Help for the vulnerable

Dear Sir,

I am emailing from the Animals in Need Foundation. I saw that the Panorama was being distributed to the senior citizen's blocks and i was wondering if it would be possible to include a notice about our organisation as we are able to help vulnerable people with dog walking or temporary fostering if preferable. Read more

CARMEN GOMEZ DIARY

Behind Covid-19, opportunity lurks for the business world

In the paroxysms of wars and pandemics, depressed markets offer opportunities which lurk for those who profit from them. Read more

Living with memories of yesterday’s pleasures and a fear of tomorrow’s dangers

One minute I was looking at my parents and their friends, and wondering what it would be like to be as old as them; the next thing I knew, I was. Yet here we are, even more baffled by life than when we were small children, with our new found status; confined to barracks as soldiers in war time, and what’s worse, expecting to be on the front line! We find ourselves in this new found existence suddenly imposed on us for our good and that of our small nation; without the help of a vade mecum to guide us through our unchartered times. Read more

Amidst the sour disorder

I have previously written about how in the America’s, the arrival of Spanish conquistadores brought disease to many indigenous people who had no immunity to new infectious; and by exposing them to these they died in their thousands. Curiously, in my browsing recently through history, I came across a very similar scenario; except this time the happening was attributed to the English.  Read more

The warnings not heeded about the virus

CARMEN GOMEZ DIARY

Amongst the many cards and cuttings I keep; a habit I inherited from my Father who was forever being told off by mother when she was trying to dust around them; I came across a newspaper cutting of the photo of an eight year old boy; Martin Richard from Boston; who back in April 15th 2013, was killed by a bomb, as he waited for his father at a marathon finish line. For some reason I kept the cutting of his little face with his toothless smile; unawares that a year before, he had also held up a poster he’d made in school with the words “No more hurting people,” and below it, the word “Peace.” Ironical isn’t it and so tragic.  Read more

WHAT KIND OF WORLD WILL OUR CHILDREN INHERIT?

Click headline to full story in GibVIEWS as always Read more

A Wartime Mentality - “Services and Life Will Resume After the Enemy is Beaten”

A Wartime Mentality - “Services and Life Will Resume After the Enemy is Beaten”

Nations… are globally tackling the COVID-19 crises with a ‘war time mentality’ the rapid global spread of the virus, already in Gibraltar and many other places, has inspired a strong sense of solidarity among a wide range of services, organisations and importantly the people. From supermarkets allocating hours for elderly shoppers, to community-led initiatives organising volunteers to support vulnerable people who are isolated living among us. It is a collective response perhaps unlike any we have seen in recent history. It may well need to intensify!  Read more

Working to flatten the curve, says TG

Dear Sir,

Though we understand the importance of unity, particularly in the implementation of Government warnings and in way we help each other fight through this crisis in our day to day lives, Together Gibraltar cannot, in good conscience, give the Government a moratorium on accountability.  Read more

Cordial meeting on Community Care issues

Dear Sir,

A group of 150 local men have come together, calling themselves The Community Care Concerns Group.

This group has been formed in response to the sudden and unexpected changes that have been made and implemented by the Board of Directors of Community Care.  Read more

Crucial to have direct and strong relations with Morocco

Dear Sir,

The Gibraltar Morocco Business Association (the “GMBA”), together with its sister company, the Gibraltar Morocco Business Exchange (the “GMBE”) are dedicated to the fostering of frontline and new, as well as strong and permanent, links between Gibraltar and Morocco. This is not only as a contingency measure to the Brexit reality which affects Gibraltar dramatically, but also simply to create effective commercial relations between Gibraltar and its fast economically growing neighbour that is Morocco. This it does with the support of the Gibraltar Government.  Read more

Gibraltar Cheshire Home

Dear Sir,

The Gibraltar Cheshire Home Support Group volunteers raised £1,100 from the flag day held last Friday 13th March.

The proceeds will go towards assisting the current “major refurbishment programme that will give the old “main building” a much needed facelift and carry out essential structural as well as renewal work to the building’s façade, windwos and some of the interior ceilings and sanitary facilities.  Read more

Taking draconian measures like in Italy may not be the way forward

Coronavirus is a name for a large set of illnesses including colds and other respiratory ones. Covid-19 is a novel strain; however according to research, drugs previously in development of Sars Covid- 2, could be effective for Covid-19; as could some existing anti -viral drugs. A World Health organisation senior advisor, Dr.Bruce Aylward, team leader of the joint mission between the World Health Organisation and China on Covid -19, says that Coronavirus containment remains possible. Read more

Only women should decide on abortion by J.J. ROSADO

The media is asking us to make our views public on the question of abortions. Before doing so there are aspects I wish to second. Read more

Holding a referendum during a Coronavirus crisis is simply going crazy, don’t you agree?

The ARMANDO LAGRANDE Column

Holding a referendum on anything at a time of a major Coronavirus crisis looming over us, is like madmen and English going out in the mid-day sun. It is simply crazy. Read more

The airport

Dear Sir,

It has always been stated by our chief minister, Mr. Picardo, that we will never give Spain ONE INCH of our land. Today, reading an article in the Olivepress.es dated March 4th - 17th. that our chief minister has been discussing SHARED USE of our airport.Surely this is conceding Gibraltar territory to Spain.  Read more

Abortion is curently permissible if a woman's life is at risk

Dear Sir,

On 19th March, we will be asked to remove unborn children’s right to life in Gibraltar. We are being asked to make abortion widely available and even to make abortion up to birth legal.

This referendum is not about hard cases. Abortion is currently permissible if a woman’s life is at risk. This referendum is about a much more extreme abortion regime which will welcome in abortion on demand.  Read more

Creating the myth that Spanish workers are discriminated upon

A seasoned presenter on Spanish TV who has interviewed our Chief Minister before, reacted with incredulity and stupefaction at the news that their much revered Placido Domingo, had issued a press release to express his repentance over the accusations made against him; whilst only two months ago he was vociferously reiterating his innocence, in an interview in El Pais. His arrogance led him to say things like, how dare they say that about him! It was all fabrication, “un disparate.”  Read more

In hospital I was told I could not be told in which ward my father had been taken to after an accident, as this would be a breach of data protection...

Dear Sir,

Shortly before midnight on the 12th December last year my elderly father aged 90 had a serious fall which resulted in my mother having to call the ambulance and my father was taken to A & E. MI was called and went to the hospital. I remained there with my parents until I left at about 3 am. Prior to my leaving it had been decided to keep my father in and they were sorting out which ward he was to be taken to. I left because I had an appointment myself at 9.45 at the hospital. Read more