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APES CAME CLOSE TO EXTINCTION

*From the first history of the apes, by JOE GARCIA, so popular that three editions were published.

*CONTINUES FROM YESTERDAY
With shouts of "They are perfect pests" and "The apes have long ceased to be a joke", the Rock Apes came close to extinction in 1923 when it was officially put to the Military Authorities if they had any particular objection to all the apes being got rid of, but the views expressed 3 years earlier by the Secretary of State saved the day. Read more

University’s cave study

A new University of Gibraltar study undertaken at the Gorham’s Cave Complex UNESCO World Heritage Site has shown that Crag Martins wintering in Gibraltar show remarkable faithfulness to the caves in which they roost. Read more

If others have bespoke agreements why can’t we?

We well knew from the start, that Brexit would create a raft of new diplomatic headaches, that possibly the UK did not need; but neither did we!

by CARMEN GOMEZ

In 2017 Dominic Raab said “there are plenty of reasons to be optimistic about the Brexit negotiations.” Adding; “the EU`s draft document suggests broad agreement on most of what we want. And the three bones of contention are surmountable.” Read more

Gibraltar - COVID-19 Information Update

Thursday 19th August 2021
Total tests done: 328,086
Test results pending: 73
Test results received: 328,013
Confirmed cases: 5261 (+13) Read more

CANNABIS RESIN WORTH £13 MILLION SEIZED

At around 07.30am yesterday, the Royal Gibraltar Police commenced a chase at sea with a suspect RHIB.
The RHIB was first spotted at Emerson’s Place by an RGP land patrol. The RGP Marine Section then took over and immediately deployed to the area in order to intercept the RHIB.  Read more

Law being changed, including life imprisonment, in fuel container crisis

The Government is changing the law to impose stiff penalties, including life imprisonment, to deal with the increasing fuel container crisis.
A Bill has been published to amend the Petroleum Act in order to deal with the increase in persons being found in possession of petrol canisters, on many occasions full of highly volatile automotive fuel, says a Government statement.  Read more

COVID-19 Outbreak at Elderly Residential Block

There has been an outbreak of COVID-19 cases within Albert Risso Elderly Residential Block, which the Government views with great concern. 
These cases have been detected as a result of Contact Tracing investigation linking some of these cases with two events mainly organised by residents of this estate.  Read more