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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...

21st March 2023

Gibraltarian rowing hero Jack Prior won the award for Sportsperson of the Year at the annual GBC Sports Awards, which were presented this Tuesday evening. After an extraordinary year in which he has represented Great Britain capping what is already a successful young career in rowing stretching back into his youth years, the Gibraltar rower,...

21st March 2023

by Maria Jesus Corrales Kitchen Studios on Friday launched its latest exhibition in La Linea called El Patio, a collection of artworks that explores nostalgia for the shared neighbourhood spaces on both sides of the frontier. The cross-border exhibition recalls life around the bygone era of patios, typical on both sides of the border, with...

21st March 2023

Sharron Lathey is holding an exhibition of her wood and lino prints and other works at The Nook in the Gibraltar Arts and Crafts Centre in Casemates. Her works include gelatine printing as well as acrylic paintings and prints. Ms Lathey has been drawing all her life but states she is new to art and...

21st March 2023

In my first week at university, the entire year group studying English and Creative Writing were summoned to what was pitched as a very important lecture by a very important writer on all the secrets of writing. We crammed ourselves into the auditorium, notebooks in hand, eager to find out what exactly the formula might...

20th March 2023

The Gibraltar Government has finally published planning guidance for new developments on Devil’s Tower Road, where tall construction is changing the landscape dramatically. For some years now, members of the Development and Planning Commission tasked with approving – or not – the design of new projects had been calling for guidance on how this area...

20th March 2023

Three years since first the Covid-19 lockdown was imposed, the Director of Public Health has attributed Gibraltar’s ability to bounce back from the virus to a high vaccination rate among the vulnerable and the elderly. From a public health perspective, protection is key for these individuals as Gibraltar returns to its pre-pandemic ways. Looking back...

20th March 2023

Local artist Beatrice Garcia’s artworks are currently being displayed in Venice after she was invited to show her works in an international art fair called ‘Its Liquid’. Ms Garcia took part in a group exhibition called ‘Mixing Identities’ and participated with three paintings exploring how the food forms part of culture and identity. “As Gibraltarians...

18th March 2023

I sat to chat to Eddy Adamberry; for a brief moment I shut my eyes. It was just like listening to his brother Joe who sat at Alice’s Table last week. Had I been blindfolded I certainly would have been fooled for Eddy expresses himself in almost the same way, carries an almost identical rhythm...

17th March 2023

MPs on Thursday paid tribute to a former parliamentary colleague and the world’s longest-serving lawyer, Louis Triay, KC, who died last month at the age of 94. A minute’s silence was held in his memory as the Chief Minister, Fabian Picardo, Leader of the Opposition, Keith Azopardi, Deputy Chief Minister Dr Joseph Garcia, Together Gibraltar...

15th March 2023

By David Hughes, PA Political Editor Jeremy Hunt promised a major expansion in state-funded childcare and tax breaks for businesses in Budget measures aimed at boosting economic growth. The Chancellor said a recession would be avoided and inflation would fall dramatically as the economy was “proving the doubters wrong”. In an effort to remove barriers...

15th March 2023

The newly appointed Duke of Edinburgh has said it is an honour to become patron of the award to which his father Philip gave his title. The King handed his late father’s title the Duke of Edinburgh to his brother Prince Edward in celebration of his 59th birthday on Friday. Philip wanted his son to...

14th March 2023

Dr Eric Shaw, an environmentalist who was instrumental in delivering nature conservation projects in Gibraltar over five decades, died last Saturday aged 76. Through his work on land and at sea, Dr Shaw helped raise awareness of the beauty of Gibraltar’s natural environment in a way that was accessible and effective, placing a spotlight on...

14th March 2023

Local photographer Stephen Hermida will be exhibiting 30 of his works at the Art Revolution exhibition organised by Ace Art at the Gustavo Bacarisas Gallery in Casemates. Mr Hermida will be showing works focusing on humanity from his travels across the globe where he captures the lives of people in places such as New Zealand,...

13th March 2023

Floyd Swift is undertaking five gruelling challenges in a period of seven weeks to raise funds for Cancer Relief Gibraltar in honour of his mother Rose Brashier (Porro). “I just thought ‘what can I do to make it different? What can I do to make it hard? What can I do to put myself out...

13th March 2023

By Holly Williams, PA Business Editor The UK arm of collapsed US lender Silicon Valley Bank has been bought by HSBC after the UK Government and Bank of England stepped in to “facilitate” a private sale. Chancellor Jeremy Hunt confirmed that all customer deposits have been protected under the deal, with no taxpayer cash involved....

13th March 2023

Sifting through her late grandfather’s old photographs, Naomi Martinez finally understood where her creativity came from. She had no relationship with him, Manolo Aguis, in life but in death she had found her connection. Both had loved photography without ever knowing of the other’s interest. The relationship between her grandmother and grandfather had severed years...

13th March 2023

Last week’s International Women’s Day 2023 was celebrated with a gala dinner and The Ladies That Rock The Rock Award. Organised by Ayelet Mamo Shay, the event celebrated the achievements and contributions of women to society in general and to the community of Gibraltar in particular. The event brought together women and men from different...