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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...

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