15/05/2020 - 09:23
“And one big jump to a return to full democracy”
Gibraltar’s Covid-19 pandemic story is still being written. So far, we appear to have fared really well, much better in fact, than even our own experts predicted! Read more
15/05/2020 - 09:21
HM Customs Gibraltar are 270 years old. Yesterday was their birthday and their flag was installed at No.6 Convent Place and later at Customs House. Read more
15/05/2020 - 09:20
Since a seminar in Washington on “Security in the Western Mediterranean and North Africa”, organised in May 2016 by the Heritage foundation, where Dr. Garcia was one of three panellists together with Luke Coffey whom he shared the floor with, we had nor heard further from the latter. Read more
15/05/2020 - 09:18
The Cruise Liners “Jewel of the Seas and Allure of the Seas” are planning to carry out technical call at Gibraltar. But as this was announced, in Spain they were accusing Gibraltar of contaminating the seas. Read more
14/05/2020 - 10:20
Gibraltar has been up in arms with Dr Bhatti from the day when he made the most inopportune comment that the whole of Gibraltar would get the coronavirus, what a way to reassure a long suffering community.
Now, the Chief Minister Fabian Picardo has come out supporting Dr Bhatti's senseless comment, all he needs to do now is to also support Dr Bhatti's macabre bedside manners in that we should all make peace with our loved ones, as if we are all about to pass away. Read more
14/05/2020 - 10:20
The planning process is an essential prerequisite to investment, economic development, and construction. The first meeting of a “COVID DPC” took place on 17 April.
Deputy Chief Minister Dr Joseph Garcia, speaking at yesterday's press conference, added: Decisions were then taken by round-robin.
Public participation had already occurred in some of the applications that were considered.
In others, the procedures did not require it. Read more
14/05/2020 - 10:18
In welcoming the publication of Unlock the Rock, opposition leader Keith Azopardi said:
“We have been working with Government on this document for some time to try to agree as much of it as we can and to improve the ideas and strategy within it. This is in line with our efforts to work together in the public interest. This is what Gibraltar needed when this crisis arrived and it is not over yet. Read more
14/05/2020 - 10:17
The completion of a new Gibraltar Covid screening laboratory, a joint venture between Public Health Gibraltar and the University of Gibraltar, using equipment supplied by the GHA and University of Gibraltar, has been announced.
To ensure that the lifting of the lockdown can proceed safely while minimising the risk of a surge in Covid cases, it is essential that we closely monitor the number of new cases of Coronavirus on a daily basis. Read more
14/05/2020 - 10:17
The opportunity has arisen to visit the Mario Finlayson National Art Gallery online, from the comfort of their home.
Head of Cultural Development, Davina Barbara, invites you to join her as she explores the artworks on display together with Art Advisor Gino Sanguinetti. Read more
14/05/2020 - 10:15
GENEVA, Wednesday - All over the world, the COVID-19 pandemic is causing significant loss of life, disrupting livelihoods, and threatening the recent advances in health and progress towards global development goals highlighted in the 2020 World Health Statistics published by the World Health Organization (WHO) today.
“The good news is that people around the world are living longer and healthier lives. The bad news is the rate of progress is too slow to meet the Sustainable Development Goals and will be further thrown off track by COVID-19,” said Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General. Read more
