21/05/2020 - 10:02
Gibraltar Cultural Services (GCS) and GAMPA (the Gibraltar Academy of Music and Performing Arts), are considering arranging a number of activities for primary school children in years 3, 4 and 5 who will not be able to attend school until September. This therefore would not include children in years 2 and 6 nor children who are able to attend school because parents are working and have no alternative child care available. Read more
21/05/2020 - 10:02
The first Gibraltar National Museum Virtual Open Day has been a success. It has become normal practice to release the figures of numbers of visitors to the open day.
The Government adds: On this occasion it is the figures of visits to the Facebook site which give an indication of interest. Items were also posted on Twitter and Instagram. Read more
21/05/2020 - 10:01
IN PERSPECTIVE by Kevan Kennedy
Action4Schools Sierra Leone is a local charity based within Sierra Leone, Africa - a country ravaged by civil war and political turmoil. The charity provides water and refurbishes schools, going so far as to administer “medical attention and eye care to children that need assistance. Here in Gibraltar we visit schools and give presentations raising awareness and encourage positive action from the younger generation.” Read more
21/05/2020 - 10:00
What’s the size of our economic covid hole?
Much, has been said and criticised in recent in recent weeks, about some of the Government’s initial policies as Gibraltar slowly tiptoes into a post-Covid world! Read more
21/05/2020 - 09:57
Parliament meets for the first time since March on 28 May. The GSD says it has tabled a number of questions on diverse fields in connection with the public health emergency and the economic management of the crisis as well as other important non-COVID questions. Read more
21/05/2020 - 09:57
The Covid 19 pandemic and subsequent lockdown has brought about many changes and disruption to everyone’s lives, not least among those who have underlying psychological or mental health issues. This has created a greater need and demand for support from the general public and Clubhouse Gibraltar has been responding to many enquiries as well as reaching out and maintaining communication with their members. Read more
20/05/2020 - 16:57
Wednesday 20 May 2020
Total tests done: 5615
Test results pending: 205
Test results received: 5410
Confirmed cases: 149
Active cases: 4
Recovered cases: 145
Number in self-isolation: 45
A total of 2439 tests have been carried out so far in the frontline, targeted and systematic sampling. This is included in the above figures.
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20/05/2020 - 10:10
Vice Admiral Sir David Steel KBE, DL has been appointed Governor of Gibraltar in succession to Lieutenant General Edward Davis CB CBE. He has been Aide-de-Camp to HM The Queen, and has enjoyed a full career in the Royal Navy, joining at age 18 and retiring as a Vice Admiral and Second Sea Lord. Read more
20/05/2020 - 10:08
The Muslim Youth of Gibraltar have been holding communal Iftar’s for a number of years. Today, on account of the covid-19 pandemic, they will hold their first ever ‘Virtual Iftar’, hosting a number of talented speakers and artists from across to world. For this piece, we interviewed Youssef El Hana, one of many founders of The Muslim Youth of Gibraltar. We spoke of a number of issues that are involving the goals of these yearly Iftars, as well as the Virtual Iftar itself: the difficulty of organising the event, the meaning of ‘#luvramadan’, and the future of the Muslim Youth of Gibraltar. Read more
_15.jpg "The Muslim Youth of Gibraltar: \"Ignorance can only be destroyed by the use of knowledge\"")
