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The future of the Maltese Church

Sunday, 8 February 2015, 08:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Carm Vassallo

I had written expressing my pre-occupation on matters raised by a number of clergymen in what they described as the church leadership crisis.  Notwithstanding my human defects I do have a sincere...

Zero tolerance to female genital mutilation

Saturday, 7 February 2015, 11:12 Last update: about 13 years ago

Female genital mutilation – also known as female circumcision – was made illegal in Malta in January of last year. Yesterday was World Day against FGM. The law came into effect after...

The culture of balance

Friday, 6 February 2015, 08:56 Last update: about 13 years ago Joe Cassar

Politics is a mission, but more importantly, it is an art. Maltese society, like any other society, is a collection of sub-cultures, of homogenous groups, of orientation clusters, and of factions that...

Islamic State: We are not immune to terror

Friday, 6 February 2015, 08:08 Last update: about 13 years ago

The world can only hope that the Islamic State has turned all Muslims against it after its barbarous and utterly heinous and callous behaviour towards one of its own. The shocking way in which...

Fuel: Hedging the truth

Thursday, 5 February 2015, 07:55 Last update: about 13 years ago

With this country being 100% dependent on the importation of all its fossil fuels to run its power stations and the ever-growing number of vehicles plying the roads, the cost of that imported fuel is...

World Cancer Day: Fighting a plague in our midst

Wednesday, 4 February 2015, 07:54 Last update: about 13 years ago

Today is World Cancer Day. Malta will join the rest of the world in remembering those who have passed before their time as a result of the disease. But it is also vital that we look ahead to the...

Health: We cannot ignore mental illness

Tuesday, 3 February 2015, 08:17 Last update: about 13 years ago

Mental illness can affect anyone at any time. Many of those who are struck with some form of affliction – be it depression, bi-polar disorder, schizophrenia or anything else – may not even...

GO employees donate €4,000 to Dar tal-Providenza

Monday, 2 February 2015, 14:22 Last update: about 13 years ago

The GO Cares Employee Fund has donated €4,000 to Dar tal-Providenza. The donation is part of the Fund's ongoing work to support various good causes through financial support and practical...

New hall inaugurated at Dar Qalb ta’ Ġesu

Monday, 2 February 2015, 14:21 Last update: about 13 years ago

On 18 December a new conference hall, Sala Sacro Cuor, was inaugurated at Dar Qalb ta' Ġesu by President Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca. Present at the ceremony were the Minister of Social Policy Dr...

Back to where the heart belongs

Monday, 2 February 2015, 14:20 Last update: about 13 years ago

Following a seemingly never-ending 48-hour journey to Cambodia, it is quite certain that the question "who-made-me-do-this?" will pop up a million times to those who are holidaying. It is not the case...

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