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1st June 2023

By Felix Alvarez Contrary to the repeatedly inflated claims last year, the 2022 Pride event was most emphatically not the first in Gibraltar. A fact that didn’t go unnoticed by many of you. The honour goes to the unofficial event organised by ERG and friends on Saturday 15th June 2013. It comprised of a humble...

1st June 2023

On the train up to Scotland this weekend, I kept looking at the man two seats down. If it wasn’t for his peculiar sense of dress, somewhere between Sam Neill in Jurassic Park and an ageing Tarifa windsurfer driving a Volkswagen, it would have only felt like a vague familiarity. Was it a police drama...

1st June 2023

By Joe Gingell During this time of the year, 83 years ago, the people of Gibraltar were to experience the darkest chapter in the history of Gibraltar. Prior to the start of the war, it was considered that the main theatre of conflict, as in the First World War, would take place in north west...

31st May 2023

Gibraltar’s law courts now have the powers to order periodical payments for claimants without consent from all parties following an amendment to the Damages Act. The legislation would apply to payments for damages from the Gibraltar Government, the GHA, or the Care Agency, Parliament heard on Friday. Minister for Health, Albert Isola, told the House...

31st May 2023

This is the second article I bring to you from the skies, the first being from a plane on the way back from Paris six months pregnant. This time I’m on my way to Prague with a six-month-old on my lap. And how things have changed. In a desperate bid not to become That Person,...

30th May 2023

Gibraltarian artist Karl Ullger recently exhibited two of his artworks at the Dalek Art Gallery in Antwerp, Belgium, as part of the collaborative group Cane-Yo. The exhibition called ‘Wish you were here Part 2’ closed on Sunday and saw artworks from a selected group of Cane-Yo artists. Mr Ullger exhibited two figure works, having been...

30th May 2023

Action4Schools have opened their 89th water well in Sierra Leone, after receiving funding from Turicum Private Bank (Gibraltar). Moyibo Village, Moyamba in Sierra Leone with a population of over 500 people will now benefit from this water well. Jimmy Bruzon Founder of the charity presented the bank with a specially handcrafted plaque and explained how...

27th May 2023

Gibraltar’s Horticultural Society is 70 this year. That is quite an achievement. The annual Flower Show held annually at the John Mackintosh Hall has had its ups and downs. On a number of occasions it has even been on the verge of disappearing but somehow it always muddled through. Now once again it seems to...

25th May 2023

Representatives from the Gibraltar Health Authority (GHA) and Elderly Residential Services (ERS) were honoured to have been conferred the Honorary Freedom of the City, in a ceremony which marked their crucial efforts to save lives during the Covid-19 pandemic. In a ceremony attended by dignitaries including the Governor, Sir David Steel, Chief Minister, Fabian Picardo,...

24th May 2023

The Gibraltar Health Authority (GHA) and Elderly Residential Services (ERS) were conferred the Honorary Freedom of the City, in honour of the vital work staff provided throughout the Covid-19 pandemic. On Wednesday afternoon, in a special ceremony held at John Mackintosh Square, the Mayor of Gibraltar, Christian Santos, conferred the Freedom of the City to...

24th May 2023

A demonstration calling for more action from the Gibraltar Government on ensuring disability rights made its way from Casemates to No.6 Convent Place on Wednesday evening, under the banner ‘We Are One Voice’. Police estimated around 200 people took part in the march, though organisers put the figure at closer to 400. Event organiser Victoria...

24th May 2023

A new Natural History Museum was on Wednesday announced to be housed in Parson’s Lodge, bringing together information about the Rock’s flora and fauna including its marine life and migratory birds in one location in Gibraltar. This is the next step in the development of museums and heritage in Gibraltar and the first phase will...

18th May 2023

The GSD on Wednesday said it has been made aware of the “almost impossible task” of obtaining EpiPens from local pharmacies and the GHA Pharmacist. The pens provide instant emergency medical treatment for those with severe allergies. Patients can self-administer the medication in cases of emergency. “Allergies to foods, such as some nuts, fish, eggs...

18th May 2023

Julian Osborne won the Ministry of Culture Award for Overall Winner and the Painting, Drawing, Prints and Digital Painting Award for his piece ‘Red and White’ as announced on Tuesday evening’s launch of the Spring Visual Arts Competition. He won £3,750 in total and his father collected these on his behalf with his mother eagerly...

17th May 2023

MUSIC REVIEW 8th May, The Water Rats, London. I’m not sure what I expected from a venue called ‘The Water Rats’. Maybe some dingy basement with condensation dripping from the walls. I’m pleasantly surprised by the large, pleasant, and quirky pub minutes away from King’s Cross station. The cult film posters contrast with the chandeliers...

16th May 2023

A new Minor Injury Unit at the Accident & Emergency Department in St Bernard’s Hospital has already led to a “significant” drop in waiting times for patients with minor ailments, and in the department as a whole. The GHA estimates that up to 50% of the patients that attend A&E can be seen in the...

16th May 2023

The GHA on Tuesday launched a Mobile Health Unit that will use a specially equipped vehicle to deliver essential medical services directly to residents throughout Gibraltar. The service aims to reduce barriers to healthcare and waiting times and will be most beneficial to elderly patients who may have difficulty accessing medical facilities for basic check-ups...

16th May 2023

My great-grandfather Alfredo Palao, died at Empire Pool in Wembley. This week, I discovered that Empire Pool was what is now Wembley Arena. My grandmother only spoke to me of her father once. She had bumped into a friend who she had been evacuated with during World War Two, and they talked about Wembley. It...

15th May 2023

The Gibraltar Health Authority on Monday launched its five-year National Dementia Strategy, which will provide an integrated and focused approach aimed at strengthening services and improving quality of life for dementia sufferers and their families. This will also see the introduction of a dementia coordinator who will be tasked with leading the strategy, as well...

15th May 2023

Two new vehicles will join Gibraltar’s Ambulance Service, including a new Frontline Emergency Ambulance procured by the GHA and a Rapid Response Vehicle donated by the Peter J Isola Foundation. The two vehicles were officially unveiled outside of St Bernard’s Hospital on Monday afternoon by the Chief Minister Fabian Picardo, GHA Director General Professor Patrick...

15th May 2023

Clubhouse Gibraltar has seen an increase in members with anxiety since Covid, its CEO Tania Aguilar has said ahead of Mental Health Awareness Week this week. This week Clubhouse is marking Mental Health Awareness, with its theme globally focusing on anxiety. The charity stressed how the lockdown and social isolation exacerbated the issue for some...

15th May 2023

A symposium on infectious diseases and potentially devastating effects of antibiotic resistance will be held later this month by the University of Gibraltar. The two-day symposium is open to the public, and has been organised by Gibraltarian Dr Leon Leanse, a former Instructor at Harvard Medical School, who has spent years studying methods of using...

11th May 2023

Flying in or out of Gibraltar has always been something of a hit and miss affair. Being diverted to Malaga because of weather conditions is always a possibility given the airport is nestled under the shadow of a massive rock with its own microclimate. There’s not much can done about that. But recently, operational issues...

10th May 2023

An American grandfather will be riding through over 37 European countries in a bid to raise awareness of childhood cancer, with his third stop in Gibraltar. Jim Clarahan from Peoria, Illinois USA, plans to travel over 21,000km in a motorcycle, and last week he was in Gibraltar raising awareness of cancer in children. Mr Clarahan...

10th May 2023

Air passengers travelling through Gibraltar International Airport faced disruption on Wednesday after a one-day strike at the Met Office led to multiple flight cancellations and diversions. The Met Office provides weather information for the safe operation of the airport and despite the strike being announced some days ago, no cover was in place. A total...

9th May 2023

Several residents of Montagu Gardens who blocked smoke extraction shafts by extending their properties without permission have succeeded in overturning an order to remove the encroachments, after the Supreme Court found the shafts were “not fit for purpose” even before they were obstructed. The Gibraltar Fire and Rescue Service had issued notices to the residents...

9th May 2023

Tributes were paid on Monday to Lieutenant Colonel (Retd) Ernest Michael Britto OBE ED KMCO, a former government minister who served as a Member of Parliament for over two decades and died on Monday aged 79. Lt Col Britto became an MP in 1988 and later went on to serve as a minister in the...

6th May 2023

By Tony Jones, PA Court Correspondent The King has been crowned the nation’s monarch and prayed to be a “blessing” to people of “every faith and conviction”. Charles became the 40th reigning sovereign to be crowned at Westminster Abbey, the nation’s coronation church since 1066, as Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby placed St Edward’s Crown...

3rd May 2023

A new piece of cutting-edge body imaging equipment that could save the lives of people with skin cancer has been donated to the Specialist Medical Clinic in Gibraltar, with part of the proceeds from future consultations to be donated to Cancer Relief Gibraltar. The ‘Mole Mapping’ machine provides automated total-body digital imaging, which helps doctors...

26th April 2023

A proposed new development on Bayside Road called ‘One Bayside’ was approved by the Development and Planning Commission on Wednesday, but with strict conditions on its near-zero energy status. The applicant, Bayside Developments Ltd, had submitted a comprehensive set of documents that addressed the conditions of the outline planning permit, which was granted last year....