Pauline Miceli has been appointed as the new Commissioner for Children, succeeding Helen D’Amato. Ms Miceli’s appointment, announced in last Friday’s issue of the Government Gazette, is for a period of three years and became effective on 5 January.

Ms Miceli is a former head of school, the deputy chairperson of the Employment and Training Corporation and a former Labour councillor on Naxxar Local Council – a post from which she has resigned.

She has published two collections of children’s stories and another book about women.