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19th November 2021

This is a very early edition of Kane and Abel, Lord Jeffrey Archer said to me last Saturday at the John Mackintosh Hall as I handed him my old copy of the book. Having already given his talk and having signed an umpteen number of books by then, I imagined he may have been tired....

19th November 2021

November marks diabetes awareness month and to raise awareness local charity Diabetes Gibraltar has written articles highlighting the symptoms, treatment and stories of those living with diabetes. The articles will run weekly on Fridays throughout the month of November. If you have diabetes – regardless of what type you have – you are no more...

18th November 2021

The Justice for Carolina action group on Thursday submitted an online petition with over 5,000 signatures to the Chief Minister, Fabian Picardo, at No.6 Convent Place. This was also submitted to the Attorney General, Judicial Services Commission and to the Governor of Gibraltar, Vice Admiral Sir David Steel. Attached with the petition was a cover...

18th November 2021

After reaching quarter final stage, Gibraltarian chef Nico Fitzgerald left the BBC One TV show MasterChef: The Professionals. Mr Fitzgerald was selected for the show from thousands of professional chefs, but on Friday his MasterChef journey came to an end after the judges did not select him to continue on. “Leaving the competition at the...

17th November 2021

A charity walk raising almost £2,000 was held last Sunday, November 14, on World Diabetes Day. November is Diabetes Awareness Month with World Diabetes Day marked every year on November 14, the birthday of Sir Frederick Banting, who co-discovered insulin along with Charles Best in 1922. In Gibraltar, there are currently 278 individuals living with...

16th November 2021

A Royal Gibraltar Police patrol boat was operating “well outside” British Gibraltar territorial waters in breach of force instructions when it was involved in a fatal collision with a suspicious rigid-hulled inflatable boat in Spanish waters, an inquest heard on Tuesday. Officers on the RGP vessel Sir John Chapple had switched off navigation aids that...

16th November 2021

The question of the existence of Gibraltarian literature was raised at Literature Week during Thursday’s discussion between by Dr Jennifer Ballantine Perera and Trino Cruz. The topic was raised during the 1950s by academic JD Stewart and Dr Ballantine Perera challenged this idea. By World War Two, there were already three pieces of Gibraltarian literature...

16th November 2021

Adult category Runner up The Age of Invisible Monsters by James McNally That the Earth is getting warmer, tawnier, arid and acrid; that icecaps and asphalt melt, seas surge, and skies become stormier, does not preclude those pleasant days felt in more temperate times and climes. Still, we amble over bramble-buried warning signs. The tree-topped...

15th November 2021

Diabetes will continue to rise in Gibraltar unless attitudes change, local charity Diabetes Gibraltar has warned during its awareness month, pointing to growing waistlines and apathy at fault. Diabetes is prevalent locally, with more than 10% of Gibraltar's adult population having Type 2 diabetes, and if uncontrolled the disease can strike a decade off someone's...

14th November 2021

When Gibraltar’s icons and legends of football speak, people tend to stop and listen. Gibraltar’s modern football has few who meet this description and among those few, who even today at forty years of age, has little signs of leaving the field of play, is one player whose goals have ensured the international media stopped...

14th November 2021

The Gibraltar Volleyball Association paid a special tribute to both Sergio Martinez and Anthony Avellano on Friday with a memorial match at the Tercentenary Sports Hall. The match saw some 70 individuals gather, from past and present members of the GVA joining family and friends. Commenting after the match GVA official spokesperson said, “Yesterday was...

12th November 2021

I can only describe my guest this week, and perhaps if you have been a patient of his, you will understand when I say, he is a ‘classic gentleman doctor’. He inspires the utmost respect. He is disciplined and serious, and yet approachable, and in my case, I always felt in safe hands. Before I...

12th November 2021

November marks diabetes awareness month and to raise awareness local charity Diabetes Gibraltar has written articles highlighting the symptoms, treatment and stories of those living with diabetes. The articles will run weekly on Fridays throughout the month of November. Diabetes can be an exhausting condition. The demands of keeping your blood sugar under control can...

11th November 2021

A covenant that pledges the Royal Gibraltar Police to treat service personnel and their families in Gibraltar with fairness and respect was signed on Thursday. This was signed by Commissioner of the Royal Gibraltar Police, Richard Ullger, and Commander British Forces, Commodore Steve Dainton, in the presence of the Governor of Gibraltar, Vice Admiral Sir...

11th November 2021

A third book in the Alice's Table series by Alice Mascarenhas, former deputy editor of the Gibraltar Chronicle, has been launched this week as part of Literature Week at the John Mackintosh Hall. The book, a collection of the last year of her Saturday columns published weekly in the newspaper, was launched yesterday in the...

11th November 2021

A new book launched this week by Humbert Hernandez has been described by its author as “a slice of our cultural history”. The book ‘A Time Remembered’ is a biography of amateur theatre director Cecil Gomez and his drama group. It chronicles the work of the many Gibraltarians involved in theatre, recitals, television and radio...

11th November 2021

An audience with Rosanna Morales and Justin Bautista hosted by Sophie Clifton Tucker formed part of Tuesday morning’s Gibraltar Literature week currently being held at the John Mackintosh Hall. The two authors talked about veganism. Ms Morales has published a book called ‘Aging in the garden of vegan’ on being vegan and embracing compassionate living...

11th November 2021

The Deputy Chief Minister, Dr Joseph Garcia, officially opened an exhibition on the ‘Centenary of the City Council’ which has been organised by the Gibraltar National Archives at City Hall. The exhibition commemorates100 years since the creation of the City Council in 1921. “The road to self-government was never a smooth one for Gibraltar,” said...

11th November 2021

Diabetes Gibraltar is encouraging the public to wear blue tomorrow, Friday 12, to raise awareness. Diabetes Gibraltar said it wants to help prevent the next generation of potential Type 2 Diabetes sufferers by raising awareness of this huge local problem, educating and supporting any initiative which might lead to a healthier future. “Type 2 Diabetes...

11th November 2021

As Gibraltar prepared for its next two European qualifier matches against Turkey and Latvia the Gibraltar Chronicle was given an opportunity to put some questions to Gibraltar Captain Roy Chipolina. In his late thirties, Roy Chipolina has become one of Gibraltar’s iconic figures in Gibraltar football. He has lived through the transition period between amateur...

10th November 2021

Hundreds of people marched down Main Street on Wednesday evening in a powerful protest four years after the death of Carolina Lishman, calling for an independent inquiry into the handling of the controversial case. Carolina was stabbed 12 times by her husband Real Lishman in their family home in November 2017 in front of their...

10th November 2021

By Ana Sharma Dr Sam Benady discussed his writing career and historical research spanning decades at Gibraltar Literature Week on Monday evening. Dr Benady was interviewed by former Chronicle Deputy Editor and broadcaster Alice Mascarenhas. Dr Benady, the recent recipient of the Cultural Services’ Lifetime Achievement Award, is ‘one of the first people to write...

10th November 2021

Mark Montovio won the overall prize of the annual Poetry Competition with a Spanish language poem inspired by the tragic circumstances migrants face when crossing into Europe by sea. The annual Poetry Competition, organised by Gibraltar Cultural Services and sponsored by the Gibraltar Chronicle, attracted a total of 184 entries this year. Mr Montovio scooped...

10th November 2021

By Laura Elston, PA Court Reporter The Prince of Wales has suggested avenues of hedgerows and trees could be planted across the country to commemorate those who lost their lives in the Covid-19 pandemic. Heir to throne Charles has written for Country Life magazine to mark his 73rd birthday on Sunday, and highlighted the environmental...

9th November 2021

Ask today’s youngsters what a Scalextric is and chances are they’ll stare blankly back at you. In the age of online gaming and video game consoles they’ve probably never heard of, still less might they own, one of those slot car racing games that were so coveted by their 1960s counterparts. But for Gibraltarians of...

9th November 2021

As part of Gibraltar Literature Week, the Chronicle is publishing book reviews daily. The event organised by Gibraltar Cultural Services includes discussions with local authors live streamed on their Facebook page and talks in schools. Today Anthony Pitaluga, Archivist and Head of The Gibraltar National Archives, shares his book recommendation. A book primarily about analysing...

8th November 2021

A new book by Paco Oliva ‘Carta de Amor de un Gibraltareno a La Linea de la Concepcion‘ has been published by the Diputacion Provincial de Cadiz through its Servicio de Publicaciones. It is the first volume of a trilogy of autobiographical memoirs of the closed frontier years 1969-1982, which looks at the experiences of...

8th November 2021

The Gibraltar Financial Services Commission is raising awareness of cyber frauds and scams this week as part of the International Organisation of Securities Commissions’ (IOSCO) World Investor Week 2021 campaign which starts today. This year the IOSCO has chosen to focus its campaign on scams, in part due to the Covid-19 pandemic and the upsurge...

8th November 2021

Filming for the latest Ian Serra movie, ‘The Mount 2’, is currently taking place in the derelict historic premises that was once home to the senior officer of the Royal Navy stationed in Gibraltar. The director, who is also one of the writers of the screenplay, has taken a largely local cast and filmed the...

5th November 2021

The person I write about today, and joins us at the table, is well known to me. He is well known to you as well having been one of the champions and main contributors to local culture, and in particular theatre, for more than six decades. From a young age I already knew he deserved...