Tag: Santa Marija
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Malta celebrates the Feast of Santa Marija
Today, Malta celebrates the Feast of the Assumption of Our Lady, known locally as Santa Marija, a national holiday that also commemorates the success of Operation Pedestal in August 1942. The convoy, that eft from Britain, including the battered tanker SS Ohio, delivered vital food, fuel, and ammunition to the besieged islands during World War…
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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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When Malta withstood and defeated the Nazis
Today, Malta commemorates Santa Marija and the arrival of the US convoy from Britain in the Second World War that broke the Nazi blockade and gave a renewed lifelien to the Islands. Malta, then the most bombed-placed on Earth, was teetering with starvation. Having been bombed on a daily basis by the Nazis, the Maltese…
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Now, we have an Acting Prime Minister
Coincidentally, soon after I uploaded my post about Robert Abela leaving the Islands for Greece on holiday without appointing an Acting Prime Minister, a notice of the appointment was issued. It is also surprising that Robert Abela is appointing his Deputy-Prime Minister, Chris Ferne as Acting Prime Minister as previously Robert Abela used to prefer…