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22nd March 2018

Mark Hamill, the Hollywood legend best known for his role as Luke Skywalker, opened Gibraltar’s new Skywalk tourist attraction yesterday morning, ‘cutting’ a ribbon on the glass platform with a lightsaber. Flanked by two Stormtroopers from the Boogie Storm dance troupe, Mr Hamill declared: “May the Force be with the Skywalk.” The image of Luke...

20th March 2018

Air terminal staff rehearsed their response to an incident in which an aircraft experiences a minor fire on landing. The training exercise was designed to familiarise relevant staff with passenger evacuation procedures with a further aim being to allow departments and agencies an opportunity to review and update their procedures in dealing with an immobilised...

16th March 2018

The Minister for Tourism, Gilbert Licudi ,will once again introduce the Gibraltar Lecture at this year’s FT Weekend Oxford Literary Festival on Saturday 17th March. The lecture is being delivered by barrister and television presenter Baroness Helena Kennedy, who will talk about her life and her passion for human rights. Baroness Kennedy is one of...

15th March 2018

The Gibraltar Contingency Council met yesterday afternoon in order to review security and civil contingency matters, maintaining the current threat level at ‘substantial’. The meeting was co-chaired by the Governor Lieutenant General Edward Davis and the Deputy Chief Minister Dr Joseph Garcia, deputising for the Chief Minister. The current ‘substantial’ threat level means an attack...

12th March 2018

Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar has dismissed claims that people crossing the Irish border would have to pre-register after Brexit. Speaking from the US, where he is conducting a series of St Patrick's Day engagements, the Taoiseach said: "No, it is not a solution that we envisage." Mr Varadkar was responding to questions about a...

9th March 2018

The All Party Parliamentary Group for Gibraltar in the House of Commons said yesterday it was “appalled” at statements made by former Europe Minister Lord Hain on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme. Today carried ample coverage of Gibraltar yesterday, including live broadcasts from the Rock and an interview with Lord Hain, who once again referred...

8th March 2018

Students from Bayside and the Gibraltar College joined Westside pupils in their lunch hall yesterday morning to mark International Women’s Day and discuss gender equality. At the event, the Minister for Equality and currently acting Chief Minister, Samantha Sacramento, addressed the students. In addition, a student from each of the schools gave a presentation and...

2nd March 2018

‘Every time a building is destroyed, you know that your memories are also being destroyed … and that a part of you will have gone with it.’ Sometimes, when I think about how much Gibraltar has changed in the last thirty or forty years, I feel a little like the narrator of Grant Gee’s wonderful...

28th February 2018

Michael Owen, one of England’s greatest ever strikers, paid his first visit to the Rock yesterday as he joined employees of locally-based gaming firm BetVictor for a lively Q&A session at the World Trade Center. Mr Owen, who has played for Liverpool, Real Madrid, Newcastle and Manchester United as well as the England national team,...

24th February 2018

The passing of ‘exceptional’ former AACR Health Minister, Aurelio Montegriffo, was marked with heartfelt condolences from members of parliament yesterday. The family of the late Mr Montegriffo attended the opening of Parliament where members underscored his “revolutionary” work in the field of health. Mr Montegriffo died last Sunday, aged 97, and was a founder member...

21st February 2018

The outline planning permission for the Devil’s Tongue project on Queensway has been deferred following yesterday’s meeting of the Development and Planning Commission. The deferment was at the request of the developer Hepta Ltd wanting to carry out further work based on the feedback received. Two members from the project’s architects from 1508 London were...

20th February 2018

Aurelio Montegriffo, one of the stalwarts of the AACR party and in government, died at the age of 97 at the weekend. He was a founder member of the AACR and Sir Joshua Hassan’s right hand man in the party for many years. Former Chief Minister and Speaker of Parliament, Adolfo Canepa, described him as...

20th February 2018

Parliament unanimously passed a Bill which will support and protect individuals who are unable to make specific decisions in relation to their health, welfare or finances due to lack of capacity. Once the law is commenced, it will provide individuals with the confidence that their wishes will be reflected and protected, should they lose the...

15th February 2018

A senior naval officer in charge of teaching future submarine captains "took his eye off the ball", leading his nuclear submarine to collide with a tanker, a court martial has heard. Commander Justin Codd, 45, of UK Maritime Battle Staff, was sentenced to forfeiting a year of seniority after pleading guilty at Portsmouth Naval Base...

15th February 2018

Boris Johnson has warned it would be "mad" to end up with a Brexit settlement that does not allow the UK to enjoy the "economic freedoms" of leaving the European Union. Signalling the need to diverge from EU rules after leaving the bloc, Mr Johnson insisted that the UK should not remain locked into alignment...

15th February 2018

Pupils from Notre Dame School brought happiness and random acts of kindness to passers-by in Casemates yesterday as part of the Mindfulness in Schools project. Shianne Walker-Peliza, from the Mindfulness in Schools project and Jeanette Gonzalez, the special needs coordinator for the school, have been working together to make yesterday’s event possible. “The idea is...

14th February 2018

The Gibraltar Government last night hit back at the statement issued jointly by the GSD and Independent MP Marlene Hassan Nahon, insisting it has “no substance” and “contributes nothing at all” to the current discussion on education. “The education of children and successive generations is the main driving force of the GSLP Government, as it...

13th February 2018

The Minister for Environment and Climate Change Dr John Cortes co-chaired a meeting of the Council of Environment Ministers of the U.K. Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies recently held in Douglas on the Isle of Man. The Isle of Man Government hosted the meeting and its Minister for Environment Geoffrey Boot co-chaired the two-day meeting....

10th February 2018

The Royal Navy’s new aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth arrived in Gibraltar yesterday morning for her first overseas port visit. As she sailed into port under close security escort, UK Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson highlighted the Rock’s strategic role for UK military operations. “As the Rock casts its shadow over the flight deck of our...

9th February 2018

The Royal Navy's new aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth arrived in Gibraltar this morning for her first overseas port visit. As she sailed into port under close security escort, UK Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson said highlighted the Rock's strategic role for UK military operations. "As the Rock casts its shadow over the flight deck of...

8th February 2018

Childline Gibraltar yesterday hosted a seminar on social media and body image to mark Children’s Mental Health Week. Childline seminar called ‘Social Media, Body Image and Our Teenagers’ focused on educating people on how to respond when these issues arise and was delivered by two NSPCC practitioners from the UK. The seminar was attended by...

31st January 2018

Gibraltar is finally pushing ahead with construction of a sewage treatment plant, with the Gibraltar Government signing a contract for the final design of the facility and construction work set to start within months for completion by 2020. Gibraltar’s lack of a wastewater treatment plant has been the subject of controversy in recent years, even...

30th January 2018

Gibraltar experienced major disruption yesterday as severe weather conditions and winds of up to 107 km per hour caused scaffolding to collapse, with knock-on effects for schools, businesses and motorists. Although no one was seriously hurt, the stormy conditions brought chaos and gridlock to many of Gibraltar’s roads during the morning rush hour. Across many...

24th January 2018

The Gibraltar Fire and Rescue Service has transferred the frontline ambulance service back to the Gibraltar Health Authority after 18 years. The service was under the command of the GFRS for close to two decades, but recently the GFRS has decided to focus on its ongoing commitments and hand over the ambulance service. Yesterday a...

23rd January 2018

Darren Grech, the acting Director of Education, was yesterday appointed by Chief Minister Fabian Picardo to be the next Chief Secretary of the Government of Gibraltar. Mr Grech, who said the appointment was an “honour and a privilege”, will assume his new role on February 12, upon the retirement of Chief Secretary Ernest Gomez. The...

22nd January 2018

by David Hughes Over the years, I’ve usually been happy to share my thoughts with Gibraltar’s newspaper-readers, and grateful to editors who’ve published my writings. Although male lawyers are hardly scarce in Gibraltar’s public and civic life – especially middle-aged ones, as I suppose I must now consider myself – I hope that the views...

18th January 2018

STM Group has agreed a “collaborative way forward” with the Gibraltar Financial Services Commission in respect of issues relating to several of its businesses regulated here, thus avoiding a court hearing scheduled for next Monday. STM had filed an appeal of the GFSC’s decision to appoint inspectors but in light of the latest development, that...

17th January 2018

New Year message by GSD Leader Keith Azopardi When I last spoke to you it was before Christmas and just after the GSD Leadership election. Then, I explained how I saw the task ahead in the context of the renewal and re-energising of the GSD. That work has started and I want to see a...

16th January 2018

Saturday saw the re-dedication of the newly restored 138 year old historic organ at the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity. Dr David Hamid, Suffragan Bishop of the Diocese of Gibraltar in Europe led the Special Service of Solemn Evensong where the organ dating back to 1880 was once again “awoken”. He described it as one...

9th January 2018

Good evening For many of us, today has been the first full day back at work. Our children are now back at school. And as we reflect on the year that has passed, most have once again in 2017 enjoyed a peaceful and plentiful Christmas feast. That is the fruit of the prosperity we all...