27/03/2019 - 11:38
The Ministry for Infrastructure and Planning says it is pleased to announce as part of Sustainable Traffic, Transport and Parking Plan that as from Wednesday 27 March, a new Pay & Display parking zone adjacent to Europort Road will become operational. Read more
27/03/2019 - 11:37
Parents of teenagers in Gibraltar are invited to attend an evening training session on Thursday 4th April from 7.30-9.30pm at Bleak House on the topic of Drugs & Alcohol Awareness. Read more
26/03/2019 - 11:53
Gibraltar’s Commissioner for Sustainable Development, Professor Daniella Tilbury, has become the UK Representative on a Steering Committee of the United Nations Economic Council for Europe. A letter, sent by the UK’s Department for Education to UNECE’s Chief of the Environment and Sustainable Development Section, confirmed that Prof Tilbury would be the UK national focal on matters relating to education and sustainable development. Read more
26/03/2019 - 11:51
The Gibraltar Health Authority (GHA) says it is delighted to announce that it has entered into a contractual agreement with Clínica Universidad de Navarra, a Spanish private healthcare provider with tertiary centres in Madrid and Pamplona.
It is important to note that the system for referring patients to these centres in Madrid and Pamplona will remain as it is at present. This means, first and foremost, that the GHA will continue to use, as its primary referral route, its well-established pathways for specialist care to NHS hospitals. Read more
26/03/2019 - 11:49
Rock Theatre's approach to Bothered and Bewildered was enough for them to take home the Best Play of the Festival. A fantastic all around performance by the cast ESPECIALLY Monica Ritchie as Irene. I was able to catch up with the play's Director Angela Jenkins to get her reaction.
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26/03/2019 - 11:46
‘Gibraltar needs to be consistent: it cannot demand self-determination for itself internationally, while refusing that same self-determination domestically to its women citizens,’ was one of the messages Felix Alvarez, representing the ERG-Unite Pro-Choice campaign, delivered in London last Saturday at a forum of key speakers discussing the way forward on reproductive rights. Read more
25/03/2019 - 11:46
Questions by JOE GARCIA - INTERVIEW
Answers by - DR JOSEPH GARCIA, DEPUTY CHIEF MINISTER
It must be difficult to provide specific, conclusive answers with Gibraltar and the UK being engulfed in never-ending uncertainty, but one thing is certain, as a community we voted for Europe but Europe has not returned our political loyalty. Why are we pro-European? Read more
25/03/2019 - 11:45
by KEN WESTMORELAND
Years ago, I remarked to a Gibraltarian, ‘Spain lays claim to Gibraltar, Argentina the Falkland Islands, Guatemala Belize, what is it with Spanish-speaking countries?’ to which he replied, ‘I think you mean: “What is it with fascists?”’ I wouldn’t brand them as ‘fascists’, but rather as ‘Hispano-irredentists’, all hankering after long lost territory, if it were theirs to lose. Read more
25/03/2019 - 11:40
Let’s stop kidding ourselves and face the reality of today‘s society. The claim that foreigners from across the way are taking away jobs from the locals has to be a myth. We are all aware that one of the EU rules was that workers from member states had to be employed locally; whilst I believe the general consensus was that that the jobs should first be offered to locals. Now that we are leaving Europe perhaps we won’t have to adhere to their rules any longer, but nevertheless and despite this, nothing will change much on the work front. Read more
22/03/2019 - 11:32
The Government is informing the public of the effect of a No-Deal Brexit on healthcare services provided to (1) EU nationals resident or working in Gibraltar; (2) Gibraltarian citizens resident or working in the EU or the UK; (3) and Gibraltarians receiving treatment in Spain, other EU Member States or the UK. Read more
