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10th January 2023

By Chief Minister Fabian Picardo I hope you have had a good and relaxing time with your family and friends over the Hannukah, Christmas and New Year season. As we start to get back into our routines, I am sure we will be glad that we have been able to enjoy our end of year...

6th January 2023

By Alana Calvert and Danny Halpin, PA The Duke of Sussex has spoken out again over the alleged confrontation between himself and his brother, the Prince of Wales. In a newly-released clip from ITV’s forthcoming interview with Harry, the duke said his brother was so frustrated during the incident which reportedly took place in 2019,...

6th January 2023

Gibraltar celebrated the return of the Three King’s Cavalcade after a two-year absence due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Both sides of Main Street were lined with people waiting to watch the Cavalcade and collect their sweets from Gibraltar Cultural Services staff and volunteers. This year saw 10 floats, as well as four walking floats and...

5th January 2023

Waste products that are carefully separated in recycling bins are not subsequently mixed up in collection trucks, Dr John Cortes, the Minister for the Environment, said recently, as he moved to dispel a “myth” that officials fear may be undermining efforts to promote greener lifestyles. There is a common view among many people that separating...

4th January 2023

So what’s it to be this time, smoking, power walking, losing weight, chocolates to become a no-no? Turns out for many, it’s all a complete joke: two or three weeks, or even less, into the effort and the New Year’s promise ends up in the bin. So next year perhaps? First thought that comes to...

4th January 2023

New Year Message By Dr Joseph Garcia, Deputy Chief Minister There can be no denying that Gibraltar, Europe and the world have faced a number of unprecedented challenges during 2022, and indeed for some years before that. These have delivered a devastating impact at a human and a wider economic and financial level. Yet we...

4th January 2023

A Pontifical Requiem Mass for the repose of the soul of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI will be held on Saturday at noon at the Cathedral of St Mary the Crowned, presided by Bishop Zammit and concelebrated with all the clergy.  The mass, which will be attended by the Governor, the Chief Minister and other dignitaries,...

4th January 2023

By Martina Bet, PA Political Staff The Prime Minister will set out his plan to ensure all pupils in England study some form of maths until aged 18 in his first speech of 2023. On Wednesday, Rishi Sunak will lay out his priorities and ambitions for the year ahead, which will include a new mission...

30th December 2022

Two Gibraltarians were granted awards by King Charles III in the first New Year Honours list since his accession to the throne following the death of Queen Elizabeth II in September. Rosemarie Suissa, the manager at the Primary Care Centre, was appointed to be an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire...

26th December 2022

By Tony Jones, PA Court Correspondent The King has used his first Christmas broadcast to sympathise with families struggling with the cost-of-living crisis and praise individuals, charities and faith groups supporting those in need. Charles spoke about the “great anxiety and hardship” experienced by many trying to “pay their bills and keep their families fed...

26th December 2022

This is the text of a Christmas message broadcast by the Governor on Christmas Day. Christmas is a time to be thankful. We are especially grateful at this time of year that we can be with our families and our friends, enjoying each other’s company. We can be also be thankful this Christmas that we...

23rd December 2022

Ukrainians in Gibraltar who fled war in their country will be remembering their families at home this Christmas and, alongside a hope for peace, have a simple message: “Don’t take anything for granted.” Sitting in Europa Point Cafe, Alina Maslakova and Natasha Victor shared their hope to speak to their families in Ukraine and said...

23rd December 2022

Every year, local charity GibSams organises a Christmas lunch for those who have no one with whom to spend the day. This year, over 50 people have already reserved their seats for lunch at the Thi Vietnamese restaurant, in an event organised by GibSams with meals sponsored by PlayTech. For the past few years, the...

23rd December 2022

A Christmas message from the Bishop of Gibraltar Carmel Zammit. Reflecting about the celebration of Christmas this year, in the circumstances we are living, reminded me of the famous verses, which open ‘A Tale of Two Cities’ by Charles Dickens. They express what we are experiencing in the last few years, the tension between the...

23rd December 2022

The pack of cards Lucia selects at the shop on John Mackintosh Square all have the same picture. A red breasted robin perched on a holly bush by a wooden fence. In the background, a rolling country field blanketed in snow. The white made all the more brilliant by iridescent glitter. The sparkling dots comes...

21st December 2022

Local movie director, producer and screenwriter Ian Serra has just wrapped his latest new feature length film called ‘60 Minutes’ ahead of his film The Mount 2 being released on Amazon Prime. The year 2022 has been a successful year for Mr Serra, fellow director, producer and screenwriter Isaac Barrao and producer Aidan Serra when...

21st December 2022

Chief Minister Fabian Picardo gave a strong hint on Tuesday that he will not call a general election until late in 2023, despite speculation he might go to the polls earlier in the year. The clue was dropped during an exchange on housing with GSD MP Damon Bossino, who had pressed Housing Minister Steven Linares...

21st December 2022

By Jane Kirby, David Hughes and Sam Blewett, PA The Health Secretary has urged the public to “use their common sense” as thousands of ambulance workers and paramedics go on strike in a bitter dispute over pay and conditions. Steve Barclay, who has said he will not move on the issue of pay, said the...

20th December 2022

Change your Energy, Change Your Life (CYE-CYL) and HelpMeLearnAfrica have announced a new initiative, ‘Travel with a purpose’, aimed at local 18 to 21-year-olds. Participants in the project will travel to Ghana for 18 days in the summer of 2023, and help build educational facilities in Ada and travel to nearby villages to explore the...

14th December 2022

The UK, Spain and Gibraltar publicly reaffirmed their commitment to achieving a treaty for the Rock’s future relations with the EU “as soon as possible”, in ministerial statements that also sharpened focus on the complex areas of disagreement that remain to be resolved. The message came in tandem press conferences in Madrid and Gibraltar, the...

14th December 2022

A woman who abandoned her former partner’s 10-week-old puppy after a breakup was jailed for seven weeks by the Magistrates Court on Wednesday. Leila El Yettefi, 26, pleaded guilty to one charge of abandoning the chocolate-coloured Labrador named Finn at Europa Point on a cold and stormy winter night last January. The puppy, which was...

14th December 2022

The Honorary Colonel of the Royal Gibraltar Regiment, Lt Col (Retd) Francis Brancato looks at the Gibraltarian soldiers who paid the ultimate price in service to their country. Continuing with the theme of remembrance…the call to arms against the dark forces of totalitarianism in 1939 was taken up by a new generation of Gibraltarians eager...

14th December 2022

“What does it mean to be Gibraltarian?” I was asked this question a few years back, during a project I was taking part in that chiefly addressed Gibraltar’s cultural identity. The truth is I’m no closer to a concrete answer now than I was then, but it certainly got me thinking. As young Llanis forging...

13th December 2022

Rachel Williams, a campaigner and survivor of domestic abuse, recently told her story to a room of 150 guests in Gibraltar. Ms Williams told her harrowing story of her abusive late husband and highlighted how signs began early in their relationship. Ms Williams’s story started when she met her late husband Darren when she was...

13th December 2022

By Luke O'Reilly, PA The UK is set for further snow and ice after the record for the coldest night of the year so far was broken for the second night in a row. The Met Office has extended a yellow warning for snow and ice covering northern Scotland and north east England until noon...

13th December 2022

Eroski supermarket celebrated its 10th anniversary on Monday with its owners donating a total of £10,000 to local charities, £1,000 for each year since they opened. Presenting the donations to some of the selected charities at Eroski on Winston Churchill Avenue was Danial Massias. “When we first opened, my father and other late Eroski director...

13th December 2022

A few years ago, I travelled to Los Angeles. The hotel I stayed in was in Downtown LA, far from Hollywood and Beverly Hills and anything you might recognise as being Los Angeles. Downtown LA, I had been told by many people, was actually pretty boring. Or rather, there was no Downtown LA to speak...

10th December 2022

There are several stories I have wanted to tell on these pages. Many of them related to local music, bands and singers. My interest in local music begins at home with my parents who followed the music scene and whose conversations were filled with names which over the years have become familiar to me and...

8th December 2022

REVIEW The idea for Queen’s ‘We will Rock you’ was first discussed by Robert de Niro and the band in 1996. De Niro’s daughter was a huge fan of the band and Brian May with Roger Taylor and comedy writer Ben Elton developed the musical in 2002. Since then over fifteen million people in seventeen...

6th December 2022

The Gibraltar Government has urged the GSD to make constructive proposals to any changes it wishes to see in draft legislation to set up an Anti-Corruption Authority, rather than adopt a “negative and unconstructive” stance. It was reacting after the GSD said the Bill published last week by the Government was “half-hearted and flawed” and...