20/09/2023 - 18:10
In my Opinion by F. Oliva
The Gibraltar general election has started to gain momentum with the official release of the GSLP and GSD slate of candidates, and the results of a GBC opinion poll into the state of the parties. Read more
19/09/2023 - 09:56
In my Opinion by F. Oliva
Over 1,600 scientists including two Nobel Prize winners have signed the World Climate Declaration entitled ‘There is no Climate Emergency,’ Read more
14/09/2023 - 12:27
In my Opinion by F. Oliva
“I’m on a road to nowhere,” sang the great David Byrne of Talking Heads fame in their 1985 Little Creatures LP. It seems that Keith Azopardi is now unconsciously singing the lines from that hymn sheet, as political parties go into overdrive ahead of polling day on October 12, 2023. Read more
12/09/2023 - 12:38
In my Opinion by F. Oliva
As soon as the GBC news on Wednesday evening came on and the face of Unite’s Sam Hennessey popped on the screen, it was clear to me that something was afoot. One did not need to be Sherlock Holmes to work that one out. Read more
07/09/2023 - 10:55
In my Opinion by F. Oliva
The idea that frontiers, geopolitical blocks and discordant political and sociological systems do not exist, or are dissolved in one great brotherhood of man, Read more
30/08/2023 - 10:22
In my Opinion by F. Oliva
News of the queuing changes at the frontier in what appeared as an early taster of the Brexit ‘Iron Curtain’ customs and immigration regime in the event of a No Negotiated Outcome, spread through WhatsApp groups on Friday like a forest fire. Read more
29/08/2023 - 12:02
by CARMEN GOMEZ
“Despite the fact that Brexit was not our choice, we are clear that we will make a success of it. Anyone who thinks otherwise is on course to be severely disappointed.” Read more
25/08/2023 - 10:34
by CARMEN GOMEZ
“Frontiers are fascinating places, because things happen there, there are more interesting people, adventures; and this is a frontier par excellence. The Mediterranean, the Atlantic, Africa, Spain, Gibraltar, Europe, its all here.”
Perez- Reverte. Read more
21/08/2023 - 10:34
SPECIAL REPORT by PETER TABERNER
Gibraltar’s hockey teams have been celebrating some fine performances at the recent Eurohockey III international championships in Poland and Croatia, Read more
21/08/2023 - 10:33
by CARMEN GOMEZ
The exceptional strategic importance of the Channel as a tool for blockading was recognized by the First Sea Lord Admiral Fisher in the years before World War I; “Five keys lock up the world! Singapore, the Cape, Alexandria, Gibraltar, Dover.” Read more