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'Labour trying to damage morale in the PN': Bernard Grech

6 days ago | timesofmalta.com | Matthew Bonanno

The Labour Party is trying to damage morale in the Nationalist Party to cover up its own internal problems, according to party leader Bernard Grech. Grech was speaking in Żejtun as part of a whistle-stop tour of PN clubs across the country during a PN fundraising marathon on Sunday. “Everyone knows the Labour Party is doing its best to break our morale and disrupt our work,” Grech said. “Why? Because the Labour Party has serious internal issues.
Artists should be embedded in health sector – report

6 days ago | timesofmalta.com | Matthew Bonanno

Artists and creative professionals should be formally embedded into Malta’s healthcare system as part of a national effort to integrate culture and health, according to a new report. The report, entitled Bridging the Gap in Culture and Health: Connecting Key Stakeholders in the Maltese Islands, was created by ARC Research and Consultancy, which advocates for the development and sustainability of the cultural and creative sectors.
Opposition votes against constitutional amendments bill

1 week ago | timesofmalta.com | Matthew Bonanno

The Opposition voted against a bill on constitutional amendments related to the judiciary in its second reading in parliament on Wednesday. The bill, which will require a two-thirds majority of the House in the final vote to become law, features amendments which the government says are necessary to modernise and streamline the administration of justice.
Poultry disease ‘has been contained’

1 week ago | timesofmalta.com | Matthew Bonanno

A recent outbreak of a highly contagious disease that affects poultry is under control, according to Agriculture Minister Anton Refalo. On Tuesday, the agriculture ministry confirmed that two poultry farms had reported cases of Newcastle disease, which can cause severe respiratory, nervous and digestive symptoms in birds.
Research programme to tackle obesity launched

1 week ago | timesofmalta.com | Matthew Bonanno

The government has launched a research programme aimed at tackling obesity. The programme is being led by Xjenza Malta in collaboration with the Ministry for Health. €300,000 will be made available for three projects. The call for proposals is open for six weeks and closes on July 7. An information session on the programme will be held on June 2.
Watch: ‘Private land is private land’

1 week ago | timesofmalta.com | Matthew Bonanno

The government is committed to increasing the amount of public land dedicated to green open spaces but its hands are tied when it comes to privately owned land, Environment Minister Miriam Dalli has insisted. Dalli was asked for her reaction to the fact that almost 30,000 people signed a petition, which closed on Sunday, calling for Manoel Island to be returned to the public domain and transformed into a park. “I have always been clear on the need for open spaces.
Have recent projects modernised Malta? Minister, Cassola clash

1 week ago | timesofmalta.com | Matthew Bonanno

Momentum chairperson Arnold Cassola has poured scorn on Transport Minister Chris Bonett’s claim that recent infrastructure projects have modernised Malta. The two were taking part in a conference entitled ‘Urban Malta’ on Thursday morning organised by the Malta Institute of Management at the Corinthia St George Hotel.
Catalaya’s journey through blindness and hope

1 week ago | timesofmalta.com | Matthew Bonanno

When Vanessa first heard the words ‘Leber congenital amaurosis’, she had no idea how deeply they would reshape her world. The rare genetic condition, which affects the retina and causes profound vision loss in early childhood, would change the life of her daughter, Catalaya but not in the ways many might expect. Eight-year-old Catalaya is bubbly, joyful and intelligent. So much so, her mother says, that “sometimes, you forget she can’t see”.
Għargħur leadership is illegitimate without fresh elections, Grech tell rally

2 weeks ago | timesofmalta.com | Matthew Bonanno

The small open space in front of the Għargħur PN club filled with people on Wednesday evening to call for fresh local council elections to be held in the town. "We reject the arrogance and the lack of respect that has led to the Labour Party believing it can go against the will of the people and still the Għargħur council," PN leader Bernard Grech told the gathered crowd.
experts dissect Malta’s disappointing result

2 weeks ago | timesofmalta.com | Matthew Bonanno

The number of songs containing sexual innuendo at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest meant that audiences may have perceived Malta’s entry as unoriginal, according to competition experts. Malta, represented by Miriana Conte, placed a disappointing 17th place during Saturday’s final with the song Serving. Austria’s JJ was crowned the winner on the night with his operatic song Wasted Love, after a nail-biting photo finish with Israel.