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17th July 2024

The recently launch Street Football programme headed to the beach last Saturday, and will be at Rosia nextweekend. The programme aimed at encouraging youngsters to play the sport recreationally, away from the disciplined club football scene, and encouraging a growth to a return of street football, has seen much interest. With football having become a...

17th July 2024

The Nautilus Project Youth Monitors Erin Villa Quick and Annie Ellul last week engaged with local children in a series of marine life and environmental activities aimed at fostering a love for marine life and a sense of responsibility towards the marine environment. On Tuesday, 26 children attended a talk by marine biologist Lewis Stagnetto...

17th July 2024

Have you not noticed how more of us are just kissing one cheek, and not both, when greeting a friend or relative? For a very long time both cheeks were approached but much less now, and when I use the word, 'approached’, I mean, not so many of us actually kiss the cheek but merely...

16th July 2024

The Gibraltar Regulatory Authority has underscored concern over findings in a media literacy survey that showed some local adults and children are not confident in identifying misinformation online. In a 28-page report, the GRA set out its findings in their ‘Media Literacy Matters’ survey, which saw 6,240 respondents. The survey, split in two parts with...

15th July 2024

At a solemn and joyous Golden Jubilee celebration as a priest Bishop Carmel Zammit received a special message from the Holy Father at the Cathedral of St Mary the Crowned. The message in Latin from Pope Francis was read out at a special thanksgiving Mass on Sunday evening by the Apostolic Nuncio to the United...

15th July 2024

By Gema Martinez Corrales Kationa Matto led a ‘Yoga for Kids’ session on Wednesday at the GEMA gallery as part of the Gibraltar Cultural Services Summer Programme. Ms Matto has been practicing yoga for 10 years, and she said how much it has helped her, and how it inspires her to teach children about it....

15th July 2024

There is a beautiful house in Wales called Tredegar Park, which is a boarding school run by very strict nuns. It has a big grassy garden that all the children can play in. Two 11-year-old friends called Louise and Janet boarded at the school and only went home one a month. They were friends because...

14th July 2024

By Simon Peach, PA Chief Football Writer, Berlin England’s wait for a first major men’s trophy since 1966 goes on after substitute Mikel Oyarzabal struck at the death as Spain inflicted a second successive European Championship final defeat on Gareth Southgate’s side. Three years ago the nation stood on the edge of history, only for...

13th July 2024

50 years is a long time. Tomorrow the Bishop of Gibraltar Carmel Zammit will celebrate 50 years as a priest. And even though we have told his story on these pages before, it is fitting – for such a grand and enormously important occasion – that he should once again sit at Alice’s Table. He...

12th July 2024

My mother adjusted the oxygen cylinder on my shoulders like a backpack. There was nothing unusual about it. We have been living like this for centuries now. I am filled with so much disgust and consternation for my forefathers. How could they be so callous and selfish? You know, all the kids my age are...

12th July 2024

Navigating through the potential minefield of gambling rules and regulations falls to Gibraltar’s Gambling Commissioner, Andrew Lyman, who addressed delegates at the recent KPMG eSummit. Lyman was previously Director Group Regulatory Affairs at William Hill and outlined his thinking at the Sunborn get-together, which featured a plethora of politicians, past and present. “Politicians of all...

11th July 2024

As the warm gentle sun seeped through the silverly leaves and the old, gnarled trunks of the olive trees I felt an instant calmness. My lungs revived with the salty sea breeze air, and my mind was silent. I walked down through the old town looking at the laundry, drying on the windows swaying rhythmically...

10th July 2024

Two emaciated Barbary macaques rescued from appalling conditions in a private residence in Granada could have been smuggled into Spain from Morocco, Environment Minister Dr John Cortes has said. He was responding to Chronicle questions after numerous media outlets reported that the two monkeys were from Gibraltar. The macaques were found on Wednesday by Guardia...

10th July 2024

Gibraltar must “fund the right research” to tackle the root causes of gambling addiction, Professor Henrietta Bowden-Jones, the National expert Advisor on Gambling Harms and Director of the NHS National Centre for Behaviour Addictions, said on Tuesday.  Speaking at the 9th International Conference on Behavioural Addictions, hosted at the University of Gibraltar, she underscored the...

9th July 2024

Unruly behaviour at Camp Bay last weekend has prompted the Government to issue a reminder about the expected behaviour when using the beach’s facilities. Lifeguards had to close the large pool for limited periods last weekend to maintain the safety standards required for the public use of the pool. RGP officers had to assist lifeguards...

9th July 2024

The FIBA U16 Women’s Eurobasket Division C tournament kicked off this morning at the Tercentenary Sports Hall with Malta facing Albania in the first match of the five-day competition. Hard work over the previous days transformed the sports hall, with the line markings for other sports removed and the center court brought back to life....

9th July 2024

I’ve been teaching an A-Level student who is currently learning Quechua. She is of Ecuadorian heritage, and the reason she has cited for learning is that she’d like to communicate with her grandmother in this language. Despite everyone in the family speaking Spanish, this student has felt a calling towards reaching out to an aspect...

8th July 2024

By David Hughes and Helen Corbett, PA Political Staff Rachel Reeves ordered Treasury officials to produce an assessment of the financial “mess” left by the Conservatives as she promised a new focus on generating economic growth. The Chancellor said the Government is ripping up planning rules to build more homes and critical infrastructure, saying she is prepared...

8th July 2024

The 81st anniversary of the death of General Wladyslaw Sikorski was commemorated in Gibraltar last Thursday, signifying unity between Gibraltar and the Polish community both on the Rock and abroad. A solemn mass was celebrated at the Cathedral of St Mary the Crowned, followed by a ceremony of commemoration at his memorial within the church...

8th July 2024

By Amber Turner Some of us are called to become lawyers or judges when we suffer an experience of injustice as children. Bullying in the playground, the premature death of a loved one, warring or divorcing parents, the list goes on. As law students, the world of duality comes into sharper focus as we are...

8th July 2024

In a small, peaceful village nestled amidst rolling hills, there lived an old man named Henry and his faithful companion, a loyal dog named Max. Henry and Max were inseparable, sharing a bond that had withstood the test of time. Henry, with his weathered face and silver hair, had seen many seasons come and go....

6th July 2024

Changes to the Housing Allocations Scheme bring it in line with “the changes and progress of the society in which we live in today”, the Minister for Housing Pat Orfila told Parliament during a Budget speech on Thursday.  Ms Orfila’s address to Parliament covered her portfolio as the Minister for Housing, as well as her...

5th July 2024

Opposition MPs were “drowning in their own contradictions” in their criticism of the Budget, Chief Minister Fabian Picardo said on Friday, as he acknowledged the Government had made mistakes this week but had the confidence to own up to them. In a closing Budget speech, Mr Picardo slated the Opposition for over four hours in...

5th July 2024

Labour’s landslide victory in the UK general election draws an “ideological line” from London through Madrid to Gibraltar that will open new opportunities at a critical time in the negotiation on a UK/EU treaty for the Rock, Chief Minister Fabian Picardo said on Friday. Mr Picardo was speaking as results showed a Labour majority of...

4th July 2024

The root cause of healthcare shortcomings is due to the mismanagement of public finances, Shadow Minister for Health and Justice, Joelle Ladislaus has said in her budget address. Mrs Ladislaus hit out at the Government on Wednesday citing concerns over “countless instances of expenditure, lack of controls and an unwillingness or inability towards transparency”. In...

4th July 2024

Dad was very much "un manita". All repairs at home we're done by him, ya sea electrical, mechanical, paintwork, carpentry and one he loved very much, wallpapering. Ever since I was a child, I would remember my mother commenting: "Esto se lo tengo que decir a Pepe que lo arregle!" At the age of 80...

3rd July 2024

The University of Gibraltar has announced the appointment of Professor Jamie Trinidad KC as a Beacon Professor. Beacon Professors are unique to the University of Gibraltar and the title is symbolic of the role they undertake. “The image of the Europa Point lighthouse as a beacon is important to the University representing, as it does,...

2nd July 2024

The Deputy Chief Minister, Dr Joseph Garcia, offered analysis this week of how the recent EU elections might impact the negotiations for UK/EU treaty on Gibraltar, signalling it could delay not just agreement of any deal but ratification too. Speaking during a Budget address in Parliament in which he explored too the potential impact of...

1st July 2024

By Gabriella Peralta and Nathan Barcio  A Budget measure to introduce a pollution tax for older vehicles was reversed within hours on Monday amid public outrage that culminated in a loud impromptu protest outside No.6 Convent Place in the evening.  The measure sought to introduce a £10 weekly levy on vehicles older than 10 years...

1st July 2024

The first of a series of events stemming from last year’s Aspire Conference on a Sustainable Built Environment was held on Monday, and was opened by Minister for Environment and Transport Dr John Cortes. The event was organised in collaboration with the Gibraltar Sustainable Buildings Group and sponsored by Bassadone Motors. Each event in the...