Tag: Gibraltar
New strategy helps reduce surgery waiting lists by as much as ten times at Gibraltar hospital
A NEW Gibraltar hospital strategy slashed waiting list times by 89 weeks for knee and hip replacements and by 32 weeks for orthopaedic surgery.
Gibraltar...
ELECTIONS: Gibraltar ex-minister accuses GSD man of being ‘more aligned with Vox’ on LGBTQ rights
ACTING Chief Minister Fabian Picardo said ‘there is a serious risk of rollback’ of the rights Gibraltar has won over the last 12 years...
Cancer care with the underwear as Gibraltar teams up with Morrisons to spread NHS advice
HEALTH chiefs in Gibraltar are partnering with the local Morrisons supermarket and the NHS to put cancer awareness messages on underwear labels.
The innovative way...
GIB ELECTION 2023: GSLP/Liberals vow to update Gibraltar’s constitution and possibly get a UK MP
GIBRALTAR could get more powers to control its own affairs and international status under plans presented by the GSLP/Liberal coalition ahead of the October...
Man denies controlling behaviour, assault and threatening a woman in court after they broke up in Gibraltar
A MAN denied sending or threatening to send private sexual images of his ex to other people without her consent in order to cause...
E-scooter seriously injures child after two other drunken riders get big fines and a driving ban
AN E-SCOOTER user has mowed down a nine-year-old child in Gibraltar giving the victim a serious head injury and broken arm just days after...
Spain’s Navy buys Gibraltar-registered tugboat despite summer tensions over territorial waters
SPAIN has bought a €15 million ship registered in Gibraltar to use in its navy after denying Gibraltar its own waters for years and...
Green campaign group issues climate change plea to both parties ahead of Gibraltar elections
THE Environmental Safety Group (ESG) has urged both main Gibraltar parties to reduce pollution in the fight against climate change as part of its...
Tortoises, rabbits and frogs released in Gibraltar nature reserve as part of ‘rewilding’ project
SIX adult tortoises, wild rabbits and Iberian water frogs have become new residents of Gibraltar after being released into the wild after being extinct...
ELECTION 2023: All three parties bring in fresh blood as Gibraltar election campaigning starts in earnest
THE GSLP presented four new candidates for the October 12 election as the Liberals swapped out Steven Linares and the GSD put forward six...
Gibraltar’s Karel Mark Chichon to direct autumn classical music concert at iconic St Michael’s Cave
GIBRALTAR’S own conductor Karel Mark Chichon will be back on the Rock to direct the European Sinfonietta at this year’s autumn classical music concert.
It...
San Roque mayor and new member of Spain’s parliament visits Gibraltar caretaker leader
NEW PSOE member of Spain’s parliament and current mayor of San Roque Juan Carlos Ruiz Boix visited Gibraltar to meet the caretaker Chief Minister.
Fabian...
ELECTION 2O23: Gibraltar’s caretaker Chief Minister claims Spain would prefer rivals over current team
GIBRALTAR’S caretaker Chief Minister Fabian Picardo took another stab at his main election rival, claiming Spain ‘reads everything Mr Azopardi writes’ about an Andorra...
Famed Royal Air Force band plays two FREE concerts in Gibraltar at end of September
THE Royal Air Force band will play for two days in a row at two locations in Gibraltar free of charge at the end...
New Gibraltar domestic abuse strategy will fight ‘abuse of power’ between genders, minister says
GIBRALTAR’S new domestic abuse strategy the government launched this week will help ‘all victims and their families, especially children’, the Minister for Justice said.
Samantha...
BREAKING: Gibraltar will hold its general election on October 12, its Chief Minister announces
GIBRALTAR will hold its general election on October 12, its Chief Minister Fabian Picardo announced on Tuesday.
He boasted his impressive record on building homes...
Main Street and Chatham Counterguard to get ‘facelift’ as Gibraltar ‘freshens up’ town centre
MAIN Street and Chatham Counterguard could get a complete makeover under plans announced by Gibraltar’s government on the eve of elections.
Minister for Tourism and...
Local and visiting surgeons carry out ear operation in Gibraltar hospital that leaves out need for UK travel
SURGEONS have carried out a key ear operation in Gibraltar for the first time that shortens recovery time from up to four months to...
UK passenger numbers up 8% from January to August at Gibraltar airport compared to same period last year
NUMBERS of passengers using Gibraltar airport went up by 8% to more than 320,000 in the first eight months of the year, the government...
International academics descend on Cambridge University for discussions about Gibraltar’s unique language
CAMBRIDGE University will hold a presentation about Gibraltar’s culture and writing on September 12-13 for international academics.
Minister for Culture, Professor John Cortes, will head...
Moorish Castle lights green as Gibraltar mourns casualties of Friday night’s earthquake in Morocco
THE Moorish Castle was lit green in solidarity with Morocco on Saturday as Gibraltar expressed its concern for the strong earthquake that struck the...
UK Prime Minister and King Charles III send messages of support to Gibraltar on its National Day
HUNDREDS gathered in red and white at Casemates Square to hear Chief Minister Fabian Picardo read out messages of support from UK Prime Minister...
Defiant Spanish fishermen vow to continue trawling near Gibraltar despite the threat of jail as they need to ‘provide...
SPANISH fishermen ‘don’t care’ about British territorial waters, they have brazenly told the Olive Press.
They insist they are more interested in ‘feeding their families’...
Gibraltar patients get green light to use cannabis after government signs deal with major distributor
MEDICAL cannabis could soon be available to patients suffering with chronic illnesses in Gibraltar after the government struck a deal with a major distributor.
Berlin-based...
Bus drivers go on strike in Gibraltar as Unite the Union engages in war of words with the government
BUS drivers went on strike across Gibraltar for better wages Wednesday after workers balloted by over 98% to take industrial action.
The government has since...
British company gets the nod to build waste water treatment plant in Europa Point area of Gibraltar
UNTREATED sewage flowing into the sea from Gibraltar could soon be a thing of the past after its government found a company that could...
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New strategy helps reduce surgery waiting lists by as much as ten times at Gibraltar hospital
A NEW Gibraltar hospital strategy slashed waiting list times by 89 weeks for knee and hip replacements and by 32 weeks for orthopaedic surgery.
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