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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...

2nd February 2023

This year, Gibraltar’s cancer charities have teamed up to communicate a united message to the Rock for World Cancer Day, Friday February 3. Cancer Research UK, Bosom Buddies, Prostate Cancer Gibraltar, Breast Cancer Support Gibraltar, Prostate Cancer Gibraltar, Blood Cancer UK (Gibraltar Branch), Cancer Relief and A Pathway through Pain have sent their World Cancer...

2nd February 2023

The ‘Ladies that Rock the Rock awards’ committee has chosen the winners of awards in this its inaugural year. From amongst those nominated by the Gibraltarian public, the committee has chosen seven winners in the following categories: • Influencer Award - Alexandra Caruana, PWC Gibraltar • Diversity and Inclusion Award - Nicole Buckley, PossAbilities •...

1st February 2023

The Minister for the Environment, Dr John Cortes, launched the first Gibraltar Nature Reserve website on Tuesday afternoon, during a press conference alongside the chief executive of the Department of the Environment, Dr Liesl Mesilio, and senior scientific officer Stephen Warr. The launch of https://naturereserve.gi/ is part of the department’s ongoing post-Covid economic recovery plan....

1st February 2023

A new year has just begun and with it already, a new month: and that means time is passing fast and, as you get older, many recollections of times gone by creep into your otherwise perhaps dormant thoughts of those times – nostalgia, in other words - to put it in one. And so begin...

31st January 2023

Around four in 10 cancer cases in Gibraltar could be prevented and up to 48% of new patients are diagnosed with advanced stage four disease, the GHA's clinical director of cancer services Dr David Ballesteros said this week. The figures, revealed at the latest public session of the GHA Board held at City Hall, come...

31st January 2023

THEATRE REVIEW After an absence of four years, our traditional ‘pantomime season’ is back with a bang. The Trafalgar Theatre Group, henceforth to be absorbed into the new collective to be known as ‘Theatre Makers’, will encompass TTG, White Light Theatre, Rock Theatre, The Movement Collective, the Gibraltar Student Theatre Society and the Black Cat...

30th January 2023

Gibraltar needs to reimagine the storytelling of its tourism product, while also focusing on cleaning up and maintaining its sites and surrounding areas, Tourist Board CEO Kevin Bossino said. Mr Bossino has extensive experience in the tourism sector, having worked across Europe and Asia, and took up the post of CEO last September. Now after...

30th January 2023

The GHA’s ENT Consultant, Dr Chiti-Batelli, will run a tinnitus clinic on February 8 during International Tinnitus Awareness Week. “Tinnitus (ringing in the ears) affects millions of people and can be quite severe, interfering with many aspects of life such as communication, sleep, and general well-being,” said a statement from the GHA. “It is also...

30th January 2023

By Elena Scialtiel Gibraltarian doctor, Meenal Viz, is writing a book about her protest outside Downing Street during the Covid-19 pandemic. At the time Dr Viz was a GP at the NHS and held a one-woman protest demanding adequate personal protective equipment (PPE) from the UK Government for healthcare workers in May 2020. Dr Viz...

30th January 2023

By Stuart Hedley Recently on Viewpoint with Jonathan Scott, we witnessed a rare occurrence. Although we were missing a representative from the Liberal Party, all other political parties were present and unified, at least in principal, in support of a new Government initiative. Amazing. Even more amazing is, if you were to review some of...

29th January 2023

By Dominic McGrath and Ben Hatton, PA Nadhim Zahawi has been fired by Rishi Sunak for a “serious breach” of the Ministerial Code, following days of controversy over the Conservative Party chairman’s tax affairs. Mr Zahawi, who was appointed to the role by the Prime Minister last October, had been facing calls to stand aside...

28th January 2023

by Maria Jesus Corrales The violence of the attacks that caused the death of Diego Valencia, the sacristan at La Palma de Algeciras church, and the wounding of the priest at the nearby church of San Isidro has convulsed the inhabitants of Algeciras, a city with a long history of multiculturalism where, today, people of...

28th January 2023

The person who sits at Alice’s Table this week is well known in our community. Firstly, you may remember her walking the beat around Gibraltar as a policewoman with the Royal Gibraltar Police, and as one of their very first Community Officers. On retirement she took up photography in a big way and became one...

27th January 2023

Year 2 pupils at St Joseph’s Lower Primary school celebrated Chinese New Year as part of their China project. The day was packed with many different activities including a Tai Chi lesson by Dilip Taylor; a Dragon Dance which was showcased to the rest of the school; a New Year’s lunch party with Chinese food...

27th January 2023

A two-day workshop on the development of a new biodiversity strategy for the UK's Overseas Territories, including Gibraltar, was opened on Wednesday by the Minister for the Environment, Dr John Cortes and the Deputy Governor, Marc Holland. The workshop has been organised and funded by the UK's Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) and the Department...

26th January 2023

On any normal weekday at midday, the main square in Algeciras, La Plaza Alta in front of the city’s principal church, Nuestra Señora de la Palma, is a hive of activity and life. On Thursday, as the bells in the church tower tolled, the square fell silent as over 1000 people gathered to honour the...

26th January 2023

The man arrested in Algeciras on Wednesday night in connection with two knife attacks in churches in the city had been detained previously in Gibraltar for immigration offences in 2019 and deported to Morocco. The man, who was named in Spanish media reports but has not yet been charged with any offences over the Algeciras...