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16th May 2025

In today’s edition, Environmental Safety Group founding member Janet Howitt looks back at their beginnings and work over the past 25 years. 25 years ago today, Janet Howitt co-founded the Environmental Safety Group (ESG) when campaigning about nuclear submarine HMS Tireless paying a visit to the Rock on May 16, 2000. In brief, Ms Howitt’s...

15th May 2025

The Gibraltar Health Authority and Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Gibraltar partnered with Cardiff University and City Hospice to deliver two training courses on advanced communication in palliative and end-of-life care for healthcare professionals. Held at Bleak House from May 5 to 8, the courses aimed to strengthen communication skills across all disciplines, enabling both specialist and...

14th May 2025

A full planning application for the creation of a 23-unit halfway house for men at 1 Johnstone’s Passage has been filed with the Town Planner. The developer, Bridge House Charitable Trust, is seeking permission to convert the existing three-storey building, which is currently vacant, into a halfway house, offering temporary accommodation for men facing challenging...

14th May 2025

In today’s edition Francesca Makey has shared her story of being diagnosed with gynaecological cancer in a bid to raise awareness for this month’s ‘Get Lippy’ campaign. Francesca Makey was only 17 when her life changed. One day she was stressing over A-levels like every other teenager, and the next, she was staring at the...

14th May 2025

The Gibraltar FA has announced a special sporting farewell to the Victoria Stadium which will take place next month on June 21, ahead of the stadium’s full demolition which is set to resume in the Autumn. Under the banner of the ‘Final Whistle’ the association hopes to “celebrate Gibraltar’s sporting history at Victoria Stadium, which...

13th May 2025

Comedian Ed Gamble will perform in Gibraltar this autumn as part of his first-ever international tour ‘Ed Gamble Live’. The tour begins in Portugal on November 11 and will take the award-winning comedian across a number of major European and US cities before concluding in New York on February 28, 2026. The Gibraltar show is...

13th May 2025

Gibraltar Cultural Services, on behalf of the Ministry of Culture, has announced a programme of events to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Mario Finlayson National Art Gallery. The Gallery, located at the City Hall, will reopen on Tuesday, June 3 following a short closure for refurbishment and re-curation. The updated layout will feature new...

13th May 2025

By PA Political Staff Sir Keir Starmer said high net migration figures had caused “incalculable” damage to British society as he set out a series of measures aimed at reducing the number of people coming to the UK. The Prime Minister, who said the country risks becoming an “island of strangers” without better integration, said...

12th May 2025

by Brian Reyes and Maria Jesus Corrales Against the backdrop of fevered speculation that a post-Brexit UK/EU on Gibraltar could be announced in days, Gibraltar and Spain both made clear on Monday that the protracted negotiation “is not resolved yet”. The first statement on those lines came from Jose Manuel Albares, Spain’s Minister for Foreign...

12th May 2025

A new £200,000 Nursing Simulation Suite, equipped by cutting-edge lifelike mannequins to help student nurses hone their skills, was opened at the University of Gibraltar on Monday. The suite was formally opened by Pat Orfila, the Minister for the University, coinciding with International Nurses Day. The event was attended by a number of dignitaries including...

12th May 2025

I recently got the chance to visit Mount Vernon, the home and plantation of George Washington and his family. It’s a short car ride from Washington DC, and sits on a hilltop overlooking a wide section of the Potomac River. It is, of course, surrounded by farmland where hundreds of enslaved people worked against their...

11th May 2025

The spirit of music still lives on in Wellington Front as the new premises that now houses the Musicians Association of Gibraltar (MAG) was recently opened by the Minister for Culture Christian Santos. This same vault which was the old Music Centre inspired and driven by the late Hector Cortez, for classical musicians to congregate...

11th May 2025

Kyrane Lia has completed the Main Street phase of a street art programme to beautify the barriers and cannons after months of work. The project, led by Gibraltar Cultural Services (GCS) on behalf of the Ministry of Culture, has seen a positive response with ongoing community engagement and support. Mrs Lia has completed 18 barriers,...

10th May 2025

A team of four cyclists will depart the Rock on Tuesday to make their way to Lourdes from where they will start their return journey to Gibraltar on Thursday on their bicycles, all in a bid to raise funds for Brain Tumour Research and Kidney Care Gibraltar Jimmy Alcantara, Ian Howes, Glen Ballantine, and Tony...

9th May 2025

A new community initiative is launching in Gibraltar to support women navigating natural, surgical, or treatment-related menopause. The Menopause Exchange, hosted by menopause and cancer rehabilitation specialist Petra Boddington, will take place on Wednesday, May 14, from 5pm to 7pm at Vinopolis Gastrobar, John Mackintosh Square. This free, informal drop-in event aims to encourage open...

9th May 2025

Artist and writer Shane Dalmedo launched her book, ‘Gustavo Bacarisas’ in a room dedicated to the artist in the Mario Finlayson National Gallery on Wednesday afternoon. CEO of Gibraltar Cultural Services, Seamus Byrne, launched the book alongside GCS Head of Cultural Development Davina Barbara. He added that the launch forms part of the 10th anniversary...

8th May 2025

The GSD has called on the Government to take responsibility for the “systemic problems plaguing” domiciliary care “which is in chaos” after snap changes in service providers. The statement comes just three days after the Care Agency and the new provider, Community Care Domiciliary Services Ltd (CCDSL), held a Town Hall meeting in Ince’s Hall...

8th May 2025

After a lifetime of drawing and painting out of the public limelight, a Gibraltarian artist described as “a hidden secret” this week opened her first solo exhibition at the age of 80. At a packed opening in the Fine Arts Gallery on Tuesday evening, Margarita Peralta showcased 64 artworks charting her evolution as a passionate...

8th May 2025

In today’s edition book blogger Kimberly Foreman reviews a creepy horror. Genre: Creeping horror / psychological thriller Looking for a creepy thriller to lose yourself in? I’ve got you covered with this eerie novel by Kate Riordan. “Élodie was beautiful. Élodie was smart. Élodie was troubled. Élodie is dead …” Broken clocks that somehow chime,...

7th May 2025

No1 Models Gibraltar is extending the deadline for Miss Gibraltar 2025 entries by one final week to give young women in Gibraltar a last opportunity to take part in the landmark 60th anniversary show. With such a special year ahead, organisers want to ensure that every eligible young woman has the chance to be involved....

7th May 2025

Plans to establish a temporary facility for St Martin’s School at the former Strength Factory site on Glacis Road have triggered a political row, with the Opposition accusing the Government of poor planning and the Government defending the move as a necessary short-term measure ahead of a long-term solution that will soon be announced. The...

7th May 2025

The Gibraltar Horticultural Society is delighted to announce the winners of the 2025 Spring Flower Show, which proved to be a resounding success with a record-breaking number of entries. This year’s show saw over 40 adult entries and more than 100 junior entries – the highest number recorded to date. The annual Gibraltar Horticultural Society...

6th May 2025

A Town Hall meeting on the local domiciliary care service provision laid bare public frustrations, highlighted key issues, and signalled plans for improvements during a three hour-long lively session at Ince’s Hall on Tuesday afternoon. The meeting centred around the snap transition to Community Care Domiciliary Services Limited [CCDSL] to provide for Gibraltar’s care needs....

5th May 2025

Local band Cedar is releasing the debut EP ‘Past Lives’ later this month, with their music based on personal experiences and relationships. Known for their fresh take on indie and alternative rock, the band is steadily making waves in the local music scene. Their latest single, I’m Gone, is a taste of what's to come...

5th May 2025

After a childhood scarred by the financial devastation caused by gambling addiction, Stephanie White recently attended the Ethical Gambling Forum in Gibraltar in her mission to highlight gambling-related harm. Ms White grew up in Merseyside, UK, living with the damage gambling addiction wreaked on her family. Early memories of her father’s gambling addiction include bailiffs...

2nd May 2025

In this abridged extract from the latest edition of his book ‘Spain: What Everyone Needs to Know’, journalist and author William Chislett, a former a correspondent of The Times of London in Madrid and the Financial Times in Mexico, and a regular face at the Gibraltar Literary Festival, analyses the main challenges currently facing Spain....

30th April 2025

Local filmmaker Moe Acharki’s film, The Haunted House Hotel, has been selected in the Academy Award-qualifying ‘In The Palace’ film festival, The movie, which he described as a short film mockumentary comedy based in a hotel where “the rooms are okay, the owner dangerously quirky and the murders deliciously unsolved,” although that might be about...

30th April 2025

David Walliams, the sharp-tongued yet soft-hearted titan of British comedy, had Gibraltarians roaring with laughter and showed his softer side during his recent appearance in the lead up to the Gibunco Gibraltar Literary Festival 2025. Known to most as one-half of the wildly successful Little Britain duo alongside Matt Lucas, Walliams has since leapt into...

29th April 2025

Pope Francis was a “father of the world”, the Bishop Carmel Zammit said on Tuesday evening during a requiem mass at the Cathedral of St Mary the Crowned. Churchgoers lined the cathedral, with no seat left empty, to pay their respects to the late Pope Francis in a solemn service. The Governor Lt Gen Sir...

29th April 2025

The Young Enterprise teams in Gibraltar are gearing up to the final and in the meantime they have curated projects aimed at benefiting the local community and promoting sustainability, culture, and well-being. Projects such as Macapz encourage exploration of Gibraltar through a photo competition with Macaque figures, while Enviromemo promotes energy-saving habits with eco-friendly reminder...