21/09/2022 - 11:46
Gibraltar can now look forward to acquainting itself to another UK prime minister as Liz Truss is the latest incumbent of 10 Downing Street following the collapse of Boris Johnson’s government, but what does now mean for this British Overseas Territory? Read more
16/09/2022 - 10:31
SPECIAL REPORT by PETER TABERNER
After a summer of intense heat and record temperatures across many parts of Europe, the focus on climate change has again been intensified, and the Minister for the Environment, Sustainability, and Climate Change Dr John Cortes is concerned over Gibraltar’s progress on this pivotal issue. Read more
08/09/2022 - 08:53
SPECIAL REPORT by PETER TABERNER
Gibraltar’s business community is still wondering whether a full Brexit agreement will be brokered, but also if there will be access to the Schengen Area, which would hugely affect all sectors of the economy.
So far the government has firmly stated that the main objective is to create a common travel area between Gibraltar and the Schengen zone, for the future relationship of Gibraltar with the European Union. Read more
08/09/2022 - 08:49
It’s no secret that Gibraltar and Spain have problem cockroach areas. Main town area has become increasingly worse when storm drains aren’t functioning correctly.
DRAINS
These cockroaches are mainly seen coming out of clogged drains and they love to inhabit the plumbing of old buildings. With so many houses needing repair within the town area the problem seems to be getting worse. When the winter weather starts to set in and the streets are soaked in rain the cockroaches from fear of drowning find some dry places to wait it out. Read more
06/09/2022 - 14:10
IN MY OPINION by CATHERINE NUZA
Unfortunately the GHA have been found to have earned a progressively poor reputation. This is based on a collection of failings that aren’t being corrected!
SEEKING
It’s easy to find fault in a system when you’re in pain or seeking medical advice with staffs being reluctant to help! What does the current position of the GHA mean for our health service? ‘No one’s home syndrome,’ isn’t a real condition however there is a huge lack of staff wanting to answer the phone and pay attention to their patients. Read more
01/09/2022 - 08:37
Flickering light at the end of the Gibraltar Airport Tunnel suggests the fourteen-year-long construction saga may be gift-wrapped and ready for the festive period. That is unless celebrations are cut short by further delays from a Spanish contractor twice disposed of by successive government administrations for failing to satisfy standards. Read more
26/08/2022 - 08:57
by CARMEN GOMEZ
The question always arises as to why Spain is allowed to create difficulties at the frontier with American personnel who consequently have to turn back because they are stopped from entering into Gibraltar. Curiously, in 1997, the Commissioner President Jaques Santer and his wife visited the Rock privately. Apparently they endured a queue of nearly two hours, which they thought ludicrous to the extreme. Read more
24/08/2022 - 08:58
IN MY VIEW by MARK VIALES
Unite the Union Gibraltar has clashed with the government over its tough economic plan it says is the ‘biggest wage squeeze’ on workers in decades. The largest local union launched a ‘cost-of-living crisis’ campaign earlier this month that mimics its UK counterparts’ call for the government to tax the rich. Unite’s lack of faith in the GSLP administration was compounded by the commission of two UK economists tasked with scrutinising the Rock’s current economic and political situation. Could it be that two foreign financial experts can find a better solution than the GSLP to cushion the impact of an imminent global recession? Read more
18/08/2022 - 09:01
IN MY VIEW by MARK VIALES
Gibraltar’s water supply was crippled last month after a raging fire caused part of a Second World War tunnel to collapse onto a crucial connecting pipeline.
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17/08/2022 - 08:46
SPECIAL REPORT By PETER TABERNER
As autumn approaches this year’s peak of the tourist season is now coming to an end, and it would appear that this key sector of Gibraltar’s economy continues to make a recovery as the Covid threat subsides. Read more
11/08/2022 - 08:55
IN MY VIEW by MARK VIALES
Gibraltar’s dependence on cross-frontier workers has shot up in the last decade, and the GSLP now wants to reduce the number of daily commuters. Read more
10/08/2022 - 09:35
by CARMEN GOMEZ
It would be right and proper that when a newspaper, a freebie supposedly local, writes about the state of our beaches, that they don`t just say it marks a big improvement from 2018 as far as Western beach is concerned, but that they clarify that the poor quality, largely due to levels of sewage contamination, is a problem we have inherited from Spain. Read more
10/08/2022 - 09:31
IN MY OPINION by F. OLIVA
The proposed "revolution" in mainstream education in Gibraltar, a lamentable mirroring of what is happening across the western world, is throwing up many downsides and issues of concern.
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09/08/2022 - 09:01
SPECIAL REPORT by PETER TABERNER
Gibraltar is continuing to confront the rise in global energy prices to reduce the effect on households and businesses, with a potentially difficult winter just around the corner. Read more
04/08/2022 - 08:55
IN MY OPINION by F. OLIVA
Revolutions are rarely benevolent episodes that improve the lot of mankind, and there are enough examples in human history to demonstrate that the opposite has been the case, that these upheavals usually have disastrous consequences.
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03/08/2022 - 08:50
My first paragraph in last week`s diary carried the title, "I worry about our Rock." Curious isn’t it, that one week later a very dangerous fire takes place; not on the Rock`s foliage, but in one of her many tunnels inside the Rock. Read more
02/08/2022 - 08:53
SPECIAL REPORT by PETER TABERNER
The Bluefin tuna fishing season is now well underway, and the government is again ensuring that the time of year goes ahead smoothly resulting in Gibraltar’s waters not being over fished. Read more
27/07/2022 - 08:48
As many of us try to find a way to cool down from the extreme heat, apart from staying in the sea for as long as possible at the beach; we are witnessing truly dramatic scenes as deadly wildfires rage around Europe; Read more
26/07/2022 - 09:25
IN MY OPINION by F. OLIVA
Marlene Hassan-Nahon’s latest torrent of haphazard, stale political occurrences shows two definite things about the leader of Together Gibraltar. A prodigious capacity to regurgitate obsolete anti-capitalist, high taxation slogans, and a solid claim to the title of ‘Cassandra’, prophetess of doom who predicts misfortune at every turn.
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20/07/2022 - 08:58
Carmen Gomez Diary
Robert and Anamaria Gomez, both in their seventies, have completed their 1,000 mile charity walk, from the Rock to the Cantabrian Sea, which started from the shrine of our lady of Europa; where they received the blessing of Monsignor Azzopardi; before setting off. Read more
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