In total agreement

Dear Sir,

I would like to refer to Mr. Joe Caserni's letter of 2nd Sept 2020. Read more

Easy solution to heritage problem

Dear Sir,

I read with interest the recent article on the poor state of the Moorish Castle by Carmen Gomez, following on from my visit to the neglected Devils Gap Battery..... and I have an easy solution to the problem. Read more

Do something about it...

Dear Sir,

These were the famous words of John F Kennedy.However, I have changed country to Gibraltar. Read more

CUSP press release

Dear Sir,

You may be interested in the clarification below: Regarding the recent press release from CUSP (Civil Union of Students and Parents). Read more

Put the prizes of essential goods down

Dear Sir,

It seems to me that many businesses like supermarkets, chemists, bars, etc. are taking advantage of the present Coronavirus pandemic and capriciously rising the prices of many of their essential products and articles so necessary to ensure our survival. Read more

Would it not be simpler and more humane if some of our questions were answered?

CARMEN GOMEZ DIARY

As the initial surge of help and helpers during the covid lockdown now blurs into a distant memory; that’s how fickle memory is; we find ourselves in a strange world. We recall having seen how the pandemic affected the rest of the world as we watched the death tolls. When I say we, I mean what has become to be termed as the golden hour brigade; you know, the over seventies; not the young; as they were busy making themselves useful to the community, and living life on their own wavelength; as youth dictates.  Read more

Thank you all

Dear Sir,

With this letter I would like to extend my thanks to the following people and entities for their unconditional help during my stay at the Europa Retreat Centre all throughout the Covid pandemic. Read more

A colony or not?

Dear Sir,

Ref Carmen Gomez article in Panorama. Firstly let me say that I usually agree with Carmen’s analyses of our political situation but on this occasion I have to differ on two issues. Read more

Check or checkmate:

SAYS CARMEN GOMEZ: Check involves a series of three moves available to the player, when he feels under attack. Checkmate is for the victor who knows the king has nowhere else to go without being captured and has lost. We are not under attack just yet and we have that important veto in our constitution in the case that we were. Read more

Tourist site shock!

Dear Sir,

I was shocked to see how dangerous and shabby this tourist site was when I took my family on a walk up the rock. Read more

Do a deal with the USA

Dear Sir,

How many times have I written that Gibraltar should try making a deal with the Americans, for example, allowing the U.S.A. to make a MINI base somewhere in the dockyard? Read more

HELP US TO HELP THEM SUPPORT GROUP

Dear Sir,

The Help us to Help them support group and the voice of Gibraltar group will like to wish Miss Zoe Gaduzo a happy retirement, Zoe has been an asset to the Laguna Estate Tenants Association whilst I was the chair person, she was always willing to help in any shape or form. Read more

The spread of Covid: deficient areas

Dear Sir,

If the Chief Minister and his team are really worried about the spread of Covid why don’t they look at the following deficient areas first. Read more

“I now know what occupies Bhatti’s mind”

Dear Sir,

Sohail Bhatti recently tweeted an article from the MiddleEastEye.Net on Israel and anti-Semitism, by Israeli journalist, Gideon Levy. I’d be the last person to attempt to gag anyone for expressing personal opinions on international (or local) affairs. However, Bhatti’s choice of tweet, when there are floods of burning international issues, raises troubling thoughts in my mind already pre-occupied by galloping spikes in anti-Semitism, globally. Read more

Old dockyard looks like disorganised junk yard

Dear Sir,

I remember the dockyard as being a well organized entity.

This was at the time when I was doing my apprenticeship and under the British government.

Today, and I am sorry to say, the dockyard looks like a very disorganized junk yard. What a shame.

What our government should have done is leased a portion of the yard to the Americans for them to have made a small mini base right at the entrance of the Mediterranean.  Read more

All of politics can be viewed as a series of trade offs

I have long insisted in my articles in matters to do with Brexit, that the question of the Fisheries is and has always been, both prevalent and of great importance to the discussions between the EU and the UK. Fishing rights are like gold dust! However it appears that the EU has without any reason given and at the last minute, shifted its stance from an expected offering of compromise, to a much more hard-line position.  Read more

Gibraltar without ombudsman

Dear Sir,

We wish to bring to the attention of the public that Gibraltar has been without a Public Services Ombudsman for the last month. Read more

Why doesn’t our new Governor say anything about this?

Dear Sir,

From Clive Borrell of OYE: Listen carefully to the information and pay special importance to the grounds under which the Police Authority can ultimately under section 34 of the Police Act after consultation with the Governor and the CM or in agreement with either after consultation they may call on the Commissioner to retire. Read more