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14th March 2022

In my hand is a supercomputer. Cutting edge technology that can connect me to anyone, anywhere. I’m lost without it now, but when I look back a phone had a very different meaning to me. I hardly used one, just to call and text, until I got my iPhone 5 aged 20. Now it’s essential...

14th March 2022

The GHA on Monday congratulated District Nurses Anne Marie Hemmi and Dominic Roman on their recent retirements, praising their professionalism throughout decades of service to this community. The nurses dedicated 36 and 43 years respectively in service of nursing in Gibraltar. Clinical Nurse Manager Suzanne Romero said: “The District Nurse team is continuously at the...

14th March 2022

By Tony Jones, PA Court Correspondent The Queen has said she hopes the people of the Commonwealth “can draw strength and inspiration from what we share” during these “testing times”. The head of state’s comments were made in her annual message to the “family of nations” released on Commonwealth Day, as many countries continued to...

11th March 2022

Table tennis, now settling into their new facilities at the MUGA at Bayside Sports Complex, saw three of its young prospects take the Basewell Third Division Singles League top spots. This was the first of a series of tournaments played out this week which also saw the Division 2 play-offs played out on Wednesday evening....

10th March 2022

The echo from baggage wheels being shuffled around fill airport terminal buildings again. Staff at departures coffee shops, which were shut during the pandemic, frantically try to serve growing queues of customers. The noise is back. The rush is too. Passengers speed through the terminal in a hurry to get to their gates. Most people...

9th March 2022

Inna Khyzhniak had never really heard of Gibraltar before fleeing Ukraine alone, and only learnt about the Rock after her husband pushed her to leave. Outside St Michael’s Cave yesterday, Inna, aged 28, was joined by six other women and children displaced by Russia’s war on Ukraine. The women and children smiled, a moment of...

7th March 2022

In Latinos bistro overlooking the Cathedral in Main Street, sits Lilia Kaspranova, who just days prior had fled war-torn Ukraine. “It’s a miracle,” her sister Nataliia, who lives in Gibraltar, said. Lilia, aged 25, made the journey alone from Kyiv to Gibraltar as war broke out in Ukraine, a day after the Russian invasion. She...

7th March 2022

The GHA is calling on members of the public to register their interest to donate blood, as part of its Brexit contingency planning to increase blood stock levels locally. The GHA’s blood department is also currently contacting all existing blood donors to begin with apheresis. This is a process where the blood is passed through...

6th March 2022

Royal Gibraltar Police officers have been on an intensive Public Order refresher course at the Buffadero Training Camp. During the training, dozens of officers donned full protective gear for scenarios that simulated real life violent public disorder. The officers were then pelted with missiles and attacked by other officers who were involved in the training....

5th March 2022

Gibraltar ambulances will only be able to transfer routine patients for treatment to Spanish hospitals if they are staffed by GHA employees who live in Spain or by EU nationals, the Government confirmed on Friday, adding it was ‘extremely concerned’ over this new Brexit development. The statement follows questions from the GSD that Gibraltar ambulances...

4th March 2022

Gibraltar will be stepping down from its current Covid-19 posture as Chief Minister Fabian Picardo and the Director of Public Health, Dr Helen Carter, announced the phased easing of restrictions on Friday afternoon. Mr Picardo described this as “a population taking more personal responsibility and much less imposition by Government”. Speaking from No.6 Convent Place...

4th March 2022

There are moments, people and places which stay with you a lifetime. Some lay dormant, forgotten in your memory but when triggered can present you with a myriad of images and memories that take you back to those moments, people and places in an instant. There are your personal memories but there are also your...

4th March 2022

Special Olympics International has taken the decision to cancel the Special Olympics Winter Games scheduled to take place in 2023 in Russia. “ With sadness, disappointment, and deep frustration, Special Olympics International announces today that we will not be holding the World Winter Games in Kazan, Russia, which had been scheduled to begin on 21...

3rd March 2022

Hundreds of people walked in the pouring rain on Thursday evening in solidarity with Ukraine, following the Russian invasion. From the Piazza to Casemates, Ukrainians in Gibraltar, friends and supporters called for peace. The ‘Stroll for Peace’ saw people wave the Ukrainian flag and amid the flags of blue and yellow was a Belarus republic...

28th February 2022

In Gibraltar, Ukrainians and their friends have come together in support of their country, but behind the flags across Casemates Square, are people worried for their loved ones. Nadiya Miller is concerned for her brother, he’s not made it out of the city of Kyiv. Ms Miller has lived in Gibraltar five years, previously living...

28th February 2022

Some 22 inspiring women have shared their stories and lessons to success in a new book which is set to be launched tomorrow. For Gibrael Chairwomen Ayelet Mamo Shay, the book ‘The Ladies that Rock the Rock’ is borne of her want to empower women, counter chauvinism she has dealt with personally, and uphold positive...

26th February 2022

Poland who are scheduled to play against Russia in the World Cup qualifier Play-off have stated that they refuse to play against Russia. “No more words, time to act! Due to the escalation of the aggression of the Russian Federation towards Ukraine the Polish national team does not intend to play the play-off match against...

25th February 2022

There was a time when live music poured out of all entertainment venues on the Rock. You literally went where the music would take you to listen to your favourite musicians. We are on a sixties and seventies musical trip down memory lane and with us is someone who over many years played with the...

25th February 2022

With both Ukraine and Russia due to participate next month in the qualifier play-offs for the Qatar World Cup FIFA has as yet to make a final decision stating that it is monitoring the situation in Ukraine and will communicate its decision “in due course.” FIFA has during the past 24 hours not held back...

25th February 2022

The human toll of the horrific events unfolding in Ukraine was being felt in Gibraltar yesterday. As we report today, people in Gibraltar with connections to Ukraine awoke in the early hours to news that their worst fears had become reality. One Ukrainian woman described how her octogenarian mother was preparing to shelter in a...

24th February 2022

By Gabriella Peralta and Eyleen Gomez At 5am on Thursday, Larisa Meleshenko’s phone rang in Gibraltar. It was her 80-year-old mother in Ukraine calling to tell her Russia had invaded. Mrs Meleshenko told her mother not to panic, but from Gibraltar she fears for her family and friends. Her mother lives in Irshansk, a small...

23rd February 2022

A full house at the John Mackintosh Hall theatre last Saturday saw the 17th edition of the GibFYM prize giving gala in the presence of the Governor Sir David Steel and the Minister of Culture John Cortez. Head of GAMPA and Mayor Christian Santos presented the show. Adjudicating on this occasion, on his second visit...

22nd February 2022

Over 80 people took part in the Nautilus Project’s Great Gibraltar Beach Clean marathon, which yielded 685kg of rubbish last Friday to mark the five-year anniversary of the first clean up. “In terms of engagement it has been a real success,” said Lewis Stagnetto a marine biologist with the Nautilus Project. “But, it has been...

21st February 2022

I have been watching the migration of birds at Gibraltar since my childhood. It is, in fact, the phenomenon that gripped me and shaped the rest of my life. How can you live in Gibraltar and not be in awe of the spectacle that unfolds over our heads each spring and autumn when thousands of...

21st February 2022

Growing up, fostering was never something my husband or I had considered. How can you raise children who are “not yours”? How can you face all the challenges of parenting, knowing that you may have to say goodbye one day? We came to our decision nearly 3 years ago, after discussing how we wanted to...

21st February 2022

By Patrick Daly, PA Political Correspondent The Prime Minister has said his “living with Covid” plan will bring the country “towards a return to normality” as he intends to scrap the requirement to self-isolate in England. Boris Johnson will meet with his Cabinet on Monday morning before updating MPs in the afternoon on his blueprint...

18th February 2022

Throughout the ages Gibraltar’s make up has been that of a diverse community. Those that were born here, those who arrived and stayed, and those who have come through fleetingly. We have been a people always on the move, and many in our community today are what I have often referred to on these pages...

17th February 2022

The Development and Planning Commission on Thursday approved a series of projects that will set in motion major changes at key sites including the Northern Defences, The Mount, the John Mackintosh Hall and the Caleta Hotel. The DPC approved two masterplans for The Mount and the Northern Defences, and cleared too the demolition of the...

17th February 2022

Tomorrow marks five years since the Nautilus Project conducted its first beach clean-up and to mark the occasion, the marine conservation group is holding the Great Gibraltar Beach Clean marathon. The Nautilus team will be joined by different groups to clean the whole of the Rock’s coastline in short 30-minute stints, starting at Rosia Bay...

15th February 2022

A no-deal Brexit would be damaging for cross-border workers and businesses in the Campo and could prompt demonstrations at the border like “never seen before”. That was the stark message from the cross-border workers’ association ASCTEG yesterday, as it underscored the deep unease felt in the Campo at the prospect of a non-negotiated outcome to...