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Hong Kong and Gibraltar similarities...

What is happening in Hong Kong at present is very telling is it not? Ceded to Britain by China in 1842; this once small “strategic” territory was under British rule. Then, after 156 years it reverted to Chinese sovereignty on the first of July 1997. This action taken, I have to add, was not at all popular with its citizens who never wished to be part of Mainland China and tried their best to fight against it.  Read more

No closure and no change

“The new world of Spain”; “The new Spaniards”; how many articles in magazines or journals have we come across with similar titles? All carrying stories which are appealing and interesting, because Spain, is after all, one of the oldest nation-states in Europe whose history is enveloped in countless conquests; whose deep rooted traditions have been the subject of passionate relates; whose bloody Spanish Civil War ignited such interest, that for the first time in the history of the world, its propaganda played a greater part than even the fight itself.  Read more

It's like selling the Crown Jewels

Dear Sir,

I was listening to the Budget on T.V. that the GSLP and Liberal are going to sell the other 50% of some of the new buildings that they have built to a private equity company. When the young Gibraltarians that bought their first properties, they bought thinking that the other half was going to be owned by the Gibraltar Government. But now appears that the Government will be selling the other 50% off, this can’t be right. How can a Government sell their assets which are really supposed to be looked after and cherished by the Government?  Read more

Commiserations, Your Excellency

Dear Sir,

On Friday 14th June GBC Newswatch at 19.30 hrs, repeated of course at 23.00 hrs, during their coverage of Her Majesty’s traditional Birthday parade at Casemates ‘demoted’ His Excellency LT GENERAL Edward Davis CB CBE to LIEUTENANT Edward Davis.  Read more

No room for Action for Housing

Dear Sir,

Due to the non-availability of meeting rooms at the John Mackintosh Hall on account of urgent use for other events including the Island Games, Action for Housing will not be meeting at their usual venue until Monday 29th July 2019. 

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No room for Action for Housing

Dear Sir,

Due to the non-availability of meeting rooms at the John Mackintosh Hall on account of urgent use for other events including the Island Games, Action for Housing will not be meeting at their usual venue until Monday 29th July 2019. 

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To whom it may concern

Dear Sir,

Just a thank you note to the GHA for the well run hospital under its responsibility.

I have been for a month a patient at the wards John and Capt. Murchison and I must say that both professionals and future qualified nursing personnel, have a very pleasant attitude towards the sometimes “difficult” patient.  Read more

We must not forget our roots; we must not forget theirs

Franco’s signature continues to be written all over the country he ruled. By ensuring that the wounds left by the Civil War remain open so long, he appears to have inoculated his fellow Spaniards with the very intolerance he came to symbolize. Many of us wonder how this former dictatorship can be judged to have become a democracy. The thing is that democratisation in Spain is not set in stone as in other civilized and modern countries, but can be undone. Their democracy, like freedom and equality, is very much a matter of degree.  Read more