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World Anaesthesia Day

Sunday, 16 October 2022, 07:43 Last update: about 5 years ago

World Anaesthesia Day is celebrated on 16 October and this year we are commemorating the 176th anniversary of the first successful public demonstration of ether administration, which took place in...

Ġużé Diacono’s play ‘L-Għarusa’ being reproduced

Sunday, 16 October 2022, 07:23 Last update: about 5 years ago

Sister Wistina played by Marceline Galea  When she was in her twenties Sister Wistina fell in love with a gentleman a few years older than her. One day, while the two lovers were walking by the...

Hospice Malta launches fundraising Sunflower campaign

Saturday, 15 October 2022, 10:46 Last update: about 5 years ago

Hospice Malta has launched its annual fundraising Sunflower campaign. Set to coincide with the late summer blooming of sunflowers in Maltese fields, the charity drive is a call to action for the...

Politicians urged to invest in children’s mental health

Thursday, 13 October 2022, 13:43 Last update: about 5 years ago

Politicians are being urged to prioritise children's mental health against a backdrop of two years of Covid and international upheaval that is eroding families' living standards. As the world...

The aristocats are back this weekend

Thursday, 13 October 2022, 13:41 Last update: about 5 years ago

Coiffed to perfection and sporting the latest pedicure, some 70 cats will be parading with their tails held high before three international judges at this weekend's cat show. Several felines -...

Do you see what I see?

Tuesday, 11 October 2022, 09:54 Last update: about 5 years ago Marika Azzopardi

This year the Malta Community Chest Fund's annual Fine Arts Fundraising Auction has changed tack. Following the Covid-induced online auction which replaced the live fundraiser during 2021,  the...

Enrico Mizzi: A Democratic Nationalist

Tuesday, 11 October 2022, 09:52 Last update: about 5 years ago

Recently, some information by a media outlet was released regarding Maltese citizens who were deported to Uganda and through this write-up I want to make specific clarifications on things mentioned on...

The Italian ‘Risorgimento’ and Malta

Tuesday, 11 October 2022, 09:49 Last update: about 5 years ago

The year 1815, marked Klemens Von Metternich reaching the peak of his power. Metternich had become a main figure in dethroning Napoleon. He possessed excellent diplomatic skills coupled with a...

Life and other distractions: To sweat or not to sweat?

Tuesday, 11 October 2022, 09:45 Last update: about 5 years ago

I'll bet if you ask 100 Maltese people which season they prefer, 75 would reply winter. This fact was underlined the other day when I posed the question to an old friend, who replied as above. He...

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