Cigarette advertising and health warnings
Sunday, 23 October 2022, 08:04
Last update: about 5 years ago
Since the early 20th century, the large cigarette companies used different marketing tactics to advertise and promote the sale of cigarettes and other tobacco products. This took multifarious forms....
The uniting power of Chopin’s music
Sunday, 23 October 2022, 07:00
Last update: about 5 years ago
When Polish TV production company Inbornmedia embarked on a project with their Korean partners, they looked for a subject that would be common to both countries and would resonate with a global...
We need to do more for children’s rights
Sunday, 23 October 2022, 06:49
Last update: about 5 years ago
We must improve on the promotion and protection of children’s rights. All children have a right to an education which allows them to pursue their dreams and fulfil their potential. It is...
A lack of public integrity and personal honour
Sunday, 23 October 2022, 06:48
Last update: about 5 years ago
Mark Said
When good politicians do bad things, it is sad, but when they reach the point where one can predict that they will do nothing but bad things, a deeper kind of sadness sets in, almost at the level of...
Mental health, a principal priority
Sunday, 23 October 2022, 06:47
Last update: about 5 years ago
Mental health is increasingly taking a prominent place on the national agenda, as thankfully society is giving the matter more importance. Studies are showing that more people are reporting...
ŻiguŻajg Arts Festival for Children and Young People 2022
Saturday, 22 October 2022, 17:43
Last update: about 5 years ago
The 18 to 27 November marks the return of the ŻiguŻajg Arts Festival for Children and Young People 2022, offering a jam-packed program filled with art, dance and theatre that is ready to be...
Mastru Xandru’s Crucifix to be restored through BOV’s support
Saturday, 22 October 2022, 17:02
Last update: about 5 years ago
A 19th century crucifix attributed to Alessandro Farrugia is being restored through the support of Bank of Valletta. Xandru Farrugia (known as Mastru Xandru) was born in Zejtun on 2 February...
TMID Editorial: Nadine Lia didn’t have to let it come to this
Saturday, 22 October 2022, 09:14
Last update: about 5 years ago
This week threw up a court case which, as far as we know, is unprecedented in Malta’s legal history. For the first time ever, a Magistrate was forcibly removed from a case which she was...
TMID Editorial: The case of the prison director
Friday, 21 October 2022, 11:37
Last update: about 5 years ago
Home Affairs Minister Byron Camilleri has said that he will not suspend prisons director Robert Brincau, despite the latter being charged in court. Brincau was charged with slight bodily...
TMID Editorial: Mixed messages
Thursday, 20 October 2022, 08:34
Last update: about 5 years ago
Some lines of communications between members of the Cabinet, including the Prime Minister, seem to have experienced some issues these past few days. Or maybe the Transport Minister is being kept...