Tag: Festa
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Band club membership increases in Malta as band clubs turn a surplus
Band club membership across Malta and Gozo increased by 4.8% in 2025, while the clubs collectively recorded €11.8 million in current income against €9.2 million in current expenditure. According to the latest statistics published by the National Statistics Office, the 91 registered band clubs had a total of 26,683 members in 2025—an increase of 1,212…
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Labourites hurl hateful abuse at the Opposition’s Spokesperson for the Environment
Having spread the false claim that the Opposition and the Nationalist Party wants to abolish religious feasts and put them at legal risk, Labourites have turned to the Opposition’s spokesperson on the environment, Rebekah Borg, and hurled hateful abuse at her including by using sexist and racial diatribes. The Nationalist Party has been subjected to…
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Relatives of Health Minister get involved in flag dispute with Festa lovers
The Maltese Herald has been reliably informed that the restaurant owners involved in the flag dispute with the festa lovers at Saint George’s Square in (Victoria) Rabat, Gozo, are the direct relatives of Health Minister Jo Etienne Abela. The individuals involved are his brother and his father and the restaurant is their family enterprise. Restaurant…
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Chris Cardona is back in Malta for Santa Marija
Updated: I’m informed this is at the Santa Liena feast in Birkirkara. Chris Cardona was spotted in Birkirkara earlier today enjoying the Santa Marija feast with newly elected Labour MEP, Thomas Bajada. Chris Cardona is leaving everyone guessing about his absence from the list of suspects in the Vitals and Steward case, however he is…
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“Tlaqna sal-Festa ta’ San Gejtanu. Zin, zin zin!”
Today, the image of Magistrate Donatella Frendo Dimech was plastered on the front page of the Times of Malta like one of Malta’s most wanted criminals. Times of Malta has covered the same story covered here about the Magistrate pressuring a client to plead guilty. Here’s some things that the Magistrate said in her court…
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Too ashamed to show herself
Miriam Dalli was today expected to attend the yearly concert by the Band Queen Victoria in celebration of the Festa tal-Madonna tal-Karmnu. ?urrieq is also part of her district so this is a big event for her or any other politician in the district. Apparently, there has been a power cut in ?urrieq as part…
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Can’t prosecute me if I’m friends with a magistrate
In Malta, suspected criminals who are politicians have a habit of hanging out with magistrates whilst avoiding prosecution. Here is Labour MP Carmelo Abela with Magistrate Joe Mifsud during the ?ejtun Festa. Carmelo Abela was investigated by the police over the attempted bank robbery of the HSBC building in Qormi. Mark CamilleriWebsite Editor Historian and…

