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9th January 2025

Off-duty Detective Constable Simon Debono was commended by the Commissioner of Police, Richard Ullger, for his quick actions in saving a cyclist's life after an accident involving a lorry. Mr Debono was off duty on Thursday, December 5 last year, when he spotted a cyclist falling under an articulated lorry by the Waterport Roundabout. He...

8th January 2025

By Storm Newton, Ella Pickover and Jane Kirby, PA Patients have been urged to attend A&E alone as NHS hospitals grapple with high demand amid rising flu cases. Some hospitals have also restricted visitor numbers while others are encouraging people to wear surgical masks to limit the spread of viruses. Several NHS trusts have declared...

7th January 2025

This is the full text of a New Year message by Chief Minister Fabian Picardo , broadcast on GBC on Tuesday night. My dear fellow Gibraltarians, I hope that you have enjoyed the Christmas and Hanukkah break with your families. I know that not everyone has had a lovely family break. Those of you with...

7th January 2025

- On Brexit treaty: ‘No deal would be better than compromising on Gib’s fundamentals’ Chief Minister Fabian Plans announced plans last night for a new land reclamation project in front of the Harbour Views promenade, in a New Year message in which he also said a ‘no deal’ outcome to treaty negotiations would be better...

7th January 2025

When I think back to my childhood, the memories trace back to those long summer holidays spent in Bombay, now Mumbai, with my parents and my brother. Seven weeks off from school gave us an ample amount of time to hang out at my Nani’s house and my mum’s side of the family, go on...

6th January 2025

The stage is set, the pools have been drawn, and the countdown is underway for the Netball World Youth Cup 2025 (NWYC2025). From September 19th to 28th, Gibraltar will welcome the world’s finest under-21 netball talent in a tournament promising intense rivalries, fresh opportunities, and unforgettable moments. The Pinnacle for Emerging Stars The NWYC is...

6th January 2025

By Dr Jospeh Garcia, Deputy Chief Minister and Leader of the Liberal Party When a new year opens it is generally accompanied by plenty of good wishes and hope for the future, but at the same time there is always a sense of apprehension as to precisely what that future will hold. FESTIVE As we...

5th January 2025

The Arts Society Gibraltar recently hosted a lecture by Rupert Dickens, an accredited speaker, on the life and revolutionary art of 16th-century painter Pieter Bruegel the Elder. Bruegel made the curious decision to drop the 'h' from his surname, possibly to make it seem less Flemish—a change later reversed by his two sons. The details...

3rd January 2025

New plans have been filed for an eight-storey office building on the site of the former Amar Bakery on Line Wall Road. The outline planning application for 47 Line Wall Road and 15–17 College Lane was filed with the Town Planner by 47 LWR Ltd, which says the scheme will rejuvenate a key location in...

2nd January 2025

The Department of the Environment has organising a recycling drive for real Christmas trees again this year. The species that are usually used for Christmas trees will not survive in Gibraltar’s climate, even if they are rooted, said a statement from the department. Recycling trees by turning them into mulch for use in other planted...

2nd January 2025

GFSC new Board member Gibraltar’s Financial Services Commission (GFSC) says Hayley Robinson has joined its Board, bringing experience as a global insurance leader and subsequently as a Non-Executive Director (NED). As recently as April this year, Mrs Robinson was Strategic Advisor to the UK CEO of Zurich Insurance Company and a member of its UK...

1st January 2025

This year is set for record breaking cruise calls, adventure tourism, new cultural events, and a boost in off-peak visitors, the Minister for Culture and Tourism Christian Santos said. Mr Santos set out his plan for 2025 which aims to build on the current cultural calendar and also capitalise on Gibraltar’s tourist product. The year...

26th December 2024

by Lieutenant General Sir Ben Bathurst, Governor of Gibraltar Kate and I would like to wish everyone in Gibraltar a very happy Christmas. We would like to thank you for the warmth of your welcome since our arrival and for the kindness we have received in the six months we have been here. Almost every...

23rd December 2024

With tables laden with food and presents piled up under Christmas trees, poverty is not always evident during the festive season in Gibraltar. But for some families, it is an everyday struggle all year round. That was the message from the EV Foundation’s Nicole Jones, who highlighted the importance of community compassion and support for...

23rd December 2024

Gibraltar's community and charities such as GibSams and the Joint Pensioners’ Convention of Gibraltar are working to alleviate loneliness across all age groups, especially during Christmas, through outreach programs, support services, and initiatives like a Christmas Day lunch to ensure no one feels alone. Local charity GibSams has shed light on a trend they are...

20th December 2024

The Gibraltar Government has acquired full ownership of AquaGib after purchasing the remaining 67% shareholding held by Northumbrian Water Group for £7.5 million, the Chief Minister, Fabian Picardo, told Parliament on Thursday. Mr Picardo said AquaGib will continue to act as an independent entity with its own board of directors, as does Gibtelecom, adding that...

18th December 2024

A charitable donation of £343,623.05 from the late Edith Dawson’s will was presented to the Gibraltar Health Authority on Tuesday. The donation will be used to support cancer and oncology care within the GHA, with Ms Dawson being a supporter of the GHA and St Bernard’s Hospital throughout her life. In attendance were the GHA...

17th December 2024

by Giordano Durante The essence of Castle Road, its pith, its meat, its core – Where it starts, in that house ahí del Carta, Where you grew up, pataleando el top bunk where your Sister slept; en Carta mismo, los bollos empalagosos and cold Cuts, mortadella con anillos de aceitunas, the fruit machines Glowing in...

17th December 2024

Christmas is probably the most popular religious festival which has survived into a post-Christian, secular age. Though exploited by businesses and tarnished by the extravagant buying and spending we all indulge in, it still carries a significant religious charge and expresses our yearning, with a tinge of nostalgia, for our lost childhood and happier days....

16th December 2024

Theatre Review It’s a bit of a trek to walk up to the Magazine Studio in the upper town whichever route you take from Casemates, but the bonus is that you burn some calories and, if the production you get to see is good, then your evening is a triple whammy if you choose to...

13th December 2024

by Maria Jesus Corrales The average drug trafficker in the area around the Strait of Gibraltar is increasingly younger and involved in more specialised criminal activities, the delegate of the Spanish government in Andalucía, Pedro Fernández, warned this week at a meeting of the operational coordination committee of the Special Policing Plan for the Campo...

13th December 2024

Alice’s Table returns to the John Mackintosh Hall for the third and final week as we once again look within its walls and the important role it has played in the life of this community for the past 60 years. At the time of opening in 1964, the remit for the Board was very clear....

12th December 2024

by Simon Warburton Startup Grind A packed Sunborn ballroom saw the Startup Grind Gibraltar Awards 2024 recognise achievement across a wide range of Rock businesses. Hosted as ever by the indefatigable Denise Mathews and Mark Wilson, the Awards have become something of a fixture on the Gibraltar calendar. Some 50 nominees, featuring startups, businesses, and...

12th December 2024

The Minister for Health, Gemma Arias-Vasquez, has inaugurated the Keith Bautista Catheterisation Laboratory at St Bernard’s Hospital, marking a milestone in Gibraltar's healthcare with the hospital’s first ever coronary angiogram and enhanced emergency cardiac care. The Cath Lab is approximately 90 seconds from Accident and Emergency. Ms Arias-Vasquez took the opportunity to name the laboratory...

11th December 2024

A serial child sex abuser’s sentencing was adjourned on Wednesday morning after the presiding judge called it the most complex sentencing exercise he has dealt with in his career. Graham Southwell, 63, of Varyl Begg Estate, was convicted last October of 19 counts of child sexual abuse, including rape, sexual assault, and sexual activity. Jurors...

11th December 2024

In his second fight in Gibraltar, heavyweight boxer Dillian ‘The Body Snatcher’ Whyte is looking to re-launch himself to the top of heavyweight boxing. The 36-year-old with a professional record of 30 wins, with 20 of those coming by way of knockout, and just three losses, will share the squared circle with Ebenezer Tetteh in...

11th December 2024

Jurors in an inquest into the death of a Gibraltar-born man who died in St Bernard’s hospital almost 20 years after suffering a hypoxic brain injury in a UK young offenders’ institution delivered a finding of death from natural causes on Wednesday. For over two weeks, a jury of nine heard about the death of...

11th December 2024

The Ministry of Equality’s Supported Needs and Disability Office joined forces with the Youth Service to host a Youth Symposium recently, leading up to International Persons with Disabilities Day. The event served as a platform for open dialogue, offering participants and attendees the opportunity to explore the lived experiences of individuals with disabilities and the...

11th December 2024

by Yuvraj Ramchandani Gibraltar known for our history And our beaches Eastern, Caleta & Sandy Bay Come to Gib to learn our part in the world war 2 story You know for a small place we are pretty OK St Michales cave, apes & our cable car so high, GBC, Gibraltars national news. Believe me...

11th December 2024

A man charged in connection with the fire in Mid Harbour Estate on Tuesday appeared before the Magistrates Court on Wednesday, where he was remanded in custody and his case sent to the Supreme Court. Juan Francisco Sanchez Valenzuela, 19, of Castellar, is charged with damaging a property in Wave Crest House without lawful excuse,...