23/08/2019 - 10:26
This has been described as an election year unlike any other; and in many respects this is true if Brexit alone is brought into the electoral equation. Read more
23/08/2019 - 10:20
Thomas Jefferson once said that “the happiness of every individual is now acknowledged to be the only legitimate object of government.” This may well have been true when this great man uttered such words; today, however, it may sound like an illusive dream in some corners of the world, particularly in Hong Kong, where its citizens; primarily its young; are prepared to demonstrate for their freedoms and rights, to the point of putting their lives at risk. Read more
22/08/2019 - 10:09
Following reports in the UK press and in PANORAMA yesterday, the GSD has come out to say that the Government needs to be much more explicit about its no deal planning or about whether it has or is intending to reach a new agreement with Spain. It should also provide a copy of the latest full Yellowhammer Report to the GSD Opposition. Read more
22/08/2019 - 10:07
The Chief Minister, Fabian Picardo, has reacted to the GSD press statement on the Yellowhammer report on pages 3 and 4.
This is his reaction: "I note the delayed reaction of the GSD's unelected Keith Azopardi on the out of date Yellowhammer report published in the Sunday Times. Read more
22/08/2019 - 10:05
The Gibraltar Health Authority (GHA) last February launched a national campaign across Gibraltar to reduce inappropriate prescriptions for antibiotics by raising awareness of the issue of antibiotic resistance and reducing demand from the public. Read more
22/08/2019 - 10:00
The Special Olympics Committee in conjunction with the Ministry of Equality were delighted to launch an awareness campaign yesterday in relation to the upcoming Special Olympics National Games taking place in September. Read more
22/08/2019 - 09:59
The tenth ship to bear this name, HMS Enterprise entered Gibraltar a few days ago. The ship is an Echo Class Hydrographic Survey Vessel that is used to collect information about underwater terrains and environments. Read more
21/08/2019 - 09:42
When The Sun, which is Britain's largest selling paper, publishes an Exclusive about the frontier issue, what do we get from Gibraltar's political world? Nothing!
The writer of the piece was Tom Newton Dunn, the paper's Political Editor, who often appears on British TV reviewing the papers, so what he says must carry some weight. 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