17/09/2019 - 09:25
It was anticipated for weeks, many thought the 2019 election announcement was imminent, it was!
The election date has been set for Thursday 17 October, as stated, it did not surprise many people. Though I do believe, it may have taken one or two opposition party members on the hop or even off balance if echoes are correct! Read more
16/09/2019 - 09:28
This, ladies and Gentlemen is what is remembered today in Spain under the heading “Gibraltar, the great shame of the false Spanish democracy”; concerning that fateful 8th of June of 1969 when Franco decreed the closure of the “Verja.” Not words of woe for their then 5,ooo families who would find themselves out of work and out of pocket; soon to lose homes they could not pay for; destitute; La Linea turning into a ghost town. Nothing like that expressed in said text; just talk of the thorn in the heart and dignity of Spain and words of repulsion towards their own; I quote “although there are many cowardly Spaniards who strive to say that Gibraltar must continue being British because there are thousands of Spaniards working on the Rock.” Read more
13/09/2019 - 09:49
Dear Sir,
With reference to the above recently published in the local media I would like to request the circulation of the following on behalf of our group:
We, at Action for Housing, note with much interest the Government’s recent public announcement on the “Regeneration of Road to the Lines” that will apparently yield 100 studio flats. The Government has described these as being for “low cost rental”. Read more
13/09/2019 - 09:48
Promises may come and go; but in the bitter sweet message delivered by our Chief Minister on stage at Europa Point on Monday evening; before the commencement of one of the most beautiful and magical of nights Gibraltar has had the pleasure of experiencing of late; i.e. the Andrea Bocelli concert; I felt we should all of us, want to make the promise of never forgetting what the evening of such exquisite artistry was marking, which was our fifty years since the closure of the frontier. Read more
04/09/2019 - 09:37
Loss of women’s free voice
The freedom of speech that Pope Benedict and Pope Francis had so often advocated, has had to be abandoned in the matter of a magazine which was launched in 2012 called “Women, Church, World,” which comes in a monthly supplement in the Vatican daily paper. Read more
02/09/2019 - 09:29
How can the Hopposition say that there is a lack of information when the Governation has shown the enormity of public contacts, inc luding 20 briefings with them? Read more
30/08/2019 - 09:38
There are trees that are known to have roots that sometimes fuse with those of other members of its same species, creating a subterranean intersection of exchange between individual trees, to create a super organism. This is what we have been part of all along as members of the EU with the UK; part of supposedly, a civilized family of nations with a purpose, and goals which included promoting peace; breaking down barriers to trade and borders; promoting inclusion and combating discrimination; championing environmental protection etc. What went wrong? Study shows that when a tree is cut down and only the stump remains, it nevertheless continues to be a participating member of the local super organism. Read more
28/08/2019 - 09:45
On the 3rd September 1939 marked the outbreak of World War II, few are aware that it also marks the first major British maritime casualty, the merchant vessel SS Athenia was torpedoed just a few hours after hostilities were declared, with the loss of 128 passengers and crew. To quote Admiral the Honourable The Lord West of Spithead “Although many hundreds of merchant seafarers would meet the same fate in the years to come, 3rd September is now enshrined as Merchant Navy Day, and calls on local authorities to fly the Red Ensign to celebrate a glorious seafaring past and a vital part of the nation’s economic future”. Read more
27/08/2019 - 09:57
Dear Sirs,
When Casemates barracks was turned into restaurants and bars, each were allotted terrace space on the square. Each night the tables and chairs would be removed and then placed again next morning. Read more
21/08/2019 - 09:40
With people like the CBF about, we will never achieve our goals on the question of our seas
Last Wednesday evening, on Newswatch, we witnessed once again, a high ranking officer, in this case the Commander British Forces Cdr Tim Henry, take us a step backwards. He was very genuinely asked by the Head of News, if he recognized and understood our anxieties over the constant illegal incursions into out British Gibraltar territorial Waters, to which in his reply, he not only went back to the old and well worn chestnut of “safe passage;” but furthermore thought there was nothing unusual about these sort of goings on. Read more
