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Social issues and helping the vulnerable

ELECTION 2019

By JOELLE LADISLAUS, GSD candidate

I was raised in a humble family who instilled core values of hard work, determination, tenacity and fairness in me. They have always ensured that I have remained grounded and that I never forget where I come from.  Read more

In looking to the future, don’t forget the past

ELECTION 2019

By JOHN CORTES, GSLP/Liberal Candidate

It’s so easy to forget. Eight years ago, we had highly polluting power stations, no sewage treatment plant anywhere on the horizon, no recycling of paper, cardboard or glass, monkeys all over the place, no large green areas in the city centre and some of our wildlife on the point of disappearing. And as far as Climate goes, the Government didn’t even want it mentioned. Read more

Gibraltar’s best interests at heart

On the inside sleeve off my book “Memories bound up with life” is written; “at this moment I have felt inspired to wander back, rediscovering in the past a present to remember.” it has reminded me that looking back is healthy, because in so doing there are comparisons to be made between days gone by and now; comparisons which help us to see how far we have come on our journey through life; in the life of our small nation. In so doing, understand what strides we have made, but also what precious things have been lost along the way; like a code of conduct we all lived by which in modern times has lost its appeal, sadly. However, what I have found in rediscovering the past, is something that time has neither erased, nor been affected by the passing of the years; i.e. the determination of the Gibraltarians to live their lives as British citizens and survive any onslaught from Spain.  Read more

Refurbishment - and after

Dear Sir,

The refurbishment of Picton House was finished about a year ago and the refurbishment of Victoria House was finished about three months ago.  Read more

Traffic problems

Dear Sir,

As as regular visitor to Gibraltar, I hear many complaints about traffic and roads. Local people are no exception, so this seems to be a problem afflicting many. Why is it that enough is not being done to correct such a visible problem?  Read more

Europe starts at the Pyrenees

Dear Sir,

Over the last few years, we have not ceased to hear the following statement from the Spanish authorities: "Catalan sovereignty wants to build new States and borders at a time when integration processes in supranational structures, such as the European Union in particular, are a sign of time".  Read more

Not two, but three players attempt checkmate

As Gibraltar moves closer to the new sewage plant being in action.

Spanish divers taking water samples from the sea in Palma say there are so many fecal remains it actually smells. “But it’s okay” someone says “the fish eat this”. So now we have reduced the fish diet to fecal remains and plastics. Because in Spain they are used to discarding their residues into their rivers and surrounding waters, and the regional municipalities are not for spending money clearing or purifying its rivers, they are now paying a hefty price for it. Due to recent heavy rainfalls many regions in Spain have sadly suffered not only the loss of lives; including that of hundreds of livestock; but of properties all through a lack of maintenance of their rivers.  Read more

Rambling by people who were completely out of their depth

Dear Sir,

Watching the Representation in Westminster Movement's interview on GBC Viewpoint was one of the most painfully embarrassing things I have seen since its members were prancing around outside 10 Downing Street delivering their much vaunted petition earlier this year, an event which, mercifully, went unnoticed in the UK media. It was mostly incoherent and inarticulate rambling by people who were completely out of their depth, dripping with sentimentality and reeking of misplaced entitlement, or what the Chief Minister recently called the 'a mi me pertenece' culture.  Read more