27/05/2020 - 11:13
27th May 2020
Total tests done: 6859
Test results pending: 355
Test results received: 6504
Confirmed cases: 157
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27/05/2020 - 08:56
STOP Non-resident vehicles entering city centre - and that’s half the problem solved
If the Government wants to reduce car and motorcycle pollution, they should prohibit non-resident vehicles from entering the city centre - and that would be half the problem solved without messing up the long-suffering resident population.
This is not a question of nationality, it is doing what in other cities elsewhere are doing when faced with traffic congestion problems. Read more
27/05/2020 - 08:54
Four cruise ships carry out technical call at Gibraltar
The Cruise Liners Jewel of the Seas, Anthem of the Seas, Sovereign and Celebrity Infinity carried out a technical call at Gibraltar on the Sunday with all operations being concluded by Monday. Read more
27/05/2020 - 08:54
Towards the end of a wide-ranging interview on Cadena Ser Radio yesterday morning the Spanish Foreign Minister Arancha Gonzalez Laya said that there were a number of forthcoming challenges for the Spanish Government including the bilateral negotiation between the UK and Spain of a new status for Gibraltar.
She left unclear what the Spanish view of that new status would be, says the GSD.
Her exact words were: “tenemos grandes retos delante por delante hay que aprobar un fondo de recuperación en Europa, hay que negociar el Brexit y un nuevo estatus para Gibraltar entre España y el Reino Unido…” Read more
27/05/2020 - 08:53
Unlocking Gibraltar is a bag of mixed messages!
It is another important week in the ‘unlocking of the rock’ and of returning to what can be deemed at this stage as a post-Covid normality!
Our public health experts have displayed a sure footed approach in handling of the coronavirus pandemic. Though at the same time, I wouldn’t be true to myself or to what I have previously penned in this newspaper, in that the expert and political management of this health emergency has been at times confusing. I’ll come to that a later. Read more
27/05/2020 - 08:50
Specialist law firm, Signature Litigation, says that Elliott Phillips, Partner at the Firm’s Gibraltar office, has been recognised as one of the Top 100 trusts litigators globally for 2020 by leading private wealth directory, Citywealth. Read more
27/05/2020 - 08:48
The Gibraltar Spring Visual Arts Exhibition is organised by Gibraltar Cultural Services on behalf of the Ministry of Culture. Unfortunately this year, due to COVID, the exhibition has been organised in a digital format. A total of ninety four entries by fifty two artists have been submitted. Read more
26/05/2020 - 14:47
Dear Sir,
Just before the general election I wrote a letter to the Together Party in the Panorama asking for an explanation on how they intended to implement the pedestrianisation of Line Wall Rd. As I still haven’t had an answer, I have taken it upon myself to study this promise that they showed in their manifesto. Read more
26/05/2020 - 14:44
Dear Sir,
I would like to respond to Mr.Joe Caserni's letter dated 21st May 2020 titled ''Watchdog Warning for Picardo.’
First of all I do not like Mr. J. Caserni's disrespectful attitude when addressing himself to our Chief Minister the Hon. Fabian Picardo. Read more
26/05/2020 - 14:44
Dear Sir,
During lockdown, people are forced to stay indoors and use extra water and electricity. Read more
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