This year, Saint Elias College, a secondary school run by Carmelite friars, celebrates 80 years since its foundation.
In celebration of the milestone, students and staff came together to take a commemorative aerial photo of the special number 80.
This comes ahead of a thanksgiving mass on the 29th October led by Archbishop of Malta Charles Scicluna together with the school community.
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Video Source: Zoen Muscat, Luke Mifsud – @sainteliascollege
LeBron James and his son Bronny James made NBA history by playing together for the Los Angeles Lakers in a pre-season game against the Phoenix Suns, marking the first father-son duo to play for the same NBA team.
WOW THAT WAS SURREAL!! 🥺🥺🥺🙌🏾🙌🏾
— LeBron James (@KingJames) October 7, 2024
The game took place at Acrisure Arena in California on Sunday night. LeBron, who is set to turn 40 in December, started for the Lakers after missing a previous game.
In contrast, Bronny, a rookie drafted by the Lakers with the 55th pick, came off the bench in the second quarter, coinciding with his 20th birthday.
In the game, LeBron scored 19 points, five rebounds, and four assists in 16 minutes, while Bronny did not score but contributed two rebounds in 13 minutes.
After the match, LeBron expressed his excitement on X, stating the experience was “surreal” and emphasised the significance of sharing this moment with his son.
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Bronny shared his excitement as well, noting that while LeBron is his father, he treats him like a teammate on the court. The duo hopes to play together again during the Lakers’ pre-season schedule, which includes matchups against the Milwaukee Bucks and Golden State Warriors.
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The two Lasallian colleges in Malta, De La Salle College and Stella Maris College (including St Benild School), will begin admitting girls to their junior schools starting next academic year, Times of Malta reported.
This marks the start of an 11-year transition towards co-education across all their primary and, eventually, secondary schools.
De La Salle College already admits girls at the sixth-form level, but from next year, Year 1 classes will be equally split between boys and girls.
Admissions will follow the standard Church School ballot process, organised by the Curia, while other year groups will remain boys-only.
The gradual introduction of co-education will continue year by year.
The senior schools will welcome their first cohort of girls in Year 7 (Form 1) in the 2031/32 academic year, with the full transition expected to be complete by 2035/36.
The decision was made by the Board of the Trust of the Brothers of the Christian Schools (De La Salle Brothers) in Malta, following extensive consultations with staff, parents, and students. The colleges aim to create a more inclusive learning environment while maintaining their Lasallian values.
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Sixteen more irregular immigrants have been relocated from Malta, bringing the total number of relocations and returns in 2024 to 175.
Since the start of the year, 115 immigrants were returned to their country of origin, and 60 were relocated to other European Union (EU) nations. This exceeds the 103 immigrants who arrived in Malta irregularly during the same period.
The relocations were carried out by the Ministry for Home Affairs, Security, and Employment, in collaboration with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the European Union Agency for Asylum (EUAA), under the Voluntary Solidarity Mechanism.
These efforts are part of a broader initiative by the Maltese government to manage irregular immigration more effectively, with relocations becoming a key strategy for alleviating pressure on border countries like Malta.
The Ministry stresses that while immigrants entitled to protection receive support and full legal rights, those without such status or who are living irregularly in Malta are either relocated or returned to their countries of origin.
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