The Marsascala economy
Thursday, 25 August 2016, 07:48
Last update: about 9 years ago
Alfred Sant
When the Jerma hotel was in operation, it wasn’t merely generating business for itself on the back of the accomodation it provided. Its residents were of benefit to the restaurants and...
Summer musings (2)
Wednesday, 24 August 2016, 08:15
Last update: about 9 years ago
Andrew Azzopardi
The 100 days of summer, as Bay Radio likes to refer to the ‘silly season’, is probably more than half way there. As I lay on the deckchair tapping on my Ipad with the Islands of St...
It’s devious to promise the moon
Tuesday, 23 August 2016, 08:30
Last update: about 9 years ago
Gejtu Vella
In most cases people are impressed with jugglers. Jugglers throw balls in the air, catch them, and keep them moving so that at least one or two are always in the air, but people are mesmerised, if not...
It’s not the drinking, it’s the excess
Monday, 22 August 2016, 09:30
Last update: about 9 years ago
Marie Benoît
Marie Benoît believes that we cannot stop youngsters from drinking but we must teach them responsible and moderate drinking The question is not whether teenagers will drink....
Comino laughter
Monday, 22 August 2016, 07:56
Last update: about 9 years ago
Alfred Sant
I found the media stories about how the “extra” umbrellas came to be removed from the beach at Comino quite hilarious. Probably such incidents can only happen in Malta, or Comino if you...
The environment and Archbishop Scicluna
Monday, 22 August 2016, 07:49
Last update: about 9 years ago
Simon Mercieca
The recent tweet by Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna about his views regarding the Planning Authority’s recent approval of high-rise buildings may have ruffled some feathers in certain areas but...
In a global village, you’re not anonymous if you’re Maltese
Sunday, 21 August 2016, 11:16
Last update: about 9 years ago
Daphne Caruana Galizia
A random taxi driver in Central America gave me a graphic description of how the Maltese man with whom he shared a cabin, on the cruise ship they both worked for in the early 1980s, used to...
Timmy Gambin: a rounded picture
Sunday, 21 August 2016, 10:50
Last update: about 9 years ago
Noel Grima
Up till around a month ago, when the nature of my job changed, I used to make it a point of attending the Mepa board meetings week after week, Thursday after Thursday. Sometimes I would be the...
Dubai sensation
Sunday, 21 August 2016, 10:30
Last update: about 9 years ago
Charles Flores
I had never been tempted to visit Dubai, even when friends came back from there waxing lyrical about its attractions, natural and man-made. The one and only occasion that I did was when an Emirates...
The financing of ‘Fawlty Towers’
Sunday, 21 August 2016, 10:00
Last update: about 9 years ago
Carmel Cacopardo
The saga of the Mrieħel and Townsquare towers is now entering a new phase, with the planning appeal stopwatch due to start ticking shortly – most probably towards the end of the month. It...