Memo to government: stop insulting our intelligence
Thursday, 14 May 2015, 07:54
Last update: about 10 years ago
Daphne Caruana Galizia
Three cabinet ministers – the Minister for the Environment, the Minister for the Economy and the Minister for Education – called a press conference post-haste yesterday and told the press...
Flowers at the prison
Wednesday, 13 May 2015, 08:46
Last update: about 10 years ago
Andrew Azzopardi
A prison setting is no playing field. We can call it a Correctional Facility till we turn blue in the face but the truth is that that some 560 individuals, some of whom are hardened...
Success has many fathers, failure is an orphan
Tuesday, 12 May 2015, 09:14
Last update: about 10 years ago
Gejtu Vella
In Malta many people are quick to form an opinion on a wide range of issues. Political controversy is never short and may be considered as a national hobby. Some issues, people take...
A government of secrets
Monday, 11 May 2015, 11:26
Last update: about 10 years ago
Stephen Calleja
The mystery surrounding the building of a new university in the south of Malta is only the latest in a series of events about which the government was not truthful with the people. It says something,...
An American 'bufala' for the south
Monday, 11 May 2015, 09:11
Last update: about 10 years ago
Simon Mercieca
The announcement of the setting up of an American University in Malta brought the Italian word “bufala” to mind. The word “bufala”stands for an animal, similar to the buffalo...
The bombshell that went unnoticed
Sunday, 10 May 2015, 11:06
Last update: about 10 years ago
Noel Grima
The week that ended yesterday saw the resumption of normal political activity with the inauguration of the new parliament building. Maybe there were very few who bothered to watch the ceremony...
Mr Chetcuti talks aesthetics
Sunday, 10 May 2015, 11:05
Last update: about 10 years ago
Daphne Caruana Galizia
It would be nice to think of the real-estate developer Sandro Chetcuti as a reformed man, but really, that would be a bit of a joke. Mr Chetcuti is president of the Malta Developers Association, but...
A future for our past
Sunday, 10 May 2015, 11:00
Last update: about 10 years ago
Carmel Cacopardo
The proposal for the setting up of an American University at Marsaskala as presented by the government is not one that is sustainable. DePaul University of Chicago has denied involvement in the...
The city that needs her sleep
Sunday, 10 May 2015, 10:32
Last update: about 10 years ago
Charles Flores
We are all accustomed to such wayward titles of popular books and films as The city that never sleeps", with the author obviously trying to project the image of a thriving, not-so-innocent city run by...