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The Minister for Business and Tourism, the Hon Vijay Daryanani, has attended European Cruise Summit in Paris. He was accompanied by Mr Kevin Bossino, CEO of the Gibraltar Tourist Board. The conference was attended by CEO’s and presidents of most of the important cruise lines in the world, politicians and…

Bringing care closer to home: Philips and Gibraltar Health Authority announce 16-year, long-term strategic partnership, transforming patient imaging and cardiac care at St Bernard’s Hospital   For the first time, patients at St Bernard’s Hospital in Gibraltar will no longer need to travel abroad for treatment of acute cardiac diseases,…

Today, Monday 13th March, over 2.6 million people celebrate Commonwealth Day across the Commonwealth Family of Nations. This year’s theme is ‘Forging a Sustainable and Peaceful Common Future’. The day has been marked in Gibraltar with the addition of an 8m flag mast at Commonwealth Park, which has been proudly…

Writers and poets in Gibraltar will be able to contribute to this year’s Guernsey Island Games cultural programme. Guernsey Arts is working with the Island Games Committee to create this cultural engagement to run alongside the Games. ‘The Pocket Island Poetry Open’, (PIPO) asks for entries of written poetry to…

At approximately 03:45 this morning, the High Voltage network experienced an earth fault, resulting in a total blackout.   An earth fault is a type of electrical fault where a power cable or other conductor breaks, and comes into contact with the earth, or any conductive material in contact with…

Today, 8th March is International Women’s Day. This year’s United Nations theme at the Commission for the Status of Women, an annual conference held at the UN headquarters in New York, to mark International Women’s Day is ‘Innovation and Technological Change and Education in the Digital Age for Achieving Gender…

Mr. Chiti-Batelli, GHA ENT Consultant, will deliver a lecture on causes, treatment and management of hearing loss and related disorders and its impact on the individual and the society as a whole. The event will take place is in the John Mackintosh Hall theatre on the 17th March 2023 at…

Gibraltar Cultural Services (GCS), on behalf of the Ministry of Culture, is pleased to announce that the annual Spring Visual Arts Competition will be held from 17th and 27th May 2023 at the Gustavo Bacarisas Gallery, Casemates Square. The competition is open to Gibraltarians and residents of Gibraltar aged 16…

Two local men have been charged with several money laundering offences.  The charges follow an extensive financial investigation by officers from HMC’s Investigation Branch which commenced in 2020.  The investigation stems from an arrest in August 2020 for offences contravening the Tobacco Act 1997.  Searches executed at a local retail…

The Steering Committee which saw the successful bid of the Gorham’s Cave Complex as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2016, became the World Heritage Advisory Forum (WHAF) after inscription.  WHAF, chaired by the Minister with responsibility for Heritage including the World Heritage Site itself, is defined as the main…

A Spanish national has received a 3 months’ prison sentence following his arrest by HM Customs for Importation, Possession and Possession with intent to supply 2 Kilos of Cannabis Resin, with a worth of approximately £10,000.  On the 20th January 2023, Customs Officers executing their duties at the Land Frontier’s…

Earlier today the Office of the Chief Secretary held its first Public Service Excellence and Improvement Awards ceremony at the Mayor’s Parlour. The awards aim to recognise and celebrate excellence, improvement and development across the public service. The awards serve as a platform to acknowledge the hard work and dedication…

The Department of Education has this week opened the application window for Nursery and Reception enrolments for the 2023/2024 academic year. As was the case last year, the application process will be conducted in an electronic manner. Applications will be received and processed digitally, with interested parents and carers being…

The Opposition have a remarkable ability to cloud the issue whenever they have been caught out. The point is that they jumped on a planning bandwagon on the question of guidance for Devil’s Tower Road planning applications without realising that the action had already been taken and the guidance had…

A further £2,000 has been raised from the sale of two books by local authors, Robert Santos and Clive Beltran. The initiatives supported by Gibraltar Cultural Services on behalf of the Ministry of Culture have raised a total of £18,600, with all donated to their respective charities. This week £1,000…

Gibraltar Cultural Services (GCS), on behalf of the Ministry of Culture, is pleased to present Ms Beverley Jenkins, GoDA as the adjudicator for this year’s Gibraltar International Drama Festival. As a member of the Guild of Drama Adjudicators and a professional theatre reviewer, Ms Jenkins has adjudicated over 650 productions…

The 3rd of March marks World Hearing Day. On this day it is customary to raise awareness on hearing and how hearing loss affects people of all ages. The theme for this year, as set by the World Health Organisation, is “Ear and hearing care for all!”. This will focus…

‘St. Paul’s School hosted their traditional One Love event this week as part of their World Book Week celebrations. The One Love initiative which was spearheaded by the school’s Headteacher, Mr Aguilera,  over 5 years ago, involves each child inviting a loved one to school to join them to work…

The Financial Intelligence Units and Economic Crime Units from Gibraltar, Guernsey, Jersey and Isle of Man have invested in staff development through the provision of two intensive training packages; a Money Laundering Investigation Course and a Bribery and Corruption Course, both delivered through the City of London Police’s Economic and…

The Opppsition have again jumped on a bandwagon, this time on town planning without the full knowledge of the facts. They have the double-standards to complain that the Development Plan has not yet been updated when they took until 2009 to update the previous 1991 plan. Their political hypocrisy knows…

HMGOG would like to announce that Royal Mail (UK) has restarted international parcel and letter deliveries and, as such, the Royal Gibraltar Post Office have today received mail dating back several months.  This was due to the series of strike actions and a ransomware cyber-attack at Royal Mail (UK) and…

The Ministry of Equality and the Gibraltar Garrison Library’s fireside chat to mark International Women’s Day attracted a full audience last night. The main focus was ‘Where are the Women of Gibraltar?’ which aimed to explore the historic and current under-representation of women. The event, which was over-subscribed, was opened…

The GHA Primary Care GP Service would like to inform members of the public that as from Monday 6th March 2023 we will be introducing a dedicated primary care appointment system for children and young people up to the age of 16 at the Children’s Health Centre.  Appointments can be…

A Young Writers’ Workshop organised by Accord Literary and The Rock Retreat attracted over 40 young creatives over the midterm break. The initiative which was led by illustrator Eleanor Taylor Dobbs, author Frances Moloney and publisher Sarah Odedina and supported by Gibraltar Cultural Services, was aimed at boosting the participants…

His Majesty’s Government of Gibraltar takes this opportunity to apologise for the recent delays in the production of e-ID cards. The problem was a fault in a High Security Module (HSM) 2, which required replacing, and this impacted on the ability of the CSRO to print ID cards. Immediate action…

HM Government of Gibraltar is aware that a scoping exercise regarding potential transfers of Service Users to the new facilities at Rooke site has been undertaken by the Elderly Residential Services at the behest of the Gibraltar Health Authority’s Director General, to understand resourcing implications of said transfers. No offers…

The Gibraltar National Book Council was launched this afternoon, on the eve of World Book Day, by Minister for Culture John Cortes who presented the members of the Council and its aims and objectives. The initiative to create the Gibraltar National Book Council arose following a suggestion by Gibraltarian author…

The Minister with responsibility for Digital and Financial Services, the Hon Albert Isola, has today confirmed changes to the GFSC’s annual regulatory fees for the financial year ending 31 March 2024. These changes will apply to Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) Providers and Credit Institutions, and include the introduction of AML…

The 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 Prof John Cortes MBE MP, officially opened…