### The Kenyan Priest Bringing the Gospel to Life in Maltese: A Cultural Bridge In an increasingly multicultural Malta, a unique and heartwarming story has emerged from the local ecclesiastical community. Father John Njoroge, a Kenyan priest, has taken it upon himself to read the Gospel and deliver homilies in Maltese, a language deeply rooted…
**200 Years of Education: The Birth of the First School of Maltese at the University of Malta** In 1823, a groundbreaking event unfolded in the academic landscape of Malta: the establishment of the first School of Maltese at the University of Malta. This initiative not only marked a significant milestone in the education sector but…
### Let’s Stop Pretending That Nothing Is Happening to Our National Language In the heart of the Mediterranean, Malta stands as a cultural crossroads, where history, language, and identity intertwine. Maltese, a unique blend of Semitic roots with a Latin script, has long been a source of pride for the Maltese people. However, recent trends…
**Changes to Speech and Language Help Detect Alzheimer’s Early: A Local Perspective** Alzheimer’s disease, a progressive disorder that affects memory, thinking, and behavior, is a growing concern worldwide. In Malta, a country with a rapidly aging population, the need for early detection and intervention is becoming increasingly pressing. Recent research has shown that changes in…
Letters to the editor – September 29, 2025 By Luke Caruana, Hot Malta staff writer The Monday print run of Times of Malta may have landed on doorsteps at dawn, but by 8 a.m. the real conversation was already crackling on village benches from Valletta’s Republic Square to Għarb’s quiet pjazza. “Kemm għandna xi ngħidu…
**First Maltese-language autism toolkit lands in teachers’ hands – and classrooms may never be the same** Valletta – For years, Maltese educators who wanted to support autistic students had to wade through English manuals peppered with references to British SENCOs or American IEP forms. That changed this week when the National Literacy Agency and the…
**Il-Malti is our identity, not English: Why our language matters more than ever** The elderly man at the Ħamrun bus stop switches effortlessly from Maltese to English mid-sentence, a linguistic dance that would confuse any tourist. “Mela, I’m telling you, the bus is late again,” he tells his companion, embodying Malta’s bilingual reality. Yet beneath…
