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22nd October 2021

George Duboulay, Radio Gibraltar presenter, has been around forever. Many generations of Gibraltarians, including mine, have grown up listening to him. Who can forget his ‘George’s Collection’, a programme which aired every Friday evening in the late 1970s, early 1980s. How every Friday, formed part of our school activity (at the Girl’s Comprehensive school) as...

22nd October 2021

By Eleanor Busby, PA Education Correspondent More disadvantaged pupils and children who have arrived from Afghanistan will receive laptops and tablets as part of a £126 million funding package. An additional half a million devices will be provided to schools, colleges and councils in England over the coming months to help young people, who are...

22nd October 2021

Book review by Humbert Hernandez - ‘A hard-hitting new Gibraltarian novel exploring the legacies and contradictions of colonialism.’ From the moment I opened The Fetishist, the latest novel by M. G. Sanchez, and read the first page, I knew I was on to a winner. Described by two-time Booker prize judge Alastair Niven as “one...

20th October 2021

Claims that the Director of Public Prosecutions mishandled the Lishman case are “unfounded”, the Attorney General, Michael Llamas, QC, said on Tuesday. In a rare public statement, Mr Llamas said the DPP had “acted entirely properly” in the case. The statement comes amid public shock and anger at news that Real Lishman, who killed his...

19th October 2021

The chair exercise classes run by PAAMOA are giving participants a new lease of life, giving them more mobility than they previously had. Laura Caulfield, is in her early 80s, has been going to the class for 10 years. “I can do things I could not do before, like sitting down and bending over and...

18th October 2021

By Sam Blewett, Sam Russell and David Hughes, PA Southend will be granted city status as a tribute to Sir David Amess, the Tory MP who led a decades-long campaign for the move for the seaside town until his murder. Boris Johnson announced the move on Monday as he led passionate cross-party tributes in the...

18th October 2021

A Syrian man who attempted to board a flight to the United Kingdom from Gibraltar with a forged Polish passport was yesterday sentenced to four weeks in prison by the Magistrates’ Court. The court heard Mohammad Nour Jawish, 34, had left Turkey a month ago and had made his way across Europe before the final...

18th October 2021

A petition calling an investigation into the Director of Public Prosecutions’ handling of the Real Lishman case has received over 3,000 signatures since it was launched on Saturday. Carolina Lishman was killed by her estranged husband in their former family home in Gib V when she was stabbed 12 times in front of their daughter....

18th October 2021

Ladies laughed and exercised in a fun filled Aqua Zumba class organised by PAAMOA at GASA swimming pool. The Chronicle joined the group for a 45 minute session that was both challenging and invigorating, but most of all a lot of fun. Leading the class was Natalia Adnette, who has been instructing Aqua Zumba for...

18th October 2021

Three Gibraltarians were recognised for their many years of service to Gibraltar’s charities last week as they received the Governor’s Award for Merit from the Governor of Gibraltar, Vice Admiral Sir David Steel. Martin Lennane, Charles Marfe and Jackie Ramagge received an inscribed glass medallion and a certificate in a small ceremony held at the...

18th October 2021

The interview series ‘An Audience With...’ showcasing an array of local authors and writers will return this year as a focal part of Gibraltar Literature Week 2021. This is one of the main events that will feature with talks running from November 8 to 12. Details outlining contributions by other authors involved in the Literature...

15th October 2021

A man who was jailed for 10 years and 10 months for manslaughter after killing his wife in their former home in Gib V had the length of his sentence quashed this week by the Court of Appeal, which imposed a lower sentence of six years. Real Lishman, 44, of Gib V, brought the appeal...

14th October 2021

Police forces in the UK have been urged to stamp out misogyny in their ranks. The Metropolitan Police is in crisis mode in the wake of the murder of Sarah Everard in London by a serving officer. It’s facing a barrage of questions. From vetting procedures to how it investigates complaints against officers. Policing has...

14th October 2021

Of the RGP’s 35 civilian support staff, the one with by far the longest unbroken service is Angela Posso who started work in the police Immigration Department in June 1987 and has since worked for eight different Commissioners. “In my 34 years working for the police, I have been aware of many, many stories about...

12th October 2021

by Paco Oliva On December 31, 2020 the Chief Minister and Spanish Foreign Minister announced the New Year’s Eve political declaration, that was to form the basis of a fully-fledged, enduring EU-UK Treaty governing relations with Gibraltar. We all breathed a sigh of relief and celebrated the extraordinary outcome with our best champagne. The traumatic...

11th October 2021

THE ARTIST AND SEARCHER I recently sat with international artist Christian Hook – Hoook, who is again back in the spotlight. As we chatted about his latest project, a television documentary based solely on his own ideas, marrying art and science and which airs next week on Sky Arts, he tells me he wanted to...

11th October 2021

The announcement of a new album by our London based wandering troubadour and poet Gabriel Moreno is always a cause for celebration around these shores as it hopefully brings with it the promise of a live launch here as well. ‘The Year of the Rat’ will chronicle “the strange times of isolation” and forced hiatus...

7th October 2021

An Invictus UK team member has been giving inspirational talks to scores of British Forces personnel in Gibraltar this month. Julian Allen suffered a back injury while taking part in an armed combat display in Germany in 1988. He continued his operational duties unaware of the damage he had inflicted on his spine which left...

7th October 2021

Three international authors - Lord Jeffrey Archer, Alan Titchmarsh and Christopher Lloyd - will form part of this year’s Gibraltar Literature Week. The Minister for Culture, Dr John Cortes, and Gibraltar Cultural Services CEO Seamus Byrne confirmed the visiting authors on Wednesday, with the event set to run between November 8 and 13. Literature Week...

7th October 2021

‘Uh oh, an error was encountered'. As Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp went down on Tuesday it caused a meltdown on Twitter – one of the few remaining social media sites still working. It’s not only highlighted our reliance on social media. Our obsession with it is glaringly obvious. The constant need to share and/or see...

5th October 2021

October marks Breast Cancer Awareness Month and the GHA has taken this opportunity to increase knowledge of the disease and encourage the public to be breast aware. Breast cancer is the most common cancer for women worldwide, some 1 in 8 women will receive a breast cancer diagnosis and around 1 in 1000 men will...

5th October 2021

The Gibraltar Disability Rights Federation has questioned whether people in Gibraltar are “less deserving” than their UK counterparts following delays to the full implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The Federation said it is not satisfied with the explanations from the Government, where it says that according to the...

4th October 2021

The Gibraltar Cardiac Association is encouraging the public to wear a football on Monday, October 18 in support of World Restart a Heart Day. The Association said it is creating awareness on CPR and the use of defibrillators by supporting World Restart a Heart Day. “As some will have unfortunately experienced, cardiac arrests have not...

4th October 2021

Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Sunday highlighted the supply of Covid-19 vaccines to Gibraltar as a testament to the Conservative party’s commitment to the Rock and its people. Speaking at a reception hosted by the Gibraltar Government on the sidelines of the Conservative party conference in Manchester, Mr Johnson delivered a short but rambunctious speech...

3rd October 2021

To assess the extent to which Gibsams has made inroads since its launch in 2017 to raise awareness and dispel the stigma that often surrounds mental health, look no further than the charity’s corporate wellbeing awards. At a reception in gardens of the The Convent last Thursday, the charity paid tribute to 24 companies and...

1st October 2021

t was a dream archaeologists dared to dream for many years. Since the first excavations in Vanguard Cave in the late 1990s there was always that suspicion that there was so much more to this cave than just its entry point. Could it one day be another Gorham’s Cave? Could there be other chambers beyond...

1st October 2021

The Commonwealth Games are now less than a year away and signalling the start for the multi sport event as is the tradition will be the launch of The Queen’s Baton Relay, the 16th edition. The Baton will be launched on Thursday the 7th October from Buckingham Palace ahead of its 294 day journey around...

1st October 2021

By Edd Dracott, PA A runner who overcame suicidal thoughts is set to complete the last of 21 consecutive ultramarathons across England to raise money for a mental health charity. Matt Bagwell will have run more than 1,050km (652miles) in just 26 days across every English county by the time he crosses the finish line...

30th September 2021

Customs officers giving evidence at a Coroner’s Inquest on Thursday described the moments just before a Spanish man died in a collision with their vessel. The Customs vessel HMC Searcher was patrolling Gibraltar Waters when its crew received reports of an alleged tobacco smuggling operation taking place at Eastern Beach on October 1, 2019. While...

30th September 2021

By Lisa Salmon, PA Despite affecting millions, arthritis is still very misunderstood. To mark World Arthritis Day on October 12, Lisa Salmon talks to some experts. It’s tempting to dismiss arthritis as just aching joints, and something people must learn to live with as they get older. But the 10 million people in the UK...