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6th September 2024

Eco’s novel has been described as a Gothic novel, medieval chronicle and detective story. But it is so much more: an ideological narrative, a puzzling ‘whodunnit’ and a theological and philosophical debate with a penchant for discussing and analysing abstruse topics like the subtleties of heretical movements which were particularly prolific at the time. It...

5th September 2024

The Gibraltar Government has published “pathways” for children with neurodevelopmental conditions on Wednesday, in a move supported by the Opposition, that aims to provide tailored support to parents seeking help. The pathway documents provide route maps for parents explaining the help available in assessing their children locally through various bodies including the GHA, the Care...

4th September 2024

Around 63% of voters in their 20s and 64% of those under 20 voted in last October’s election, but despite this low turnout, there is a wave of young activists making sure youngsters are represented in local politics. Just over 14% of registered electors were under the age of 30, totalling around 3,500 people out...

4th September 2024

I was 16 years old when I had to give up my own bedroom so that my aunt and uncle could stay with us while she underwent tests. A formidable woman who was known for her excellent arithmetic skills and was able to count up your shopping quicker than a calculator, she had begun forgetting...

3rd September 2024

Gibraltar enters a new phase in its international football development this Wednesday as it prepares to take on Andorra in a friendly match at Europa Point. This marks a return of international football to Gibraltar after having played its Euro qualifier group matches in Faro. The return to playing in front of a home crowd...

3rd September 2024

Local dance studio Stylos is organising a special night of entertainment to raise awareness and funds for the Cancer Relief Centre Gibraltar this Wednesday at John Macintosh Hall. The brainchild of 18-year-old Nathan Villalba, the show, titled ‘Keep the Faith’, aims to provide comfort, joy and gratitude to those affected by the devastating disease. For...

3rd September 2024

Environmental groups have reacted to the rescue on Sunday of a distressed dolphin caught in a fishing line, calling for tighter controls to protect marine mammals in British waters around the Rock. On Sunday morning Stuart Mason, a coxswain on the Gibraltar Pilots launch, jumped into the sea in the Bay of Gibraltar to help...

3rd September 2024

I am thousands of feet up in the air, enjoying an afternoon tea at a time I am not entirely sure is afternoon. Halfway across the Atlantic and inside a plane, there is a sense of a reality of choice. Is it about 5pm, the time at my destination in Washington DC, or is it...

1st September 2024

A normal day at work quickly changed for Stuart Mason, who works on the Gibraltar Pilots boats, when he jumped into the water in the Bay to aid a dolphin that was entangled in braiding line from its mouth to tail. "I heard through the VHF radio one of my friends, who works on another...

1st September 2024

A group of youngsters spent a week submerged in art and creativity during a GSLA summer programme event with artist Geraldine Martinez. Taking place in the studios of the doyen of art in Gibraltar, the late Mario Finlayson, each day the children were introduced into different style and forms of art. "It was wonderful to...

31st August 2024

Even now as I look around Gibraltar it is alarming to see just how much has changed in my own lifetime. Looking back to my childhood, whilst taking a walk-in town, I can’t help thinking just how much Gibraltar has grown and progressed in some areas (especially outside of the town area) and not in...

29th August 2024

By Storm Newton, PA Health Reporter, and Chronicle Staff Health officials in the UK have issued a warning over a potential surge in measles cases ahead of the beginning of the new school year, with the GHA echoing the message in Gibraltar. In the UK parents are being urged to ensure their children are fully...

28th August 2024

Artist Derek Duarte took the overall winner prize in this year’s National Day ‘Our Gibraltar’ competition for his piece ‘Always a part of us’, a stylised illustration of a tin of Hereford Corned Beef. Mr Duarte won £1,500 for his painting, with one judge, photographer and artist Naomi Martinez, commending the different take on Gibraltar....

22nd August 2024

GCSE students from Westside, Bayside and the College celebrated their results on Thursday morning in a moment of relief and joy for their achievements.  The students sauntered into the schools having already received their results electronically via email hours earlier.  At Westside and Bayside, the students shared their results and celebrated each other’s successes.  This...

21st August 2024

The Spanish have a phrase for it: ‘serpiente de verano’. It means the easy, often irrelevant stories that all newspapers churn out to fill pages during what British journalists refer to as ‘the silly season’. In Spain, when you read article after article about Gibraltar, few of them flattering, you can be relatively sure that...

20th August 2024

Oxford University cadets recently took part in extensive exercise in Gibraltar, which aimed to attract young students into the army. The two-week programme called Exercise Barbary Warrior saw students from Oxford University’s Officer Training Corps (UOTC), as well as some students from Northern Ireland, Southampton, Exeter, and London, take part. The aim of the initiative...

20th August 2024

Like many Gibraltarians, I have very good memories of spending my summers on the beach. I wish I could feel that sense of time again, where July and August stretched out forever in the daily rhythm of picking up la sombrilla, la nevera, folding chairs for each adult and a couple of other bags and...

19th August 2024

Three authors, Guillem Balague, Nedum Onuoha and Louisa Treger have been confirmed for this year's Gibunco Gibraltar Literary Festival.  The Gibraltar Tourist Board has announced the authors on Monday, and they will join Sir Graham Brady, Asad Qureshi, Deb Bunt and Peter Berry.  The Gibunco Gibraltar Literary Festival will take place from November 11 to...

17th August 2024

Annie Risso and her team of dedicated volunteers in the years after the first European Special Olympic Games, in which a team from Gibraltar participated in an international event for the first time, made Special Olympics Gibraltar a household name. The hero’s welcome the team received in 1985 with three silver medals under their belt...

16th August 2024

Local researcher Dr Alex Menez is studying the growing population of molluscs around the shores of the Gorham’s Cave Complex as part of conservation work in the area. Dr Menez is the Senior Scientific and Conservation Officer at the Gibraltar National Museum and has been going to the Complex since the 1980s when the Gibraltar...

16th August 2024

By Charles Durante The title of this article may seem strange and enigmatic, but in fact, it just means ‘Bavarian songs or poems from Bavaria.’ Burana is the Latin for the monastery of Benediktheuern in Upper Bavaria, founded in the eighth century, where the original thirteenth century manuscript was kept in the library. The manuscript...

15th August 2024

Prior Park School achieved top results with 98% of students securing preferred choice of university. Head teacher of Prior Park, Peter Watts, is delighted with the school’s excellent A-level results. “Against the national picture in the UK where it is clear that results are going to go back to 2019 levels, I think a lot...

15th August 2024

Local students at the Gibraltar College, Westside and Bayside Schools received their A-level results today, achieving a combined pass rate of 90%. For many students, results day is a moment of relief and celebration after years of studying and months of anticipation. At Bayside and Westside Schools some 15 scholars, who achieved three A grades...

15th August 2024

The Gibraltar College has achieved an overall pass rate 82% this year, with a high number of passes in psychology. Principal Daniel Benrimoj has been in post for five months, during the “challenging stage of the academic year” having led the College “just before exams”. Now that results day is here, Mr Benrimoj is proud...

14th August 2024

Book Review By Michelle Montovio Although An Cailleach Gaeilge (The Irish Witch) is the first foray by Walter A Crisp into the realm of historical fiction, having made his debut as an author in 2012 when he published The Call of Duty - A History of Gibraltar and the Wars in Europe 1757-1815. That meticulously...

14th August 2024

When you’re six, seven, eight or nine, you are sometimes asked ‘and what do you want to be when you grow up?’ Invariably, the reply would be a policeman, a fireman or a nurse! As years go by ,your choice changes in many ways and schooling plays a significant part as you go through your...

13th August 2024

Local artist Geraldine Martinez has created two murals in Gibraltar and Tarifa, with the same message raising awareness of the environment. Ms Martinez has spent her summer painting murals on the walls of a luxury beach resort in Tarifa, and then in a Gibraltar based project at Eurocity Passage. The latest piece is a new...

13th August 2024

Children explored the history of Neanderthals during a boat tour of the Gorham’s Cave Complex as part of the Gibraltar National Museum’s series of educational summer workshops called ‘Walks Through History’. Senior Guide Phil Smith spoke about the importance of the caves in understanding the history of the Neanderthals. The Gorham’s Cave Complex is a...

12th August 2024

Only around 20% of Gibraltar’s population is a healthy weight and the health effects of living in an “obesogenic environment” has resulted in childhood insulin resistance, Public Health Gibraltar has warned. Public Health Gibraltar is creating a ‘Covenant for Health’ aimed on supporting health living after growing concerns of Gibraltar’s sedentary lifestyle, aging population, and...

12th August 2024

In my opinion Atrish Sanchez Shadow Minister for Care and Opportunity I would like to respond to the statements made by Minister Santos and Minister Arias Vasquez in the Wednesday, August 7th edition of the Gibraltar Chronicle. Their replies followed an interview I gave to the Chronicle a few days earlier, where I raised several...