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27th September 2016

A youth group involved in a Life Skills project at the Youth Centre will host two separate fundraising events this week. The proceeds will go towards the Life Skills project which culminates in a cultural and educational trip abroad. The first of the fundraisers is a community bingo event taking place at the Youth Centre...

10th September 2016

If Brexit means Brexit, then British means British. That was the National Day message from the Chief Minister Fabian Picardo. It was a firm and defiant message aimed at Spain and its acting Foreign Minister, José Manuel García-Margallo, that countered the Spanish politician’s ‘fantasy’ of pushing for joint sovereignty over Gibraltar. “If anyone thinks that we...

2nd September 2016

Day two of this weekend’s Gibraltar Music Festival promises to be varied and very special indeed. That’s according to former Culture Minister and music enthusiast Fabian Vinet, who takes Chronicle readers through some of Sunday’s international highlights. It’s Sunday, early afternoon. Your feet still ache after grooving to Ne-Yo and Rosario and pogo-ing to Travis’...

22nd June 2016

  by Daniel Feetham, leader of the GSD This referendum is about preserving the British Gibraltarian way of life. In Gibraltar we are truly blessed and not only because we live in a beautiful part of the world. Our standard of living has continuously increased decade after decade. We have successfully repositioned ourselves from an...

30th April 2016

Gary Evans, recently completed the Marathon des Sables running over 250km across the Sahara Desert within six days and raising around £15,000 for charity. Gary completed the race - labelled as ‘the toughest footrace on earth’ by organisers – in 27th place out of 1,200 runners. He trained for 10 months in the lead up...

30th April 2016

Ben Haenow arrives on the Rock today and will be the leading act in tomorrow’s May Day celebrations. The singer won the eleventh series of The X Factor in 2014 – you will recall his winning debut single of One Republic’s -Something I Need -  released just in time for Christmas that year and which went...

30th April 2016

A message from GSD leader Daniel Feetham   On Sunday May 1we commemorate International Workers' Day and the historic struggle of working people throughout the world. In Gibraltar that struggle has been hard fought through the generations to get to where we are.  Often the advancement of our rights as a people have gone hand...

30th April 2016

Gibraltar’s unions will use the May Day celebrations to champion Britain and Gibraltar remaining in the European Union. Unite the Union and the white collar union GGCA will take to the stage this May Day to rally support for the ‘In’ campaign. Unite’s mandate from both its Executive and its Activists is to campaign in...

22nd April 2016

The Royal Gibraltar Regiment hosted 13 students from Bayside Comprehensive School last week as part of their Year 10 work experience. A week-long programme was devised and coordinated by Sergeant Karon Fortunato from the Regimental Recruiting and Initial Training Team who explained their aim, he said: “We wanted to create an informative but fun week...

21st April 2016

A message from the Chief Minister Fabian Picardo on The Queen’s 90th birthday If you held a competition asking people to conjure up the ideal queen, a constitutional monarch who could lead her people from the pre-analogue days of Empire into the most vibrant digital democracy, could they really come up with anyone as special...

2nd April 2016

Today is World Autism Day and in support the Gibraltar Government will light up the Moorish Castle with the Autism Awareness Puzzle logo. The day is supported by the United Nations and highlights that children and adults who are affected by autism can lead full and meaningful lives. The Government is supporting World Autism Day...

17th March 2016

Yesterday was International Macaque Day and in Gibraltar, the home of the only free roaming Macaques in Europe, to mark the occasion an event was held at the Alameda Wildlife Conservation Park in the Botanic Gardens. Children and adults alike went along to meet the Macaques and to hear what Gibraltar’s Primatologist, Brian Gomila from Monkey...

15th March 2016

Gibraltar Royal Life Saving Society President, Norbert Sene attended a week of events to mark the 125th Anniversary of the Commonwealth-wide Royal Life Saving Society. His Royal Highness Prince Michael of Kent chaired a Commonwealth Council meeting and attended an evening reception hosted by RLSS UK Patron, Lord Norrie. The Society was also treated to...

26th February 2016

The United Nations Environment Programme’s ‘Patron of the Oceans’ has called on Gibraltar to open a public debate on the environmental impact of balloon releases, urging the community to find a greener way of celebrating Gibraltarian identity on National Day. Lewis Pugh, who travels the world campaigning for marine protection, spent two days in Gibraltar...

5th February 2016

Local cancer charities joined forces for the first time in support of World Cancer Day yesterday. At the Piazza the charities raised awareness handing out calendars and leaflets, with a few Westside School girls making a short visit to support the cause. Cancer Relief alongside Cancer Research, Breast Cancer Support, Prostate Cancer Support Group, Bloodwise,...

19th December 2015

After several weeks of planning and preparation the Youth Centre members, all involved in the Life Skills Project, successfully held a Children’s Christmas Fun day at the Youth Centre on Line Wall Road. Children and families were welcomed with different activities being managed by young people, with the support of Youth Centre staff. Young people performed extremely well,...

28th June 2023

A new website which aims to give young people a vital insight into local careers was launched on Tuesday morning in the Garrison Library. Within the historic setting of the Garrison Library, a modern way of learning about careers was launched by the Gibraltar Youth Service and the local branch of the Chartered Institute of...

9th April 2026

Genre: Literary fiction With our feet now firmly planted in spring, this week I thought I’d bring you a book which celebrates the beauty of nature. Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens is a moving coming-of-age story set against the rugged, untouched North Carolina landscape. Kya Clark is just a young girl when her...

9th April 2026

By Stuart Hedley In November 2016 the government issued a press release entitled “40,000 Vehicles in 6 Square Kilometres Does Not Go”. The press release mentioned that there were over 30,000 registered vehicles in Gibraltar and the message was quite clear, motor vehicle saturation on the Rock was fast approaching. The rest of the press...

7th April 2026

Many appear as anniversaries, year in, year out and they come by again and again so quickly: just look, it seems like Christmas was seven or eight weeks ago when in reality three months have gone by and we’re now even passed the other very important religious event – Easter! Incidentally, did you know that...

30th March 2026

The Gibraltar Parliament debated a Bill on Monday that “tames Brexit” by giving effect in domestic legislation to the UK/EU treaty on Gibraltar. The final stage of the Bill will be taken on Tuesday and, once approved, will ensure Gibraltar is ready to enable provisional implementation of the treaty once it is signed by the...

30th March 2026

A series of fundraising challenges and events organised by Floyd Swift in support of Cancer Relief will take place in April and May, with participants encouraged to get involved while raising awareness of cancer prevention and the benefits of physical activity. Starting on Wednesday Mr Swift will run 150km over the month of April, equivalent...

29th March 2026

It was Denis Healy who, shortly after arriving at the House of Lords, referred to it as the “land of the living dead”. Others have called it a knacker’s yard but it actually has a real function. The upper house can spend more time analysing and improving legislation. Its focus on important issues is sometimes...

26th March 2026

Genre: Non-fiction Oh, this book was everything I wanted it to be and more. It was just perfection and my first five-star read of 2026. I only discovered the show (Gavin & Stacey) a couple of years ago, and it was only when I sat down and watched it properly from Season 1 that I...

25th March 2026

One of Gibraltar’s most anticipated new developments will officially break ground on 26 March, as TNG Realty Bayside, part of TNG Global, commences construction of Elysium Bayside - a major mixed-use urban project set to transform the Bayside district. Delivered in partnership with ROX Living Global from Vietnam, the ceremony marks a significant milestone as...

25th March 2026

Ambrose Avellano launched his latest works, Death and Resurrection, at an unveiling in the Fine Arts Gallery on Monday. Composed of two large works, he said it explored the religious theme of death and resurrection. “I started doing religious works in 2018 with the pandemonium exhibition,” he said. “I tried to see the world events...

25th March 2026

by Paul Balban Cycling Proficiency is seen in the UK as a practical life-skill program, widely taught within schools, within school time, teaching basic bike control and road awareness with an introduction to the Highway Code within Level 1 and then further on into Level 2 where children are then introduced to real road environments....

23rd March 2026

Simon Bolland, stage name Simon Anthony, has had a glittering career treading the boards on the West End since 2014 and now is acting in role play scenarios in the medical and legal fields. Mr Bolland has been in productions such as Anything Goes, Fame, The Wedding Singer, The Wizard of Oz, Ragtime, Singing in...

23rd March 2026

I like wine. If you don’t like wine then this article will still be interesting as it tells a story of what a small parcel of land can do if treated with care. When my husband and I travel we like to accompany our food with the local wines and until relatively recently this was...

23rd March 2026

A lifetimes collection of poetry by author Violet Chevasco-Luis was recently launched at BookGem. Ms Chevasco-Luis was unable to attend her book launch due to ill health. Instead, in a short TV clip made by GBC was broadcast at the launch and her close friend from school days, Connie Attwood, together with the book’s producer/publisher...