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Official Visit to La Linea

The Chief Minister, Fabian Picardo, will pay an official visit to La Linea today at midday.

Mr Picardo, who is being accompanied by the Deputy Chief Minister, Dr Joseph Garcia, will be received by the La Linea Mayor, Juan Franco and City Councillors. Read more

£8 million spent so far on our roads

The Government has so far invested £8 million in roads all over Gibraltar. This investment will continue going forward into the future.

It is true to say that our roads are subject to considerable wear and tear by thousands of locally registered vehicles. In addition to this, there are some 7000 additional vehicles who enter Gibraltar through the land frontier on a daily basis.

A Government statement adds: There is considerable construction and development in Gibraltar which leads to the presence on our roads of heavy goods vehicles, construction lorries and cranes. The weight of these vehicles logically increases the degree of wear and tear on the road surface. Read more

Why Gibraltar should have a Royal City status

With Royalty in the air, it may not be amiss for me to return to my perennial idea that Gibraltar should be granted Royal City status. And why not?

To begin with, Gibraltar has always shown strong affection to the Royal Family, to the Queen, and it has often filtered through that there is Royal reciprocity.

And even if the thoughts of the Royal Family tend to be kept secret, there are times when they come across loud and clear.

Let me give you an example. There is a conference centre in the UK run by the Foreign Office which is called Wilton Park, which they describe as an 'international forum for strategic discussion, bringing together leading representatives from the worlds of politics, diplomacy, academia, business, civil society, the military and the media.' Read more

British Airways increases frequency on Heathrow route

British Airways has announced an increase in the number of services between London Heathrow and Gibraltar for the forthcoming winter 2018 season. Read more

Gibraltar’s mega-rich static but millionaire properties keep popping up

The number of High Net Worth Individuals (HNWI) on the Rock has fallen by ten since 2012, putting into question the demand for more millionaire properties. Read more

Dastis double talk: “It’s Sovereignty, or Gibraltar is grounded on Single Sky”

It’s become increasingly difficult to understand (unless I am continuously missing something) why we are constantly being told ‘all the soft and up-beat political crap’ how positive, optimistic, co Read more

Llamas returns to the love nest in a story about wolves and canine expertise

The GSD leadership has been patting Danny Feetham’s back suggesting that he supports the party’s direction after the return of Bossino and Llamas. Since the likes of Clinton and Hammond have not been placed in the same bracket, what does it all mean?

Conjecture continues as party leader Azopardi tries to pour glue in the cracks,although admitting that the return of Llamas has been a hard pill for some members to swallow, in the wake of much recrimination particularly between Llamas and Feetham, with phrases like ‘loss of trust’ and ‘stark differences ’being uttered.

As recently as a few weeks ago, before Llamas took the plunge, he was being accused in the GSD of being part of a virtual clandestine group which included supposedly GSD members.”Some within the GSD are working with Llamas,” quipped the Chief Minister in Parliament. Read more