The government has been urged by a major international NGO to consider the detrimental effects the absence of arts in children’s education can have on their social, emotional and cultural development. In an open letter to the Education Minister, referring to the fact that pupils are still not being offered art lessons in primary schools due to COVID-19,
Five more people have died while positive for Covid-19, the Health Ministry announced on Tuesday. A 76 year old man died on Monday at the Gozo General Hospital, having tested positive for the virus on 6 November. The man is the second person to die with Covid-19 in Gozo, after Malta’s very first Covid-19 victim passed away at that hospital. A 75-year-old
Malta’s Health Ministry has just announced the deaths of five COVID-19 patients, in what is now the island’s largest one-time announcement of virus victims. The first patient was a 76-year-old man who was tested positive on 6th November and died yesterday in Gozo’s General Hospital. The second death was of an 82-year-old man who tested positive on
On the 22 nd of November, Forbes Magazine featured Charles & Ron in their Style & Beauty section for their gorgeous Gayle Hobo Bag… what an honour! Feeling proud ! Our “Gayle” Bag made it to world renowned Forbes Magazine Posted by Charles Van Maarschalkerweerd Borg on Tuesday, November 24, 2020 The high-end Maltese designers, Charles Van Maarschalkerweerd
One goalkeeper in Malta has gone and done the unthinkable and scored in the very last minute of an electric encounter in the youth league. An intense U-19 match-up between local rivals Melita and Luxol St Andrews appeared to be tipping towards the latter’s favour by the 90th minute. That all changed the goalkeeper Kil Koudimba scored with a flying
The funeral for writer Oliver Friggieri will be held on Wednesday, which will also be a national day of mourning, the government has announced. The funeral cortege leaves Mater Dei Hospital at 12.45pm for the University, where Friggieri lectured for decades. RELATED STORIES Oliver Friggieri: tributes pour in following the loss of a Maltese icon Following
Former footballers Darren Debono and Jeffrey Chetcuti have been charged in connection with money-laundering and smuggling offences, with several others, including major lawyer Arthur Azzopardi, being arrested. Times of Malta has revealed that the police raids were conducted over Monday night and Tuesday morning. Darren Debono has previously been accused
A €108,000 government tender calling for 7.2 million disinfecting wipes for hands and surfaces at Malta’s schools is demanding products that do not kill COVID-19. Public documents for a tender being issued by the Health Departmen t, on behalf of the Education Department, is asking for antibacterial wipes, which are able to kill bacteria and not viruses
Former footballers Darren Debono and Jeffrey Chetcuti have spent the night in prison after police carried out a nationwide anti-smuggling sting operation. Law enforcement sources confirmed that a number of raids were carried out between Monday and the early hours of Tuesday morning targeting Debono and a number of his associates believed to be involved
With his exclusion from Robert Abela’s news cabinet, Silvio Parnis said that with his decision, the Prime Minister had hurt him, his family, his friends, and all those around him. Speaking to iNewsMalta, Parnis said that with what happened on Saturday, his political career was over. “How can I contest when I cannot help people? How can I contest an
