26/05/2020 - 09:01
“The free for all has to stop,” says minister
The Government has today published a command paper for a bill for an Act to “regulate the operation of personal light electric transporters, to penalise their unlawful operation, to provide for the seizure and detention of such transporters in cases of unsafe operation, and for related purposes.” Read more
26/05/2020 - 09:00
Covid-19 has increased financial woes of many!
Following my Panorama report last week on how the pandemic has seriously affected world economies including our own; today’s focus is directly related on how the Covid pandemic is financially affecting the citizens of the world. It’s also where many in Gibraltar have really felt the catastrophic financial Covid effects to their everyday lives! 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
26/05/2020 - 08:56
Three look-alike drill-ships have been coming into Gibraltar waters, arrivals being spaced out by about a week. Read more
22/05/2020 - 12:01
22 May 2020
Total tests done: 6101
Test results pending: 325
Test results received: 5776
Confirmed cases: 151
Active cases: 4
Recovered cases: 147 Read more
22/05/2020 - 10:11
*What we have done right and what we have done wrong, and where we could have done better, Govt tells PANORAMA
The Chief Minister last evening confirmed government will be establishing a ‘Public Inquiry’ to inform how the government can in future improve if Gibraltar was ever faced with such a crisis again! Read more
22/05/2020 - 10:10
BREXIT has caused the UK to clash with the EU over issues such as trade, freedom of movement and fisheries - but Spain's entry into the debate has brought Gibraltar to the fore. Read more
22/05/2020 - 10:09
The end of social lockdown, but the safest advice is to stay at home
At midnight last night the social lock down ends. The regulations which restricted your freedom of movement will lapse.I will not seek that those restrictions should continue. I will not grant my consent for the regulations to be renewed. That applies to all age groups including the over-70s. This is as a result of the very low numbers of infections presently detected in our community. Read more
22/05/2020 - 10:08
Some of you may wonder from reading past articles of mine, that I tend to veer towards the past or my childhood days because I have not come to terms with the ways of the present; or that I dislike its new technology. There is an element of truth in this, but it is not altogether accurate. Read more