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20th November 2025

At 2.30pm on Sunday, the words of the late Manolo Mascarenhas reverberated across Grand Battery House. His daughter, former Deputy Editor of this newspaper Alice Mascarenhas, played one of the few remaining broadcasts of his radio programme ‘Palabras Al Viento’, which would have been heard across Gibraltar at 2.30pm on Sundays in the 1960s. The...

18th November 2025

Governor’s Meadow Lower Primary School celebrated World STEM Day on Friday November 14, bringing Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics to life through a range of interactive and practical activities. Pupils took part in STEM challenges exploring concepts such as patterns and shapes, experimentation, engineering design and coding. The activities encouraged curiosity, creativity and problem-solving, while...

18th November 2025

Ten new Royal Gibraltar Regiment (RG) Reserve recruits have successfully completed an intensive nine-day Recruit Camp, held from November 1 to 9, marking a key milestone in their training and development. The camp provided comprehensive instruction aimed at building core military skills, discipline and confidence. Over the nine days, recruits took part in physical conditioning,...

14th November 2025

The Gibraltar Health Authority is observed World Diabetes Day as part of its ongoing efforts to raise awareness of the disease within the community. The occasion coincides with the delivery of the DESMOND (Diabetes Education and Self-Management for Ongoing and Newly Diagnosed) training programme for staff. DESMOND is a structured education programme designed to help...

14th November 2025

The Royal Butler, Grant Harrold, had his audience captivated as he shared numerous stories from his life as a former Royal Butler, many of which were very humorous and showed the Royal Family in a different light. Mr Harrold was one of the first authors to take part in this year’s Gibraltar Literary Festival, which...

6th November 2025

Artist Christian Hook has raised £16,640 for the GBC Open Day fund through the sale of special prints during an Open Studio event, with another event set for this Saturday. Mr Hook opened his studio at The Guardhouse in Queensway in a “once in a lifetime” chance for locals to have direct access to his...

4th November 2025

Acclaimed artist Christian Hook will open his Queensway studio to the public all day tomorrow in a “once in a lifetime” chance for locals to have direct access to some of his works.  The ‘No Mud, No Lotus GIB Collection’ features 150 limited edition prints and 25 exclusive artist prints, each bearing Hooks personal handprint,...

30th October 2025

World famous dancer Wayne Sleep is one of the headline events at this year’s Gibraltar Literary Festival. Mr Sleep discussed with reporter Eyleen Gomez his journey to winning a scholarship at the Royal Ballet, his diverse career, his collaboration with Princess Diana and his innovative shows that blended various dance styles. You won a scholarship...

26th October 2025

Gibraltarian author and historian Manolo Galliano will be sharing his lifelong passion for the Rock’s history and culture. Manolo has written several books about Gibraltar’s streets, churches, and traditions told Features Editor Gabriella Peralta about his upcoming workshop as part in this year’s Gibraltar Literary Festival schools programme. What can the audience expect from your...

23rd October 2025

Journalist Jenny Kleeman will be talking about her book ‘The Price of Life’ at this year’s Gibraltar Literary Festival. Jenny will present her book on Sunday, November 16 at the Garrison Library. Journalist and author Jenny Kleeman has reflected on the uncomfortable realities uncovered during the research for her book The Price of Life, which...

20th October 2025

Gibraltar will join the global observance of World Polio Day on Thursday, October 24, in support of international efforts to eradicate the disease. The day is led by Rotary International to raise awareness of polio, a virus that once paralysed hundreds of thousands of children annually. Significant progress has been made towards eradication, with support...

15th October 2025

Schools across Gibraltar came together from October 8 to 10 to celebrate the fourth Gibraltar Schools Mental Health Festival, supported by GibSams, under the theme: “Positive Mental Health: What Makes You Happy?” The festival marked World Mental Health Day on October 10 and featured a three-day programme of activities centred around creativity, movement and reflection....

15th October 2025

Sonia Golt, an experienced journalist and broadcaster, shares her most recent publication, The Curtain Call, a thriller exploring obsessive love. Sonia told Chronicle Reporter Eyleen Gomez about her long literary career, spanning poetry, short stories and children’s books. Sonia will inspire students to embrace storytelling in all its forms at this year’s Gibraltar Literary Festival...

15th October 2025

The Gibraltar Cardiac Association held its Cardiac Fun day over the weekend to celebrate heart health and wellbeing. The day featured a wide range of activities for all ages from the ever-popular jumping castle and inflatable darts to the beanbag toss and face painting. Visitors also had the opportunity to learn vital CPR and AED...

2nd October 2025

The Ministry of Equality marked the United Nations International Day of Older Persons on October 1 with a panel discussion titled Building Belonging: Celebrating the power of our social connections, held at the Mayor’s Parlour in City Hall.  The Minister for Equality, Christian Santos, opened the event by paying tribute to the generation of Gibraltarians...

2nd October 2025

TheatreReview Margaret touched her younger self’s face, shoulders, and arms, but didn’t recognise her. With a bewildered look, the actress Carol Trinidad captured the grief is losing oneself to dementia in a moment of theatre that drew muffled sobs from the audience. The immersive experience, The Memory Project 2, presented by The Movement Collective brought...

24th September 2025

Generally, I think it’s safe to say, that is the norm but the more forward thinking and, you may say, adventure-seeking individuals will throw in the towel and move on to another field of employment or, if really brave enough, start a business (as I’ve commented on in other articles). This topic has come to...

8th September 2025

The Department of the Environment, Sustainability, Climate Change and Heritage have informed the public that the setting up of beach furniture overnight is not an authorised practice. Nonetheless, beach goers wishing to set up in preparation for National Day will be exceptionally allowed to do so on the preceding evening, that is, Tuesday, September 9,...

21st August 2025

Staff and students at the Gibraltar College celebrated the GCSE results on Thursday with music, nibbles and squash to mark the achievements of the diverse cohort of students that sat the exams. Among these were full-time and part-time students in adult education, as well as the traditional 16 to 19-year-old group and one doing a...

8th August 2025

Retired Royal Navy Reserve (RNR) Commander Mesod Massias marked his 100th birthday on Thursday afternoon with a party at the Casino Calpe. Mr Massias was presented a card from King Charles and Queen Camilla by the Chief Minister, Fabian Picardo Despite turning 100, Mr Massias told the Chronicle: “I feel 50.” Surrounded by family, including...

15th July 2025

The rain poured down on Tuesday morning and, as the clouds lifted, the calmer conditions made it a completely different day for Team Gibraltar sailors in their third day of competition in both the ILCA 6 and ILCA 7 categories. ILCA is the International Laser Class Association and usually the boards are called lasers. There...

7th July 2025

The Mount came back to life on Thursday evening as Ruth Parasol, a self-made billionaire businesswoman based in Gibraltar, hosted an event to mark the 21st anniversary of Parasol International. The party was held at the Parasol Hall, a newly refurbished area of The Mount that has been overhauled into a venue for events thanks...

3rd July 2025

A newly refurbished events hall and improved grounds at The Mount will host its inaugural event this evening as Ruth Parasol marks Parasol International’s 21st anniversary event. In 2023 the Parasol Foundation pledged to invest £1m in The Mount to refurbish what is now known as Parasol Hall. “Restoring The Mount has been one of...

19th June 2025

It may have taken us nearly 25 years, finally Molly Bloom, the James Joyce character whose bronze statue overlooks the Alameda open air theatre since 2001, was celebrated on Bloomsday (June 16) with a play written by Rebecca Calderon. The story features a young Gibraltarian called Leo de la Rosa caught up in Dublin on...

18th June 2025

Gibraltar celebrated Bloomsday with a performance of Ulysses inspired original play by Rebecca Calderon ‘Molly is a Llanita’, in a packed event on Monday evening at the Molly Bloom statue in the Alameda Gardens. Bloomsday, celebrated on June 16, is an international tribute to the life and work of Irish author James Joyce. The day...

13th June 2025

This coming week June 15 to 22 is Drowning Prevention Week (DPW) 2025 and the with the official bathing season now just started and the schools’ summer break soon to start, the Royal Life Saving Society (RLSS) Gibraltar would like to remind the public of the Water Safety Code. During the next few days the...

11th June 2025

The Nautilus Project has announced the winners of its World Oceans Day competition following a record number of entries across all categories. The judging panel received hundreds of submissions and spent more than seven hours reviewing the work due to both the volume and high standard of entries, which were praised for their creativity and...

9th June 2025

The Gibraltar branch of Cancer Research UK has raised over £104,000 with the 24-hour Relay for Life this weekend. The event began at 11am on Saturday at the Lathbury Barracks Sports Centre and participants took part in the ‘lap of honour’, a symbol of hope and resilience. In teams people walked around the athletics track...

8th June 2025

Local writer Rebecca Calderon and Patrick Sacarello are organising a Bloomsday celebration in Gibraltar to mark the work of James Joyce in his novel Ulysses. The event will feature an original play for Rebecca Calderon and is set place on June 16, 2025 at 6.30 pm in the Alameda Gardens by the Molly Bloom statue....

8th June 2025

By Stuart Green In recent days, you may have seen a distinguished-looking Irish gentleman in various places around the town. Indeed, you may have even heard him speaking in any one of the nine languages in which he is fluent. The gentleman in question is Patrick Joseph Murphy, always known as ‘PJ’ in his native...