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1st April 2020

The song ‘Llevame Donde Naci’ by Pepe Roman continues to lift Gibraltarian spirits more than 80 years after it was first written. In the Americas, in war-time London and now at home as we fight the worst virus in the history of mankind. Today is a special day for Violeta Borastero as she reaches the...

31st March 2020

Gibraltar is not a week into the Covid-19 lockdown and, despite loving the fact their family is now home all day, dogs are missing their usual walks and routine. While spending their days now on the couch with family to cuddle up to, dogs are missing catching up with their latest news. A smell of...

31st March 2020

With Gibraltar in lockdown mode to fight the spread of coronavirus, many are now relying on the internet to socialise, work and even study. But with the increase of users logging onto the internet at all hours of the day to carry on with their daily routine, this has meant Gibraltar’s telecoms operators are working...

30th March 2020

Sister Jennifer, a Gibraltarian enclosed Discalced Carmelite nun living in Ronda, and has spent many years leading a secluded monastic life. She has shared with the Chronicle advice on what people should do during this isolation period. She encourages people not to waste their time and think of others. By Sister Jennifer Hello, my name...

27th March 2020

Lynette Rodriguez is encouraging all Gibraltarians to raise awareness of brain tumours by taking part in ‘Wear a Hat Day’. Mrs Rodriguez began raising awareness three years ago when her son Giles was diagnosed with a brain tumour at just nine years old, and following major brain surgery lives a relatively normal life. She describes...

26th March 2020

London is not open for business. Most of the world isn’t. Just a few weeks ago there was a huge drive to promote that life in the UK was continuing despite Brexit. Back then we thought we were going through life-changing circumstances. Today, it’s the silence on the streets that is shocking. The lockdown that...

25th March 2020

Business representatives in the Covid Emergency Liaison and Advisory Committee [CELAC] have welcomed as “responsible and proportionate” the measures announced by the Gibraltar Government to help employers and employees alike to weather the economic impact of the Covid-19 crisis. The organisations - which include Unite the Union, the Gibraltar Chamber of Commerce, the GFSB, the...

25th March 2020

by Tommy Finlayson Former Government Archivist, Tommy Finlayson, has for years filled pages of this paper with stories from Gibraltar’s past. We have called on him again to look back on these stories on a day just like today in our history. His daily diary events are back but today we also look on the...

22nd March 2020

Gibraltar will go into "total social lockdown" as from 12.01 am on Tuesday, Chief Minister Fabian Picardo said on Sunday, as he announced measures to shut all but essential retail shops and bring most construction work to a halt. The lockdown rules tighten the measures that are already being followed on a voluntary basis by...

22nd March 2020

Sunday morning and Gibraltar wakes up to yet another day in which people are being asked to stay at home. The impact of the spread of the Covid-19 virus across Europe has within just a week changed the face of Gibraltar. From the bustling streets and bars, the thousands going around on their weekend activities,...

20th March 2020

By Hannah Stephenson Whether it's to give her a few hours of escapism, offer timely advice, or simply help her shrug off the occasional bad mood - there's a book out there for all mums this Mother's Day. Here are 10 great titles to choose from... 1. The Little Book Of Bad Moods For Mothers...

17th March 2020

Special anniversaries were recently celebrated by couples in a vow renewal ceremony last month. The ceremony held at the Cathedral of St Mary the Crowned saw couples mark their 25th, 40th, 50th, 60thand even 65thwedding anniversaries. The couples received certificates recognising their marriage anniversaries at the event organised by the Christian Family Movement. Norbert and...

7th March 2020

Connecting the past to your childhood memories is not always easy. These memories begin with your parents and their friends and colleagues. These are people you have probably known for most of your life and with whom you may have often witnessed conversations on Main Street, on the beach, in a restaurant; right the way...

5th March 2020

By Tom Horton, PA The charity behind World Book Day is encouraging people to help a nationwide effort to "share a million stories". The challenge involves reading or being read to for at least ten minutes, with every person who hears the story counting towards the one million target. At the beginning of World Book...

4th March 2020

By Megan Baynes, PA One of Britain's loneliest dogs is looking for a home, after being in the care of the RSPCA for more than 439 days. Diefer, a terrier cross, came into the charity's care four days before Christmas in 2018 after his owner died. He was very anxious when he arrived and needed...

4th March 2020

By Jemma Crew, PA Social Affairs Correspondent Dozens of children with suicidal thoughts are being supported by Childline each day, amid a rise in demand for counselling. An average of 67 children are receiving help each day from Childline, which delivered 24,447 counselling sessions in 2018-19, the NSPCC said. This equates to a 25% rise...

4th March 2020

It might not be the nicest of entrances into a stadium at present. With works on the exterior facade still on going, Europa sports Complex is yet not ready officially. But. You can hear the laughter, excited screams, bellows of instructions from within. It might have been a chilly Tuesday late afternoon, with the sun...

4th March 2020

Acting on the advice of the Director of Public Health, the Gibraltar Pro-Life Movement confirmed that it has cancelled tomorrow’s March for Life event “in the interest of public health”. The announcement was made after the Gibraltar Health Authority yesterday confirmed that one patient in Gibraltar tested positive for Coronavirus, or Covid-19. The pro-life campaign...

4th March 2020

Seven religious leaders from different faiths in Gibraltar sparked controversy yesterday after posing next to the Holocaust memorial as they called for a pro-life vote in the forthcoming abortion referendum. The move was condemned by the Gibraltar Government, the GSD and Together Gibraltar, who said the horrors of the Holocaust should not be used in...

29th February 2020

Gibraltar’s patio days have a nostalgic ring to them. These were the open-door days of confined living spaces and poor conditions, generations of one family living under one roof with no running water, often no stove or cooker, no fridge or washing facility, with just one toilet shared between several families. But there was something...

13th February 2020

February is ‘heart month’ and the Gibraltar Cardiac Association is raising awareness of heart issues. In this article Marie Anne Montegriffo shared her personal story of dealing with heart issues. By Marie Anne Montegriffo Sometimes things happen in our lives that can suddenly turn everything on its head. On August 27, 2015 I was at...

8th February 2020

Every day is a new day and every day our guest this week works to recreate himself so that tomorrow he can begin a new dawn with a new idea. By profession he is a lawyer but many of us would probably use words like magician, ventriloquist or mentalist, writer, poet or speaker, if asked...

7th February 2020

Emotive speakers took to the stage in the Pro-Life rally held yesterday in Casemates Square, just a day before campaigning for the referendum began in earnest. Gibraltar is set to vote in the referendum on abortion next month on March 19, with today marking the official start of the campaign period. Yesterday’s rally saw an...

5th February 2020

The afternoon session of GibTalks saw nine speakers take to the stage and share their life stories to a packed audience in the John Mackintosh Hall. Each speaker was given 15 minutes to tell their story, with vox pop speakers contributing 10 minutes. Organiser Julian Felice said the annual Talks now in its sixth year...

4th February 2020

The morning session of GibTalks saw eight speakers take to the stage and share their life stories to a packed audience in the John Mackintosh Hall. Each speaker was given 15 minutes to tell their story, with vox pop speakers contributing 10 minutes. Organiser Julian Felice said the annual Talks now in its sixth year...

3rd February 2020

By Associated Press Reporter Mathematicians and geeks everywhere celebrated a rare occurrence on Sunday - 02/02/2020 - a kind of eight-digit palindrome that has not happened for more than 900 years. A palindrome is any sequence, phrase or word that reads the same backwards as forwards. And 02/02/2020 is considered a "universal palindrome" because it...

3rd February 2020

The sixth edition of GibTalks saw 17 speakers take to the stage in John Mackintosh Hall this weekend, as organiser Julian Felice announced the event would be “suspended” for the next couple years.  Mr Felice told the audience GibTalks would not return for the next two years due to the refurbishment works taking place in the John Mackintosh Hall.  He said after a search for new venues it did not feel...

3rd February 2020

Married couples wishing to renew their vows can do so later this month in the Cathedral of St Mary the Crowned. Since 1966 the Christian Family Movement, has organised a yearly service for married couples who wish to renew their marriage vows. Those couples who’ve celebrated 25, 40 50 60+ years of marriage in 2019,...

1st February 2020

This article was written before Gibraltar and the UK left the EU on Friday night. Tonight, on the 31 January 2020 at midnight local time, The UK will withdraw from the EU. As a consequence, Gibraltar will also be dragged out, against its democratic will, its economic, social and political interests and, for many in...

31st January 2020

By Shaun Connolly and David Hughes, PA Political Staff European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen has said Britain and Brussels will fight for their interests in trade talks, as she insisted the UK's final day in the EU was "emotional". The comments came as Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he will hail the "dawn...