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27th December 2016

by Lieutenant General Edward Davis, the Governor of Gibraltar As Lorraine and I approach the end of our first year on the Rock, may I first, take this opportunity to say how deeply humbled, and forever grateful, we are for the Gibraltarian People’s embracing friendship, and your generosity of spirit and deed, from the moment...

23rd December 2016

Mark Randall today celebrates his 54th birthday. Still coming to terms with his enormous achievement having walked/cycled 7,000kms from Gibraltar to Jerusalem he is already setting his sights on new challenges – although his broken body and sore feet need time to recover. His latest idea is to get together a Gibraltar team to carry out...

23rd December 2016

Former Mayor Momy Levy, one of the Rock’s most colourful and well-loved personalities, has died at the age of 80. Always impeccably dressed in his bright suits and colourful ties Momy was known and respected by people from all walks of life and all religions. He always had a good word for everyone and had...

20th December 2016

The Gibraltar Government has no plans to follow the UK Government in raising the jury age limit to 75. The change in Britain, the first of its kind in almost 30 years, was announced by the UK Government last month and was implemented across England and Wales on December 1. Locally, jury service is capped...

16th December 2016

Guests at a UK charity dinner heard a very personal plea from a Gibraltarian mum Sari Chocron-Attias to support the charity Camp Simcha which got her family through the toughest year of their lives. Mrs Chocron-Attias and her son Samueli received support from Camp Simcha – a UK charity which helps families coping with serious...

14th December 2016

Theresa May's desire for secrecy around her plans for Brexit is hindering the British Government's ability to prepare for leaving the European Union, a think-tank has warned. The Institute for Government said Whitehall departments are uncertain about what to do before the Prime Minister triggers Article 50 of the EU treaties to being the Brexit...

13th December 2016

Hatred towards Jews will be "called out" with the introduction of an official definition of anti-Semitism, Theresa May vowed yesterday. Adopting an internationally-backed charity's analysis of what constitutes abuse is a "ground-breaking step" in the fight to tackle rising anti-Jewish attacks, the Prime Minister said. Mrs May praised Israel for guaranteeing the rights of "people...

13th December 2016

Family togetherness should be the key theme for all families at Christmas. But for some families where the parents are separated it can prove to be a difficult time. Faced with this scenario, the Citizens Advice Bureau, has this season launched a campaign to advise affected families to consider mediation as a way of bringing...

9th December 2016

Soldiers from the Royal Gibraltar Regiment recently returned from eight weeks at the British Army Training Unit Kenya (BATUK). The eight soldiers took part in what was billed as “one of the most arduous Infantry exercises of their careers so far.” Set in the shadows of Mount Kenya and just a short drive from Nanyuki,...

9th December 2016

An amateur boxer who boasted he was the ‘hardest man in town’ showed no remorse yesterday as he was jailed for 16 years for a “sustained and savage” assault that ended the life of a 20-year old soldier from the Royal Gibraltar Regiment. Private Matthew Boyd, 20, died in the barracks town of Brecon, South...

8th December 2016

A Welsh boxer who boasted he was the ‘hardest man in town’ will spend the next 16 years in jail for murdering a soldier from the Royal Gibraltar Regiment. Jake Vallely, 24, denied murder but was found guilty following a three week trial at Cardiff Crown Court last week. At a sentencing hearing at the same court today he...

7th December 2016

The Monument to Women was unveiled by Justine Picardo yesterday on the 50th anniversary year of the Gibraltar Housewives Association today known as the Gibraltar Women’s Association. It was back in 1966 when a group of pioneering women formed the association on the Rock. Architect Ruth Massias Greenberg and sculptor Ermelinda Duarte spent six months...

7th December 2016

Gibraltar’s second Health and Lifestyle survey pegged ‘high smoking levels’ to the low price of tobacco as it revealed more younger people are lighting up. The survey focusing on the wellbeing of the local community was unveiled yesterday and also highlighted the Rock’s high obesity rates, as well as more positive trends including low alcohol...

6th December 2016

When I came to London one of the things I was sure about was that I did not want to lose my strong links with Gibraltar. That is why I try to follow as much local news as I can during the week. The internet allows me to do this in various forms.  Unfortunately, over the past...

6th December 2016

The British Government's use of the royal prerogative to trigger the process of taking Britain out of the European Union is not being done on a "whim" or "out of a clear blue sky", the UK's highest court has heard. Attorney General Jeremy Wright told 11 Supreme Court justices at the start of one of the most important...

5th December 2016

The British Government goes to the Supreme Court in London today in the latest stage of the legal battle over Brexit. The highest court in the land is being asked to overturn a High Court ruling that the Prime Minister must seek MPs' approval to trigger the process of taking Britain out of the European...

1st December 2016

When I came to London one of the things I was sure about was that I did not want to lose my strong links with Gibraltar. That is why I try to follow as much local news as I can during the week. The internet allows me to do this in various forms.  Unfortunately, over the past...

28th November 2016

Recreational and medicinal use of cannabis should not be penalised, Health and Justice Minister Neil Costa said last week, adding he believed Gibraltar should have a community-wide debate on decriminalisation. Mr Costa was speaking on GBC’s Viewpoint just days after the Equality Rights Group and rehabilitation campaigners Stay Clean called for Gibraltar to review its...

23rd November 2016

Gibraltar “will be part” of the Brexit negotiations, Spain’s Minister for Education, Culture and Sport said yesterday, suggesting a marked shift from the hardline stance adopted by former Foreign Minister José Manuel García-Margallo. Speaking at a press conference in Brussels, Iñigo Méndez de Vigo, who is also the Spanish Government's spokesman, reflected on the importance...

22nd November 2016

The GIBFIT Fitness Awareness Day in aid of Cancer Research UK was held on Saturday at the Victoria Stadium. The day was organised in conjunction with Cancer Research UK Gibraltar Branch, GIBFIT and the Ministry of Sports and Culture. It proved a fun filled day offering a variety of fitness disciplines delivered by International Fitness...

22nd November 2016

The Gibraltar Government and the GSD yesterday became embroiled in a row over the establishment of the Gibraltar Consultative Council. The exchanges began with the GSD slamming the GCC as “secret, dangerous and undemocratic”, prompting a furious reaction from the Government about the Opposition’s “infantile” position on this. The GSD said the new council would...

22nd November 2016

The Spanish research ship involved in a string of tense incursions over the weekend appeared to cut short its work yesterday, sailing from Gibraltar waters just after midday under stormy skies and amid a brewing diplomatic row. As the vessel sailed out into the Alboran Sea in heavy rain and rough seas, diplomats worked to...

11th November 2016

John Shephard was a reporter’s reporter, an ‘old school’ newsman through and through. He was straight talking and had strong views he was not afraid to share. But in a world inundated with opinion, he understood implicitly the value of hard facts and good, old-fashioned reporting. John was best known for writing about sport –...

11th November 2016

One of Gibraltar’s most respected sports journalists, the doyen of the local sports community, John Shephard Snr has died at the age of 81. A veteran in his field and a long serving member and stalwart of this newspaper, John – who wrote under the pen-name JES - was still writing his column just a...

3rd November 2016

A parliamentary debate yesterday exposed the differing views on Gibraltar held by Spanish political parties, who share common ground on Spain’s sovereignty claim but are split on key issues including the right to self-determination. The debate in the Foreign Affairs Commission of the Spanish Congress left no doubt that Spain’s principal parties want Gibraltar back,...

1st November 2016

The Bishop of Gibraltar, Carmel Zammit, has appealed to Gibraltar’s lawmakers to explore legislative ways to strengthen family life on the Rock. In a sermon during the traditional Gibraltar Day in London mass at Our Lady of Dolours church in Fulham, Bishop Zammit also appealed for caution when passing new laws that could impact on...

29th October 2016

If you plot them on a map of the world, the trade routes across the oceans are like a richly woven tapestry linking east to west, north to south. More than two simple axes, it is a picture that is constantly changing, a dynamic web overlaying the globe and shifting constantly in response to the...

23rd October 2016

The famous and very successful Spanish tourism slogan of the 1960s – “Spain is different” – which it was then as the country was the only dictatorship in Western Europe apart from Portugal – has come back to haunt Spaniards, but this time for very different reasons. The country has been without a functioning government...

14th October 2016

The Court of Appeal has reduced the minimum jail terms that two men convicted of unrelated “heinous” and “outrageous” knife attacks in Gibraltar must serve before they can apply for parole. David Bonnici and Edward Celecia had each been sentenced to life imprisonment for carrying out the attacks, with the recommendation they serve a minimum...

12th October 2016

The promenade around the Mid Harbours Marina was officially named ‘Peter Isola Promenade’ yesterday, in honour of one of Gibraltar’s leading past politicians. Chief Minister Fabian Picardo unveiled a street sign together with Rosie Isola, Mr Isola’s widow, and other members of the Isola family including his daughter Roseanne and sons Lawrence, Peter and Albert,...