The US continues to show its support for the Rock, with US Congressman George Holding, a Republican member for North Carolina leading a group of Congressmen in filing a formal Resolution recognizing Gibraltar’s right to self-determination, in the House of Representatives.
This year marks the 150th anniversary of the publication of Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, a landmark in the history of children's literature. To mark this, retired English teacher Charles Durante examines the wit and wonder at the heart of the Alice books…
May 22nd 2015 will mark the 75th anniversary of the Evacuation of Gibraltar’s civilian population during the Second World War, with the elderly and the infirm evacuated to French Morocco, then to London, Jamaica, Madeira and later Northern Ireland.
A teacher and a prison officer are set to cycle over 2,000km from London to Gibraltar this summer to raise money for charity.
Simon Morgan, a teacher at Sacred Heart Middle School, and Mark Cooper (aka ‘Coops’), a Hospital Officer at HMP Windmill Hill, will set off on the 4th July on a gruelling 14 day cycle across France and Spain. They aim to finish on the 18th July at Casemates Square.
The GSD has deplored and condemned the recent announcement that the Instituto Cervantes is to close. The party has rubbished his statements not recignising the institution of the Chief Minister of Gibraltar’s constitution. A statement released by the Opposition insisted that his decision to close the Institute ‘represents a retrograde step in the context of the improvement of relations with the Spanish people at a cultural and indeed human level, an aim which is espoused by all political parties in Gibraltar but which has always been a corner stone of GSD policy.
GHA obstetrician/gynaecologist, Dr. Iola Williams will be volunteering in the Luwero District of Central Uganda as a member of ‘Care for Uganda’, a small charity that aims to raise the standards of maternal health in the country.
A reception at The Covent will mark the re launch of the Heritage Trust’s corporate membership scheme, next Tuesday. Sponsored by EY, the scheme offers the business community a way to support the community’s rich heritage and the work that the Trust carries out.