Again, local news; but as the main writer of this blog is in the midst of the action then when the occasion demands we will carry such things. David Jesus Bonicci, 40, of Bacas Passage, the man accused of stabbing Gibraltar’s Justice Minister Daniel Feetham in the back with a kitchen […]

Gibraltar news today, so this is one for our local readers; but of a serious nature. Justice Minister Daniel Feetham was stabbed in the back yesterday in an “unprovoked” attack in broad daylight in front of his children. He’s in a serious but stable condition in St Bernard’s Hospital and his […]

My colleague on this blog, St. Crispin, has written below about the most recent event in the recent Gibraltar-Spanish clashes over the sovereignty of the Rock. Allow TheEye to provide some background. The current issue (although only a proxy battle) is the water around the area. Gibraltar was granted in […]

Today is National Day here in Gibraltar, so blogging will be light. National Day commemorates the 1967 referendum when the people of Gibraltar voted to reject Spanish sovereignty and any type of association with Spain by a massive Mugabesque majority (only 44 people voted for surrender). That referendum led to […]

After Tuesdays little bit of local excitement, it looks as though Alejandro Parres is going to be providing some good court-based entertainment in the near future. Shaping up nicely for the well tested Raving Nailed-On Nutter Defence, it turns out that our (alleged) armed robber has “a microchip inside his head” […]

An armed robbery right outside TheEye’s front door yesterday! W00t! Some excitement in the sleepy old place, eh? Damn Spanish; comin’ over ‘ere, nicking our duty free jewellery…

Some families just can’t take a hint. In 1988, three IRA terrorists came here to Gibraltar with the aim of murdering members of a military band at the weekly Changing of the Guard ceremony at the Governor’s Residence. And the civilian bystanders, locals and tourists who were watching the band […]

Today the Gibraltar Parliament is given the Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure for 2010/2011…which won’t be exciting and we won’t be live-blogging it here. However, preempting these announcements, Chief Minister Peter Caruana yesterday caught everybody on the hop with an immediate change in import duty. Petrol up 4p a litre […]

Blogging may be light or lightheaded over the next week, as contributor to this blog St Crispin will be in the neighbourhood as from today. The occasion is due to the visit of Type-23 frigate HMS Kent which is providing the platform for the final element of the Principal Warfare […]

It’s a Red Letter Day here in Gibraltar today*. Kaiane Aldorino, Miss Gibraltar, has shot to the top and won the Miss World contest. The show was seen by millions world wide and rocked Gibraltar as results came in. Mobile telephones were blocked as people rushed to spread the news. […]