What do we do well?
Saturday, 8 August 2015, 08:15
Last update: about 10 years ago
Rachel Borg
When you think of Italy, for example, even though they are languishing economically and socially, you still bring to mind a concept of their excellence in fashion, anything culinary, Dante and...
Health: In the heat of the night
Friday, 7 August 2015, 12:07
Last update: about 10 years ago
Claudette Buttigieg
This sultry, torrid heat is leaving an effect. I must blame it for last Tuesday’s press conference in which Chris Fearne, parliamentary secretary for health, proudly announced the agreement...
Camping at Marsaxlokk - times have changed
Friday, 7 August 2015, 08:06
Last update: about 10 years ago
Simon Mercieca
Who does not remember the summer of 2012? August was dominated by news from the small village ofMarsaxlokk. Residents were protesting against the fact that one of Marsaxlokk’s bays, that of...
Don’t ban Facebook; put down ground rules instead
Thursday, 6 August 2015, 11:15
Last update: about 10 years ago
Daphne Caruana Galizia
An association of lawyers who specialise in information technology law has called on the Ministry of Education to call off its ban on use of Facebook by its senior officials. Minister Evarist Bartolo...
Banks
Thursday, 6 August 2015, 06:35
Last update: about 10 years ago
Alfred Sant
In the wake of the financial crisis that has disrupted European economies as of 2008, progress towards a banking union within the euro zone was to be expected and was probably necessary. It launched a...
Oh Jesus!
Wednesday, 5 August 2015, 14:10
Last update: about 10 years ago
Andrew Azzopardi
Even though I consider myself a Catholic, I'm not too much of a Churchgoer. My interest in participating in the liturgy and sacraments has waned-off these last years, mainly because this is a Catholic...
Earth shattering politics and San Gejtanu
Tuesday, 4 August 2015, 12:03
Last update: about 10 years ago
Gejtu Vella
At this time of the year, many seek to take a short break. Our politicians have called it day at the House and hung their cushioned boxing gloves for when the weather is cooler. Many things have,...
Of hymens, boobs and balls
Tuesday, 4 August 2015, 07:50
Last update: about 10 years ago
Stephen Calleja
Education Minister Evarist Bartolo did not deem it fit to sack the chief executive officer of the Employment and Training Corporation for lewd comments he passed publicly about a...
A midsummer night's dream
Monday, 3 August 2015, 11:42
Last update: about 10 years ago
Marlene Farrugia
Summer in the Maltese Islands is a hot experience indeed. Spectacular dawns tempered with the silkiest of morning breezes herald the early rise of the golden sun which in...