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‘Llanito’ has nothing to do with Gibraltar itself

Dear Sir,

It was enlightening to read Mr. Ken Westmoreland's article of Panorama of the 9th of May 2019 titled: Let's Learn Llanito. Page 7, which I found to be overall, informative.  Read more

Let’s Learn Llanito

In Yiddish, there is a saying ‘a shprakh is a dialect mit en army un flot’, or ‘a language is a dialect with an army and a navy’. That means that it has acquired a degree of power and influence as well as status and prestige, having a standardised grammar as well as orthography or writing system. Conversely, a dialect is a language with few or any of those things at all.  Read more

'The Civil Service is between a rock and a hard place,' says WENDY CUMMING, President of the GGCA

You are not new to trade unionism, but of late you seem to have propelled yourself to a higher plane. What exactly is your background?

I have a legal background, as I was called to the Bar of England and Wales in 2001. I started my career in private practice, but joined the civil service at the Crown Council grade in 2005. I became President of the GGCA in 2012 and continue in this role to date.  Read more

Deep regret

Dear Sir,

It is with deep regret that the Self-Determination for Gibraltar Group learnt of the death of William Serfaty. Willie, as he was known by all who knew him, was a founder member of the Group and regularly attended all our meetings and participated in all the activities that we organised, from being part of the group that presented the Self- Determination petition to 10 Downing Street to the symbolic burial of the Brussels Agreement.  Read more

Bossano's address to UN seminar

Dear Sir,

Thank you for publishing Sir Joe Bossano’s address to the UN seminar. It is reminiscent of another famous and potent speech.  Read more

The due process of law is not being upheld

I have said on more than one occasion, how fortunate we are in Gibraltar to have amongst us, those who through their expertise in law have been able to fight our corner successfully in the past, as happened on a couple of occasions. The truth is that recently I read someone had rightly made a complaint on social media, re matters to do with Spain and the committee of 24, adding that “Gibraltar has never won a case against Spain. I would like to say that he has room for optimism, because as it happens we did, back in 2016.  Read more

Thank you all

Dear Sir,

Now that the Easter Festival has gone for another year I would just like to attempt yet again, to adequately express our deep thanks and admiration to those people in Gibraltar who gladly give their time, effort and money whenever the Gibraltar Alzeimer's and Dementia Society (GADS) put on an event, activity or promotion to raise awareness of living with dementia in Gibraltar.  Read more

Xenophobia in Spain against the Catalans

Dear Sir,

The 2010 ruling of the Spanish Constitutional Court that modified the Catalan Statute of Autonomy approved by referendum in 2006 opened the door to the major crisis that Spain is experiencing today. The support of a majority of Catalans for the independence of Catalonia is the answer to that arbitrary ruling. None of the Spanish parties - neither right nor left - have provided any solution.  Read more