MaltaToday’s front-page story last Sunday revealed that the Maltese government had told Brussels it had no plans to introduce national screening programmes for cervical and bowel cancer. Without beating about the bush, the reason why is simple – money. Money that was spent elsewhere, is now no longer available for a life-saving intervention that should be the norm for any EU member state.. >>

Desperately in love with politics
He garnered a staggering 23,000 votes in the 2004 elections and then hopped across the channel to take a seat in the Italian parliament. But is ARNOLD CASSOLA anywhere close to the critical mass of five years ago? >>