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15th February 2024

February is Heart Month and for Heart Month, the Gibraltar Cardiac Association is raising awareness of heart issues and, in this article, Magella Segovia talks about living with Supraventricular Tachycardia (SVT). By Magella Segovia Living with Supraventricular Tachycardia (SVT) since I was 27 wasn't just a health hurdle; it was a tough journey lasting nine...

14th February 2024

By Eyleen Gomez and Ellie Mai Murphy 1,745 couples legally and emotionally united last year on the Rock with the vast majority of those unions being a marriage. On the Rock, couples can either have a civil partnership or get married. Gaynor Lara, the head of births, deaths and marriages, explained the difference between the...

7th February 2024

GibTalks returned for its ninth edition at the John Mackintosh Hall this weekend with 14 speakers sharing their stories. Today the Chronicle looks at the afternoon session. By Simon Warburton For lust of knowing – Tyrone Duarte Powering on from the early session, the afternoon’s speakers began with former Royal Gibraltar Regiment reservist Tyrone Duarte’s...

6th February 2024

GibTalks returned for its ninth edition at the John Mackintosh Hall this weekend with 14 speakers sharing their stories. Today the Chronicle looks at the morning session. By Simon Warburton Reverberating to the sound of Robbie Williams belting out ‘Let me entertain you’ and backed by pulsing blue lights, this year’s GibTalks roared into life...

2nd February 2024

February is cardiac awareness month, an international event that aims to raise awareness of cardiac issues and will be marked in Gibraltar today by people wearing red. This year the month, and in particular today’s Wear Red Day, will be poignant on the Rock after one of the Gibraltar Cardiac Association’s founders, Keith Bautista, passed...

31st January 2024

Sid and Pauline Olivera, the owners of Twin Springs Glamping Retreat, an off-grid site in the Portuguese countryside, will feature on Channel 4's ‘A New Life in the Sun’ this week. ‘A New Life in the Sun’ is a series that follows individuals starting new lives in different locations. Their journey from Gibraltar to the...

20th January 2024

I never wanted to be a broadcaster let alone a journalist. Growing up - and even though I was there as GBC came to play an important part of this community – it really was the last thing on my mind. I think I can honestly say that I never chose this profession, instead it...

15th January 2024

February is heart month, and the Gibraltar Cardiac Association is once again supporting it with a Wear Red Day on Friday, February 2. The initiative builds on their successful 2023 campaign. The Association was established approximately seven years ago with the aim to increase awareness of cardiac issues in Gibraltar, not only for sufferers/patients but...

5th January 2024

A young female macaque rescued from the sea near Gorham’s Cave on Wednesday sadly died later that same day, having inhaled so much water she could not recover. Vet Mark Pizarro said the monkey was likely born last summer and had probably “lost her footing and fallen down the cliff, basically. And it hasn't been...

2nd January 2024

By Helen William and Gwyn Wright, PA The NHS may have to deal with “one of the most difficult starts to the year” it has ever faced, a medical leader has warned. National medical director Professor Sir Stephen Powis believes the service is set to be “on the backfoot” as 2024 starts with an unprecedented...

22nd December 2023

Seeking support in navigating life's challenges? Meet Jacquelyn Cassar Jacquelyn Cassar is a seasoned counseling therapist with over two decades of experience. Originally from the UK and now an integral part of Gibraltar for the past 27 years, she brings a wealth of expertise to Midtown Clinic. Her journey as a counseling therapist spans 20...

29th November 2023

Hit singer songwriter Albert Hammond received a Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of his acclaimed international music career last night at the Cultural Awards, where he encouraged the younger generation to persevere in their talents. At the Sunborn, Mr Hammond received the accolade in an event organised by Gibraltar Cultural Services, which recognises dedication, commitment,...

23rd November 2023

Lady Mary Peters has a string of achievements to her name and in her autobiography ‘My Story’ she looked back at life. She won gold in the 1972 Olympics in the pentathlon, has three gold Commonwealth medals, she was made a Dame and then became a Lady Companion of the Order of the Garter and...

15th November 2023

Last week, I came head to head with my fellow columnist, and writer, Jonathan Pizarro. He is an incredibly talented and accomplished writer who has made significant contributions to the literary world, both locally and internationally. He is also currently working on his first novel. I hated him immediately, of course. A writer of all...

10th November 2023

Our very own international paparazzi Juan Carlos Teuma has just published his photography book to share with us the essence of how chasing the light in his daily work as an acclaimed and published photographer has shaped his life for the last 45 years. Fellow GBC television journalist Clive Golt eased him into the ‘An...

9th November 2023

By Richard Cartwright Mayor Carmen Gomez stepped out of the Mayor’s Parlour and sat opposite former GBC News Editor Stephen Neish to chat to him about her autobiographical book, ‘Memories Bound Up With Life’. Together, alongside others at a well attended Charles Hunt Room in the John Mackintosh Hall, I sat and listened intently. It...

8th November 2023

By Annabelle Mor-Codali, President of the Gibraltar Horticultural Society When I stumbled across an article on Plant a Seed Day on social media, it got me thinking that this might just be the idea that could engage the community to spread the message in the very real need to make Gibraltar Greener. What started as...

20th October 2023

The GHA observed world Hospice and Palliative Care Day recently and celebrated and supported members of the GHA Specialist Palliative Care Team including Dr Bronwen James, specialist nurses and nurse practitioners: Jamesina Santos, Tara Montegriffo-Coumbe, Nicole Pizarro and Selena Victory. Palliative care is a holistic approach focussed on alleviating symptoms and improving quality of life...

7th October 2023

October 7, 1973 was a special day for Mgr Edward Rapallo, and for Gibraltar. That day witnessed the episcopal consecration of the first Gibraltarian titular bishop of Gibraltar. To mark this important anniversary in the history of the Catholic Church in Gibraltar, Richard Garcia was invited by the Church to write the bishop’s biography. It...

4th October 2023

Sebastian Rodriguez’s launched his first solo exhibition titled "Day and Night"Opening at the Fine Arts Gallery on Tuesday evening. Mr Rodriguez embarked on his artistic career at the University of Reading, initially studying Fine Art before venturing into the realms of Sociology and completing postgraduate studies in Mental Health. It was there that he began...

29th September 2023

World Heart Day is being marked on the Rock today with the Gibraltar Cardiac Association hosting a flag day around Gibraltar and a stall in the Piazza. One message this year is “whenever in doubt, just go check it out,” said events and cardiac committee member Magelle Segovia. She had explained that the aim was...

16th September 2023

Throughout the course of Gibraltar’s long and storied relationship with the Royal Navy, we have produced a number of Naval Officers who have served with distinction. This includes but is not limited to the following who have risen through the ranks in recent times: Commodore Bob Sanguinetti, Commanders Cecil Ladislaus and Adrian Darlington, Lieutenant Commander...

10th September 2023

by Priya Gulraj and Gabriella Peralta The National Day political rally returned to Casemates on Sunday after a four-year hiatus, with speeches underlining Gibraltar’s right to self-determination and desire to remain British, and against the backdrop of treaty talks on the Rock’s post-Brexit future and the prospect of a looming general election here. National Day...

18th August 2023

Gibraltar College students achieved successes on A-level results day, with Principal Michelle Soiza highlighting the unique learning environment for the year’s students. Ms Soiza said students and staff have been quite concerned after exam regulators announced fewer top grades, but on Thursday they were delighted with the results. “We have managed to hit the high...

27th July 2023

Residents and visitors on the Rock will have easier access to lifesaving equipment thanks to a donation from the Hope Charity Trust of 20 new defibrillators. The new equipment is not only lifesaving but “incredibly user-friendly” said the Gibraltar Health Authority (GHA) Director General Professor Patrick Geoghegan. North Atlantic Trust Company Limited, as Trustee of...

17th July 2023

Gibraltar must change its lifestyle and mode of consumption “from excessive consumption to necessary consumption” with regards to active travel and reducing the number of motor vehicles on roads, the Minister for Transport, Paul Balban, said in a budget speech. Last month, Mr Balban revealed in Parliament that there were nearly 50,000 registered motor vehicles...

13th July 2023

Sir Joe Bossano used a budget speech on Thursday to underline his belief that any UK/EU treaty on Gibraltar, if one is finally agreed, would have a lifespan of only four years, adding Gibraltar must “end or reduce” its dependence on Spain for as long as Madrid pursues its sovereignty aspirations. While a deal might...

24th June 2023

Are you heading for London? Have you thought of visiting the Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition 2023 at the Royal Academy? Featuring contemporary art works created by artists in the fields of painting, printmaking, photography, sculpture, architecture and film, this year there are 1,613 works on display. One of them is by Gibraltarian artist...

16th June 2023

By Eyleen Gomez and Brian Reyes Albert Mena, the former Financial Secretary, has been appointed by King Charles III to be a Commander of The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE) for services to the Government of Gibraltar. Mr Mena topped the list of Gibraltarians in the first King’s Birthday Honours in the...

16th June 2023

By Charles Durante On the 16th June, 1904 a young Dublin intellectual met a feisty, red-haired chambermaid. They fell in love and eloped to the continent to live a life of adventure, occasional penury and high literary achievement. James Joyce, the author of Ulysses and Finnegans Wake, had met Nora Barnacle, the Galway girl who...