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11th July 2023

My father’s mother was a hospitable woman. When I was growing up, I would often stop by after school. The television would be set to the news, some American chat show, or whatever it is that happens in the afternoons on Telecinco, that can only be described as Spanish people shouting at each other for...

11th July 2023

Chief Minister Fabian Picardo announced a 1% tax cut for people earning less than £100,000 and one-off cost-of-living payments to public sector workers during a “prudent” budget speech during which he insisted his government had restored financial stability after the impact of Covid-19. Mr Picardo highlighted investment in schools, housing and healthcare as he also...

10th July 2023

It might not have been the Island Games, but Gibraltar senior men’s basketball produced the goods in front of their home crowd this weekend with three straight wins to take the first GABBA Summer Basketball Festival. With visiting sides from Andorra, Ceuta, Wales and Cimbis within the men’s category, both the men and women’s basketball...

7th July 2023

As dozens of local athletes leave the Rock for the Island Games in Guernsey the Gibraltar Institute of Sports (GIS) received the welcomed news that Olympic gold-medallist Dame Mary Peters would be its patron. Dame Mary made the announcement at an event in the Convent on Wednesday evening that was hosted by the Governor, Vice...

6th July 2023

By Calum Bruce, Chairman of the Gibraltar Police Federation The Commissioner of Police, Richard Ullger, gave a frank interview to the Gibraltar Chronicle recently relating to staffing levels in the Royal Gibraltar Police, which was published on Monday the 3rd of July 23. In the article he highlights the fact that we are currently operating...

5th July 2023

The Mayor of San Roque and PSOE’s General Secretary for Cadiz has accused the Spanish Partido Popular of “returning to its old ways of sowing discord” in relation to Gibraltar. In a statement issued on Wednesday, Juan Carlos Ruiz Boix responded to the PP manifesto published earlier this week while also questioning the stance taken...

5th July 2023

A ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the death of General Wladyslaw Sikorski took place at his memorial at Europa Point on Tuesday evening under a Polish flag signifying unity between Gibraltar and the Polish community, General Wladyslaw Sikorski was the Prime Minister of the Polish Government in exile and commander in chief of the...

5th July 2023

June 21. It was the longest day, so we’re now well into summer. Yes, summer has arrived which is what so many people love: sunshine, the beach and generally the outdoors. And that sentiment also applies to businesses of every type: shops, supermarkets, hotels, bars and restaurants, tour companies and taxis. Yes, taxis and their...

4th July 2023

Over 60% of Year 13 students have tried vaping at least once, with youngsters most likely to start aged 13 or 14, a survey researching youth vaping in Gibraltar has found. The joint survey by Public Health Gibraltar and the University of Gibraltar provides an in-depth snapshot into trends locally, which will guide future efforts...

4th July 2023

This is the exciting story of a travelling seed. At the beginning the departure was a traumatic experience. I had got used to the comfort of being snuggled cosily deep inside the fruit of the tree; but the force of nature dictated that is was time to go. By some inexplicable but preordained force of...

3rd July 2023

The Minister for Justice, Samantha Sacramento, on Monday announced the development of a new service for children who experience domestic abuse in Gibraltar. As part of the Government’s National Strategy for tackling domestic abuse, Ms Sacramento has commissioned Childline, in collaboration with the NSPCC in the UK, to deliver an evidenced based recovery programme for...

3rd July 2023

Young talent within the ‘Theatre Makers’ group have used their own personal stories as inspiration for their production of ‘Brainstorm’. Under the guidance and expertise of show director Jackie Villa, the youngsters have tailor-made the play to make it their own, adding their own stories and experiences into the production, so much so that the...

1st July 2023

In 1995 I became part of the Island Games family, and some years later I was fully integrated when I reported on my first games outside Gibraltar for the Gibraltar Chronicle. I was not a sports reporter but I took on the challenge. I have always liked sport although some sports like golf were hard...

30th June 2023

Marlene Hassan Nahon’s decision to leave frontline politics has turned the forthcoming general election “substantively into a two-horse race”, GSD Leader Keith Azopardi said, even as he insisted he would continue exploring a joint front with Together Gibraltar, the party she founded. Mr Azopardi and Ms Hassan Nahon had been meeting “on and off for...

29th June 2023

The Sports Train and Stay and Play Programmes 2023 was launched officially by the Minister for Sport Steven Linares with a fresh new look, the use of new facilities and new schedules which should cater better for many working parents. With a fresh branding the programme will see a major addition this summer in the...

29th June 2023

Once upon a time there was a thirteen-year-old boy called Baptiste who lived in French Alps. He studied well and was the best swimmer in the class. His mother was French, and his father was Italian. He became friends with a boy who was Swedish in his class and so he started studying Swedish. His...

28th June 2023

Many of us were glued to our devices last week as news of a submersible housing five passengers had gone AWOL. We frantically refreshed our news feeds as though its fate depended on our incessant screen tapping, following the latest reports with bated breath as their oxygen dwindled, before tragic news surfaced, prompting profound questions...

27th June 2023

A couple of weeks ago, I was watching breaking news of the Trump indictment on a Spanish TV channel. The newsreader held out the piece of paper that had only been released moments before, and proceeded to read from it in Spanish, translating as he went. My husband sat on the sofa next to me...

26th June 2023

The Governor of Gibraltar, Vice Admiral Sir David Steel, has asked Girlguiding UK to reconsider their decision to cut ties with Gibraltar by ending overseas operations. The decision announced last April saw the future of Girlguiding Gibraltar brought into question, and since then its Patron, Sir David has been actively working to solve the issue....

23rd June 2023

The mobile health unit launched by the GHA in May made its debut outside No.6 Convent Place on Thursday. The unit is a specially equipped vehicle that aims to deliver essential medical services directly to residents throughout Gibraltar. The new initiative is led by clinical nurse manager for Primary Care Nursing Services, Suzanne Romero, who...

23rd June 2023

The screams of fear and admiration mingle with the sharp whistle of wind in my ears as I take the plunge. I've attempted this skate-park ramp numerous times, but the euphoria of triumphing over the speed of light is never diminished. That is, until I fall. Having lost all control of my rollerblade wheels, I...

22nd June 2023

Works to remove the OS35 shipwreck off Catalan Bay are nearing completion after the stern section of the vessel was refloated and anchored by a team of salvors. The OS35 vessel collided with an LNG tanker in British Gibraltar Territorial Waters last August, and this month salvors began work to lift two sections of the...

22nd June 2023

Local students visited an interaction exhibition held by the Royal Gibraltar Regiment in John Mackintosh Hall. The purpose behind this interactive event was to provide an opportunity for the public, particularly students, to engage with the Gibraltar Regiment, explore the available equipment, and learn about potential career prospects within the military. Students from both Westside...

21st June 2023

A planning application for a public aquarium ‘Oceanic Display and Research Centre’ at Victualling Yard Warehouse, Rosia Bay, has been filed with the Town Planner. According to the design statement filed by ASK architects with the application the proposed aquarium will not just focus on the global maritime ecosystem but also on the Straits of...

21st June 2023

By Maria Jesus Corrales Much has been written about the prolific artist José Cruz Herrera (1890-1972) but, surprisingly, there is a vast amount of information that is not commonly known. For example, a significant portion of his more than 4000 paintings have been locked away in private collections and never displayed to the public. While...

21st June 2023

Yes, when you have this, you want that, and when it’s that...you want this! I think it’s called, the 'human being in us.’ Are we never happy: content with 'what is,’ whilst putting aside this constant yearning for the opposite, or what’s perceived as an improvement on the status quo...? You get it? 'The Grass...

21st June 2023

"Follow Carter" they said. "Paint it like Carter" they insisted. Why would you ever mimic a second-rate artist? You resisted their ridiculous suggestion and told them you wouldn't commit to changes until your meeting with the general. They nodded dismissively and shrugged their shoulders; annoyingly polite as only British officers can be. Like the Spanish...

20th June 2023

The Minister for Finance, Albert Isola, told GBC’s Viewpoint last week that he is “100% confident” Gibraltar will be removed from the Financial Action Task Force’s “grey” list of high-risk countries, though he would not be drawn on detail of timings. The FATF is due to hold a plenary session later this week but its...

20th June 2023

By Felix Alvarez, Chair of Equality Rights Group /Action on Poverty History. Inevitable and without disguise. And as to the events of that year, the fact is that, in contrast to a developing narrative that may be, perhaps, obeying interests other than historicity, the evolution towards change in the field of same-sex social and legislative...

20th June 2023

I'll be on here for a while. I know... A book. I can read! That'll pass the time... What are my options? Dante's Inferno? Why did I even bring this? Oh, I know. I want to look pseudo intellectual. Yeah, I've read Dante's Inferno. Have You? That would really get people going. Reading is so...