12/06/2020 - 09:12
How many times have you heard yourself saying this? How many times have you realised after speaking with a doctor over the phone, something which appears to be the new norm - and maybe the way of the future - that he does not know either? After all, the human body still harbours many mysteries despite scientists having chartered every aspect of it. Read more
08/06/2020 - 09:13
Dear Sir,
I’ve barely started on George Hills’s ROCK OF CONTENTION, a history of Gibraltar, and I’m on the edge of my seat. For in ending his Preface he defines the now circa sixty years old Spanish claim on Gibraltar at the UN and Gibraltar’s even longer claim to the Right of Self-determination as follows: Read more
05/06/2020 - 09:46
Dear Sir,
On behalf of Gibraltar Cultural Services, I wish to thank everyone who has contributed to the online cultural programme which we have been delivering over the past ten weeks during lockdown. Read more
01/06/2020 - 09:45
*Stephen is from Gibraltar and works at British Airways. He relates how it feels to be made redundant:
I keep being asked what's going on at BA so here it is...
On 15th June, I will be made redundant from the job I love after 15 years of loyal service. Redundancy notices are to be issued to the entire workforce of 43,000 employees. Read more
29/05/2020 - 08:48
Sustainability isn’t just about the environment, it’s about people too. We can’t get to environmental sustainability without getting people on board; i.e. without meeting human needs. But the thing is that the here and now appears to matter more to humans than long term impacts, especially when in crisis. Read more
28/05/2020 - 09:14
Dear Sir,
It is gratifying to see the degree of support from opposition leader The Hon Keith Azzopardi to the Chief Minister’s management of the Coronavirus pandemic crisis in OUR Gibraltar. Read more
28/05/2020 - 09:14
* Letter in reply to that of Tito Valerga:
Dear Tito,
Since you addressed your letter to me making your feelings known, which I respect, towards what I wrote about and your saying that I was disrespectful to Fabian Picardo for not addressing him as the Honourable. Read more
28/05/2020 - 09:13
Dear Sir,
Reference the proposed scooter legislation.
Surely these scooters must be insured, because what happens if a pedestrian is knocked down and severely injured (after all these scooters run silently)? Read more
27/05/2020 - 08:51
The 1918 Influenza pandemic
During the influenza pandemic of 1918, parades to promote the sale of liberty bonds were organised in the US, to pay for the war effort in Europe. Read more
26/05/2020 - 08:57
When I speak of unhelpful attitudes, I would like to say that being a minister does not entitle one to treat others in a patronising way, or look down on them. It has not helped to have heard the word “stupid” recently used by one minister in his afternoon press conference, when referring to those who apparently had repeatedly returned forms incorrectly filled in. As if it were the norm to use such a word when talking about someone who fails to understand something, which he or she feels is quite clear cut! Read more
