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The PN’s hard slog

Sunday, 9 June 2019, 10:45 Last update: about 6 years ago Mark A. Sammut Sassi

I am writing this on Friday afternoon, before what I expect to be the Xarabank version of the Gunfight at the OK Corral. But it’s not okay at all, to my mind. Is the PN up a political blind...

Plastic in our life

Sunday, 9 June 2019, 10:32 Last update: about 6 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

The Environment and Resources Authority (ERA) is currently engaged in a public consultation regarding single use plastic. This contrasts with the more wide-ranging EU strategy which considers plastic...

Top of the flops

Sunday, 9 June 2019, 09:04 Last update: about 6 years ago Victor Calleja

Before the internet took over our lives many of us used to follow a programme called Top of the Pops to find out who was leading the pop charts. This gave us a peep into what the best, or most...

Delia on Xarabank

Sunday, 9 June 2019, 08:25 Last update: about 6 years ago Noel Grima

In the days before the EP and local council elections, there was some sort of agreement that the two leaders would take part in a direct debate on Xarabank. Then Muscat pulled out and the debate took...

The In-Between-ers

Saturday, 8 June 2019, 09:00 Last update: about 6 years ago Rachel Borg

Two quotes from Napoleon Bonaparte:  A leader is a dealer in hope and Victory belongs to the most persevering. Perseverance or hope.  Both are needed at their own time and...

Record-breaking Heritage Malta

Friday, 7 June 2019, 09:48 Last update: about 6 years ago Owen Bonnici

2018 was another record-breaking yearon all fronts for Heritage Malta. The Agencyregistered a record in the number of visitor and generation of revenue for the sixth year in a row, with a surplus for...

Nothing's for free

Thursday, 6 June 2019, 08:00 Last update: about 6 years ago Alfred Sant

The idea that the use of public goods is “free” of charge is a fundamental of economic theory. To breathe for instance, you do not have to pay for the usage of the air supply. On the...

Of course we are not racists!

Wednesday, 5 June 2019, 09:20 Last update: about 6 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

Shame on you all who profess that we are racist. Shame on you all that use Facebook, Instagram and Twitter to promote your agenda to destabilise our moral soundness with so many...

Preservation vs exploitation

Tuesday, 4 June 2019, 09:58 Last update: about 6 years ago Tara Cassar

Already in the early 1920’s the need to protect buildings, monuments or sites of outstanding cultural value through legislation was recognized. This was to be achieved by listing properties...

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