27/04/2021 - 09:16
CARMEN GOMEZ DIARY
One hundred and thirty four countries signed up for the WHO’s “health for all by the year 2000;” but didn’t deliver. Now the WHO declares health threats for all; and with extraordinary foresight, made 2019 “the year of preparedness for global health emergencies;” but who was listening. Read more
12/04/2021 - 09:06
by CARMEN GOMEZ
On 22nd May in 2002 there was a research paper on Gibraltar’s constitutional future. Read more
06/04/2021 - 09:34
by CARMEN GOMEZ
When writing about Spain and Gibraltar, on many occasions I have tried to explain the way that the Spanish mentality works, something which at times it seems to us that UK politicians appear never to have quite grasped. Read more
31/03/2021 - 11:02
I went along with my sister to visit the Gustavo Bacarisas Gallery in Casemates, to see their exhibition of “Being With Trees” and found it a most peaceful and delightful experience. I was glad to see that two Gibraltarian artists were represented amongst the many whose works were on display. As we left, my sister went to visit, for the first time as it happens, the toilet facilities there. What she and I saw was most disheartening, to put it mildly. Read more
08/03/2021 - 11:00
At present it appears that all those things that greatly mattered to many Gibraltarians as far as their future status was concerned i.e. achieving representation at Westminster or self determination; are no longer on the table for discussion; having been put on the back burner for now; we don’t know in what order of preference. The talk is now about the In-Principle agreement. Read more
26/02/2021 - 12:40
by CARMEN GOMEZ
Before any definite decisions were to take place on the matter of Brexit between the UK with the EU, it was reiterated that the UK would take care of its wider family i.e. the Overseas Territories; with the Lords on board telling the government that if anything, Read more
22/02/2021 - 10:42
by CARMEN GOMEZ
How many headlines has Margallo given us? Read more
17/02/2021 - 10:37
Does anyone check the state of disrepair of some of our sites?
Oh dear! We appear to be so wrapt up in serious Covid matters, that maintenance of our beautiful town appears to have gone to the dogs. Read more
16/02/2021 - 10:15
by CARMEN GOMEZ
It would be right to say that we have had our fair share of storms as a people. The good thing is `that they end` eventually.
What’s of importance is, what effect do they have on our lives? Read more
12/02/2021 - 11:02
by CARMEN GOMEZ
In September 2019, Vice Admiral Jerry KYD as Fleet commander responsible for commanding all operational elements of the Naval service, and acting as joint commander for the North Atlantic operating areas; made his first visit to Gibraltar since assuming the role of Fleet Commander; touring King’s Lines Oil Depot and then The Armament depot. Read more