1+ week, 6+ day ago  (429+ words) Sport should complement study, not compete with it, argues Damian Spiteri For some, sport is recreation. For others, it is status, ambition and business. In some countries, it remains relatively low-key apart from major events such as the World Cup....

4+ day, 7+ hour ago  (585+ words) Parents being told children cannot join Klabb 3-16 service at St Paul's Bay and Qawra state schools Parents of some pupils at St Paul's Bay and Qawra state schools are being told their children cannot join the government's after-school service because…...

1+ week, 8+ hour ago  (459+ words) As classrooms fill with tablets and screens, the social and cognitive foundations of education risk being quietly eroded Governments around the world, Malta included, are responding to the growing evidence of the significant effects social media has on children. Excessive…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (534+ words) Government launches Intrapri'a16, allowing youths aged 16 and 17 to set up limited liability companies with mentoring support Sixteen-year-olds can now open their own companies under a new legal framework announced by the government on Thursday. Prime Minister Robert Abela unveiled the…...

2+ week, 6+ hour ago  (437+ words) Delays in care-order judgments are a cause of significant distress for both children and their foster and biological families We have grown accustomed to hearing that our courts are overloaded. That there are court delays. That social workers are stretched…...

1+ week, 11+ hour ago  (600+ words) Malta Vision 2050 must belong to students and apprentices, researchers and entrepreneurs, educators and employers, communities and families, says Keith Azzopardi Tanti Malta has never lacked ambition and, in recent years, we have shown that, when we decide to act, we…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (402+ words) As ageing populations reshape societies worldwide, governments are being forced to rethink how care is delivered, funded and sustained. On April 16, Malta will host Amal Abou Rafeh, Chief of the Programme on Ageing at the United Nations, as a keynote…...

2+ week, 9+ hour ago  (105+ words) Approximately 75% of Maltese men and 60% of Maltese women classified as overweight In Europe, Maltese people are the most sedentry. Add to that the lack of physical activity and a diet caused by 150 years of British rule rather than Mediterranean influences,…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (19+ words) Government to pay for repatriation of Maltese stranded in the UAE'Times of Malta This page got lost in conversation....

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (298+ words) The University of Malta is "11m in the red The government needs to provide increased funding for the university in the same way as it provided funding to stop band clubs from being evicted from their properties, the Nationalist Party said…...