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18th July 2022

I remember the day he left like it was yesterday. We were only sixteen, but to the recruiting officer stationed in our little coastal town, that meant nothing. His mother was devastated when she got the letter, and she did everything in her power to try and get him out of it. But it was...

18th July 2022

It has taken them 2.2 million steps, but married couple Robert and Ana Maria Gomez are back on the Rock having completed their 1,000-mile walk in aid of Gibraltar Hearing Issues & Tinnitus Association (GHITA). So far, the couple have raised £3,764 for GHITA. On Friday morning, they crossed the border back into Gibraltar having...

18th July 2022

It started with a tip from a guy I know who works on harbour boats in the Port of Gibraltar. It ended with a text from an intelligence analyst who saw my name on a classified US report and messaged me gleefully: “Congratulations! You’ve been tapped by the Chinese.” It was over a decade ago...

15th July 2022

At Alice’s table this week is someone who has lived amongst us in this community for 26 years. From the moment he set foot in Gibraltar he quickly recognised he was in familiar territory; surrounded by sea, familiar names he had grown up with on his native island, English as a first language and a...

15th July 2022

By Sam Russell, PA The Met Office has warned that people’s lives could be at risk as it indicated it is likely that a new UK record temperature could be set early next week. Meteorologists gave an 80% chance of the mercury topping the UK’s record temperature of 38.7C (101.7F) set in Cambridge in 2019,...

15th July 2022

By María Jesús Corrales María Dueñas, the Spanish author of the bestselling 2009 novel ‘El tiempo entre costuras’, and its 2021 sequel ‘Sira’, is a passionate student of the history of the Strait of Gibraltar, especially the World War II era. Ms Dueñas visited the Rock this week as a lecturer for the Universidad Nacional...

14th July 2022

Wheelchair and mobility scooter users rallied in Casemates Square, then rode down Main Street, with an aim to raise awareness of the challenges faced by those with mobility issues, while also fundraising for local charities. In Casemates Square, around 15 wheelchair and mobility scooter users came together, joined by charity volunteers on Thursday morning, taking...

14th July 2022

Chuckles is the name of my pet chicken. I adopted her from my auntie in England and she has been the delight of my life since that day. She is an astonishing chicken. She is smart, calm, and kind with black and yellow feathers making her look like a cheetah. Her face is as cute...

14th July 2022

Award-winning American Artist, now resident in England, Jana Nicole, has brought her collection of urban and contemporary artwork to the Rock, as part of an exhibition which aims to put local artists on the map. Jana Nicole featured as a launch artist at ‘Art Revolution’, Ace Art’s first exhibition on the Rock on Thursday last...

13th July 2022

A 27-year-old man who was convicted of causing death by dangerous driving was on Tuesday sentenced to four years in prison and disqualified from driving for six years by the Supreme Court. Julian Ellul, of Calpe Road, was driving northbound along Queensway Road in April 2021 when he turned left into the Petroil petrol station...

12th July 2022

Parents of children with Type 1 Diabetes, supported by Diabetes Gibraltar, have donated a Haemoglobin Analyser for St Bernard’s Hospital. This machine can measure and report HbA1c (blood sugar) results using only a tiny finger prick blood sample. This means that children no longer have to endure having bloods drawn from their veins, and do...

12th July 2022

The Nautilus Project (TNP) kicked off its marine biology summer camp on Monday with a workshop aiming to “fuel” young people’s interests in marine biology. Children aged between seven and 11 learnt about the diversity of wildlife that inhabits the sea around them, as well as the importance of looking after the marine environment. TNP’s...

12th July 2022

The Gibraltar FA have launched a series of initiatives which they hope will provide more opportunities for young players to be attracted to the game and bring the game closer to the public. Among one of the initiatives is the chance for young players to join the national squad through its preparations. Already having seen...

10th July 2022

The Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Families Association (SSAFA) is celebrating the 130th anniversary of SSAFA nurses, midwives, and health visitors supporting Armed Forces families across the world. Established in 1892 and known back then as the Alexandra Nurses, they provided professional care to the wives and families of soldiers and sailors in garrison and seaport...

8th July 2022

Have you ever wondered how fortunate we are to live in a small community where we know people in many different capacities – wearing a myriad of hats? Most people stay in touch with a handful of friends but our handful extends to two hands and a whole school year of acquaintances. And then there...

8th July 2022

Emily Adamberry Olivero and Joseph Acris both received the Governor’s Award for Merit on Thursday at the Convent, for their service to the local community. Ms Adamberry Olivero, was recognised for services to mental health and the civil service and Mr Acris was recognised for services to the Gibraltar International Airport and the travel industry. ...

8th July 2022

Last December, during an interview in his office in The Convent, the Governor, Vice Admiral Sir David Steel, described how he had been “bowled over” by the scale of the UK team working on the negotiation for a UK/EU treaty on Gibraltar. He spoke of “50 or 60” people in London working closely with Gibraltar...

7th July 2022

Marine biologist and co-founder of The Nautilus Project, Lewis Stagnetto, has taken part in a new podcast series called 'Voices from the Ocean' in collaboration with Mission Blue and alongside Sylvia A. Earle. Mission Blue is a non-profit organisation that inspires action to explore and protect the ocean and Ms Earle is its founder, an...

7th July 2022

By David Hughes, PA Political Editor Boris Johnson is quitting as Tory leader after ministers and MPs made clear his position was untenable. He will remain as Prime Minister until a successor is in place, expected to be by the time of the Conservative Party conference in October. A No 10 source said Mr Johnson...

7th July 2022

By David Hughes and Dominic McGrath, PA Boris Johnson’s refusal to accept that he has lost the trust of Conservative MPs has triggered another wave of ministerial resignations. Brandon Lewis quit his Cabinet post as Northern Ireland Secretary, telling the Prime Minister the Government requires “honesty, integrity and mutual respect” and it is “now past...

6th July 2022

Manchester 62 FC Club will this Thursday announce an official partnership between Manchester 62 FC and The Gibraltar Alzheimer's & Dementia Society in what the club says will see them “join the GADS’s fight to spread awareness and provide funding support for research against the Alzheimer's disease.” The announcement comes after the club also announced...

6th July 2022

By Sam Blewett and David Hughes, PA Political Staff Boris Johnson has been told by Cabinet ministers that he should resign, after support for his leadership collapsed at Westminster. The Prime Minister was in No 10 on Thursday night, where Cabinet ministers told him he had lost the confidence of the Tory party and could...

6th July 2022

MUSIC Review with Joe Adambery Alex Vallejo launched his new CD offering ‘I’ll see you soon’ last weekend at the Inces Hall in a spectacular concert of guitar wizardry the likes of which we have not seen here in a while. The charismatic guitar prodigy fronted his own band, made up of his long time...

4th July 2022

Chief Minister Fabian Picardo took the GSD to task on Monday for what he termed its “tabloid economics” and “frankly despicable innuendo” during last week’s budget debate. During an address to Parliament lasting well over four hours, Mr Picardo rejected GSD claims he had mishandled Gibraltar’s public finances, insisting the revenue-raising measures announced last week...

4th July 2022

by Jonathan Pizarro The flags and the parades and the rainbows and the traffic lights are acts of visibility. Let’s get that out of the way. Every year the same tired ‘Why do we need Pride?’ rhetoric pops its head on social media by people who have never experienced their existence being called into question....

2nd July 2022

The Gibraltar Government is about to launch a new tender for construction of a sewage treatment plant at Europa Point, a long-standing and much-demanded project that it hoped to deliver years ago but has been delayed time and again. Dr John Cortes, the Minister for the Environment, Education and Culture, told Parliament the process was...

2nd July 2022

 The year 1973 is one I remember well.  I was 12 years old. The  Gibraltar Song Festival was in its eighth year having established itself as the top international event on the Rock’s social calendar attracting some of the very best songwriters from the UK and beyond. But that year was special because two of...

1st July 2022

Louis Baldachino, a survivor of pancreatic cancer, yesterday unveiled a sculpture inspired by his experience and named ‘Never Lose Hope’. The piece was created by local award-winning ceramics artist Ermelinda Duarte and now has pride of place in the Primary Care Centre. Mr Baldachino had a message for people who are ill: “Accept you are...

30th June 2022

The Gibraltar Government will this year seek to reform the social security system to address the impact of a growing workforce and ageing population on the long-term sustainability of state pensions, Sir Joe Bossano said in a written budget address. In announcing the plan, Sir Joe – who has Covid-19 and was unable to deliver...

30th June 2022

St Paul’s schoolchildren collectively they raised enough money, £2,500, to fund a well for a school with 600 pupils in Sierra Leone. St Paul’s School, with 300 pupils, has its name on well no 81 in Regent Village in Sierra Leone. Action4Schools who organised the building of the well purposely selected that number for the...