21/01/2019 - 10:44
It’s interesting how, when Spanish environmental groups like Agaden, Verdemar and Greenpeace, present a document to do with finding ways to mitigate, what they consider to be dire environmental situations affecting the Bay of Gibraltar, they always relate the lack of attention given to this, to disagreements between Spain, the UK and Gibraltar. Read more
14/01/2019 - 11:04
Dear Sir,
Well, at the risk of saying 'I told you so', I told you so.
After years of listening to howls of outrage and whataboutery when I questioned the legality of Sky and other channels being available in Gibraltar, and at little or no cost compared to the UK, there are now outpourings of misplaced entitlement after Sky channels had to be removed by U-Mee and GibFibreSpeed, with one man interviewed on GBC saying: 'We've had it so long, why did they have to do this? That's what gets me angry!' Read more
14/01/2019 - 10:54
I heard over the festive season; as passers-by were briefly interviewed on TV as to whether they did their Christmas shopping in stores or on the Internet; one woman say that she had no time to go shopping, so she preferred to buy online and have it brought to her doorstep. Read more
11/01/2019 - 10:58
Dear Sirs,
I refer to the ongoing debate on the exploitation of agency workers within the public service. I use the term public service advisably because while there are approximately 32 agency workers in the Civil Service, there are hundreds in the wider public service (e.g. the care agency and other Government agencies and authorities). That is worth bearing in mind when the Government commits itself to tackle the problem within the Civil Service but remains silent in respect of the wider public service. Read more
11/01/2019 - 10:57
Dear Sir,
Firstly, I would make it clear that I do not belong to any political party. The opinions expressed are my own.
This is in reference the employment agencies that have been established in Gibraltar. Read more
11/01/2019 - 10:56
GILL ON GIB
I am the first one to moan about the cycle path in Main Street. Not because I’m anti cyclist nor do I have a problem with bikes, its pedestrians and cyclists together that I squirm at, predicting a serious accident. Read more
11/01/2019 - 10:54
When authoritarian solutions become increasingly popular in countries like Spain, it’s the result of great discontent which has helped bring the far right influence into politics; whose ideology is very foreign to ours and can end up affecting our trajectory. Embedded in the same system and subjected to the same pressures, political parties in Spain are squeezing and warping political life. But much the same is happening in the UK; with promises unkempt; lies veiled in truths; talk of gloom and doom; all of which can push the ordinary man in the street into a corner; where he finds himself in a quandary and worse still, sees himself unable to find a way out. It feels as if we are all in an advanced state of political and moral decay. Read more
04/01/2019 - 11:10
It has been a poor New Year honours awards for Gibraltar. In fact, only one award could truly be regarded as a Queen's honour award.
An official statement about the awards said: "Her Majesty The Queen has granted the following National Honours..." Read more
02/01/2019 - 11:27
Carmen Gomez Diary
Come the New Year, it’s a time to plan for the year ahead. In the life of this small nation of ours, I would like to think that we not only leave behind us certain negative attitudes which have troubled us incessantly; but be resolute in our resolve to demand that the UK give us clear and concise answers to our questions. Read more
17/12/2018 - 11:10
Mark Twain once said that “There was but one solitary thing about the past worth remembering and that was the fact that it is past and can’t be restored.” This is something we would like Spanish citizens, but more so its politicians, to think about for a while, digest, and then come to the conclusion, that in the same way that they can’t change many things about their country because they are part of their culture; likewise, they can’t possibly change our ways, because that too is part of our culture. Read more
07/12/2018 - 11:40
It was in 2011, that the then Spanish Foreign Affairs Minister said that Spain could not stop the arrival of submarines in Gibraltar, but that Britain as a partner and ally, could adopt a more constructive and cooperative attitude. Spain, a country that has never worried at paralyzing the community to protect her position over Gibraltar on air liberalization; external frontiers control etc; argued what right we had to export bilateral problems to a multilateral organization such as NATO, where decisions had to be taken unanimously; this after they themselves had brought the proceedings on maritime and air routes to and from Gibraltar. Read more
06/12/2018 - 11:45
At the start of the five-day withdrawal debate proper, Theresa May in her opening intervention again made reference to Gibraltar referring to the EU Summit, she said, “right at the end, when Spain tried to make a move on Gibraltar, I stood firm and protected Gibraltar’s sovereignty. That is why the Chief Minister of Gibraltar has said that no friend of Gibraltar should vote this deal down”. Read more
05/12/2018 - 11:30
On Sunday Spain, unsurprisingly, became the latest European nation to make a far-right surge joining the extreme right wing political movements sweeping through Europe over the past few years.
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03/12/2018 - 11:39
PART 1: EU leaders last week at a special Brexit summit formally agreed to back Prime Minister Theresa May’s withdrawal package, which now faces furious opposition in the British Parliament.
Sanchez Beating Gibraltar Sovereignty Drum
Last weekend’s summit was overshadowed by the ‘Gibraltar sovereignty drum beating’ by Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez. Read more
03/12/2018 - 11:37
Dear Sir,
I’m a usual reader of Mr Olivero, as his articles tend to be well explained and accurate as possible.
On this time I’m in tune with him in some of his arguments on traffic and Law of the Jungle? Read more
03/12/2018 - 11:36
Dear Sir,
I was much dismayed when I heard the Chief Minister’s congratulatory welcome of the formation of a new Political Party which is lead by Ms Hassan Nahon. My dismay comes about because the Chief Minister stated that Ms Nahon will go down as the first lady Party Leader in Gibraltar. Read more
03/12/2018 - 11:36
Dear Sir,
Both my husband and I were extremely surprised at the Chief Minister, Mr. Fabian Picardo saying that Mrs Hassan Nahon was the first female politician to lead a party. We can only think that the stress and overload of work due to Brexit has given him a mental block! Read more
03/12/2018 - 11:35
Dear Sir,
The Gibraltar Taxi Association is surprised by comments made by the Chamber of Commerce in relation to the differed application for a new and larger Cable car.
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29/11/2018 - 11:29
Does something like a traffic management and enforcement plan exists or is this The Law of the Jungle? Read more
29/11/2018 - 11:24
Gill on Gib
With all the political drama that has being going on recently, and no one really knowing what is happening, it was a bit like the Ockey cokey last weekend, In, out, In, Out, shake it all about. I gave up following it all, and thought to myself, "Enough" and switched off by refusing to speculate or believe one side or the other. At one point it appeared that both sides disagreed and were going to sign an agreement to contradict their statements. The world has gone mad. Read more
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