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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...

16th June 2023

Some 90 soldiers from the 5th Battery Royal Artillery touched down on the Rock’s “special” environment earlier this month to carry out vital training. Part of the 19th Regiment, “The Scottish Gunners” of the Royal Artillery, 5 (Gibraltar 1779-83) Battery shares a close relationship with the Rock which has provided a unique training environment for...

15th June 2023

Back in September 2017, when Marlene Hassan Nahon launched Together Gibraltar as a grassroots civic movement, there was an air of youthful energy and excitement in the party headquarters on Main Street. She promised to defuse “aggression” in local politics and cut through the “perverse partisan dichotomy” and a political landscape dominated by “a grey-suited...

15th June 2023

Keynote speaker at the recently held Aspire Conference on a Sustainable Built Environment, Tony Juniper, was frank and direct when he highlighted there is a need for swift and vigorous action to address the global emergency that is climate change. Mr Juniper has, for over 35 years, led major organisations, run global campaigns, written many...

14th June 2023

Nominations are open for this year’s Cultural Awards which celebrates the best of Gibraltar’s arts and culture. The GCS 2023 Cultural Awards will look at achievements ranging from July 1, 2022, to June, 30, 2023, with the public encouraged to nominate individuals or groups, events, projects, and organisations throughout this specific one-year window that deserve...

14th June 2023

Marlene Hassan Nahon, the Leader of Together Gibraltar, announced on Wednesday that she would not be standing at the next general election and will step back from frontline politics, “at least for now”. Speaking at the party’s headquarters, Ms Hassan Nahon said she was saddened by the decision but acknowledged her brand of politics, focused...

14th June 2023

Jonathan Lutkin retired last month, marking the end of a 26-year-long service in the Royal Gibraltar Police. We take a look at the highlights of his remarkable career. Jon was born in Norwich in 1967, where he grew up before becoming a soldier at the age of 16. After passing out in 1984, he joined...

14th June 2023

It was almost midnight on the coldest night of the year when Jacques Visconti stood at New York's Grand Central station. For a split second he yearned to be nestled in his cosy Parisian apartment in Rue Saint-Rustique. He took three sips of espresso hoping it would calm him down, as a recovering alcoholic with...

13th June 2023

I have a confession to make. I haven’t read all of James Joyce’s Ulysses. It’s not out of intimidation either, which is what tends to get readers nervous about Joyce in general and Ulysses in particular. A fear at the language, the themes, of not understanding it, and at the length of the novel itself,...

12th June 2023

Gibraltar is not, nor will it ever be, a “bargaining chip on any negotiating table” while it navigates the complexities of negotiations for a Brexit treaty, Chief Minister Fabian Picardo told the United Nations’ Committee of 24 [C24] in New York on Monday. Mr Picardo and a delegation from Gibraltar including the Deputy Chief Minister...