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14th March 2025

Last Saturday evening was a celebration of unity, compassion, and reflection as the Gibraltar Muslim Youth hosted their annual iftar during the blessed month of Ramadan. Year after year, the Muslim Youth Group has brought this meaningful event to life, and despite fasting themselves. The room was full of camaraderie and warmth, with every detail...

12th March 2025

The 2025 Awards ceremony for The Ladies That Rock The Rock took place on Thursday, March 6, at a gala dinner held at the Sunborn Hotel ahead of International Women’s Day. Organised by businesswoman Ayelet Mamo Shay, the founder of the award programme and author of The Ladies That Rock The Rock, the event recognised...

12th March 2025

The Gibraltar Government has defended its decision to change the eligibility criteria for university grants, adding it was aimed people who abuse of the system and not “genuine cases”. The Government said genuine cases, particularly those with children born in Gibraltar, “have nothing to worry about”, and that it would announce details of the change...

12th March 2025

Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) has been chosen as the charity for Lent by the Bishop of Gibraltar, Carmel Zammit, on behalf of Gibraltar’s catholic community, with the charity’s representatives having recently visited the Rock to put a spotlight on the work it carries out. ACN supports Christians around the world where they...

11th March 2025

Yes, and if we use the proper metaphorical term ‘in the dead of the night,’ then it’s even worse and much quieter with less happening in our town. I was just wondering why, in recent years, there is not much happening – apart from organised events like performances at one of our theatres, or elsewhere,...

11th March 2025

Two Royal Gibraltar Police officers have just returned to the Rock after successfully completing a four-month Police Academy course at the Abu Dhabi Police College. Detective Constables Guy Buist and Jade Santiago joined 75 police officers from 29 countries around the world for the intensive course. During the school, officers received firearms training, were pushed...

11th March 2025

A senior languages schoolteacher has underscored the importance of encouraging children to learn Spanish after she penned a letter to parents highlighting the need for support. When Westside School Head of Modern Foreign Languages Anna Martinez wrote a letter to parents, she stressed the importance of supporting students learning the language. She told the Chronicle...

11th March 2025

An injured grey seal first spotted on a slipway in the naval base last week was seen fishing for food off Europa Point on Monday. The seal, who conservationists have called Luisa, was seen catching a large conger eel and devouring it while floating just off the rocky shore. Lewis Stagnetto, a marine biologist with...

11th March 2025

By PA Reporters Fires aboard a cargo ship and a tanker which collided in the North Sea are “still raging”, a minister said. Matthew Pennycook said Coastguard aircraft were monitoring the site of the incident off the East Yorkshire coast. A search for a missing crew member from the cargo ship was called off on...

10th March 2025

Students at Prior Park school will be staging a performance built on the concept of the butterfly effect at the John Mackintosh Hall next week. The performance of ‘Chaos’ is made up of scenes that while separated, are interconnected and overlap, mirroring the butterfly effect, which is also known as the chaos theory. The youngsters...

9th March 2025

Schools across Gibraltar marked World Book Day on Thursday, avid reader and retired English teacher Charles Durante described the importance of reading. Mr Durante underscored the need to get children reading early, as is the aim of World Book Day, and praised efforts in Gibraltar to immerse youngsters into literature through various other initiatives such...

7th March 2025

In the early hours of Friday morning the team from The Nautilus Project [TNP] were called to assist with an injured grey seal spotted on the slipway at the naval base. The seal, who Lewis Stagnetto Marine Biologist for TNP believes could be named Luisa and has travelled all the way from Conil, has cuts...

6th March 2025

A £500,000 project to reintroduce seagrass into Gibraltar’s marine ecosystem was unveiled by Peninsula and The Nautilus Project (TNP) on Thursday afternoon, and could prove a template for similar initiatives around the world in future. Decades ago, seagrass formed part of the local marine seascape but surveys have shown this was lost over 15 years...

6th March 2025

Gibraltarian writers Giordano Durante and Gabriel Moreno are releasing a new book next month. Titled ‘The Crooked Timber’, the book comprises a series of exchanges between Mr Durante and Mr Moreno about poetic craft, the nature of artistic inspiration, the hybrid aspects of Gibraltarian identity, the lure of fame and flattery and some middle-aged grousing....

6th March 2025

A new cancer unit, which will serve Gibraltar’s needs for the next 10 to 15 years, will be in operation later this year, Clinical Director for Cancer Services Dr David Ballesteros said at a public meeting of the GHA Board. The new unit aims to address the rising demand in cancer cases as GHA figures...

5th March 2025

This week is Gibraltar Hearing Loss Week and young Ella Garcia is sharing her story to raise awareness for hearing issues. At just nine years old, Ella Garcia is facing a challenge that few in Gibraltar understand. She has hyperacusis, a rare condition that makes everyday sounds painfully overwhelming. For Ella, noise isn’t just a...

4th March 2025

By George Lithgow, PA The King has visited the Royal Navy’s flagship as it prepares for a major deployment to the other side of the world. Charles flew to HMS Prince of Wales in the English Channel, where he spoke to sailors and expressed his “heartfelt gratitude” for their service. He also watched as F-35B...

4th March 2025

For the first time in years I feel like I have started the new year with a note of hope for a good year ahead. Part of me thinks it could be because all the TikTok astrologers I have come across on my algorithm have said that this is a good year for love, finance,...

3rd March 2025

One again Nick Reyes and Rob Weir, Gibraltar Rugby U14 Coaches led their young rugby talents thriugh a succeedul tour, this time the Gibraltar Rugby Football Union U14 team visiting Bath in England. The coaches describing it as a “golden year.” “During this tour, the team took on some of their most challenging opponents, including...

3rd March 2025

Local author Susan Cabezutto has released her second book, The Jekyll and Hyde in Him, which focuses on narcissism and its effects on relationships and family dynamics. All of the proceeds from the book, which is published by UK-based Michael Terence Publishing, will go to Women In Need Gibraltar. The Jekyll and Hyde in Him...

3rd March 2025

Chief Minister Fabian Picardo has appointed well-known broadcaster and highly respected journalist Alice Mascarenhas to become the next Chair of the Gibraltar Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) Board. Ms Mascarenhas, a former Deputy Editor of the Gibraltar Chronicle and now columnist for this newspaper, will be the first woman to chair the GBC board since it was...

2nd March 2025

17th Campo de Gibraltar History Conference is set to honour Gibraltarian researcher Tito Benady. The tradition to hold the conference began during the autumn of 1990, when the first conference of the Campo de Gibraltar was held at the headquarters of the Mancomunidad de Municipios del Campo de Gibraltar. These conferences, the seed for the...

2nd March 2025

By Vanessa Correa It was some time during 2010 when, unknown to me at the time, my life was starting to change. It all started with the occasional fainting episodes. Irrespective of what I was doing, all of a sudden I would faint and would not wake up for at least a couple of minutes....

28th February 2025

From generation-to-generation careers are often decided because that is what your father or mother, your grandfather or grandmother, and as far back to your great-grandfather and great-grandmother, who had started a trend – did. Let’s call it a family legacy. It was what you grew up with. It may not have truly been your choice...

27th February 2025

Three young people were selected to represent Gibraltar at international political events in London this week. The first event was the UK Overseas Territories Association’s [UKOTA] Youth Summit, held on Thursday, and the second is the UK Youth Parliament, which takes place on Friday. UKOTA is the umbrella organisation which groups together the different inhabited...

27th February 2025

The Minister for Environment and Education, Dr John Cortes, attended the Global Council for Political Renewal Conference in Brussels, where he highlighted Gibraltar’s investment in education and participated in discussions on ethics, human rights, and research alongside global political and academic leaders. Dr Cortes is a founder member of the GCPR. The conference was attended...

27th February 2025

February is Heart Month, the Gibraltar Cardiac Association is raising awareness of heart issues and this article, which concludes the month-long campaign, talks about the importance of sleep. Sleep is essential for overall well-being, yet its connection to heart health is often underestimated. In today’s fast-paced world, many sacrifice sleep for work, entertainment, or family...

26th February 2025

The Chronicle features the highly commended prizes in this years’ Young Art Competition, organised by Gibraltar Cultural Services on behalf of the Ministry of Culture. The exhibition was launched on Monday evening by the Minister for Culture, Christian Santos, and is currently open to the public at the John Mackintosh Hall. This competitive exhibition is...

26th February 2025

Julio Ribas, the Gibraltar FA’s men's national team head coach, has stepped down from his role with immediate effect for personal reasons, the GFA announced on Wednesday. The development was announced as the team commences its FIFA World Cup 2026 European Qualifying campaign with matches against Montenegro and Czechia on March 22 and 25 respectively....

25th February 2025

Stella Bosano was the overall winner of this year’s Young Art Competition organised by Gibraltar Cultural Services. Her piece Communicate is three artworks in one. On first glance, the blue and red strokes in the piece form two contrasting images but, when seen over a blue or red filter, the viewer can see two separate...