We're doing much better
Thursday, 28 November 2019, 08:00
Last update: about 5 years ago
Alfred Sant MEP
It’s difficult not to smile when one hears some people claim that we’re much better now as a member of the EU than we were before we joined. After fifteen years of EU membership, God...
Winning the war against antibiotic resistance
Wednesday, 27 November 2019, 10:02
Last update: about 5 years ago
Mark Josef Rapa
In last week's column, we presented the topic of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) and highlighted how resistance to antibiotics is killing 700,000 people globally every year. We also observed how this...
Daphne's murder and the ensuing imbroglio
Wednesday, 27 November 2019, 09:59
Last update: about 5 years ago
Andrew Azzopardi
Following the events connected to the apprehension of the alleged assassin/s of Daphne Caruana Galizia, I feel duty bound to pronounce myself. To start off I feel jaded. A Country comes of...
Thirteen years later
Tuesday, 26 November 2019, 08:59
Last update: about 5 years ago
Tara Cassar
Residents of Żurrieq are fighting to stop a planning control application that if approved, could see a rural landscape in the area of in-Nigret covering just over 12,000 sqmtransformed into yet...
Pensions
Monday, 25 November 2019, 07:56
Last update: about 5 years ago
Alfred Sant MEP
Discussions now proceeding in countries like Germany, France and Belgium about pensions reform have been raising questions that are greatly relevant, for this country as well. One major dilemma...
Sea of madness
Sunday, 24 November 2019, 10:56
Last update: about 5 years ago
Mark A. Sammut Sassi
Some days ago, José Herrera made a statement on TV with far-reaching implications: according to the latest calculations, Malta’s population stands at 700,000, while some three million...
Hands off the investigation
Sunday, 24 November 2019, 10:41
Last update: about 5 years ago
Carmel Cacopardo
The Caruana-Galizia family is right to insist that Prime Minister Joseph Muscat should keep his distance from the criminal investigation into the assassination of Daphne. We should be very...
Today I am convinced there is a heaven
Sunday, 24 November 2019, 08:55
Last update: about 5 years ago
Victor Calleja
There are very few things I am convinced of. One of them is that I harbour plenty of doubts. I hate categorical statements of beliefs. I’m not sure of the existence of an after-life but I think...
Between a riot and a rout
Sunday, 24 November 2019, 08:45
Last update: about 5 years ago
Noel Grima
This has been quite a traumatic week for us. For many months we grumbled and complained that no progress was being registered in the investigations regarding the assassination of Daphne Caruana...
The pantomime is over
Saturday, 23 November 2019, 09:33
Last update: about 5 years ago
Rachel Borg
The plan has failed. The excitement of Labour winning their 55% of the vote is over and the chickens have come home to roost. Castille is breached. So greedy and arrogant are they...