A place to call home
Saturday, 12 April 2025, 20:15
Last update: about 3 years ago
It was during my novitiate so many years ago, that I first became aware of the harsh reality of children having to live rough on the streets. Our novice-master showed us a film called Los Gamines...
Our era’s women of sorrow
Friday, 11 April 2025, 09:04
Last update: about 3 years ago
When non-state armed groups began attacking nearby villages in northern Mozambique, Rosaria, 45, and some neighbours fled, fearing they would be next. She escaped with her six children but, in the...
Phonegate
Sunday, 6 April 2025, 08:50
Last update: about 3 years ago
No matter which way they try to slice it, the latest revelation in the long hospitals saga, specifically regarding Joseph Muscat and his phone, or as I like to call it, phonegate, is the ultimate...
The new fight for freedom
Monday, 31 March 2025, 09:00
Last update: about 3 years ago
As a nation we are celebrating Freedom Day which marks the historic moment in 1979 when the last British troops left the island, signifying full sovereignty. This milestone further strengthened our...
Serving
Sunday, 30 March 2025, 08:11
Last update: about 3 years ago
Following Miriana Conte's recent triumph in the local Eurovision festival - and the heated debate over the song's title, branding, and upcoming performance - I found myself reflecting on the deeper...
The buck stops with you
Sunday, 23 March 2025, 10:53
Last update: about 3 years ago
For years, we've lived in a state where neither individual politicians nor the government as a whole will ever admit political responsibility for anything. These are the same people who sat in...
The beauty of the superfluous and a life well lived
Sunday, 23 March 2025, 10:50
Last update: about 3 years ago
The passing away of Alfred Bugeja, known as il-Porporina, ignited a mixed bag of emotions, as the news hit the airwaves this week. His was decidedly a notorious life, as his nickname, for some time,...
No to second class educators – in independent schools
Sunday, 23 March 2025, 07:51
Last update: about 3 years ago
At the end of summer, the Education Ministry and representatives of independent schools, through the Independent Schools Association, announced an agreement whereby the Government committed to cover...