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Appeal from France

Dear Sir,

I am French living in France and I am doing research on my mother who lived and worked 3 years in Gibraltar from 1959 to 1961.  Read more

Llanito, Yanito or Janito?

Dear Sir,

I am grateful to Joseph Lezano for expanding on the etymology of Llanito, but my comment was only an aside, and an observation that some may feel differently - for the record, I entirely agree with him. My only questioning of the term was that some years ago, a Gibraltarian in the diaspora expressed a preference for 'Janito', with the 'j' pronounced as in 'johnny', but this has not caught on.  Read more

May Day clarification and context

Dear Sir,

As Ex- Convenors, Chair and Executive Committee members of Unite the Union, we are gladdened by the fact that all three Trade Unions are celebrating May Day 2019 in the relative spirit of fraternity that is both right and proper for the day – regrettably, precedent highlights that this was not always the case. Additionally, and at the insistence of the May Day stalwart, Unite the Union, this year breaks away from recent tradition where the Government of the day have addressed those gathered and put forward its own commitments to the working class during the Trade Union rally.  Read more

The human good, indispensable criterion for development

Dear Editor,

Find enclosed a letter to the editor for publication if appropriate. It can be summarized according to his will.  Read more

‘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