Gibraltar Today

Trusted Novus Bank is celebrating its fifth birthday. What have the main challenges been? The owner of TNB is investing heavily in Gibraltar, what does that mean for the bank? How is global uncertainty impacting day to day business? Questions that our reporter Shelina Assomull has put to the bank's CEO Christian Garcia this morning.  Another season of City Pulse came to a heart...

Today marked Richard Ullger's last day with the Royal Gibraltar Police. The outgoing Commissioner of Police is retiring after 37 years of service with the force. Mr Ullger took over from Ian McGrail as Commissioner in July 2020. He was originally set to serve for two years but his appointment was extended twice. An emotional moment for Richard Ullger, as Christine Vasquez confirmed. The...

Do you own an unused Mac Book or iPad? A donation scheme between Bayside, Westside and the Newton Store, which aims to provide devices to underprivileged kids. Noah Segui is heading the initiative. On the final day of the reconvened McGrail Inquiry, lawyers in the McGrail Inquiry delivered their final submissions. At the time of recording, we’d heard from the lawyer for the Gov...

In Day 2 of the reconvened McGrail Inquiry, former police commissioner Ian McGrail has accepted responsibility for not having disclosed several WhatsApps on his phone as evidence before the Inquiry at an earlier stage. He says he is kicking himself and embarrassed for not having done so but adds there was nothing sinister in his failure to disclose, merely an oversight. He said he had not delibera...

There was a Gibraltar-wide power outage yesterday. Some areas were without electricity for over five and a half hours, with Catalan Bay and the Upper Town having power restored just before 10pm. GibElec advised that the outage was due to a contractor having cut through a major cable next to the North Mole Power Station. Calpe Electrical has taken responsibility for the power cut; they were underta...

Following an on-site visit last week, the Eastside Project has received the go-ahead for the next phase of the marina development from the Development and Planning Commission. However, there's still a condition: The approval is subject to remodelling the revetment at the end of the sea wall to reduce its visual impact. The Environmental Safety Group continue to have reservations about the dev...

Community Care Gibraltar has announced the establishment of a new company, Community Care Domiciliary Services Limited , aimed at continuing the delivery of home care provision. The decision comes in light of recent challenges faced in the provision of services by LifeCome Care Gibraltar Ltd. Ros Astengo has been following the story. GibSilver is a new initiative launched by GibSams in collab...

International football is back at the Europa Point stadium this evening. The history-making team is back in action - they recently became the first to represent Gibraltar in the UEFA Women's Nations League. They take on Slovakia. How's the team feeling? And how windy is it at EP? We asked our sports reporter Jose Mari Ruiz. Balanced Being is a Young Enterprise team promoting happy, healt...

The GHA has conducted a major review of its smear testing process after 15 women were found to have developed cervical cancer since 2021- despite this being a preventable disease. The GHA will now begin a mass call out, via text, to around 12,000 women who are overdue their smear tests and a dedicated helpline has also been set up for those would wish to check their screening status. Ros Astengo&n...

Met Commander Owain Richards has been appointed as the new Commissioner of the Royal Gibraltar Police, taking over from Richard Ullger, who retires after 37 years of service. He becomes the first Commissioner to be appointed from outside Gibraltar since Alan Castree in 1997. Jonathan Sacramento has been following the story. But the main focus of today’s podcast asks: what do you think about mobile...

Draft legislation aimed at creating a smoke-free generation has been published. It looks at banning single-use vapes, and regulating the sale of nicotine products, as well as plans to prohibit the sale of tobacco to anyone born on or after 1st January 2009, coming into effect in 2027, when that group turns 18. We spoke to the Director of Public Health Dr Helen Carter. We spoke to the incoming Medi...

Anton Calderon is the Government’s new media director. He was Communications Director for Together Gibraltar for several years and has also worked on some initiatives with the Social Democrats. The Chief Minister said Anton’s work has consistently shown depth, integrity and a genuine respect of our institutions. Anton was in the studio to tell us about his new role. Our sports reporter Jose M...

Facing up to injustice. It’s something Dr Meenal Viz does well. She recently had a racist slur levelled at her. She was shaken but knew she had to take a firm stance. She shared her brave, inspiring story with us. Who will be the Government's next Media Director? Clive Golt has stepped down after 15 years, and has been described by Government as an "invaluable pillar of Gibraltar's public”. We spo...

The Government says it has 'mutually agreed' with Lifecome Care to terminate the service provider's contract for Domiciliary Care and Home Support. Number Six says this was decided at a meeting this morning between the Health Minister, Care Agency and Lifecome Care Gibraltar management. It says all parties have agreed on a 30-day transition period to ensure a "smooth handover" of the service. Our...

March 25th was National Cerebral Palsy Awareness Day, a time to educate and push for inclusion.   In an earlier podcast, we spoke to Manar Ben Tahayekt.   In this episode, we hear from Joshua Downey, who was born with Cerebral Palsy and Dyspraxia. Through his podcast he is sharing his story and encouraging conversations around disabilities.   It’s called ‘ T...

Today’s Episode of the podcast was recorded live from the Frontier, as today marks 30 years since the Schengen Agreement came into effect. It allows 450 million But could Gibraltar gain access to Schengen in the future with a Treaty? We spoke to some key figures related to the Schengen Agreement. GBC’s Kevin Ruiz has done a lot of reporting from the Frontier over the years recounted his memories o...

Today is National Cerebral Palsy Awareness Day, a time to educate, push for inclusion, and – hopefully – find a cure for cerebral palsy. Manar Ben Tahayekt told us what was it like for her growing up with cerebral palsy and whether she feels that locally people are aware of her condition. Big fight night this weekend at Europa Point of international interest! A handful of locals inv...

The Chief Minister the Deputy Chief Minister are in London for treaty negotiations. The Government says it remains firmly committed to securing a treaty which is safe and secure for Gibraltar. It reiterates the status quo we have enjoyed post-Brexit is not an option while being very clear that No Deal would be better than a bad deal. Our News Editor Christine Vasquez has been following the negotia...

What's causing sewage to seep out of the old walls at Wellington Front? Our reporter Katy Docker joined us from the popular leisure area and spoke to the man who’s spearheading the effort to find solutions: Emil Hermida, CEO of Technical Services. It's Neurodiversity Celebration Week! Over the last few days we've shone the spotlight on the likes of Dyslexia and Autism. Today our focus is Atte...

We continue to talk about plans to move the Community Mental Health Team to Sir Joshua Hassan House. The Mental Welfare Society’s Conchita Triay told Jonathan Scott the priority has to be the rolling out of a "robust, easy to access service". Small Spaces, Big Impact - the Horticultural Society is preparing an exciting new campaign. As Spring springs, Andrew Abrines will tell us about the Giralda...

The government has this morning announced that the community mental health team facility is to be relocated from Coaling Island to Sir Joshua Hassan House, on Secretary's Lane. The announcement follows previous plans to move the CMHT to the old Gibraltar Chronicle Printworks. The facility aims to operate as a single point of access which will streamline communications between mental health profess...

On today's edition of Gibraltar today a varied mix of topics for you... It’s the five year anniversary of lockdown, we’ll discuss that with our GBC reporter Shelina Assomull. - As part of our neurodiversity week coverage, we speak to Martin Posso about dyslexia. - It’s World Recycling Day, the Environment Department’s Catherine Walsh will tell us about survey launched to understand recycling behav...

Hello and welcome to today's edition of Gibraltar Today. Jose MR will catch up with Special Olympics Gibraltar on their return from the world winter games. - Jonathan Sacramento has been at the National Archives looking at recently declassified documents about Gibraltar. - James Vinet recently represented Gibraltar in the UK Youth Parliament, delivering an address from the despatch box! - Celebrat...

Childline is addressing school children about how to stay safe from harm. It's blue week - a time when the charity visits schools and educates on the work it does. Childline says that following growing concern amongst the community regarding sexual abuse cases, it felt it was important to speak to pupils in a sensitive way. Our reporter Shelina Assomull told us more. Gibraltarian ar...

It’s World Kidney Day, and we met a remarkable husband and wife whose story speaks of love, and the incredible impact of live kidney donation. When Rose Ballester started having issues with her kidney, her husband Freddie made the decision to offer his. Sebastian Desoisa is the GBC Sports Person of the Year. The 18-year-old golfer took home the top prize at the 2024 GBC Sports Awards on...