27/09/2023 - 10:09
In my Opinion by F. Oliva
The new GSD candidates may not inspire much confidence as constituent parts of a government in waiting, but they could certainly audition for a Universal Studios production of some of their much loved horror classics. Read more
26/09/2023 - 11:59
In the first of a series of articles F Oliva analyses the strengths and weaknesses of the new candidates standing for election.
The current slate of candidates is the Read more
25/09/2023 - 10:49
SPECIAL REPORT by PETER TABERNER
As this year began there were many scare stories over the property market and that in a climate of higher inflation and interest rates it would significantly tighten, but as we enter into the latter part of this year what has been the reality compared to what the doomsayers believed? Read more
21/09/2023 - 09:30
SPECIAL REPORT by PETER TABERNER
The recent successful meeting between the government and the UK Minister for the Armed Forces James Heappey can be seen as a reassertion of the strategic military importance of Gibraltar. Read more
20/09/2023 - 18:10
In my Opinion by F. Oliva
The Gibraltar general election has started to gain momentum with the official release of the GSLP and GSD slate of candidates, and the results of a GBC opinion poll into the state of the parties. Read more
19/09/2023 - 09:56
In my Opinion by F. Oliva
Over 1,600 scientists including two Nobel Prize winners have signed the World Climate Declaration entitled ‘There is no Climate Emergency,’ Read more
14/09/2023 - 12:27
In my Opinion by F. Oliva
“I’m on a road to nowhere,” sang the great David Byrne of Talking Heads fame in their 1985 Little Creatures LP. It seems that Keith Azopardi is now unconsciously singing the lines from that hymn sheet, as political parties go into overdrive ahead of polling day on October 12, 2023. Read more
12/09/2023 - 12:38
In my Opinion by F. Oliva
As soon as the GBC news on Wednesday evening came on and the face of Unite’s Sam Hennessey popped on the screen, it was clear to me that something was afoot. One did not need to be Sherlock Holmes to work that one out. Read more
07/09/2023 - 10:55
In my Opinion by F. Oliva
The idea that frontiers, geopolitical blocks and discordant political and sociological systems do not exist, or are dissolved in one great brotherhood of man, Read more
30/08/2023 - 10:22
In my Opinion by F. Oliva
News of the queuing changes at the frontier in what appeared as an early taster of the Brexit ‘Iron Curtain’ customs and immigration regime in the event of a No Negotiated Outcome, spread through WhatsApp groups on Friday like a forest fire. Read more