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4th April 2024

A rebrand of Gibraltar’s tourist strategy announced on Thursday morning aims to “untap the potential” of the Rock’s tourist product as part of a roadmap to rejuvenate the strategy by 2030. The revamp sees a change to the logo of ‘Visit Gibraltar’ which now features silhouettes of many of the Rock’s unique features including its...

4th April 2024

The negotiation for a UK/EU treaty on Gibraltar has lasted “longer than expected”, European Commission vice president Margaritis Schinas said on Thursday, adding he did not think agreement would be reached before the EU elections in June. Mr Schinas, who is not directly involved in the negotiation, was speaking during a breakfast briefing in Seville...

3rd April 2024

There are certain smells that can take you back to a certain time in your life, whether it is the smell of freshly-baked bread, certain perfumes or even your favourite foods. I used to love the smell of gasoline, which I associated with long drives in Spain and time spent with my parents and brother...

2nd April 2024

Cadets from the No 2 Overseas (Gibraltar) Squadron Air Training Corps spent a recent weekend hiking in Finca, La Alcaidesa, Spain. The 13 cadets equipped with heavy backpacks and hiking boots, were conducting their Bronze Duke of Edinburgh Award and split into two teams and began their walk. Filled with purposeful activities, outdoor navigation challenges,...

2nd April 2024

Gibraltar Cultural Services will be screening a new film by Nina Danino in Gibraltar next month. ‘MARIA’ focuses on the life and last days of Maria Callas, the American-Greek Soprano singer, and will be screened at Ince’s Hall on April 18. The film image is transfigured in an audio-visual ‘Iconostasis’ (a wall of icons) of...

31st March 2024

During the past decade of first division football in Gibraltar, a Lincoln Red Imps versus Europa FC clash would have been described as one of the classics of the league season. However, Europa’s fate was sealed this summer when a decision by the club to reduce its costs led to a migration of players away...

28th March 2024

by Chloe Kou This past week, I spent my Year 10 work experience opportunity at New Mole House, discovering a variety of different divisions and sections within the Royal Gibraltar Police in the company of some other students from Prior Park School. The visit included Drug Squad, Operations and Control, and CID (Criminal Investigation Department)....

27th March 2024

The Dockyard hooter blows – it’s exactly 12 noon, which means it’s lunchtime so a cheese and ham sandwich or roll, a piece of fruit or a Kit Kat and a mug of tea or soft drink would suffice to see you through your working day till you get home for your main, `proper’ meal...Not...

25th March 2024

By Daniel Herbert GBC’s Viewpoint recently focused on housing. It is heartbreaking to see people living in such dire conditions in Gibraltar in 2024. It is also extremely sad to hear that individuals who were shown living in squalid conditions on GBC’s viewpoint programme in 2020, continue to live in such abhorrent conditions today. Unfortunately,...

24th March 2024

Chief Minister Fabian Picardo hosted a dinner at the Mons Calpe Suite on Friday evening to welcome the members and staff of FIBA and FIBA Europe, who had held a Board meeting in the Sunborn earlier that day. In his speech he thanked FIBA, led by its President, Sheikh Saud bin Ali Al-Thani (Qatar), and...

23rd March 2024

There are a handful of musical groups and bands locally – singers and musicians - who will never be forgotten. They are part of our rich and varied musical heritage and their names and music will not fade. I have written about a great number of them on these pages in the last almost six...

22nd March 2024

There were fierce exchanges in Parliament on Friday as MPs debated the controversial Inquiries Bill 2024, which will provide a new legal framework for public inquiries including the McGrail Inquiry set to start on April 8. In presenting the Bill, Chief Minister Fabian Picardo said “all it does” is “update and modernise” Gibraltar’s existing inquiries...

22nd March 2024

The year 3 pupils of St. Joseph's Upper Primary School recently visited Waterport Terraces Day Centre, where they delved into the history of the evacuation of Gibraltarian citizens during World War II. This visit was a vital component of their history curriculum, which had been exploring various aspects of WWII, including the evacuation of Gibraltar’s...

22nd March 2024

The Miss Gibraltar 2024 pageant will be held tomorrow night with nine contestants vying for the crown. The glitzy event will see Miss Gibraltar 2022 Faith Torres crown her successor after almost a year and a half as the reigning Miss Gibraltar. The pageant is being organised by Kelvin Hewitt, director of No1 Models, for...

21st March 2024

By Joelle Ladislaus I want to share something with you and it feels almost in the nature of a confession because of the stigma of misunderstanding and prejudice that some of these things carry. I do so in the hope of debunking some myths and sharing some real issues affecting members of our community. I...

21st March 2024

Tiron Monteverde opened a two-day exhibition on Wednesday at John Mackintosh Hall featuring 67 portraits of “Famous Faces of Gibraltar”. Each portrait is for sale with proceeds set to be donated to a men’s aid group. Many of those who Mr Monteverde paid tribute to in the portraits attended the opening on Wednesday afternoon, including...

20th March 2024

At 70 years old Douglas Balestrino uses his bike rain or shine to get to and from work and would like to see more positive steps in introducing further cycle lanes while regulating e-scooters. Mr Balestrino has been on two wheels for nearly 60 years, starting at the age of 11 when he got a...

20th March 2024

A friend recently said his daughter called a friend a “Karen” and, when asked where she had learnt the phrase, she said her mum picked it up from the internet. It made me wonder, what does a “Karen” mean to a nine-year old girl living in Gibraltar. A harmless name to most, but on the...

19th March 2024

I’ve been considering what shape my ties to Gibraltar will take, once I cross the Atlantic and settle there for the foreseeable future. For the moment, my thoughts have come as I have been packing up my things. More specifically, my books. Deciding what to leave and what to take, all the Gibraltar-related volumes I...

18th March 2024

By Tommy Norton It is without doubt one of the most famous ships in British history, and its name has become synonymous with an entire generation, yet few people recall that 70 years ago on March 30 this year, the Empire Windrush sank to the bottom of the Mediterranean whilst being towed to Gibraltar. A...

16th March 2024

By Brian Porro On 30 August 2022, ‘OS 35’, a bulk carrier that was outbound for the Netherlands, hit the ‘Adam LNG’, a gas carrier which was in the anchorage outside the Port of Gibraltar. After the collision, the vessel was directed into a position less than 1,000 feet (approximately 300 metres) off Catalan Bay,...

16th March 2024

There are a handful of musical groups and bands locally – singers and musicians - who will never be forgotten. They are part of our rich and varied musical heritage and their names and music will not fade. I have written about a great number of them on these pages in the last almost six...

15th March 2024

By Patrick Daly, PA Political Correspondent James Heappey is set to leave his role as armed forces minister and quit as an MP. As first reported by The Times, UK Government sources have confirmed that the Conservative MP for Wells, Somerset, will leave his role at the end of the month. Mr Heappey, who was...

15th March 2024

For the second year running Year 6’s at St. Anne’s Upper Primary School have embraced the Fiver Challenge programme by Young Enterprise with a young entrepreneurs’ Business Fair taking place on Tuesday in their school hall. The Fiver Challenge consists of children starting their own businesses with a £5 start-up capital. Children worked in groups...

15th March 2024

The RGP welcomed 16 new officers during a Passing Out Parade on Thursday morning, with Commissioner of Police Richard Ullger highlighting how the recruits would be a welcome boost for a force that has been operating at 30 officers below where it should be. In welcoming the recruits, Mr Ullger expressed regret that there was...

14th March 2024

by Nick Calamaro As reported in your paper, chairperson of the UK “European Security Committee” and lifelong Europhobe, Sir Bill Cash has stated that he is “concerned” and “alarmed” by the Minister for Europe, Leo Docherty’s, update on Gibraltar’s Brexit deal negotiations. This outrage comes despite the fact that the Minister for Europe made clear...

14th March 2024

After an album hiatus of sixteen years, Albert Hammond is back with a bumper seventeen-track (58’ long) offering which is aptly titled ‘Body Of Work.’ Released on March 1, the album has already garnered many plaudits and excellent reviews all over the music industry and that international interest has lately kept him busy ‘giving back...

12th March 2024

By Elena Scialtiel The role of women during the evacuation was portrayed by the Gibraltar Academy for Music and the Performing Arts (GAMPA) in a recital marking International Women’s Day. Initially, the authors wanted to pay tribute to Gibraltarian women throughout history, but they realised how time constrictions would’ve allowed them to only scratch the...

9th March 2024

It is difficult to imagine musician extraordinaire George Posso without a double bass in his hands. But that is not how it all began. The guitar was his first choice, then came the bass - with piano here and there - and then eventually the instrument, and in his own words, he has “tried to...

9th March 2024

Two successes a decade apart were shared this week when Sky Arts 2014 Portrait Artist of the Year, Christian Hook met with this year’s Landscape Artist of the Year, Monica Popham. Stood together in Mr Hook’s flat in Gibraltar, the pair shared their stories of two home-grown artists who made life-changing decisions to enter a...