A priest has won a defamation case against a man who alleged that he had ignored and covered up child sex abuse in Gozo.
A magistrate found that the claims wer
When artist Carmen Vella Gauci lost her 14-year-old son, Andrew, in tragic circumstances three months ago she and her family were thrown into a dark world of gr
Carmen Vella Gauci is presenting her third solo exhibition at Casino Notabile, in Rabat.
Titled Revival, it features works created last winter and during the COVID lockdown period. The artist admits that working on these paintings proved to be “my sanity during a dark period”.
“It was my survival. I needed to bring out my colours and create my own light,” Vella Gauci says.
There are 20 mixed-medium pieces in all, which follow no particular theme like in the artist’s previous solo exhibitions, held in 2018 and 2020.
“I can never stick to one theme and present a solo with just one theme alone because I am stimulated by many things I see or perceive, whether it’s serene scenery, an emotional moment, a positive comment, happy people or an encounter with a long-time friend,” she says.
Republic Day Honorees | Charmaine Gauci, public health czar, made Officer of Order of Merit
Cardinal Mario Grech, Prof. Charmaine Gauci and pathologist Christopher Barbara, Brigadier Jeffrey Curmi, and Gozitan band The Tramps honoured in Republic Day honours list
13 December 2020, 12:20pm
by Matthew Vella
On Republic Day each year, the President, on behalf of the government and people of Malta, pays public tribute to a number of Maltese citizens who distinguish themselves in different fields of endeavour, by appointing them to the National Order of Merit or to the Xirka Ġieħ ir-Repubblika, or by awarding them the Midalja għall-Qlubija or the Midalja għall-Qadi tar-Repubblika.