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
26/05/2020 - 11:11
26 May 2020
Total tests done: 6621
Test results pending: 268
Test results received: 6353
Confirmed cases: 154 Read more
26/05/2020 - 09:02
The freezing and redeployment of funds to deal with the global pandemic has forced numerous small businesses dependent on government funding to consider shutting down. Read more
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
