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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...

8th March 2024

By Joelle Ladislaus, Shadow Minister for Health and Justice The theme for the 2024 International Women’s Day campaign is “Inspire Inclusion”. As a child I often had interests that were stereotyped by society as being “boyish”, I enjoyed football, I liked playing with action figures and climbing trees, and I disliked dresses and most things...

8th March 2024

The 2024 Awards ceremony for The Ladies That Rock The Rock took place on Tuesday, March 5, at a Gala Dinner held at the Sunborn Hotel ahead of International Women’s Day (IWD). Organised by Ayelet Mamo Shay, the founder of the award Program and author of the book The Ladies That Rock The Rock, the...

8th March 2024

By Simon Warburton The Minister for Justice, Trade and Industry, Nigel Feetham has highlighted the need for more compliance officers and money laundering reporting officers in Gibraltar, insisting they play a vital role in ensuring the Rock’s financial integrity. Addressing the Operational Resilience Conference on the Sunborn last week organised by the Gibraltar Association of...

8th March 2024

Miss Gibraltar 2022 Faith Torres will be taking part in the Miss World final tomorrow in Mumbai, India. Miss Torres has been competing in the pageant since mid-February and on March 9, Miss World, Karolina Bielawska of Poland, will crown her successor at the Jio World Convention Centre. Throughout her pageant journey at Miss World,...

7th March 2024

Gibraltar Hockey this week paid tribute to Honorary Life President of the Gibraltar Hockey Association, Eric Abudarham, as he marked an end to 34 years contributing to Eurohockey. Malcolm Head, present Chairperson of Gibraltar Hockey speaking on behalf of of the association said, “Eric Abudarham, the Honorary Life President of the Gibraltar Hockey Association, recently...

7th March 2024

The University of Gibraltar inaugurated a new maritime fire simulator on Wednesday, highlighting its significance in delivering maritime education and training that is increasingly in demand here. The university’s UK-aligned courses are approved by the highly respected UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency, with training delivered to seafarers including many working on vessels calling at Gibraltar....

6th March 2024

By Martí Crespo When I finished writing the book Els “minorkeens” de Gibraltar (PAMSA, 2018, later translated into English by Brian Porro, ‘The “Minorkeens” of Gibraltar), I was quite certain of what I wanted to go on the cover: it should show an element of present-day Gibraltar connecting us back to the Menorcan community that...

6th March 2024

March 7 is World Book Day and children across Gibraltar will be attending school dressed as their favourite story book characters. If previous years are anything to go by, there will be plenty of Harry Potters and Hermione Grangers, in the past years we’ve seen a few Gruffalos, plenty of Cat in the Hats, and...

4th March 2024

An underwater telecommunications cable operated by a consortium that includes Gibtelecom was damaged in the Red Sea last week, amid concern that Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen may have targeted critical undersea infrastructure. The damage to at least three cable links – some reports suggested four – came just days after Yemeni telecom companies linked...

2nd March 2024

Meeting three people who have lived away since 1970 The Fine Art Gallery is hosting an exhibition with a difference. A joint – very mixed exhibition bringing together some 14 artists. Friends calling themselves the Class of 69 all former students of St Jago’s and the Grammar School. In this space there is something for...

1st March 2024

Outline planning permission was granted for the proposed refurbishment and creation of an ‘Oceanic Display and Research Centre’ in Victualling Yard, Rosia Bay, during Thursday’s meeting of the Development and Planning Commission. Five members voted in favour, five against while one, Claire Montado from the Heritage Trust, abstained “because there is still a lot that...

29th February 2024

In this, the last article of the series written by the Cardiac Association of Gibraltar to highlight the importance of heart health, Jon Santos explains that receiving medical treatment for a cardiac event is just the beginning on the road to recovery. By Jon Santos In the journey towards recovery for cardiac patients, the path...

28th February 2024

Monica Popham became the winner of Sky Arts Landscape Artist of the Year tonight with her “quintessentially English” commission piece the judges called “the heart of British Suburbia”. This was one of the many praises Ms Popham received for her piece in the final of the acclaimed TV show from the judges curator Kathleen Soriano,...

27th February 2024

The Select Committee on the Environment met on Tuesday morning for the first time, as MPs promised cross-party unity on tackling climate change. The committee is chaired jointly by Chief Minister Fabian Picardo and the Leader of the Opposition, Keith Azopardi, and includes the Deputy Chief Minister, Dr Joseph Garcia, the Minister for the Environment,...