Josanne Cassar

Friday 19 September 2025

We need dignity and substance in politics, not PR stunts

September 16, 2025 | No comments

A reel was doing the rounds this week of the Prime Minister’s wife Lydia Abela who was invited for an interview with Ricky Caruana on his podcast.

This was not just about some gravel

September 9, 2025 | No comments

When couples always end up squabbling about the same old issues week after week, year after year and sometimes decades after decades, it is never just about what the argument is ostensibly about. It is never about the rubbish which is not taken out, or the cap not put back on the toothpaste, or whose turn it is to make dinner.

If everything is celebrated as a milestone, then real milestones become meaningless

September 5, 2025 | No comments

t’s always fascinating to me how we latch on to the latest trends and embrace them with such fervour that they eclipse everything else which is really important . I’m not quite sure where these frivolous fads started, although many point their fingers at the States, which could very well be the case.

Let’s do lunch …with Maria Ganado

August 19, 2025 | No comments

In her poetry, as in her life, Maria Ganado is deliberately ‘different’ and abhors conformity.

Hot Topics

Mount Carmel Hospital Security Breach Leaves Patient Seriously Injured — MHA Calls for Urgent Inquiry August 6, 2025 | No comments
Urgent road safety reforms highlighted in talks between Insurance Association Malta and Police January 28, 2025 | No comments

Opinion column

We need dignity and substance in politics, not PR stunts September 16, 2025 | No comments
This was not just about some gravel September 9, 2025 | No comments

Events

A NIGHT OF CONNECTION AND CELEBRATION FOR BOV EMPLOYEES August 19, 2025 | No comments
Gozo to host two-part celebration of Ceramic Art this August August 1, 2025 | No comments

Press Launches

MeDirect set to accelerate growth following completion of acquisition by Banka CREDITAS September 14, 2025 | No comments
RESTORED PAINTING UNVEILED IN ŻEBBUĠ GOZO September 14, 2025 | No comments

Business

BOV ANNOUNCES NEW CORRESPONDENT BANKING RELATIONSHIP WITH BNY September 6, 2025 | No comments
Carlo Gavazzi Limited Announces eventual Closure of Operations in Malta August 30, 2025 | No comments

Environment

HSBC Malta Foundation and MOVE Malta Celebrate Milestone in Tree-Planting Initiative August 26, 2025 | No comments
First Phase in Freshwater Crab Conservation Project Completed July 12, 2025 | No comments

People

Steffi De Martino Appointed Deputy Chairperson of KDM Investments Ltd September 14, 2025 | No comments
BOV HOSTS BOAT PARTY FOR EMPLOYEES July 26, 2025 | No comments

Education

HSBC Malta Foundation Supports ThematicSTEM Debate for Primary Students September 14, 2025 | No comments
The Insurance Association Malta Supports Stronger Enforcement of Drink and Drug Driving Measures August 6, 2025 | No comments

Sports, health and fitness

HSBC Malta Foundation Supports ThematicSTEM Debate for Primary Students September 14, 2025 | No comments
Transport Malta Launches New Educational Book for Children July 26, 2025 | No comments

Volunteers

HSBC Malta Foundation marks two years of support for YMCA Malta’s Drop-In Centre September 6, 2025 | No comments
BOV EMPLOYEES DONATE HAIR FOR A GOOD CAUSE September 6, 2025 | No comments

Features

The thrill of the count June 1, 2014 | 1 comment
Discover the joy of learning, at your own pace May 15, 2014 | 4 comments

Let's do Lunch

Let’s do lunch …with Maria Ganado August 19, 2025 | No comments
BOV goes digital: over 46 million pages of archived documents scanned August 12, 2025 | No comments

Something to say

…and they lived happily ever after July 24, 2014 | No comments
The Domestic black hole of renting a residential property June 4, 2014 | 2 comments

ON DEMAND

Time for some more laughs…with Illostra April 12, 2012 | No comments
Life is too short to be taken so seriously…ILLOSTRA January 23, 2012 | No comments

Covid-19

Service at the Licensing and Testing Office in Gozo to resume March 19, 2021 | No comments
New arrangements for extending Validity of Driver Permits and Driver Tag March 19, 2021 | No comments

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