Not Another Press Release!

GHA Dementia Coordinator Karen Truman sits down with Amy Hayward to talk about Alzheimer's and Dementia. September is Dementia Awareness Month, and Karen has been working with GADS, GibSilver and other community organisations to raise awareness of the disease. Here, she talks about the symptoms and signs to look out for, and when and how to access support services, as well as the many great initia...

Gerard Wood, Government Archivist, and Marcelino Linares of the Gibraltar National Archives join Anton to talk about the work behind this year's exhibition, Gibraltar at the United Nations 1946-2026, which runs from 14 September to 2 October. The exhibition marks 80 years since Gibraltar was placed on the UN list of non-self-governing territories in 1946. It is built in three sections: the fou...

Safeguarding children is not only the responsibility of teachers, social workers or sports coaches. It depends on people recognising the signs, trusting their instincts and knowing when to speak up. Anton Calderon is joined by Jackie Linares from the Department of Education, Giselle Carreras from the Care Agency and Michelle Turner from the GSLA to discuss how Gibraltar’s different services work t...

In this episode, James Perera, sits down with Minister Leslie Bruzon, Regan Lima and Sean Collado of the GSLA to talk through Gibraltar's busiest sporting season yet. With the school term reshaped this year, the Summer Sports Programme has been extended to nine weeks, the biggest the GSLA has ever run. The team explains how they planned around exam timetables and student lifeguards, why almost...

Dr Paul Bosio grew up sharing a one-bedroom flat in Humphreys with six brothers and a closed frontier. He wouldn't change a thing about it. Now he's the Director General at the GHA. In this episode, Anton traces the long road that got him here: Sea Scouts and street football in Gibraltar, medical school in Dublin, decades of clinical and leadership roles across the UK and Abu Dhabi, and ev...

An episode about representation and the journey to a more inclusive and fair society. In Part 1, Minister Christian Santos talks about his journey from performance, media and showbiz into politics, and what it means to be a different kind of politician, shaped by community, dreams ofrepresentation and the people who do not always see themselves reflected in public life. In Part 2, we meet Jenny an...

This episode brings together Terence Lopez and Carl Viagas, two people who have spent decades in public service and who have each helped shape Gibraltar in different ways.   Carl has spent his career thinking about the physical shape of Gibraltar: its buildings, heritage, and public spaces, and how we present ourselves to the world. Terence has worked at the operational end, the airport, the front...

In Episode 4, we bring together two conversations about the people and decisions that will shape Gibraltar's future: one grounded in constitutional law, the other in community. Part 1 is a conversation with Deputy Chief Minister Joseph Garcia on the UK-EU Treaty on Gibraltar. As one of the people most closely involved in both the formal negotiations and the years of no-deal contingency plannin...

In Episode 3, we look at Gibraltar’s preparedness on two levels: immediate emergency response and long-term resilience planning . Part 1 is a conversation with Ivor Lopez, Civil Contingencies Co-ordinator , on how government plans for complex and evolving risks, including extreme weather, pandemics, cyber incidents, terrorism and system failures. Ivor explains how multi-agency coordination works i...

In Episode 2, we go deeper into what Not Another Press Release is trying to do, and what it is not. Part 1 is a one-to-one with Chief Secretary Glendon Martinez , exploring the day-to-day reality of leading Gibraltar’s public service. Glendon explains why the role is strictly apolitical, what it means to oversee an organisation spanning 54 departments (plus agencies, authorities and government-own...

Not Another Press Release! launches with a two-part conversation recorded at No.6 Convent Place. Part 1: Chief Minister Fabian Picardo speaks with HMGoG Communications Director Anton Calderon about leadership, the changing nature of social media, disinformation and AI, and what the emerging UK–EU treaty framework could mean for Gibraltar in the years ahead. Part 2: The Equality Team, Marlene Dalli...