24/01/2020 - 10:47
It’s been quite a muddled, questionable and in parts, unconvincing week in local Brexit politics.
Local leading figures, have not only turned heads, but confused people even more. Leading lights like the Chief Minister, the Governor, the Mayor of La Linea, our friend Sr Jose Margallo, the Deputy Chief Minister, not to be left out, even ‘10 Downing St’ also played its part. In what I can only describe as a seriously odd week of Brexit Politics! Read more
24/01/2020 - 10:47
The Gibraltar Tourist Board has released its new generic consumer and trade advertising campaign themed ‘Gibraltar - Time to be enlightened’.
The slogan forms part of a new identifying campaign logo, which evolves the previous cultural themes explored by the highly successful ‘Year of Culture’ campaign. Read more
24/01/2020 - 10:46
Gibraltar Tourist Board (GTB) is participating at the 40th edition of FITUR, the international tourism trade fair, in Madrid, Spain to January 26.
FITUR is one of the leading meeting points for the tourism industry globally. In 2019 10,487 exhibiting companies from 165countries/regions, 142,642 trade participants, 110,848 consumers and over 8,000 journalists took part. Read more
24/01/2020 - 10:46
As part of the Government’s ongoing initiative to tackle the detrimental impact of smoking on health and illicit tobacco activity in the area around Gibraltar, Read more
24/01/2020 - 10:45
There will be times when you may have wondered if anyone out there is listening; if anyone is taking things in; because even when in the company of others, this appears not to be the case. How many times have you found yourself in someone’s company, say having coffee, and when you are about to respond to the question “so tell me, how have you been?” someone else approaches the table and addresses the person sat opposite you. Read more
24/01/2020 - 10:43
The Ministry of Equality’s fireside chat event Discussing the effects of gender stereotypes in fairy tales, attracted a full audience at the Garrison Library. Read more
23/01/2020 - 11:15
*Two other vessels rammed Customs boatand attacked the officers
In the early hours of yesterday morning whilst carrying out a routine patrol of BGTW, Officers from HM Customs Marine Section engaged in a chase of a suspect vessel loaded with tobacco. 1,500 cartons of cigarettes were seized and a small speedboat.
When Customs Officers confiscated and boarded the small speedboat, two other vessels rammed it and attacked the Officers. The occupants on the boats escaped into Spain. Read more
23/01/2020 - 11:15
A storm appears to be brewing over the fate of Spanish frontier workers, with the association of Spanish workers ASCTEG saying that Spaniards are being dismissed.
Their spokesman Juan Jose Uceda referred yesterday to the dismissals, and also to other problems with those employed to look after disabled and others needing care. Read more
23/01/2020 - 11:13
There is no doubt for many years Gibraltar has miserably failed to effectively respond to the serious drug problem devastating many in society. The proof is there and overwhelmingly apparent! Read more
23/01/2020 - 11:12
‘Gibraltar for Yes’ will be launched this Saturday with the aim of highlighting the importance of voting Yes at the upcoming Abortion Referendum on the 19th March. The campaign is an alliance between No More Shame Gibraltar, Choice Gibraltar, Secular Humanist Society of Gibraltar and Feminist Gibraltar, all of which submitted responses to the Government’s Command Paper on Abortion in 2018. Read more