# St Aloysius College Breaks 118-Year Tradition: Girls Welcome in 2025 Birkirkara’s iconic Jesuit college will open its doors to female students for the first time since 1907, marking a seismic shift in Malta’s educational landscape that has left alumni both celebrating and questioning the end of an era. The announcement, made by the school’s…
Union registers dispute over shortage of learning support educators By Hot Malta Staff Valletta – The Malta Union of Teachers (MUT) has officially registered a trade dispute with the Education Ministry, warning that the “chronic” shortage of learning-support educators (LSEs) is pushing children with special needs to the margins of the classroom—and pushing their own…
Frank Salt Real Estate opens its own academy in San Ġwann: a Maltese answer to the island’s property boom San Ġwann, the quiet residential pocket wedged between Birkirkara’s traffic arteries and St Julian’s glittering towers, has long been prized for its village-core calm and proximity to everything Malta’s coast can throw at you. This morning…
Gozitan NGOs have declared open season on developer Alex Borg and the Planning Authority after Borg’s weekend boast that “high-rise will come to Gozo whether people like it or not.” In a joint statement released on Tuesday morning, 18 civic and environmental groups accused Borg of “treating the sister island like a Monopoly board” and…
Revealed: The ‘suppressed’ report at the heart of the Fortina deal By Hot Malta Staff Sliema’s iconic seafront promenade has always been a stage where Malta’s ambitions and contradictions collide: sun-bronzed joggers weave past 19th-century townhouses, while cranes swing over new glass towers that promise “five-star luxury” to buyers who may never live here. This…
**Trump Praises Charlie Kirk at Memorial Service as Widow Forgives Alleged Killer: A Maltese Reflection on Forgiveness and Political Theatre** In a moment that captured both the gravity of American political violence and the profound power of forgiveness, former US President Donald Trump delivered a stirring tribute to conservative activist Charlie Kirk during a memorial…
BOV Club turns University of Malta Freshers’ Week into a crash-course in financial adulthood By [Author Name] | September 2024 SLIEMA, Malta – While first-year students queued for free pizza and faculty tote bags outside the University of Malta quadrangle this week, a longer line snaked toward a turquoise-coloured kiosk emblazoned with a single word:…
Clyde Caruana warns EU risks social unrest if defence spending cuts into welfare ================================================================================ Valletta – Finance Minister Clyde Caruana has fired a blunt warning shot across the bows of Europe: if the Union plugs its new defence ambitions by raiding the same pot that pays for pensions, health and social housing, “the streets will…
**Fortina’s Contract U-Turn: Hotel Says It Would Pay Less Under Today’s Rules, Sparks Fresh Debate Over Sliema’s Changing Skyline** Sliema’s seafront has always been a stage where past and future wrestle for space: limestone town-houses stare up at glass towers, pensioners feed pigeons beneath cranes, and the scent of pastizzi mingles with chlorine from infinity…
**Murder in the Silent City: Fatal Shooting Shatters Vittoriosa’s Calm** The cobbled lanes of Vittoriosa, usually echoing with the soft scrape of church bells and the clink of wine glasses spilling onto historic doorsteps, fell silent yesterday afternoon after a 42-year-old man succumbed to gunshot wounds inflicted in the heart of the Three Cities. Police…
Alliance Real Estate opens Gżira hub, betting on the town’s next chapter By Hot Malta Staff | Wednesday, 14 June 2023 The crane-dotted skyline of Gżira welcomed a different kind of addition this morning: a sleek, glass-fronted branch of Alliance Real Estate, the 11th office for the Maltese-owned agency since it set up shop in…
# Renault and Dacia Open Week: When Maltese Streets Become Showrooms Under the Mediterranean Sun The unmistakable scent of new car leather mixed with ħobż biż-żejt from the nearby kiosk as families flocked to the Renault and Dacia Open Week last weekend, transforming Malta’s typically car-clogged streets into an impromptu celebration of automotive culture. From…
