Friends of friends
Thursday, 26 September 2019, 12:17
Last update: about 6 years ago
Alfred Sant MEP
The networks constituted by friends of friends never seem to cease their activity, some for the better, most times for the worst. They exist in all that men and women do, because it is in our nature...
Ta’ Qali - A new business district?
Tuesday, 24 September 2019, 08:38
Last update: about 6 years ago
Tara Cassar
Last Saturday another press conference was held in relation to the government’s plans to increase the area of the Ta’Qali National Park. The project would see a sizeable portion of land...
Maltese inflation
Monday, 23 September 2019, 08:13
Last update: about 6 years ago
Alfred Sant MEP
However it is curious that in today’s circumstances, the fact remains that compared to how I remember it did register in the past, the inflation rate is relatively low. Up to August this year,...
The second could have been the first
Sunday, 22 September 2019, 11:00
Last update: about 6 years ago
Charles Flores
As my friend Trevor Zahra was telling a section of the Maltese Language media the other day, during the past decade or so it has become fashionable to expressly describe Malta as a bilingual nation,...
Independence Day in 2019 Malta
Sunday, 22 September 2019, 11:00
Last update: about 6 years ago
Mark A. Sammut Sassi
I have to admit I am an incurable Romantic. It happens to me often that I hear people speaking in Maltese, and I go through a sort of out-of-body experience. I forget I'm Maltese and I listen as if I...
In cahoots with the polluter
Sunday, 22 September 2019, 11:00
Last update: about 6 years ago
Carmel Cacopardo
Malta’s current Waste Management Plan is entitled ‘A Resource Management Approach’. This is not simply a fancy title – it encapsulates the underlying philosophy for the...
Just three strands
Sunday, 22 September 2019, 10:30
Last update: about 6 years ago
Noel Grima
I watched on Monday the Daphne Caruana Galizia commemoration from Valletta and wondered, amazed at this small but very determined group of activists who have been, quite literally, holding the candle...
55
Saturday, 21 September 2019, 10:08
Last update: about 6 years ago
Rachel Borg
So, the 55th Independence anniversary has come along. This time, the lady is rather conflicted about it. Neither here nor there. Neither 50 or 60. She is within that...
Enriching our Culture
Friday, 20 September 2019, 09:05
Last update: about 6 years ago
Owen Bonnici
It was a simple yet an exceptional moment on Wednesday when the heirs of the late music instrument builder Dr George Debono presented rare and valuable baroque instruments to the Teatru...