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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...

17th January 2022

by Jonathan Pizarro My eight-year-old niece is obsessed with Disney’s new film, Encanto. No shock there, I’m sure. We’ve been through them all, from ‘Let It Go’ playing a million times on repeat to the Moana themed birthday party. But there’s something about some of Disney’s films in the last decade that linger that much...

15th January 2022

On Thursday, the alliance of the companies WISeKey and Fossa Systems took its initial steps into space with the launch of the first of a planned 80-strong constellation of small satellites that will communicate with an antenna installed on the roof of La Línea City Hall. The launch is being seen as the foundation stone...

14th January 2022

My guest this week is someone I have known all my life – his surname was often mentioned at home when I was growing up – and I say surname because his name was not the only one. There were three other brothers and when football was on the table the Ramirez brothers seemed to...

13th January 2022

Bruno Magpies, who will be battle for a place in the top six this weekend, with a crucial encounter against top six hopefuls Manchester 62 have announced a change in management with Nathan Rooney coming in as Head Coach. In a press statement issued this Thursday announcing the appointment Brunos Magpies officials stated, “Nathan is...

12th January 2022

In a New Year message which felt more like an extended version of a Party Political Broadcast the Chief Minister warned us to “buckle up”. Again. Just in case. Speaking on Monday Fabian Picardo urged for “unity” because we “must stick together through adversity.” It was a message that assured us Gibraltar will remain “British,...

10th January 2022

Gibraltar’s first independent Special Educational Needs (SEN) support facility hopes to open later this year at the old St Martin’s School building, new charity ‘PossAbilities’ has announced. PossAbilities Director Nicole Stewart told the Chronicle her team have worked for months with the Gibraltar Government and aim for the facility to open its doors as early...

10th January 2022

This is the text of a New Year message broadcast on GBC. By Chief Minister Fabian Picardo As we all start the first full week of work after Christmas and New Year, I want to wish everyone in Gibraltar a healthy and happy 2022. The start of a New Year is always a time of...

10th January 2022

The Mayor of Gibraltar, Christian Santos, is inviting nominations from members of the public for the next Mayor’s Awards which will be held at the end of March. “The Mayor’s Awards have become a permanent fixture in Gibraltar’s annual civic calendar and serve to highlight the extraordinary achievements of members of our community,” the Mayor’s...

10th January 2022

EY recently announced a global commitment to becoming carbon negative by the end of 2021 and to mark this, a photographic competition was held in Gibraltar. This was the next stage following the global organisation’s success in achieving carbon neutrality in December 2020, an ambition and commitment to the environment, to driving growth that is...

7th January 2022

Many of the people we invite at our table get added to the long list on a regular basis. I often update and even reschedule when necessary, especially in the New Year. There are those that have been there from the start as I have said in the past. Today our guest is another singer/artist...

7th January 2022

Nine Clubhouse Gibraltar members have returned to the world of employment after being placed in local businesses through the charity’s Transitional Employment Placement programme. The charity is calling for more businesses to follow in the footsteps of Gamesys, Playtech, Hambros SG, Deloitte, Imperial News Agency, Alameda Botanic Gardens, Marks and Spencer, Alwani Charity Shop, Saccone...

5th January 2022

By Gavin Cordon, PA Whitehall Editor Pre-departure Covid tests for travellers arriving in England are to be scrapped, Boris Johnson has announced, in a major boost for the beleaguered travel industry. In a Commons statement, the Prime Minister said the Omicron variant is now so prevalent in the country that the measure is having limited...

5th January 2022

Author Joan Fallon has published another book, described as dark, thought provoking, yet light hearted in places, ‘Sophie is Still Missing’ is an intricate mystery which delves into the shadowy world of the Costa del Sol, people trafficking and modern slavery. Ms Fallon is known locally for having previously written about Gibraltar’s role in the...

5th January 2022

Those are the words of Police Sergeant Tanya McLeod who has successfully completed the College of Policing’s ‘Crisis and Hostage Negotiators National Course’. It was run by Greater Manchester Police and attended by officers from all over England and Wales. Week One of the course focused on Crisis Negotiation, where the scenarios were mainly based...

5th January 2022

Start the year as you mean to go on. That’s what they say. So I have a proposal for you. How about we all become more positive in 2022? I’m not necessarily referring to the ‘new year, new me’ concept and as we reflect on the year that has gone by it’s important to note...

5th January 2022

By Dr Joseph Garcia, Deputy Chief Minister The traditional Christmas and New Year celebrations will have been very different for most of us this time round. Many will have exercised greater caution, gathered in reduced numbers, shielded the elderly and the vulnerable and prayed that next time round we will be free of Covid-19. The...

4th January 2022

By Jane Kirby, PA Health Editor Covid cases should start to drop across the UK in the next one to three weeks, a member of the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage) has suggested. Professor Neil Ferguson, from Imperial College London, whose data was instrumental to the UK going into lockdown in March 2020, said...

4th January 2022

by Jonathan Pizarro The last time I made a New Year’s resolution was in 2012. I was about to move to London from Cardiff, so my life had that pausal quality that comes just before you start packing boxes. I was working in retail at the time. Fourteen-hour shifts. Six days a week. Chest infection....

31st December 2021

As we approached the end of a year dominated by Brexit and Covid-19, a box of chocolates made me think of two deeper underlying challenges facing this community as we head into 2022. It wasn’t an ordinary box of chocolates. An attractive and intriguing wooden package printed with an image of Gibraltar, the gift came...

30th December 2021

The Gibraltar Cricket Board have announced the return of its domestic league as from Spring 2022. The announcement made this Wednesday via its social media pages invited teams to register for the 2022 Gibraltar Premier League. The season is planned to commence in March, where “a draft will take place during a special event at...

28th December 2021

By Patrick Daly, PA Political Correspondent New Year’s Eve parties have been given the green light in England as ministers announced there will be no new coronavirus restrictions imposed before the end of 2021. In a move welcomed by hospitality bosses, Health Secretary Sajid Javid announced there will be no curbs on social mixing beyond...

24th December 2021

For staff at the Gibraltar Health Authority, a safe Christmas following Covid guidelines will be the best gift they could receive. GHA Accident and Emergency Charge Nurse Elaine Ferro and Matron Romina Moreno will work throughout the festive period, and they told Chronicle a safe and sensible Christmas is all they want. Both worked through...

24th December 2021

For the mental health team at Ocean Views, patients presenting with low mood and anxiety increase during the festive break. Ocean Views Charge Nurse Niall Wright finds that although the number of patients he sees stays relatively stable in Christmas, the pressure to socialise over Christmas can see more patients suffer from low mood and...

24th December 2021

A Christmas story by Carmen Anderson “She is the love of my life,” Colin tells his bathroom mirror as he shaves ready for work. It’s dark outside, the wind howling through the empty streets. The problem, he muses, is that he has only had a few brief conversations with Colette. He remembers every word, the...

24th December 2021

A Christmas message from the Bishop of Gibraltar Carmel Zammit. What a gift it is to celebrate this beautiful feast, the feast of Christmas.! Christmas brings us the gift of love, the gift of joy, the gift of peace, and the gift of faith, all incarnate in one person, that of Jesus Christ. In other...

23rd December 2021

There were no further covid-19 restrictions announced on Thursday by the Gibraltar Government, which nonetheless warned the highly contagious Omicron variant was now “very likely” the dominant strain on the Rock and cases would rise. The decision is underpinned by scientific data that shows that while the variant is 70% more transmissible than the Delta...