The Malta Independent 5 May 2025, Monday
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O-Level student-based assessments are here to stay, says Curriculum director general

The newly-introduced O-Level assessment format, featuring student-based assessments (SBAs) throughout the final three years of schooling, is not going anywhere anytime soon, director general Jude...

latest comment from Christian S Borg, 04/05/2025 16:18: These so called "educational leaders" never listen to educators and parents. They have a totalitarian dictatorial "I know best for you" mentality which is incompatible with the needs of a democratic society. No wonder the office of the Ombudsman slammed Maltese Educational Authorities for their undemocratic practices time and again!
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Malta offered to pay for aid ship’s repairs, but surveyor must be allowed on board first – PM

Malta has offered to carry out and pay for repairs to an aid ship which activists allege was the target for a drone strike, but only after a maritime surveyor is allowed onboard to assess the damage...

latest comment from Sudo Root, 04/05/2025 16:40: I suspect that they don't trust anyone and rightly so. Bearing in mind that once in Maltese waters the ship can be impounded indefinitely for a thousand spurious reasons, even until the genocide is completed.
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Malta gets drones to spot litter – Now can we get one to detect corruption?

At long last, Malta is embracing the future. The government has proudly announced an AI-powered initiative to tackle public cleanliness. Prime Minister Robert Abela, flanked by a beaming Minister...

latest comment from Leli, 04/05/2025 17:47: Definitely a clean up is badly needed but as long as we keep arguing for or against the MLP or PN it will never happen. Look back in the past and you see stinking mess all the way to the present. Why? Because it has always been a game between 2 teams who accuse each other. There are more oppositions to choose from nowadays. Give some of them a chance to the seats at that disgusting building at city gate. Let them have their day and keep the balance of power
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TMIS Editorial: A legal defeat and a crisis of integrity

The European Court of Justice's ruling against Malta's citizenship-by-investment scheme is more than a legal setback. It's the culmination of a decade of political decay, institutional failure, and...

latest comment from Cilia Debono Emanuel, 04/05/2025 13:02: The notorious Golden Passport scheme has had among its dire consequences the inflation of our economy with cash from abroad which led to massive rise in property prices and has made it practically impossible for young people today to rent a home at affordable prices let alone own their own homes. The biggest gains from the scheme were made by greedy capitalists, money launderers and selfish businessmen . The biggest losses were made by the mass of ordinary citizens that have been forced to live in poverty or on the edge of poverty .
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