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The ‘Our Gibraltar’ annual Competition is currently being held at the Fine Arts Gallery. The event is produced by Gibraltar Cultural Services, on behalf of the Self Determination for Gibraltar Group (SDGG), and in association with the Fine Arts Association and the Gibraltar Photographic Society. The Minister for Culture, The…

The Minister for Economic Development Joe Bossano accompanied by Albert Poggio is travelling to the Island of Dominica to participate in the UN Decolonization Seminar and will be back in Gibraltar next week. The Seminar has historically been held in May so that the issues debated in the Seminar can…

Elderly Residential Services are pleased to announce that, as from 23/08/2021 visits will be increased from 1 designated visitor per week to 1 designated visitor per day to all ERS sites. This decision has been based on the absence of positive cases amongst residents and/or staff and the decreasing prevalence…

The Government, with great concern, confirms that there is an outbreak of COVID-19 cases within Albert Risso Elderly Residential Block. 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. In order to…

The Government has today published a Bill 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. The Government already changed the law earlier this year to make possession of…

The Government regrets to confirm the death of a resident of Gibraltar from COVID-19. The total number of deaths in Gibraltar related to COVID-19 now stands at 96.  The deceased was a man aged 80-85 years old, who died this afternoon of COVID-19 pneumonitis. The deceased had underlying medical conditions…

    The Ministry of Equality is inviting potential new Mentors and Mentees for the third cycle of the very successful Ministry of Equality’s Mentorship Programme for women to register their interest. This initiative forms a key part of the Ministry of Equality’s gender equality strategy and was introduced by…

CULTURAL AWARDS – NOMINEES ANNOUNCED Gibraltar Cultural Services, on behalf of the Ministry of Culture, is pleased to announce the nominees for the 2021 Cultural Awards. The Awards are aimed at celebrating the best of Gibraltar’s arts and culture to recognise potential, ability, talent, and achievement supporting the community’s cultural…

Gold Command of the GHA met to review the escalation position of the Health Authority, and in particular the risk posed to patients undergoing surgery as currently there are cases of COVID-19 within the community and at St Bernard’s Hospital. Gold Command concluded that patients must not be placed at…

Students received their GCSE/Level 2 results today at the Gibraltar College, Bayside and Westside Schools. Like the A Level/Level 3 results issued on Tuesday, the results were issued electronically. Despite the challenges that this academic year has provided for our students and teachers, they have once again risen to the…

The Minister for Health, Samantha Sacramento, has announced today that the UK Government is supplying an additional 1170 doses of the Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to Gibraltar. This latest supply of vaccine is scheduled to arrive in Gibraltar today, allowing the vaccination team to offer vaccine appointments to people on…

HM Government of Gibraltar is pleased to announce the appointments of the next Director of Education, as well as the new head teachers of Bayside, Governor’s Meadow and St Martin schools. The announcements were made this morning by the Chief Secretary Darren Grech during a press conference at No 6…

The statement by the GSD on the allegations made by Dr Burke simply asks the Government to do what it is already doing. Every allegation made by Dr Burke is being investigated. That does not change the fact that Dr Burke is suing the GHA and the GHA and the…

The Government is astonished by the statement issued by Together Gibraltar, which fails to reflect the information already provided to the public and MS Hassan Nahon in the Parliament just last week. Unfortunately, it appears Ms Hassan Nahon was either not listening or has forgotten what the Government explained in…

The Government has today published a Bill for an Act to make provision for the regulation of the production, import, export, marketing and supply of cannabis for medicinal purposes.  The publication of this Bill follows the announcement by the Minister for Public Health in this year’s Budget debate.    Government…

Following reports of sewage smells in the area of the Port, an investigation has been carried out by the Environmental Agency, Technical Services Department and AquaGib. Initial findings point to an overflow emanating from Orange Bastion pumping station. As a precautionary measure, the public is advised against bathing in the…

The Government regrets to confirm the death of a resident of Gibraltar from COVID-19. The total number of deaths in Gibraltar related to COVID-19 now stands at 95. The deceased was a man aged 60-65 years old, who died this afternoon of COVID-19 pneumonitis with superimposed bacterial pneumonia. The deceased…

On Wednesday 28th July 2021, Customs Enforcement Officers seized one locally registered vehicle and sixteen containers partially filled with fuel. The incident took place in the early hours, at around 0050hrs, when Officers identified a locally registered private vehicle which appeared to be filling plastic containers with fuel at a…

The GSD walk out this afternoon is a second gross failure by the party to respect the democratic parliamentary process. This is the second walk out by the GSD since we formed Government. The first walk out was when the GSD was led by Daniel Feetham in 2013. The Chief…

Public Health Gibraltar is pleased to release the draft of initial findings from the Our Nation’s Health: Health and Lifestyle Survey 2021. The survey serves as a continuation from those carried out in 2008 and 2015, allowing further insights on the general wellbeing of the people of Gibraltar. It has…

Commenting on the statements at Gibraltar frontier today, the Chief Minister, the Hon Fabian Picardo QC MP said: “The performance these days from VOX on Gibraltar is the same sterile xenophobia and infantile populism which too many people swallow, hook, line and sinker, but happily a majority can see through….

Following a meeting today, the Gold Command of the GHA has decided to raise the St Bernard’s Hospital Operational Risk Status from Yellow to Amber. This step was taken following serious consideration, and taking into account the numbers of COVID positive people in the community and number of COVID positive…

Public Health Gibraltar is pleased to release the draft of initial findings from the Our Nation’s Health: Health and Lifestyle Survey 2021. The survey serves as a continuation from those carried out in 2008 and 2015, allowing further insights on the general wellbeing of the people of Gibraltar. It has…

The Minister for Health, the Hon Samantha Sacramento today launched the Gibraltar National Mental Health Strategy 2021-2026. The primary goal of this 5-year mental health strategy is to improve the mental health and wellbeing of the population of Gibraltar. Its mission is to provide a comprehensive integrated mental health system…