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Gannmink from Bastjun

Tuesday, 14 May 2019, 08:57 Last update: about 8 years ago Noel Grima

In 1998, after he toppled Alfred Sant's Labour government, Dom Mintoff was an outcast, rather, The Outcast - hated by the Nationalists over the past decades and now hated also by the Labourites for...

‘Mara’ crowdfunds to headline at Edinburgh Fringe

Tuesday, 14 May 2019, 08:54 Last update: about 8 years ago

The cast of Mara, led by the popular musical duo The New Victorians, has launched a crowdfunding campaign on local platform ZAAR to take the critically-acclaimed original production to the Edinburgh...

'Mama'

Sunday, 12 May 2019, 12:00 Last update: about 8 years ago Alfred Mangion

“When you have a mother, treasure her with care, for you will only know her value when you see her empty chair”. We hear quite a lot about children fooling their mothers, but we...

TMIS Editorial: Sex abuse in the Church - Full circle

Sunday, 12 May 2019, 12:00 Last update: about 8 years ago

It was some nine years ago that Pope Benedict XVI faced what was perhaps one of the greatest litmus tests of his papacy, when the world’s eyes were trained on Malta to see how the Pontiff was to...

Motherhood is not holding

Sunday, 12 May 2019, 10:39 Last update: about 8 years ago Godfrey Farrugia

“All human life on the planet is born of woman. The one unifying, incontrovertible experience shared by all women and men is that months-long period we spent unfolding inside a woman’s...

Let us entrust ourselves to Mother Mary

Sunday, 12 May 2019, 10:36 Last update: about 8 years ago Bishop Mario Grech

Today, as we celebrate Mother’s Day, I would like to salute all mothers. Words fail me in trying to convey what a mother is. But it would be enough to ask someone who has lost his mother to tell...

A European master plan to fight cancer

Sunday, 12 May 2019, 10:33 Last update: about 8 years ago Francis Zammit Dimech

Health is important for the wellbeing of individuals and our society. Although investment in the healthcare sector over the years has strengthened our National Health Service, we need to continue...

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