**BOV Locks of Love: How Bank Employees Are Weaving Hope Into Malta’s Cancer Care** Sliema’s Bank of Valletta headquarters usually hums with the rustle of statements and the clack of keyboards, but last Friday the ground-floor foyer echoed with a softer sound: the snip of scissors and the hush of anticipation. Thirteen BOV employees –…
**Alex Borg pledges unity and renewal in first interview as PN leader** In a candid late-night chat at the party’s Pietà headquarters, newly-elected Nationalist Party leader Alex Borg told *Hot Malta* that his first mission is to “bring the PN back to the people’s kitchen tables” after a decade of electoral defeats and internal rifts….
A 28-year-old Birkirkara man was hauled before a magistrate yesterday after police linked him to a six-month spree of motorcycle thefts that has left riders from Valletta to Mellieħa checking their locks twice before bed. The suspect, whose name is under a court-issued publication ban, was arrested during a dawn raid on a Qormi garage…
Valletta’s sun-drenched Upper Barrakka Gardens buzzed with handshakes, selfies and the unmistakable scent of pastizzi yesterday afternoon as Alex Borg was officially congratulated on his razor-thin victory to lead the Malta Chamber of Commerce, Enterprise and Industry. In a scene that felt part political rally, part village festa, party leaders, seasoned lobbyists and family friends…
Adrian Delia congratulates Alex Borg on leadership win, thanks supporters: A new chapter for Malta’s Nationalist Party unfolds under Gozitan helm By a show-of-hands vote that felt more village festa than party convention, Alex Borg clinched the leadership of the Nationalist Party (PN) yesterday evening at the party’s Ħamrun headquarters, bringing to a close one…
Thank you to all who believed in me – Adrian Delia on leadership defeat Valletta – The grand doors of the Nationalist Party headquarters in Pietà swung open shortly after midnight, and Adrian Delia stepped out into the humid June air looking lighter than he had in months. Behind him, the yellow façade of Dar…
**Appreciation: Rosanne Naudi – The Quiet Force Who Gave Valletta Its Voice Back** Valletta’s Republic Street at 7 a.m. is still more shadow than light, the limestone façades glowing amber as street-cleaners hose last night’s beer from the kerb. Yet for years the only human sound was the clack of cruise-ship heels racing for the…
Appreciation: Philip Bourne – The Quiet Englishman Who Put Malta on the Global Map By Luke Vella, Hot Malta It’s shortly after 7 a.m. on a honey-coloured morning in Birgu and the fishing boats are still rocking gently in the marina. Over at Café du Brazil, the first espressos are being pulled while two elderly…
Gudja’s centuries-old parish church will throw open its doors this Sunday for a moment that locals have awaited for close to three years: the unveiling of the newly restored titular painting of the Assumption of Our Lady. The 10 a.m. inauguration Mass, celebrated by Archbishop Charles Scicluna, will be followed by a public viewing and…
A legacy of care and progress: how Malta’s tight-knit communities are rewriting the future —————————————————————– The bells of the Rotunda of Mosta have just finished tolling seven when the side door of the parish hall swings open. Inside, under the soft glow of a 1970s chandelier, volunteers from three generations are already folding blankets, labelling…
Book on the hidden side of Rome to launch in Malta ————————————————- Malta will get a backstage pass to the Eternal City next week when “Roma Segreta: The Rome You Never Knew” debuts at the Malta Book Festival. Author—and honorary Maltese—Dr. Alessandro Farrugia will unveil the English-language edition of his cult Italian bestseller on 3…
**Myth Debunked: ALS Progresses the Same Way in Everyone – A Maltese Reality Check** For years, the Maltese community has quietly battled the shadows cast by Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), a neurodegenerative disease that strips away muscle control, speech, and eventually breath. Yet one stubborn myth has persisted even among local caregivers and patients gathered…
