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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...

10th June 2023

The name Joe Carseni will forever be linked to the Gibraltar Song Festival. Those of a certain age and generation, when they hear his name will more than likely burst into song and sing a few lines of the 1968 winner ‘Hoy Como Ayer… al igual que manana’. You could say he left his lungs...

7th June 2023

Last week the Gibraltar Amateur Athletics Association celebrated World Athletics’ ‘Kids Athletics Day’ with some success, attracting runners from across the Campo area. Joining young runners from Gibraltar, the GAAA welcomes a contingency from Algeciras and La Linea adding to the competitive nature of what was a day celebrating athletics. World Athletics dedicated the 7...

5th June 2023

Nearly £60,000 and counting was raised for Cancer Research UK by the Relay For Life Gibraltar, a 24-hour event held last weekend at Lathbury Stadium. Hundreds of people covered thousands of kilometres as they walked a seemingly endless loop of 400m around a track, raising both awareness and money in the process. The relay started...

31st May 2023

After months of project participation, members of the Mingle and Youth Café who attend the Youth Centre enjoyed a day trip to the town of Ronda. “This group have been working on their life skills, teamwork and independence since the start of the year and the outing was a taster of a more extensive trip...

23rd May 2023

The Cancer Relief Centre hold thousands of consultations annually, aiding patients across Gibraltar with counselling, clinics and end of life care. The team at Cancer Relief are compassionate to their patients and are present in some of the brightest and darkest moments of their lives. The team of around 20 staff see between 500 to...

22nd May 2023

The annual Relay for Life in aid of Cancer Research has returned after a three year break due to the Covid-19 pandemic, which has drastically cut their fundraising efforts. Chairwoman of the Cancer Research UK (Gibraltar branch), Giovanella Vinales, said the charity was over the moon to bring back the event after a three-year break....

22nd May 2023

Francesca Makey was diagnosed with cancer at age 17, and this year she will join the Relay for Life in a celebration of survivors. After a three-year break due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Ms Makey is looking forward to raising funds and celebrating life, in the emotive event. “Relay for Life would not be what...

20th May 2023

Football is our national sport. I hope we can all agree on that. And even if you don’t follow the beautiful game there is still that element of pride and achievement when the Gibraltar National Team is out there displaying their skills in an international friendly or competitive match. Does it matter? Not really because...

12th May 2023

Two Royal Gibraltar Police officers were involved in one of the UK’s biggest policing operations during the coronation of King Charles III last Saturday. Thousands of people arrived in London for the big event and the RGP officers were part of a record deployment of more than 29,000 police officers from across the UK, the...

15th April 2023

We do dance in a big way on the Rock. We have more than a handful of dance schools and hundreds of dancers with many of our young dancers finding success away from our shores. For our size of population our success is quite remarkable. My guest on Alice’s Table this week always believed Gibraltar...

30th March 2023

Emergency services carried out a live exercise on Wednesday to test their response to an accident in the airport tunnel, which is due to open on Friday. Firefighters, police, ambulance crews and tunnel operators trialled an emergency plan that has been in development “for a number of years”, No.6 Convent Place said. “Today’s LIVEX followed...

22nd March 2023

Today is World Water Day and this year the focus is on Accelerating Change in a bid to solve the global water and sanitation crisis. “And because water affects us all, we need everyone to take action,” said the UN. “That means you. You and your family, school and community can make a difference by...

14th March 2023

By Tony Jones, PA Court Correspondent The King has issued a rallying call to the family of nations urging them to “strive together” to achieve a “global common good” in his first Commonwealth Day address. Charles highlighted the institution’s “indispensable role in the most pressing issues of our time” in his speech delivered during the...