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The current debate on Manoel Island is healthy. New converts to the cause are being identified every day. Plenty of U-turns too. A basic point being made at the time of writing is that, through ...
June is always a peculiar month. Summer in the air, with longer days and the promise of slower-paced days. Yet, this is tempered by the onset of the exam season. I loathe the feeling of the coming of ...
If culture is our identity, then the arts give us the tools to express it. In the past weeks I had the privilege to work on a landmark event which brought together artists, cultural operators, ...
Malta's post-Independence journey has been nothing short of remarkable. We might not agree on a myriad of issues, but one thing is for certain, that Malta has come a long way since the Union Jack. We ...
"I like him a lot, I like him too much," President Donald Trump commented. He was referring to Mohamad Bin Salman, Saudi Arabia's de facto ruler, the man the CIA blame for ordering the barbaric ...
The Augustinians just made history - and for Fr Leslie Gatt, it's personal. With Pope Leo XIV becoming the first pontiff from the Augustinian Order, the Maltese Prior Provincial quipped: ...
June remains a date of relevance in Maltese history - even now, 106 years after the event that made this date famous took place. On 7 June 1919, riots broke out across colonial Malta, centred ...
A teenager is in a serious condition after hitting his head against the rocks when he jumped into the sea at Ghajn Tuffieha, the police said Sunday. The accident took place at 6.15pm on ...
President Donald Trump is not backing off his battle with Elon Musk, saying Saturday that he has no desire to repair their relationship and warning that his former ally and ...
England needed a second-half goal from Harry Kane to secure a 1-0 win over lowly Andorra and maintain a perfect record under Thomas Tuchel after three World Cup qualifiers on Saturday. England ...
Fairness is a fundamental tenet of Maltese law. Yet, despite substantial work to address issues of fairness, public scepticism that we receive consistently fair and equal treatment in Maltese courts ...
It was in 1990 that I first came in contact with Manoel Island and its complexity. Before that this boy from Hamrun had simply no incentive to venture there. Those who were older spoke about ...