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THE AGREEMENT SETS OUT STRICTER RULES TO DETERMINE THE TAX RESIDENCY OF INDIVIDUALS AND BUSINESSES

All that glitters is not gold and when it comes from Spain, with their long history of trying to mess up Gibraltar, it would be childish to swallow everything that comes our way.  Read more

Gibraltar Drama Festival Adjudicator

The adjudicator who will be coming over for the 2019 Gibraltar Drama Festival is Mrs Cherry Stephenson.

Ms Stephenson has trained in Drama at the Bretton Hall College of Education. She first worked as a Secondary Drama Specialist in Newcastle-upon-Tyne and then a Drama Therapist, before moving to Leicestershire, where she became a member of the Drama and Dance Educational Advisory Service.  Read more

Putting Gibraltar First

The most important issue since the Second World War ‘BREXIT’ is just about to come into full bloom, how pretty it will look is yet to be determined. Read more

Special parent and child reading session

Throughout this week, Governor’s Meadow First School opened its doors for the first time to host a special Parent and Child Reading Session, in conjunction with Book Week.

The school’s sports hall was converted into a library, with special reading mats, shelves of books and comfy chairs especially for the event which saw their students from Nursery age to Year 3 enjoy the company of their parents for half an hour during the school day.  Read more

First challenge of its kind at nursery

Yesterday, children and parents at St Bernard’s Nursery enjoyed a special Billy Goats Gruff Challenge. This is very first challenge of its kind and is in conjunction with Book Week, resulting from the nursery’s focus on fairy tales.  Read more

Team that will take part in world dance championships

The Gibraltar International Dance Federation have officially presented the 2019 Team Gibraltar that will attend I.D.F. World Dance Championships in Pula, Croatia.

Gibraltar will be competing in Dance Show, Fantasy Dance, Free Show, Fit Kid,Hip Hop and Belly Dance. The Team will participate in Solos, Duos, Couples, Groups and Formations, in the Mini (ages 6-9),Youth (10-13), Junior(14-16) and Adults (16 plus) Categories. Read more

LOTTERY RESULTS

Gibraltar has already engaged in defacto diplomacy of its own

By KEN WESTMORELAND

On a recent visit to Gibraltar, I was surprised to hear someone tell me that the local branch of the Instituto Cervantes, now closed, ‘is missed here’. This was in marked contrast to what I had read for many years, namely that it was unwelcome, unwanted, and seen as a Trojan horse for Spanish influence, not just cultural, but also political, a kind of listening post or den of spies.  Read more