PN’s plans for the healthcare sector turn the clock back by two decades, former health minister Chris Fearne warned. Fearne was speaking during a press conference held on Thursday afternoon, shortly after PN leader Alex Borg presented the opposition’s plans to revamp Malta’s healthcare sector. On Thursday morning, Borg unveiled a €600 million plan
Prime Minister Robert Abela has vowed that a new legislature will revisit Malta's long-delayed media reform package while taking a more cautious, consensus-driven approach on controversial planning laws, following the lapse of several high-profile bills with the dissolution of Parliament ahead of the 30 May snap general election. The dissolution brought
The Ministry for Social Policy has said that payments will be handed out to 41,000 pensioners by the end of this week in order to reflect measures announced during the last Budget. By the end of this week, payments will be issued to married pensioners who are paid at the single rate, widows, service pensioners, persons born before 1962, and couples
The government on Thursday launched a national energy plan for public consultation, setting out a long-term strategy aimed at steering Malta and Gozo towards a cleaner, more secure and diversified energy future. Presenting the document, Prime Minister Robert Abela said the plan builds on reforms introduced over the past decade, including the shift
The reports that the government is seeking a new short-term gas supply agreement is of concern. Each and every international crisis highlights our country's vulnerability in the energy sector, ADPD the Green Party said Thursday, Chairperson Sandra Gauci insisted that although no international crisis is of the government's making, this situation underlines
Prime Minister Robert Abela's pledge that by 2030 a quarter of Malta's generated energy will come from renewable sources is, on paper, welcome. Any commitment to accelerate the country's painfully slow transition towards cleaner energy deserves acknowledgement. But after years of delay, false starts and unfulfilled promises, the only honest reaction
Atletico Madrid and Arsenal exchanged penalties in a 1-1 draw in the first leg of the Champions League semifinals on Wednesday, a gritty encounter with plenty of intensity from start to finish even if it lacked the fireworks of a nine-goal thriller in Paris. Defending champion Paris Saint-Germain had edged Bayern Munich 5-4 in France in Tuesday's semifinal
The second day of Malta's electoral campaign exposed a clearer contrast in priorities and governing philosophies between Robert Abela and Alex Borg, even as both leaders sought to appeal to overlapping voter concerns such as education, cost of living, and public services. While there are areas of convergence - notably student support - their approaches
Prime Minister Robert Abela on Wednesday outlined a series of major proposals aimed at improving infrastructure, education, and connectivity in Gozo. Speaking in Sannat during the PL's first activity on the sister island, Abela pledged the completion of the government's ambitious roadmap to upgrade residential roads. Abela stated that within the next
Nationalist Party leader Alex Borg has announced that he will run on the 12 th electoral district together with his home district of Gozo. Borg made the announcement during a party political activity on Wednesday night. He will not be the first PN leader to contest in the district: George Borg Olivier and Eddie Fenech Adami had both contested them
