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The curse of the Rock’s culture of ENTITLEMENT

Is Bossano, the champion of socialism, the ideal executioner to take a hatchet to these pseudo Pillars of Hercules?

by MARK VIALES
Entitlement is at its core a toxic characteristic. It represents the delusion that a person is exempt from the rules, deserves special treatment and is not held to the same standards as others. Read more

GBC have to become financially self-sufficient or sink

The scandal of GBC - Part 3

There certainly is a case to be made if not for the defunding of GBC in its entirety, certainly for a dramatic reduction of the annual subsidy, enough for them to deliver a daily news service. They have to become financially self-sufficient or sink, be weaned off their reliance on public money and adjust their operation to what they can realistically pay. Read more

Gibraltar - COVID-19 Information Update

There are 51 new positive cases in Gibraltar today:
18 vaccinated individuals Read more

GBC cannot remain indefinitely in a publicly subsidised cocoon

Part 2 of series:

What the old GBC lacked in infrastructure, investment and technical resources they made up with inventiveness and imagination. In many ways more money, resources and a larger physical footprint has just amplified negative traits, the complacency, and mistakes of the past, without any of the charm, personality and attractive features of what was a manageable, austere, truly local channel.
GBC then had a well-grounded sense of realism, self-consciousness of what it was and what it was not, something sorely missing today. Yes, there was compulsory payment of a licence fee which irritated many, but by comparison to the sums of money handled today, it was peanuts. Read more

Wear purple for Pancreatic Cancer Day

by MEGAN STRINGER
November marks Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month, such as World Pancreatic Cancer Day.
Pancreatic Cancer is often diagnosed late due to the common symptoms which can be mistaken for other common conditions. The symptoms are:
indigestion, unexplained weight loss, abdominal and back pain and jaundice. In the UK, approximately 10,000 people are newly diagnosed each year.
Louis Baldachino is the founder and chairman of the Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Gibraltar Charitable Trust, which was founded in February 2018.  Read more

GFA fail to win the fans and any match

Gibraltar, as expected, did badly in the European qualifiers, losing all ten matches and scoring under a handful of goals and conceding some 40. They came bottom of their group with nil points, with Latvia, who beat them 3-1 in the last match, ending one up from the bottom, but with 9 points. Read more

Gibraltar - COVID-19 Information Update

There are 83 new positive cases in Gibraltar today:
1 is a visitor aged 65-70 whose vaccination status is to be confirmed
26 vaccinated individuals Read more

After receiving over £14 MILLION GBC’s general manager says DON’T EXPECT US TO DELIVER MORE

The migration of GBC from dilapidated studios at Broadcasting House to its new luxury hotel at South Jumpers Bastion has raised many eyebrows in the community. After a series of insipid relaunches, renovations, re-brandings and aborted attempts at relocations, the definitive resettlement was accomplished in August. Read more