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Updated 6.15pm with reactions A €40 fee introduced in September for the registration of charity shops and fund-raising activities by voluntary organisations has been waived. The Office of the Commissioner for Voluntary Organisations said the fee was removed following internal discussions and...

New laws meant to combat money laundering within the voluntary sector choke the fundraising activities of NGOs in red tape and risk paralysing the sector, according to several of the organisations. They say the new measures, which were enacted without stakeholder consultation, require them to...

Na correria do dia, nas ruas da sua cidade, você passa e vê um cachorro perambulando, às vezes ferido ou não, fica triste, sente pena, mas logo depois isso sai da sua cabeça. Quantas vezes você já ...

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Josef Abela has just crowned a dream, that of graduating from a prestigious international fashion college. His achievement was surely not shorn of challenges and obstacles. And his last collection, which he presented as a dissertation project, is inspired by the different traumas he experienced...

More than half the people on waiting lists for social housing are younger than 45 and three out of every four is female, a study carried out for the Housing Authority has found.Some 30 per cent of people on the waiting list are between 26 and 35 years old, while a further 24.4 per cent are aged...

The Church is organising a fundraiser to help distribute healthy meals and clothes to those in need. This year's Lenten campaign called Itma’ u Libbes is being organised by the Archdiocese of Malta through the Caritas Parish Diaconia Network, Newsbook.com.mt and 103 Malta’s Heart. Archbishop...

Parents who cannot work because they are taking care of a child with disability aged 16+ are to start benefitting from an annual €300 allowance. The payment will be made once a year and is not pro-rata. Once an eligible parent reaches pensionable age, he/she will still be entitled to the Carer’s...

The US Embassy is urging NGOs to submit project ideas impacting asylum seekers, which could benefit from the 2021-2022 US Department of State Julia Taft Refugee Fund opportunity. On Friday it called on local NGOs to submit proposals that feature sustainable, quick-impact projects that meet gaps...

A face mask project by a sea rescue NGO to help protect migrant and vulnerable people in Malta from COVID-19 has received 1,900 new eco-friendly masks created by a well-known fashion designer, local tailors, taxi drivers and other Maltese volunteers. The latest phase of the initiative means...

Pharma.mt has donated Grintuss Cough Syrups and Fitonasal nasal decongestion sprays to various local charities including Malta Red Cross, Ursuline Sisters, Malta Charity Central, Laboratorja tal-Paci, YMCA and Fondazzjoni Sebh. The family-owned distribution company specialises in the supply of...

On a recent rainy evening in East London, dozens of young people lined up outside a cramped community hub to collect rice, vegetables and other food essentials. In the line were foreign students who came to Britain to pursue their dreams of higher education, but have found themselves plunged into...

The National Book Council (NBC) has presented a donation of around 13,000 books to Malta’s COVID-19 healthcare frontliners, which are being distributed to healthcare workers in Malta and Gozo. The donation was presented at the Ministry for Health in Valletta by NBC executive director Simona...

Almost 250 women have united in solidarity with other women by donating handbags filled with essential items. On the occasion of Women’s Day, the handbags - containing deodorants, moisturisers, tampons or sanitary pads, toothbrushes and toothpaste - were handed out to NGOs that work to support...

The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and the unexpected consequences that followed have generated the largest health emergency that western countries have faced since the post-war period. This is an epochal situation that is uniting the people and countries of the European Union and leading them to...

The portfolio which I have been recently assigned by Opposition Leader Bernard Grech once again includes social accommodation and the fight against poverty. I look forward to the continuation of my mission, which I humbly and fervently live with every day, namely to be close to those among us who...

Before the onset of the current medical and economic crisis, most Western governments adopted a policy of not interfering with market forces including the demand for and supply of labour. They did all they could to project themselves as "business-friendly" despite increasing evidence of the...

After more than a year of difficult negotiations, against the backdrop of rising infection rates, states of emergency, confinement measures… the legislative process has prevailed and so will support for thousands of Maltese and millions of Europeans over the coming years. Last month, the European...

A good friend told me how shocked she was when she read about the two priests charged with sexual abuse. In a show of respect towards confidentiality of the victim, the ongoing court case and the presumption of innocence of the accused, I will not delve into the details of the case. However, it...

Restaurants are being asked to donate their excess food to feed the hungry after they were ordered to shut their doors to help contain the COVID-19 pandemic. Philanthropist chef Rafel Sammut on Friday urged chefs and kitchens not to throw out the stock they had prepared for this weekend and...

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