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28th February 2023

By Elena Scialtiel Author, cancer survivor and charity fundraiser Sonia Golt is publishing her seventh book this month. ‘Seeking Inspiration’ is being launched today at a poetry recital held at the Mayor’s Parlour, with readings by Sonia and some of her fellow poets and friends. Proceeds are pledged to the Bosom Buddies Cancer Trust, the...

24th February 2023

In Ukraine, Gibraltarian Blythe Victor hunkers down with his family at home, shielding themselves from Russian missiles. All around them, death and destruction. They live in constant fear of bombings as sirens blare at all hours and missiles and kamikaze drones crash devastate homes nearby. From their windows they can see scenes of war. Today...

24th February 2023

Ukrainian refugee Julia Vaskovych spent almost a year in Gibraltar with her son and parents waiting for the news of peace, a hope she continues to hold on to tightly. Julia had to return with her family last December to sort out new travel documents after they lived for months in Government supplied accommodation in...

24th February 2023

A year ago today, Larisa Gulrajani's phone rang at 5am in Gibraltar. It was her mother telling her that war had broken out in Ukraine. Every day since then, Larisa calls daily to ask if her mother, who is in her 80s and lives in a village west of Kyiv, is ok. "It's scary," Larisa...

24th February 2023

At the Fine Arts Gallery this week, Inna Komlieva sang meaningful Ukrainian songs about being proud of her home country. It was a touching tribute to Ukraine as the war-torn country today marks a year since Russia invaded. Surrounded by art, she sang and stirred emotion in those watching on. As she sang, she thought...

23rd February 2023

A local man was yesterday jailed for 12 months for punching, spitting, and holding a knife against a woman’s throat. Kaylan Scaniglia, 23, of Moorish Castle Estate, was convicted of assault occasioning actual bodily harm, threats to kill, common assault and criminal damage after a trial. In the early hours of July 8, 2021, Scaniglia...

23rd February 2023

The Government’s Active Travel Strategy was debated by members of the Development and Planning Commission during Thursday’s meeting. The Minister for Transport, Paul Balban, introduced the plans before his team made a presentation. “The Active Travel Strategy completely falls in line with the massively important climate change strategy,” he said. The intention is that strategy...

23rd February 2023

Before he steps down from the role in the coming days, the GHA’s Director General, Professor Patrick Geoghegan, will deliver an estate strategy and strategic plan for the authority’s development for the next few years. Prof Geoghegan will be leaving his post at the GHA after he was diagnosed with prostate cancer last month. The...

22nd February 2023

Spain’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Jose Manuel Albares, told the Spanish Parliament on Tuesday that negotiators for a UK/EU post-Brexit treaty on Gibraltar are “very close to an agreement”, repeating earlier positive sentiment despite the lack of tangible progress toward a deal. Mr Albares was quizzed on progress in the treaty talks during a session...

22nd February 2023

In Gibraltar, Ukrainian Nadiya Miller grieves for her brother-in-law Volodymyr, who was killed fighting on the front-line protecting his country from Russia’s invasion. On Friday it will be a year to the day that Russia launched a major offensive on Ukraine. She may be miles from her family and the hellish scenes on the ground...

21st February 2023

Ten members of the Royal Gibraltar Regiment Band travelled to the Falkland Islands for Exercise Tiger Island, where they would join forces with the Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment Band (PWRR) and deliver musical support on behalf of 3PWRR whilst their battalion were deployed. After travelling to RAF Brize Norton on January 15, the band...

18th February 2023

Nurse, horse-rider, business woman, charity worker, wife, mother and grandmother – our guest this week comes under all those headings. I have got to know her over the years through her work with Rotary, she has been president on two occasions, and remains an active member. If we cast our minds back to the Queen’s...

17th February 2023

A prototype of an electric crypto-mining taxi was shown outside the Sunborn on Thursday morning as part of a presentation for a new business model that could change the way taxis operate in countries around the world. The taxi was created by Etioca, an international company based in Gibraltar that aims to launch an “integrated...

16th February 2023

Final preparations were being made ahead of the annual Gibraltar Model Soldier Society’s exhibition which is set to be officially opened by the Minister for Culture, Dr John Cortes, this evening. Some exhibits are on the world wars, others are more modern. The exhibitors range from people who build details, such as the uniforms of...

15th February 2023

By Sam Blewett, Craig Paton and Laura Paterson, PA Nicola Sturgeon has announced she will stand down as First Minister after eight years, arguing that resigning is the best step for herself, her party and for Scotland. In a shock announcement, the SNP leader told a press conference on Wednesday that she believes it is...

15th February 2023

by Richard Cartwright We’re all well aware about the makeup of our community and from whence we came, some of our ancestors going back more than a couple of hundred years: from the UK and the Republic of Ireland, Spain, Portugal and Menorca, Genoa, Malta, Morocco, and Asia – India, Hong Kong and China –...

14th February 2023

Steven Roberts from the British and International Federation of Festivals, arrived on the Rock to adjudicate the GAMPA Gibraltar Festival of Young Musicians 2023 this week. Mr Roberts has been a music adjudicator since 2001; has sat on the Adjudicators Council and, in 2020, was re-elected for his third term of office to the Board...

13th February 2023

Flags were lowered and a minute’s silence was held outside St Bernard’s Hospital and No.6 Convent Place on Monday in memory of GHA surgeon Dr George Chami and the 37,000 people who have so far died in an earthquake that devastated swathes of Turkey and Syria. Dr Chami’s body was recovered on Sunday within the...

11th February 2023

Henry Pinna, Gibraltar’s first Ombudsman and founder member of Action for Housing, sits at Alice’s Table once again this week – in fact I am back in his sitting room over a cup of coffee. As we read last week Henry has been involved in local historical events throughout his life which have helped to...

10th February 2023

Relatives of a GHA doctor missing since a major earthquake devastated large areas of Turkey and Syria earlier this week are searching hospitals near his last known location. Dr George Chami, an orthopaedic and trauma surgeon, was visiting Antakya in southern Turkey when the earthquake struck and the apartment building he was staying in collapsed....

9th February 2023

Gibraltar’s law enforcement and emergency services were involved in a major exercise on Thursday designed to test their response to a terrorist attack. The exercise, called LIVEX, involved role-playing scenarios for a series of interconnected events centred on terrorist attacks across several locations. Ahead of the exercise, officials were at pains to stress that this...

9th February 2023

Gibraltar’s Nature Reserve is now online with the launch of its official website last week. The website ‘www.naturereserve.gi’ was launched by the Minister for the Environment, Dr John Cortes, CEO Dr Liesl Mesilio and Senior Environment Officer Stephen Warr, and forms part of the Department’s ongoing post-Covid economic recovery plan. “It’s been a long time...

8th February 2023

GibTalks returned for its eighth edition this year at the John Mackintosh Hall last Saturday with 17 speakers sharing their stories. Today the Chronicle looks at the afternoon session. By Elena Scialtiel The audience at John Mackintosh Hall heard stories of mental health, charity, and the OS 35 shipwreck during the afternoon session of GibTalks....

7th February 2023

By Elena Scialtiel GibTalks returned for its eighth edition this year at the John Mackintosh Hall with 17 speakers sharing their stories. Today the Chronicle looks at the morning session. GibTalks 2023 saw speakers share their stories in an event organised and presented Julian Felice and Gibraltar Cultural Services. GibTalks this year saw thirteen 15-minute...

4th February 2023

Conviction – belief, certainty, strong values and principles – all of which apply to my guest this week, here at Alice’s Table. He is a man who throughout his life has fought the causes of many in this community. Someone – who has never been prepared to turn a blind eye to problematic and hard-hitting...

3rd February 2023

Plans have been filed for a major new development on the Rooke site that will mix low-rise commercial spaces and green parks alongside three residential towers, in a project that the developer says aims to “drastically” improve the area. The development, if granted permission, will bring an expansive green and active public space to a...

3rd February 2023

Sir Joe Bossano, the Minister for Economic Development, was admitted to the Critical Care Unit of St Bernard’s Hospital on Thursday, the Gibraltar Government said. Sir Joe, who had been suffering from a very heavy cold for several days, is not in a life-threatening condition and is expected to make a full recovery, though will...

3rd February 2023

Director General Professor Patrick Geoghegan, outlined plans for the Primary Care Centre in the Children's Centre, a redesign of Accident and Emergency and a major review of the GHA's estate. Prof Geoghegan discussed the plans at the latest public meeting of the GHA board, which saw members of the public quiz senior staff at the...

3rd February 2023

Tomorrow 17 speakers will be on the GibTalks stage at the John Mackintosh Hall, giving an insight into their lives, careers and interests. The event is organised by Julian Felice and Gibraltar Cultural Services and features broad range of local speakers who will be giving 15-minute talks and 10-minute vox pops. Host Julian Felice will...

2nd February 2023

Four people were presented with the Gibraltar Award for their services to the community during an intimate ceremony at The Convent on Wednesday. The recipients and their families gathered together for the special ceremony, where the Governor, Vice Admiral Sir David Steel, recognised their efforts. Receiving the awards were Marie Bocarisa for her services to...