Reaching out
Friday, 3 April 2020, 07:02
Last update: about 5 years ago
Owen Bonnici
In these extraordinary days we are facing as a country, I am really proud of the sterling work being done by all educators who are doing their utmost to continue providing our students with the...
Those who do not comply
Thursday, 2 April 2020, 08:00
Last update: about 5 years ago
Alfred Sant MEP
By now, the dangers posed by the novel Coronavirus pandemic that has really gone worldwide, are so wellknown that all of us – including the totally dumb – comprehend how deadly it can be....
Coronavirus, economy and polity
Thursday, 2 April 2020, 07:03
Last update: about 5 years ago
Michael Briguglio
The European Trade Union Confederation has reported that at least one million workers have lost their jobs in the Europe during the past two weeks. This figure has been dubbed the tip of the iceberg...
‘Social distancing’: This pain has existed forever
Wednesday, 1 April 2020, 06:44
Last update: about 5 years ago
Andrew Azzopardi
I can only imagine the pain and suffering that so many people are experiencing as one public health directive after another exhorts for social distancing. The need to be together is evident in the...
Prioritizing permits over the public
Tuesday, 31 March 2020, 07:54
Last update: about 5 years ago
Tara Cassar
When the news of local Covid-19 cases broke and all were being advised to practice social distancing, members of the public were understandably shocked by the Planning Authority’s insistence on...
Economic factors
Monday, 30 March 2020, 07:46
Last update: about 5 years ago
Alfred Sant MEP
Necessarily, given the times we’re living in, great attention is being given to the uncertainties that are accumulating. In “normal” times, many of the changes that occur are well...
Living in the virus times
Sunday, 29 March 2020, 10:31
Last update: about 5 years ago
Mark A. Sammut Sassi
In 2015, Bill Gates delivered a TED lecture in which he said that the next crisis to hit humanity would not be military but medical. He explicitly said, five years ago, that the next crisis would...
Nature calls the shots
Sunday, 29 March 2020, 10:23
Last update: about 5 years ago
Carmel Cacopardo
Covid-19 has brought the country to a standstill. We are not isolated from nature and its forces at work around us. We are not immune, not just from viruses, but from the forces of nature. Today...
The virus of Babel
Sunday, 29 March 2020, 09:35
Last update: about 5 years ago
Victor Calleja
It’s strange how the mythical stories of old have so much to teach and lead us; yet all we do is ignore them and never learn. The Babylonians, in a very fantastical past, tried to build a...
Corona's worst two weeks are upon us
Sunday, 29 March 2020, 08:34
Last update: about 5 years ago
Noel Grima
I live in a very old house and these past days especially I have found myself staring at the ceiling slabs (xorok) and the walls and thinking about the people who so many years ago hand-carved...