Brexit process. On Tuesday, the House of Commons will vote on Theresa May’s Brexit Withdrawal Agreement. The Prime Minister faces entrenched opposition on both sides of the House and the wide expectation is her deal will be rejected.?If Mrs May’s deal falls, what will happen next is...

7th December 2018

In this weeks travel feature, local traveller Shaun Yeo takes a dive into the shark infested waters of Sudan capturing some stunning images. By Shaun Yeo The Red Sea is a diver’s paradise, and is rated as one of the best places to dive in the world. Egypt takes most of its credit, but a...

29th November 2018

Are you a keen traveller? Or do you enjoy short weekend breaks up the coast? The Chronicle’s weekly travel feature is open for local writers to share their experiences of the places they visit. Situated among the rugged desert canyons and mountains in Southern Jordan is the world famous, UNESCO world heritage site of Petra....

29th November 2018

The Governor, the Chief Minister and the Minister for the Environment each planted Etrog trees (Citrus Medica) in the education area of the Alameda Botanical Gardens yesterday, during a ceremony organised by Gibraltar Jewish community as part of an environmental initiative spanning the Commonwealth. The tree planting represented the Jewish Community of Gibraltar’s contribution to...

27th November 2018

By Ella Pickover, Press Association Health Correspondent A third of UK teenagers have thought about harming themselves, a new poll has found. The survey, conducted by the charity Addaction, found that 33% of young people aged 13 to 17 had thought about self-harm. This includes one in 10 (9.9%) who have these thoughts "some of...

27th November 2018

Two smuggled pythons were found in a suitcase among personal items by Guardia Civil officers in the port of Algeciras. The live snakes were spotted on the monitor while the suitcase was scanned. Officers opened the suitcase which belonged to a Senegalese man travelling to Spain from Tangier last Wednesday. He admitted ownership of the...

26th November 2018

By Ravender Sembhy, Press Association City Editor Alan Turing, Ada Lovelace and Rosalind Franklin have all made an initial list of nominations to be the new face of the £50 note. Bank of England Governor Mark Carney announced earlier this year that the new polymer note will celebrate British achievement in science. A long list...

24th November 2018

Gibraltar "will not fold" in the face of Spain's Brexit demands, Gibraltar's Minister for Housing and Equality told the DUP party conference in Belfast on Saturday. Samantha Sacramento was given a rousing reception by the DUP faithful in Belfast as she insisted that Gibraltar will not be "bullied" by any bid from Madrid to undermine...