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Why this mad rush for anti-bodies

- as if Gibraltarians were willing guinea pigs?

People are expressing concern about the mad rush by the GHA’s medical top boys to acquire anti-bodies - and the conflicting messages emanating which can only add to more confusion. Read more

The state the RGP is in

The Commissioner of Police has been using stock phrases such as 'there is always room for improvement', as if to try and brush under the carpet the serious shortcomings brought to light in the inspection of the RGP carried out by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary. The report is about how the RGP is run and how it behaves, and obviously these are issues that cannot be ignored in any democratic society. What is surprising is that the Chief Minister has remained as silent as the grave about it, but that's another story. Read more

Only a ‘Public Inquiry’ can deliver comprehensive Covid answers!

WE NEED AND MUST DEMAND ANSWERS

Personally, I have struggled what to think of the Coronavirus generally. It has also caused fierce debate around the world, including from a growing number back here on the Rock. Read more

It’s the Spanish citizens who carry the burden

In Spain at present there is great discontent. It appears that their President Pedro Sanchez, despite his liaisons via video conference with the different autonomous regions and their respective authorities, there is little accord to be found amongst them. The Spanish Congress grows more and more hostile and the main opposition parties like the PP or Vox, instead of trying to work together with his party for the good of Spain, are hell bent on trashing everything he does. Read more

Today is International Museum Day

Today is International Museum Day, co-ordinated by the International Council of Museums (ICOM), which will run with the theme “Museums for Equality: Diversity and Inclusion”. It aims at becoming a rallying point to both celebrate the diversity of perspectives that make up the communities and personnel of museums, and champion tools for identifying and overcoming bias in what they display and the stories they tell. Read more

IN FULL: The statement from Regulatory Authority

The Gibraltar Regulatory Authority (the “GRA”), as the Information Commissioner (the “Commissioner”) has published a Guidance Note which provides information and guidance on the use of temperature checks on individuals in the fight against COVID-19. Read more

Ministers say that a regulation is to be issued to over-rule decision of Regulatory Authority on temperature checks

The Government has clashed with the Gibraltar Regulatory Authority because it does not like the Authority’s ruling about temperature checks. Read more