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1st November 2022

A £155m contract for the maintenance work, repairs, servicing, and hard facilities management to the MoD's estate in Gibraltar came into service today. The contract, signed in May, was awarded to Mitie, a British facility management company, by the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO). The contract covers every part of the MoD estate in Gibraltar, from...

1st November 2022

Hannah Gurga, the Director General of the Association of British Insurers (ABI), praised Gibraltar’s “thriving, robustly regulated financial services sector” on Tuesday, adding its business-friendly approach could offer inspiration to others including the UK. Ms Gurga was addressing 140 guests at a breakfast seminar in the Gherkin building in the City of London, part of...

1st November 2022

With Sophie Clifton-Tucker due to give birth any day now, her fiancé Chris Hedley takes over her #SophieSays column this week. After being bombarded by Sophie with articles about swollen trotters and cartwheeling in the womb, the time has finally come for her to take a small maternity break. I’ve been tasked with explaining my...

31st October 2022

The line-up for the 8th Gibunco Gibraltar International Literary Festival has been announced and includes a full cast of high-profile speakers. The event takes place from November 25 to 27. Alan Johnson Alan Johnson was General Secretary of the Communication Workers Union before entering Parliament as Labour MP for Hull West and Hessle in 1997....

31st October 2022

Gibraltar is a haunted place. Not just in what I’m sure is a lively paranormal scene, but by all the people that have lived and walked its streets before. And I suppose this is no different from any ancient city, but in how many hotels can you check in and have beautiful vistas of the...

31st October 2022

The key to preventing reoffending is aftercare, retired Prison Superintendent Gareth Coom said, highlighting how counselling, advice and check-ups are needed to avoid former prisoners reoffending. When prisoners leave HM Windmill Hill Prison, the hope is they will reintegrate into society, find jobs, fight free of addictions and not reoffend. But after 30 years in...

31st October 2022

By Elena Scialtiel Artist and ‘supermom’ Raluca Piper recently published a second illustrated book that threads her abstract paintings through a charming narrative creating a children’s story with a positive message. After the success of her first modern fairytale, The Corn Princess, published in 2020, Romanian-born Raluca, relocated to Gibraltar ten years ago, is selling...

30th October 2022

Diabetes Gibraltar is encouraging the public to wear blue on November 11 in a bid to raise awareness for diabetes day. Diabetes Gibraltar wants to help prevent the next generation of potential Type 2 Diabetes sufferers by raising awareness of Gibraltar’s “huge problem”, by educating and supporting any initiative which might lead to a healthier...

29th October 2022

Bathsheba, Jane and Willa – three sisters who certainly need no introduction. Three women – three artists - who for much of their lives have been a major part of our flourishing arts community. All three have painted from a young age. They have held numerous joint and solo exhibitions, entered many competitive shows, shown...

28th October 2022

The weekend football kicks off with Manchester 62 playing now sixth placed St Joseph. The blues, after dropping points against both Europa and Bruno Magpies find themselves in a somewhat perilous position in which dropping points this weekend could jeopardize their bid to finish among the top three this season. Although the battle for final...

26th October 2022

La Linea’s city council on Wednesday vowed to challenge the Spanish Government’s refusal to back its plan for a referendum on whether it should become an autonomous city like Ceuta and Melilla. The city council was reacting after Spain’s Council of Ministers on Tuesday refused permission for the vote, which it said exceeded La Linea’s...

26th October 2022

Behind the scenes, and with little noise surrounding them the Women’s Under 19 national squad prepare for what will be their first ever venture into an official competitive UEFA qualifier. Gibraltar’s U19 will be writing the next page in Gibraltar football as women’s football enters official competitive football, ahead of their senior counterparts who have...

26th October 2022

A fortnight ago, during a chat in the drawing room of The Convent, Leo Docherty, the UK’s Minister for Europe, confessed he didn’t like public deadlines. No politician does. We were talking about the ongoing treaty negotiation and I was trying to elicit from him a sense of when we might have a deal, and...

25th October 2022

SHOW Review It must be a logistical nightmare for anyone trying to assemble and move 150 young children into the John Mackintosh Hall theatre. Entries and exits, waiting in the wings, performing their turns etc and not once did the order of things falter for the second night of the musical play ‘The Dream Catcher’...

24th October 2022

• Gibraltar treaty talks ‘haven’t stopped’ despite political turbulence in London By Sam Blewett, David Hughes, Dominic McGrath and Gavin Cordon, PA Political Staff, and Chronicle staff Rishi Sunak warned his warring MPs the Conservatives must “unite or die” in the face of a “profound economic challenge” after winning the race to be the next...

24th October 2022

The works of nine local artists who formed part of the ‘Gibraltar Our Sacred Earth, Our Sense of Place’ exhibition in Bermondsey, London are currently being exhibited in Gibraltar. The artworks can be found in the vaults of the GEMA Gallery, in Montagu Bastion, and the works focus on the theme of Gibraltar. The exhibition...

24th October 2022

By Gina Kalsi, PA Thousands of protesters have marched through central London calling for the UK to rejoin the EU. The National Rejoin March on Saturday saw large crowds of people walk from Park Lane to Parliament Square. Marchers from across the UK travelled for hours to attend. Parliament Square Garden, the last stop on...

21st October 2022

The GSD held a memorial tribute for the late Terry Cartwright, remembering her influence, passion and legacy in local politics. On Thursday evening, immediate family, Party officers, former Ministers and Executive members were present to commemorate her years of service to the party. A plaque was also unveiled in the main boardroom at the Party’s...

20th October 2022

By Sam Blewett, David Hughes and Sophie Wingate, PA Political Staff Liz Truss has resigned as Tory leader after a chaotic 44 days in office, with a new prime minister expected to be in place by the end of next week. She signalled the end of the shortest term by any prime minister following a...

20th October 2022

Felix Alvarez, Chair Equality Rights Group/Action on Poverty Campaigners from the Equality Rights Group/Action on Poverty submitted three opinion pieces giving a personal insight. We should, perhaps, be renaming this article ‘In Our Opinion’. As Chair of Equality Rights Group/Action on Poverty, my words here are a mere preface and a handshake in solidarity. It...

20th October 2022

When I was a child, I spent a lot of holidays travelling across Europe. My parents would wake me and my sister up at four in the morning, and we’d drag our pillows down to the car and continue sleeping. I remember waking up and finding I was in Marbella, then falling asleep again only...

19th October 2022

Parliament held a minute’s silence in remembrance of Queen Elizabeth II, and paid tribute to the former monarch’s 70 years of service as they swore allegiance to King Charles III. MPs stood solemnly in parliament and paid their respects following the death of the Queen, aged 96, last month. Chief Minister Fabian Picardo delivered a...

19th October 2022

The time has come, or rather has been foisted upon me, to put down my quill (ok, keyboard) for a little while in anticipation of my mind and body undergoing a significant transformation and life going topsy turvy – which some refer to as ‘maternity leave’. I look back on the Sophie of a few...

19th October 2022

MUSIC Review Last weekend saw a significant ‘Rock’ event happen at the Sunborn Hotel. The event had previously been cancelled due to the death of our Queen and perhaps this accounted for a low turnout (150ish) when ‘Magik’, a vintage Rock band fronted by singer Giles Ramirez and Spanish guitarist Manolo Arias played their first...

18th October 2022

In a bid to conquer both the Rock and trauma experienced in their roles within the military, a group of veterans who will take part in a Rock relay run this Friday have started to arrive in Gibraltar. Joined by a number of civilians, the veterans will undertake a gruelling 12-hour relay to raise money...

18th October 2022

Tomorrow Karel Mark Chichon will be conducting the European Symphony Orchestra in Gibraltar for the first time since 2015. Maestro Chichon's schedule is booked years in advance, but a cancellation has meant the "stars aligned" for a show in Gibraltar. The show marks the Gibraltar Philharmonic Society's 24th Autumn Concert, and will be held tomorrow...

17th October 2022

The Gibraltar Health Authority on Monday announced a major shake-up of the appointments system at the Primary Care Centre in a bid to address longstanding grievances and complaints from people who struggle to see their GP. The number of appointments available every week will rise by 490 to 2,700 in total, with patients also able...

17th October 2022

Several divers from The Royal Gibraltar Regiment (RG) took part in a sub aqua diving expedition locally called Exercise Dragon Deep Dive. The diving in Gibraltar is wide ranging and a particular highlight is the large quantity of artificial reefs which consist of deliberately scuttled ships. These shipwrecks are now home to a wide array...

15th October 2022

I sat at Alice’s Table this week thinking I was going to tell a completely different story. As a journalist you have to continuously build upon your contacts. The list becomes a major part of your day to day. Emilio Porro, as press officer for the Royal Gibraltar Police, was someone who I had daily...

13th October 2022

A Bill regulating the sale and supply of vaping products to children was published on Thursday and will make it an offence for a person to sell a vaping product to a person aged under 18 if passed. The proposed Bill will also make it an offence for a person aged 18 or over to...