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25th August 2017

Despite GCSE exam shake-ups, local schools and students achieved top marks with a total of 28 ‘super A*s’ at level 9 under the new grading system. A total of 18 top level 9 grades were achieved by boys at Bayside, with Westside girls logging another 10. This year only English, English Literature and Maths were...

23rd August 2017

Mrs Gibraltar 2017 2nd Princess Davinia Baglietto was given a winners welcome yesterday having been crowned Mrs Europe 2017 on Saturday in Novosibirsk, Russia. She arrived at Gibraltar International Airport wearing a ball gown and tiara, proudly donning her Mrs Europe sash. Grasping firmly to a bouquet presented to her by the Minister for Culture,...

12th July 2017

Spain’s King Felipe was reminded of Gibraltar’s right to self-determination after he referred to bilateral dialogue over the Rock during a speech to the UK Parliament. The Gibraltar Government slapped down the king of Spain for saying the "two governments" of his country and Britain will find a solution on the Rock's future that is...

2nd July 2017

When Grenfell Tower in North London was burning we all looked in shock and horror.  How could it be possible?  As the building became engulfed in flames we all knew the inevitable – not everyone would be able to get out alive.  The death toll here would be serious.    The country is in a...

15th June 2017

The Development and Planning Commission yesterday approved Eurocity, a project to build 366 flats in three towers located in the Europort area. The developer’s representatives and DPC members discussed the project for over an hour before it was given the green light. One of the biggest changes to the development since outline planning permission was...

11th May 2017

A combination of technology and traditional detective work has enabled police officers to catch two motorcyclists who repeatedly flouted Gibraltar’s speed limits. This comes after new fixed speed cameras became operational in three speeding hotspots last month. During a two-week grace period, during which warning letters were issued instead of fines, a total of 553...

20th April 2017

When I first read about the mural that was going to be painted on the façade of Inces Hall I honestly thought it was an April Fool joke that had leaked. The story was published in the Chronicle on 30th March and the street artist responsible, whom I confess I’d never heard of, was Ben...

30th March 2017

Britain is “absolutely steadfast” in its support for Gibraltar, Prime Minister Theresa May said yesterday as she triggered the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union and made clear the Rock “is covered” by the negotiations. Answering questions in the House of Commons, the Prime Minister repeated the UK’s double-lock sovereignty commitment to the Gibraltarians and...

22nd March 2017

by Alice Mascarenhas and Clive Mendez Maurice Xiberras, a pioneering Gibraltarian politician who championed close links with Britain, died suddenly at the weekend at the age of 80 in the UK. Yesterday, the flag at the Gibraltar Parliament building flew at half-mast in his honour. A former teacher and trade unionist, Mr Xiberras served as...

13th March 2017

Britain has taken a step closer to withdrawal from the European Union after MPs overturned House of Lords amendments to a Bill authorising Theresa May to commence Brexit negotiations. But the Prime Minister looks set to wait another fortnight before kicking off the two-year process of negotiating departure under Article 50 of the EU treaties,...

13th March 2017

Theresa May looks set to keep Brussels waiting for the official notification that she is triggering talks to take Britain out of the European Union. With the Bill authorising her to commence negotiations expected to complete its passage through Parliament late on Monday, there had been speculation that the Prime Minister would move immediately to...

11th March 2017

British citizens should be able to choose to keep various benefits of EU membership including the freedom of movement after Brexit, the European Parliament's chief negotiator has said. Guy Verhofstadt said he hoped to convince European leaders to allow Britons to keep certain rights if they apply for them on an individual basis. He told...

24th February 2017

A Memorial Service for former Mayor of Gibraltar the late Momy Levy was held this week at the Nefusot Yehuda Synagogue. A celebration of his life, the service was organised by the Managing Board of the Jewish Community in Gibraltar and was led by his brother Rabbi Dr Abraham Levy and the Rabbi of Gibraltar...

12th January 2017

An extensive feature on the story of Gorham’s Cave has been published by the New York Times Magazine in its print and online editions titled ‘Neanderthal’s were people, too’. With details of recent local findings, the excavations last summer, the prehistoric hashtag, the new models at the Gibraltar Museum of Nana and Flint and access...

11th January 2017

2016 was a tumultuous year around the whole world. And yet in Gibraltar, we have been able to enjoy the recent Christian Christmas and Jewish Hannukah feasts in peace and surrounded by plentiful abundance. The same has been true for those who have celebrated Muslim, Hindu and other feasts earlier in the year. Each year,...

16th December 2016

Gibraltar law firms should draw on local legal expertise when instructing senior barristers for complex cases, Chief Justice Anthony Dudley said yesterday as he appointed two new Queen’s Counsel. Mr Justice Dudley was speaking during the appointment ceremony of Daniel Feetham, QC, and Guy Stagnetto, QC. Appointment as a QC is recognition of the highest...

29th September 2016

Britain has dismissed a formal Spanish request for bilateral dialogue over Gibraltar, the Chronicle can reveal. A letter from acting Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel García-Margallo was handed to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office by a senior official from the Spanish embassy in London on September 20. In the letter, Sr García-Margallo said Brexit would...

22nd September 2016

The Gibraltar Government will not invite the Leader of the Opposition, Daniel Feetham, or GSD MP Roy Clinton to any events provided at the taxpayers’ expense, No 6 Convent Place told the Chronicle yesterday. This comes after both Mr Feetham and Mr Clinton returned the Gibraltar Music Festival VVIP tickets they had received from the...

28th May 2016

Conservative MEPs are taking steps to re-open the debate on “restrictive” new EU rules covering the sale of e-cigarettes. Gibraltar MEP Julie Girling and Vicky Ford have written to EU Research, Science and Innovation Commissioner Carlos Moedas asking him to examine the latest evidence on the health effects of vaping and whether it can help...

9th May 2016

A petition to urge the Gibraltar Government to improve the local cemetery is gaining momentum online, with over 550 signatures garnered to date. In addition, In Loving Memory, an organisation that works for the loved ones of those who are buried in the cemetery, has also obtained over 500 signed letters asking the Government to...

22nd March 2016

The Gibraltar Heritage Trust is calling on its members to support them on “a potential” heritage issue involving the Europa Reservoir Tanks underneath the ex-Casino on Europa Road. In a newsletter to its members at the weekend the Trust said it had for some time been engaging in, and following, the issue of the potential...

10th February 2016

by Rebecca Faller What do you think of when you picture Gibraltar’s upper town? Picturesque alleyways? Entrance doors with archways and keystones? Shutters? A landscape of higgledy piggledy roof-tops worthy of a Mario Finlayson painting? Most of us have some sort of historic connection with our old town, we may have grown in the area...

25th January 2016

The Principal Auditor has blasted the weak recovery action exercised by the Housing Department as rent arrears on Gibraltar Government properties peaked at over £6 million.  As of December 2015, arrears of unpaid rents stood at £6,019,854.68, with one tenant alone owing over £19,000. The total sum was provided to Parliament this week by Housing Minister...

20th January 2016

Paul and Michelle Tremayne were overjoyed to be one of the first residents of Beach View Terraces to sign their completion documents and receive the long awaited keys to their flat. Sand Dune House was ready for completion after receiving a Certificate of Fitness earlier this month and now over ten home owners have signed...

6th January 2016

A heart-warming reunion after 40 years between a Gibraltarian woman who cared for a Northern Irish man when he was a baby recently took place on social media. Bernie Guzman, Gibraltar, became like an elder sister to Hudson Foster, Northern Ireland, soon after his father was posted to the Rock with the Royal Navy in...

4th January 2016

Gibraltarians will soon have access to a mass of government information held by public authorities after a Bill for a Freedom of Information Act was published on Christmas Eve. This legislation will allow access to data held by the government and will establish a ‘right-to-know’ legal process where requests for government information may be made....