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An Art Competition for Young Artists, organised by Gibraltar Cultural Services on behalf of the Ministry of Culture, is being held at the John Mackintosh Hall. This competitive exhibition is part of the annual Youth Arts Jamboree. The Minister for Culture, The Hon. Dr John Cortes MP, officially opened the…

The Minister for Equality, Justice, Health and Care, Samantha Sacramento MP, on the 5th February took to Parliament a Bill for an Act on surrogacy. The Bill had been published on the 28th January and was brought to Parliament by the at the earliest possible opportunity following a certificate from…

St Bernadette’s Resource Centre resumed normal activity on Monday 22nd February 2021. This follows a robust inoculation programme arranged for service users who have now received their second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.    Under the Leadership of Sharon Ratcliffe, COVID-19 Coordinator for the Care Agency, the inoculation programme commenced…

The Gibraltar Health Authority (GHA) has, as from Monday, reduced the alert and readiness status of all GHA sites to AMBER/SUBSTANTIAL, following almost 8 weeks of high (Red or Black) readiness alert. This relaxation of the alert and readiness states of the health authority is in response to the falling…

Reacting to the GSD Press Release on VAT, the Chief Minister, the Hon Fabian Picardo QC MP, said: ‘The Government is preparing to work with TLAC and with other entities in finessing its negotiating objectives on any aspects of a UK/EU Treaty on Gibraltar which might relate to free or…

HM Government deeply regrets to confirm the death of a resident of Elderly Residential Services from COVID-19. The total number of deaths related to COVID-19 in Gibraltar is now 91.    The deceased was a woman aged 95-100 years old, who also had underlying health conditions. She died yesterday of…

The Minister for Health Samantha Sacramento has announced that yesterday, Sunday 21st February, marked exactly six weeks since the COVID-19 vaccination programme in Gibraltar first started. In this time over 30,000 doses of the Pfizer BioNTech vaccine have now been administered in Gibraltar.   As at close of play on Sunday 21st January,…

The Gorham’s Cave Complex UNESCO World Heritage Site has had a high profile within the Gibraltar National Museum’s own website since its inscription in 2016. The Gibraltar National Museum is the appointed Competent Authority (under regulation 8(2) of the Gorham’s Cave Complex Regulations 2019) that manages the World Heritage Site…

The Government would like to inform the public that new infrastructure and civil works to reinstate the existing pelican crossing by Jumper’s Building at Rosia Road are now complete and the installation of a new set of pelican crossing equipment at this location is planned to be completed by the…

HM Government of Gibraltar is deeply saddened to confirm 2 further deaths in Elderly Residential Services related to COVID-19, bringing the total number of COVID-19 related deaths in Gibraltar to 90. The first was a woman aged 85-90 years old, who died on the 19th February of a cerebrovascular event…

Good afternoon   Welcome to another live press conference from No6 Convent Place on the issue of COVID- 19.   I hope that today will be the last live press conference on COVID-19 from No6 Convent Place, at least for now   Since I last addressed, you one week ago,…

The Public Health department of the GHA at the Contact Tracing Bureau is currently carrying out a post-COVID follow-up review of people who tested positive for COVID-19 some time ago. The follow-up questions should not take more than 10 minutes and are there to assess if the person has reverted…

HM Government of Gibraltar is pleased to confirm that the BEAT support measures will continue for the month of February as announced by the Chief Minister in his press conference last week. The BEAT measures will comprise of the following measures; Businesses that have remained closed for the month of…

HM Government of Gibraltar is glad to announce the resumption of the Gibraltar Bus Company service on all routes as from Monday 22nd February 2021. The service will be subject to conditions provided by Public Health Gibraltar of which it will be mandatory for all members of the public over…

Gibraltar has undergone its Stage 1 peer review of the BEPS Action 14 Minimum Standard. This Action seeks to improve the resolution of tax-related disputes between jurisdictions as a result of an increase in the mobility of international labour and cross-border business as the global economy continues to develop. It…

The Government deeply regrets to confirm the death of a resident of Elderly Residential Services from COVID-19. The total number of deaths related to COVID-19 in Gibraltar is 88. The deceased was a woman, aged 85-90 years old, who also had underlying health conditions. She died yesterday of COVID-19 and…

The Department of Education is pleased that it will be able to welcome all our students back to school on Monday 22nd February as recently announced. Schools will open their doors to our students in line with Public Health Guidance. All COVID-19 measures for health and safety and hygiene will…

HMGOG is extremely saddened to hear the news of Mariola Summerfield’s passing away. Mariola belonged to Gibraltar’s beloved generation that suffered the evacuation during World War 2 and the Spanish blockade to strangle Gibraltar economically. After living through very dark times during the Blitz in London and the Nazi threat,…

The rubble tip on the eastern side of Gibraltar, between eastern beach and Catalan Bay, is now full and will no longer receive any rubble. The main users of this service were notified in January by the Technical Services Department who have managed the site throughout. The position until now…

The Gibraltar Port Authority, in conjunction with other agencies, has continued with the clean up operation caused by the oil spill in the early hours of Friday morning. Yesterday, efforts were being focused on the retrieval of oil around the harbour and the Gibraltar Bay with assets from both the private…

HMGoG is deeply saddened to confirm the deaths of 2 residents of Gibraltar related to COVID-19. This brings the total number of deaths related to COVID-19 in Gibraltar to 87. The first was a woman aged 90-95 years old who was a resident of Elderly Residential Services and who had…

The Gibraltar Port Authority (GPA) in conjunction with other agencies have today continued with the clean up operation caused by the oil spill which occurred yesterday morning. The GPA has focused on redeploying assets to combat the oil which is mostly located in the inner harbour. The main aim is…

HMGoG is saddened to confirm a further death in Gibraltar from COVID-19 in the past 24-hours, bringing the total number of deaths in our community related to COVID-19 to 85. The deceased was a resident of Elderly Residential Services, a man aged 85 – 90 years old, who had underlying…

Good afternoon,   Welcome, once again, to an information press conference from No6 Convent Place.   I am very sorry to have to report to you today an additional death from COVID-19.   The death has arisen in a male in the age 60 to 65 group.   The death…

HMGoG deeply regrets to confirm a further death in Gibraltar from COVID-19, bringing the total number of deaths in our community related to COVID-19 to 84.The deceased was a man aged 60-65 years old, who had a long term chronic condition. He died this morning of multiorgan failure and sepsis…

The Chief Minister, the Hon Fabian Picardo QC MP, responded to the GSD’s latest press release on Mental Health by saying: ‘I note the GSD’s latest statement on Mental Health. I do hope that the GSD will want to practice what they preach and cooperate with the Government’s many initiatives…