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‘That teen suicide could have been my daughter’
Experts in mental healthcare and the father of a girl with schizophrenia discuss the recent loss of a young patient and how to guide families to treatment. John* would drag a mattress outside his...
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President Coleiro Preca is 'seeking a second term'
Updated 1.35pm - Office of the President replies The President of Malta, Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca, is actively seeking a second spell in office after her five-year term expires in April 2019, The...
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Will Wied Għomor be gobbled up by development?
The future of Wied Għomor will be determined this week when a planning tribunal decides whether to reject an application for a proposed old people’s home there or “open the floodgates” to development...
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Labour movement keeps growing every day - Joseph Muscat
Labour’s political movement was growing on a daily basis, Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said on Sunday. Addressing supporters in San Ġwann, Dr Muscat said the movement would continue to grow, as it was...
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Sign up for language lessons, get an EU visa
Updated at 7.55pm: adds ELT statement English language schools are being seen as a gateway to the European Union for non-EU students who often get their hands on visas without going on to attend a...
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'Concrete vultures are turning to Gozo'
The Għarb council is infuriated over the revival of a decades-old application for a home for the elderly on ODZ land near the iconic Ta’ Pinu Basilica. The application, first filed in 2008, had been...
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Outspoken adjudicator wants to be appointed judge in breach of ethics
Anna Mallia, an adjudicator on the Small Claims Tribunal who regularly writes in the local media and takes part in current affairs programmes on TV, is seeking to be appointed a judge of the Superior...
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Muscat is not telling us the whole Vitals story - Adrian Delia
Updated 1.50pm - Added Labour reaction Chris Fearne and Joseph Muscat know why Vitals Global Healthcare were brought over and then allowed to leave three years into hospital privatisation deal but...
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Femicide: the form of murder that persists
Improved emergency response services have seen a general drop in homicides, although there is one kind of murder that persists. It is usually committed by an intimate partner behind closed doors – and...
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Sort out St Paul's Bay council mess, Justice Minister orders
Justice Minister Owen Bonnici has stepped in to try and resolve chaos within St Paul's Bay local council, ordering the locality's most senior councillor to assume the mayorship. In a statement issued...
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Five-year plan to make Mount Carmel 'top-notch'
A 150-year-old building with high ceilings and sprawling Victorian gardens may not sound like a state-of-the-art healthcare facility, but that is the plan for Mount Carmel Hospital – a five-year plan...
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Should MCAST educators be paid the same as Junior College lecturers?
Junior college teachers have rejected the notion that lecturers at the Malta College of Arts, Science and Technology should receive the same salary as they do, saying the work is not comparable. MCAST...
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Malta needs to reform laws against abortion, Council of Europe’s Rights...
Malta should ensure its ban on abortion does not deprive women of “a range of fundamental human rights”, according to the Council of Europe’s Human Rights Commissioner, Nils Muižnieks. “From a...
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President can serve a second term if she wants to, says PM's legal adviser
The Prime Minister's legal consultant has argued that the President of Malta can serve a second term, contrary to the views of one of Malta's most eminent legal scholars. MP Robert Abela wrote on...
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Infant, man seriously injured in Gozo car crash
A man and a three-year-old boy were seriously injured in a collision between two cars in Ghajnsielem Road, Gozo, late yesterday. The police said the incident involved a Smart driven by a 71-year-old...
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Majority of teachers would quit classroom if they get another career opportunity
Fewer than a fifth of teachers would choose the classroom over a new career opportunity, according to a recent survey looking into educators’ challenges, concerns and dissatisfaction. Contact with...
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Man hit by bus at Valletta terminus
A man was seriously injured when he was hit by a route bus in the bus terminus on Sunday evening. The police said the accident happened at St James Ditch. The 55-year-old, who lives in Pieta' is...
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Jail time for man who swore at warden and knocked cap off her head
A man who swore at a warden and knocked her cap off her head in a fit of rage has been sentenced to seven months behind bars. Joseph Cini angrily confronted warden Natalina Said in June 2017 as she...
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Teachers feel they are not paid enough, study shows
Nearly all the teachers participating in a study about their challenges do not feel they earn an adequate income compared to their workload and skills. The authors of Teachers’ Professional Lives and...
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