Gibraltar news
www.gibraltarolivepress.com
PAGE 3
Gibraltar culture
PAGE 9
1 Gibraltar Gibraltar June 21st - July 4th 2017 business classifieds PAGE 17
The Rock’s original community newspaper
www.century21gibraltar.com Century21 Tel: 00 350 200 51020 202-204 Main Street Mob: 00 350 56523000 Gibraltar info@century21gibraltar.com
BRAVE: Gonzalez
True hero A BRAVE Gibraltarian firefighter was among the first to enter the fire-ravaged Grenfell Tower in London. Russell Gonzalez, 31, was part of a search and rescue team which saved the life of a woman on the 21st floor of the 24-story block. The third-generation firefighter, based in Paddington, was able to use special breathing apparatus which allows firefighters to stay in burning buildings for longer. This was pivotal for the dangerous mission of making it to the upper floors of the block. His father watched his TV screen in horror as the tragic scenes unfolded. He said: “When I saw those images, I thought to myself: ‘If he’s in there, he’s dead’.” Thankfully Russell made it out safely, making his family and Gibraltar proud.
Geldof weds
Exclusive look at Pixie Geldof’s wedding day
Page 3
Costa gem
Our annual Marbella travel supplement
Page 11
FREE
Vol. 3 Issue 47 www.gibraltarolivepress.com
PAGE 20
June 21st - July 4th 2017
The Rock has had many inspirational LGBT leaders. We honour them during International Pride Month, see page 6
The Olive Press launches campaign for much needed makeover of North Front cemetery By Laurence Dollimore and Laura Duckett
THE Government has promised to address the state of the North Front Cemetery thanks to an Olive Press probe. It comes after we drew attention to the poor state of the graves and mounting anger of relatives of those buried there. Photos sent to us by Ivana Finlayson, whose mum, sister in law and grandfather are buried there, are now also circulating on social media. The 47-year-old Gibraltarian and many others are concerned about the lack of maintenance. “It’s dangerous and in a very poor state of repair,” she told the Olive Press this week. “It needs to be made respectable and tidied up not only for my loved ones but for everyone visiting the place.” She added it is very hard to reach some of the graves, which are strangled by thick shrubbery and weeds. “If you are lucky enough to get to your relative’s grave you either get your legs scratched or dirty from the amount of high weeds. “I worry most about people tripping up and falling in the process. “An elderly visitor could easily
of Grave concern E THEM GIV
RESPECT
An
campaign GRAVE: Under weeds have a very serious injury,” she said. She claims its current state is the worst she has ever seen it in the 13 years she has been visiting. Another relative added: “When I visit my son's military grave I cringe as the cemetery is a disgrace.” Another said: “When is some-
MAYFAIR ONMAIN
Gibraltar’s luxury hair salon experience where quality & service matter 286 Main Street Gibraltar, GX11 1AA (+350) 200 75913 info@mayfaironmain.gi www.mayfaironmain.gi
thing going to be done? I feel bad that I have to step over graves just to visit relatives.” Last year a change.org petition was launched to counter ‘years of neglect’, gaining more than 700 signatures, but it has garnered little attention from the government. Opposition MP Trevor Hammond of the GSD fully backed our campaign this week, however, insisting that the public’s
concerns are ‘falling on deaf ears’. Last November, he tabled a motion to Parliament, calling for the government to put together a management plan for the cemetery. He explained last night that despite it passing unanimously, nothing has been done since. “While the Minister's attention is elsewhere, many people struggle to access the graves of loved ones. This is simply not acceptable,” he told the Olive Press. The Gibraltar Heritage Trust declined comment. Environment minister John Cortes insisted the government was due to act ‘imminently’ on the matter. He told the Olive Press yesterday that a ‘major announcement on the maintenance of the cemetery will be issued imminently.’
Sign the petition here: https://www.change. org/p/cm-gibraltar-govgi-improve-our-cemetery
UNKEMPT: Cemetery
2
Ne ws
www.gibraltarolivepress.com
NEWS IN BRIEF
Copter chase FOOTAGE of a dramatic helicopter chase involving smugglers in La Linea has has gone viral. The pursuit, which took place on Atunara beach was the latest attempt to cut on crime in the town.
LA Linea has paid its respects to the dead police officer who died while chasing a suspected tobacco smuggler. Shocked residents of the town paid homage to fallen officer, Victor Sanchez, 46, who was hit by a police van involved in the same chase. Mayor Juan Franco highlighted the recent events which have put the lives of several police officers at risk. “We are witnessing dangerous situations that
are becoming increasingly common and are putting at risk citizens’ lives, including those of the law enforcement agencies,” he said. The incident began when officers tried to stop a moped rider suspected of involvement in tobacco smuggling. The moped allegedly drove into the Reina Sofia park close to the border, pursued by a police van which accidentally hit the father of two.
Anti-sexting campaign targets teenagers who could be put on the sex offenders register
ONLY four out of every 10 students over the age of 11 use appropriate privacy controls, according to a survey by the Gibraltar Regulatory Authority.
Crackdown THE Gibraltar Contingency Council is working on developing a national cyber security strategy for the Rock in a bid to build community-wide awareness of online threats.
INDEPENDENT MP Marlene Hassan Nahon has thanked the emergency services for implementing tougher security measures on roads and public areas after London’s terror attack.
119
Respects paid for police man
Inappropriate
Thank you
June 21st - July 4th 2017
POSTER: A warning
THE Royal Gibraltar Police have launched a campaign highlighting the dangers of sexting. The initiative, launched with the government, aims to spread awareness through posters, presentations and social media content.
Arresting Image A MAN has been arrested on suspicion of being in possession of indecent photographs of children. The 51-year-old, from Gibraltar, was recently arrested for similar offences by Spanish Police in La Linea. Police have seized his computer after a raid and are now analysing the evidence. He has been released on bail.
Stories and features in this edition of Gibraltar’s original community newspaper MISSED: Sanchez
Protect our kids In particular it is encouraging youngsters to report requests for sexual images, which is a criminal offence. It is also stressing that any teenagers caught with indecent images of a minor, under 16, could be placed on the sex offender register. Commissioned by the Gibraltar Child Protection Committee, specialist investigators are being trained in safeguarding and protection. It comes after a conference revealed that children as young as nine were engaging in the sexting ‘trend’. At the National Organisation for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers (NOTA) conference a police spokesperson explained that with
DANGEROUS: Trend fast-moving technological innovation, more and more youths are exposed to harm. Contact RGP at safeguarding@royalgib. police.gi or Referral. concernsforachild@ careagency.gov.gi or ChildLine on the 8008 helpline.
Dead to rights AN inside job at a funeral home has led to thousands in cash being stolen. Two men have been jailed after they stole a safe containing £2,500 in cash and personal documents, as well as an iMac computer. Kayne Burrell, 27, had been working at Green Valley Funeral Services when he helped Lee Cruz-Parry, 43, break into the home at Governor’s Cottage Camp. However, both men were spotted by a passer-by, as well as caught on CCTV. Cruz-Parry, who has a record of similar offences, committed the theft while on bail, and was arrested after Burrell turned himself in. Despite both men being arrested, the money was never recovered, and Cruz-Parry told officers he had thrown the iMac into the sea. Burrell got four months in prison, and Cruz-Parry a sentence of eight months.
BATTLE OF THE ROCK III INTER-GAMING COMPANY 5-A-SIDE FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT FRIDAY 30TH OF JUNE, 6PM
Register now
: Battle of the Rock football
Ne ws
www.gibraltarolivepress.com
June 21st - July 4th 2017
3
Back to Bass-ics
ROCKER: On stage
Happy birthday, officially THE Queen has celebrated her official birthday. It comes after King George XI decided in 1748 that November was too cold to publicly celebrate his real birthday.. He thought June would guarantee better weather. There was also the annual Trooping the Colour Parade - Saturday’s Queen’s Birthday Parade - and so he decided to combine the two. As well as Trooping the Colour, there was a 41-gun salute in Hyde Park, an 11gun salute in Windsor Park and a 62-gun salute at the Tower of London. The Queen, 91, celebrates her real birthday on April 21.
LEGENDARY Sex Pistol Glen Matlock is to perform at an intimate acoustic show on the Rock. Worlds away from the heyday of the punk rock band, the bass player will recount various rock-n-roll tales during the August 30 event which forms part of Gibraltar music week. His songwriting portfolio includes having co-wrote the Sex Pistols hits Pretty Vacant and God Save the Queen, as well as No More Heroes by the Stranglers. Matlock has performed
alongside numerous acts, including Iggy Pop and The Philistines. Gibraltarian-born Gavin Garcia is supporting Matlock. He has been part of many local Gibraltar bands where he has played a range of genres, from metal and rock to pop and acoustic. As his interest in pursuing a music career intensified, he moved to London and began to write his own material. There are only 200 tickets priced at only £10 each and available at www.gibraltarmusicweek.com
LEGEND: Matlock
Pixie perfect! A-list crowd, including Harry Styles and Daisy Lowe, descend for Geldof wedding
EXCLUSIVE By Joe Duggan
BIRTHDAY GIRL: Queen
IT was one of the most glamorous weddings Spain has seen for a while. Pixie Geldof and rockstar fiancé George Barnett tied the knot at a star-studded ceremony in Mallorca on Saturday evening. Arriving in a grey bus with her bridesmaids, including Daisy Lowe and Alexa Chung, at the exclusive Son Marroig former man-
BIG DAY: Bob and wife Jeanne (left) and Pixie (above)
sion, in Deia, Geldof, 26, looked stunning in a traditional white wedding dress with tiered white gown as she clutched a white bouquet. Proud dad Sir Bob Geldof wore a smart dark suit as he walked daughter Pixie
Soccer mum MADonna MADONNA has splashed €5.7 million on a palace in Portugal. The 58-year-old has splurged on the property in Sintra, near Lisbon, to help her 11-year-old adopted son David - who is currently training with Benfica football club's ju-
LAVISH: The palace
nior team. The 18th Century Quinta do Relogio Palace was once owned by a Portuguese nobleman, whose colourful life inspired Alexandre Dumas’s novel The Count Of Monte Cristo. “Madonna visited Portugal in March and the fans went wild,” said a source. “One even sent her a message saying they were an estate agent on Instagram and SPLURGE: Madonna she started following them back. the hilltops with a huge “It was then it became pret- number of bedrooms and ty apparent that she was bathrooms all decorated looking to make a move per- in striking Islamic style, manent. although there are huge "Now the town is abuzz.” plans for a redesign inside "It's a stunning building in already."
Advertise with The Olive Press
down the aisle. Fashion designer Chung, 33, and model Lowe, 28, sported off-the-shoulder pink dresses and carried elegant pink and white bouquets. Celebrity pals attending included One Direction stars Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson. Other stars celebrating the couple’s nuptials included The Clash bassist Paul Simonon and Radio One DJ Nick Grimshaw along with Pixie’s sister Fifi, half-sister Tiger Lily Hutchence and Peaches Geldof’s widower Thomas Cohen. Majestic Tying the knot overlooking the Mediterranean in front of around 140 guests, the couple exchanged vows in the venue’s majestic gardens as the early evening sun began to dim. The happy couple chose Elvis Presley’s I Can’t Help Falling In Love With You for their first dance as husband and wife. The Olive Press was the only local paper present, along with two UK national papers.
TEL: (+350) 54031003
STAR QUALITY: Recent performance
No toying around TOYAH Wilcox will open up Gibraltar Music Week this year. She will perform her Up Close and Personal show at St Michael’s Cave on August 29. Popular local band and winners of the Gibraltar Song Festival Jetstream will support the show which forms part of the extended Gibraltar Calling festival. Actor and singer Wilcox has enjoyed a successful musical career spanning more than 30 years. Her biggest hits include It's a Mystery, Thunder in the Mountains and I Want to Be Free. In 2001, she received an honorary doctorate by the University of Central England in recognition of her achievements in performing arts, media and broadcasting. Tickets, £10, are available now from www.gibraltarmusicweek.com
Marvellous Mahiki MAHIKI has officially opened in Marbella following a starstudded launch party. Mahiki Beach by La Sala saw ex-JLS star turned DJ Marvin Humes spin the decks while the likes of Everton FC’s Phil
LAUNCH: Famous faces
Jagielka sipped on cava and champagne. Flame throwers and exotic dancers wowed revellers, many of whom enjoyed the famous club’s signature treasure chest cocktails. In London, the popular nightclub has attracted media attention as a favourite haunt of royals including Princes William and Harry as well as Kate Middleton and celebrities such as Rihanna and Lady Gaga. The polynesianthemed bar, restaurant and beach club is situated next to the Fuente Hotel on the Paseo Maritimo and is open seven days a week.
EMAIL: sales@theolivepress.es
4
NE WS
www.gibraltarolivepress.com
Expats’ rights closer
THE rights of 1.2 million Brits living in the EU and three million EU citizens in the UK appears to be inching closer. The initial focus for Brexit will be on expat rights, a financial settlement and ‘other separation issues’, it was confirmed after the first day of negotiations in Brussels. At the joint press conference on Monday, David Davis and Michel Barnier also said the issue of common travel in Ireland was important. "We've laid solid foundations for future discussions and an ambitious but achievable timetable," said Davis, Britain's Brexit minister. Davis insisted that talks about trade would occur ‘in parallel’, but Barnier said they would start only in a second phase. First, ‘significant progress’ would need to be made on the EU's priority issues, notably the rights of expatriate citizens and a settling financial accounts. It is hoped Prime Minister Theresa May will use this week’s European leaders summit to brief EU leaders on how the UK intends to treat the 3.2m EU citizens currently in the UK, in a bid to kick-start the substantive negotiations on a positive note. EU negotiators have insisted that current citizens’ rights should remain unchanged.
June 21st - July 4th 2017
In deep water BRITAIN is up in arms after yet another incursion into British waters by a Spanish warship. Complaints are set to be made after the Alvaro de Bazán came ‘dangerously close’ to a Royal Navy patrol boat as it was travelling towards Algeciras.
It quickly changed course in the close encounter with HMS Scimitar. It was one of two incursions by the Spanish in just one day and comes after several illegal incursions into Gibraltarian waters over the past few months, adding to border tensions.
Lost and found EXCLUSIVE By Laurence Dollimore
IT was a long shot, to put it mildly. When Australian-based Robert Gascoigne decided to make a final last-ditch attempt to track down his long lost Gibraltar relatives he did what anyone should do; he reached out to a popular community newspaper. But, it was nothing short of amazing that within just two days of the Olive Press splashing on his moving appeal, last issue, the 79-year-old turned up trumps. For out of the woodwork emerged local GibraltarianPepe Pallas, 71, who by good fortune had spotted the tale in his regular fortnightly read of the paper. The former sales manager quickly realised he was related to Gascoigne and contacted us to put the pair in touch.
Long shot to track down Gibraltar family from Australia pays off - thanks to Olive Press L NDON
www.gibraltarolivepress.com
Remembered
The Rock’s original community newspaper FREE
Toe-curling
Sam Cam hot-foot it back to Spain - yet again!
Page 3
Vol. 3 Issue 45 www.gibraltarolivepress.com
Remembering civil war academic Hugh Thomas
Page 6
Sea change ‘Mystery of life’ exhibition launches
Page 7
Spot of polo?
Huge polo estate goes on sale in Sotogrande
Page 17
June 8th - June 21st 2017
www.century21gibraltar.com Century21 Tel: 00 350 200 51020 202-204 Main Street Mob: 00 350 56523000 Gibraltar info@century21gibraltar.com
Help find them Gibraltarian pleas for help to find long-lost family after 60 years apart
EXCLUSIVE By Laurence Dollimore
Saluting Hugh
FAMILY: (Left to right) Sister Maria, aunt Maria, mother and Robert himself
A GIBRALTARIAN has made a passionate last-ditch plea to Olive Press readers to help locate his long-lost family. It comes six decades after his mother’s brutal murder severed all ties with the family, who he believes live on the Rock or nearby in Malaga. Robert Gascoigne (pictured top right), 79, told the Olive Press he just wants the family back together. “I’m at a time in my life now where I just want to see the family reunited,” he said, “I could have some cousins and relatives that I don’t even know about, I’m just hoping I can find them.”
Hoping
The father-of-four was evacuated to England at just fourmonths old to escape the Spanish Civil War in 1938. He soon emigrated to Newcastle, north of Sydney in Australia, with his Estepona-born mother Manuela Valcarcel Santos. But at the age of just 20, Gascoigne - whose father was a British soldier stationed on the Rock - had his life turned upside down when his uncle Juan joined them down under. Juan was Schizophrenic, but very little was known about the condition at the time. As his behaviour became more
1
June 8th - June 21st 2017
WE STAND WITH YOU SEE PAGE 4
LINE UP: Robert’s father, mother, himself and uncle troubling, Gascoigne’s mother placed him in a mental hospital. “She felt so guilty it made her ill,” explained Gascoigne. “So she had him released one Christmas, but unbeknownst to us he had a shotgun.” Juan shot and killed Gascoigne’s mother, who was just 42, before turning the gun on
himself. “It was tragic but I can’t blame him for it, he was ill. “It was a horrible time for me at just 20 years old, and after that we lost all contact with our Spanish family,” Gascoigne said. “I have never been able to find out more on them or where they are currently living, but
now I’m hoping to reconnect.” The former chemist and computer software business owner is now planning a trip this Autumn to track down his relatives. “I will be visiting Gibraltar, Estepona and Malaga with my wife in early September for six weeks and I would love to be able to contact my mother’s family,” he said. “It would mean a lot to me if any of your readers can help.” Other than her brother Juan, Gascoine’s mother had two sisters, named Maria and Francisca. Contact newsdesk@theolivepress.es if you can help
Marathon man By Laura Duckett
A FORMER drug addict has been honoured by the governor after raising £1,400 for charity in the London Marathon. Steven Walker, 26, whose nineyear struggle with cocaine only ended last year, couldn’t even run five miles before he started training for the 26-mile race. He completed it in five hours, despite suffering a hamstring injury halfway, and raised the money for Bowel Cancer UK. He has now been invited to the Queen’s birthday parade in recognition this month. “It’s a massive honour for me after being a problem for society for so long,” the factory checker told the Olive Press. “My battle with addiction was way harder than running with an injury and made me stronger mentally,” he added. He also had another personal motive for running the race. “I ran the marathon on behalf of my gran who passed away from bowel cancer in 2006. I always had pain inside me because I was never there for her - I was too busy getting high.” Steven started taking taking drugs aged 13 while struggling with anger issues. By 16 he was using cocaine and drinking heavily. His dependence was so bad he spent up to £20,000 in a week. As a result, he became very depressed and even attempted suicide. Now following intense counselling he is on the road to recovery. “I want to give everything I can to Gib now because I’ve been a problem for so many years,” he added. Opinion Page 6
MAYFAIR ONMAIN
Gibraltar’s luxury hair salon experience where quality & service matter 286 Main Street Gibraltar, GX11 1AA (+350) 200 75913 info@mayfaironmain.gi www.mayfaironmain.gi
FLASHBACK: Last issue It turned out that Robert’s auntie was his mother-inlaw, and that he could help
locate the rest of his mother’s family, who are still based in Estepona. 79-year-old Gascoigne was lost for words when we contacted him. “Thank you so much,” said the father-of-four, “It’s fantastic news, we really appreciate it, we couldn’t have done it without you.” He added: “I absolutely loved the article you did such a great job, I’ve shown it to all my friends.” The former chemist and computer software business owner had told us how he is set to visit Gibraltar and Estepona with his wife in early September. He had lost track of his familyafter being evacuated to England at just
four-months old to escape the Spanish Civil War in 1938. From there he emigrated to Newcastle in Australia, with his Estepona-born mother Manuela Valcarcel Santos. But at the age of just 21, Gascoigne - whose father was a British soldier stationed on the Rock - had his life turned upside down when his uncle Juan joined them down under. Juan was Schizophrenic and killed Gascoigne’s mother, who was just 42, before turning the gun on himself. “It was a horrible time for me at just 20 years old, and after that we lost all contact with our Spanish family,” Gascoigne said. “I have never been able to find out any more on them or where they are currently living, but now I’m hoping to reconnect.” He has now arranged to meet with Pepe, who will introduce him to his long-lost relatives.
We will never stop looking THE sister of missing expat Lisa Brown has vowed to find the truth behind her disappearance. Helen Jordan, 50, insists her family will never quit until those responsible are behind bars. It comes after Spanish TV channel La Sexta investigated the case of the missing Scottish girl last week. It comes two months after suspect and ex-lover of Lisa, Simon Corner, was released on bail after paying €10,000. "We are Lisa's voice now and will never stop pushing for answers," Jordan told the Olive Press. "It’s for the safety of the whole Gibraltar and southern Spanish community that we need to let people know she's still missing. “The people who know where she is are living normal lives among you. These people are walking your streets and are dangerous." Lisa, 32, went missing on November 4, 2015, from her home in Guadiaro, with Corner going on the run shortly afterwards. She was about to start a new job with Bet365 in Gibraltar and police fear she was murdered at home before her body was thrown out to sea.
www.gibraltarolivepress.com
Wagamamma_OlivePress_Jun17.indd 1
June 21st - July 4th 2017
5
16/6/17 10:43
6
www.gibraltarolivepress.com
international p ri d eJunemonth 21st - July 4th 2017
Rainbow
The Rock’s only investigative
local newspaper
A campaigning, community newspaper, the Gibraltar Olive Press represents the local and expatriate communities working or living on the Rock with 20,000 copies distributed monthly.
OPINION Sexting battle THE arrival of new technology has its advantages… but it also poses a big risk to our children. The new anti-sexting campaign emphasises the need for awareness among our youth and stresses that teenagers involved are breaking the law. Let’s hope that the campaign reaches the people who need it the most - the vulnerable and naive who are most likely to be exploited.
SINCE the 1970s, Spain has been ahead of the pack when it comes to LGBT rights. The nation’s rapid ascension into the 21st century came after decades of Franco rule, which saw sexual minorities imprisoned or even killed simply for being who they are, including the legendary poet Federico Garcia Lorca. But when Franco was finally toppled in 1975, his ‘Vagrancy Act’ was abolished, kick-starting the
Gibraltar and Spain’s past and present offer up a raft of trailblazing LGBT heroes, writes Laurence Dollimore country’s march towards equality. The year 1979 welcomed Madrid’s first Gay Pride march, attitudes drastically softened during the 1980s while the 90s saw the election of the first openly-LGBT
member of a regional parliament in Catalunya. Then in 2005, Spain became one of the first countries in the world to legalise same-sex marriage and in 2007 it was hailed as having the most developed LGBT
rights in the world. In celebration that year, it held Europride in Madrid, and welcomed more than 2.5 million people over the course of one week. While Gibraltar was slower off the mark, it proudly made same-sex marriage legal last year. With June being International LGBT Pride Month, we focus on the trailblazing ‘rainbow warriors’ of Andalucia, Spain and Gibraltar.
Real journalism THE story of Robert Gascoigne finding his long lost Gibraltar/Spanish family is something we revel in doing. Not to toot our own horn, but we take pride in our exclusive human interest stories… whether that be exposing cowboy conmen or reuniting long-lost families. Robert’s story is a great example of journalism in action, and we wish him all the luck in meeting his Spanish family. We also look forward to meeting him when he visits in September.
Crime hub La Linea’s recent crime wave seems to have reached a dramatic and tragic climax in the death of father of two, Victor Sanchez. This sad news, along with other incidents in recent weeks, has, quite rightly, highlighted the urgent need for more police on the streets. While numbers have allegedly gone up, more must be done before the problem spirals out of control and La Linea starts to feel like a war zone. The police union insist it’s only a matter of time before decent upstanding officers and other professionals are driven out of the town by the problems. It’s time the government took notice.
Desposito legal 834-2017 Publisher/ Editor
Jon Clarke jon@theolivepress.es Admin (+34) 951 273 575 admin@theolivepress.es SALES Paul MacGregor (+350) 540 310 03 thegibolivepress@gmail.com
Newsdesk newsdesk@theolivepress.es Tel: (+34) 665 798 618 Joe Duggan joe@theolivepress.es Laurence Dollimore laurence@theolivepress.es Chloe Glover chloe@theolivepress.es Designer James Partington design@theolivepress.es SALES: sales@theolivepress.es
John Galliano John Charles Galliano is a Gibraltar-born British fashion designer who has headed French fashion companies Givenchy, Christian Dior, and his own label John Galliano (1988 to 2011). The 56-year-old is currently the creative director of Paris-based fashion house Maison Margiela. He first studied at the Saint Martin’s School of Art in London, where he graduated in 1984 with a first in Fashion Design. His first collection, inspired by the French Revolution and entitled Les Incroyables, received positive reviews and was bought in its entirety for resale in the London fashion boutique Browns. He then started his own fashion label alongside long-term collaborators Amanda Harlech. He soon rented a studio space in London, but his love for the city’s nightlife soon took its toll. After becoming bankrupt, he moved to Paris in search of financial backing and a strong client base. He won the support of Moroccan designer Faycal Amor, who invited him to set up his base in Paris. His career has been on the up ever since. Galliano has been named British Designer of the Year four times, received a CBE and a French Legion of Honour.
Aaron Mills and Adrian Charles Triay-Dignam became the first same-sex couple to get married on the Rock on December 16 last year. Aaron, who works for the Borders & Coastguard Agency, fell for Adrian while checking his passport. Eventually he asked him out and the rest is history. The fight for equal marriage in Gibraltar took four years to win. It was fronted by the Equality Rights Group from 2012, when the Rock lowered the same-sex consent age to 16. The couple set their wedding date for December 2016 the previous year, unaware that the marriage act would pass in time. The pair received warm congratulations from Chief Minister Fabian Picardo.
Angela Ponce
Felix Alvarez When Alvarez tried to bring his non-EU, samesex partner to the Rock, he was shocked by the insurmountable bureaucracy and prejudice he encountered. As deputy leader of the Independent Liberal Forum (now defunct), he persuaded his party to back him in the establishment of what was to be known as Gib Gay Rights (GGR). In a GBC television news broadcast in 2000, Alvarez said ‘the fear factor’ was over as far as gay citizens were concerned and that from then on, they would be demanding equal rights as full citizens of Gibraltar. As the work of the group expanded over the years, GGR became Gibraltar’s foremost Human & Civil Rights organisation. Now known as the Equality Rights Group, it has been at the forefront of the LGBT movement on the Rock and was instrumental in pushing for same-sex marriage legislation.
Accounts Héctor Santaella (+34) 658 750 424 accounts@theolivepress.es Maria Angeles Vázquez mangeles@theolivepress.es Admin and account assistant Distribution Graham Warters distribution@theolivepress.es
Clarke Media Ltd. Registration number: 113878 Suite 2B, 143 Main Street, Gibraltar Printed by Corporación de Medios de Andalucía S.A.
AWARDS
Aaron and Adrian
2016 Best expat paper in Spain and the second best in the world. The Expat Survey Consumer Awards.
2012 - 2017
Named the best English language publication in Andalucia by the Rough Guides group.
Nadine and Alicia Muscat The Muscats were the first same-sex couple to be granted a civil partnership on the Rock. They are currently fighting to have their partnership recognised as a full marriage, which was not available back in 2014. “Being granted the partnership was like doors were starting to open and at least we had some rights, but what we really wanted was marriage - we wanted equality,” said Nadine. “It’s about my rights as a human being to be able to marry the person I want, whether it’s a man or woman.” Their case continues.
Ponce was the first openly-transgender woman to compete for the Miss World Spain title. The 25-year-old from Sevilla, who was representing Cadiz, lost out to Miss Barcelona in the 2015 pageant. She had been the favourite to win the title, but failed to make it to the final ten in the beauty show, which was held locally in Estepona. She said: “I have the regional crown on my head and I will keep fighting to make us seen, to make us heard and to demonstrate that I am already a queen with my own crown.”
Patricia Yurena Former Miss Spain Patricia Yurena came out as gay in 2015. The beauty queen shared a photo posing intimately with her girlfriend, Spanish DJ Vanesa Klein, with the caption ‘Romeo and Juliet’. Yurena held the title of Miss Spain in both 2008 and 2013, and told Spanish press that she came out because it made her happy to be in a relationship with Klein. “I did it because I am happy about what’s going on in my life,” she said. As the first openly gay national beauty queen, she has opened the door for other women to be true to themselves.
its entirety on www.theolivepress.es And our site is updated daily with the latest news, making it one of Spain’s June 21st - July 4th 2017most visited news websites.
international p r id e month
www.gibraltarolivepress.com
warriors
7
olive press online October 2015
Page views:xxxxxxxxx Visitors: xxxxxxxx
Most read this Gibraltar’s best English fortnight on daily news website
www.theolivepress.es
The top five most read stories on www.gibraltarolivepress.com in on theweather past two Costa del Sol alert weeks with are: dropping temperatures and
1
more rain - 4616 views
- Recovering Gibraltarian drug addict receives honour after completing gruelling London VIDEO: Floods hit Costa del Sol marathon
2
as heavy rain continues - 4604
- EXCLUSIVE: Gay views couple must get divorced before they can get Gibraltar wedding certificate Gangsters’ paradise: A look at
3 4 5
the key figures past and present of
- Gibraltarian pleasthe forCosta helpdeltoCrime find- long lost 3872 views family after 60 years apart Torremolinos to open Anda-
- Police presence rise in La Linea after recent lucia’sfrom biggest shopping and leisure spate in attacks smugglers centre - 3122 views
- Former bishop of Gibraltar Geoffrey Rowell dies Gibraltar schoolgirl reaches semi
PROUD: Last year’s pride march through Casemates Square
-final of Spanish TV talent show 3065 views Statistics for: June 5 - June 19
SOCIALMEDIA
Cristobal Balenciaga
Pedro Almodovar One of Spain’s most internationally successful film directors, the openly gay 67-year-old from Ciudad Real came to prominence during La Movida Madrileña, the cultural renaissance that followed the death of Franco. Early films like The Law of Desire (1987), themed on a gay love triangle, captured the sexual and political freedoms of the period. Although the man from La Mancha dislikes being branded as a ‘gay filmmaker’, his movies are well known for challenging traditional ideas, and transgenderism and homosexuality are recurring themes. He first achieved international recognition for his black comedy-drama Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988), which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. He went on to win two Oscars. All About My Mother (1999) received the award for Best Foreign Language Film while Talk to Her (2002) earned him the award for Best Original Screenplay.
OlivePressNewspaper
Balenciaga was a Basque fashion designer and the founder of the Balenciaga fashion house. During the 1930s he lived openly with his lover, the French-Polish aristocrat Wladzio d’Attainville, above his Paris studio. As a couturier he had a reputation for his uncompromising standards and was referred to as ‘the master of us all’ by none other than Christian Dior. Coco Chanel said he was ‘the only couturier in the truest sense of the word’, adding that ‘the others are simply fashion designers’. To this day he is revered as the supreme deity of the European salons and is known as ‘The King’. Since 2011 the purpose-built Museo Balenciaga exhibits examples of his work in his birth town Getaria. Many of the 1,200 pieces in the collection were supplied by his pupil Hubert de Givenchy and clients such as Grace Kelly.
Bibiana Fernandez Bibiana was born with the name Manuel and spent her childhood in Málaga. She later went to Barcelona to fulfill her dream of being an artist. After a period of making shows in several of the city’s vaudeville haunts, she made her debut into the film business with a Vicente Aranda film, Cambio de Sexo (Sex Change). She was soon famous across Spain, making appearances and releasing several song hits such as Call me Lady Champagne and Salvame (Save Me). In the 1980s, she began working with director Almodovar, and performed in many of his films before hosting several TV shows.
olivepress olivepressnews +TheolivepressEs
BE ‘APPY!
Useful numbers EMERGENCIES
David Delfin Malagueño Delfin was world-renowned in the fashion industry. The 46-year-old, who tragically passed away from cancer this month, first made his mark as one of Spain’s most provocative designers by covering models’ faces with hoods and putting nooses around their necks at the Pasarela Cibeles fashion show in 2002. Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy paid tribute to the designer after his death. In a telegram sent to Delfin’s family, Rajoy said he ‘was one of the most charismatic and creative fashion designers in Spain’ who ‘leaves an incomparable legacy’. Delfin founded his studio in Madrid in 2001 and was later praised for ‘developing his own avant-garde universe.’
Miquel Iceta Llorens Miquel became the first the first openly-LGBT member of a Regional Parliament in Spain when he was elected in Catalonia in 1999. The 56-year-old is currently First Secretary of the PSC (Socialist’s Party of Catalonia). He spoke out against independence for his region in March, saying it would be a ‘nightmare’. “It would be so much like recognising that you are unable to find a good relationship with your neighbours,” he said.
Download our app now and begin enjoying the best Spanish news on the go.
Ambulance/ Fire brigade/ Police 112 Local police 092 Medical 061 Fire 080 Guardia civil 062
Airport Malaga - 952 048 844* *For English press 9 Gibraltar00350 22073026
Granada - Jaen 958 245 200 Jerez - 956 150 000 The SevillaOlive Press 954 449 000 TOP for news in Spain!
www.diningsecretsofandalucia.com
www.allaboutandalucia.com
8
C AM P O
www.gibraltarolivepress.com
Steaming ahead THE materials needed to renovate the train line between Algeciras and Bobadilla are set to arrive. Mayor of Algeciras Jose Ignacio was proud to be overseeing the developments: "I said that it was going to be the mayor who saw the first crosswalk for the renovation of the railway, first between Algeciras and Almoraima and then Bobadilla, and that's how it will be," he said. He explained that the entire administrative process has already been completed, and that staff have been hired, for both technical works and health and safety. He added that senior railway officials are due to present the project schedule imminently, and will outline the project's different phases.
Rennovations: For train line
LEGEND: Jose Monge Cruz
June 21st - July 4th 2017
Festival ready THIS year’s Campo de Gibraltar Flamenco Festival has been announced. It will take place from June 29 - July 1 at the Plaza de Camaron in La Linea, and honour the renowned Jose Monge Cruz, who is considered to be one of the greatest flamenco singers of all time. A spokesperson emphasized the importance of the need to promote flamenco, as ‘our cante, as our way of feeling, of living and our particular way of expressing our feelings.’ It will follow last year’s event, which took place at the Plaza de San Isidro in Algeciras.
Changing tactics Police on high alert after recent spate of attacks from smugglers EXTRA numbers of National Police have been drafted into La Linea in the wake of recent attacks on officers. Measures include deploying additional rapid response officers. It comes amid concerns that organised crime gangs have recently resorted to violence and
Road rage A LA Linea police officer was targeted by a man on a quad bike with no number plate. The police officer had attempted to intercept the driver who was speeding recklessly. It’s alleged that the man then accelerated towards the officer who managed to avoid being run over, although a dog was harmed in the process. It came just days after Guardia Civil officer Victor Sanchez was mowed down and killed during a smuggling bust.
Crash control READY: Police forces ramped up following attacks
intimidatory tactics when challenged by the authorities.
MUNDO MANIA
Incidents include officers being pelted with rocks while intercepting drug and tobacco smuggling operations. The Police Union believes it’s only a matter of time before officers resign through fear of the risks that working in the area present. “Irresponsible politicians do not want to accept that this is an area of increased danger for
our officers and that this must be reflected in the pay of all civil servants who work here, in order to prevent the departure of police officers, doctors and teachers to less conflictive areas,” it said in a statement. The union called for a permanent increase in the number of specialist police officers and an antimoney laundering unit.
TWO pregnant women have been injured in a car crash in Algeciras. The accident involved two vehicles which collided on the A-7 in the early hours of the morning. The emergency services were notified and, along with the pregnant women, three other people were transferred to Hospital Punta de Europa.
OLD AGE PUSHER A PENSIONER has been arrested in Algeciras after police found two kilos of hashish attached to her body. The Spanish woman, 67, was allegedly part of a group travelling from
Ceuta and Tangier. After a body search by Guardia Civil officers, the drugs were discovered taped to her abdomen and legs. She is currently being detained.
PLAY FOR LESS IN JUNE AT MUNDO MANÍA
ONLY 6€ entry per child for 4 to 12 year olds. Includes unlimited play on the main playframe, wet play area and trampolines!
ONLY 3€ entry per child for 1 to 3 year olds. Includes unlimited play on the baby and toddler playframe and wet play area! Discounted prices only applicable Tuesday to Thursday from 4.30pm til close and Friday to Sunday from 7pm til close, between 1st - 30th June 2017. Mundo Manía offers something for everyone and boasts indoor and outdoor facilities, a fantastic menu for both children and adults, unforgettable kids birthday parties and much more, making it the coast’s leading play and party centre!
Check out our Facebook page @MundoManiaSpain or visit www.mundo-mania.com for details. Mundo Manía, Urb Taraje, 53-75 Camino de Brijan s/n 29680 Estepona, Málaga.
A WORLD OF FUN FOR EVERYONE
T: (+34) 952 938 173 | info@mundo-mania.com | www.mundo-mania.com T: (+34) 952 938 173 | info@mundo-mania.com | www.mundo-mania.com
HAUL: Attached to woman’s body
Advertise with The Gibraltar Olive Press TEL: (+34) 951 273 575 EMAIL: sales@theolivepress.es
-final of Spanish TV talent show 3065 views
SOCIALMEDIA
www.gibraltarolivepress.com
OlivePressNewspaper olivepress
la cultura June 21st - July 4th 2017
olivepressnews
BIG names will animate this A PICASSO ring designed by the ‘APPY! year’sBE Gibunco Gibraltar Inartist to appease his angry lover ternational Literary Festival. is expected to fetch more than The first eight public figures €500,000 at auction this month. set to appear have been anThe Malaga artist made it for fellow nounced, including former painter and muse Dora Maar after politician Ann Widdecombe, she tossed her own ring into the who wrote Sunday Times River Seine during an argument in bestseller The Clematis Tree, the 1930s. Download appWoman’s now and and BBC Radioour4’s Picasso had chided her for persuadHour begin presenter enjoyingDame the bestJenni Spanish LOVES: Pablo and ing him to swap an art piece for a Murray. Dora on the go.are Steve Othersnews booked Westaby, a world-famous heart surgeon and Jem Poster and Sarah Burton, who have both taught creative writing at university level and will be running Press the The Olive Only Connect writing workTOP for shop. news in Spain! Tourist Minister Gilbert Licudi praised Roaring 20s theme and the lineup for the fifth annual Elton John tribute set tone festival, saying that the writers and professionals featured for this year’s Gay Pride ‘clearly give an indication of event the quality and variety we are RAINBOW flags are set to cal theatre performance to expect once again.’ “There is no doubt that the decorate the Rock’s Eliott by Phillip Borge on Friday June 23 and an Elton John Government’s pledge to de- hotel this month. velop event-led tourism has Yes, it’s almost time for Gi- tribute act on Saturday. produced an outstanding braltar’s annual Gay Pride Each event includes a yearly feast of culture and event, which will coincide three-course meal prepared by Head Chef Matt Birtwiseducation.” he added, before with London and Dublin’s. revealing that there are more The two-day celebration tle. guests to be announced for the will include a Great Gatsby Gay Pride is a movement dinner and dance, a musi- against discrimination and October 20-23 event.
ruby ring, so she ripped it off his finger and tossed it into the water where it may well remain to this day. The oval apology ring features a portrait of Maar done in ink and colored pencil on paper, set in a tiny metal frame decorated with enamel flowers. It will go up for auction on June 21 at the Sotheby’s Actual Size sale.
Pride time
Painting the past The Gibraltar Heritage Trust has opened an exhibition featuring this year’s painting competition winners. Leslie Gaduzo took the first prize in the adult section, with Vin Mifsud receiving second and Rebecca Moritz winning third prize. For the junior section, Matthew Boasano won first prize, Chloe McToldridge received second and Sinead Desoiza third.
This year’s subject, Wellington Front, which was used as a defensive point from as early as Moorish occupation, has recently been refurbished and restored. As well as this year’s winners’ work, paintings from 1991 will also be featured, when Wellington Front was also the subject of the exhibition. The free exhibition was held at Gustavo Barcarisas Gallery in Casemates until June 16.
FaNTaSTiC DEaLS FOR
ChRiSTmaS & NEw YEaR Fabulous food and entertainment including a 5* Christmas or New Years Eve Gala Dinner with fine wine
FOR GOLFERS includes 3 rounds of golf
Christmas 310€ New Year 330€
Iberostar **** Nova Sancti Petri, Spain
Isla Canela Golf **** Ayamonte, Spain
Christmas 270€ New Year 325€
5 nights 23/12/17 ~ 28/12/17 for Christmas 5 nights 28/12/17 ~ 02/01/18 for New Year
Prices are per person for 5 nights half board, twin room
No bookings accepted after Tuesday 10th October 2017
Christmas 355€ New Year 470€
3
Night Stay prices upon request
GaSTON GOLF TOuRS Tel: 952 936 803
Email: info@gastongolf.com www.gastongolf.com
9
9
Send your information to newsdesk@theolivepress.es
Picasso’s peace offering
+TheolivepressEs Booked up
Puerto Marina **** Benalmadena, Spain
Do you have a what’s on?
June 21st - July 4th 2017
what’s on
M
iss Cover Girl 2017 - June 24
A beauty pageant for girls aged from 10 - 14 at the Alameda Open-Air Theatre. Tickets £15, with part of the proceeds going to Bloodwise Gibraltar. Starts at 9pm.
FOR SALE: Ring
H
olifest June 24
A day of revelry full of live music and DJs. It will be an intoxicating mixture of colour and light as the Rock celebrates the festival of Holi from 2pm - 2am. Tickets £30 with one colour bomb from The Hendrix, Gib Ink Tattoo Gibraltar.
T
our of Parson’s Lodge - July 5, 3-4pm
Join the Gibraltar Museum for a tour of Parson's Lodge. This tour is free, for more information and booking call 20042844.
violence toward lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people. June was chosen for LGBT Pride Month to commemorate the Stonewall riots, which took place in New York at the end of June 1969 as a result of discrimination towards the LGBT
community. Ever since the first anniversary of the riots, Gay Pride marches have taken place annually all over the world. Call Marie-Anna Lynch on 200 70500 for tickets (£35 per person per night, or £60 for the whole weekend).
G
ibraltar Gay Pride - June 23 24
A celebration of the LGBT community at the Eliott Hotel with a Great Gatsby party and Elton John tribute act. Individual party price £35 pp, combo price for both nights is £60 pp.
10 10
www.gibraltarolivepress.com
On the 80th anniversary of the Paris International Fair, Joe Duggan meets the Spanish artist’s grandson
J
OAN Punyet Miró is a tireless keeper of his namesake grandfather’s artistic flame. As the early-afternoon traffic cruises down Palma’s Jaume III, below the Successió Miro office, he reveals how the Catalan maestro’s dreams ignited his bold artistic visions. “He started work while asleep at night,” said Punyet Miro, the manager of Successió Miro, which looks after the artist’s estate. “As a good surrealist, he was seeing how his soul was leaving his body behind, flying to the stars, running through the universe and coming back with a net. “In the morning, he would down his visions in a notebook by the bed.” Of course, Mallorca was a formative and enduring influence on Miro’s dazzling creativity. It was here he became entranced by the island’s light and colour as a child. And it was here, deep in the dark heart of Franco’s dictatorship, he chose to build a home and a studio, defying the regime’s brutality while others fled into exile, and seeing out his final 25 years as an artist on the island. It was a dangerous, and courageous, decision. His opposition to Franco’s regime couldn’t have been clearer. Eighty years ago this month, at the Paris International Exposition, Miro and Pablo Picasso first presented two of art’s most provocative political works. Guernica and Miro’s The Reaper were a double-barreled shotgun aimed squarely at Franco’s Nationalists. But whereas Picasso’s Guernica survived the war, Miro’s masterpiece was lost in the ensuing chaos, explains Punyet Miro, one of the heir’s to Miro’s estate who administers the rights of the artist’s works.
la cultura
June 21st - July 4th 2017
Magical Miro
Penniless
“Unlike Picasso, who painted Guernica on canvas, Grandpa painted huge six panels on the wall made out of compressed wood,” he said. “As soon as they touched the panels he said, ‘I cannot take the panels. I am penniless and have no place to work’. “He sent them to Republican headquarters in Valencia. But I think they were used as barricades to help protect Republican soldiers and then they were destroyed.” The loss of the painting deprived the world of a masterpiece. But Miro himself thought differently. “He didn’t care,” said Miro. “It was like a Banksy graffiti. It was meant
MIRO: With The Reaper and (right) with family and (below) with wife
ICONIC: The Reaper artwork is still missing
to be in that specific time and place. It was ephemeral art - it was not supposed to be sold or kept. It was an artistic weapon.” It was certainly that. The 5.5-metre-high painting depicts a Catalan peasant, sickle in hand, wearing the traditional red barretina hat. A symbol of Catalunya’s rebellious spirit - the Catalan national anthem is called The Reapers - the reaper’s fist is clenched tightly into a Re“Franco made a mistake in 1936 when he shot Federico Garcia Lorpublican salute. “My grandfather wanted to paint one Catalan peasant in a sign to ca. So Franco said, ‘I won’t make the same mistake twice. Let him live, but control what he is doing’.” His grandfather strictly make a revolution against fascism,” explained Punyet Miro. “He is the figure of all revolution against fascism. It is saying, ‘We are In 1954, Miro bought a plot of Mallorca to build a family home. A regimented his working day. From nine until two, he painted. purpose-built studio was completed in 1956, where Miro’s blister- In the afternoon, he personally replied to his letters. At night, he read against Franco and fascism. “My grandfather was a democrat and that is what Picasso and he ing work-rate produced some 2,000 paintings. It’s construction was poetry, listened to music - jazz was a favourite - and drew sketches. complicated by the political exile of its architect, Miro’s fellow Catalan Punyet Miro remembers laughing along to the films of Charlie Chapwere speaking about.” Josep Lluís Sert, who corresponded with the artist via letter from lin - a close friend of Miro’s - together. During his time in Paris in the The carnage depicted in Picasso’s work, which stood close to his America. 1920s, Miro would box with Ernest Hemingway (‘Hemingway was close friend Miro’s in the exhibition’s Spanish Pavilion, provoked a Why did he choose Mallorca as an artistic base? very tall and strong and Miro was tiny’), who bought The Farm from famous exchange between the artist and a Nazi officer. “The light and peacefulness - and to be the poor young artist. “One Nazi official was with Picasso in front of Guernica and away from journalists and museum curaAs no colour photographs of The Reaper exist, a asked, ‘Did you make this?’” said Punyet Miro. tors,” said Punyet Miro. replica of the work - recently exhibited in London for “‘No”, he said. “You are the one that made this.”” No colour “Through the hills of his house the moment the 80th anniversary of the Spanish Pavilion - was Miro began his flight from France after Hitler invaded Poland in photographs of when you see dark and twilight it’s like made in black and white. September 1939, finally making his way back to Spain in magic happening because you can The Reaper exist, “We didn’t want to guess,” said Punyet Miro. “We 1940. Upon returning, the artist was treated like ‘the see the sun and moon share the same tried to be loyal. living dead’, says his grandson. A marked man, he only in black and “We wanted to do it in London because the Picasso space at same time.” had to be on his wits. Punyet Miro recalls being captivated sent Guernica there to get money for refugee Span“He was living in Mallorca and the regime wanted white as a 10-year-old boy upon first enterish children. Also, many English people came to all the letters he sent away to be opened and ing his grandfather’s studio. Spain to fight against Franco.” read,” said Punyet Miro. “I discovered the magic of colour. Through his work with Successio Miro and the Miro “That’s why my grandfather never wrote. My Hundreds of paintings on the floor, drawings and Foundation, Punyet Miro says they come across ‘many’ fake Miros grandmother was the one who wrote letters. prints and etchings everywhere. Plus a great group of (the FBI and Interpol often investigate the culprits). However, he still Prepared to put his life at risk, but nevertheless different elements that shocked me,” he said. holds out hope that the original of The Reaper may yet resurface. fearful of the effects the regime would have on “There were skeletons, roots, cactuses and sculp- “Sometimes I dream it has not been destroyed and I will find it in the him and his work, Miro was possibly spared by tures from Africa, South America cohabitating with future,” said Punyet Miro. the international outrage sparked by the murder different elements used in Mallorca culture.” “Of course it’s possible.” of another revered Spanish Republican. PROUD: Joan Miro
A
M
www.gibraltarolivepress.com
ll about
June 21st - July 4th 2017 by: Special supplement sponsored
arbella
Issue 268 www.theolivepress.es
June 21st - July 4th 2017
Magical
ANDALUZ VERNACULAR: A more Andalucian scene could not be found anywhere else in Andalucia. Next to new restaurant La Tapa, while other snapshots from Marbella old town
Despite the recent tabloid overkill, the glitziest resort on the Costa del Sol is still pulling crowds and sitting pretty for another record-breaking summer, writes Alex Brown
B
Pictures by Jon Clarke
EFORE I ever set foot in Marbella I pictured a ‘tinsel town’ in the Med populated by reality TV stars, distinguished by ostentatious displays of wealth and tarnished by a nightlife akin to the worst excesses of university days. I quickly realised that my understanding was as shallow as some of the tabloid stories I’d read. Look past the sensational headlines and you’ll find a historic town as asset-rich as some of its visitors. I knew Marbella was popular but before speaking to Miguel Luna Rodriguez, the city’s tourism chief, I had no idea quite how popular. “We had more visitors than we’ve had in history last year and this year could be even better,” he told me. “This month, hotels are 90% full, next month it will be 95%, and for many days it will be 100%.”
That’s pretty good going and particularly given the resort has more five star hotels than the rest of the Costa del Sol combined. Tourists come from the whole of Europe for the town’s upmarket shopping, fabulous golf courses, stunning beaches…and fundamentally the temperature, all made bearable by the breeze from the nearby mountains. In its famous port, these hordes of visitors are easy to find. Puerto Banus is a place where worlds collide. On one hand, there are the 20-somethings covered in tribal tattoos careering from club to club, and stags and hens in ludicrous get-ups making the most of the Marbella movida. Step back a little though, and you’ll also find the ultra-wealthy one percent parking their Porsches and mega-yachts to indulge in
Continues on page 12
11
12
A
M
www.gibraltarolivepress.com ll about
June 21st - July 4th 2017
arbella
June 21st - July 4th 2017
FAME AND ROMANS
REGULAR: Hugh Grant having dinner
DIVERSITY: From hens in Banus, to a yoga class on Marbella town beach When the heat gets too much, respite can be Star restaurants in Andalucia, proud of its title found within the cool stone walls of Our Lady of as the gastronomy capital of the Costa del Sol. the Incarnation church, a 17th century former The cultural scene is also thriving, with the Marwaterfront dining and designer shopping. This is the part of ‘Marbs’, as it has come to be mosque that was taken over by the Christians bella International Arts Festival now a regular during the Reconquest. fixture on the calendar, and the Marbella Inknown among a certain crowd, Inside, along with beautiful paintings ternational film festival growing at an unprecthat never sleeps, it’s voice and locals praying, you’ll enjoy the edented pace. speaks loudest when people highly-efficient air conditioning. Along with the annual feria in June and the Starimagine Marbella. Tributes paid, you can find Marbella lite music festival held at Marbella’s amazing These are the TOWIE stars and monuments even older than this, dat- Nagueles quarry auditorium over a month in ex-footballers and a Who’s ing from 1AD. The first Roman bridge summer, Marbella is never boring. Who of the almost-famous, the can still be found beside the Puente The resort has continued to grow, despite the B and C-list, if you like. Romano hotel and the baths still 2008 crash that brought Spain to its knees. However, they are not to be stand in Guadalmina. In part, this due to the current town hall which sniffed at... When the celebratWhen you tire of burning shoe leather, is working hard to do away with the corruption ed Essex soap opera TOWIE jump into a horse and carriage for a that plagued the city for years. staged a two-episode special town tour or bag a park bench in the With incredible nightlife, a blossoming arts in Marbella in 2015, internet green shade of one of its exquisite scene, and the best food in the region, the party hotel bookings rocketed by public gardens. La Constitucion park is only getting better in Marbella.. 72%. and the Alameda Gardens are parBut this is anything but the ticularly lovely, the latter always brimbest of Marbella… ming with locals and surrounded by Scratch the surface and you’ll great cafes and bars. find a Roman settlement From here, you can walk down to the drenched in history, epitobeach through Avenida del Mar, remised by its enchanting old splendent with five statues by iconic town. Spanish artist Salvador Dali who was This ancient walled town rea regular visitor. (Don’t miss the Cutains nearly all of its original deca charity shop on the left, halfway 16th century layout, even down, for second-hand designer lathough chichi art galleries, fab bels!) tapas bars and artisan fashion This beauty is the unsung hero of and ice cream shops populate Marbella, a city brimming with more its cobbled streets today. natural wonders than its tabloid imWhether you are thirsting for age suggests. There is tropical greenhistory or only a drink, Orange ery everywhere and its beaches are Square, named for its abunsome of the best in Andalucia. dance of orange trees, will Boasting 27 kilometres of coastline, oblige in either case. San Pedro and Puerto Banus both Enclosed by an 11th century proudly fly the prestigious Blue Flag, Arab wall, the showpiece of an award given to the best beaches the square is the 16th cenby the Foundation for Environmental tury Old Governor’s House, which dates back to the 16th VISITOR: Michelle Obama Education. This garden of Eden has also bloscentury. A tourist hotspot, the square’s bars and restaurants charge a little somed into a gourmet paradise. Marbella glitters with the highest concentration of Michelin more but it’s worth it for the ambience.
From Page 11
12
A
M
www.gibraltarolivepress.com ll about
W
HETHER it was Diana Dors or Sean Connery, Ava Gardner or Audrey Hepburn, James Hunt or Rod Stewart, none would have come to Marbella without the influence of Prince Alfonso de Hohenlohe. For the German aristocrat was the svengali with the necessary capital to turn the dusty village into a highfalutin millionaires’ playground to rival the likes of Cannes and Deauville, in France. It was in 1947 that the charismatic playboy had been sent to the coast by his father Prince Maximilian to purchase some land. The family already had business interests in southern Spain, particularly in Malaga. The 23-year-old was told to hook up with his eccentric uncle Ricardo Soriano, who had been eulogising about the merits of the coast for a number of years. A huge fan of watersports, Soriano especially liked powerboat racing and lived an enviable bohemian life. He was soon chaperoning his nephew up and down the coast in his vintage Rolls-Royce looking for land. The bilingual Alonso – who was a keen painter - was immediately taken by what he saw in Marbella. Sheltered by the dramatic Sierra Blanca and with crystal-clear waters just a stone’s throw away, the savvy prince immediately saw a wealth of opportunities. He ordered his father to sell off his wine cellars in Malaga and began developing his now seminal Marbella Club hotel, which opened in 1954. But that was not enough and the well-connected prince soon embarked on a European-wide campaign to convince all his high-flying friends that Marbella, not San Sebastian or Cannes, was the only place to be.
June 21st - July 4th 2017
arbella
Despite revelling in its exclusive status, the Marbella Club was anything but formal. “At dinner everybody arrived with a dinner jacket, but I said ‘Stop! This is not the Marbella way! You only
June 21st - July 4th 2017
Stardust memories
The Olive Press looks back at the lives of the aristocrats and celebrities that turned a small fishing village into a glitzy, star-studded resort for the ‘jet set’
FILLING HIS BOOTS: Sean Connery and Jackie Lane
STARS: Sinatra and Ava Gardner flew in
wear a dinner jacket on New Year’s Eve,” recalled Alfonso. As the inspired prince’s creation boomed, so did Marbella and its surrounding hillsides. New restaurants, bars and sports clubs began sprouting up as the Costa del Sol quickly entered its so-called golden
era. Developers included Jose Banus, who built Puerto Banus marina and King Fahd of Saudi Arabia, who built a white palace (still there today) that is modelled on both the White House and a mosque. The likes of multi-millionaire arms
Place to be
And his campaign worked with the grand families of central Europe, including the Bismarcks, Rothschilds and Metternichs, coming to see what the fuss was about. A string of celebrities followed suit, with actresses including Elizabeth Taylor and Sophia Loren, photographer Patrick Lichfield, footballer George Best, model Brigitte Bardot, and Rolling Stone Bryan Jones joining the in-crowd. Even British aristocracy got in on the act, with the Duke and Duchess of Windsor (Edward and Mrs Simpson) visiting the hotel. “The people I met in Hollywood, in New York, and in Europe, they were the roots, the bridge that brought people to Marbella… who made Marbella,” explained Alfonso. Marbella took pride in being cut off from the hectic, stressful and often scary modern world. Indeed, news of the Cuban Missile Crisis did not reach the resort until it was over. “Everybody had the most gorgeous parties when the rest of the world was trembling that World War III was starting,” explains Count Rudi Schonburg, a former manager of Marbella Club. Coining the nickname the ‘King of Clubs’, Alfonso’s reputation quickly preceded himself and he soon opened up a disco which got the club swinging every Tuesday and Friday nights.
13
ON THE BALL: George Best spent time in Marbella
Built by Romans...
MARBELLA began its life as a town in the seventh century BC, when it was a Roman settlement called ‘Salduba’. This is also the name of a well known bar at the entrance to Puerto Banus that has been there for centuries too. Meanwhile an original Roman bridge (above) still stands surreally in the middle of the Puente Romano Hotel and a few kilometres away is the restored Roman villa at Rio Verde with its beautiful mosaics. A sleepy town during the period of AlAndalus, Marbella was retaken by Christians in 1485. The Plaza de los Naranjos (Orange Square) has been the focal point of the town since then and the town hall is still located there today.
dealer Adnan Khashoggi (who formerly owned La Zagaleta, Spain´s most expensive urbanisation) were able to dock their luxury yachts in the port. “Thanks to my initiative, Marbella’s Golden Mile alone now provides 60,000 jobs,” Alfonso once said. While his friends called him the ‘King of Clubs’ or the ‘Little Prince’, locals came to know him affectionately as Ole-Ole, because of his difficult to pronounce surname. Yet as the Costa del Sol dream began to spiral into uncontrollable development, Alfonso became aware of the monster he had helped stir. Concrete towers were sprouting up as far as the eye could see, from Malaga all the way down to Estepona, almost 100 kilometres away. Worse still, wanted British criminals began to take advantage of a lack of an extradition treaty between England and Spain. This influx of crooks and subsequent crime left the idealistic Alfonso disillusioned with the vision of rich grandeur he once envisaged for Marbella. After growing weary of the mass
tourism that was lowering the tone of his town, he sold up all his Marbella business interests in 1978 in search of a new vision. Entering his 60s, the prince settled in his last home with his third wife Marilys Haynes, a Gibraltarian divorcee. He plumped for a mountain retreat, in the hills close to Ronda, with a trout lake, partridge wood and an impressive library. And the ever-inventive Alfonso decided on another successful business pursuit – producing the soonto-be award-winning wine Principe Alfonso. And it was nestled in the heartland of Andalucia, close to the sleepy village of Arriate, where Alfonso finally found true happiness before passing away, leaving his estate to his children, in 2003. “I have lived in castles, in Venetian palaces and the world’s finest hotels. I have watched the sun rise over the beaches of five continents and I have looked into the eyes of the most beautiful women of the universe,” he famously remarked. “Everywhere I sought my dreamedof city and at last I have found it in Ronda.”
14
www.gibraltarolivepress.com
June 21st - July 4th 2017
Four generations dedicated to the real estate profession Established in Marbella in 1970 27 highly experienced professionals, speaking 13 languages A portfolio of more than 1,000 exceptional properties Specialists in Marbella’s Golden Mile and the greater Marbella area Exclusive associate of Savills for Marbella, Estepona, y BenahavĂs Regulated by RICS Offices at Puente Romano Beach Resort & Spa and opposite the Marbella Club hotel
Tel: (+34) 952 863 750
info@panorama.es
www.panorama.es
An International Associate of Savills
-final of Spanish TV talent show 3065 views
SOCIALMEDIA
www.gibraltarolivepress.com
OlivePressNewspaper olivepress
June 21st - July 4th 2017
olivepressnews +TheolivepressEs We’re expanding BE ‘APPY!
Property
June 21stDon’t - July miss 4th 2017
our bi-monthly Property magazine out next month
Property
RANKED No.1 for
olive press
www.theolivepress.es
Special report by Iona Napier
BOSSES: Cox and Wells
IN COME THE BIG BUCKS! A HUGE US property fund is splashing €45 million on three new Costa del Sol developments. The American bosses behind Real Capital Solutions have snapped up sizeable plots in Estepona, Mijas and Benahavis and continue to look at further opportunities along the coast. The company, based in Marbella since 2013, already has five other developments, including The Retreat, in Elviria.
“We have spent around €86 million here so far and have a fund of €100 million to spend,” explained Managing Partner Peter Wells, based in Colorado. “We are one of the largest developers on the Costa del Sol and our emphasis is on distressed properties.” He added: “Also we do things transparently and always try and deliver on price and quality.” The company - which made hundreds of millions buying and selling distressed properties in the US - has 16 staff working out of its office at Centro Plaza. Local boss Taylor Cox, added: “The coast is really starting to come alive and it’s a pleasure to live in such a beautiful part of the world.”
Currency Exchange
& Money Transfers
May 25th - June 7th 2016
Booming July predicted following ‘pause’ in run-up to EU referendum ESTATE agents in Spain and Gibraltar are lining themselves up for the busiest July on record. It comes as some British buyers put purchases on hold due to the forthcoming EU referendum on June 23. Most agents the Olive Press spoke to confirmed they had various sales currently ‘paused’ awaiting the result, despite the British market remaining strong. The majority believe that the expected result - to stay in Europe - will lead to the pound strengthening with a red hot summer of sales to follow. Ben Bateman, at Holmes Sotogrande, described the referendum lead up as a ‘pause for thought for British buyers’ due to concerns over the weak pound. “After a remain vote however, we expect to see a strong finish to the year - and a sudden wave of bids from British buyers,” he told the Olive Press. One agent in Gibraltar has gone one step further actually employing extra staff for July. Savills director Sammy Cruz-Armstrong said: “Everything is on hold due to Brexit, but I am convinced we will stay in Europe and am taking on extra staff in July to deal with the expected deluge of business.” Benahavis agent Scott Marshall of Proper-
Roll on Remain He said: “It’s a combination of the uncertainty of the vote and the exchange rate right now.” While many agents have a couple of sales currently on hold, some have seen more. “We have up to ten sales currently on hold until after the referendum,” said Victor Witkowski, boss of Castles, in Manilva. “Buyers are not necessarily pulling out, but they are biding their time to see what happens.” Fellow Manilva agent, Shani Hamilton, also confirmed a slowdown, but added: “We are predicting a huge influx of business as soon as a decision is made.”
www.spanishpropertyinsight.com Source: Registradores Q1 2013 Q2 2013 Q3 2013 Q4 2013 Q1 2014 Q2 2014 Q3 2014 Q4 2014 Q1 2015 Q2 2015 Q3 2015 Q4 2015 Q1 2016
RANKED No.1 for Currency Exchange
PAGE 19
15 15
Where are the coolest Airbnbs?
PAGE 24
Deals
Spanish property sales by nationality and quarter
& Money Transfers
Where is Gillian buying?
tieSpain, meanwhile, described the pause as ‘very psychological’.
Either way, official statistics out this month confirm the British market remains strong and tens of thousands continue to look for their dream home. Respected analyst Mark Stucklin insists that foreign demand for Spanish property was up 16% in the first quarter with Brits the biggest group of foreign buyers at 22% of the market share. “The British still dominate the foreign market for property and there is no evidence of a noticeable decline in demand as yet,” he said. And certainly not everyone is suffering. One agent, Graham Govier of Inland Andalucia has seen ‘no negative impact’ at all during the referendum lead-up. “In fact it is the opposite. Prices are extremely cheap right now and we are selling two times as many properties as we were last year,” he said. He added: “My salesman Paul - already a bit of a local celebrity - has just completed his seventh consecutive sale and people are buying because they can see that the incredible deals won’t wait around for them forever,” he added. Paul made headlines in the Olive Press last year when he sold an impressive nine properties in a row.
How to reclaim floor clause fees
PAGE 25
Introducing OP’s Agony Uncle
PAGE 31
Save money when buying or selling your property in Spain For more information please call us on +34 951 401 921 or email spain@smartcurrencyexchange.com OUR PARTNERS
Heritage heroes
Cladding on Gibraltar buildings not the same as doomed London tower block, says government
Download our app now and begin enjoying the best THE TEAM: Century 21SpanishTHE government has reassured the public that the news on the go. AN award-winning estate agent cladding used on some Giis to open a brand new office on braltar buildings is ‘comthe Rock. pletely different’ from that Century 21 Gibraltar, headed by on the fire-ravaged Grennew director Luisandro More- fell Tower, killing at least no, will open its new property at 79. Unit 3, Grand Ocean Plaza on It comes after several resijuly 17. “We’re really excited about the dents claimed the same Thesaid Olive Press new venture,” Gibraltar lo- cladding used on the Loncal Moreno, who took the role don tower block has been used on multiple buildings last year afterfor working TOP newsasinlead Spain! sales negotiator for the past 10 in Gibraltar during recent refurbishments. years. He said: “It’s an exciting time Confident for all at Century 21 Gibraltar, we’re expanding with the intent In a press release, the to make our business more ac- government stated it is cessible locally and internation- ‘confident that the refurally building on our success bishment and the cladding while continuing to provide the highest standard of service to of buildings has been undertaken to the highest of our clients.” The Gibraltar office recently standards’. won an award for its high per- It added that Grenfell formance and customer service. Towers’ panels include Email info@century21gi- wooden frames, whereas braltar.com or visit www. the Gibraltar system uses century21gibraltar.com metal. According to the governfor more information.
SHOCKING: London’s Grenfell Tower´s new cladding only accelerated the blaze
Keep calm! ment’s contractors GJBS, the external surfaces of the buildings are classified as Class 0 or ‘low risk’, and that plans and specifications were approved by the Gibraltar Fire and Rescue Service, which undertook routine
operational training for high-rise incidents just two weeks ago. Following last week’s horrific events, Housing Minister Samantha Sacramento requested a complete fire safety review of the Government’s high rise
NOMINATIONS are open for this year’s Gibraltar Heritage Awards. They apply to individuals, groups or companies who have made an ‘outstanding contribution’ to Gibraltar’s heritage. There are four categories: Junior Heritage Award, which is given to projects carried out by a school, youth group or individual under the age of 16, a Group Heritage Award, for companies, groups or developers, an Individual Heritage Award, and a Special Commendation. Nominations will be considered for those who have undertaken a Gibraltar-heritage related project such as the preservation or ‘sensitive refurbishment’ of a building, structure, monument or historic garden, school projects, publications, heritage related events, a piece of research or a work of art The closing date for nominations is September 19. Email heritage@gibraltar. gi for more information.
buildings. Chief Minister Fabian Picardo said: “The public can rest assured that the refurbishment works on the estates have been reviewed already in the light of the tragic events at Grenfell Tower.”
AGONY Property ANT YOUR LEGAL PROBLEMS ADDRESSED BY ANTONIO FLORES
Banc-no Popular
BUENA VISTA PARK VILLAS A HOME LIKE NO OTHER
B
ack in 1993, the London-based Up to 300,000 Banco IBCA rating company, later absorbed by Fitch Ratings Inc., Popular shareholders to sue hailed Banco Popular as the most profitable bank in the world, for for their lost investment a fifth time in a row. And Just over a year ago, the bank issued €2.5 billion worth of new shares, subscribed by both consumers and institutions investors. Fast forward 24 years from the heyday of the bank and it is worth exactly €1, to the dismay and horror of hundreds of thousands of shareholders who have lost everything, literally overnight, victims of a bank that suffered terminally from the uncontrolled lend- law firms (larger firms are always on ing that financed the previous con- banks’ payrolls) are lining up to grab a struction bubble. piece of the impending litigation cake. Santander Bank was ordered by the For its part, the largest Spanish conSingle Resolution Board sumer group OCU sent a (SRB) -an independent letter to the Bank of Spain agency set up by the Euroand the Ministry of Econopean Commission in 2015 Law firms (larger firms my demanding that Popuand charged with winding are always on banks’ lar’s 300,000 retail invesdown banks- to take over payrolls) are lining up tors should have claims Popular for a symbolic to grab a piece of the heard quickly, rather than price, €1, a rescue that impending litigation the years that it normally has been free from cost cake takes to resolve. for Spanish taxpayers. And on the firing line But the terms of the takeSantander bank, universal over of Popular are likely successor of the disapto be challenged in court; whilst share- peared bank and the Spanish authoriholders dub the EU-sponsored opera- ties, allegedly responsible of a gross tion ‘expropriation’, ‘confiscation’ or supervisory failure to warn the public ‘daylight robbery’, several peripheral of this disaster.
Email Antonio at aflores@lawbird.com
£2,195,000
3 Bedrooms | 3 Bathrooms Call Aidan for more information The Old Bank, 17-21 Cannon Lane, Gibraltar, P.O. Box 1418 T: +350 200 48532 E: info@npestates.com www.npestates.com
16
www.gibraltarolivepress.com
LE T T E R S
June 21st - July 4th 2017
Oh, snap! Our readers react to the shock UK election result and Theresa May’s coalition with Northern Ireland’s far-right DUP INSPIRATION: Steven Walker
Well done Steven Congratulations on your determination to move forward and your success in this marathon (Recovering Gibraltarian drug addict receives honour after completing London marathon, issue 46). We all know your struggles are difficult, but know we are ALL praying for 100% recovery! This marathon marks the beginning of a new life.
Giselle Haviters
About time This is great news (‘Plant to Plate’ scheme encourages local kids to grow and cook their own food’, online). It’s about time all of us, not just kids, became more aware of where our food comes and from and what our money contributes to when we buy these foods.
Anonymous
Stop them Tragic news (La Linea mourns tragic death of police officer in line of duty, online). Will the drug smugglers ever be stopped? They run the towns bordering the Rock and have done for decades, and it never changes! Maybe UK and Spanish cops need to cooperate more, these people need to be stamped out.
Luis Mata
Enough is enough
Downfall
The British voters have decided enough is enough and have left Theresa May as the unelected leader. The result may be a chance for Great Britain. If the Tories and DUP cannot agree on a Brexit scheme, then in early 2019 the electorate may be asked, again, if they want a Brexit. What a pity for the UK that within the coming 21 months the government will not be able to run the country, let alone Brexit negotiations.
She was arrogant and never debated anything and her plans regarding school meals, taking homes away from people in later life, plus the pensions lock situation have all been her downfall. She did what Ted Heath did years back and he got flung out as a result. Her turn is next.
Common sense
This is a brilliant result. Chaos for arrogant May.
Populists are down. Common sense is up. The percentage of idiots in the US is around 50%. In Russia it is 90%. In Turkey it is unknown but presumably high. In Europe, the common voter is not an idiot. They seek what is best. And they see that absolute power is not a good thing. With absolute power, you do not have to talk with anyone, because you can say you have ‘the mandate of the voter’, and ignore all common sense for four years. There is simply too much at stake. The British electorate have made that point.
Disaster
Wolfgang, Estepona
Lynda Addi, London
Result! Julie Frank, Malaga
Joanna, Malaga
Right person With 44% of the vote she did better than most since Margaret Thatcher! She is the right person for the job.
Jean Heathcote, Mijas
It's not brilliant. It puts the UK further in the s**t. I wish people would stop being so flipping selfish and think about the country. We needed a strong win. However it looks like May will continue to reign with a DUP coalition to keep out the Labourites.
Moreno Intranova,
Don’t count your chickens A soft Brexit? Don't be so sure. If the EU think it’s going to be easier now they are very wrong. If no agreement can be formed by the infighting of whatever government is formed then it could result in an even harder Brexit.
Phil Slanely, La Linea
Has anything piqued your interest in this week’s Gibraltar Olive Press? Have your say on the matter by emailing letters@ theolivepress.es or alternatively message us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/GibraltarOlivePress or Twitter @olivepress
FREE house presentation in catalogues and on the internet BOOKINGS through 20,000 travel agencies and main portals Good performance up to 42 WEEKS OF RENTAL FREE INSURANCE for Novasol house owners
EUROPE’S LEADING HOLIDAY RENTAL COMPANY NEEDS for civilised clients from Germany, Benelux and Scandinavia.
Contact NOVASOL on +34 868 864 800 spain@novasol.com
-final of Spanish TV talent show 3065 views
SOCIALMEDIA www.gibraltarolivepress.com
OlivePressNewspaper olivepress
June 21st - July 4th 2017
olivepressnews
eats
+TheolivepressEs
BE ‘APPY! Philanthropic: Teens
Giving back
Download our app now and begin enjoying the best Spanish news on the go.
Silicon Valley lands on the Rock
A SILICON Valley-based company has held an entrepreneurs' conference in London's Gibraltar House. Attracting around 1,500 visitors, the Startup Grind Directors Retreat featured input from up to 40 global directors. It was a step in the right direction for Minister for Commerce Albert Isola, who expressed his aspirations of making Gibraltar 'a leading hub for firms in the new technology sector'. "We are delighted that the global leadership of Startup Grind accepted our invitation to hold their pre-conference Direc-
Gib Cyber helps individual and A GROUP of enterprising teenagers have used their business businesses savvy to give back to the com- protect munity. inesses The 17-year-old Gibraltarians, themselves themselves Basix, osure who to call have collaborated with the from Ministry of Culture and the cybercrime The Olive Press Royal Gibraltar Police to pro-
tors retreat in Gibraltar House, London as this will allow us the opportunity to present Gibraltar as a leading onshore financial centre supporting and welcoming innovation," he added. Startup Grind is a large independent startup community which connects one million entrepreneurs in more than 200 cities. It holds monthly events featuring successful local founders, innovators, educators and investors.
Fighting back
vide data of sexual abuse on GIBRALTAR has held its first the cyber security world includ- It covered social media & apps, their website. TOP for news in Spain!Cyber Security Summit. ing members of the FBI, Eu- the dark web, protecting perThey are also selling rape The event, held at the Sunborn ropol and the National Crime sonal and business reputations, alarms to women and children yacht hotel, featured experts in Agency. network protection and more. to help stave off attacks when they are out alone and encounter a potential abuser. The alarms make a highpitched sound when initiated, THE European Court of Justice has ruled duties had resulted in Gibraltar betting comreaching up to 120 decibels. against Gibraltar being treated as an indepen- panies being ‘double taxed’, which infringed After being sold out almost imdent tax jurisdiction. on EU ‘freedom of services’ laws. mediately they have reordered, Seeking to separate its commercial status However, the court rejected the claim, statand have a long waiting list. from the UK, the Gibraltar Betting & Gam- ing that Gibraltar had gained its access to EU The group started by selling Association set a legal dispute against the community business laws through the UK, ing party bags, but after one Point of Consumption (POC) taxes introduced and said that the Rock and the UK should be month, decided that they in 2014, which charge online gambling com- treated as a 'single member state'. wanted to focus on giving back panies on revenue generated from British It adds uncertainty to Gibraltar's gambling to the community. consumers. industry, which is said will be affected in the You can find out more at The GBGA stated that the introduction of POC wake of Brexit. www.basixsafety.com.
ty services, ssessments and yber Assurance.
w to e:
Business
One and the same
On the pulse
What’s been happening in the cyber security world?
A
1717
June 21st - July 4th 2017
N interesting couple of weeks in the realm of cyber security in our part of the world. In our last column we talked about the rise of the WannaCyrpt malware and what business should be doing to stay protected. A couple of weeks on and has much changed? On one side, we are still seeing businesses struggling to bring their security up to a level where they need to worry less about these sorts of attacks and on the other side we are seeing the attackers evolving and changing with the digital climate. The attacks have yet to cease and while they will continue for a while, applying regular patches to your computers, keeping your anti-virus and anti-malware software updated and making sure you take regular back ups of your information will help to keep you protected. And while none of us should, it is always worth reminding people not to open attachments in emails from people they are not expecting. In other cyber security news, University College London has been tackling a large ransomware infection that is responsible for encrypting and locking up students files. It is reported that the incident may have been caused by a malicious webpage visited by users. Hats off to the UCL team for handling the infection well.
Conferences - With the arrival of the corporate Gib Cyber conference and the b-sides style ‘Sec on the Beach’ mini conference, there has been a lot of talk and interest in Cyber Security. There was a lot of creative cooperation and sharing of ideas and some great leaders of the Cyber Security world coming together. Gib Cyber was a success with some brilliant speakers, hopefully lighting a spark for better cyber security in business. Data Protection Law – With only 11 months before GDPR coming into power, it is the perfect time to start looking at all the information you hold and asking yourself if you really need it. Read more in our next column. Joining our team - Over the coming months, we will be looking for two new interns to spend a year with Hedgehog at our head office at the World Trade Centre from September. This is an exciting opportunity to make a move into the world of cyber security and ethical hacking. The interns will work alongside our engineers, gaining industry recognised qualifications and valuable experience setting them up for one of the most exciting careers in the world. Check out https://www.hedgehogsecurity.gi for details.
NEWS IN BRIEF
Main changes
COMMERCIAL delivery times on Main Street have changed. Changes include a reduction in the hours commercial vehicles can deliver goods in the morning and a new evening slot. Loading and unloading zones, requiring specific permits, have also been designated.
Warning
THE Eurogroup of finance ministers may block an €8.5bn loan to Greece if it does not grant immunity to privatisation agency officials from Spain, Italy and Slovakia, Spanish Economy Minister Luis de Guindos has warned. A series of exhibition stands from specialist companies were on display, and there was lunch and entertainment on offer for all those who attended. Speaking of the importance of fighting against cybercrime, a spokesperson for Gib Cyber said: “We all need to be aware of our vulnerability in an online world.” It came after the recent cyber attack on the NHS and Telefonica that saw the ransomware 'Wannacry' create ‘devastating damage’. Visit www.gibcyber.com for more information.
Five years
SPANISH prosecutors have asked for former IMF chief Rodrigo Rato to be jailed for five years over the failed 2011 listing of Bankia, which had to be rescued by the state.
Late fee
SERBIA’S Koridori Srbije has imposed a €100,000 fine on Spanish civil engineering groups Azvi and Construcciones Rubau for delays in the construction of the Corridor X motorway.
Rethink your cyber security strategy Identify your exposure to threats Mitigate your vulnerabilities Educate your staff
At Hedgehog Security we work with businesses of all sizes that want to reduce their exposure to both external and internal threats. We provide a wide range of cyber security services, from penetration tests to vulnerability assessments and our new managed service - Continual Cyber Assurance.
Get in touch today to find out how to avoid becoming the next headline: 540 65558 hello@hedgehogsecurity.gi
18 18
www.gibraltarolivepress.com
HEALTH
June 21st - July 4th 2017
June 21st - July 4th 2017
Brexit haemorrhage
NHS sees drop in EU nurse applications
W
THE number of EU nurses applying to work in the UK has dropped by a whopping 96% since last year's Brexit referendum.
Last July saw 1,304 nurses from the EU join the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) register, compared to just 46 in April of this year.
The Health Foundation has said the findings, which come at a time of chronic shortages in the UK's National Health Service, could not be more
Look nice when you splice!
E wear our hair 365 days a year and to most it is our crowning glory, topping off our final look for our day to day image. But when it comes to the right look for our wedding day, this takes some very special planning. It may seem a daunting task deciding on all the details of your appearance which will play heavily in your wedding photos but help is at hand, with our easy guide to ensure you get the look of your dreams. ●● The first thing to decide on is the wedding dress as this can influence whether the hair should be worn up or down depending on the neckline or the detail at the back of the dress. ●● The next step is to study pictures to get an idea of possible looks you are considering and to collect images to show your stylist and makeup artist. ●● Once you have a few options for consideration it is a good idea to book an appointment for a consultation
The good guide to wedding hair By Mayfair on Main’s Creative Director Pauline Olivera
●●
●●
ahead of booking a trial date to discuss your chosen options before your Big Day, as your hair may need some additional colour, texture or length enhancement to achieve your chosen look. In the event that your hair is too short or fine to achieve your desired look your stylist may need to add some temporary hair extensions which may need to be colour matched and sourced ahead of time. Having a trial with your wedding stylist prior to your big day is essential as this gives you a very clear idea of how you will look on your special day, avoids any disappointment and elim-
STANDOUT: Salon inates additional stress on the day. It also gives your stylist a clear idea of what will be needed to achieve your look allowing for any changes to be made and determines how much time will be required on the day. ●● Remember to bring your considered images, veil or any hair and jewellery accessories you may be considering with you on your trial day. For more information regarding Mayfair On Main’s bridal hair packages please call us on (+350) 200 75913
stark, adding that they should act as a 'wake-up call'. The NMC said new English language testing for EU nurses is also likely to have played a part in the drop in applications. The NHS is already struggling with nurse vacancies, meaning shortages could now become a lot worse. Recent research by the Royal College of Nursing in May found one in nine posts in England was vacant. The results of the study mean the NHS is 40,000 nurses short of what is needed.
PRESSURE: For NHS Anita Charlesworth, director of research and economics at the Health Foundation said: "Without EU nurses, it will be even harder for the NHS and other employers to find the staff they need to provide safe patient care. "The findings should be a wake-up call to politicians and health service leaders."
Diaz Dilemma The Junta has been implored to make changes to the way the region runs it’s health department. Juan Marin, spokesman for the Citizen parliamentary group, told reporters that Andalucia’s health service was not good enough and ‘needed improvement.’ Despite calling for leader Susanna Diaz to act, Marin also urged caution, saying she must ‘not do experiments or tests.' Marin also criticised the
To advertise: +34 951 273 575
UNDER FIRE: Diaz Department of Education, Employment and Justice.
Food, drink & travel
www.gibraltarolivepress.com Sponsored by
June 21st - July 4th 2017
with DINING SECRETS of ANDALUCIA.com
Taste of success
Top tipple EXPORTS of English sparkling wine rose nearly 14% by volume, and 17% in value, in the first quarter of 2017. According to the Food and Drink Federation, the weak pound has boosted food and drink exports across the board. The WSTA said the area of planted vines is set to grow by a further 50% by 2020, by which time production will double to 10 million bottles per year. It comes after domestic sales of the plonk increased by 8% last year, outselling both French and Australian sparkling wine. It is now the UK’s fourth favourite drink, just behind Spain’s Cava.
19 19
June 21st - July 4th 2017
Calentita food festival’s ethical stalls pave the way for responsible consumption
AN unprecedented three stalls displayed golden stars recognising responsible food choices at this month’s Calentita food festival. The Calentita Star Choice Awards were given to stalls
Full of praise JAPANESE maestro Nobu Matsuhisa has revealed Spain as his favourite place to eat seafood. The chef, who recently opened a Nobu restaurant in Marbella at the Puente Romano Resort & Spa, says the country serves one of his favourite dishes — angulas (baby eels). He likes them served ‘in olive oil with garlic and chilli... Spanish olive oil is very good with them too’. Discussing the similarities between Spanish and Japanese food, he added: “It’s very natural. Spanish food is simple, just like in Japan.”
with at least one vegan and/ or organic dish, that use sustainable packaging, locally sourced and organic ingredients. As well as inviting 40 stalls with food from all over the world, Gibraltar Cultural Services dished out a tasty programme for this year’s Casemates Square and Market Place event. It included live cooking dem-
onstrations from top local chef Vicky Bishop and a cocktail demonstration from Jose Lamego of the Gibraltar BarTender’s Association. Food bloggers Gastro Rob and Justin Bautista also made appearances while dance acts took to the Corral Road stage. There was live music from the Latin Trio band and funk and soul DJ Aivan Cabrera which lasted well into the night.
Mama mia!
BAR
R E S TA U R A N T
E N T E R TA I N M E N T
Popular Asian chain Wagamama’s celebrates hugely successful first year on the Rock
J
APANESE-inspired eatery Wagamama is celebrating its 1st birthday this month following a spectacular year in Gibraltar. Serving just short of 80,000 diners in 12 months, the delicious combination of fresh, nutritious food with friendly service and value for money has proven a huge hit since taking up residence last June at Ocean Village marina. With the opening of its first restaurant in London’s Bloomsbury 25 years ago, Wagamama unleashed a new dining experience in the UK, championing positive eating by using fresh ingredients served in atmospheric surroundings. Themed around fast-paced, Japanese ramen bars and a celebration of Asian food, Wagamama burst into life, setting out to create a unique way of eating, and bringing the fresh, nourishing, flavours of Asia to all. Having taken that successful recipe to more than 20 countries worldwide, Gibraltar’s Wagamama has proven to be amongst the most popular, boasting the highest record of return visits from loyal customers amongst all of their overseas restaurants. CAPTION: Gibraltar’s residents and visitors have been relishing a variety of well-known dishes including Wagamama's famed chicken katsu curry; succulent chicken breast fried in golden breadcrumbs, served with the famous katsu curry sauce, rice and salad, and ramen; bowls of fragrant soup filled with noodles plus meat or vegetables. Those after a lighter bite have been enjoying smaller sides such as chicken gyozas or edamame beans shaken with chilli and salt, alongside an extensive choice of freshly prepared juices and desserts. Families with kids have also been visiting the venue’s large terrace area, which overlooks Ocean Village marina. Regulars enjoy their favourite menu which caters for
vegetarians and much more specialized diets, including coeliac and nut allergies, as well as a range of dishes designed especially for kids. Sergio de Souza, Restaurant General Manager commented: “They say time flies when you are having fun and in this case, I don’t know where the past twelve months have gone! “Bringing wagamama to Gibraltar has been an exciting journey, and I have loved every minute. Of course, we couldn’t have done it without the amazing, dedicated team of staff behind us...and of course, the support and enthusiasm from the wonderful, warm people of Gibraltar. They do love their food!” In one year alone, the Gibraltar restaurant has served a whopping 7,257 chicken katsus, 30,912 freshly squeezed juices and 23,136 desserts (including worldwide top seller, Banana katsu). However, there is no rest for the wicked as the busy summer season kicks off, Sergio announces the launch of their online ordering facility, making it even easier for hungry customers to order take-out via their website: “We have already found ourselves getting super busy in the evening due to the new click and collect service and I expect to see that continue as more people learn how easy it is to order online. “The team and I are looking forward to another amazing year and expect to be celebrating our second birthday in a blink of an eye”. For more information on Wagamama’s menus, opening times and locations visit www.wagamama.gi Click and Collect is available at www.wagamama.gi/take-out For more information on Wagamama gibraltar, please contact Sergio de Souza; sergio@wagamama.gi
H E A LT H Y E AT I N G I N T H E H E A R T O F G I B R A LTA R
Breakfasts Working Lunches Corporate Events Celebrations FIND US ON FACEBOOK
79 Irish Town Tel: 200 75566 Email: corks@gibtelecom.net
Serving the Community since 1988
Food, drink & travel
20 20
www.gibraltarolivepress.com
30
r a ye
s
June 21st - July 4th 2017
o g a
DISASTER ZONE: The molino was a complete mess before being reformed
A year in the life of Andalucia’s favourite molino hotel, as it reaches its 30th birthday
I
T is 30 years ago this month that two British teachers left their steady jobs in UK primary schools to make a living in Spain with a couple of friends. Despite having no experience of the hospitality trade, they decided to convert a run-down watermill in rural Ronda into a small hotel. Fast forward three decades: Andy Chapell and Pauline Elkin run one of Spain’s most successful small hotels, Molino del Santo, employing 25 people and accommodating thousands of guests each year. But, it has certainly been something of an emotional rollercoaster with plenty of hiccups and unusual goings on along the way, as the pair reveal:
Patience of a Santo!
have our first heiress – and baby Carmen’s arrival reassures locals that these weird foreigners may not be so strange after all.
1993 DOCTOR’S KNICKERS At the village health centre opening party one of the doctors gets so inebriated she chooses to relieve herself on the lawn and rejoins the party with her skirt tucked into the back of her knickers. It’s a night to remember.
1987 MISSED DEADLINES It’s not a fantastic start as our shoestring budget only allows for seven rooms which, being Andalucia, are not open in time. Delayed by a week, guests have to be accommodated in alternative hotels
1988 COLLAPSING PARTNERSHIP It quickly becomes clear that four bosses are too many and the partnership collapses with huge stress for everyone involved and we have to go it alone, thankfully with the help from friends at a few key moments.
1989 DESIGNER CLOTHING ROW Unfortunately a recently-painted white reception counter comes into fresh
1994 BEST RURAL HOTEL IN IT TOGETHER: Original team with Pauline (left) and Andy (second right) contact with a customer’s very expensive mohair sweater. Limited edition clothing costs more to replace than expected. It’s a costly start to the year.
1990 POLICE VISIT With the season in full flow, local police arrive demanding paperwork which it is virtually impossible to obtain. Threats of immediate deportation are only prevented by legal intervention. And, typically of course, four years later a very large fine is sanctioned despite no other hotel within 100kms having the correct paperwork.
1991 NAKED ACTRESS While filming in the area, a famous and very attractive Spanish actress arrives to eat with friends. She asks if she can swim in the pool and then changes into her bikini on the dining terrace in no rush and without any need of a towel… a memory which is hard to forget.
1992 UNO
HEIRESS
NUMERO
As the business starts to grow nicely we can afford to multiply and we
fl Seafood Restaurant
SEA FOOD DIFFERENTLY
• Early Bird 20€ - 6.00 - 8.00pm • Á La Carte Menu BOOKING RECOMMENDED
SERIOUSLY GOOD FOOD Open Tuesday - Saturday from 6pm
Tel: 952 49 35 04 | Mob: 661 84 33 83 Avenida de Rota, Urb. Torrenueva, Local 1, La Cala de Mijas
www.thebluemarlin.eu
After seven years graft we are selected as the ‘best rural hotel’ in Spain at a glitzy London ceremony. It’s all go from here.
1995 DOS
HEIRESS
NUMERO
With the birth of Rosanna we are finally accepted into the village.
1996 FAMILY ILLNESS It’s a year of back and forth after Andy’s mum is diagnosed with a terminal illness in the Channel Islands. Resources are stretched and you soon see how being away from your home and business brings all kinds of practical issues.
1997 VIPS DINING As our fame grows, we have the head of the Junta, no less, turn up for lunch. He arrives with full entourage and security guards stand at all entrances with all our staff getting frisked before being allowed to serve the guests. It’s a long way from a class of nine-year-olds in Hampshire.
1998 GUIDING GUESTS Now with 15 rooms we get recognition by Michelin, The Good Hotel Guide, Alastair Sawday and The Rough Guide all helping to spread the word. (ED. Olive Press owner Jon Clarke and wife spend a night here while on holiday. “I’ll never forget the Guardian-reading Andy”, recalls Jon.)
1999 A DIFFICULT NIGHT We are awoken to discover that a guest has died, quickly confirmed by the Dutch doctors in the room next door. The local medic is called and arranges for an undertaker to arrive at 5am to take the body – the rest of the guests
sleep on oblivious and normal breakfast service begins as normal at 8am
2000 WEDDING MADNESS A pair of Brits get married in their full Wild West costumes with sixshooters… and in July. The ceremony takes place at 4pm as the mercury nudges 40ºC with the bride arriving on a white steed to meet her groom in chaps and a Stetson and to the sound of gun shots.
2001 POLITICAL SHENANIGANS A famous MP, a regular guest here, has such a wild wedding anniversary night that he forgets he has changed rooms. His wife goes to bed before him with the room key so he has to serenade her to get in during the wee hours. A shame it’s the wrong door!
2002 BARKING SPECTFUL
DISRE-
The hotel policy is to allow pets but some guests go just too far, when they take down their curtains to make a bed for their dog to sleep on. There is fur everywhere and the drycleaning bill is horrendous.
2003 SEMI-ROYAL WEDDING An aristocratic Spanish family choose Molino for the wedding of their daughter. Hotel resources are stretched to accommodate the 90 guests but the event goes very well, although tragedy strikes later when the bride dies suddenly leaving husband with a young baby.
2004 FLOODING Heavy mountain rains leave the lower floor under six inches of water. Guests are temporarily accommodated in local hotels while mopping-up goes on and within four hours (thanks to there being no carpets) the hotel returns to normality.
2005 EDUCATIONAL ISSUES Having made the choice to send our little heiresses to school in the UK, for the next six years two homes are maintained and we take it in turns to be here or there to look after them, while also running the hotel. Testing times indeed.
2006 FOOD THIEF Cleaners discover that a little old lady in room 12 is a kleptomaniac and has filled every single surface in her room with items filched from the breakfast table – more yogurts, bananas, rolls and cakes than she could ever eat. It emerges that she arrives at breakfast with a large hand bag and when unwatched grabs enough food to feed a small army.
2007 DOMESTIC ARGUMENTS Staff show great concert when on day two of a 14-night stay a mattress is relocated from room three to the terrace
21
www.gibraltarolivepress.com
June 21st - July 4th 2017
AY TOD
outside and remains there for the next 12 nights. An embarrassed husband explains that he has been banished and hopes there is no problem. Not the slightest, and we are oly just delighted when on the penultimate night he is readmitted to sleep with ER INDOORS.
LUXURY: Bosses Pauline and Andy (right) and the hotel today
2008 SURPRISING G U E S T S PART THREE The cleaners demand we chat to the 60-something woman in room 10, who changes into a minuscule gstring and gyrates to imaginary music until they have finished their tasks. What can you say. Free world really.
2009 CHANGE OF TACK After 20 years of training local chefs, a Scottish chap Gordon is introduced from a nearby village. He has soon opened our eyes to new techniques and really excellent food. He moves on in 2013 but his legacy lives on.
2013 RETURNING GUESTS
RETREAT: The hotel is an oasis beside the Grazalema Natural Park and has some of the best food in the whole Ronda area
2010 OH MATRON We normally remind guests of things left behind, but we decide against pointing out a drawer full of sex aids in one room and a small plastic bag with a white substance in another. They are quickly disposed of.
2014 HONOURS AT FITUR Molino del Santo is honoured at the Spanish Travel Fair Fitur at a TripAdvisor event. A huge photo of a Cadiz beach in the Andalucia pavilion convinces the owners to forge ahead with a plan to purchase a Costa de la Luz home that has been eyed for a while.
Since its earliest days the hotel has sought to recruit and buy locally whenever possible. This reaches a new point when a local group of young people offer to play flamenco for guests and become a regular fixture.
A group arrives with a fleet of luxury vehicles - some two million eurosworth - making our car park look like Monte Carlo. After the bill is paid the question of a repeat trip is raised, but because they have these very expensive cars making the place look amazing, would it be possible the next stay could be free? So will we not be paying our suppliers and staff for that particular stay then, we ask… Unbelievable.
Some guests arrive asking for two strong guys to help carry a big box to their terrace. Half an hour later the
It is not uncommon to find that all our 18 rooms are being occupied by people who have been before… and the most faithful guest record is held jointly by a couple from Lancashire and a family from San Roque. They’ve been dozens of times.
2015 LOCAL ECONOMY
2011 CHEEKIEST GUESTS
2012 CHEEKIEST GUESTS 2
same guests ask for a large bucket of ice. It soon emerges a bar complete with optics has been set up on their terrace… all well and good until, said guests, arrive at happy hour in the bar and invite various others up to avoid paying the hotel’s prices.
2016 GRATEFUL OWNERS As the owners celebrate their 60th birthdays in the same year, some of the staff organize a journey for them to Barcelona with flights and accommodation ALL paid. It is such a kind gesture – no wonder that so many guests comment on the excellent staff at the hotel.
LEGENDARY: The shady terrace is very authentic
2017 TRICKS
NEW
A hotel is never boring and we are always adding new activities and things to do. This year it is paragliding to add to a long list, that includes hot air ballooning and cork-cutting.
GRAB IT June 21st - July 4th 2017
21
YOU NEED TO BE QUICK!
ttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt
Molino del Santo - the best-loved hotel and restaurant near Ronda - is celebrating 30 years in business with 30 special offers in the hotel and another 30 in the restaurant
HOTEL OFFERS
30 ROOM NIGHTS - we are offering JUST 30 room nights at very special rates between the 15th June and the 26th July 2017.
30% DISCOUNT - yes book a stay with us within the above dates and you will get a FULL 30% discount on our normal rates - BUT it only applies to a total of 30 room nights - once they’re gone, they’re gone. Maximum of two nights per booking at this special rate. Subject to availability.
RESTAURANT OFFERS
30 MEALS - we are offering JUST 30 meals at very special rates between the 15th June and the the 26th July 2017.
30% DISCOUNT - yes book a meal with us within the above dates and you will get a FULL 30% discount on your final bill - BUT it only applies to a total of 30 meals - once they’re gone, they’re gone.
Maximum of two people per booking at this special rate. Subject to availability.
HOW
TO GRAB AN OFFER
We will only accept bookings for these special offers via e-mail. Mention this advertisement when you enquire. info@molinodesanto.com. Don’t leave it too late - once 30 people have booked we’re closing the offer.
ttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt
More information of any kind e-mail
info@molinodelsanto.com
www.molinodelsanto.com | info@molinodelsanto.com | 952 16 71 51 ESTACIÓN DE BENAOJÁN, NEAR RONDA, MÁLAGA
22
22
Classifieds
not www.gibraltarolivepress.com e do22 W pt acce sex adverts!
Single display 39mm x 50mm 40.00 pounds
Tel: 951 273 575 Mob: 655 825 683
services
Tel: 952 591 053
11 12++
years experience in
Property valuations for banks, UK courts, inheritance & other disputes relating to Spanish property.
SWIMMING POOL SHOP
Chemicals & Equipment • Parts & Fittings Toys & Games • Free Water Analysis Leak Detecting Repairs • Renovations New Builds • Professional Maintenance
Tel +34 952 923 520 admin@surveyspain.com www.surveyspain.com
Urb Dona Pilar, Ctra de Mijas Below restaurante Valparaiso splashpools@electronbox.net
www.splashpoolsmijas.com www.splashpools.es
pool safety
22 22
www.gibraltarolivepress.com Triple display June 21stwww.gibraltarolivepress.com - July 4th 2017 For all your 120mm x 50mm advertising needs 80.00 pounds contact
Tel: 951 273 575 Mob: 655 825 683
PARKING
services
Double display 79mm x 50mm 60.00 pounds
CAR HIRE
RENT A CAR AT MALAGA AIRPORT
Our cars are delivered at the airport parking, UNLIKE other companies where you have to wait 30 minutes or more for a minibus to collect you NO FUEL RIP-OFF – WE DO NOT CHARGE REFUELLING SERVICE FEE
tel: (+34) 952 105 050
EXPERIENCE THE DIFFERENCE WITH US
Recruitment
Due to recent expantion of the brand we are looking for a mature and experienced Director of Sales. This is a multi-facated role building on 10 years success of the business. Excellent pay and benefits are available to the successful applicant. Key Requirements:
ALL OUR PRICES ARE WITHOUT BLOCKING DEPOSIT ON YOUR CREDIT CARD
WWW.TRANSAUTO.ES
DIRECTOR OF SALES
●● Five years proven sales experience, preferably in media ●● Excellent management skills ●● Building key reliationships with clients ●● Good admin and communication skills ●● References essential Please send your CV to admin@theolivepress.es
GENERAL Older people prefer to live in their own home... Do you want to be part of making that happen? Permanent contract • Guaranteed work • Paid holidays Subsidised travel costs • UK based roles on flexible shifts i.e.: 2 weeks on/ 2 weeks off – Ideal for people living in Spain to have a good work/life balance
Cookshop Household Goods General Hardware Beach Accessories & Christmas Decorations
We are the only dedicated 24/7 Live in Care provider to be rated as outstanding by Care Quality Commission.
46 Irish Town Tel: +350 200 75188 Fax: +350 200 72653 Email: bia@@gibraltar.gi Facebook: GibraltarBIA
Do you want to make a difference to someone’s life whilst developing a career with a leading live in care provider. Contact: Tracy Jackson on 0034 951 507 423 or 0034 622 047 351 email: Tracy.Jackson@thegoodcaregroup.com
SATELLITE TV home automation - internet - satellite - tv - audio Working on the Costa del Sol since 1990
Tel: +34 952 80 24 57 Mob: +34 654 75 84 15 info@orbitsl.com Puerto Paraiso Local 15 29680 (Estepona Port)
Est. 1946
Satellite, Internet & Terrestrial TV Community Specialist TV for all Nationalities Multiroom Viewing NEW 4G Wireless Internet Speeds up 50MB
SUPERFAST BROADBAND
AVAILABLE ANYWHERE IN SPAIN UNLIMITED DOWNLOAD
-final of Spanish TV talent show 3065 views
SOCIALMEDIA www.gibraltarolivepress.com
OlivePressNewspaper olivepress olivepressnews
Charity +TheolivepressEs battle BE ‘APPY!
Sport
SPONSORED BY:
23 23
June 21st - July 4th 2017
Lincoln side ‘not scared of anything’ in upcoming Europa League
Let the games begin
A GROUP of William Hill employees are organising a football tournament for charities on the Rock. THE draws for the EuThe Battle of the Rock will see ropa league have been anGibraltar’s gaming compa- nounced. nies vie for the title in aid of Lincoln Red Imps will face Samaritans GIour and Clubhouse AEK Larnaca in the first Download app now and Gibraltar. qualifying round on June begin enjoying the best Spanish Organiser David Masterson 29. said: news “Mental is an The Red Imps will play on the Health go. issue very close to my own away in Cyprus before heart as my family have had some issues in the last year playing the side again on and received great support June 6, but in Portugal’s from organisations such as Faro. Forward Lee Casciaro re- games will be played there these.” All the money raised from vealed: “We cannot play too. the teams’ registration fees our home matches in Gi- “It’s not so much a disadwill be split between the two braltar just now because vantage. We are used to it. The Olive Press there is work being done It wouldn’t create a probcharities. Corporate donations from on our pitch. lem for us.” gaming companies The 35-year-old added TOP for newsare in welSpain!“The national team are come. playing their matches in that his side, who scored There will also be snacks and Faro so our European a major victory over Celtic refreshments on the pitches, which have been provided free of charge by the GSLA. To enter a team or donate, contact David Masterson at david.masterGIBRALTAR umpire Nathan Stagno has been son@williamhill.com awarded an MBE for services to hockey. Stagno represented Great Britain in the Rio Olympics last year after being awarded the FIH Umpire of the Year for 2015. He said at the time: “Nobody [from Gibraltar] has gone to the Olympics except for one of my son’s friends, Georgina Cassar, in gymnastics. “The Gibraltarians are very proud of who I am and where I have come from. CRISTIANO Ronaldo is said “Coming from a small place with about 200 playto be considering leaving ers, receiving this award for being the best umpire Spain following recent tax in 2015 after doing 100 games, I am very proud to fraud allegations. be a big ambassador for Gibraltar.” The Real Madrid star is being prosecuted for allegedly defrauding Spanish authorities of €14.7 million between 2011 and 2014. “Despite the player’s deep passion for Real, Ronaldo’s decision is taken and the player wants to leave Spain shortly after the short holiday following the Confederations Cup,” A Portuguese newspaper said. They cite sources who claim the father-of-one is ‘deeply disillusioned’ and that he feels he is ‘a victim of persecution’. When asked by a reporter about the lawsuits, Ronaldo said: “I have a clear conAMBASSADOR: Nathan Stagno science.”
MotorA4.pdf 1 02/10/2012 09:24:08
Taxing times
La Decima RAFAEL Nadal has won his tenth French Open final. The Spaniard, from Mallorca, performed a masterclass against Switzerland’s Stan Wawrinka, winning 6-2, 6-3, 6-1. The 31-year-old did not drop a set all tournament and is the first player in the open era to ever win an individual grand slam title ten times. The King of Clay took home €2 million for what is his 15th grand slam title. He is now second behind Roger Federer for the most grand slam titles ever won by a man in the Open Era.
On the move
READY: Lee Casciaro
last year, would ‘not be scared of anything.’ “These are huge matches for our community and it’s obviously a bigger ask for the club and the players involved. To repeat what we did against Celtic will be extremely difficult.
Honoured
LEGEND: Nadal
June 21st - July 4th 2017
C
M
Y
CM
MY
CY
CMY
K
“It was history being made last year and events like that game don’t happen as often as you would like. “That said, it’s 11 versus 11 and we would be scared of nothing. “Day by day we are improving and growing.”
MALAGA striker Sandro Ramirez is on the brink of joining Everton football club. The Toffees are said to have met the 21-year-old's buy-out clause of €6 million, taking their spending so far this summer past €65 million. Ramirez is thought to be one of Spain's most promising young talents. He joined Barcelona's youth set-up at 14 before going on to make 17 senior appearances for the club, scoring two goals.
EVERTON-BOUND: Ramirez
24
www.gibraltarolivepress.com
June 21st - July 4th 2017
The Rock’s only investigative
local newspaper Advertise here for as little as as £75 per issue
Leading the way
FINAL WORDS
The School of Health Studies will run a three-year part-time master’s degree in Leadership and Management for Healthcare Practice from September, in partnership with the University of Salford.
New in town Alwani Summer Painting Exhibition will replace the Fine Arts Summer Show. It is a painting-only competition with a grand prize of £1,000 and will become a regular event in the Fine Art Association’s calendar.
FREE
Polly needs a cracker!
Vol. 3 Issue 47 www.gibraltarolivepress.com
June 21st - July 4th 2017
Primetime potholers EXCLUSIVE By Laura Duckett
Local boys stuck in cave snapped up for ITV show
LOCAL video stars have nabbed a primetime slot on ITV. Dylan Azzopardi and Shaun Dalli are set to appear on popular video clip TV show Holiday Horrors on June 28. The 18-year-old Gibraltarians rose to fame after posting a video of their ‘descent to madness’ after being trapped in popular tourist spot St Michael’s Cave after closing time last July. The video, posted to YouTube, got the attention of Newsflare, a media company which licenses videos to major news organisations. The company put them in contact with producers from Holiday Horrors who asked them to
Up to speed ALL Malaga taxis will have to accept card payments from July 1. It comes after a twoyear margin drivers were given to ensure they had the appropriate facilities in their cars.
“
be on the show. “I’m looking forward to seeing myself on TV,” said Shaun, who is due to study wildlife conservation at Nottingham Trent university this September. The video, which includes series of Snapchat videos and photos, has had thousands of hits, so it’s not surprising that after the incident, the duo received a lot of attention. “We worked as pizza delivery drivers at the time and some customers recognised us at the door. We also had people shout at us from their cars,” said Shaun. He described his reaction to being stuck in the cave as being ‘a sort of mix between disbelief and laughter at the ridiculousness of it.’
A LOCAL clairvoyant has been drafted in to help track down a missing parrot. And expat Paul Hickling is appealing to eagle eyed Olive Press readers to also help in the hunt for his chatterbox parrot, Ruby. The owner of the celebrated Roman Oasis restaurant in Manilva believes the intelligent bird - who speaks over 200 words - has not gone far and may have been adopted locally as a pet. A local medium, ‘Inga, the Animal Communicator’, has had a vision that Ruby is currently caged up in a house ‘overlooking a field or garden’. The clairvoyant added that the three-year-old African grey is with someone who speaks to her in English... and there is a disabled person in the house. But she is not happy as she is missing her ‘husband’ Rocko, who is also lovesick at his home beside the restaurant. Owner Hickling is offering a €500 reward for anyone who returns the bird after she went missing nearly two months ago, while he was away. “We are devastated as she is a part of our family,” he said. “I would know her straight away and so would anyone by the things she says.” She can order a gin and tonic and can say the ‘pheasant plucker’ rhyme, among many other phrases. As well as welcoming guests to the restaurant, which reopens EIGHT athletic locals have on July 1, she orders the family raised over £2,000 by cycling dog around and says ‘goodnight from London to Gibraltar. daddy’ before she goes to sleep. Covering a staggering 2,600km, Roman Oasis celebrates its 35th the team received a hero’s wel- birthday this year by reopening come upon their return to the on July 1 until the end of AuRock. gust. The group embarked on the A year ago, the Olive Press quest to raise money for Calpe helped to track a parrot, Solly, House London, which has been down to Olivia Valere nightclub described as a ‘home away from in Marbella. home’ for Gibraltarians receiv- The expensive Hyacinth Macaw ing cancer treatment in London. had somehow escaped from his The money raised will go to- home in Marbella but, after our wards a £15 million refurbish- story, was located at the home ment. of the celebrated club owner. To donate, visit https:// w w w . j u s t g i v i n g . c o m / Contact newsdesk@theocrowdfunding/teamcalpe. livepresss.es if you can help
Ride on!