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OPPOSITION Leader Alex Borg feels the Gozo Bishop was un- fairly attacked for his comments on childcare centres but does not agree with placing the blame on parents. Last month, Gozo Bishop An- ton Teuma was criticised for condemning childcare centres as places parents send their children to "because they have something to do". In an exchange with the Malta- Today newsroom, Borg said it was a shame to see politicians "attack" the bishop for his comments but agreed the problem is not parents but the lack of wider family meas- ures. "I condemn the system that is crumbling," Borg said. Equality Parliamentary Secretary Rebecca Buttigieg was especially critical of Teuma's comments, as was Energy Minister Miriam Dalli, both of who hailed childcare cen- tres as an important social institu- tion. CONTINUES PAGE 3 YOUR RIGHT TO KNOW WWW.MALTATODAY.COM.MT SUNDAY 22 FEBRUARY 2026 • ISSUE 1373 • PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SUNDAY Planning and politics maltatoday Criminal cash Free inside Don't forget to grab your copy of Architecture & Design with today's paper KURT SANSONE ksansone@mediatoday.com.mt €2.20 PAGE 11 Il-Kollettiv activist Wayne Flask on planning reform What happens to cash confiscated from criminals? INTERVIEW MT2 THE NEWSROOM EXCHANGE: Alex Borg meets the MaltaToday newsroom PAGES 8-10 Alex Borg defends bishop on childcare CONTINUES PAGE 4 PN nominates Judge Lawrence Mintoff for chief justice THE Nationalist Party has proposed the name of Judge Lawrence Mintoff for the post of chief justice, MaltaToday has learnt. The development comes after the government put forward the name of Judge Miriam Hayman for the post. Sources privy to the ongoing talks between the govern- ment and the Opposition said Mintoff's name was communi- cated earlier on Saturday to the government.