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19th April 2023

The Gibraltar Government on Tuesday defended its record on heritage, citing multiple projects and initiatives over the past 12 years as it dismissed GSD criticism accusing the government of “general disinterest and apathy”. In a statement ahead of World Heritage Day on Tuesday, the GSD’s Damon Bossino had said it was “perplexing” that heritage sites...

19th April 2023

It’s not every new Police Officer whose previous jobs include Beauty Therapist (twice), Prison Officer, Airline Flight Attendant and Mental Health Support Worker. And it’s not every Police Officer who starts their basic training when they are 49 years old. Detective Constable (DC) Caroline Gough fits all these descriptions. Mother-of-two, Caroline is now in the...

18th April 2023

There’s been a lot of talk about Gibraltar and language recently. Articles have appeared in The Times and El País, unfortunately signalling the decline of Llanito. It hasn’t been a sudden spiral towards possible extinction. Many have pointed out to globalisation, streaming services, our continued obsession with US media and lifestyles, the unwillingness to consider...

17th April 2023

Main Street traders are approaching the busy summer season with caution, with businesses still recovering from the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic and facing the twin challenges of continued Brexit uncertainty and the impact of the rise in the cost-of-living. Change is afoot and while some view it as the end of an era, others...

17th April 2023

Book review by Rebecca Calderon “Why is the grafted mango the most delicious? Why is the blended tea the most expensive? Because they are a fusion of two distinct species.” Words of the Chakradharpur branch of the Anglo-Indian association, 1930. Imperialism, Colonialism and Empire had many lasting consequences, not least that of the millions of...

17th April 2023

Local singer, song writer and musician Karima, known as Rima, is attracting a global audience with hundreds of views on YouTube and thousands of streams on Spotify. Her style is reggaeton, afrobeat with the vocals in Spanish, and she sings songs she has written herself, something she started doing at the age of six. She...

14th April 2023

Two local patients have been affected by NHS worker strikes in the UK, the Gibraltar Health Authority has confirmed. Some 47,000 junior doctors across the NHS have staged four-day walkout in the dispute with the UK Government over pay. The strike action, which is today in its fourth day, has seen hundreds of thousands of...

14th April 2023

Chief Inspector Paul Chipolina of the Royal Gibraltar Police has returned to Gibraltar this week after graduating from the US Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) National Academy. CI Chipolina completed the 10-week professional development programme for middle and senior law enforcement officers which ran from January to March of this year. The FBI National Academy...

12th April 2023

The Gibraltar Government and the GSD have ramped out their outreach programmes in the run-up to a general election that has yet to be called, with both the GSLP/Liberals and the opposition party putting community engagement at the heart of their pre-election strategies. Early on Tuesday, the GSD announced the launch of its “District Wednesdays”...

12th April 2023

On the deck of the Götheborg of Sweden, a replica ship that sank off Gothenburg, Sweden, in 1745, a group of enthusiasts listened last weekend to stories not only of that ill-fated journey, but of the ship’s history and how the replica came to be. The Götheborg sailed into Gibraltar last Thursday and has been...

11th April 2023

Salvors working on the wreck of the OS35 redeployed a boom on Sunday after several days of shoreline clean-up operations to remove residual oil released during heavy swells that further damaged the ship’s structure last week. Beaches were closed in the early part of the Easter break as clean-up teams removed oily sand and monitored...

11th April 2023

Some 12 students from Chiba University in Tokyo were in Gibraltar for an intense, fully immersive, three-week English language course offered by the University of Gibraltar. During this time the students were not only able to improve their reading, writing, listening and speaking skills, but also learn about Gibraltar and its surrounding areas. The course...

8th April 2023

Catalan Bay, Little Bay and parts of Sandy Bay have been re-opened to the public following a clean-up operation after residual oil from the wreck of the OS35 washed ashore in recent days. Parts of Sandy Bay remain cordoned off to allow clean-up teams to continue work in these areas. The decision to reopen the...

6th April 2023

The clean-up operation on the east side of the Rock continued on Thursday morning after rough weather a day earlier caused further damage to the wreck of the OS 35, releasing residual oil into the sea. Globules of thick fuel oil washed up on the beaches in Catalan Bay and Sandy Bay and on the...

6th April 2023

In a pre-climate change world, I would have planned that, to travel in northern Spain in mid-March, I would have required layers of warm clothing and rain wear too and I would have been right. Nevertheless, recent warm weather spells saw a group of sixty three travelling Yanitos of a certain age ditching anoraks, scarves...

4th April 2023

By Maria Jesus Corrales Last January, Juan Tocón passed away at the age of 91. He was the last resident of the village of Cucarrete, a hamlet that was raised at the beginning of the 19th century. Sitting 12km from Los Barrios and on the crossroads with the San Roque-Medina Sidonia road, every house in...

4th April 2023

I spent Saturday morning down an online rabbit hole. The good sort, where I maybe didn’t read a few chapters of a book, but at least I didn’t spend the time scrolling through videos of animals falling over. I can’t remember what prompted it, but I ended up finding out there is a 1938 French...

3rd April 2023

The annual Mayor’s Awards ceremony was held last week, which saw awards presented to members of the public for the services to Gibraltar. The event was attended by the Governor, Vice Admiral Sir David Steel, Chief Minister, Fabian Picardo, and Mayor of Gibraltar Christian Santos at the Mayor’s Parlour in City Hall. Mr Picardo delivered...

3rd April 2023

Cancer Relief aids 90% of all cancer deaths in Gibraltar, and this year the charity is marking its 40th anniversary with an exhibition. For four decades the charity has aided the local community, cancer patients, survivors, and families in some of the most sensitive moments of their lives. The team of 20 staff aid 35%...

3rd April 2023

Gibraltar will follow the UK’s lead and take tougher steps to curtail the use of Nitrous Oxide, a drug better known as “laughing gas” that has gained popularity among young users who often regard it as safe despite the serious harm it can cause. Last Monday the UK Government unveiled new measures to crack down...

1st April 2023

It is hard to believe Cancer Relief has been with us for 40 years. A definite milestone in this community as it keeps on growing; extending its services and offering continuous support to Cancer patients and carers. Along with a handful of Cancer charities Cancer Relief - CR - has been responsible for making the...

30th March 2023

Gibraltar's 'Kingsway' airport tunnel will open tonight at midnight after more than 14 years of construction and litigation. Chief Minister Fabian Picardo opened the tunnel alongside former Chief Minister Sir Peter Caruana, with both cutting the ribbon on either side of the entry and exit roads of Kingsway. The opening of Kingsway also saw the...

30th March 2023

The Gibraltar Football Association and The Mindspace Project partnered to deliver a resilience through sport session to Year 3 students at St Joseph’s Upper Primary School, as part of the School’s Project Week. The session last Friday was aimed at encouraging children to have a positive mindset and to believe that they can achieve anything...

30th March 2023

A special tribute was held at the Supreme Court on Wednesday in honour of the world’s longest-serving lawyer, Louis Triay, KC, who died last month at the age of 94. His wife Valerie, children and grandchildren, were in attendance as colleagues from the legal profession paid tribute to Mr Triay. Mr Triay was a highly...

29th March 2023

Royal Gibraltar Police and Gibraltar Defence Police recruits recently completed a two-day intensive Public Order course at the Buffadero Training Camp. During the training, scores of officers donned full protective gear for scenarios that simulated real life incidents of violent public disorder. The officers were pelted with missiles and attacked by other officers who were...

27th March 2023

By Katrine Bussey, PA Scotland Political Editor Humza Yousaf said he felt like the “luckiest man in the world” after being elected as the new SNP leader. Mr Yousaf, who has been Scottish Health Secretary since 2021, succeeds Nicola Sturgeon in that role, and will now be formally elected by MSPs as Scotland’s sixth first...

25th March 2023

Songs were coming fast and furious. Throughout the decade of the 70s the output of songs – the creativity – from a young man who had left Gibraltar in 1963 with The Silhouettes seemed to find no limits. Eddy Adamberry returns this week to Alice’s Table as we continue to tell his story over six...

24th March 2023

Former police Commissioner Ian McGrail expressed confidence on Friday that UK investigators will soon find he has not committed any of the suspected offences for which he was arrested earlier this week. In a statement through his lawyer, Charles Gomez, Mr McGrail expressed hope too that developments this week would not derail the timetable of...

23rd March 2023

Local athlete Andrew Zayas aims to complete the London Marathon on April 23 this year in under three hours while raising money and awareness for the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). Mr Zayas is between Gibraltar and the UK at present as he completes his medical training. When he does, he plans on returning to the...

22nd March 2023

The Government of Gibraltar yesterday rejected the GSD’s claims that Brexit and Covid were being used as excuses for not having completed affordable housing projects. The Government said it has been working diligently to deliver on its promises despite the unprecedented challenges posed by both Brexit and the Covid-19 pandemic. “It is deeply regrettable that...