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14th February 2022

by Jonathan Pizarro I thought it was in February, but that cloudless morning with a rare bright blue London sky was in June 2016. I remember watching the news the night before and not giving it much attention. We’d had a general election, then a mayoral one for London. This felt like just another thing....

14th February 2022

Today is a day for love all around the world. A day some people feel is too commercial. A day others feel is important to them, a day to show their love for their partner. But for one couple on the Rock, Louis and Kitty Pereira, it will be their 70th Valentine’s Day together. The...

13th February 2022

Youngsters interested in pursuing the arts, drama and music will gain a deeper understanding of their chosen field at the Youth Arts Jamboree, which launches this week. The Jamboree will see a series of workshops held by local industry professionals over the next month. For young aspiring creatives the Jamboree offers the opportunity to learn...

11th February 2022

Born at home in 1937 our guest this week is someone many of us would have known all our lives wearing a number of different hats. My first recollection of Anthony ‘Tony’ Loddo was as Professor Higgins in the mimed GBC television show My Fair Lady in the early seventies with the late Christine Dobinson...

10th February 2022

Residents of Gibraltar were warned on Thursday it was “of fundamental importance” that they prepare for the possibility that ongoing negotiations for a UK/EU treaty fail to reach a final agreement. The stark warning was set out in a 40-page booklet on planning for a so-called “non-negotiated outcome”. Until now, bridging measures implemented by Spain...

10th February 2022

By Patrick Daly and Meg Hill, PA Sir Keir Starmer has blamed Boris Johnson for the group of antivax protesters who accosted him, saying the Prime Minister knowingly pedalled “a conspiracy theory of violent fascists”. In an interview with The Times, Sir Keir said Mr Johnson had used a “deliberate slur without any basis in...

9th February 2022

The Minister for Culture, Dr John Cortes, officially opened Belinda Origo’s first art exhibition in front of family and friends on Wednesday evening at the Fine Arts Gallery in Casemates. “I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed painting them,” Ms Origo told those gathered, unable to state which one she liked best....

9th February 2022

The Gibraltar Youth Service’s exhibition ‘Growing Together’ was launched at the GEMA Gallery on Tuesday evening by the Minister for Youth, Steven Linares. The exhibition is in support of child and adolescent Mental Health week. Various members of the Youth Service spoke before Mr Linares declared the exhibition open. “As you are aware, this week...

8th February 2022

GibTalks is a TED-style conference of talks featuring Gibraltarian speakers reflecting on their experiences and ideas. Jackie Anderson reports on the afternoon session of this year’s conference. For most speakers, the after-lunch session is the toughest call. Despite all the preparation, rehearsals and testing the slideshow, how might they manage to keep an audience attentive...

8th February 2022

By Catherine Lough, PA Education Correspondent This was originally sent under embargo Nearly three in ten pupils are anxious about their future when it comes to their online safety, a new report from Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi has found. In Mr Zahawi’s State of the Nation report, published on Tuesday and released to mark Children’s...

7th February 2022

A Royal Gun Salute was fired by the Royal Gibraltar Regiment on Monday to mark the 70th Anniversary of the Accession to the Throne of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Members of the public gathered to watch the salute at Grand Battery House. The Inspecting Officer, Mayor Christian Santos, was hosted by the Regiment's Battalion...

6th February 2022

Gibraltar Cultural Services has announced the programme of events for the 2022 Youth Arts Jamboree. Activities, as part of this year’s YAJ, will mainly run from February 14 to March 12 and collaborators have designed tailor made workshops and tutorials covering different aspects of the arts. GCS said it is sure will be as much...

4th February 2022

A 31-year old man who was convicted of conspiracy to rob a tobacco warehouse of €1.5million was on Friday sentenced to four years in prison by the Supreme Court. Hamza Mesmoudi, of Johnstone’s Passage, was found guilty of robbery and conspiracy to rob after a two-week trial held last April. The court heard there were...

4th February 2022

Priscilla Sacramento was head of St Martin’s Special School for many years – it is probably what she is best known for, that is aside from her hat and dress making and designs which have often been seen on the Miss Gibraltar pageant catwalks. It was after her retirement as a headteacher and education adviser...

3rd February 2022

Gibraltar-based online betting operator, Lottoland, has donated £10,000 to help support individuals and families in poverty through the EV Foundation. The EV Foundation, which has been running since 2013 and became a registered charity in 2021, is based in Gibraltar and has a mission of assisting local families whose household income is insufficient to afford...

2nd February 2022

GibTalks is back this year after a break, with the line-up ready to provide a day-long of learning, hearing experiences and a look into people’s lives. GibTalks will see discussions on the complex nature of the Governor’s role in light of Brexit and ongoing negotiations to Gibraltar in the eyes of a Filipino worker, and...

2nd February 2022

In planning for the possibility that talks on a UK-EU treaty for the Rock could fail, the Gibraltar Government, in close partnership with the UK, is leaving nothing to chance. For months now, ministers and government officials have been assessing in minute detail all the ramifications of Gibraltar leaving the EU without a bespoke deal...

31st January 2022

By Alan Jones, PA Industrial Correspondent This was originally sent under embargo Airline easyJet is launching a drive to recruit 1,000 pilots over the next five years, with a focus on attracting more women. The company, which has predicted a strong summer of bookings as the UK emerges from the virus crisis, said it wants...

30th January 2022

In recent years January has become the month where people try a change to their diets and lifestyle, opting for a vegan approach in what is known as ‘Veganuary’. In this series the Chronicle looks at local families, individuals and colleagues who have taken up the challenge. This is the third and final part in...

26th January 2022

Christine Dobinson was larger than life. Always smiling, always happy and always spreading the love. You knew when Christine was in the room, she was impossible to miss. A powerhouse of local broadcasting she achieved what many broadcasters spend a lifetime striving for – the admiration and love of listeners and viewers. She embodied the...

24th January 2022

Six months after Gibraltar changed its law on abortion, GHA data sheds light on how women are accessing its service, in many cases going through with terminations, in others opting to proceed with the pregnancy. Overall, some 15 women have accessed abortion services since the June vote. Of those, 11 women have gone through with...

21st January 2022

A team of five athletes will undertake the ‘Everest Challenge’ next Saturday, making their way up the Rock 25 times collectively while pulling a tyre behind them, all in aid of Cancer Relief Gibraltar. By the end they will have reached a cumulative elevation of around 9,000m, surpassing that of Mount Everest which stands at...

21st January 2022

Giles Ramirez, a singer with a distinctive sound. A privileged voice that can send shivers down your spine every time he reaches those top notes. I always knew he could sing but I guess I did not fully take notice until one night in St Michael’s Cave where he not only brought the house down...

20th January 2022

The GHA Director General, Dr Patrick Geoghegan, has warned there will be a zero tolerance on abusive behaviour towards GHA staff carrying out their duties. Dr Geoghegan said he was saddened and disappointed by recent acts of aggression, and highlighted incidents at the Mid Town Covid-19 testing facility, Elderly Residential Services and Accident and Emergency,...

20th January 2022

By Catherine Lough, PA Universities and colleges offering “poor quality” courses are set to face tough regulation and fines under new proposals from the Office for Students (OfS). In a consultation published on Thursday, the regulator said it will set thresholds for the number of students who drop out of courses, while ratings of university...

20th January 2022

By Sam Blewett and David Hughes, PA Political Staff Boris Johnson was battling on after a senior Tory demanded “in the name of God, go” and a Conservative MP defected to Labour over allegations of rule-breaking parties in Downing Street. Former Brexit secretary David Davis called for the Prime Minister’s resignation in a Commons intervention...

19th January 2022

Is it time to get the party started? Not quite yet but with hopes that the Covid pandemic is moving to an endemic stage - basically that we need to learn to live with it and hopefully manage it keeping hospital admissions low - wouldn't the Queen's Platinum Jubilee be a good way to have...

19th January 2022

One glorious Saturday morning recently on a quiet abandoned military track in the foothills behind Getares, I came off my new bike. I’d ridden up to see ‘las pantallas’, large artificial screens built in the 1940s to look like cliffs and shield the track from prying British eyes as war swept across Europe and the...

18th January 2022

The UK-Gibraltar Board that supervises preparations for a “no negotiated outcome” [NNO] for Gibraltar’s post-Brexit relations with the EU met on Monday in a virtual meeting to the treaty negotiations with the European Union, met again this afternoon chaired jointly by the Deputy Chief Minister Dr Joseph Garcia and the new UK Minister for Europe,...

18th January 2022

By Keith Azopardi, the Leader of the Opposition On behalf of my colleagues and myself I wanted to wish you and your families a happy, healthy and peaceful 2022. This will be a year of some major challenges – whether we can finally secure a safe and beneficial agreement with the EU on a new...