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23rd June 2017

Rent arrears on Government properties have been reduced to just under £5 million, meaning that over £1 million has been recovered since the arrears collection strategy commenced 18 months ago. The current balance of arrears is £4,995,427, the Gibraltar Government said yesterday in a statement. At its highest in January 2016, before the implementation of...

23rd June 2017

Parliament yesterday unanimously passed a motion granting local artist Christian Hook the Freedom of the City of Gibraltar in view of his “magnificent accomplishments and successes” in the arts world internationally. Government and Opposition paid tribute to this young artist recalling many personal anecdotes of a “proud Gibraltarian” who lives and works locally and remains...

19th June 2017

More than 1,500 firefighters in Portugal are still battling to control major wildfires in the central region of the country, where one blaze killed 62 people. Reinforcements are due to arrive today, including more water-dropping planes from Spain, France and Italy as part of a European Union co-operation programme. Portugal is observing three days of...

19th June 2017

Brexit Secretary David Davis will call for a "deal like no other in history" as he heads to Brussels to launch negotiations for Britain's exit from the European Union. Talks with the European Commission's chief negotiator Michel Barnier today will focus on the status of expats, the UK's "divorce bill" and the Northern Ireland border....

18th June 2017

In a three-part series for the Chronicle, Kenneth Asquez, a registered FA Intermediary, looks back at Gibraltar’s entry into international football, and offers a few ideas for the future. LONDON, Friday 24th May 2013. The venue is the Grosvenor Hotel. By an overwhelming majority of 98.25% of the votes, Gibraltar’s entry into the highest level...

18th June 2017

Raging forest fires in central Portugal have killed at least 43 people, many of them trapped in their cars as flames swept over a road. Nearly 60 other people have been injured, including four firefighters, in an incident Prime Minister Antonio Costa has described as "the biggest tragedy of human life that we have known...

10th June 2017

By Frankie Hatton After the atrocities in London, the Gibraltar Government and the Royal Gibraltar Police (RGP) have stepped up the visible campaign as well as security for locals and visitors alike. A walk down Main Street will see police vehicles parked at both ends and concrete bollards along the street, particularly at road crossing...

9th June 2017

The death of a police officer in La Linea on Wednesday puts into sharp focus the risks that law enforcement agents on both sides of the border face daily. The officer, named yesterday as 46-year old Victor Sánchez, was tackling a suspected tobacco smuggler when he was hit by a police van involved in the...

8th June 2017

A brochure and map of Irish Town was unveiled this week and will be distributed to tourists in time for the summer break, in a bid to boost business in the area. The brochure concisely covers over 300 years of history of Irish Town, which was originally named ‘Calle de Santa Ana’. The project was...

7th June 2017

Juan Carlos Perez, a pioneering Gibraltarian politician, trades unionist and journalist, died suddenly last night. He was 61 years old. The news was announced by the Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party, the party which he founded alongside his close friend and colleague Joe Bossano. “The whole of the GSLP family is heartbroken,” said Chief Minister Fabian...

6th June 2017

Pupils from five schools, groups and organisations yesterday participated in World Environment Day on Commonwealth Park urging everyone to “get close and connect to nature”. A variety of events were organised by the Department of the Environment and Climate Change and saw pupils, parents and guests joining in. Over a number of years the celebrations...

4th June 2017

Theresa May has warned that Britain is in the grip of a spate of copycat terror attacks in the wake of the London Bridge atrocity. The Prime Minister delivered a stark assessment of the threat facing the UK after seven people were murdered and dozens more injured by three terrorists on Saturday night. It was...

2nd June 2017

A commemorative plaque was unveiled yesterday by the Minister for Housing Samantha Sacramento and members of the Gaggero family including John G Gaggero at the Mons Calpe Mews Estate. The Gaggero family operated the ship the Mons Calpe which for 33 years was the life line between Gibraltar and Morocco especially during the closed frontier...

1st June 2017

A prize giving ceremony was held yesterday afternoon in the Alameda Gardens for the children who took part in the Gibraltar Botanic Garden’s butterfly competition. Over 65 children took part. “We thought it was a really good opportunity for us to engage children and to get you all to learn a bit more about life...

31st May 2017

Social workers from the Care Agency, a representative from Childline and Royal Gibraltar Police officers have completed a one week joint training course on investigating child abuse. The Specialist Child Abuse Investigator Development Programme (SCAIDP) is a UK-based scheme designed to enhance the professional skills of those investigating and dealing with child abuse offences. In...

31st May 2017

Gibraltar has the third highest smoking rate in the European Union, new data suggests. An EU-wide survey published yesterday by the European Commission ahead of World No Tobacco Day found that the highest smoking rates were in Greece (37%), Bulgaria, France (both 36%) and Croatia (35%). The Commission’s survey, which sampled 27,901 respondents from across...

30th May 2017

Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn have been forced to defend their records as they faced a live TV grilling from a studio audience and presenter Jeremy Paxman. The Prime Minister came under fire for cuts to public services and her plans for social care, while Mr Corbyn faced questioning on his attitude to security issues...

29th May 2017

Chases at sea are challenging and dangerous.  This week one has made the headlines providing dramatic pictures.  Behind the news however are men and women who sometimes put their lives on the line in the quest to tackle criminal activity. Recently, whilst working on an independent project, I spent a few days with the RGP...

26th May 2017

Pupils from Notre Dame School brought their parents, guardians or grandparents to school yesterday to take part in its Health and Fitness Day. The children and adults took part in Yoga, Pilates, Zumba, football skills, team games and numerous of other activities that the staff delivered throughout the day. Gaylee Gracia, the Physical Education coordinator...

24th May 2017

Manchester bomber Salman Abedi was known to the intelligence services "up to a point", Home Secretary Amber Rudd has said. The Government raised the terrorism threat level to "critical" - the highest possible rating - on Tuesday amid fears another attack is imminent. Ms Rudd disclosed that the intelligence services had been aware of British-born...

24th May 2017

A man who survived the IRA bombing in Manchester 21 years ago spoke yesterday of his horror at Monday’s attack in the city. Although no one was killed in the 1996 blast, the trauma of that event still haunts Perry Hughes and his family, who now have a business in Gibraltar. Yesterday he was filled...

24th May 2017

Democracy will always triumph over terrorism, a Labour peer said today as delegates at the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association conference in Gibraltar paid tribute to victims of the Manchester bombing. Baroness Hilary Armstrong told the Chronicle Manchester would remain “absolutely solid” despite last night’s attack. Her words followed a minutes’ silence held at the CPA conference...

23rd May 2017

Democracy will always triumph over terrorism, a Labour peer said today as delegates at a parliamentary conference in Gibraltar paid tribute to victims of the Manchester bombing. Speaking on the sidelines of the event, Baroness Hilary Armstrong told the Chronicle Manchester would remain “absolutely solid” despite last night’s attack. Her words followed a minutes’ silence...

23rd May 2017

A 23-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the bomb attack which killed 22 people, including children, and injured 59 more in Manchester. The arrest was announced just moments after Prime Minister Theresa May denounced the "appalling sickening cowardice" of the lone suicide bomber who detonated a homemade device in the foyer of the...

18th May 2017

Men in Gibraltar are being warned that they need to take care of their health. In a new initiative by the Gibraltar Health Authority and the School of Health Studies a series of Men’s Health sessions –are being organised over the coming months. The Let’s Talk About… programme will be officially launched by the Minister...

16th May 2017

Government yesterday confirmed that the Gibraltar Government IT Systems had not been affected by the weekend’s world-wide Wannacryransomwarecyber attack. Whilst Gibraltar was closely monitoring the events surrounding the attack which began last Friday a Government statement said there had as yet been no reports of any Gibraltar-based systems having been affected by this latest attack...

15th May 2017

Alice Mascarenhas, the Deputy Editor of the Gibraltar Chronicle, has won a UK national award from Cancer Research UK in recognition of her outstanding contribution to the cause. The charity’s annual Flame of Hope Awards acknowledges remarkable efforts in fundraising and volunteering made by people from all walks of life. Ms Mascarenhas beat off stiff...

12th May 2017

People would need to save £800 a year for 125 years to fund the cost of dementia care, according to a new report in UK. The study, for the Alzheimer's Society, warns the "impossible cost" of social care is crippling some families and leaving them destitute. It said the bill will topple "generation rent", who...

12th May 2017

Rising numbers of children are seeking help due to exam stress, according to Childline UK. Thousands of youngsters turned to the helpline in 2016/17 alone after struggling with the pressures of exams, new figures show. The findings come in the week that 11-year-olds across England take their Sats tests and as teenagers prepare for upcoming...

11th May 2017

Former Irish taoiseach Bertie Ahern has warned there is no easy solution to resolving the border issue between the north and south of Ireland after Britain leaves the EU. Mr Ahern also said that now was not the time for a border poll on a united Ireland, saying the country still had a "divided society"....