**Mother of Three Fined After Threatening Security, Police at Paola Health Centre** A 36-year-old mother of three from Paola has been fined €1,200 after a heated confrontation at the local health centre escalated into threats against security personnel and police officers. The incident, which occurred during a routine visit, has sparked conversations across Malta about…
As the last festa fireworks fade over Floriana and the August sea begins to cool, Maltese parents swap bucket-and-spade emojis for pencil-and-ruler ones. But beneath the flurry of back-to-school WhatsApp groups—bus routes, book lists, “Ħu l-uniformi tal-Ġunior?”—lurks a quieter current: children’s anxiety. This year, with inflation nudging €7 for a ħobż biż-żejt and classrooms still…
New dawn for Cana Movement as Dr. Andrew Consiglio elected president The Cana Movement, Malta’s best-known marriage-preparation and family-support NGO, has chosen a new leader. Dr. Andrew Consiglio, a 42-year-old lawyer and canon lawyer who has spent the last decade coordinating the organisation’s pastoral and legal teams, was confirmed as president on Saturday evening during…
**At Home with Dementia: October Course Brings Hope to Maltese Families** As autumn’s golden light bathes Malta’s honey-coloured limestone buildings, hundreds of local families are preparing for a different kind of seasonal transition. This October, the Malta Dementia Society launches its pioneering “At Home with Dementia” course—a four-week programme that promises to transform how Maltese…
**Family Tragedy in Birkirkara Sparks Mental Health Debate After Son Accused of Assaulting Father** A 34-year-old Birkirkara man has been charged with grievously injuring his 67-year-old father in what court officials described as a “violent outburst” that left the elderly man hospitalized with multiple fractures. The incident, which occurred in the family’s traditional Maltese townhouse…
School camp organisers lumped with bill five times higher than agreed price Żebbuġ primary school’s annual “Kamp tan-Natura” was supposed to end with toasted marshmallows and teary farewells last Friday. Instead, 47 eight-year-olds watched their teachers argue with Gozo campsite managers while a credit-card machine beeped “declined” in the background. The bill had ballooned from…
Woman Tracked by Husband Asks Court to Drop Case: A Maltese Story of Technology, Trust and Tradition The quiet streets of Żebbuġ were jolted last month when a 34-year-old mother-of-two walked into the Malta Police Cybercrime Unit and filed a complaint that sounded more Silicon Valley than Sliema: her husband had hidden an AirTag in…
